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HOURS OF IDLENESS- -(Continued).
PAGI
Prologue to "Wheel of Fortune,"-"Since the refinement," 51
On the Death of Mr Fox-" )h factious viper!"
The Tear-" When friendship or love,"
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Reply to Verses of J. M. Pigot,-"Why, Pigot, complain," 54
To the sighing Strephon-"Your pardon, my friend,"
Eliza " Eliza, what fools are the Mussulman,"
Lachin y Gair-" Away, ye gay landscapes,"
To Romance-" Parent of golden dreams,"
Elegy on Newstead Abbey-" Newstead! fast falling,"
Childish Recollections" When slow disease,"
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Answer to a beautiful Poem, entitled "The Common Lot," 70
To Rev. J. T. Beecher-"Dear Beecher, you tell me,"
The Death of Calmar and Orla-" Dear, are the days,"
To Edward Noel Long, Esq.-" Dear Long, in this,"
A Lady-" Oh had my fate,"
"I would I were a careless child,"
"When I roved a young Highlander,"
To George, Earl Delawarr-Oh! yes, I will own," .
the Earl of Clare-" Friend of my youth,"
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Written beneath an Elm at Harrow-"Spot of my youth," 83
Criticism of "Hours of Idleness" in the Edinburgh Review, 84
ENGLISH BARDS AND SCOTCH REVIEWERS,
THE GIAOUR; A Fragment of a Turkish Tale,
THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS; A Turkish Tale,
THE CORSAIR; A Tale,
LARA; A Tale,
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HEBREW MELODIES:-
"She walks in beauty,"
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"The harp the monarch minstrel swept,"
"If that high world,"
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"The wild Gazelle,'
"Oh! weep for those,"
241
"On Jordan's banks,
Jephtha's Daughter-" Since our Country,"
Oh! snatch'd away in beauty's bloom,"
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'My soul is dark,"
"I saw thee weep,
243
"Thy days are done,"
Song of Saul before his last Battle- "Warriors and chiefs!" 243
Vision of Belshazzar-"The King was on his throne,"
"Sun of the sleepless!"
"Were my bosom as false as thou deem'st it to be,"
Herod's Lament for Mariamne-"Oh Mariamne,"
Destruction of Jerusalem-"From the last hill,"
By the Rivers of Babylon-" We sate down and
Destruction of Sennacherib-" The Assyrian came,'
"A Spirit pass'd before me,"
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THE CURSE OF MINERVA,
ODE TO NAPOLEON BONAPARTE,
MISCELLANEOUS POEMS:-
MANFRED; A Dramatic Poem,
THE LAMENT OF TASSO,
CHILDE HAROLDS PILGRIMAGE,
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On Revisiting Harrow-" Here once engaged,"
Epitaph on John Adams-"John Adams here lies,""
To a Youthful Friend-"Few years have past,'
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Lines upon a Cup formed from a Skull-"Start not,"
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Well thou art happy,"
On a Newfoundland Dog-"When some proud son of man,"468
To a Lady" When Man, expelled from Eden," &c.,
'Fill the goblet again!-A Song,
To Mrs Musters, on leaving England-""Tis done," &c., 472
Written in an Album, at Malta-"As o'er the cold," 474
To Florence-" Oh Lady! when I left,"
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On passing the Ambracian Gulf-Through cloudless," 475
Stanzas composed in a thunder storm-"Chill and mirk," 475
On Swimming from Sestos to Abydos-"If, in the month," 477
Written at Athens, January 16, 1810-" The spell,"
"Maid of Athens, ere we part,"
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Translation of a Greek War-Song-"Sons of the Greeks," 479
of a Romaic song-"I enter thy garden,"
Lines written beneath a Picture-" Dear object,"
On Parting" The kiss, dear maid!"
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Euthanasia" When time, or soon or late,"
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"And thou art dead, as young and fair,"
"If sometimes in the haunts of men,"
487
On a Cornelian Heart" Ill-fated Heart!"
488
From the French-"Egle, beauty and poet,"
Reply to Lines in Traveller's Book-"The modest bard," 488
Epitaph for Joseph Blacket-" Stranger! behold,"
Lines to a Lady Weeping-" Weep, daughter,"
To Samuel Rogers, Esq.- Absent or present,"
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Address, at Drury Lane Theatre-"In one dread night," 490
Verses found in a Summer-House-"When Dryden's fool," 492
Impromptu" Remember thee !"
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To Time-"Time! on whose arbitrary wing,"
Translation of & Romaic Love-song-" Ah! love,"
Monody on death of Sheridan-" When the last." &c.,
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A
MISCELLANEOUS-(Continued).
"Fare thee well! and if for ever,"
A Sketch-" Born in the garret,"
Stanzas to Augusta-" When All around,"
FAGH
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to the same-" Though the day of my destiny," 503
Epistle to Augusta-" My sister! my sweet sister!" 505
On hearing that Lady Byron was ill-"And thou wert sad," 507
Impromptu-" When, from the heart where Sorrow sits," 509
Sonnet to Genevra-" Thine eyes' blue tenderness,"
to the same "Thy cheek is pale,"
From the Portuguese-"In moments to delight,"
Windsor Poetics-" Famed for contemptuous breach,"
Stanzas for Music-" I speak not, I trace not,"
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Address for Caledonian Meeting-"Who hath not glow'd," 511
Address to Countess of Jersey-When the vain triumph," 512
To Belshazzar-" Belshazzar! from the banquet turn," 513
On the Death of Sir P. Parker-" There is a tear,"
Stanzas for Music--" There's not a joy,"
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"There be none of beauty's,"
Ode from the French-" We do not curse thee,"
From the French-" Must thou go,"
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On Star of "The Legion of Honour"-"Star of the brave!" 519
Napoleon's Farewell-" Farewell to the land,"
Darkness" I had a dream,"
Churchill's Grave" I stood beside the grave,"
Sonnet to Lake Leman-Rousseau-Voltaire, &c.,"
Prometheus-"Titan! to whose immortal,"
EXTRACTS.
First Love" 'Tis sweet to hear,"
Vain regrets-"But now at thirty,"
Fame- What is the end of fame?".
The Shipwreck-" The wind increased,"
Haidee They carpeted their feet,"
"The Isles of Greece,"
Evening- Ave Maria! blessed be the hour,"
The Lovers" The heart-which may be broken,'
A Dream" She dreamed of being alone,"
The Maniac “A vein had burst,"
Fame" Of Poets who come down,"
The Slave Market-" "Twas a raw day,"
The Assassination-"The other evening,'
Love and Glory-" O Love! O Glory!"
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Auld Lang Syne-" And all our little feuds,"
The Black Friar-" Beware! beware!"
Norman, or Newstead Abbey"To Norman Abbey, &c., 554
MAZEPPA,.
ODE ON VENICE,
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