Poems by Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell
POEMS
BY
CURRER, ELLIS, AND ACTON BELL.
LONDON:
SMITH, ELDER AND CO., 65, CORNHILL.
1846.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | |
| Pilate's Wife's Dream | 1 |
| Faith and Despondency | 8 |
| A Reminiscence | 10 |
| Mementos | 11 |
| Stars | 21 |
| The Philosopher | 23 |
| The Arbour | 26 |
| Home | 27 |
| The Wife's Will | 28 |
| Remembrance | 31 |
| Vanitas Vanitatum, Omnia Vanitas | 33 |
| The Wood | 35 |
| A Death Scene | 40 |
| Song | 43 |
| The Penitent | 44 |
| Music on Christmas Morning | 45 |
| Frances | 46 |
| Anticipation | 56 |
| Stanzas | 59 |
| Gilbert | 60 |
| The Prisoner | 76 |
| If this be all | 80 |
| Life | 81 |
| Hope | 82 |
| Memory | 83 |
| The Letter | 86 |
| A Day-Dream | 89 |
| To Cowper | 92 |
| Regret | 94 |
| To Imagination | 96 |
| The Doubter's Prayer | 97 |
| Presentiment | 100 |
| How clear she shines | 103 |
| A Word to the Elect | 104 |
| The Teacher's Monologue | 107 |
| Sympathy | 110 |
| Past Days | 111 |
| Passion | 112 |
| Preference | 115 |
| Plead for Me | 118 |
| The Consolation | 120 |
| Evening Solace | 121 |
| Self-Interrogation | 123 |
| Lines composed in a Wood on a Windy Day | 125 |
| Stanzas | 126 |
| Death | 128 |
| Views of Life | 129 |
| Parting | 137 |
| Stanzas to —— | 138 |
| Appeal | 140 |
| Honour's Martyr | 148 |
| The Student's Life | 140 |
| Apostasy | 145 |
| Stanzas | 148 |
| The Captive Dove | 149 |
| Winter Stores | 151 |
| My Comforter | 153 |
| Self-Congratulation | 155 |
| The Missionary | 157 |
| The Old Stoic | 163 |
| Fluctuations | 164 |