CONTENTS.

HOURS OF IDLENESS :-

Preface,

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On the Death of a Young Lady" Hush'd are the winds," 5

"Let folly smile,"

To E

D "In thee, I fondly hoped,"

Epitaph on a Friend-" Oh, friend! for ever,'

A Fragment" When to their airy hall,"

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Leaving Newstead Abbey-" Through thy battlements,"

Answer to Lines written in "Letters of an Italian Nun

and an English Gentleman," &c.-" Dear, simple girl," 8

Adrian's Address to his Soul when Dying-" Ah! gentle,' 9

Translation from Catullus. Ad Lesbiam-"Equal to Jove," 9

Translation of the Epitaph on Virgil, &c.-"He who

sublime,"

Imitation of Tibullus-" Cruel Cerinthis!"

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Translation from Catullus. "Lugete," &c.-"Ye Cupids," 10

Imitated from Catullus. To Ellen-" Oh! might I kiss," 10

Translation from Horace-" The man of firm,"

From Anacreon. śλw λeysïv Argeídas-"I wish to tune," 11

Anacreon. Μεσονυκτίαις ποθ ̓ ὡραις—" "Twas now,

the Prometheus Vinctus, &c.-"Great Jove,"

To Emma-" Since now the hour is come at last,"

M. S. G.-"Whene'er I view those lips,"

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Caroline" Think'st thou I saw thy beauteous eyes," 15

"When I hear you express an affection,"

-"Oh! when shall the grave,"

Stanzas to a Lady, with the Poems of Camoëns-

votive pledge,"

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"This

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The First Kiss of Love-" Away with your fictions,"

To the Duke of Dorset-" Dorset! whose early steps,"

On a Change of Masters at a Public School-"Where are

those honours,"

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Fragment. Written shortly after the Marriage of Miss

Chaworth-" Hills of Annesley !"

Granta. A Medley-" Oh! could Le Sage's,"

On a Distant View of the Village and School of Harrow

on the Hill-"Ye scenes of my childhood,"

To M-"Oh! did those eyes,'

M. S. G.-"When I dream that you love me,"

HOURS OF IDLENESS-(Continued).

To Mary, on receiving her Picture-" This faint,"

Lesbia-"Lesbia! since far from you,"

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Lines addressed to a Young Lady, alarmed by a bullet
hissing near her-" Doubtless, sweet girl!"

Love's last Adieu-" The roses of love,"

Damætas-" In law an infant,"

To Marion-" Marion! why that pensive brow?"

To a Lady who presented to the Author a Lock of Hair

braided with his own-" These locks,"

Oscar of Alva. A Tale-" How sweetly shines,"

The Episode of Nisus and Euryalus-" Nisus, the guar-

dian,'

Translation from the Medea of Euripides "When fierce," 46

Thoughts suggested by a College Examination-“ High in

the midst,

To a beautiful Quaker-"Sweet girl! though only once," 49

The Cornelian-" No specious splendour,"

Reply to an Impromptu on the Death of Mr Fox—“
factious viper!"

An Occasional Prologue to "The Wheel of Fortune,”—

"Since the refinement,"

"Oh

The Tear-When friendship or love,"

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Reply to some Verses of J. M. Pigot, Esq., on the Cruelty

of his Mistress-" Why, Pigot, complain,"

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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,"

Answer to a beautiful Poem, entitled "The Common

-"Montgomery! true the common lot,"

Lot,"

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Lines addressed to the Rev. J. T. Becher on his advising

the Author to mix more with Society-" Dear Becher,

you tell me,"

The Death of Calmar and Orla-" Dear, are the days,"

To Edward Noei 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,"

To the Earl of Clare-" Friend of my youth," .

Lines written beneath an Elm in the Churchyard of

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Harrow-"Spot of my youth,"

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Criticism of "Hours of Idleness" in the Edinburgh Review, 84

ENGLISH BARDS AND SCOTCH REVIEWERS,

Postscript to the Second Edition,

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THE GIAOUR; A Fragment of a Turkish Tale,

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THE BRIDE OF ABYDOS; A Turkish Tale,

THE CORSAIR; A Tale,

HEBREW MELODIES,

"She walks in beauty,"

"The harp the monarch minstrel swept,"

"If that high world,"

The wild Gazelle,"

"Oh! weep for those,"

"On Jordan's banks,"

Jephtha's Daughter-" Since our Country

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"Oh! snatch'd away in beauty's bloom,'

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My soul is dark,"

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Thy days are done,"

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Song of Saul before his last Battle-"Warriors and chiefs!" 243

Vision of Belshazzar" The King was on his throne,"

"Were my bosom as false as thou deem'st it to be,"

Herod's Lament for Mariamne-" Oh Mariamne,"

On the day of the Destruction of Jerusalem-" From the

last hill,"

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By the Rivers of Babylon-" We sate down and wept," 248

Destruction of Sennacherib-" The Assyrian came,'

"A Spirit pass'd before me,"

Epitaph on John Adams, of Southwell John Adams
here lies,"

To a Youthful Friend" Few years have past,"

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MISCELLANEOUS-(Continued).

Lines inscribed upon a Cup formed from a Skull-" Start

not,"

"Well! thou art happy,"

Inscription on the Monument of a Newfoundland Dog-

"When some proud son of man returns,"

To a Lady, on being asked my reason for quitting

England in the Spring--" When Man, expelled,"

"Remind me not, remind me not,"

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"There was a time, I need not name,"

"And wilt thou weep when I am low?"

Stanzas to a Lady (Mrs Musters) on leaving England-

""Tis done-and shivering,"

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Written in an Album, at Malta-" As o'er the cold,"

To Florence-"Oh Lady! when I left,"

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Stanzas written in passing the Ambracian Gulf, Novem-

ber 14, 1809-"Through cloudless skies,"

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Stanzas composed October 11, 1809, during the night in a

thunder storin-" Chill and mirk,"

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Written after swimming from Sestos to Abydos, May 9,

1810" If, in the month,"

Written at Athens, January 16, 1810" The spell,"

"Maid of Athens, ere we part,'

Translation of a Greek War-Song-"Sons of the Greeks," 439

of a Romaic song-"I enter thy garden," 440

Lines written beneath a Picture-" Dear object,"

On Parting-"The kiss, dear maid!"

Euthanasia "When time, or soon or late,'

"And thou art dead, as young and fair," .

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"If sometimes in the haunts of men,"

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On a Cornelian Heart-" Ill-fated Heart!"

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From the French-" Ægle, beauty, and poet,"

448

Reply to Lines written in the Traveller's Book at Orcho-

menus- The modest bard,"

448

Epitaph for Joseph Blacket-"Stranger! behold,"

448

"The chain I gave,"

Lines to a Lady Weeping-" Weep, daughter,"

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To Samuel Rogers, Esq.-" Absent or present,'

450

Address, spoken at the opening of Drury Lane Theatre,

October 10, 1812-" In one dread night,"

450

Verses found in a Summer-House, at Hales-Owen-

"When Dryden's fool,"

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Impromptu Remember thee!"

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To Time-" Time! on whose arbitrary wing."

Translation of a Romaic Love-song-" Ah love,"

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"Thou art not false, but thou art fickle,"

On being asked "The origin of Love,"

"Remember him, whom passion's power,"

Monody on the death of Sheridan-" When the last

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MISCELLANEOUS (Continued).

"Fare thee well! and if for ever,"

A Sketch-" Born in the garret,"

Stanzas to Augusta-" When all around,"

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to the same "Though the day of my destiny," 463

Epistle to Augusta-"My sister! my sweet sister!" 465

Lines on hearing that Lady Byron was ill-" And thou

wert sad,"

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Impromptu "When, from the heart where Sorrow sits," 469

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,"

Address intended to be recited at the Caledonian Meeting

-"Who hath not glowed,"

Condolatory Address to Sarah Countess of Jersey-

"When the vain triumph,"

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To Belshazzar-"Belshazzar! from the banquet turn," 473

Elegiac Stanzas on the Death of Sir P. Parker-" There

is a tear,"

Stanzas for Music "There's not a joy,"

"There be none of beauty's,"

Ode from the French-" We do not curse thee,"

From the French-" Must thou go,"

On the Star of "The Legion of Honour "" Star of the

brave!"

Napoleon's Farewell" Farewell to the land,"

Churchill's Grave" I stood beside the grave,”

Darkness" I had a dream,"

Sonnet to Lake Leman-Rousseau-Voltaire, &c.,"
Prometheus "Titan! to whose immortal,"

Fame- What is the end of fame ?"
The Shipwreck-" The wind increased,"
Haidee"They carpeted their feet,"

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,"

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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!"

Auld Lang Syne-" And all our little feuds,"

Norman, or Newstead Abbey-"To Norman Abbey

whirled the noble pair,"

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