MONA’S ISLE, AND OTHER POEMS.

BY WILLIAM KENNISH, R.N.

AUTHOR OF " A METHOD FOR CONCENTRATING THE FIRE OF A
BROADSIDE OF A SHIP OF WAR," ETC. ETC.

‘ Alas ! I’m but a nameless wight,
Trod I’ th’ mire clean out o’ sight."—Burns.

LONDON:
J. BRADLEY, 78, GREAT TITCHFIELD STREET,
ST. MARY-LE-BONE,

1844.

	Page
Subscribers	i
PREFACE	xv
Address to the Manx	xix
Mona’s isle, Canto I	1
—— Canto II	11
—— Canto III	40
Old May Eve	48
The Manx Courtship, or the Curraghs of Lezayre	65
The Manx Ilvary	76
An Elegy on an Ancient Burying-Ground, bearing no trace of its Origin, situate near the Source of the River Corna, Isle of Man..	86
My Native Isle	89
The Manxman’s Farewell	91
The Old Aspen-Tree	93
An Elegy on the Old Aspen-Tree	95
The Bard’s Lamentation	97
To E. M. Gawne, Esq	99
To a Distinguished Friend	104
To an Honoured Friend	107
The Mysteries of Human Life	110
The Medway’s Banks .	111
The Absent Lover	113
The Bereft Mother	115
The Manx Exile	117
My Mary, wilt thou go with me	120
The First Farewell	121
The Second Farewell	124
To Mr. John Truss, RN	125
The False One	128
A Summer-Evening’s Stroll	130
The Lament of the Old Horse’s Ghost	134
On the Appearance of Haley’s Comet, 1835	140
Reflections	142, 143
Reflections at Sea	144
Reflections on Man	146
Lines written on Board H.M.S. Donegal, January 1, 1839 .	149
Lines written on Board H. M. S. Tribune, while crossing the Bay of Biscay	151
Lines on the English Sailors’ Burying-Ground, at Marmorice, Asia Minor	155
Epitaph on the Author’s Mother	156
Epitaph on the late Miss Ann Westbrook, of Woolwich	157
The Author’s Farewell to his Shipmates	158
On Nature	159




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