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The Poetical Works of John Scott

Scott, John (1730-1783)

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MORAL ECLOGUES.
 I. 
ECLOGUE I. THERON;
 II. 
ECLOGUE II. PALEMON;
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ECLOGUE III. ARMYN;
 IV. 
ECLOGUE IV. LYCORON;
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 I. 
ELEGY I. Written at the Approach of Spring.
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ELEGY II. Written in the Hot Weather, July, 1757.
 III. 
ELEGY III. Written in Harvest.
 IV. 
ELEGY IV. Written at the Approach of Winter.
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ELEGY;
  
AMWELL:
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AMOEBAEAN ECLOGUES.
 I. 
ECLOGUE I. RURAL SCENERY;
 II. 
ECLOGUE II. RURAL BUSINESS;
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ORIENTAL ECLOGUES.
  
ZERAD;
  
SERIM;
  
LI-PO;
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ODES.
 I. 
ODE I. TO LEISURE.
 II. 
ODE II. THE EVENING WALK.
 III. 
ODE III. TO CHILDHOOD.
 IV. 
ODE IV. HEARING MUSIC.
 V. 
ODE V. A LANDSCAPE.
 VI. 
ODE VI. TO A FRIEND,
 VII. 
ODE VII. WRITTEN IN WINTER.
 VIII. 
ODE VIII. TO A FRIEND.
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ODE IX. LEAVING BATH,
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ODE X. TO J. PAYNE, ESQ.
 XI. 
ODE XI. TO A FRIEND APPREHENSIVE OF DECLINING FRIENDSHIP.
 XII. 
ODE XII. TO A FRIEND.
 XIII. 
ODE XIII.
 XIV. 
ODE XIV. WRITTEN AFTER READING SOME MODERN LOVE-VERSES.
 XV. 
ODE XV. THE MUSE;
 XVI. 
ODE XVI. VIEWING THE RUINS OF AN ABBEY
 XVII. 
ODE XVII. PRIVATEERING.
 XVIII. 
ODE XVIII. TO HOSPITALITY.
 XIX. 
ODE XIX. THE APOLOGY.
 XX. 
ODE XX.
 XXI. 
ODE XXI. WRITTEN AFTER A JOURNEY TO BRISTOL.
 XXII. 
ODE XXII. TO CRITICISM.
 XXIII. 
ODE XXIII. TO DISEASE.
 XXIV. 
ODE XXIV. THE TEMPESTUOUS EVENING.
 XXV. 
ODE XXV. THE MELANCHOLY EVENING.
 XXVI. 
ODE XXVI. THE PLEASANT EVENING.
 XXVII. 
ODE XXVII. AFTER READING AKENSIDE'S POEMS.
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THE MEXICAN PROPHECY:
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EPISTLES.
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EPISTLE I. THE GARDEN.
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EPISTLE II. WINTER AMUSEMENTS IN THE COUNTRY.
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AN ESSAY ON PAINTING.
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SONNETS AND MISCELLANEOUS PIECES.
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SONNETS.
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SONNET I. APOLOGY FOR RETIREMENT. 1766.
 II. 
SONNET II. TO DELIA. 1766.
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SONNET III. AFTER READING SHENSTONE'S ELEGIES. 1766.
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SONNET IV. PREFIXED TO LANGHORNE'S POETICAL WORKS. 1766.
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SONNET V. TO BRITAIN. 1766.
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MISCELLANEOUS PIECES.
  
STANZAS
  
ELEGY IN THE MANNER OF HAMMOND;
  
THE AUTHOR TO HIS WIFE. 1776.
  
STANZAS
  
VERSES
  
TO AN ABSENT FRIEND.
  
THE SHEPHERD's ELEGY;
  
ON THE INGENIOUS MR. JONES'S ELEGANT TRANSLATIONS AND IMITATIONS OF EASTERN POETRY,
  
CONCLUSION.

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ODE XI. TO A FRIEND APPREHENSIVE OF DECLINING FRIENDSHIP.

Too much in Man's imperfect state
Mistake produces useless pain.—
Methinks, of Friendship's frequent fate
I hear my Frogley's voice complain.
This heart, I hope, forgives its foes;
I know it ne'er forgets its friends;
Where'er may Chance my steps dispose,
The absent oft my thought attends.
Deem not that Time's oblivious hand
From Memory's page has ras'd the days,
By Lee's green verge we wont to stand,
And on his chrystal current gaze.
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From Chadwell's cliffs, o'erhung with shade,
From Widbury's prospect-yielding hill,
Sweet look'd the scenes we then survey'd,
While Fancy sought for sweeter still:
Then how did Learning's stores delight!
From books what pleasures then we drew!
For then their charms first met our sight,
And then their faults we little knew.
Alas! Life's Summer swiftly flies,
And few its hours of bright and fair!
Why bid Distrust's chill east-wind rise,
To blast the scanty blooms they bear?
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