LYRICAL TALES, BY MRS. MARY ROBINSON. [Illustration] _LONDON_: PRINTED FOR T. N. LONGMAN AND O. REES, PATERNOSTER-ROW, BY BIGGS AND CO. BRISTOL. 1800. _CONTENTS._ Page All Alone 1 The Mistletoe, a Christmas Tale 10 The Poor, Singing Dame 17 Mistress Gurton’s Cat, a Domestic Tale 22 The Lascar, in Two Parts 30 The Widow’s Home 49 The Shepherd’s Dog 56 The Fugitive 67 The Haunted Beach 72 Old Barnard, a Monkish Tale 77 The Hermit of Mont-Blanc 86 Deborah’s Parrot, a Village Tale 97 The Negro Girl 107 The Trumpeter, an Old English Tale 115 The Deserted Cottage 123 The Fortune-Teller, a Gypsy Tale 129 Poor Marguerite 139 The Confessor, a Sanctified Tale 149 Edmund’s Wedding 156 The Alien Boy 162 The Granny Grey, a Love Tale 171 Golfre, a Gothic Swiss Tale, in Five Parts 179 ERRATA. Page 30 line 3 for loath, read loathe. Page 52 line 16 for long, read still. Page 111 line 6 for negros read negroes. Page 166 line 4 for weary read dreary. TALES. _ALL ALONE._ I. Ah! wherefore by the Church-yard side, Poor little LORN ONE, dost thou stray? Thy wavy locks but thinly hide The tears that dim thy blue-eye’s ray; And wherefore dost thou sigh, and moan, And weep, that thou art left alone? II. Thou art not left alone, poor boy, The Trav’ller stops to hear thy tale; No heart, so hard, would thee annoy! For tho’ thy mother’s cheek is pale And withers under yon grave-stone, Thou art not, Urchin, left alone. III.