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Poems (1806)

Polwhele, Richard (1760-1838)

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VOL. I
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Elegiac Pieces.
  
TO A GENTLEMAN, WHO SHED TEARS IN COMPANY ON THE INTELLIGENCE THAT A FRIEND HAD DIED AT SEA OF A FRENZY FEVER.
  
LAURA's RINGLET.
  
IN MEMORY OF THE LATE Mr. RACK, OF BATH.
  
IN MEMORY OF THE LATE Mr. SLEECH, ARCHDEACON OF CORNWALL.
  
IN MEMORY OF THE LATE Mrs. DOBSON, OF EXETER.
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VOL. II.
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LYRIC PIECES.
  
ODE TO SLEEP,
  
ODE ON THE ISLE OF MANN,
  
ODE WRITTEN AFTER A THUNDER-STORM.
  
ODE WRITTEN IN A PICTURE-GALLERY.
  
PART OF THE EPICEDIUM OF REGNER LODBROG, TRANSLATED.
  
ODE ON THE SUSCEPTIBILITY OF THE POETICAL MIND.
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HEROIC PIECES.
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CLAUDIAN's RAPE of PROSERPINE.
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BOOK THE FIRST.
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BOOK THE SECOND.
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ADDRESSES.
  
AN ADDRESS, INTRODUCTORY OF Mrs. SIDDONS,
  
AN ADDRESS, SPOKEN BY Mrs. SIDDONS,
  
A POETICAL ADDRESS TO A WIDOW LADY, OVER A DISH OF TEA IN HER HERMITAGE.
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SONNETS.
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SONNET I.
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SONNET II.
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SONNET III.
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SONNET IV.
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SONNET V.
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SONNET VI.
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SONNET VII. TO A YOUNG LADY, ON HER WEARING A VEIL,
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SONNET VIII. TO A COLLEGE FRIEND; ON HIS EXPRESSING HIS APPREHENSIONS, THAT THE AUTHOR HAD FORGOTTEN HIM.
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SONNET X. TO THE SAME. [A COLLEGE FRIEND]
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SONNET XI. TO THE SAME. [A COLLEGE FRIEND]
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SONGS.
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SONG I.
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SONG II.
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SONG III. THE BLUSH OF SIMPLICITY.
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SONG IV. THE FAINTING KISS.
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SONG V.
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SONG VI.
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SONG VIII. To Miss S*****.
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EPITAPHS.
  
ON THOMAS POLWHELE, Esq; LATE OF POLWHELE, BY THE REVEREND J. B. C. OF GLYNN.
  
ON TWO CHILDREN OF R. POLWHELE, BURIED IN THE SAME GRAVE,
  
LINES TO THE MEMORY OF BRIGADIER GENERAL HOPE, GOVERNOR OF QUEBEC,

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SONNET VII. TO A YOUNG LADY, ON HER WEARING A VEIL,

WRITTEN JUNE 1790.

As when some goddess, from the ethereal height
Descending, wraps in clouds her beauty's blaze;
She hides from mortals the refulgent light,
Lest they should perish, as they fondly gaze.
'Tis thus, in kind relief, the veiling shade
Softens that bloom, those eyes suffusing fire
Lest, dazzled as we look, too lovely Maid,
We sink in faint delirium, and expire!
Yet the sweet influence of the shaded eye,
The charming languish of a face so fair;
Thy modest blush, like the mild morning sky,
Thy timid glance, thy meek retiring air,
Such tenderness to all thy beauties give,
That only with a trembling heart we live!
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