THE FORESTER
Born in a dark wood’s lonely dell,
Where echoes roar’d, and tendrils curl’d
Round a low cot, like hermit’s cell,
Old Salcey Forest
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THE DRUNKEN FATHER
Poor Ellen married Andrew Hall,
Who dwells beside the moor,
Where yonder rose-tree shades the wall,
And woodbines grace the door.
Who does not know how blest, how loved5
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THE INVITATION
O for the strength to paint my joy once more!
That joy I feel when Winter’s reign is o’er;
When the dark despot lifts his hoary brow,
And seeks his polar-realm’s eternal snow.
Though black November’s fogs oppress my brain,5
MAY-DAY WITH THE MUSES (1822)
MAY-DAY WITH THE MUSES (1822)
Contents
SONG THE MAN IN THE MOON (c. 1812)
SONG. THE MAN IN THE MOON LOOK’D DOWN ONE NIGHT (c. 1812)
(1)
The tune, ‘Ligrum cus’, appears in Volume V of Aird’s Selection of Scotch, English,
Irish and Foreign Airs (Glasgow, 1801). The title, apparently corrupt Irish Gaelic,
Irish and Foreign Airs (Glasgow, 1801). The title, apparently corrupt Irish Gaelic,
WORDS FOR JAMES HOOK (1811)
WORDS FOR JAMES HOOK, GUIDA DI MUSICA
(1)
See Letter 268, 28 August 1811 on the composition of Bloomfield’s song-texts to accompany
James Hook, Guida di musica; being a complete book of instructions for beginners on
James Hook, Guida di musica; being a complete book of instructions for beginners on
SENT TO MR SHARP (1809–10)
SENT TO MR. SHARP, AS AN APOLOGY FOR NOT DINING WITH HIM (1809–10)
(1)
1808. Sent to Charles Sharp on 8 September 1808. See Letter 233. Undated in Remains,
where it was published for the first time.
where it was published for the first time.
FIVE MONTHS I WILL GETTING SHE MARRIED (1808)
FIVE MONTHS I WILL GETTING SHE MARRIED (1808)
City Road, Dec. 1807
NATURE’S MUSIC (1808)
NATURE’S MUSIC.
consisting of
EXTRACTS FROM SEVERAL AUTHORS;
with
PRACTICAL OBSERVATIONS,
and
POETICAL TESTIMONIES,
in honour of