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The poetical wanderer

containing, dissertations On the early poetry of Greece, On tragic poetry, and on the power Of noble actions on the mind. To which are added, several poems
Linn, John Blair (1777-1804)

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Orlando:
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Oenone:
  
Lines written on seeing the Representation of a City in Ruins.
  
The Maid of the Cot:
  
Ode to Superstition:
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Hope:
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The Author's Elegy over the remains of his Pen.

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Not heaven or earth with all its bounteous store,
Can ease my bosom, or my joy restore,
To you alone I plead my languid grief,
'Tis you alone can bring me sweet relief!
Pity a faithful, sad, neglected maid,
Revisit Ida's melancholy shade!
Pity a maid who loves with tenderest woe,
And merits all your pity can bestow!
Ally'd with me no bloody wars you'll dread,
Soft peace shall hover o'er our blissful bed.
I am your own; I am your only wife,
And pass'd with you my virgin years of life:
May heaven look down with mercy on my tears,
And crown with Paris my remaining years.
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