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The poetical works of Leigh Hunt

Now finally collected, revised by himself, and edited by his son, Thornton Hunt. With illustrations by Corbould
Hunt, Leigh (1784-1859)

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Narrative Poems.
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THE STORY OF RIMINI;
 I. 
CANTO I.
 II. 
CANTO II.
 III. 
CANTO III.
 IV. 
CANTO IV.
  
CORSO AND EMILIA.
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HERO AND LEANDER.
 I. 
CANTO I.
 II. 
CANTO II.
  
THE PANTHER.
  
MAHMOUD.
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THE GENTLE ARMOUR;
 I. 
CANTO I.
 II. 
CANTO II.
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THE PALFREY.
 1. 
PART FIRST.
 2. 
PART SECOND.
 3. 
PART THIRD.
 4. 
PART FOURTH.
 5. 
PART FIFTH.
  
L'ENVOY.
  
THE GLOVE AND THE LIONS.
  
GODIVA.
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CAPTAIN SWORD AND CAPTAIN PEN.
 I. 
I. HOW CAPTAIN SWORD MARCHED TO WAR.
 II. 
II. HOW CAPTAIN SWORD WON A GREAT VICTORY.
 III. 
III. OF THE BALL THAT WAS GIVEN TO CAPTAIN SWORD.
 IV. 
IV. ON WHAT TOOK PLACE ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE THE NIGHT AFTER THE VICTORY.
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V. HOW CAPTAIN SWORD, IN CONSEQUENCE OF HIS GREAT VICTORIES, BECAME INFIRM IN HIS WITS.
 VI. 
VI. OF CAPTAIN PEN, AND HOW HE FOUGHT WITH CAPTAIN SWORD.
  
ABOU BEN ADHEM.
  
JAFFÀR.
  
THE BITTER GOURD.
  
THE INEVITABLE.
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WALLACE AND FAWDON.
 1. 
PART THE FIRST.
 2. 
PART THE SECOND.
  
KILSPINDIE.
  
THE TRUMPETS OF DOOLKARNEIN.
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BALLADS OF ROBIN HOOD.
  
ROBIN HOOD A CHILD.
  
ROBIN HOOD'S FLIGHT.
  
ROBIN HOOD AN OUTLAW.
  
HOW ROBIN AND HIS OUTLAWS LIVED IN THE WOODS.
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Narrative Modernizations.
  
DEATH AND THE RUFFIANS,
  
CAMBUS KHAN.
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Narrative Imitations.
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THE TAPISER'S TALE.
  
THE PROLOGUE.
  
THE TALE.
  
THE SHEWE OF FAIRE SEEMING;
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Political and Critical Poems.
  
POLITICS AND POETICS.
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THE FEAST OF THE POETS.
  
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POSTSCRIPT.
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BLUE-STOCKING REVELS;
 I. 
CANTO I.
 II. 
CANTO II.
 III. 
CANTO III.
  
THE ST. JAMES'S PHENOMENON.
  
CORONATION SOLILOQUY OF HIS MAJESTY KING GEORGE THE FOURTH.
  
HIGH AND LOW; OR, HOW TO WRITE HISTORY.
  
DOCTOR BAN;
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Sonnets.
  
QUIET EVENINGS.
  
TO HAMPSTEAD.
  
TO THE SAME.
  
TO THE SAME.
  
TO THE SAME.
  
TO THE SAME.
  
THE NILE.
  
TO THE GRASSHOPPER AND THE CRICKET.
  
TO HENRY ROBERTSON, JOHN GATTIE, AND VINCENT NOVELLO,
  
TO THOMAS STOTHARD, R.A.
  
TO MY WIFE.
  
TO KOSCIUSKO,
  
ON A LOCK OF MILTON'S HAIR.
  
TO PERCY SHELLEY,
  
TO MISS K.
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TO THE AUTHOR OF “ION.”
 I. 
I.
 II. 
II.
 III. 
III.
  
TO CHARLES DICKENS.
  
TO POERIO AND HIS FELLOW-PATRIOTS.
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THE FISH, THE MAN, AND THE SPIRIT.
  
TO FISH.
  
A FISH ANSWERS.
  
The Fish turns into a Man, and then into a Spirit, and again speaks.
  
THE DEFORMED CHILD.
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Blank Verse.
  
PAGANINI.
  
OUR COTTAGE.
  
A HEAVEN UPON EARTH.
  
REFLECTIONS OF A DEAD BODY.
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Miscellaneous Poems.
  
POWER AND GENTLENESS.
  
THOUGHTS OF THE AVON.
  
TO T. L. H.
  
TO J. H.
  
TO CHARLES LAMB.
  
EPISTLE TO WILLIAM HAZLITT.
  
TO BARRON FIELD.
  
ON HEARING A LITTLE MUSICAL BOX.
  
HEARING MUSIC.
  
THE LOVER OF MUSIC TO HIS PIANO-FORTE.
  
A THOUGHT OR TWO ON READING POMFRET'S “CHOICE.”
  
SUDDEN FINE WEATHER.
  
ALTER ET IDEM.
  
AN ANGEL IN THE HOUSE.
  
WEALTH AND WOMANHOOD.
  
A HYMN TO BISHOP ST. VALENTINE.
  
TO MAY.
  
TO JUNE.
  
CHRISTMAS.
  
RONDEAU.
  
BURNS AND TULLOCHGORUM.
  
LOVE-LETTERS MADE OF FLOWERS.
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SONGS AND CHORUS OF THE FLOWERS.
  
ROSES.
  
LILIES.
  
VIOLETS.
  
SWEET-BRIAR.
  
POPPIES.
  
SONGS OF THE FLOWERS.
  
ALBUMS.
  
ULTRA-GERMANO-CRITICASTERISM.
  
BODRYDDAN.
  
A NIGHT-RAIN IN SUMMER.
  
CALVIULTOR.
  
TO THE QUEEN.
  
TO THE INFANT PRINCESS ROYAL.
  
THREE VISIONS, OCCASIONED BY THE BIRTH AND CHRISTENING OF THE PRINCE OF WALES.
  
LINES ON THE BIRTH OF THE PRINCESS ALICE.
  
RIGHT AND MIGHT.
  
DREAM WITHIN DREAM;
  
MORGIANA IN ENGLAND. 1815.
  
ODE TO THE SUN.
  
A BLESSED SPOT.
  
VERSES ON A FULL FLOWING PERUKE, BY RICHARD HONEYCOMB, ESQ.
  
DOGGREL ON DOUBLE COLUMNS AND LARGE TYPE.
  
THE ROYAL LINE.

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The Fish turns into a Man, and then into a Spirit, and again speaks.

Indulge thy smiling scorn, if smiling still,
O man! and loathe, but with a sort of love:
For difference must its use by difference prove,
And, in sweet clang, the spheres with music fill.
One of the spirits am I, that at his will
Live in whate'er has life—fish, eagle, dove—
No hate, no pride, beneath nought, nor above,
A visitor of the rounds of God's sweet skill.
Man's life is warm, glad, sad, 'twixt loves and graves,
Boundless in hope, honour'd with pangs austere,
Heaven-gazing; and his angel-wings he craves:
The fish is swift, small-needing, vague yet clear,
A cold, sweet, silver life, wrapp'd in round waves,
Quicken'd with touches of transporting fear.
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