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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.
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ID Number |
515 |
Title |
Ill done to |
First Line |
Aye dear, tha looks fair hearty |
Poet |
CARTER F. A. |
Book Title |
MY North countrie: an anthology of poetry and prose of the Northern counties, collected and arranged by Wilfred Pickles |
Author of Book |
|
Publication Date |
1955 |
Page Number |
87 |
Control Number |
B5506075 (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
Yorkshire poetry |
ID Number |
2097 |
Title |
Philip Clough's tale |
First Line |
Eh! dear, what weary toimes are these |
Poet |
RAMSBOTTOM, Joseph |
Book Title |
LANCASHIRE lyrics: modern songs and ballads of the County Palatine, edited by John Harland |
Author of Book |
|
Publication Date |
1866 |
Page Number |
293-294 |
Control Number |
M0041626LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
|
ID Number |
2949 |
Title |
From your window |
First Line |
Look down at me, dear, from your window |
Poet |
STUART-YOUNG, J. M. |
Book Title |
CONTEMPORARY Lancashire poetry, edited by S. Fowler Wright |
Author of Book |
|
Publication Date |
1928 |
Page Number |
134 |
Control Number |
M0035643LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
The County Series of Contemporary Poetry - Vol 5 |
ID Number |
3663 |
Title |
Eh, dear, what a Bother! |
First Line |
Eh, dear, what a bother |
Poet |
WAUGH, Edwin |
Book Title |
Poems and songs. Second series |
Author of Book |
WAUGH, Edwin |
Publication Date |
1889 |
Page Number |
171-173 |
Control Number |
M0013028LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
Includes poems in dialect. - Edwin Waugh was born in Rochdale |
ID Number |
4064 |
Title |
Apples of gold |
First Line |
Dear, let your glad, sweet thoughts |
Poet |
MUNRO, Margaret |
Book Title |
A Cluster of Thoughts |
Author of Book |
MUNRO, Margaret |
Publication Date |
1908 |
Page Number |
11-12 |
Control Number |
M0009732LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
Poems by Blackburn author |
ID Number |
4487 |
Title |
Th' childer's holiday |
First Line |
Eh dear, I'm welly off my chump |
Poet |
FITTON, Sam |
Book Title |
A LANCASHIRE miscellany of dialect verse, edited by James Bennett |
Author of Book |
|
Publication Date |
1960 |
Page Number |
73-74 |
Control Number |
b6021514 (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
A selection of Lancashire dialect poems printed in the "Oldham Chronicle" between 1956 and 1959 |
ID Number |
4490 |
Title |
Yonder moor |
First Line |
Eh, dear, I am a crazy foo' |
Poet |
FITTON, Sam |
Book Title |
A LANCASHIRE miscellany of dialect verse, edited by James Bennett |
Author of Book |
|
Publication Date |
1960 |
Page Number |
78-79 |
Control Number |
b6021514 (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
A selection of Lancashire dialect poems printed in the "Oldham Chronicle" between 1956 and 1959 |
ID Number |
4508 |
Title |
What weary toimes |
First Line |
Eh! dear, what weary toimes are these |
Poet |
RAMSBOTTOM, Joseph |
Book Title |
A LANCASHIRE miscellany of dialect verse, edited by James Bennett |
Author of Book |
|
Publication Date |
1960 |
Page Number |
108 |
Control Number |
b6021514 (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
A selection of Lancashire dialect poems printed in the "Oldham Chronicle" between 1956 and 1959 |
ID Number |
4849 |
Title |
Th' childer's holiday |
First Line |
Eh, dear, I'm welly off my chump |
Poet |
FITTON, Sam |
Book Title |
SONGS of the people: Lancashire dialect poetry of the Industrial Revolution, Brian Hollingworth, editor |
Author of Book |
|
Publication Date |
1977 |
Page Number |
78-80 |
Control Number |
M0129168LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
isbn wrong on this entry - should be either M0015409LC or M0013727LC |
ID Number |
4862 |
Title |
Philip Clough's tale |
First Line |
Eh! dear, what weary toimes are these |
Poet |
RAMSBOTTOM, Joseph |
Book Title |
SONGS of the people: Lancashire dialect poetry of the Industrial Revolution, Brian Hollingworth, editor |
Author of Book |
|
Publication Date |
1977 |
Page Number |
100-102 |
Control Number |
M0129168LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
isbn wrong on this entry - should be either M0015409LC or M0013727LC |
ID Number |
5335 |
Title |
Philip Clough's tale |
First Line |
Eh! dear, what weary toimes are these |
Poet |
RAMSBOTTOM, Joseph |
Book Title |
Phases of distress: Lancashire rhymes, edited by "A Lancashire lad" |
Author of Book |
RAMSBOTTOM, Joseph |
Publication Date |
1864 |
Page Number |
23-27 |
Control Number |
M0017708LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
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ID Number |
6475 |
Title |
The Municipal Elections |
First Line |
What! Me have a seat i' th' Teawn Ceawncil? Dear, dear! |
Poet |
LAYCOCK, Samuel |
Book Title |
The collected writings of Samuel Laycock |
Author of Book |
LAYCOCK, Samuel |
Publication Date |
1908 |
Page Number |
116-117 |
Control Number |
M0003879LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
|
ID Number |
6480 |
Title |
The pulpit an' th' pews |
First Line |
Dear, dear, whatever's comin' next |
Poet |
LAYCOCK, Samuel |
Book Title |
The collected writings of Samuel Laycock |
Author of Book |
LAYCOCK, Samuel |
Publication Date |
1908 |
Page Number |
129-132 |
Control Number |
M0003879LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
|
ID Number |
82617 |
Title |
Philip Clough's tale |
First Line |
Eh! dear, what weary toimes are these |
Poet |
RAMSBOTTOM, Joseph |
Book Title |
BALLADS and songs of Lancashire, ancient and modern / collected, compiled and edited, with notes by John Harland |
Author of Book |
|
Publication Date |
1875 |
Page Number |
501-502 |
Control Number |
M0018155LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
2nd ed. Collected by John Harland and revised by T T Wilkinson |
ID Number |
83115 |
Title |
Th' pulpit an' th' pews |
First Line |
Dear, dear, whatever's comin' next |
Poet |
LAYCOCK, Samuel |
Book Title |
Warblin's fro' an owd songster |
Author of Book |
LAYCOCK, Samuel |
Publication Date |
[1893] |
Page Number |
120-122 |
Control Number |
M0041178LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
Subscribers' edition |
ID Number |
83872 |
Title |
Michel de Montaigne |
First Line |
Dear, grand old Gascon! what a wondrous mine |
Poet |
STANSFIELD, Abraham |
Book Title |
Poems, sonnets and translations |
Author of Book |
STANSFIELD, Abraham |
Publication Date |
1903 |
Page Number |
13 |
Control Number |
M0015289LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
|
ID Number |
83569 |
Title |
Spoons up |
First Line |
In the days 'long ago', food was dear, as you know |
Poet |
McCANDLISH, A. |
Book Title |
SKETCHES and poems by local writers, edited by John U. Smith |
Author of Book |
|
Publication Date |
18-- |
Page Number |
6-7 |
Control Number |
M0129272LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
Editor was member of the Burnley Literary and Philosophical Society |
ID Number |
83621 |
Title |
Replies |
First Line |
Dear, I need you |
Poet |
SMALLEY, Marie |
Book Title |
Thoughts of mine |
Author of Book |
SMALLEY, Marie |
Publication Date |
1916 |
Page Number |
39 |
Control Number |
M0117197LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
A book of verse printed in Blackburn |
ID Number |
84510 |
Title |
Spring yearnings. Spring belated - or somebody. V |
First Line |
The dear, dear Spring! what freshness of the green |
Poet |
STANSFIELD, Abraham |
Book Title |
Sonnets written impromptu |
Author of Book |
STANSFIELD, Abraham |
Publication Date |
1900 |
Page Number |
110 |
Control Number |
M0067286LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
Author born in Todmorden |
ID Number |
84526 |
Title |
To a dear friend on his wedding day |
First Line |
Dear, ardent Soul! my conscience' self would chide |
Poet |
STANSFIELD, Abraham |
Book Title |
Sonnets written impromptu |
Author of Book |
STANSFIELD, Abraham |
Publication Date |
1900 |
Page Number |
126 |
Control Number |
M0067286LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
Author born in Todmorden |
ID Number |
83925 |
Title |
For a dream's sake |
First Line |
Oh! dear,dead woman, love of sweeter years |
Poet |
TALBOT, Luke Hamilton |
Book Title |
The poems of Luke Hamilton Talbot, selected and arranged by Arthur Bennett |
Author of Book |
TALBOT, Luke Hamilton |
Publication Date |
1911 |
Page Number |
134-135 |
Control Number |
M0311651LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
The author was Chief Constable of Warrington |
ID Number |
83971 |
Title |
Love's lullaby |
First Line |
Hush, dear, and go to sleep |
Poet |
TALBOT, Luke Hamilton |
Book Title |
The poems of Luke Hamilton Talbot, selected and arranged by Arthur Bennett |
Author of Book |
TALBOT, Luke Hamilton |
Publication Date |
1911 |
Page Number |
226 |
Control Number |
M0311651LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
The author was Chief Constable of Warrington |
ID Number |
83980 |
Title |
Afterglow |
First Line |
Do you recall them, dear, those golden hours |
Poet |
TALBOT, Luke Hamilton |
Book Title |
The poems of Luke Hamilton Talbot, selected and arranged by Arthur Bennett |
Author of Book |
TALBOT, Luke Hamilton |
Publication Date |
1911 |
Page Number |
241-242 |
Control Number |
M0311651LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
The author was Chief Constable of Warrington |
ID Number |
84007 |
Title |
Ormerod (near Burnley) |
First Line |
Dear, grey old Mansion I have loved for long |
Poet |
STANSFIELD, Abraham |
Book Title |
Poems, sonnets and translations |
Author of Book |
STANSFIELD, Abraham |
Publication Date |
1903 |
Page Number |
46-47 |
Control Number |
M0015289LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
|
ID Number |
84411 |
Title |
Michel de Montaigne |
First Line |
Dear, grand old Gascon! what a wondrous mine |
Poet |
STANSFIELD, Abraham |
Book Title |
Sonnets written impromptu |
Author of Book |
STANSFIELD, Abraham |
Publication Date |
1900 |
Page Number |
13 |
Control Number |
M0067286LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
Author born in Todmorden |
ID Number |
84465 |
Title |
Ormerod, near Burnley |
First Line |
Dear, grey old Mansion I have loved for long |
Poet |
STANSFIELD, Abraham |
Book Title |
Sonnets written impromptu |
Author of Book |
STANSFIELD, Abraham |
Publication Date |
1900 |
Page Number |
63 |
Control Number |
M0067286LC (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
Author born in Todmorden |
ID Number |
87752 |
Title |
Love Everlasting |
First Line |
I love you dear, no longer |
Poet |
BAILEY, Dorothy |
Book Title |
NORTH West Christian Messengers edited by Chris Walton |
Author of Book |
|
Publication Date |
1996 |
Page Number |
37 |
Control Number |
1861610920 (Check the catalogue) |
Notes |
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