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Over 100 poets of labouring class origin were published in Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries. Some were hugely popular and important in their day but few are available today. This is a collection of some of those poems from the 19th century.
Table of Contents
CONTENTS OF VOLUME II -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chronology -- Note on the Text -- HENRY BROWN (fl.830–35) -- From The Mechanic’s Saturday Night (1830) -- From Sunday: A Poem, in Three Cantos (1835) -- MARY MARIA COLLING (1805–53) -- From Fables and other Pieces in Verse (1831) -- To Robert Southey, Esq. Poet Laureate, &c. &c. On being told by Mrs. Bray, that he had most kindly noticed me and my little verses -- The Moon and the Cloud -- The Eagle and the Toad -- The Birth of Envy -- JOHN JONES (b.74) -- From Attempts in Verse by John Jones, an old Servant (1831) -- Lines, occasioned by reading the following printed bill, fixed in the beak of one in a group of five stuffed owls in the shop window of a bird stuffer, at Richmond, Yorkshire. -- My Nose -- The Children’s Dirge at the Interment of a Gold Fish -- On the Death of Gaffer Gun -- MARY HUTTON (fl. 1831–42) -- From Sheffield Manor, and other Poems (1831) -- The Prospect from Sheffield Manor Hill -- From The Happy Isle, and other Poems (1836) -- On the Poor Laws’ Amendment Bill -- From Cottage Tales and Poems by Mary Hutton (1842) -- On Reading the Distressing Account of John Clare’s Aberration of Mind -- On Reading a Letter in Frazer’s Magazine, for Sept. 1836; Said to be from the Ettrick Shepherd -- Madame Lavalette -- RICHARD FURNESS (1791–1857) -- From The Rag-Bag, a Satire in Three Cantos (1832) -- From The Poetical Works of Richard Furness (1858) -- The Village Boy -- To the Memory of Ebenezer Elliott, The Corn-Law Rhymer -- THOMAS LISTER (fl. 1834) -- From The Rustic Wreath (1834) -- The Yorkshire Hirings -- Wreck of the Rothsay-Castle -- The Home-expelled Britons -- JOHN YOUNGER (1785–1860) -- From Thoughts as they Rise (1834) -- From The Autobiography of John Younger, Shoemaker (1881) -- There’s a Poetry in Nature -- Solitary Reflections -- How Sweet were my Hours of Childhood’s Day -- EVAN MacCOLL (1808–98) -- From The Mountain Minstrel (1836) -- A May Morning in Glenshira -- Stanzas, on viewing ‘the Rejoicings’, in a Highland Glen, occasioned by the passing of the Reform Bill -- On the Abolition of Slavery in the British West India Colonies -- Definition of a Poet -- THOMAS MILLER (1807–74) -- From A Day in the Woods (1836 -- The Old English Wood -- From Poems (1841) -- Sonnet (To a Lady with a Basket) -- Summer Morning -- Song of the Outlaws -- JOHN CRITCHLEY PRINCE (1808–66) -- From The Fleet Papers (1841) -- The Death of the Factory Child -- From The Poetical Works of John Critchley Prince (1880) -- Lyrics for the People, No. III, ‘There is Beauty on Earth’ -- An Appeal on Behalf of the Uneducated -- Lines, respectfully inscribed to the virtuous and patriotic Wives -- and Mothers of England -- Anti-Corn-Law Lyric -- From Autumn Leaves: Original Poems, etc. (1856). -- A Thought on War -- SAMUEL BAMFORD (1788–1872) -- From Passages in the Life of a Radical (1844) -- From Poems (1843) -- The Day Storm of Thunder -- God help the Poor -- The Labourer’s Orison at Sun-Rise, written with especial reference to the Corn Laws, and the general condition of the working classes at that time -- The Wild Rider, A Legendary Tale -- From Homely Rhymes, Poems, and Reminiscences -- The Landowner -- WILLIAM THOM (1799–1848) -- From Rhymes and Recollections of a Hand-Loom Weaver (1844) -- From [To the Reader] -- From [Recollections] -- From the Northern Star (1842) -- A Chieftain Unknown to the Queen! -- From Rhymes and Recollections of a Hand-Loom Weaver (1844) -- The Drunkard’s Dream -- They Speak o’ Wyles -- Whisper Low -- Jeanie’s Grave -- Whisperings for the Unwashed -- GEORGE RICHARDSON (fl. 1844) -- From Patriotism: In Three Cantos, and other Poems (1844) -- From Patriotism -- Valedictory Stanzas -- ROBERT PEDDIE (fl. 1844) -- From The Dungeon Harp (1844) -- From [Introduction] -- Verses Written in Prison -- The Poor Man’s Prayer -- The Covenanter’s Song -- The Imprisoned Chartist to his Wife -- Langsyne -- THOMAS COOPER (1805–92) -- From The Life of Thomas Cooper, Written by Himself (1872) -- From The Purgatory of Suicides (1845) -- WILLIAM HEATON (1801–71) -- From The Flowers of Calder Dale (1847) -- Stanzas, on an Ash Tree in Ovenden Wood, near Halifax, on which the Author had cut the Initials of his Name -- years before. -- The Cry of Neglected Genius -- Grace Darling -- Stanzas on gathering two Daisies after a severe Snow Storm early in January -- From The Old Soldier; The Wandering Lover; and other Poems (1857) -- Lines, on the Holmfirth Flood, which took place on Thursday Morning, Feb. 5th 1852; by which dreadful calamity -- one hundred persons lost their lives. -- The Song of the Hand-Loom Weaver -- Wild Flowers -- What is Fame? -- The Author’s Conclusion -- MARY PYPER (1795–1870) -- From Select Pieces by Mary Pyper (1847) -- Apology of the Authoress for her Muse -- On Asking a Lady to Subscribe -- To the Moon -- From Sacred Poems (1865) -- A Harvest Hymn -- On the Death of an Infant -- Here To-Day, and Gone To-Morrow -- Evening -- Epitaph–A Life -- ‘MARIE’ (fl. 1846–52) -- From The People’s Journal (1847) -- Fellow Workers -- Heroisms -- From The People’s Journal (1848) -- Crucified Spirits -- From The People’s Journal (1849) -- Poet! Why Sing? -- From The People’s and Howitt’s Journal (1850) -- Labour -- Sibyl, The Far-Seer -- From Eliza Cook’s Journal (1851) -- Posted Books -- From The Working Man’s Friend (1852) -- Trees of Liberty -- JANET HAMILTON (1795–1873) -- From Poems, Essays, and Sketches (1880) -- From The Uses and Pleasures of Poetry to the Working -- Classes (1850) -- From Local Changes (1870) -- Luggie, Past and Present -- Oor Location -- A Lay of the Tambour Frame -- A Plea for the Doric -- The Demon Drink! -- Spring Scene in the Country -- Night Scene at the Fall of Sebastopol -- Medley of Thoughts and Feelings on the Italian Crisis -- The Sunday Rail––1. -- Effie––A Ballad -- GERALD MASSEY (1828–1907) -- From The Ballad of Babe Christabel with other Lyrical Poems (1855) -- Preface -- Bridal Song -- Kisses -- Love-in-Idleness -- The Chivalry of Labour -- They are but Giants while we Kneel -- Song of the Red Republican -- Eighteen Hundred and Forty-Eight -- All’s Right with the World -- The Awakening of the People -- The Fleet before Sebastopol -- From War Waits (1855) -- The Battle March -- Liberty’s Bridal Wreath -- EDWARD CAPERN (1819–94) -- From Poems by Edward Capern, Rural Postman of Bideford, Devon (1859) -- Art thou a Poet? -- The Rural Postman -- The Lion-Flag of England -- The Author’s Apology to his Friends -- My Thoughts -- JAMES MACFARLAN (1832–62) -- From Poetical Works (1882) -- The Wanderer of the West -- Northern Lights -- The Lords of Labour -- The Midnight Train -- The Street -- The Ruined City -- A November Night Piece -- EDWIN WAUGH (1817–90) -- From Poems and Lancashire Songs (1859) -- Come Whoam to thy Childer an’ Me -- All on a Rosy Morn of June -- The World -- From Poems, and Lancashire Songs (1876) -- Eawr Folk -- From Poems and Songs (1889) -- Down Again! -- Dinner Time -- BEN BRIERLEY (1825–96) -- Go tak’ the ragged Childer an’ flit -- ISRAEL HOLDSWORTH (b. 1816) -- From The Literary Pic-Nic, and Other Poems (1872) -- As Poor as a Poet -- Competition -- Co-operation -- The Mysteries of Fate -- Chatterton -- War––A Political Song -- The Mother, on Viewing her Deceased Child’s Photograph -- Men’s Compositions––A Fragment -- Notes -- Thematic Index -- Index of First Lines -- Index of Titles.
