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MEMORIAL EDITION

1870

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THE POEMS

OF

GEORGE HEATH,

THE MOORLAND POET.

Selected and Arranged by

THE REV. JAMES BADNALL, B.A.,

VICAR OF ENDON

Memoir

BY FRANCIS REDFERN,

AUTHOR OF THE "HISTORY OF UTTOXETER."

Portrait and Illustrations

BY HERBERT WILSON FOSTER.

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		CONTENTS PREFACE by the Rev. James Badnall, B.A. MEMOIR by Francis Redfern _____ THE POEMS OF GEORGE HEATH Songs Of The Shadows THE OLD BLIND MAN EDITH HOW IS CELIA TO-DAY? THE SINGLE GRAVE THE SHADOW OF DEATH THE MISSED BUTT ASSOCIATION TO A THUNDER-CLOUD A COUNTRYWOMAN’S TALE THE DOOM OF BABYLON ___ Simple Poems RUDYARD THE PAUPER CHILD “HALLOWED BE THY NAME” SPRING ___ Heart Strains THE DISCARDED WAITING FOR DEATH THE PEASANT POET’S DESPAIR TO MY MOTHER GOOD NIGHT THE POET’S GRAVE MINNIE, EDITH, AND LIZZIE SONNET SUNRISE MAN O’ MOW ___ Icarus ICARUS; OR, THE SINGER’S TALE ___ Miscellaneous Poems A BUNCH OF SNOWDROPS YOUNG AMBITION OCTOBER NEW YEAR’S RESOLVES OVER A FEW WITHERED SNOWDROPS LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS IDA REST IN THE EVENTIDE STANZAS TO ----------- AUTUMNAL SEPTEMBER NOW THOU ART GONE A CHANT OF PRAISE A PRAYER EPITAPH ON A BELOVED FRIEND TO HARRIET, IN HEAVEN TO HANNAH A LOCAL HISTORY THE BELLS ON WATCH-NIGHT THE POET’S MONUMENT A VALENTINE CHRISTMAS GREETINGS TO THE OCEAN IMPROMPTU TO “DICKEY” THE SAGACITY OF DUCKS APRIL FOOLS ISN’T IT SO? MELANCHOLY MOMENTS BISSEXTILE FAREWELL TO THE SUNDAY SCHOOL ALL ALONE THE MOTHER ON THE DEATH OF HER INFANT CHILD SONNETS DECEMBER TIRED OUT A FRAGMENT __________

	ILLUSTRATIONS _____ PORTRAIT OF GEORGE HEATH, FROM A SKETCH FROM LIFE HIS HOME, AT GRATTON ENDON CHURCH, THE BURIAL PLACE OF HIS BELOVED SISTER HANNAH, AND HER CHILD, REFERRED TO IN HIS POEM, "WAITING FOR DEATH," AND OTHERS HIS MONUMENT, IN HORTON CHURCHYARD, RAISED BY SUBSCRIPTION __________ LONDON: BEMROSE AND SONS, 21, PATERNOSTER ROW; AND IRONGATE, DERBY. ___ MDCCCLXX.


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