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The Poetical Works of John Langhorne

... To which are prefixed, Memoirs of the Author by his Son the Rev. J. T. Langhorne ... In Two Volumes

Langhorne, John (1735-1779)

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I.

TO THE REV. MR. J. LANGHORNE, ON READING HIS VISIONS OF FANCY, &c.

SONNET TO MR. LANGHORNE.

TO THE HONOURABLE CHARLES YORKE.

PROEMIUM.

GENIUS AND VALOUR: A PASTORAL POEM.

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THE VISIONS OF FANCY.

I.

II.

III.

IV.

A POEM TO THE MEMORY OF MR. HANDEL.

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THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE MIND.

I.

II.

AN ODE TO THE RIVER EDEN.

AUTUMNAL ELEGY.

TO MISS CRACROFT.

THE COMPLAINT OF HER RING-DOVE.

SONNET IN THE MANNER OF PETRARCH.

WRAPPED ROUND A NOSEGAY OF VIOLETS.

ON THE MORAL REFLECTIONS CONTAINED IN HER ANSWER TO THE ABOVE VERSES.

WRITTEN IN A COLLECTION OF MAPS.

THEODOSIUS TO CONSTANTIA.

INSCRIPTION ON THE DOOR OF A STUDY.

TO LORD GRANBY.

TO MRS. GILLMAN.

FRAGMENT, WRITTEN AT CLARE-HALL ON THE KING's ACCESSION.

CÆSAR's DREAM, BEFORE HIS INVASION OF BRITAIN.

INSCRIPTION IN A TEMPLE OF SOCIETY.

INSCRIPTION IN A SEQUESTERED GROTTO.

ANOTHER INSCRIPTION IN THE SAME GROTTO.

LEFT WITH THE MINISTER OF RIPONDEN,

WRITTEN AMONG THE RUINS OF PONTEFRACT CASTLE.

PRECEPTS OF CONJUGAL HAPPINESS.

OWEN OF CARRON.

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II.

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THE FABLES OF FLORA.

I.

FABLE I. THE SUNFLOWER AND THE IVY.

II.

FABLE II. THE EVENING PRIMROSE.

III.

FABLE III. THE LAUREL AND THE REED.

IV.

FABLE IV. THE GARDEN ROSE AND THE WILD ROSE.

v.

FABLE V. THE VIOLET AND THE PANSY.

VI.

FABLE VI. THE QUEEN OF THE MEADOW AND THE CROWN IMPERIAL.

VII.

FABLE VII. THE WALL-FLOWER.

VIII.

FABLE VIII. THE TULIP AND THE MYRTLE.

IX.

FABLE IX. THE BEE-FLOWER.

X.

FABLE X. THE WILDING AND THE BROOM.

XI.

FABLE XI. THE MISLETOE AND THE PASSION-FLOWER.

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THE COUNTRY JUSTICE.

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1.

PART THE FIRST.

The Appointment, and its Purposes.

Ancient Justice's Hall.

Character of a Country Justice.

General Motives for Lenity.

Apology for Vagrants.

Apostrophe to Edward the Third.

The Gypsey-Life.

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2.

PART THE SECOND.

TO ROBERT WILSON CRACROFT, ESQ.

Protection of the Poor.

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3.

PART THE THIRD.

THE ORIGIN OF THE VEIL.

VERSES IN MEMORY OF A LADY.

TO A REDBREAST.

A CONTEMPLATION.

INSCRIPTIONS ON A BEECH TREE,

A MONODY, INSCRIBED TO MY WORTHY FRIEND JOHN SCOTT, ESQ.

IMITATION OF WALLER.

THE DUCHESS OF MAZARINE. ON HER RETIRING INTO A CONVENT.

THE AMIABLE KING.

THE HAPPY VILLAGER.

WRITTEN IN A COTTAGE-GARDEN, AT A VILLAGE IN LORRAIN.

THE PASTORAL PART OF MILTON'S EPITAPHIUM DAMONIS.

TO THE REV. MR. LAMB.

EPISTLE TO MR.---

TO GEORGE COLMAN, ESQ.

HYMN TO PLUTUS.

HYMN TO HUMANITY.

HYMN TO THE RISING SUN.

A FAREWELL HYMN

HYMN TO THE ETERNAL PROVIDENCE.

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THE DEATH OF ADONIS.

THE HAPPINESS OF A MODERATE FORTUNE AND MODERATE DESIRES.

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TRANSLATIONS FROM PETRARCH.

SONNET CCLXXIX.

SONNET CCXXXVIII.

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MILTON'S ITALIAN POEMS TRANSLATED,

ADDRESS. TO SIGNOR MOZZI, OF MACERATA.

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

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PROEMIUM.

WRITTEN IN 1766.

In Eden's vale, where early fancy wrought
Her wild embroidery on the ground of thought,
Where Pembroke's grottos, strew'd with Sidney's bays,
Recall'd the dreams of visionary days,
Thus the fond Muse, that sooth'd my vacant youth,
Prophetic sung, and what she sung was truth.

“Boy, break thy lyre, and cast thy reed away;
Vain are the honours of the fruitless bay.
Tho' with each charm thy polish'd lay should please,
Glow into strength, yet soften into ease;
Should Attic fancy brighten every line,
And all Aonia's harmony be thine;
Say would thy cares a grateful age repay?
Fame wreathe thy brows, or Fortune gild thy way?
Ev'n her own fools, if Fortune smile, shall blame;
And Envy lurks beneath the flowers of Fame.

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Yet, if resolv'd, secure of future praise,
To tune sweet songs, and live melodious days,
Let not the hand, that decks my holy shrine,
Round Folly's head the blasted laurel twine.
Just to thyself, dishonest grandeur scorn;
Nor gild the bust of meanness nobly born.
Let truth, let freedom still thy lays approve!
Respect my precepts, and retain my love!

The River Eden, in Westmorland.

The Countess of Pembroke, to whom Sir Philip Sidney dedicated his Arcadia, resided at Appleby, a small but beautiful town in Westmorland, situated upon the Eden.