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Moonlight

The Doge's daughter: Ariadne: Carmen Britannicum, or The song of Britain: Angelica, or The rape of Proteus: By Edward, Lord Thurlow

Thurlow, Edward Hovell-Thurlow (1781-1829)

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MOONLIGHT: WITH OTHER POEMS.

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SEVERAL COPIES OF VERSES.

LINES ON THE VICTORY OF CAPTAIN SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE BROKE, BARONET,

TO ROBERT SMIRKE, ESQ.

VIRGIL'S GHOST.

TO ITALY, ON THE DIVINE SINGING OF MADAME CATALANI.

THE ORANGE TREE:

TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS, THE PRINCE OF ORANGE AND NASSAU, SOVEREIGN PRINCE OF THE NETHERLANDS.

TO JOHN, LORD ELDON, LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR OF GREAT BRITAIN, HIGH STEWARD OF THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.

WRITTEN ON THE THIRTY-FIRST DAY OF DECEMBER.

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THE DOGE'S DAUGHTER:

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THE DOGE'S DAUGHTER.

I.

II.

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AN ANGLER'S SONG.

A SECOND ANGLER'S SONG.

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I.

PART THE FIRST.

II.

PART THE SECOND.

3.

PART THE THIRD.

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CARMEN BRITANNICUM:

TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE, THE EARL BATHURST, LORD APSLEY, ONE OF HIS MAJESTY'S PRINCIPAL SECRETARIES OF STATE, &c. &c. &c.

CARMEN BRITANNICUM:

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A SCENE, IN AN EVENING BAY.

A Passage in “Angelica,” since otherwise written.

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OCCASIONAL VERSES.

A SONG OF THE SEA-FAIRIES.

ANOTHER SONG OF THE SEA-FAIRIES.

TO THE AMIABLE, AND LEARNED HISTORIAN, AND ANTIQUARY, JOHN NICHOLLS, ESQ. F.A.S.

[Give me, O God, be this my constant prayer]

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TO DUDLEY, EARL OF HARROWBY, VISCOUNT SANDON, LORD PRESIDENT OF HIS MAJESTY'S COUNCIL, WHOSE GREAT TALENTS, AND EXALTED CHARACTER HAVE OFTEN BEEN DISPLAYED IN PUBLICK LIFE, THIS POEM, AS A SLIGHT TRIBUTE OF RESPECT, AND HONOUR, IS DEDICATED BY HIS OBEDIENT SERVANT, THURLOW.

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This poem is carried on from the Tempest of Shak-speare: only, the name of Miranda is changed into Angelica. Proteus is feigned to have fallen in love with the daughter of Prospero: and the sea-maid, Celatis, to be enamoured of Ferdinand. The States of Naples having granted to him their consent of Angelica, as his wife, he is returning to bring her home to Naples, when the poem opens. The latter part of it may be considered to be written in the style of a Masque. October, 1814.