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J. C. Manning. The Death of Saul and other Eisteddfod Prize Poems and Miscellaneous Verses
The Death of Saul and other Eisteddfod Prize Poems and Miscellaneous Verses
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PREFACE
SWANSEA.——J. C. MANNING. TO THE
MOST HONOURABLE THE MARQUESS OF BUTE: WITH A GRATEFUL SENSE OF HIS LORDSHIP'S GENEROUS AND. OTHERWISE DISINTERESTED DESIRE, IN ACCEPTING THE DEDICATION OF THE WORK, TO ALONE FURTHER THE VIEWS AND ENCOURAGE THE LITERARY. ASPIRATIONS OF THE WRITER, THIS VOLUME, BY HIS LORDSHIP'S PERMISSION, IS DEDICATED, WITH EVERY SENTIMENT OF RESPECTFUL ADMIRATION OF HIS. TALENT AND WORTH, BY HIS LORDSHIP'S OBLIGED AND OBEDIENT SERVANT, THE AUTHOR. DEATH OF SAUL
PRIZE POEM. WREXHAM NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD, 1876
HISTORICAL NOTE
THE ISRAELITES DEMAND A KING, AND SAUL IS GIVEN TO RULE OVER THEM
SAUL DISAPPOINTS THE EXPECTATIONS OF JEHOVAH, AND IS VISITED WITH THE ALMIGHTY'S DISPLEASURE
SAUL, DESERTED BY THE ALMIGHTY, CONSULTS THE WITCH OF ENDOR, AND HIS FALL IS FORETOLD BY THE SPIRIT OF THE DEAD PROPHET
BATTLE OF GILBOA AND THE DEATH OF SAUL
PALM SUNDAY IN WALES
FLOWERING SUNDAY. PRIZE POEM. WREXHAM NATIONAL EISTEDDFOD, 1876
ELEGY
ON THE LATE CRAWSHAY BAILEY, ESQ., "THE IRON KING." PRIZE POEM: ABERGAVENNY EISTEDDFOD, 1874
ELEGIES
NASH VAUGHAN EDWARDES VAUGHAN (OF RHEOLA.)
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II
III
MONODY
ELEGIAC STANZAS
ON THE DEATH OF MRS. PASCOE ST. LEGER GRENFELL, MAESTEG HOUSE, SWANSEA. DIED JANUARY 8TH, 1868
IN DREAMS
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II
III
IV
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II
III
IV
ELEGIAC
IN MEMORIAM
TO CLARA
E. H. R
DIED NOVEMBER 30TH, 1867
A. R
DIED APRIL 21ST, 1865
MISCELLANEOUS POEMS
VENUS AND ASTERY
TO A ROYAL MOURNER
BEAUTIFUL WALES
BEAUTIFUL WALES
GWALIA DEG
THE WELSH LANGUAGE
ENGLYN I'R IAITH GYMRAEG
IOAN DAFYDD A'I CANT
ON THE WELSH LANGUAGE
A FOOLISH BIRD
"I'D CHOOSE TO BE A NIGHTINGALE."
TRUE PHILANTHROPY
DISRAELI
DOWN IN THE DARK
A RECOLLECTION OF THE FERNDALE COLLIERY EXPLOSION. NOVEMBER, 1867
DAISY MAY
A STORY OF CHRISTMASTIDE LONG AGO. PART THE FIRST
PART THE SECOND
PART THE THIRD
LINES:
ACCOMPANYING A PURSE GIVEN TO A FRIEND ON HIS BIRTHDAY
FORSAKEN
CHRISTMAS IS COMING
HEART LINKS
THE OAK TO THE IVY
EPIGRAM
ON A WELSHWOMAN'S HAT
SHADOWS IN THE FIRE
THE BELFRY OLD
BEAUTIFUL BARBARA
SONG OF THE SILKEN SHROUD
A UNIVERSITY FOR WALES
WRITTEN IN 1867, AND INSCRIBED TO THOSE WHO WERE THEN ENGAGED IN THE NOBLE AND PATRIOTIC WORK OF PROVIDING ONE
GRIEFS UNTOLD
"I WILL."
DAWN AND DEATH
CASTLES IN THE AIR
THE WITHERED ROSE
WRECKS OF LIFE
ELEANOR:
DIED ON HER WEDDING DAY
NEW YEAR'S BELLS
THE VASE AND THE WEED:
A PLEA FOR THE BIBLE
A RIDDLE
TO A FLY:
BURNED BY A GAS-LIGHT
TO A FRIEND
RETRIBUTION
THE THREE GRACES
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II
III
THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER
THE STARLING AND THE GOOSE
A FABLE
THE HEROES OF ALMA
OCTOBER, 1854
A KIND WORD, A SMILE, OR A KISS
DEAR MOTHER I'M THINKING OF THEE
NEW YEAR'S DAY, 1855
THE HERON AND THE WEATHER-VANE
A FABLE
THE THREE MIRRORS
A FABLE
THE TWO CLOCKS
A FABLE
MORAL
SACRIFICIAL
WRITTEN AFTER WITNESSING THE EXECUTION OF TWO GREEK SAILORS AT SWANSEA, MARCH, 1859
WALES TO "PUNCH."
WELCOME!
CHANGE
FALSE AS FAIR
HEADS AND HEARTS
FALL OF SEBASTOPOL
TO LORD DERBY
UNREQUITED
THE HOUSEHOLD SPIRIT
HAD I A HEART
A BRIDAL SIMILE
SONG
I WOULD MY LOVE
DEATH IN LIFE:
A TRUE STORY
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II
III
IV
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VI
SONG OF THE STRIKE
NATURE'S HEROES
DEDICATED TO THE WELSH MINERS WHO BRAVELY RESCUED THEIR FELLOWS AT THE INUNDATION OF THE TYNEWYDD COLLIERY
ELEGY
ON THE DEATH OF A LITTLE CHILD
MAGDALENE
LOVE WALKS WITH HUMANITY YET
THE TWO TREES
A FABLE
MORAL
STANZAS:
WRITTEN IN THE SHADOW OF A VERY DARK CLOUD
VERSES:
WRITTEN AFTER READING A BIOGRAPHY OF HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF BEAUFORT, TO WHOM THESE LINES ARE RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED
A SIMILE
THE TWO SPARROWS
A FABLE
MORAL
FLOATING AWAY
A FLORAL FABLE
"RING DOWN THE CURTAIN."
THE TELEGRAPH POST
A FABLE
MORAL
BREAKING ON THE SHORE
HURRAH FOR THE RIFLE CORPS
SET TO MUSIC AND PUBLISHED IN 1856
CAREFUL WHEN YOU FIND A FRIEND
SET TO MUSIC AND PUBLISHED
BROTHERLY LOVE
SET TO MUSIC AND PUBLISHED
ENGLAND AND FRANCE
WRITTEN DURING THE CRIMEAN WAR (FOR MUSIC.)
AGAINST THE STREAM
(FOR MUSIC.)
WRECKED IN SIGHT OF HOME
(FOR MUSIC.)
SONNET
SEBASTOPOL IS WON
SET TO MUSIC AND PUBLISHED
HOLD YOUR TONGUE
SET TO MUSIC AND PUBLISHED
MY MOTHER'S PORTRAIT
SET TO MUSIC AND PUBLISHED
NEVER MORE
FOR MUSIC
LINES
ON THE DEATH OF THE REV. CANON JENKINS, VICAR OF ABERDARE
FILIAL INGRATITUDE
A FABLE
THE VINE AND THE SUNFLOWER
A FABLE
POETIC PROVERBS
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III
IV
V
CHRISTMAS ANTICIPATIONS
GOLDEN TRESSES
HOPE FOR THE BEST
GONE BEFORE
HENRY BATH:
DIED OCTOBER THE 14TH, 1864
SONG OF THE WORKER
TO BE SUNG IN PRAISE OF THOSE WHO DESERVE IT, BY THOSE WHO THINK SO
THE BROOKLET'S AMBITION
ST. VALENTINE'S EVE
LOST!
LILYBELL
GONE!
SUGGESTED ON HEARING OF THE DEATH, ONLY A FEW DAYS APART, OF TWO INFANT CHILDREN OF AN ESTEEMED FRIEND
LIFE DREAMS
AEOLUS AND AURORA:
SONNET:
ON BEING ASKED MY OPINION UPON THE MATTER TO WHICH IT REFERS
SLEEPING IN THE SNOW
(FOR MUSIC.)
WITH THE RAIN
ODE:
ON THE DEATH OF A VERY INTIMATE FRIEND, A YOUNG SURGEON, WHO DIED FROM FEVER, AFTER ATTENDING A PATIENT
ON THE DEATH OF A FRIEND
LINES:
WRITTEN IN THE PRAYER BOOK OF A YOUNG LADY WHO HAD JILTED HER LOVER
VICARIOUS MARTYRS:
WRITTEN AND SENT AS A VALENTINE TO MY HEN-PECKED SCHOOLMASTER
STANZAS:
WRITTEN AT TUNBBRIDGE WELLS IN 1854, AFTER HAVING SEEN LADY NOEL BYRON, WIDOW OF THE POET, LORD BYRON, WHO WAS STAYING THERE FOR THE BENEFIT OF HER HEALTH
TO LOUISA:
WHEN A YEAR OLD
THE ORATOR AND THE CASK
A FABLE. INTRODUCING A CHARACTER FROM LIFE
THE MAID OF THE WAR
SET TO MUSIC AND PUBLISHED ON THE DEPARTURE OF MISS FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE AND HER STAFF OF NURSES FOR THE CRIMEA
IMPROMPTU:
ON BEING ASKED BY A LADY TO WRITE A VERSE IN HER ALBUM
MARY:
DIED MAY 30TH, 1860
LINES:
ON THE MARRIAGE OF MISS ELIZABETH MARY NICHOLL CARNE, FEBRUARY 6TH, 1868
IMPROMPTU:
ON THE DEATH OF MR. THOMAS KNEATH, A WELL-KNOWN TEACHER OF NAVIGATION, AT SWANSEA
EXTRACTS FROM SOME UNPUBLISHED MANUSCRIPT
HUMILITY OPPRESSED
UPWARD STRIVINGS
TRUTHFULNESS
LOVE'S INFLUENCE
VALUE OF ADVERSITY
MISGUIDING APPEARANCES
VIRGIN PURITY
MAN'S DESTINY
LOVE'S INCONGRUITIES
RETRIBUTION
LOVE'S MUTABILITY
A MOTHER'S ADVICE
SUNRISE IN THE COUNTRY
FAITH IN LOVE
UNREQUITED AFFECTION
THE POET'S TROUBLES
ECHOES FROM THE CITY
LOVE'S WILES
HAZARD IN LOVE
A MOTHER'S LOVE
"THE SHADOW OF THE CROSS."
CURATES AND COLLIERS
ON READING IN A COMIC PAPER VERY ABSURD COMPARISONS BETWEEN THE WAGES OF CURATES AND COLLIERS
WANTED: A WIFE
A VOICE FROM THE LADIES
FRAGMENTS AND TRIFLES
SYMPATHY
A FRAGMENT
LAW VERSUS THEOLOGY:
ON AN EMINENT COUNTY COURT JUDGE
THE BROKEN MODEL:
TO ONE WHO WELL DESERVED THE STRICTURES WHICH THESE LINES CONTAIN
IMPROMPTU:
ON AN INVETERATE SPOUTER
A CHARACTER
COUPLET:
ON A PAUPER WHOSE WEALTH GREW FASTER THAN HIS MANNERS
PAUSE!
ON THE HESITATION OF THE CZAR TO FORCE A PASSAGE OF THE DANUBE, JUNE, 1877
THE TEST OF THE STICK
NOTE:
CONCERNING IUAN WYLLT, AN EISTEDDFOD AT NEATH, AND MY FIRST PRIZE POEM
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