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Miscellanies (1785)

(1749-1814)

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VOLUME I.
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VOLUME II.
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PRIZE POEMS,
  
STANZAS, FROM MISS SEWARD'S MONODY ON THE DEATH OF LADY MILLAR.
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THE SHADOWS OF SHAKESPEARE:
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THE SYSTEM OF PYTHAGORAS.
  
THE FAMILY OF TIME:
  
TENDERNESS.
  
DELAYS ARE DANGEROUS.
  
ODE TO THE SUN.
  
CARDS,
  
THERON:
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MISCELLANEOUS VERSES.

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XVIII.

And now, the melancholy Jaques advanc'd,
And, full of matter, thus in few, exclaim'd:
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“Why all the World's a stage,
“And all the Men and Women merely players:
“They have their exits and their entrances;
“And this Man, in his time, play'd many parts.
“Life! No more on't; it is a tale, told
“By an idiot, signifying nothing.”
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