Produced by David E. Brown, Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries.) THE POEMS AND VERSES OF CHARLES DICKENS [Illustration: CHARLES DICKENS, HIS WIFE, & HER SISTER DRAWN BY MACLISE IN 1842. Maclise. R.A. C. H. Jeens] THE POEMS AND VERSES OF CHARLES DICKENS Collected and Edited, with Bibliographical Notes, by F. G. KITTON LONDON CHAPMAN AND HALL, LIMITED 1903 Edinburgh: Printed by T. and A. CONSTABLE TO MISS GEORGINA HOGARTH THIS LITTLE VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED CONTENTS PAGE THE VILLAGE COQUETTES (1836), 3 _Round._ Hail to the merry Autumn days, 7 _Lucy's Song._ Love is not a feeling to pass away, 8 _Squire Norton's Song._ That very wise head, old Æsop, said, 9 _George Edmunds' Song._ Autumn leaves, autumn leaves, 10 _Rose's Song._ Some folks who have grown old and sour, 11 _Duet (Flam and Rose)._ 'Tis true I'm caressed by the witty, 12 _Squire Norton's Song._ The child and the old man sat alone, 13 _Duet (The Squire and Lucy)._ In rich and lofty station shine, 14 _Sestet and Chorus._ Turn him from the farm, 15 _Quartet._ Hear me, when I swear that the farm is your own, 17 _Squire Norton's Song._ There's a charm in Spring, 20 _Young Benson's Song._ My fair home is no longer mine, 21 _Duet (The Squire and Edmunds)._ Listen, though I do not fear you, 22 _Lucy's Song._ How beautiful at even-tide, 23 _Chorus._ Join the dance, with step as light, 23 _Quintet._ No light bound of stag or timid hare, 24 THE LAMPLIGHTER (1838), 29 _Duet (Tom and Betsy)._ There comes a new moon twelve times a year, 31 THE PICKWICK PAPERS (1837), 35, 41, 47, 51 _The Ivy Green._ Oh, a dainty plant is the Ivy green, 36 _A Christmas Carol._ I care not for Spring, 42 _Gabriel Grub's Song._ Brave lodgings for one, 48 _Romance (Sam Weller's Song)._ Bold Turpin vunce, on Hounslow Heath, 53 THE EXAMINER (1841), 57 _The Fine Old English Gentleman._ I'll sing you a new ballad, 59