POEMS OF FELICIA HEMANS MURRAY AND GIBB, EDINBURGH, PRINTERS TO HER MAJESTY’S STATIONERY OFFICE. [Illustration: _Felicia Hemans_] THE POEMS OF FELICIA HEMANS. _COMPLETE COPYRIGHT EDITION._ WILLIAM P. NIMMO, LONDON: 14 KING WILLIAM STREET, STRAND; AND EDINBURGH. 1875. CONTENTS JUVENILE POEMS. Page On my Mother’s Birthday. Written at the age of eight 1 A Prayer. Written at the age of nine _ib._ Address to the Deity. Written at the age of eleven _ib._ Shakspeare. Written at the age of eleven 2 To my Brother and Sister in the country. Written at the age of eleven _ib._ Sonnet to my Mother. Written at the age of twelve _ib._ Sonnet. Written at the age of thirteen 3 Rural Walks. Written at the age of thirteen _ib._ Sonnet. Written at the age of thirteen _ib._ England and Spain; or, Valour and Patriotism. Written at the age of fourteen 4 THE DOMESTIC AFFECTIONS, &c. The Silver Locks. Addressed to an Ancient Friend 10 To my Mother 11 To my Younger Brother. On his Return from Spain, after the fatal Retreat under Sir John Moore and the battle of Corunna _ib._ To my Eldest Brother, with the British army in Portugal 12 Lines written in the Memoirs of Elizabeth Smith _ib._ The Ruin and its Flowers 13 Christmas Carol 14 The Domestic Affections 15 To Mr Edwards, the Harper of Conway 19 Epitaph on Mr W----, a celebrated Mineralogist 20 Epitaph on the Hammer of the aforesaid Mineralogist _ib._ Prologue to _The Poor Gentleman_. As intended to be performed by the Officers of the 34th Regiment at Clonmel 21 THE RESTORATION OF THE WORKS OF ART TO ITALY 22 MODERN GREECE 28 Critical Annotations 42 TRANSLATIONS FROM CAMOENS AND OTHER POETS.