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Juvenilia

or, A collection of poems. Written between the ages of twelve and seventeen, by J. H. L. Hunt ... Fourth Edition

Hunt, Leigh (1784-1859)

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LINES TO MISS S**** H****,

PARODY

LINES ADDRESSED TO A PARTICULAR FRIEND,

A MORNING WALK AND VIEW.

LINES TO THE WHITE ROSE OF AMERICA.

CHRIST's HOSPITAL.

REMEMBERED FRIENDSHIP.

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ANACREON. OD. XIX.

TRANSLATION OF THE FIRST ODE OF ANACREON.

TRANSLATION OF HORACE'S ODE, “SEPTIMI GADES,” &c. Lib. ii. Od. vi.

PARAPHRASE OF HORACE'S ODE, “INTEGER VITÆ,” &c.

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SONNET. TO SENSIBILITY.

SONNET. ON THE SICKNESS OF ELIZA.

THE NEGRO BOY. A BALLAD.

SONG.—TO ELIZA.

SONNET.—TO EVE.

THE MAD GIRL'S SONG.

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I.

II.

III.

IV.

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[Lost, sainted son of virtue and of worth]

[Of aspect ruthless as the frown of Fate]

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TO THE EVENING STAR.

SPEECH OF CARACTACUS TO CLAUDIUS CÆSAR.

THE PROGRESS OF PAINTING.

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TO THE OMNIPOTENT GOD.

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HYMNS FOR THE SEASONS.

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THE PALACE OF PLEASURE;

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II.

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PARODY

ON DR. JOHNSON'S “HERMIT HOAR, &c.”

“Gentle Lady, on whose cheek
“Modesty's soft blushes play;
“Tell, O tell me where to seek
“Virtue, and her blissful way.

Thus I said, and mournful sigh'd
As I curs'd beguiling sin;
When the gentle lady cried,
“Come and treat us with some gin!”

This is a species of writing imitated from the Italian, the last line of which is made to differ from the foregoing, and produce some ludicrous point from a seemingly grave subject.