NATIONAL LYRICS,
AND
SONGS FOR MUSIC.
BY
FELICIA HEMANS.
DUBLIN:
WILLIAM CURRY JUN. AND COMPANY.
SIMPKIN AND MARSHALL, LONDON.
MDCCCXXXIV.
DUBLIN:
Printed by John S. Folds, 5, Bachelor's Walk.
TO
MRS. LAWRENCE
OF
WAVERTREE HALL;
HER FRIEND,
AND
THE SISTER OF HER FRIEND
COLONEL D'AGUILAR,
THIS VOLUME
IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED,
IN REMEMBRANCE OF
MANY BRIGHTLY ASSOCIATED HOURS,
BY
FELICIA HEMANS.
ADVERTISEMENT.
This Volume contains, besides a few poems on subjects of national tradition, all those of the Author's pieces which have, at different periods, been composed either in the form of the ballad, the song, or the scena, with a view to musical adaptation.—They are now first collected and arranged to lay before the Public.
The reader is particularly requested to correct the following
ERRATA.
| Page 7 | line 11 | for | and the Cossacks | read | and even the Cossacks. |
| —14 | —18 | for | breaking | read | beating. |
| —19 | —12 | for | summer's air | read | summer air. |
| —20 | —11 | for | now | read | how. |
| —23 | —10 | for | ennemids | read | ennemis. |
| —64 | —11 | for | fairy | read | fiery. |
| —79 | note | for | Mrs. | read | Mr. |
| —95 | line 3 | for | their | read | that. |
| —121 | —6 | for | wanderer | read | wanderers. |
| —225 | —11 | for | strangers | read | stranger. |
| —231 | —3 | for | bethrothed | read | betrothed. |
| —244 | —6 | for | thou | read | thus. |
| —254 | —5 | for | thine | read | their. |
| —299 | —8 | for | sigh | read | sign. |
NATIONAL LYRICS,
AND
SONGS FOR MUSIC.
This work was published before January 1, 1927, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.