CONTENTS.

TALES OF THE HALL: PAGE
 
XII. Sir Owen Dale 1
 
XIII. Delay has Danger 26
 
XIV. The Natural Death of Love 48
 
XV. Gretna Green 61
 
XVI. Lady Barbara; or, The Ghost 74
 
XVII. The Widow 100
 
XVIII. Ellen 115
 
XIX. William Bailey 126
 
XX. The Cathedral-Walk 147
 
XXI. Smugglers and Poachers 160
 
XXII. The Visit Concluded 178
 
 
POSTHUMOUS TALES  
 
I. Silford Hall; or, The Happy Day 194
 
II. The Family of Love 213
 
III. The Equal Marriage 241
 
IV. Rachel 250
 
V. Villars 255
 
 
THE FAREWELL AND RETURN  
 
VI. The Farewell and Return 269
 
VII. The School-Fellow 274
 
VIII. Barnaby, the Shopman 277
 
IX. Jane 282
 
X. The Ancient Mansion 287
 
XI. The Merchant 293
 
XII. The Brother Burgesses 297
 
XIII. The Dean’s Lady 301
 
XIV. The Wife and Widow 306
 
XV. Belinda Waters 311
 
XVI. The Dealer and Clerk 315
 
XVII. Danvers and Rayner 325
 
XVIII. The Boat Race 335
 
XIX. Master William; or, Lad’s Love 344
 
XX. The Will 351
 
XXI. The Cousins 358
 
XXII. Preaching and Practice 368
 
MISCELLANEOUS VERSES PREVIOUSLY PRINTED
 
Poetical Epistles 376
    Epistle I 378
    Epistle II. To Mira 387
 
[From Belvoir Castle] 389
 
The Ladies of the Lake 390
 
Infancy—A Fragment 391
 
The Magnet 395
 
Storm and Calm 396
 
Satire 398
 
[The New Samaritan] 399
 
Belvoir Castle 400
 
The World of Dreams 403
 
[His Mother’s Wedding-Ring] 414
 
[Parham Revisited] 414
 
Flirtation 415
 
Lines in Laura’s Album 426
 
Lines written at Warwick 428
 
On a drawing of the Elm Tree ... 431
 
On receiving from a Lady a present of a Ring 432
 
To a Lady, with some Poetical Extracts 433
 
To a Lady, on leaving her at Sidmouth 434
 
To Sarah, Countess of Jersey, on her Birthday 435
 
To a Lady who desired some verses at parting 436
 
The Friend in Love 437
 
[Disillusioned] 438
 
[Lines] from a discarded Poem 438
 
On the death of Sir Samuel Romilly 439
 
Lines 440
 
[Lines] 441
 
Lines, addressed to the Dowager Duchess of Rutland 441
 
 
FRAGMENTS OF TALES AND MISCELLANEOUS VERSES NOT PREVIOUSLY PRINTED
 
Tracy 444
 
[Susan and her Lovers] 462
 
Captain Godfrey 468
 
The Amours of G[eorge] 471
 
[Fragments of Tales of the Hall] 473
 
Tragic Tales, Why? 474
 
[Robert and Catharine] 475
 
David Jones 476
 
The Deserted Family 477
 
The Funeral of the Squire 489
 
Joseph and Charles 492
 
[Contentment] 493
 
To His Grace the Duke of Rutland 493
 
[The Passionate Pilgrim] 496
 
[Sorrow] 496
 
[A Fragment] 497
 
[Poverty and Love] 497
 
[The Curate’s Progress] 497
 
[The Task] 498
 
[Conscious Guiltiness] 498
 
[Belief and Unbelief] 499
 
Verses written for the Duke of Rutland’s Birthday 499
 
Miss Waldron’s Birthday 502
 
To the Hon. Mrs. Spencer 503
 
An Inscription at Guy’s Cliff 504
 
[On a view of] Barford 505
 
Brompton Park Cottage 506
 
[Momentary Grief] 507
 
La Femme Jalouse (Teniers) 507
 
[The Flowers of the Spring] 508
 
[La Belle Dame Sans Merci] 509
 
[Hopeless Love] 510
 
[Union] 511
 
[Revival] 511
 
[Metamorphosis] 512
 
Jane Adair 512
 
[Horatio] 513
 
[Jacob and Rachel] 514
 
[David and Saul] 515
 
Enigma 515
 
Charade 516
 
[Matilda] 516
 
The Prodigal Going 517
 
On a drawing of Cadlands 518
 
[On] a drawing, by the Hon. Mrs. Smith (Eliza Forrester) 519
 
For the drawing of the Lady in the Green Mantle 520
 
Joseph’s Dream 521
 
[Rest in the Lord!] 523
 
And He said unto her “Thy sins are forgiven” 524
 
Errata 525
 
Variants 526
 
Bibliography 554