CONTENTS.

Page.

THE VISION OF THE MAID OF ORLEANS.

Book 1 - - - - - - 5

2 . - - - - - 29

3 - - - - - -

The Rose -

The Complaints of the Poor

Metrical Letter - - - - - - 85

BALLADS.

The Cross Roads. - - - - - - 93

The Sailor who had served in the Slave Trade - 107

Jaspar - - - - - - - - 119

Lord William - - - - - - - 133

A Ballad shewing how an old woman rode double

and who rode before her - - - - 149

The Surgeon's Warning - - - - 163

The Victory

• - - - 174

Henry the Hermit .. - - - - 177

English ECLOGUES.

The Old Mansion House - - - - 185

The Grandmother's Tale

- 194

The Funeral - -

202

The Sailor's Mother .

The Witch

- - - - 216

The Ruined Cottage -

220

206

The Vision

of

1

The Maid of Orleans.

Divinity hath oftentimes descended
Upon our slumbers, and the blessed troupes
Have, in the calme and quiet of the soule,
Conversed with us.

SHIRLEY. The Grateful Servant.