THE

COMPLETE

POETICAL WORKS

OF

WILLIAM COLLINS, THOMAS GRAY,

AND

OLIVER GOLDSMITH.

WITH

Biographical Sketches and Notes.

EDITED BY

EPES SARGENT.

BOSTON:

CROSBY, NICHOLS, LEE AND COMPANY.

RIVERSIDE,

CAMBRIDGE:

PRINTED BY H. 0. HOUGHTON AND COMPANY.

MEMOIR,

POEMS,

ORIENTAL ECLOGUES.

ODES.

Eclogue I. Selim; or, the Shepherd's Moral,

Eclogue II. Hassan; or, the Camel-driver,

Eclogue III. Abra; or, the Georgian Sultana,.

Eclogue IV. Agib and Secander; or, the Fugitives,

Ode to Pity,

Ode to Fear,

Ode to Simplicity,

Ode on the Poetical Character,

Ode, written in the Beginning of the Year 1746,

Ode to Mercy,

Ode to Liberty,

Ode to a Lady, on the Death of Colonel Ross, in the Action of Fontenoy,

Ode to Evening,

Ode to Peace,

The Manners,

The Passions,

Ode on the Death of Thomson,

Ode on the Popular Superstitions of the Highlands of Scotland,

MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.

To Miss Aurelia C-

CONTENTS.

r, on her weeping at her Sister's Wedding,

be dead,

Verses written on a Paper which contained a Piece of Bride-cake, given to the

Author by a Lady,

An Epistle, addressed to Sir Thomas Hanmer, on his Edition of Shakspeare's

.83

Works,

Dirge in Cymbeline, sung by Guiderus and Arviragus over Fidele, supposed to

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