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The Poetical Works of Thomas Moore

Collected by Himself. In Ten Volumes

Moore, Thomas (1779-1852)

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I, II.

VOL. I., VOL. II. ODES OF ANACREON. JUVENILE POEMS. POEMS RELATING TO AMERICA.

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JUVENILE POEMS.

FRAGMENTS OF COLLEGE EXERCISES.

[Is there no call, no consecrating cause]

TO A BOY, WITH A WATCH.

REUBEN AND ROSE.

TO A LADY, WITH SOME MANUSCRIPT POEMS.

NATURE'S LABELS.

A REFLECTION AT SEA.

CLORIS AND FANNY.

THE SALE OF LOVES.

ON THE DEATH OF A LADY.

THE NATAL GENIUS.

ELEGIAC STANZAS, SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN BY JULIA,

TO THE LARGE AND BEAUTIFUL MISS ------

HYMN OF A VIRGIN OF DELPHI,

ELEGIAC STANZAS.

LOVE AND MARRIAGE.

TO MISS ------,

THE PHILOSOPHER ARISTIPPUS TO A LAMP

WRITTEN IN A COMMONPLACE BOOK, CALLED “THE BOOK OF FOLLIES;”

LIGHT SOUNDS THE HARP.

FROM THE GREEK OF MELEAGER.

THE RESEMBLANCE.

FANNY, DEAREST.

TO THE INVISIBLE GIRL.

WRITTEN IN THE BLANK LEAF OF A LADY'S COMMONPLACE BOOK.

TO CARA, AFTER AN INTERVAL OF ABSENCE.

TO CARA, ON THE DAWNING OF A NEW YEAR'S DAY.

TO ------, 1801.

THE GENIUS OF HARMONY

[I found her not—the chamber seem'd]

TO MRS. HENRY TIGHE,

FROM THE HIGH PRIEST OF APOLLO TO A VIRGIN OF DELPHI.

A NIGHT THOUGHT.

IMITATION OF CATULLUS.

[Oh woman, if through sinful wile]

EPIGRAM, FROM THE FRENCH.

ON A SQUINTING POETESS.

TO A LADY, ON HER SINGING.

ON THE BIRTHDAY OF MRS. ---

THE TELL-TALE LYRE.

PEACE AND GLORY.

LOVE AND REASON.

[Nay, do not weep, my Fanny dear]

THE GRECIAN GIRL'S DREAM OF THE BLESSED ISLANDS.

THE WREATH AND THE CHAIN.

TO ---'S PICTURE.

FRAGMENT OF A MYTHOLOGICAL HYMN TO LOVE.

TO HIS SERENE HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF MONTPENSIER,

THE FALL OF HEBE.

RINGS AND SEALS.

TO MISS SUSAN B*CKF---D.

IMPROMPTU, ON LEAVING SOME FRIENDS.

A VISION OF PHILOSOPHY.

TO LADY HEATHCOTE,

THE DEVIL AMONG THE SCHOLARS,

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POEMS RELATING TO AMERICA.

TO LORD VISCOUNT STRANGFORD.

TO THE FLYING-FISH.

THE LAKE OF THE DISMAL SWAMP.

TO THE MARCHIONESS DOWAGER OF DONEGALL.

TO GEORGE MORGAN, ESQ. OF NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.

LINES, WRITTEN IN A STORM AT SEA.

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[Nay, tempt me not to love again]

[I pray you, let us roam no more]

[You read it in these spell-bound eyes]

A DREAM OF ANTIQUITY.

[Well—peace to thy heart, though another's it be]

[If I were yonder wave, my dear]

THE SNOW SPIRIT.

[I stole along the flowery bank]

A STUDY FROM THE ANTIQUE.

[There's not a look, a word of thine]

TO JOSEPH ATKINSON, ESQ.

THE STEERMAN'S SONG,

TO THE FIRE-FLY.

TO THE LORD VISCOUNT FORBES.

TO THOMAS HUME, ESQ. M.D.

LINES WRITTEN ON LEAVING PHILADELPHIA.

LINES WRITTEN AT THE COHOS, OR FALLS OF THE MOHAWK RIVER.

SONG OF THE EVIL SPIRIT OF THE WOODS.

TO THE HONOURABLE W. R. SPENCER.

BALLAD STANZAS.

A CANADIAN BOAT SONG.

TO THE LADY CHARLOTTE RAWDON.

IMPROMPTU, AFTER A VISIT TO MRS. ---, OF MONTREAL.

WRITTEN ON PASSING DEADMAN'S ISLAND ,

TO THE BOSTON FRIGATE ,

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III, IV.

VOL. III., VOL. IV. CORRUPTION AND INTOLERANCE. THE SCEPTIC. TWOPENNY POST-BAG. SATIRICAL AND HUMOROUS POEMS. IRISH MELODIES. NATIONAL AIRS. SACRED SONGS.

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CORRUPTION, AND INTOLERANCE.

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TWOPENNY POST-BAG.

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INTERCEPTED LETTERS, &c.

I.

LETTER I. FROM THE PR*NC*SS CH*RL*E OF W*L*S TO THE LADY B*RB---A ASHL*Y.

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II.

LETTER II. FROM COLONEL M'M---H---N TO G---LD FR---NC---S L---CKIE, ESQ.

III.

LETTER III. FROM G---GE PR---CE R*G---T TO THE E--- OF Y---TH.

IV.

LETTER IV. FROM THE RIGHT HON. P*TR*CK D---GEN---N TO THE RIGHT HON. SIR J*HN N*CH*L.

V.

LETTER V. FROM THE COUNTESS DOWAGER OF C*RK TO LADY ------.

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VI.

LETTER VI. FROM ABDALLAH , IN LONDON, TO MOHASSAN, IN ISPAHAN.

VII.

LETTER VII. FROM MESSRS. L---CK---GT---N AND CO. TO ------, ESQ.

VIII.

LETTER VIII. FROM COLONEL TH*M*S TO ------ SK*FF*NGT*N, ESQ.

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SATIRICAL AND HUMOROUS POEMS.

THE INSURRECTION OF THE PAPERS.

PARODY OF A CELEBRATED LETTER.

ANACREONTIC TO A PLUMASSIER.

EXTRACTS FROM THE DIARY OF A POLITICIAN.

KING CRACK AND HIS IDOLS.

WHAT'S MY THOUGHT LIKE?

DIALOGUE BETWEEN A CATHOLIC DELEGATE AND HIS R*Y*L H*GHN*SS THE D---E OF C---B---L---D.

WREATHS FOR THE MINISTERS.

DIALOGUE BETWEEN A DOWAGER AND HER MAID ON THE NIGHT OF LORD Y*RM---TH'S FÊTE.

HORACE, ODE XI. LIB. II.

HORACE, ODE XXII. LIB. I.

THE NEW COSTUME OF THE MINISTERS.

CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN A LADY AND GENTLEMAN,

OCCASIONAL ADDRESS FOR THE OPENING OF THE NEW THEATRE OF ST. ST*PH*N,

THE SALE OF THE TOOLS.

LITTLE MAN AND LITTLE SOUL.

REINFORCEMENTS FOR LORD WELLINGTON.

HORACE, ODE I. LIB. III.

HORACE, ODE XXXVIII. LIB. I.

IMPROMPTU UPON BEING OBLIGED TO LEAVE A PLEASANT PARTY, FROM THE WANT OF A PAIR OF BREECHES TO DRESS FOR DINNER IN.

LORD WELLINGTON AND THE MINISTERS.

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IRISH MELODIES.

GO WHERE GLORY WAITS THEE.

REMEMBER THE GLORIES OF BRIEN THE BRAVE.

ERIN! THE TEAR AND THE SMILE IN THINE EYES.

OH! BREATHE NOT HIS NAME.

WHEN HE, WHO ADORES THEE.

THE HARP THAT ONCE THROUGH TARA'S HALLS.

OH! THINK NOT MY SPIRITS ARE ALWAYS AS LIGHT.

THO' THE LAST GLIMPSE OF ERIN WITH SORROW I SEE.

RICH AND RARE WERE THE GEMS SHE WORE.

AS A BEAM O'ER THE FACE OF THE WATERS MAY GLOW.

THE MEETING OF THE WATERS.

HOW DEAR TO ME THE HOUR.

TAKE BACK THE VIRGIN PAGE.

HOW OFT HAS THE BENSHEE CRIED.

WE MAY ROAM THROUGH THIS WORLD.

EVELEEN'S BOWER.

LET ERIN REMEMBER THE DAYS OF OLD.

THE SONG OF FIONNUALA.

COME, SEND ROUND THE WINE.

SUBLIME WAS THE WARNING.

BELIEVE ME, IF ALL THOSE ENDEARING YOUNG CHARMS.

OH! BLAME NOT THE BARD.

WHILE GAZING ON THE MOON'S LIGHT.

BEFORE THE BATTLE.

AFTER THE BATTLE.

'TIS SWEET TO THINK.

THE IRISH PEASANT TO HIS MISTRESS.

IT IS NOT THE TEAR AT THIS MOMENT SHED.

THE ORIGIN OF THE HARP.

LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM.

THE PRINCE'S DAY.

WEEP ON, WEEP ON.

LESBIA HATH A BEAMING EYE.

I SAW THY FORM IN YOUTHFUL PRIME.

BY THAT LAKE, WHOSE GLOOMY SHORE.

SHE IS FAR FROM THE LAND.

NAY, TELL ME NOT, DEAR.

AVENGING AND BRIGHT.

WHAT THE BEE IS TO THE FLOWERET.

LOVE AND THE NOVICE.

THIS LIFE IS ALL CHEQUER'D WITH PLEASURES AND WOES.

OH THE SHAMROCK.

AT THE MID HOUR OF NIGHT.

ONE BUMPER AT PARTING.

'TIS THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER.

THE YOUNG MAY MOON.

THE MINSTREL-BOY.

THE SONG OF O'RUARK, PRINCE OF BREFFNI.

OH! HAD WE SOME BRIGHT LITTLE ISLE OF OUR OWN.

FAREWELL!—BUT WHENEVER YOU WELCOME THE HOUR.

OH! DOUBT ME NOT.

YOU REMEMBER ELLEN.

I'D MOURN THE HOPES.

COME O'ER THE SEA.

HAS SORROW THY YOUNG DAYS SHADED.

NO, NOT MORE WELCOME.

WHEN FIRST I MET THEE.

WHILE HISTORY'S MUSE.

THE TIME I'VE LOST IN WOOING.

WHERE IS THE SLAVE.

COME, REST IN THIS BOSOM.

'TIS GONE, AND FOR EVER.

I SAW FROM THE BEACH.

FILL THE BUMPER FAIR.

DEAR HARP OF MY COUNTRY.

MY GENTLE HARP.

IN THE MORNING OF LIFE.

AS SLOW OUR SHIP.

WHEN COLD IN THE EARTH.

WREATH THE BOWL.

WHENE'ER I SEE THOSE SMILING EYES.

IF THOU'LT BE MINE.

TO LADIES' EYES.

FORGET NOT THE FIELD.

THEY MAY RAIL AT THIS LIFE.

OH FOR THE SWORDS OF FORMER TIME!

ST. SENANUS AND THE LADY.

NE'ER ASK THE HOUR.

SAIL ON, SAIL ON.

DRINK OF THIS CUP.

THE FORTUNE-TELLER.

O'DONOHUE'S MISTRESS.

OH BANQUET NOT.

THEE, THEE, ONLY THEE.

SHALL THE HARP THEN BE SILENT.

OH, THE SIGHT ENTRANCING.

SWEET INNISFALLEN.

'TWAS ONE OF THOSE DREAMS.

FAIREST! PUT ON AWHILE.

QUICK! WE HAVE BUT A SECOND.

AND DOTH NOT A MEETING LIKE THIS.

THE MOUNTAIN SPRITE.

AS VANQUISH'D ERIN.

DESMOND'S SONG.

THEY KNOW NOT MY HEART.

I WISH I WAS BY THAT DIM LAKE.

SHE SUNG OF LOVE.

SING—SING—MUSIC WAS GIVEN.

THOUGH HUMBLE THE BANQUET.

SING, SWEET HARP.

SONG OF THE BATTLE EVE.

THE WANDERING BARD.

ALONE IN CROWDS TO WANDER ON.

I'VE A SECRET TO TELL THEE.

SONG OF INNISFAIL.

THE NIGHT DANCE.

THERE ARE SOUNDS OF MIRTH.

OH! ARRANMORE, LOVED ARRANMORE.

LAY HIS SWORD BY HIS SIDE.

OH, COULD WE DO WITH THIS WORLD OF OURS.

THE WINE-CUP IS CIRCLING.

THE DREAM OF THOSE DAYS.

FROM THIS HOUR THE PLEDGE IS GIVEN.

SILENCE IS IN OUR FESTAL HALLS.

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A TEMPLE TO FRIENDSHIP.

FLOW ON, THOU SHINING RIVER.

ALL THAT'S BRIGHT MUST FADE.

SO WARMLY WE MET.

THOSE EVENING BELLS.

SHOULD THOSE FOND HOPES.

REASON, FOLLY, AND BEAUTY.

FARE THEE WELL, THOU LOVELY ONE!

DOST THOU REMEMBER.

OH, COME TO ME WHEN DAYLIGHT SETS.

OFT, IN THE STILLY NIGHT.

HARK! THE VESPER HYMN IS STEALING.

THERE COMES A TIME.

MY HARP HAS ONE UNCHANGING THEME.

OH, NO—NOT EV'N WHEN FIRST WE LOVED.

PEACE BE AROUND THEE.

COMMON SENSE AND GENIUS.

THEN, FARE THEE WELL.

GAILY SOUNDS THE CASTANET.

LOVE IS A HUNTER-BOY.

COME, CHASE THAT STARTING TEAR AWAY.

JOYS OF YOUTH, HOW FLEETING!

HEAR ME BUT ONCE.

WHEN LOVE WAS A CHILD.

SAY, WHAT SHALL BE OUR SPORT TO-DAY?

BRIGHT BE THY DREAMS.

GO, THEN—'TIS VAIN.

THE CRYSTAL-HUNTERS.

ROW GENTLY HERE.

OH, DAYS OF YOUTH.

WHEN FIRST THAT SMILE.

PEACE TO THE SLUMBERERS!

WHEN THOU SHALT WANDER.

WHO'LL BUY MY LOVE-KNOTS?

SEE, THE DAWN FROM HEAVEN.

NETS AND CAGES.

WHEN THROUGH THE PIAZZETTA.

GO, NOW, AND DREAM.

TAKE HENCE THE BOWL.

FAREWELL, THERESA!

HOW OFT, WHEN WATCHING STARS.

WHEN THE FIRST SUMMER BEE.

THOUGH 'TIS ALL BUT A DREAM.

WHEN THE WINE-CUP IS SMILING.

WHERE SHALL WE BURY OUR SHAME?

NE'ER TALK OF WISDOM'S GLOOMY SCHOOLS.

HERE SLEEPS THE BARD.

DO NOT SAY THAT LIFE IS WANING.

NO—LEAVE MY HEART TO REST.

WHERE ARE THE VISIONS.

WIND THY HORN, MY HUNTER BOY.

OH, GUARD OUR AFFECTION.

SLUMBER, OH SLUMBER.

BRING THE BRIGHT GARLANDS HITHER.

IF IN LOVING, SINGING.

THOU LOV'ST NO MORE.

WHEN ABROAD IN THE WORLD.

KEEP THOSE EYES STILL PURELY MINE.

HOPE COMES AGAIN.

O SAY, THOU BEST AND BRIGHTEST.

WHEN NIGHT BRINGS THE HOUR.

LIKE ONE WHO, DOOM'D.

FEAR NOT THAT, WHILE AROUND THEE.

WHEN LOVE IS KIND.

THE GARLAND I SEND THEE.

HOW SHALL I WOO?

SPRING AND AUTUMN.

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THOU ART, O GOD.

THE BIRD, LET LOOSE.

FALLEN IS THY THRONE.

WHO IS THE MAID?

THIS WORLD IS ALL A FLEETING SHOW.

OH THOU WHO DRY'ST THE MOURNER'S TEAR.

WEEP NOT FOR THOSE.

THE TURF SHALL BE MY FRAGRANT SHRINE.

SOUND THE LOUD TIMBREL.

GO, LET ME WEEP.

COME NOT, OH LORD.

WERE NOT THE SINFUL MARY'S TEARS.

AS DOWN IN THE SUNLESS RETREATS.

BUT WHO SHALL SEE

OH FAIR! OH PUREST!

ANGEL OF CHARITY.

BEHOLD THE SUN.

LORD, WHO SHALL BEAR THAT DAY.

OH, TEACH ME TO LOVE THEE.

WEEP, CHILDREN OF ISRAEL.

LIKE MORNING, WHEN HER EARLY BREEZE.

COME, YE DISCONSOLATE.

AWAKE, ARISE, THY LIGHT IS COME.

THERE IS A BLEAK DESERT.

SINCE FIRST THY WORD.

HARK! 'TIS THE BREEZE.

WHERE IS YOUR DWELLING, YE SAINTED?

HOW LIGHTLY MOUNTS THE MUSE'S WING.

GO FORTH TO THE MOUNT.

IS IT NOT SWEET TO THINK, HEREAFTER.

WAR AGAINST BABYLON.

THE SUMMER FÊTE.

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V.

VOL. V. EVENINGS IN GREECE. BALLADS, SONGS, MISCELLANEOUS POEMS, ETC. ETC.

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EVENINGS IN GREECE.

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1.

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2.

SECOND EVENING.

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LEGENDARY BALLADS.

CUPID AND PSYCHE.

HERO AND LEANDER.

THE LEAF AND THE FOUNTAIN.

CEPHALUS AND PROCRIS.

THE DYING WARRIOR.

THE MAGIC MIRROR.

THE HIGH-BORN LADYE.

THE INDIAN BOAT.

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A MELOLOGUE UPON NATIONAL MUSIC.

A short Strain of Music from the Orchestra.

Flourish of Trumpets.

Swiss Air.—“Ranz des Vaches.”

Spanish Chorus.

Spanish Air.—“Ya Desperto.”

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THE MEETING OF THE SHIPS.

HIP, HIP, HURRAH!

THE PARTING BEFORE THE BATTLE.

SAY, WHAT SHALL WE DANCE?

THE EVENING GUN.

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BALLADS, SONGS, MISCELLANEOUS POEMS, ETC.

TO-DAY, DEAREST! IS OURS.

WHEN ON THE LIP THE SIGH DELAYS.

HERE, TAKE MY HEART.

OH, CALL IT BY SOME BETTER NAME.

POOR WOUNDED HEART.

THE EAST INDIAN.

POOR BROKEN FLOWER.

THE PRETTY ROSE TREE.

SHINE OUT, STARS!

THE YOUNG MULETEERS OF GRENADA.

TELL HER, OH, TELL HER.

NIGHTS OF MUSIC.

OUR FIRST YOUNG LOVE.

BLACK AND BLUE EYES.

FROM LIFE WITHOUT FREEDOM.

HERE'S THE BOWER.

I SAW THE MOON RISE CLEAR.

LOVE AND THE SUN-DIAL.

LOVE'S LIGHT SUMMER-CLOUD.

LOVE, WAND'RING THROUGH THE GOLDEN MAZE.

MERRILY EVERY BOSOM BOUNDETH.

REMEMBER THE TIME.

OH, SOON RETURN.

ONE DEAR SMILE.

YES, YES, WHEN THE BLOOM.

THE DAY OF LOVE.

LUSITANIAN WAR-SONG.

THE YOUNG ROSE.

WHEN 'MIDST THE GAY I MEET.

WHEN TWILIGHT DEWS.

HOW HAPPY, ONCE.

I LOVE BUT THEE.

LET JOY ALONE BE REMEMBER'D NOW.

LOVE THEE, DEAREST? LOVE THEE?

MY HEART AND LUTE.

PEACE, PEACE TO HIM THAT'S GONE!

ROSE OF THE DESERT.

'TIS ALL FOR THEE.

THE SONG OF THE OLDEN TIME.

WAKE THEE, MY DEAR.

THE BOY OF THE ALPS.

FOR THEE ALONE.

HER LAST WORDS, AT PARTING.

LET'S TAKE THIS WORLD AS SOME WIDE SCENE.

LOVE'S VICTORY.

SONG OF HERCULES TO HIS DAUGHTER.

THE DREAM OF HOME.

THEY TELL ME THOU'RT THE FAVOUR'D GUEST.

THE YOUNG INDIAN MAID.

THE HOMEWARD MARCH.

WAKE UP, SWEET MELODY.

CALM BE THY SLEEP.

THE FANCY FAIR.

IF THOU WOULD'ST HAVE ME SING AND PLAY.

STILL WHEN DAYLIGHT.

THE SUMMER WEBS.

MIND NOT THOUGH DAYLIGHT.

THEY MET BUT ONCE.

WITH MOONLIGHT BEAMING.

CHILD'S SONG. FROM A MASQUE.

THE HALCYON HANGS O'ER OCEAN.

THE WORLD WAS HUSH'D.

THE LEGEND OF PUCK THE FAIRY.

BEAUTY AND SONG.

WHEN THOU ART NIGH.

SONG OF A HYPERBOREAN.

THOU BIDST ME SING.

ROUND THE WORLD GOES.

OH, DO NOT LOOK SO BRIGHT AND BLEST.

THE MUSICAL BOX.

WHEN TO SAD MUSIC SILENT YOU LISTEN.

THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.

THE DAWN IS BREAKING O'ER US.

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UNPUBLISHED SONGS, ETC.

ASK NOT IF STILL I LOVE.

UNBIND THEE, LOVE.

THERE'S SOMETHING STRANGE.

WHEN LOVE, WHO RULED.

STILL THOU FLIEST.

THEN FIRST FROM LOVE.

HUSH, SWEET LUTE.

LONG YEARS HAVE PASS'D.

DREAMING FOR EVER.

THOUGH LIGHTLY SOUNDS THE SONG I SING.

THE RUSSIAN LOVER.

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VI, VII.

VOL. VI., VOL. VII. LALLA ROOKH. POLITICAL AND SATIRICAL POEMS. THE FUDGE FAMILY IN PARIS. FABLES FOR THE HOLY ALLIANCE. RHYMES ON THE ROAD. AND MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.

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THE VEILED PROPHET OF KHORASSAN.

PARADISE AND THE PERI.

[Tell me not of joys above]

THE FIRE-WORSHIPPERS.

THE LIGHT OF THE HARAM.

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POLITICAL AND SATIRICAL POEMS.

LINES ON THE DEATH OF MR. P*RC*V*L.

FUM AND HUM, THE TWO BIRDS OF ROYALTY.

LINES ON THE DEATH OF SH*R*D*N.

EPISTLE FROM TOM CRIB TO BIG BEN

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THE FUDGE FAMILY IN PARIS.

I.

LETTER I. FROM MISS BIDDY FUDGE TO MISS DOROTHY ---, OF CLONKILTY, IN IRELAND.

II.

LETTER II. FROM PHIL. FUDGE, ESQ. TO THE LORD VISCOUNT C*ST---R---GH.

III.

LETTER III. FROM MR. BOB FUDGE TO RICHARD ---, ESQ.

IV.

LETTER IV. FROM PHELIM CONNOR TO ---.

V.

LETTER V. FROM MISS BIDDY FUDGE TO MISS DOROTHY ---.

VI.

LETTER VI. FROM PHIL. FUDGE, ESQ. TO HIS BROTHER TIM FUDGE, ESQ. BARRISTER AT LAW.

VII.

LETTER VII. FROM PHELIM CONNOR TO ------.

VIII.

LETTER VIII. FROM MR. BOB FUDGE TO RICHARD ---, ESQ.

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IX.

LETTER IX. FROM PHIL. FUDGE, ESQ. TO THE LORD VISCOUNT C*ST---GH.

Extracts from Mr. Fudge's Journal, addressed to Lord C.

X.

LETTER X. FROM MISS BIDDY FUDGE TO MISS DOROTHY ---.

XI.

LETTER XI. FROM PHELIM CONNOR TO ---.

XII.

LETTER XII. FROM MISS BIDDY FUDGE TO MISS DOROTHY ------.

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FABLES FOR THE HOLY ALLIANCE.

I.

FABLE I. THE DISSOLUTION OF THE HOLY ALLIANCE.

II.

FABLE II. THE LOOKING-GLASSES.

III.

FABLE III. THE TORCH OF LIBERTY.

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IV.

FABLE IV. THE FLY AND THE BULLOCK.

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V.

FABLE V. CHURCH AND STATE.

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VI.

FABLE VI. THE LITTLE GRAND LAMA.

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VII.

FABLE VII. THE EXTINGUISHERS.

VIII.

FABLE VIII. LOUIS FOURTEENTH'S WIG.

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RHYMES ON THE ROAD,

INTRODUCTORY RHYMES.

I.

II.

EXTRACT II. FATE OF GENEVA IN THE YEAR 1782.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

X.

EXTRACT X. Verses of Hippolyta to her Husband.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

XV.

XVI.

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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.

OCCASIONAL EPILOGUE,

EXTRACT FROM A PROLOGUE WRITTEN AND SPOKEN BY THE AUTHOR, AT THE OPENING OF THE KILKENNY THEATRE, OCTOBER, 1809.

THE SYLPH'S BALL.

FANNY, DEAREST!

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TRANSLATIONS FROM CATULLUS.

TIBULLUS TO SULPICIA.

IMITATION FROM THE FRENCH.

INVITATION TO DINNER,

VERSES TO THE POET CRABBE'S INKSTAND.

TO CAROLINE, VISCOUNTESS VALLETORT.

LOVE AND HYMEN.

LINES ON THE ENTRY OF THE AUSTRIANS INTO NAPLES, 1821.

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VIII, IX.

VOL. VIII., VOL. IX THE LOVES OF THE ANGELS. MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. SATIRICAL AND HUMOROUS POEMS. THE FUDGES IN ENGLAND. MISCELLANEOUS.

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THE LOVES OF THE ANGELS.

['Twas when the world was in its prime]

1.

FIRST ANGEL'S STORY.

2.

SECOND ANGEL'S STORY.

3.

THIRD ANGEL'S STORY.

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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.

A JOKE VERSIFIED.

ON THE DEATH OF A FRIEND.

TO JAMES CORRY, ESQ.

FRAGMENT OF A CHARACTER.

WHAT SHALL I SING THEE?

COUNTRY DANCE AND QUADRILLE.

LINES ON THE DEATH OF JOSEPH ATKINSON, ESQ. OF DUBLIN.

GENIUS AND CRITICISM.

TO LADY J*R**Y,

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SATIRICAL AND HUMOROUS POEMS.

TO SIR HUDSON LOWE.

AMATORY COLLOQUY BETWEEN BANK AND GOVERNMENT.

DIALOGUE BETWEEN A SOVEREIGN AND A ONE POUND NOTE.

AN EXPOSTULATION TO LORD KING.

THE SINKING FUND CRIED.

ODE TO THE GODDESS CERES.

A HYMN OF WELCOME AFTER THE RECESS.

MEMORABILIA OF LAST WEEK.

ALL IN THE FAMILY WAY.

BALLAD FOR THE CAMBRIDGE ELECTION.

MR. ROGER DODSWORTH.

COPY OF AN INTERCEPTED DESPATCH.

THE MILLENNIUM.

THE THREE DOCTORS.

EPITAPH ON A TUFT-HUNTER.

NEWS FOR COUNTRY COUSINS.

THE PETITION OF THE ORANGEMEN OF IRELAND.

COTTON AND CORN.

THE CANONIZATION OF SAINT B*TT*RW*RTH.

AN INCANTATION.

A DREAM OF TURTLE.

THE DONKY AND HIS PANNIERS.

ODE TO THE SUBLIME PORTE.

CORN AND CATHOLICS.

A CASE OF LIBEL.

LITERARY ADVERTISEMENT.

THE IRISH SLAVE.

ODE TO FERDINAND.

HAT versus WIG.

THE PERIWINKLES AND THE LOCUSTS.

NEW CREATION OF PEERS.

SPEECH ON THE UMBRELLA QUESTION.

A PASTORAL BALLAD.

A LATE SCENE AT SWANAGE

TOUT POUR LA TRIPE.

DOG-DAY REFLECTIONS.

THE “LIVING DOG” AND “THE DEAD LION.”

ODE TO DON MIGUEL.

THOUGHTS ON THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT OF IRELAND.

THE LIMBO OF LOST REPUTATIONS.

HOW TO WRITE BY PROXY.

IMITATION OF THE INFERNO OF DANTE.

LAMENT FOR THE LOSS OF LORD B*TH---ST'S TAIL.

STANZAS WRITTEN IN ANTICIPATION OF DEFEAT.

ODE TO THE WOODS AND FORESTS.

STANZAS FROM THE BANKS OF THE SHANNON.

THE ANNUAL PILL.

“IF” AND “PERHAPS.”

WRITE ON, WRITE ON.

SONG OF THE DEPARTING SPIRIT OF TITHE.

THE EUTHANASIA OF VAN.

TO THE REVEREND ---.

IRISH ANTIQUITIES.

A CURIOUS FACT.

NEW-FASHIONED ECHOES.

HOW TO MAKE A GOOD POLITICIAN.

EPISTLE OF CONDOLENCE,

THE GHOST OF MILTIADES.

ALARMING INTELLIGENCE—REVOLUTION IN THE DICTIONARY—ONE GALT AT THE HEAD OF IT.

RESOLUTIONS PASSED AT A LATE MEETING OF REVERENDS AND RIGHT REVERENDS.

SIR ANDREW'S DREAM.

A BLUE LOVE-SONG.

THE NUMBERING OF THE CLERGY.

A DREAM OF HINDOSTAN.

THE BRUNSWICK CLUB.

PROPOSALS FOR A GYNÆCOCRACY.

LORD H---NL---Y AND ST. CECILIA.

THE DANCE OF BISHOPS;

A CORRECTED REPORT OF SOME LATE SPEECHES.

MORAL POSITIONS,

THE MAD TORY AND THE COMET.

FROM THE HON. HENRY ---, TO LADY EMMA ---.

TRIUMPH OF BIGOTRY.

TRANSLATION FROM THE GULL LANGUAGE.

NOTIONS ON REFORM.

1.

ST. JEROME ON EARTH.

2.

ST. JEROME ON EARTH.

THOUGHTS ON TAR BARRELS.

THE CONSULTATION.

TO THE REV. CH---RL---S OV---RT---N,

SCENE FROM A PLAY, ACTED AT OXFORD, CALLED “MATRICULATION.”

LATE TITHE CASE.

FOOLS' PARADISE.

THE RECTOR AND HIS CURATE;

PADDY'S METAMORPHOSIS.

COCKER, ON CHURCH REFORM.

LES HOMMES AUTOMATES.

HOW TO MAKE ONE'S SELF A PEER.

THE DUKE IS THE LAD.

EPISTLE FROM ERASMUS ON EARTH TO CICERO IN THE SHADES.

LINES ON THE DEPARTURE OF LORDS C---ST---R---GH AND ST---W---RT FOR THE CONTINENT.

TO THE SHIP IN WHICH LORD C---ST---R---GH SAILED FOR THE CONTINENT.

SKETCH OF THE FIRST ACT OF A NEW ROMANTIC DRAMA.

ANIMAL MAGNETISM.

THE SONG OF THE BOX.

ANNOUNCEMENT OF A NEW THALABA.

THE BOY STATESMAN.

LETTER FROM LARRY O'BRANIGAN TO THE REV. MURTAGH O'MULLIGAN.

MUSINGS OF AN UNREFORMED PEER.

THE REVEREND PAMPHLETEER.

A RECENT DIALOGUE.

THE WELLINGTON SPA.

THOUGHTS ON THE LATE DESTRUCTIVE PROPOSITIONS OF THE TORIES.

ANTICIPATED MEETING OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION IN THE YEAR 2836.

SONGS OF THE CHURCH.

EPISTLE FROM HENRY OF EX---T---R TO JOHN OF TUAM.

SONG OF OLD PUCK.

POLICE REPORTS.

REFLECTIONS. ADDRESSED TO THE AUTHOR OF THE ARTICLE OF THE CHURCH IN THE LAST NUMBER OF THE QUARTERLY REVIEW.

NEW GRAND EXHIBITION OF MODELS OF THE TWO HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.

ANNOUNCEMENT OF A NEW GRAND ACCELERATION COMPANY

SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LATE DINNER TO DAN.

NEW HOSPITAL FOR SICK LITERATI.

RELIGION AND TRADE.

MUSINGS, SUGGESTED BY THE LATE PROMOTION OF MRS. NETHERCOAT.

INTENDED TRIBUTE TO THE AUTHOR OF AN ARTICLE IN THE LAST NUMBER OF THE QUARTERLY REVIEW,

GRAND DINNER OF TYPE AND CO.

CHURCH EXTENSION.

LATEST ACCOUNTS FROM OLYMPUS.

THE TRIUMPHS OF FARCE.

THOUGHTS ON PATRONS, PUFFS, AND OTHER MATTERS.

THOUGHTS ON MISCHIEF. BY LORD ST---NL---Y.

EPISTLE FROM CAPTAIN ROCK TO LORD L---NDH---T.

CAPTAIN ROCK IN LONDON.

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THE FUDGES IN ENGLAND;

I.

LETTER I. FROM PATRICK MAGAN, ESQ., TO THE REV. RICHARD ---, CURATE OF ---, IN IRELAND.

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II.

LETTER II. FROM MISS BIDDY FUDGE, TO MRS. ELIZABETH ---.

EXTRACTS FROM MY DIARY.

III.

LETTER III. FROM MISS FANNY FUDGE, TO HER COUSIN, MISS KITTY ---.

IV.

LETTER IV. FROM PATRICK MAGAN, ESQ. TO THE REV. RICHARD ---.

V.

LETTER V. FROM LARRY O'BRANIGAN, IN ENGLAND, TO HIS WIFE JUDY, AT MULLINAFAD.

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VI.

LETTER VI. FROM MISS BIDDY FUDGE, TO MRS. ELIZABETH ---.

EXTRACTS FROM MY DIARY.

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VII.

LETTER VII. FROM MISS FANNY FUDGE, TO HER COUSIN, MISS KITTY ---.

FROM THE “MORNING POST.”

ANECDOTE—FROM THE “COURT JOURNAL.”

VIII.

LETTER VIII. FROM BOB FUDGE, ESQ., TO THE REV. MORTIMER O'MULLIGAN.

IX.

LETTER IX. FROM LARRY O'BRANIGAN, TO HIS WIFE JUDY.

X.

LETTER X. FROM THE REV. MORTIMER O'MULLIGAN, TO THE REV. ------.

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XI.

LETTER XI. FROM PATRICK MAGAN, ESQ., TO THE REV. RICHARD ---.

[Extract from the “County Gazette.”]

EXTRACT FROM LETTER INCLOSED.

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SONGS FROM M.P.;

CUPID'S LOTTERY.

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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.

TO LADY HOLLAND.

EPILOGUE. WRITTEN FOR LADY DACRE'S TRAGEDY OF INA.

SONG OF THE POCO-CURANTE SOCIETY.

THE DREAM OF THE TWO SISTERS.

SOVEREIGN WOMAN.

COME, PLAY ME THAT SIMPLE AIR AGAIN.

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X.

VOL. X. THE EPICUREAN. ALCIPHRON.

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[“As o'er the lake, in evening's glow]

[Oh, were it not for this sad voice]

[Oracles, truer far than oak]

[Th' imbrowning of the fruit, that tells]

[While, far as sight could reach, beneath as clear]

[“Fair Rhodope]

[“Light as a lime-bush, that receives]

[You, who would try]

[“Drink of this cup—Osiris]

[“Drink of this cup—when Isis led]

[“Oh! Abyssinian tree]

[------ on one of those sweet nights]

[------ the glorious stream]

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I.

LETTER I. FROM ALCIPHRON AT ALEXANDRIA TO CLEON AT ATHENS.

II.

LETTER II. FROM THE SAME TO THE SAME.

III.

LETTER III. FROM THE SAME TO THE SAME.

IV.

LETTER IV. FROM ORCUS, HIGH PRIEST OF MEMPHIS, TO DECIUS, THE PRÆTORIAN PREFECT.

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THE SONG OF O'RUARK, PRINCE OF BREFFNI.

The valley lay smiling before me,
Where lately I left her behind;
Yet I trembled, and something hung o'er me,
That saddened the joy of my mind.

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I look'd for the lamp which, she told me,
Should shine, when her Pilgrim return'd;
But, though darkness began to infold me,
No lamp from the battlements burn'd!

I flew to her chamber—'twas lonely,
As if the lov'd tenant lay dead;—
Ah, would it were death, and death only!
But no, the young false one had fled.
And there hung the lute that could soften
My very worst pains into bliss;
While the hand, that had wak'd it so often,
Now throbb'd to a proud rival's kiss.

There was a time, falsest of women,
When Breffni's good sword would have sought
That man, thro' a million of foemen,
Who dar'd but to wrong thee in thought!

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While now—oh degenerate daughter
Of Erin, how fall'n is thy fame!
And thro' ages of bondage and slaughter,
Our country shall bleed for thy shame.

Already, the curse is upon her,
And strangers her valleys profane;
They come to divide, to dishonour,
And tyrants they long will remain.
But onward!—the green banner rearing,
Go, flesh every sword to the hilt;
On our side is Virtue and Erin,
On theirs is the Saxon and Guilt.

These stanzas are founded upon an event of most melancholy importance to Ireland; if, as we are told by our Irish historians, it gave England the first opportunity of profiting by our divisions and subduing us. The following are the circumstances, as related by O'Halloran:—“The king of Leinster had long conceived a violent affection for Dearbhorgil, daughter to the king of Meath, and though she had been for some time married to O'Ruark, prince of Breffni, yet it could not restrain his passion. They carried on a private correspondence, and she informed him that O'Ruark intended soon to go on a pilgrimage (an act of piety frequent in those days), and conjured him to embrace that opportunity of conveying her from a husband she detested to a lover she adored. Mac Murchad too punctually obeyed the summons, and had the lady conveyed to his capital of Ferns.”—The monarch Roderick espoused the cause of O'Ruark, while Mac Murchad fled to England, and obtained the assistance of Henry II.

“Such,” adds Giraldus Cambrensis (as I find him in an old translation), “is the variable and fickle nature of woman, by whom all mischief in the world (for the most part) do happen and come, as may appear by Marcus Antonius, and by the destruction of Troy.”