Produced by Brian Foley and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net [Illustration: D. Maclise. R.A. R. Young. Signature of Edward Bulwer Lytton LONDON ROUTLEDGE, WARNE AND ROUTLEDGE FARRINGDON STREET.] [Illustration: THE POEMS OF SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON, BART. The slight plank creaks--high mount the waves and high, Hark! with the tempest's shrieks the human cry! Upon the bridge but _one_ man now!---- _THE NEW TIMON._ LONDON ROUTLEDGE, WARNE AND ROUTLEDGE FARRINGDON STREET.] THE POETICAL WORKS OF SIR EDWARD BULWER LYTTON, BART. M.P. A NEW EDITION LONDON: ROUTLEDGE, WARNE, & ROUTLEDGE, FARRINGDON STEEET; NEW YORK: 56, WALKER STREET. 1860. PREFATORY NOTE. In this collection of the Author's Poems will be found some not before printed, and some entirely re-written from the more imperfect productions of earlier years. Few, if any, that have previously appeared, have escaped revision and alteration. CONTENTS. THE NEW TIMON _Page_ 1 CONSTANCE; OR, THE PORTRAIT 88 MILTON 119 EVA 140 THE FAIRY BRIDE 149 THE BEACON 159 THE LAY OF THE MINSTREL'S HEART 163 NARRATIVE LYRICS; OR, THE PARCAE. IN SIX LEAVES FROM THE SIBYL'S BOOK. I.--NAPOLEON AT ISOLA BELLA 166 II.--MAZARIN 169 III.--ANDRE CHENIER 173 IV.--MARY STUART AND HER MOURNER 176 V.--THE LAST DAYS OF ELIZABETH 179 VI.--CROMWELL'S DREAM 186 KING ARTHUR.--BOOKS I. TO XII. 193