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SONGS AND LYRICS.


(1892)


Many of the following verses have previously appeared ; to these are added several new pieces.  The object of this collection is to present what has been regarded as most characteristic of this author's work.

J.S.               

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

CONTENTS.

 

PAGE

Willy to Jinny

1

O! Sleep

2

The Lily of the Valley

3

Annie Lee

4

Hey Robin

5

Mary of Crofton

6

My Merry Bird

7

"Get Up!" 

8

The Stars are Twinkling

9

Annie

10

Away to the Well

11

Kit never went down

12

Tho' Master had Gold

13

Young Fanny

14

Kit Clark

15

The Fatal Errand

17

Her Weary Hand

18

Mother Wept

19

My Little Boy

20

Tit-for-Tat

21

The Dream

22

The Star and the Meteor

23

Dora Dee

24

The Cold Look

25

Delightful Babe

26

See, Essie Goes!

27

Ellerton Willy

28

Barbara Bell

30

The Butterfly

32

The Dewdrop

33

Polly and Harry

34

A Lullaby

35

Alas!

36

The Dreaded Frown

37

The Brooklet 

38

The Stained Lily

39

The Violet and the Rose

40

The Proud One's Doom

41

The Singer

42

The Magic Glass

43

To a Startled Bird

50

The Fair Rower

51

Rosa Rea

52

The Outcast Flower 

54

Yes and No

56

Not as Wont

57

With Loaded Dice

58

The Goal

59

The Lad of Bebside

60

Meg Goldlocks

61

Lost at the Fair

62

The Bridal Gift

64

The Spell

66

Love without Hope

67

The Dance

70

Lo, a Fairy

71

The Oracle

72

The Rose of the Roses

73

The Lethal Dart

74

The Time hath been

75

The Elf

76

Little Anna

77

Cruel Anna

79

The Slippers

81

The Fairies' Adieu

82

The Minstrel

83

Daffodil and the Daisy

84

The Moth

85

The Toast

86

Two Hazel Eyes

87

My Shoulder you Pat

88

What! to Nowhere?

89

The Kitten

90

The Darling

91

The Breezelet

92

The Seaton Terrace Lass

94

Lotty Hay

96

The Golden Bowl 

98

The Merry Bee

105

The Wilted Leaf 

106

The Charmer

107

The Question

108

The Broken Spell

111

Ah! canst thou forget?

112

Lo! never a man 

113

In the Wild Grove

114

A Remembrance

115

No more Roses ! 

116

The Golden Bird

117

On Bardon Hill

118

Stanzas

119

Lo! the Day

120

A Golden Lot

121

Life and Death

122

The Mysterious Rider

123

All Night-Long

124

The Wounded Bird

125

The Collier Lad

126

Dolly Dare

129

The Blackbird 

131

Baloo

133

The Wind-Bag

134

The Curtsey

135

The Posy-Gift

136

The Silent Bird

144

Other Poems:

Thistle and Nettle

149

To W. R.

161

The Rydal Trip

166

To W. R. 

175

 


 

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