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POEMS The Infant Bridal. A Tale of the Olden Time 1 King Henry the Second at the Tomb of King Arthur 13 Epitaph 20 The Solitary 21 Song — " Breath diyine of morning odours!" 23 Song — "Sing the old song, amid the sounds dispersing" 25 Queen Bertha at her Vespers 26 Queen Bertha's Vigil 27 Queen Bertha's Alms 29 Queen Bertha's Matin Song 30 The Martyrs of Fatherland 33 To Burns's "Highland Mary" 40 SONNETS: — Colonization 48 The Year of Sorrow 51 Widowhood 63 The Irish Celt to the Irish Norman ; or, The Last Irish Confiscation 65 Psyche; or, An Old Poet's Love 77 MISCELLANEOUS SONNETS: — "Cold, pure, reviving, med'cinable gales" 103 On the Death of a Good King 104 On the Fall of a Usurper ib. Poland 105 To the Nobility of England, 1848 ib. To Honour 106 National Strength ib. On a Convent 107 A Convent School in a Corrupt City ib. "The reason why we love thee, dost thou ask?" 108 Troilus and Cressida. 1. id. Troilus and Cressida. 2 109 Urania ib. On a Portrait 110 "Virgin!at placid mom, and when the airs" ib. To a Just Lawyer 111 A Churchyard. 1 ib. A Churchyard. 2 112 Constancy of Character ib. False Friendship 113 "Free born, it is my purpose to die free" ib. The Poetry of Life 114 "Painter, in endless fame most sure to live" ib. Incompatibility 115 "The happiest lovers that in verse have writ" ib. A Poet to a Painter 118 The Fall of Bacon ib. Spring Song 117 Second Spring Song 118 "I take the gift you give me, friends" 119 Song — "Seek not the tree of silkiest bark" ib. "Heart, winged once; self-doomed" 120 Song — "Though oft beguiled, my friend, before" 121 To 122 Lines written at Halsteads 123 A Farewell to Naples 127 Lines — "From coral caves and sunless mines" 130 Modern Philosophy 131 A Protestant's Musings at Rome 135 Sonnet — Early Friendship 149 Sonnet — Drudgery 150 Sonnet — Old and Modern Learning 151 SONNETS WRITTEN IN TRAVEL: — St. Peter's by Moonlight 153 Pontific Service in the Sistine Chapel 154 The Pillar of Trajan ib. The Arch of Titus 155 The Campagna seen from St. John Lateran ib. Birds in the Baths of Diocletian 156 The "Miserere" in the Sistine Chapel. 1 ib. The "Miserere" in the Sistine Chapel. 2 157 The Renaissance, and Savonarola. 1 157 The Renaissance, and Savonarola. 2 158 Frescoes by Masaccio ib. Giotto's Campanile at Florence 159 Old Pictures at Florence ib. On a Picture by Correggio at Parma 160 Correggio's Cupolas at Parma ib. To Italy. 1 161 To Italy. 2 ib. Genoa 162 A Picture by Andrea del Sarto, in the Cathedral of Pisa ib. The Campo Santo at Pisa. 1 163 The Campo Santo at Pisa. 2 ib. Written in Tasso's House at Sorrento 164 The Sibyl's Cave at Cuma ib. Venice by Day 165 Venice in the Evening ib. In a Cathedral 166 Leonardo's "Last Supper" at Milan ib. The Milanese School 167 The Cathedral of Milan ib. Byzantine Mosaics at Ravenna 168 The "Santa Casa" at Loretto ib. Written while sailing on the Gulf of Lepanto 169 The Setting of the Moon near Corinth ib. To a Mountain in Switzerland. 1 170 To a Mountain in Switzerland. 2 ib. To a Mountain in Switzerland. 3 171 The Chapel of Tell, (on the Lake of Lucerne) ib. The Mountain Muse 172 To a Flower on the Skirts of Mont Blanc ib. The Mountain Language v. 173 A Tyrolese Village ib. The Catacombs at Rome 174 The Appian Way ib. POEMS ON SACRED SUBJECTS: — Persecution 177 The Martyrdom 178 Ode — "The marvels of the seas and earth" 181 Lines — "The lights o'er yonder snowy range" 182 Nocturn Hymn 183 The Moralist and the Christian 184 Magdalene in the Desert 185 Adam refuses the Presents of the Evil Race 187 Fragments on Truth 189 Spiritual Guidance 192 The Prodigal 193 Association of Ideas 194 Reality 195 Humanity 196 Via Intelligentiae 197 Religious Hypochondria 195 Liberalism 198 Law and Grace 199 The Soul's Waste 200 An Epitaph ib. Alms 201 Inscriptions for Way-side Fountains and Oratories ib. Ceremonial 202 SONGS: — "Her sable tresses swelled more bright" 203 St. Thecla 204 St. Cecilia's Song 205 Martha and Mary 206 Consolations 207 Warnings 208 Song for the Feast of the Purification 209 HYMNS FOR THE CANONICAL HOURS: — "Lord of the Lords of all the earth" 211 Peace 213 "He giveth His beloved sleep" 214 "In that cold cave with spices sweet" 215 "The stars shine bright while earth is dark!" 216 "A low sweet voice from out the brake" 218 Christ our Example 220 To the Holy Spirit 221 Hymn for the Feast of the Holy Innocents 222 Hymn to the Meek 224 A Carol from the Catacombs 280 Hymn for the Feast of the Annunciation 232 Hymn for the Building of a Cottage 285 Hymn for Good Friday 241 Washing the Altar 244 Self-Sacrifice 245 A Tale of the Modern Time 246 SONNETS: — "Love to the tender ; peace to those who mourn" 261 Law and Grace 262 Law and Anarchy ib. Churches 263 "Ye praise the humble : of the meek ye say " ib. "That depth of love the Church doth bear to thee" 264 "Be still, ye Senates : hear, and God will speak" ib. The Vastness of the Gospel lost in its Simplicity 265 Fame ib. Felicitas at her Martyrdom 266 "Blessed is he who hath not trod the ways" ib. Evidences of Religion. 1 267 Evidences of Religion. 2 ib. "The golden fruits of Earth's autumnal store" 268 Consecration of a New House ib. "What man can hear sweet sounds and dread to die" 269 The Alexandrian Version of the Scriptures ib. Religious Antiquarianism 270 "Now, now, ye kings and rulers of the earth" ib. Simplicity and Steadfastness of Mind 271 Spiritual Ties symbolized through Natural ib. Penitence 272 Discipline of the Church. (Penitential I.) ib. Discipline of the Church. (Penitential II.) 273 Penitential Seasons ib. Magdalene 274 On a Picture of the Magdalene ib. Discipline of the Church. (Commemorative) 275 The Beatific Vision of the Earth. 1 ib. The Beatific Vision of the Earth. 2 276 The Beatific Vision of the Earth. 3 ib. Moral Application of Miracles 277 To ib. The Constellation of the Plough 278 Natural Religion ib. "It was not with your gold, nor with your merit" 279 Religious Literature ib. The Dying Platonist 280 Initiative Faith ib. Conversion 281 The Communion of Saints ib. "Sad is our youth, for it is ever going" 282 Evanescence of the Patriarchal Religion ib. Sorrow 283 Meditation 283 Nature and Grace 284 Universal History ib. Truth 285 Aspiration and Resignation. 1 ib. Aspiration and Resignation. 2 286 Prayers for the Conversion of England. 1 ib. Prayers for the Conversion of England. 2 287 Grace Dieu ib. "Sleep dwell within thine eyes, peace in thy breast" 288 Valerian and Cecilia ib. Rome at Noon 289 HYMNS: — The Feast of St. Agatha 293 The Feast of St. Lucy 295 St. Augustine of Canterbury 297 St. Paulinus 298 St. Anastasia at Aquileia 299 The Feast of Peter's Chains 303 The Feast of St. Peter's Chair at Rome 305 NOTES 315

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