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The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore

Collected by Himself. In Ten Volumes

Moore, Thomas (1779-1852)

[dedication]

I, II.

VOL. I., VOL. II. ODES OF ANACREON. JUVENILE POEMS. POEMS RELATING TO AMERICA.

JUVENILE POEMS.

[dedication]

FRAGMENTS OF COLLEGE EXERCISES.

[Is there no call, no consecrating cause]

VARIETY.

TO A BOY, WITH A WATCH.

TO A LADY, WITH SOME MANUSCRIPT POEMS.

ON THE DEATH OF A LADY.

INCONSTANCY.

THE NATAL GENIUS.

ELEGIAC STANZAS, SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN BY JULIA,

TO THE LARGE AND BEAUTIFUL MISS ------

HYMN OF A VIRGIN OF DELPHI,

THE PHILOSOPHER ARISTIPPUS TO A LAMP

WRITTEN IN A COMMONPLACE BOOK, CALLED “THE BOOK OF FOLLIES;”

TO ROSA.

LIGHT SOUNDS THE HARP.

FROM THE GREEK OF MELEAGER.

TO THE INVISIBLE GIRL.

THE RING.

TO ------

WRITTEN IN THE BLANK LEAF OF A LADY'S COMMONPLACE BOOK.

TO MRS. BL---.

TO CARA, AFTER AN INTERVAL OF ABSENCE.

TO CARA, ON THE DAWNING OF A NEW YEAR'S DAY.

TO ------, 1801.

THE GENIUS OF HARMONY

[I found her not—the chamber seem'd]

TO MRS. HENRY TIGHE,

FROM THE HIGH PRIEST OF APOLLO TO A VIRGIN OF DELPHI.

IMITATION OF CATULLUS.

[Oh woman, if through sinful wile]

NONSENSE.

EPIGRAM, FROM THE FRENCH.

ON A SQUINTING POETESS.

TO ------

TO ROSA.

TO PHILLIS.

TO A LADY, ON HER SINGING.

ON THE BIRTHDAY OF MRS. ---

[Nay, do not weep, my Fanny dear]

ASPASIA.

THE GRECIAN GIRL'S DREAM OF THE BLESSED ISLANDS.

TO CLOE.

THE WREATH AND THE CHAIN.

TO ------

TO ---'S PICTURE.

FRAGMENT OF A MYTHOLOGICAL HYMN TO LOVE.

TO HIS SERENE HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF MONTPENSIER,

THE FALL OF HEBE.

RINGS AND SEALS.

TO MISS SUSAN B*CKF---D.

IMPROMPTU, ON LEAVING SOME FRIENDS.

A VISION OF PHILOSOPHY.

TO MRS. ---

TO LADY HEATHCOTE,

THE DEVIL AMONG THE SCHOLARS,

POEMS RELATING TO AMERICA.

III, IV.

VOL. III., VOL. IV. CORRUPTION AND INTOLERANCE. THE SCEPTIC. TWOPENNY POST-BAG. SATIRICAL AND HUMOROUS POEMS. IRISH MELODIES. NATIONAL AIRS. SACRED SONGS.

VOL. V. EVENINGS IN GREECE. BALLADS, SONGS, MISCELLANEOUS POEMS, ETC. ETC.

VI, VII.

VOL. VI., VOL. VII. LALLA ROOKH. POLITICAL AND SATIRICAL POEMS. THE FUDGE FAMILY IN PARIS. FABLES FOR THE HOLY ALLIANCE. RHYMES ON THE ROAD. AND MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.

VIII, IX.

VOL. VIII., VOL. IX THE LOVES OF THE ANGELS. MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. SATIRICAL AND HUMOROUS POEMS. THE FUDGES IN ENGLAND. MISCELLANEOUS.

VOL. X. THE EPICUREAN. ALCIPHRON.

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VARIETY.

Ask what prevailing, pleasing power
Allures the sportive, wandering bee
To roam, untired, from flower to flower,
He'll tell you, 'tis variety.

Look Nature round, her features trace,
Her seasons, all her changes see;
And own, upon Creation's face,
The greatest charm's variety.

For me, ye gracious powers above!
Still let me roam, unfix'd and free;
In all things,—but the nymph I love,
I'll change, and taste variety.

But, Patty, not a world of charms
Could e'er estrange my heart from thee;—
No, let me ever seek those arms,
There still I'll find variety.