A HYMN. My Maker! of Thy Power the trace From all that meets or eye or ear, Which, like the heavy dew of Morn, Refreshes, while it bows the heart forlorn. Great GOD! Thy Works how wondrous fair! The whole Earth's voice and mind! Then, come what will of weal or woe, For, though 'tis Heaven Thyself to see; THE END OF THE COWPER ANTHOLOGY. FIRST LINES AND NOTES. All the Works herein quoted were published in London, unless otherwise stated. Where a text is found associated with music, (M.) is put after its date. G. 360, H. 2821, &c. are the Press-marks of the Volumes of engraved Songs in the Music Department of the British Museum, from which the present texts have been taken. Care! thou canker of our joys!.. Rev. Dr. GRANT. A Glee, or Round, in fashion about 1780. Text from Convito Armonico, III, ed. by S. WEBBE the Younger, [18301. (M.) Cease to blame my melancholy! Sir J. H. MOORE, Bart. Poetical Trifles, 3rd Ed., 1783. 42 151 159 Child! with many a childish wile. 193 J. BAILLIE. Count Basil in A Series of Plays, &c., I, 1798-1812. Chloe! no more must we be billing! 132 Rev. J. WOLCOT (PETER PINDAR). Pindariana, 1794. Cold was the night-wind, drifting. 184 R. SOUTHEY, P.L. Minor Poems, I, 1815. Come, all ye jolly Sailors bold P. HOARE. In The Lock and Key, S. T. COLERIDGE. In Athenæum for 'Come, take up your hats; and.... 50 200 239 224 'Come under my plaidy! the night 120 H. MACNEILL. Poetical Works, II, 1801. Contented wi' little, and canty wi' 81 R. BURNS. In G. THOMSON's Select Collection, &c., 3rd Set [1799]. (M.) 'Each Matin bell,' the Baron saith S. T. COLERIDGE. Christabel, 1816. Earth has not any thing to show.. W. WORDSWORTH, P.L. Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1803. In Poems, I, 1807. Fair Lady! leave parade and... Prof. W. RICHARDSON. Poems, chiefly rural, Glasgow, 1784. 169 152 Farewell! O, farewell to the day.. 136 Rev. J. WOLCOT (PETER PINDAR). Pindariana, 1794. Fie! Sylvia! why so gravely look 134 Rev. J. WOLCOT (PETER PINDAR). Pindariana, 1794. Five years have passed! five...... W. WORDSWORTH, P.L. Lyrical Ballads, Bristol, 1798. For auld lang syne, my jo! R. BURNS. This is the version in J. JOHNSON'S Scots Musical Museum, V, Edin., 1796. (M.) There is another version in G. THOMSON'S Select Collection, &c., 3rd Set [1799]. (M.) For England when, with fav'ring.. W. PEARCE. Hartford Bridge, or the Skirts of the Camp, 1792. For various purpose serves the ANON. In A. DALRYMPLE's Collec tion, &c., 1796. 172 76 I am a Friar of Orders Gray J. O'KEEFE. Merry Sherwood, 1795. I am just two and two! I am warm W. COWPER. Written in a letter to Rev. J. NEWTON, on July 30, 1780; printed in W. HAYLEY'S Life, &c., III, Chichester, 1804. I am Monarch of all I survey! 'I fear thee, Ancient Mariner! S. T. COLERIDGE. Lyrical Ballads, I, 1800. If in that breast so good, so pure.. Sir J. H. MOORE, Bart. Poetical Trifles, 3rd Ed., 1783. I loo'd ne'er a Laddie but ane! H. MACNEILL. Poetical Works, II, 1801. 47 20 21 250 158 122 99 49 From morning till night, and 150 ANON. In The Vocal Magazine, 1781. C. NAIRNE, Baroness NAIRNE. Life and Songs, 1869. In a sweet healthy air, on a farm. ANON. In London Magazine for October, 1765. (M.) 138 I own I am fickle! To Phillida's.. Rev. J. WOLCOT (PETER PINDAR). Orson and Ellen in Smiles and Tears, Baltimore, 1802. 130 Here, a sheer hulk, lies poor Tom. C. DIBDIN. The Oddities. H. 2821. (M.) I passed my childhood's home C. LLOYD. Blank Verse by C. LLOYD and C. LAMB, 1798. 24 I rose up at the dawn of day 144 60 Here lies, whom hound did ne'er .. 75 96 W. BLAKE. Poetical Works, 1880. Is there, for honest Poverty R. BURNS. Works, IV, ed. by J. CURRIE, M.D., Liverpool, 1800. It is an Ancient Mariner S. T. COLERIDGE. Lyrical Ballads, Bristol, 1798. The present is the revised text of Lyrical Ballads, I, 1800. WORDSWORTH contributed some lines to this Poem. 241 It was a lovely sight to see S. T. COLERIDGE. Christabel, 1816. I've gotten a rock! I've gotten a .. S. BLAMIRE. Poetical Works, Edin., 1842. I've no sheep on the mountain, nor J. BAILLIE. Fugitive Verses, 1840. John Anderson, my jo! John! R. BURNS. In J. JOHNSON's Scots Musical Museum, III, Edin., 1790. (M.) These two stanzas were added by BURNS to two earlier ones. The entire Poem will be found in G. THOMSON'S Select Collection, &c., 3rd Set [1799]. (M.) John Gilpin was a Citizen......... W. COWPER. In Public Advertiser for November 14, 1782. PAGE 279 Lapped on Cythera's golden sands 206 86 227 R. BURNS. In G. THOMSON'S Select Collection, &c., 3rd Set [1799]. (M.) Laura! thy sighs must now no.... Prof. W. SMYTH. English Lyrics, II, 1806. Loud roared the dreadful thunder 230 A. CHERRY. In The Spanish_Dollars [1804], composed by JOHN DAVY. G. 805. Luxuriant with perennial green H. J. PYE, M.P., P.L. Faringdon Hill, &c., 2nd Ed., Oxford, 1778. This poem is written against the Ladies using white powder in their hair. 100 O, dear! what can the matter be?. ANON. G. 360. (M.) From the original MS. Of a' the airts the wind can blaw.. R. BURNS. In J. JOHNSON'S Scots Musical Museum, III, Edin., 1790. (M.) O, Lady Mary Ann looks o'er the.. R. BURNS. In J. JOHNSON'S Scots Musical Museum, IV, Edin., 1792. (M.) O, Mary! at thy window be! R. BURNS. In a letter to G. THOMSON, March 20, 1793, printed in Works, IV, ed. by J. CURRIE, M.D., Liverpool, 1800. O, Mary! turn awa ... R. GALL. Poems and Songs, Edin., 1819. O, my Love's like the red, red rose ANON. In G. THOMSON's Select Collection, &c., 4th Set [1802]. (M.) From an old MS. One day, Good bye! met How d'ye 207 203 On the high summit of yon rocky. 189 O, saw ye bonie Lesley R. BURNS. In G. THOMSON'S Select Collection, &c., 2nd Set [1798]. (M.) 'O, sleep! it is a gentle thing S. T. COLERIDGE. Lyrical Ballads, 1, 1800. 132 82 253 My lov'd, my honor'd, much 66 R. BURNS. Poems, Kilmarnock, 1786. My Maker! of thy Power the trace 296 Š. T. COLERIDGE. Poems, 1852. My mother bids me bind my hair.. A. HUNTER. Poems, 1802. O, Summer! thy presence gives 134 95 Rev. J. WOLCOT (PETER PINDAR). In G. THOMSON's Select Collection, &c., 4th Set [1802]. (M.) 'My silks and fine array 143 W. B. [W. BLAKE]. Poetical Sketches, 1783. O, that those lips had language!.. W. CowPER. Poems, 1798. 16 212 Needy Knife-Grinder! whither are The Authors of The Anti-Jacobin or Weekly Examiner for Nov. 27, 1797. No more of my Harriot! of Polly. C. SMART. Poems, II, Reading, 1791. 42 weel may the boatie row. J. EWEN. In J. JOHNSON'S Scots Musical Museum, V, Edin., 1796. (M.) O, Virgins! tell me how to choose! 126 Rev. J. WOLCOT (PETER PINDAR). Pindariana, 1794. 198 She was a Phantom of delight 182 W. WORDSWORTH, P.L. Poems, I, 1807. This is a description of MARY HUTCHINSON, whom he married. Should auld acquaintance be R. BURNS. This is the version in J. JOHNSON'S Scots Musical Museum, V, Edin., 1796. (M.) There is another version in G. THOMSON's Select Collection, &c., 3rd Set [1799]. (M.) Soft child of Love! thou balmy.. Rev. J. WOLCOT (PETER PINDAR). Pindariana, 1794. Some talk of Alexander, and some ANON. In The Musical Miscellany, Perth, 1786. (M.) It is said that this Song was written in 1779, in connexion with C. DIBDIN's Harlequin Every where. 76 137 41 'So passed a weary time: each.... 247 S. T. COLERIDGE. Lyrical Ballads, I, 1800. Strange fits of Passion I have W.WORDSWORTH, P.L. Lyrical Ballads, II, 1800. PAGE 12 The Laird o' Cockpen, he 's proud. 221 The Maid that 's blessed with... 83 210 The moon had climbed the highest 102 Then hey, for a Lass wi' a tocher! R. BURNS. In J. JOHNSON'S Scots There's nought but care on ev'ry. 85 27 92 26 30 64 53 165 170 The sun from the East tips the P. WHITEHEAD. Poems, 1777. 'The sun now rose upon the right. 245 S. T. COLERIDGE. Lyrical Ballads, I, 1800. 204 'The sun sets in night, and the stars 94 |