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BARBAULD.
Corsica. Written in the year 1769. .
The Mouse's Petition ....
Characters .....
An 1 nventory of iheFurniture in Dr. Priestley 's Study
On a LaJy's Writing ....
On the Deserted Village ....
Hymn to Content ....
The Origin of Song-writing
Ode to Spring .....
An Address to the Deity ....
A Summer Evening's Meditation
To-morrow ......
A School Eclogue ....
What do the Futures speak of? In Answer to a
Question in the Greek Grammar .
The Rights of Woman ....
Washing-day .....
To Mr. S. T. Coleridge. 1797.
The Unknown God ....
Ode to Remorse .....
On the Death of the Princess Charlotte
The Wake of the King of Spain .
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III. For Easter Sunday
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VI. Pious Friendship ....
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X. A Pastoral Hymn ....
SIR WILLIAM JONES.
Caissa ; or, the Game of Chess
Solima. An Arabian Eclogue
An Ode in imitation of Alcaeus
An Ode in imitation of Callistratus
The First Nemean Ode of Pindar
A Chinese Ode, paraphrased
A Turkish Ode of Mesihi ....
Hymn to Camdeo .....
Two Hymns to Pracrili.
ToDurga
To Bhavani .....
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Hymn to Indra .....
CRABBE.
Sir Eustace Grey ....
The Hall of Justice.
Pan I n
Page Tales;—
I. The Dumb Orators ; or, the Benefit of Society . . . . .76 n. The Parting Hour ... 80
III. The Gentleman Farmer . . .84
IV. Procrastination .... 88 V. The Patron 91
VI. The Frank Courtship ... 97
VII. The Widow's Tale . . . .101
VIII. The Mother .... 104
IX. Arabella 107
X. The Lover's Journey . . . 110
XI. Edward Shore . . . .113
XII. 'Squire Thomas ; or, the Precipitate Choice 117
XIII. Jessy and Colin .... 120
XIV. The Struggles of Conscience . . 124 XV. Advice ; or, the 'Squire and the Priest 128
XVI. The Confidant . . . .131
XVTI. Resentment . . . .136
XVIII. The Wager 140
XIX. The Convert .... 143 XX. The Brothers . . . .146
XXI. The Learned Boy . . .150
CHATTERTON.
Bristow Tragedie; or, the Dethe of Syr Charles
Bawdin 158
Mynstrelles Songe . . . . .161
GIFFORD.
The Baviad: a paraphrastic Imitation of the first
Satire of Persius . . . . . 163
TheMaeviad 173
BURNS.
The iwa Dogs, a Tale 190
Death and Dr. Hornbook. A true Story . . 192 The Brigs of Ayr, a Poem. Inscribed to J. B******,
Esq., Ayr 193
The Death and Dying Words of Poor Mailie, the Author's only Pet Yowe. An unco mournfu' Tale 195 Poor Maine's Elegy . . . . .196
A Dream .198
The Vision.
Duan First 199
Duan Second ...... 201
Address to the unco Guid, or the Rigidly Righteous 202 Tarn Samson's Elegy . . . . .203
Halloween 204
The auld Farmer's New-year Morning Salutation to his auld Mare Maggie, on giving her accustomed
Ripp of Corn to hansel in the New-year . 207 To a Mouse. On turning her up in her Nest with
the Plough, November, 1785. . . .208
A Winter's Night . . . . ■ . 208
Despondency. An Ode .... 209
Winter. A Dirge 210
The Colter's Saturday Night. Inscribed to R. A****,
Man was made to mourn. A Dirge . . 212
A Prayer in the Prcspect of Death . . . 213
Stanzas on the same Occasion . . . 213 a2 5
CONTB^NTS.
Verses left at a Friend's House
The First Psalm .....
A Prayer under the Pressure of violent Anguish The first six Verses of the ninetieth Psalm To a iVIountain Daisy, on turning one clown with the Plough in April, 1786. ■ ...
To Knin ......
To Miss L— , with Beattie's Poems as a New-year's Gift, January 1, 1787. ....
Epistle to a Young Friend. May, 1786. . On a Scotch Bard gone to the West Indies . To a Haggis ......
A Dedication to Gavin Hamilton, Esq. To a Louse. On seeing one on a Lady's Bonnet at Church ......
Address to Edinburgh .....
Episile to J. Lapraik, an old Scottish Bard. April
To the same. April aist, 1785.
To W. S*****N, Ochiltree ....
Epistle to J. R******, enclosing some Poems Tarn O'Shanler. A Tale ....
Songs :—
The Lea-rig ......
To Mary ......
My Wife's a winsome wee thing
Bonnie Leslie .....
Highland Mary . . . . .
Auld Bob Morris . . . .
Duncan Gray ......
Song
Galla Water
Lord Gregory .....
Mary Morison . . . . .
Wandering Willie ....
When wild War's deadly Blast was blawn
Song
Bonnie Jean .....
Auld Lang Syne . . . . .
Bannockburn. Robert Bruce's Address to his Army
For a' that, and a' that . . . .
Scottish Ballad .....
Song
TheBirksofAberfeldy ....
I love my Jean . . . . .
John Anderson my Jo .
ThePosie ....;.
The Banks o' Doon ....
Song .
Sic a Wife as Willie had
Wilt thou be my Dearie ? . . . .
For the sake of somebody
A red, red Rose . . . . .
The bonnie Lad that's far awa
Whistle o'er the lave o't . . .
ROGERS.
The Pleasures of Memory.
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Italy.— Part L
I. The Lake of Geneva
II. The Great St. Bernard in. The Descent .
IV. Jorasse
V. Marguerite de Tours VI. The Alps .
VII. Como .
VIII. Bergamo .
IX. Italy .
X. Coll'alto .
XI. Venice .
Xn. Luigi
Xm. St. Slark's Place XIV. The Gondola XV. The Brides of Venice XVI. Foscari XVII. Arqua .
XVIII. Ginevra .
XIX. Bologna XX. Florence XXI. Don Garzia .
XXII. The Campagna of Florence Italy.— Part II.
I. The Pilgrim .
II. An Interview
III. Rome .
IV. A Funeral .
V. National Prejudices .
VI. The Campagna of Rome
VII. The Roman Pontiffs .
VIII. Caius Cestius
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IX. The Nun X. The Firefly XI. Foreign Travel XI r. The Fountain
XIII. Banditti
XIV. An Adventure XV. Naples
XVI. The Bag of Gold XVn. A Character .
XVIII. Sorrento XIX. Psestum XX. Monte Cassino .
XXI. The Harper .
XXII. TheFeluca
XXIII. Genoa .
Ode to Superstition Verses written to be spoken by Mrs. Siddons
On asleep
To
From Euripides Captivity .
The Sailor .
To an old Oak .
To two Sisters On a Tear
To a Voice that had been lost From a Greek Epigram To the Fragment of a Statue of Hercules, commonly called the Torso
Written in a Sick Chamber .
The Boy of Egremond To a Friend on his Marriage .
The Alps at Daybreak Imitation of an Italian Sonnet A Character ....
To the Youngest Daughter of Lady **** An Epitaph on a Robin-redbreast . To the Gnat ....
A Wish ....
Written at Midnight, 1786.
An Italian Song
An Inscription ....
Written in the Highlands of Scotland, September 2, 1812. . ^ . . . . . '
A Farewell
Inscription for a Temple. Dedicated to the Graces To the Butterfly .....
Written in Westminster Abbey, October 10, 1806.
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GRAHAME.
The Sabbath Sabbath Walks :-
A Spring Sabbath Walk .
A Summer Sabbath Walk
An Autumn Sabbath Walk
A Winter Sabbath Walk Biblical Pictures : —
The First Sabbath
The Finding of Moses
Jacob and Pharaoh
Jephlhah's Vow
Saul and David
Elijah fed by Ravens
The Birth of Jesus announced .
Behold my Mother and ray Brethren
Bartimeus restored to Sight
Little Children brought to J'esus
Jesus calms the Tempest .
Jesus walks on the Sea, and calms the Storm
The Dumb cured ....
The Death of Jesus ....
The Resurrection ....
Jesus appears to the Disciples
Paul accused before the Tribunal of the Areopagus
Paul accused before the Roman Governor of Judea
Paraphrase.— Psalm ciii. 3, 4. . . .
On Visiting Melrose, after an Absence of sixteen Years ......
The Wild Duck and her Brood To a Redbreast that flew in at my Window Epitaph on a Blackbird killed by a Hawk . The Poor Man's Funeral ....
The Thanksgiving off Cape Trafalgar
To my Son ......
JOANNA BAILLIE.
Basil.
V. 297 298
299 299 299
305 309 314 320 328
CONTENTS.
De Monfort.
Act 1. .
II.
HI. .
IV.
V. .
The Martyr.
Act I.
II. .
III.
Chrislopher Columbus Lady Griseld Baillie Lord John of the East Malcom's Heir The Elden Tree The Ghosi of Fadon A November Night's Traveller Sir Maurice. A Ballad Address to a St earn- vessel To Mrs. Siddons A Volunteer Song To a Child .
BLOOMFIELD.
The Farnrier's Boy.
Spring .
Summer Autumn Winter
WORDSWORTH.
The Excursion, being a Portion of the Recluse. Book I The Wanderer ....
II. The Solitary ....
III. Despondency . . . .
IV. Despondency corrected .
V. The Pastor
VI. The Churchyard among the Mountains VII. The Churchyard among the Mountains, continued . . . . .
VIII. The Parsonage ....
LX. Discourse of the Wanderer, and an Evening Visit to the Lake The Armenian Lady's Love .
The Somnambulist . .
BOWLES.
The Missionary.
Canto I.
III.
IV. .
V.
VI. .
VII. VIII
Song of the Cid Sonnets. Written chiefly during various Journeys. Part I.
Sonnet. Written at Tynemouth, Northumberland, after a tempestuous Voyage Sonnet. At Bamborough Castle Sonnet. To the River Wensbeck To the River Tweed
Sonnet.
Sonnet Sonnet.
Sonnet.
Sonnet Sonnet.
Sonnet.
Sonnet.
Sonnet.
Sonnet.
Sonnet Sonnet Sonnet.
On leaving a Village in Scotland To the River Itchin, near Winton
At Dover Cliffs, July 20, 1787 . At Ostend, landing, July 21, 1787 . At Ostend, July 22", 1787 On the River Rhine At a Convent
On a distant View of England Sonnet. To tlie River Cherwell, Oxford Part II.
Sonnet Sonnet.
Sonnet.
Sonnet.
Sonnet.
October, 1792 .
November, 1792
April, 1793
May, 1793 Sonnet. Netley Abbey Sonnet .
Sonnet. May, 1793 Sonnet ...
Sonnet. On revisiting Oxford Sonnet. On the Death of the Rev. William Benwell ......
332 337 341 345 349
402 405 408 411
P«go
Sonnet. Written at Malvern, July 11, 1793 519
Sonnet. On reviewing the foregoing, September 21, 1797 .... 519
COLERIDGE.
Sibylline Leaves.
I. Poems occasioned by Political Events, or Feel-
ings connected with them: — Ode to the departing Year .... 521 France. An Ode .... 523 Fears in Solitude. Written in April, 1798, during the Alarm of an Invasion . . . 524 Fire, Famine, and Slaughter. A War Eclogue 526 Recantation, iUustraied'in the Story of the Mad Ox 526
II. Love Poems: —
Introduction to the Tale of the Dark Ladie . 528
Lewii, or the Circassian Love-chant . . 519
The Picture, or the Lover's Resolution . . 530
The Night-scene. A Dramatic Fragment . 531 To an unfortunate Woman, whom the Author
had known in the Days of her Innocence . 5XJ
To an unfortunate Woman at the Theatre . 532
Lines composed in a Concert-room . . 533
The Keepsake . . . . . 533
To a Lady. With Falconer's " Shipwreck" . 533
Home-sick. Written in Germany . . 534
Answer to a Child's Question . . . 531
To a Young Lady. On her Recovery from a
The Visionary Hope .... 534
Something childish, but very natural. Written
in Germany ..... 535
Recollections of Love .... 535
The Happy Husband. A Fragment . . 535
On revisiting the Sea shore, after long Absence,
under strung medical recommendations not to
The Composition of a Kiss . . . 536
III. Meditative Poems. In blank verse :
Hymn before Sunrise, in the Vale of Chamouny 536 Lines written in the Album at Elbingerode, in
the Hartz Forest ..... 537 On observing a Blossom on the first of February,
1796 537
The Eolian Harp. Composed at Clevedon, Somersetshire ..... 537 Reflections on having left a Place of Retirement 538 To the Rev. George Coleridge of Ottery St. Mary,
Devon, vv'ilh some Poems . . . 539
A lonibless Epitaph .... 539 Inscription for a Fountain on a Heath . . 540
This Lime-tree Bower my Prison . . 540
To a Gentleinan. Composed on the Night after his Recitation of a Poem on the Growth of an individual Mind . . . . .541
To a Friend, w Iw had declared his Intention of
writing no more Poetry . . . 542
The Nightingale: a Conversation Poem. Written in April, 1798 . . . . .542 Frost at Midnight .... 543 To a Friend, together with an unfinished Poem 544 The Hour when we shall meet again. Composed
during Illness and in Absence . . . 544
Lines to Joseph Cottle .... .544
IV. Odes and Miscellaneous Poems :—
The Three Graves. A Fragment of a Sexton's Tale . . . . . .545
Dejection. An Ode .... 548
Ode to Georgiana, Dutchess of Devonshire, on the twenty-fourth Stanza in her "Passage over Mount Gothard" .... 550
Ode to Tranquillity . . . .551
To a Young Friend, on his proposing to domesticate with the Author. Composed in 1796 . 551 Lines to W. L. Esq., while he sang a Song to Purcell's Music ..... 552
Addressed to a Y'oung Man of Fortune, who abandoned himself to an indolent and c<.useless Melancholy ..... 552
Sonnet to the River Otter . . • 552
Sonnet. Composed on a Journey homeward; the Author having received Intelligence of the Birth ofa Son, September 20, 1796 . . 552
Sonnet. To a Friend, who asked how I felt when the Nurse first presented my Infant to me . . . . . . 552
The Virgin's Cradle Hymn. Copied from the Print of the Virgin in a Catholic Village in Germany ...... 552
On the Christening ofa Friend's Child . 563 Epitaph on an Infant .... 653
Melancholy. A Fragment . . . 553
A Christmas Carol ..... 653
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Tell's Birthplace. Imitated from Stolberg .
The Falling Leaf
Human Life. On the Denial of Iramortaliiy
TheAdveniureofaStar. Addressed to a Young Lady
Elegy, imitated from one of Akenside s Blank
Make way for Liberty .....
Verse Inscriptions ....
For the first Leaf of a Lady's Album
The Visit of the Gods. Imitated from Schiller
The first Leaf of an Album . . . .
Kubla Khan ; or, a Vision in a Dream
Time employed, Time enjiyed. Addressed to a
The Pains of Sleep . . . .
Young Lady from whom the Author had re-
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
ceived an elegantly wrought Watch-pocket
A Voyage round the World ....
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SIR WALTER SCOTT.
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The Lay of the Last Minstrel.
Christabel.
Canto I.
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