The poetical works of Howitt, Milman, and Keats : complete in one volume . forester Unto the pilgrim poor;The old rr-an rose with thoughtful brow. And enterd at the door. The two had sate them down to meat. And the pilgrim gan to tellHow he had eaten on Olivet, And drank at Jacobs well. And then he told how he had our Lord had prayd; How he had in the Garden the tomb where he was laid; — And then he turnd unto the book. And read, in English plain,How Christ had died on Calvary; How he had risen again; And all his comfortable words. His deeds of mercy all,He read, and of
The poetical works of Howitt, Milman, and Keats : complete in one volume . forester Unto the pilgrim poor;The old rr-an rose with thoughtful brow. And enterd at the door. The two had sate them down to meat. And the pilgrim gan to tellHow he had eaten on Olivet, And drank at Jacobs well. And then he told how he had our Lord had prayd; How he had in the Garden the tomb where he was laid; — And then he turnd unto the book. And read, in English plain,How Christ had died on Calvary; How he had risen again; And all his comfortable words. His deeds of mercy all,He read, and of the widows mite, And the poor prodigal. As water to the parched soil, As to the hungry, fell upon the woodmans soul Each word the pilgrim read. Thus through the midnight did they read. Until the dawn of day;And then came in the woodmans son To fetch the book away. All quick and troubled was his face was pale with dread, For he said, The King hath made a lawThat the book must not be read,— For it was such a fearful heresy,The holy Abbot .said. 231. CDHtnitJjS, PageMEMOIR OF THE REV. HENRY HART MILMAN 239 FAZIO, a Tragedy 241 SAMOR, an Heroic Poem 261 ANNE BOLEYN, a Dramatic Poem 328 Notes 354 THE MARTYR OF ANTIOCH, a Dramatic Poem 355 BELSHAZZAR, a Dramatic Poem 382 Notes 407 THE FALL OF JERUSALExM, a Dramatic Poem ib. Notes 432 PageMISCELLANEOUS POEMS:— Tlie Belvidere Apollo 434 Judicium Regale ib. Alexander Tumulum Achillis Invisens 437 Fortune; from the Italian of Guidi 439 The Merry Heart 440 The Taking of Troy; from 411 The Slave Ship ib. The Love of God; two Sonnets 413 Deborahs Hymn of Triumph ib Downfall of Jerusalem, from the Book of Je-remiah 44-1 Hymns for Church Service 415-447 (217) MEMOIR OF THE REV. HENRY HART MILMAN. The life of the scholar united with that of theclergyman, is, in a peculiar manner, barren andinattractive to the general reader, from its beingdeficient in those stirring incidents which fix tlieattention and
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