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CONTENTS.
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Mont Blanc. By the Rev. Charles Strong 6
The Retreat. By James Montgomery, Esq. 7
The Hour too Many 13
Langsyne. By Delta [aka D.L. Moir] 23
St. Mary of the Lows. By James Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd 25
The Christian. By M.E. Beaufort 29
Ellen Strathallan. A Fairy Legend. By Mrs. Pickersgill
From an Absentee. By Barry Cornwall [aka B.W. Procter] 38
Recollections of Père la Chaise [Signed H.P.] 39
The Guiding Star. By the late Edward Knight, Esq. of Drury Lane Theatre 52
Xerxes. By Charles Swain, Esq. Author of Metrical Essays on Subjects of History and Imagination 53
A Father's Legacy to his Children. By James Kenney, Esq. 56
Eliza Carthago. By Mrs. Bowdich 57
Song. By John Clare 68
Terence O'Flaherty. By A Modern Pythagorean [aka Robert MacNish] 69
Phaon in Sicily. [Signed A.K.] 83
Tintagel Castle. By John Michell, Esq. [Boyle attributes this poem to Major Nicholas Michell] 85
Impromptu on Waste. By the late E[dward] Knight, Esq. 88
The Enthusiast on the Waters. By the Rev. Richard Polwhele 89
To the New Year. By the Rev. George Downes, A.M. 92
The Village of Scheveling. A Dutch Legend of 1530. By Charles Swain, Esq. 93
The Euthanasia. A Story of Modern Greece [Signed E??]
Lights and Shades [Signed F.H.] 120
To the Altar of St. George's Church, Hanover Square. By James Bird, Esq. 121
St. Peter walking on the Sea. By Mrs. Henry Rolls 122
Ballad. By Miss Emma Roberts 124
To a Wood-Dove. By Mrs. Bray, Author of De Foix, etc. 125
Sonnet. By Mrs. Emmerson 126
Banks of the Ganges. By Captain M'Naghten
The Prophet in the Wilderness. Lines on an Engraving, by Martin. By the Author of "Nugæ Sacræ," etc. [aka William Ball] 130
The Cornet's Widow. By John Bird, Esq. 131
To the Sea [Signed F.H.] 144
On a Portrait. By Delta [aka D.L. Moir] 145
Woman's Eye. By the Rev. J.H. Caunter, B.D. 148
The Zanteote Lovers [Signed H. T**y.] 149
Friendship. By the Rev. Francis Skurray, B.D. Author of Bidcombe Hill 164
The Houri. A Persian Tale. By the late Henry Neele, Esq. 165
To the Moss Rose. By Miss Agnes Strickland, Author of Worcester Field, etc. 178
The Spell [Signed F.H.] 180
The Light-House. By the Rev. George Woodley
Time's Takings and Leavings. By Bernard Barton 183
The Funeral Boat. A Legend. By Miss Louisa Stuart Costello 185
Sunset. By the Rev. Charles Strong 192
Giuseppe Guercino [Signed Rosa] 193
Song [Signed R.F.H. aka R.F. Housman] 208
Frolic in a Palace. By W.H. Harrison, Esq.
St. Andrew's. By the Author of Tales and Sketches [aka Jacob Ruddiman] 215
On the Reappearance of the Seventh Pleiad. By Miss Isabel Hill, Author of Constance, Zaphna, etc. 216
Lost and Won. A Village Sketch. By Miss Mary Russell Mitford 217
The Vale of Ide. By John Bowring, Esq. 228
Bridal Greetings. By James Montgomery, Esq. 229
Concha Veneris. By the Rev. Richard Polwhele 230
Sir Baldred's Farewell. By Delta [aka D.L. Moir] 231
The Rainbow [Signed H. T**y.] 233
Truth, Youth, and Age. An Apologue. By Charles Swain, Esq. 234
The Musician of Augsburg. By Derwent Conway, Author of Solitary Walks through Many Lands [aka Henry D. Inglis] 235
Sonnet. By Richard Howitt 244
The Proposal. By Mrs. Cornwell Baron Wilson
The Warrior's Death. By Frederic Shoberl, Jun. 249
Rebecca parting with Jacob. By Miss Emily Taylor 251
The Maid of the Beryl. By Mrs. Hofland 253
The Destroyer. By Miss Eliza Rennie 267
Man [Signed Leontine] 269
The Tears of the Dead. By Mrs. Harriet Downing 271
On a Child killed by Lightning. By John Clare 272
The Magician of Vicenza
Reason's Victory. By Miss Agnes Strickland 283
Presumption Reproved. By W.H. Harrison, Esq. 285
Woman's Love. By Mrs. Cockle 289
To Poesy [Signed R.F.H. aka R.F. Housman] 291
Memorials of a Schoolfellow. By the Rev. Henry Stebbing, A.M.
Woman and Music. By Wm. Cooke Stafford, Esq. 304
On a Heavy Fall of Snow. By the Rev. W.B. Clarke 305
On Sickness. By the Author of "Nugæ Sacræ," [aka William Ball] 307
The Sonneteer [Signed R.J. aka Richard Johns] 308
Eastern Apologues. By James Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd.
The Divinity of Song
The Beauty of Women
Maxims of Sadac, the Son of Azor 309
The Matrimonial Rule. Inscribed in the Album of a Young Lady on the Eve of Marriage. By the Editor of Forget Me Not [Frederic Shoberl] 324
To a Butterfly. By the Rev. George Woodley 325
Last Lines. By Charles Brinsley Sheridan, Esq. 326
Farewell to a Friend, on his Departure for America [Signed J.F.] 327
To Beauty. By the Rev. Charles Strong 328
The Country Kitchen. By Miss Mitford
The Wish. By the Editor of Forget Me Not [Signed F.S. aka Frederick Shoberl] 330
The Goldsmith of Westcheap. By the Author of London in the Olden Time [aka Miss H. Lawrance] 331
The Blind Piper. By Delta [aka D.L. Moir]
On the Wreck of a Vessel. By Montague Seymour 368
Ovid in Pontus. By Barry Cornwall [aka B.W. Procter] 370
The Maniac. By the Rev. J. Hobart Caunter, B.D. 371
Lydford Bridge. By N.T. Carrington 380
The Red Flag at the Fore. By the Old Sailor [aka M.H. Barker] 383
Sonnet composed off Ætolia. By Charles Brinsley Sheridan, Esq. 402
Alice. By W.H. Harrison, Esq.
On the Recitation of Palestine, a Prize Poem, by Reginald Heber. By Miss LËtitia Jermyn 410
To an Evening Star. By F. Muller 411
Remembrance. By Miss Keating 413
Remorse. By [Major] Nicholas Michell 415
Song. By James Kenney, Esq. 418
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Six years have elapsed since the Forget Me Not furnished the first model for
a new class of publications in this country; and during that period it has
undeviatingly pursued the even tenor of its way. Its conductors, without
advancing any lofty pretensions to exaggerate its merits, or descending to
choleric vituperation against those who have followed in their footsteps,
have been content to secure for it those advantages which were to be derived
from the kindness and talents of their numerous literary contributors, the
abilities of the artists employed in its embellishment, and the exercise of
their own judgment and industry, which have been extended to matters usually
considered of minor importance, and abandoned to the care of subordinate
agents. The pains bestowed, for example, on the typographical department,
have prevented those inaccuracies and that waste of space so conspicuous in
some other works of this kind, and ranked the
Strong as may have been the claims of the work in former years to this
distinction, the Editor cannot forbear expressing his conviction that they
are surpassed by those which the present volume prefers; and he entertains,
without fear of disappointment, the sanguine anticipation that the verdict
of the Public will confirm his opinion. A glance, indeed, at its contents --
comprising more than one hundred poems and prose contributions, the authors
of many of which rank among the most eminent of our living writers, and
fourteen line engravings, finished with the utmost care by the first artists,
from original designs by distinguished painters -- can scarcely fail to
produce an impression of its superiority: and such a display may well
justify a feeling of exultation which the Editor is disposed to indulge, in
presenting to the world this portion of a work, which has been received from
its first establishment with the most unequivocal marks of
The Publisher and Editor join to express their grateful acknowledgements to all those by whose literary aid they have been favoured, as well as to the artists to whose talents this volume owes its embellishments; and to George Morant, Esq. their particular thanks are due, for the loan of Prout's admirable picture of Vicenza, which has furnished the subject of one of the engravings.