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Poems and Plays

By William Hayley ... in Six Volumes. A New Edition

Hayley, William (1745-1820)

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SONNETS, SONGS, AND OCCASIONAL VERSES.

SONNET TO THE EARL OF HARDWICKE

SONNET TO EDWARD GIBBON, Esq.

SONNET TO THE SAME.

SONNET TO EDMUND ANTROBUS, Esq.

SONNET TO Dr. HARINGTON

SONNET TO WILLIAM MELMOTH, Esq.

SONNET TO Mrs. HAYLEY

SONNET TO JOHN SARGENT, Esq.

SONNET ON ROMNEY's Picture of Cassandra.

SONNET TO Mrs. SMITH

SONNET TO Mr. WILLIAM LONG

EPITAPH ON WILLIAM BRYANT,

ON FRANCES KENT,

ON MARY HAYLEY.

SONG.

ODE TO RICHARD VERNON SADLEIR, Esq.

A CARD of INVITATION TO Mr. GIBBON,

IMPROMPTU TO Mr. MEYER.

IMPROMPTU, TO EYLES IRWIN, Esq.

A RECEIPT TO MAKE A TRAGEDY.

TO Miss SEWARD,

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SONG.

['Tis Memory's aid my vows implore]

I

'Tis Memory's aid my vows implore,
For she will smile when fortune's coy;
And to the eye of love restore
The spirit of departed joy.

II

O plunge me still, with magic art,
In soothing fancy's soft abyss;
And fill my fond, my faithful heart
With visions of thy purer bliss!