Lancashire Lantern: Lancashire Poetry Index

Part of the Lancashire Lantern network, an index to authors, first lines and titles of Lancashire poetry in books held within libraries in Lancashire, including the Lancashire Authors’ Association collection. The index provides details of the book in which a particular poem may be found and also a link through to the library catalogue to give the locations of the required volume.

First line index

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1 a.m.

1 Part one 1932 - 1951

1 There were no survivors from the dawn raid

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9

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7am! I've got to be up

A baby will cry, if it's too wet or dry

A bard stood drooping o'er the grave

A bee was seen

A beggar boy sank at a lordly door

A Beldame came to lofty scout

A Benison be thine, true heart

A big bad book that flies away

A bitter wail uv anguish rings wild on t' wintry air

A blackbird on a thorny brier

A blackbird sings. In the dull atmosphere

A blackbird was singing so sweetly

A blacksmith in the 1920's contacted the local Labour

A bleak, barren February day

A bleary oil lamp marked the cindered patch

A blessing on the day, my child

A body like green, wobbly jelly

A bonnie brown thrush in a whitethorn bush

A bonny and a blessed bird

A bonny little bluebell, all alone an-bi-thi-sel

A bouquet of flowers for Valentine's Day

A bowl of lukewarm water

A boy's young fancy taketh love

A brave old beech by the village stands

A breath of heaven pervades the darkened room

A bridal robe should be

A bride stood at the altar, dressed in gleaming silk and lace

A bridge I am, a bridge I stay

A broad brush in those overalls

A brother dear hath mingled with the dust!

A brother in affliction is oft' more qualified

A burglar courses through these streets

A busy classroom

A busy workman flutters to and fro

A butterfly lights

A calm steals o'er the landscape, and the light

A candle lights up in the dark

A candle lit, and shining bright

A car is a steel ostrich

A carpet square of emerald green

a cat mistrusts the sun

A certin owd vicar, noan fur fro' this spot

A chap is a slave when he's lazy

A chap up i' Yorkshur, a little bit soft

A child is born! another claims my care

A child of song! Oh, sadly pleasing name

A child's eyes begin clear

A chill and misty day - as yet, no sun

A class full of disciplined children

A clear blue a sky

A coloured bubble in a glass

A common byre He shared

A complex maze of interconnections

A computer with no processor

A country life for me, mi lads

A country life for mi, mi lads, a country life for me

A couple of hundred meals

A coverlet, soft and glistening

A crash came from the kitchen

A crescent moon with stars in train

A cruel word is spoken, yet not meant

A crystal clear sky

A dacent chap Owd Music wur

A damsel of Israel was pensively gazing

A day at th' sea-side's a god-send to folk

A day of wind and rain

A day off for you to recover from jetlag

A day out to Blackpool

A day to be reckoned with A cowboy

A day well spent, as a just God approves

A dear old friend has passed away

A dear! A dear! a Lord be wi us

A death wail from the dusky sons of Ind

A deeud gull wi eyl't wings

A dreamy stillness in the calm air slept

A dredger creeps in the noondark day

A driving shot in a driving wind

A fairy kissed your eyes, dear

A fairy stood on my window sill

A fallen star

A Farmer from Howfen rose early one morn

A farmer's daughter, blithe and fair

A fault confessed is half redressed

A feeling came to me, - 'twas very fleet

A festival is to be held during which

A few years before my loved one

A field of grass in high July

A flash of legs and high heels past his desk

A flight of birds on a winter's day

A flower hath faded from my heart's own garden

A fool is he, a drunken sot

A form of sweet simplicity, whose hand

A free day to do as I please

A friend

A friend he is loyal and true

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