EPISTLE VI. To Lord Viscount Forbes

Song.–The wreath you wove

Lying

Anacreontic

's Picture

Fragment of a Mythological Hymn to Love

To the Duke of Montpensier

Aristippus to his Lamp

To Mrs B-1-d; written in her Album

То

ib.

ib.

ib.

99

100

To

101

102

ib.

103

105

ib.

Epistle I. To Lord Viscount Strangford

Stanzas.—A beam of tranquillity smiled

The Tell-tale Lyre

To the Flying-Fish .

Epistle II. To Miss M-e.

To Cara

To ditto

To the Invisible Girl

Peace and Glory

1801

Song.-Take back the sigh .

The Lake of the Dismal Swamp

EPISTLE IJI. To the Marchioness Dowager

of D---11

The Genius of Harmony

EPISTLE IV. To G. Morgan, Esquire

The Ring

To

----, on seeing her with a white veil

and a rich girdle

The Resemblance

To

From the Greek of Meleager

Lines written in a storm at sea

ODES TO NEA.

Nay, tempt me not to love

I pray you let us roam no more

You read it in my languid eyes

A Dream of Antiquity

Well— peace to thy heart, though another's

it be

If I were yonder wave

On seeing an infant in Nea's arins

The Snow Spirit

I stole along the flowery bank

On the Loss of a Letter intended for Nea

I found her not

A Kiss à l'Antique

There's not a look, a word of thine

Epistle V. To Joseph Atkinson, Esquire

Love and Reason

Nay, do not weep, my Fanny dear

Aspasia

The Grecian Girl's Dream of the Blessed

Islands

EPISTLE VII. To T. Hume, Esq.

The Snake

Lines written on leaving Philadelphia

The Fall of Hebe

To

That wrinkle when first

Anacreontic

To Mrs ---, on some calumnics against

her character

Hymn of a Virgin of Delphi, at the tomb of

her mother

Rings and Seals

To Miss Susan B-ckf-d, on her singing

Lines written at the Cohos, or falls of the

Mohawk river.

Chloris and Fanny

To Miss

With woman's form and

woman's tricks

To

on asking me to address a

106

ib.

ib.

107

ib.

ib.

poem to her

ib.

108

Song of the Evil Spirit of the Woods

To Mrs Henry T-ghe

Impromptu upon leaving some friends

Epistle VIII. To the Rt. Hon. W. R. Spencer ib.

A Warning

110

To--- . 'T is time, I feci, to leave thee now III

From the High Priest of Apollo, to a Virgin

of Delphi .

il,

Woman

113

Ballad Stanzas

ib.

To ---- Come, take the harp

ib.

A Vision of Philosophy

il.

To

The world had just begun to

steal

Dreams

To Mrs

To see thee every day

ib.

A Canadian boat-song ,

ib.

• 115

. 116

.

XIII. I will, I will; the conflict's past

XIV. Count me on the summer trees

XV. Tell me why, my sweetest dove

XVI. Thou, whose soft and rosy hues

XVII. And now,

with all thy pencil's truth

XVII. Now the star of day is high

XIX. Here recline you, gentle maid

XX. One day the Muses twined the hands

XXI. Observe when mother Earth is dry

XXII. The Phrygian rock that braves the

21

21

120

21

121

Epistle IX. To the Lady Charlotte R-wd-n 117

Impromptu, after a visit to Mrs -, of

Montreal

119

Lines written on passing Deadman's Island ib.

To the Boston frigate

ib.

To Lady H--, on an old ring, found at

Tunbridge-Wells

To --- Never mind how the pedagogue

proses

Extract from the Devil among the Scholars.. 121

Fragments of a Journal

123

To a Friend

Fanny, my love, we ne'er were sages

Song.- I ne'er on that lip for a minute have

gazed .

ib.

From the Greek

1 26

On a beautiful East-Indian

ib.

To

I know that none can smile

like thee

ib.

At night

ib.

To ----

I often wish that thou wert dead ib.

21

• 125

.

21

XXIII. I often wish this languid lyre

XXIV. To all that breathe the airs of heaven

XXV. Once in each revolving year

XXVI. Thy harp may sing of Troy's alarms

XXVII. We read the flying courser's name 11

XXVIII. As in the Lemnian caves of fire

XXIX. Yes-loving is a painful thrill

XXX. 'T was in an airy dream of night .

XXXI. Arm'd with a hyacinthine rod

XXXII. Screw me a breathing bed of leaves

XXXIII. 'T was noon of night, when round the

pole.

XXXIV, Oh thou, of all creation bless'd

XXXV. Cupid once upon a bed

XXXVI. If hoarded gold possess'd a power

XXXVII. 'T was night, and many a circling bowl

XXXVIII. Let us drain the nectar'd bowl

XXXIX. How I love the festive boy

XL. I know that Heaven ordains me here

XLI. When Spring bogems the dewy scene

XLII. Yes, be the glorious revel mine

XLIII. While our rosy fillets shed

XLIV. Buds of roses, virgin flowers .

XLV. Within this goblet, rich and deep

XLVI. See, the young, the rosy spring ·

XLVII. 'T is true, my fading years decline it

XLVIII. When my thirsty soul I steep

XLIS. When Bacchus, Jove's immortal boy

L. When I drink, I feel, I feel

LI. Fly not thus my brow of snow

LII. Away, away, you men of rules

LIII. When I behold the festive train

LIV. Methinks the pictured bull we see il

LV. While we invoke the wreathed spring it

LVI. Ile who instructs the youthful crew 23

LVII. And whose immortal hand could shed

LVIII. When gold, as fleet as Zephyr's pinion i

LIX. Sabled by the solar beam

LS. Awake to life, my dulcet shell

LXI. Golden hues of youth are fled

LXII. Fill me, boy, as deep a draught

LXIII. To Love, the soft and blooming child. il

LXIV. Haste thee, nymph, whose winged spear

LXV. Like some wanton filly sporting

LXVI. To thee, the queen of nymphs divine

LXVII, Gentle youth! whose looks assume

LXVIII. Rich in bliss, I prouilly scorn
LXIX. Now Neplune's sullen month appears 23
LXX. They wove the locus band, to deck

LXXI. A broken cake, with honey swect

LXXII. With twenty chords my lyre is hung

il

LXXIII. Fare thee well, perfidious maid

LXXIV. I bloom'd awhile, a happy flower

ib

LXXV. Monarch Love! resistless boy

INTERCEPTED LETTERS; or, THE TWO-PENNY-

POST BAG.

Dedication, Prefaces, etc.

127

Appendix

135

THE FUDGE FAMILY IN PARIS, Preface,

etc.

Notes

154

TOM CRIB'S MEMORIAL TO CONGRESS, Pre-

face, etc.

156

RHYMES ON THE ROAD, etc.

. 171

Notes.

179

FABLES FOR THE HOLY ALLIANCE.
The Dissolution of the Holy Alliance

180
The Looking-glasses

181
The Fly and the Bullock

182
Church and State

183
The Little Grand Lama

184
The Extinguishers.

186

CORRUPTION (an epistle), Preface, etc . 187

INTOLERANCE (a poem)

193

Appendix .

195

THE SCEPTIC, Preface, etc.
ODES OF ANACREON.

Index showing the number of each

Ode in Barnes and other editions 200

An Ode by the Translator

Remarks on Anacreon

ib.

I. I saw the smiling bard of pleasure 205

II. Give me the harp of epic song

ib.

III. Listen to the Muse's lyre

206

IV. Vulcan! hear your glorious task ib.

V. Grave me a cup with brilliant grace ib.

VI. As late I sought the spangled bowers ib.

VII. The women tell me every day • 207

Vill. I care not for the idle state

ib.

IX. I pray thee by the gods above

208

X. Tell me how to punish thee

ib.

XI. Tell me, gentle youth, I pray thee ib,

XII. They tell how Atys, wild with love ib.

Page

LXXVI. Spirit of Love, whose tresses shine .

235

LXXVII. Hither, gentle muse of mine

236

LXXVIII. Would that I were a tuneful lyre ib.

LXXIX. When Cupid sees my beard of snow ib.

FRAGMENTS.

Cupid, whose lamp has lent the ray

ib.

Let me resign a wretched breath

ib.

I know thou lovest a brimming measure ib.

I fear that love disturbs my rest

ib.

From dread Leucadia's frowning steep

ib.

Mix me, child, a cup divine

ib.

EPIGRAMS TRANSLATED FROM ANTIPATER SIDONIUS.

Around the tomb, oh bard divine!

237

Here sleeps Anacreon, in this ivied shade ib.

Oh stranger! if Anacreon's shell

238

At length thy golden hours have wing'd their

flight

il.

LITTLE'S POEMS.

Preface

239

Dedication

240

To Julia

ib.

To a Lady, with some manuscript poems 241

To Mrs

If, in the dream that hovers ib.

To the large and beautiful Miss

ib.

To Julia.

ib.

Inconstancy

242

Imitation of Catullus

ib.

Epigram

il.

To Julia

ib.

Song.--Sweet seducer, blandly smiling

ib.

Nature's Labels

243

To Mrs M- Sweet lady, look not thus

again

ib.

Song.–Why, the world are all thinking

about it

ib.

To Julia

ib.

Impromptu

ib.

To Rosa

244

Sympathy

ib.

To Julia.

To Mrs ---

Yes, I think I once heard ib.

On the Death of a Lady

ib.

To Julia

ib.

To

Can I again that form caress 245

Written in the blank leaf of a Lady's com-

mon-place book

ib.

Song.-Away with this pouting and sadness ib.

To Rosa

ib.

To ditto

ib.

Rondeau

ib.

An Argument to any Phyllis or Chloe

ib.

To Rosa

246

Anacreontique

ib.

Ditto

ib.

Oh, woman, if by simple wile

ib.

Love and Marriage

ib.

The Kiss

247

To Miss

ib.

Nonsense

ib.

To Julia, on her birth-day

ib.

Elegiac Stanzas

ib.

To Rosa

ib.

Love in a Storm

248

Song.-- Jessy on a bank was sleeping

ib.

The Surprise

To a sleeping Maid

To Phillis

Song:- When the heart's feeling

The Ballad

To Mrs ---, on her translation of Voi-

ture's Kiss.

To a Lady, on her Singing

A Dream.

Written in a Common-place book

To the pretty little Mrs

Song.-Dear! in pily do not speak

The Tear

To

So ! Rosa turns her back on me

To Julia weeping

Song.--Have you not seen the timid tear

The Shield

To Mrs

Yes, heaven can witness

how I strove

Elegiac Slanzas

Fanny of Timmol

A Night-thought

Elegiac Stanzas

The Kiss

To

With all my soul, then, let

us part

A Reflection at Sea

An Invitation to Supper

An Ode

upon Morning

Song.-Oh! nothing in life can sadden us

Come, tell me where the maid is found

Sweetest love! I'll not forget thee

If I swear by that eye

Julia's Kiss

To

Remember him thou leavest

behind

Fly from the world, O Bessy! to me

Think on that look of humid ray

A captive thus to thee

The Catalogue

A Fragment

Where is the nymph

When time who stcals our years away

The Shrine

Reuben and Rose

The Ring

Of all my happiest hours of joy

To a boy with a watch

Fragments of College exercises

Mary, I believed thee true

Why does azure deck the sky

Morality, a familiar epistle

The Natal Genius, a dream

ib.

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