THE

WREATH

A

COLLECTION OF POEMS,

FROM

CELEBRATED ENGLISH AUTHORS.

NEW-YORK:

PUBLISHED BY W. B. GILLEY AND H. I. MEGAREY.

J. Seymour, printer.

THE NEW YORK VILCLIENT

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CONTENTS.

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THE MINSTREL.—Beattie,

13

"Ah! who can tell how hard it is to climb.'

han THE GRAVE.-Blair,

55

“ Whilst some affect the sun, and some the shade."

ELEGY, On the Death of Lady Coventry.—Mason, 80

“ The mid-night clock has toll'd-and, bark, the bell."

HYMN, from Psalm 198.- Ogilvie, i

:85
“ Begin, my soul,the esalted lay"

THE FIRE-SIDE.—Cottoriga

89

“ Dear Chloe, while the busy crowd.'

DEATH.-Dr. Porteus,

93

“ Friend to the wretch whom overy friend forsåkes."**

THE Passions.-Collins,

104

When Music, heavenly maid, was young."

DESPONDENCY.-Burns,

109
"Oppress'd with grief, oppress'd with care."

ON SLAVERY.-Cowper,

112

“ But, ah! what wish can prosper, or what prayer."

HYMNON SOLITUDE.-Thompson,

114

“Hail, mildly pleasing Solitude.”

HYMN TO DARKNESS.—Yalden,

116

" Darkness, thou first great parent of us all."

STANZAS ON WOMAN.—Goldsmith,

119

“When lovely woman stoops to folly."

EDWIN AND ANGELINA.-Goldsmith,

120

“ Turn, gentle Hermit of the dale."

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ELEGY, written in a CountryChurch-yard. Gray, 127

“ The curfew tolls the knell of parting day."

ODE TO LEVEN WATER, -Smollet,

133

“On Leven's Banks, while free to rove."

BEAM OF TRANQUILLITY.--Moore,

134

" A beam of tranquillity smil'd in the West."

A CANADIAN Boat Song.-Moore,

136

Faintly as tolls the evening chime."

MAN WAS MADE TO MOURN.—Burns,

137

“When chill November's surly blast."

O'CONNOR'S CHILD, or the Flower of love lies

bleeding.-Campbell,

141

"Ob! once the Harp. of Innisfail."

Tys SOLDIER'S DREAM, Campbell

.

151

Your bůgles sang truce for the night cloud had low'r'd."

THE DYing NEGRO.--Day,

153

“Annid with thy sad-last gift-the power to die.”

HYMN.ON TRE SEASONS.Thomson,

169

* These as tliej ciange; Almighty Father!"

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