The Poetical Remains of the late Dr. John Leyden ::

The Poetical Remains of the late Dr. John Leyden

with Memoirs of his Life, by the Rev. James Morton

Leyden, John (1775-1811)

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ODE TO PHANTASY.

ON PARTING WITH A FRIEND ON A JOURNEY.

ON AN OLD MAN DYING FRIENDLESS.

WRITTEN AT ST. ANDREWS,

TO RUIN.

MELANCHOLY.

TO THE YEW.

ODE, ADDRESSED TO MR. GEO. DYER, ON SCOTTISH SCENERY AND MANNERS.

LOVE.

WRITTEN IN THE ISLE OF SKY,

TO THE SETTING SUN.

SERENITY OF CHILDHOOD.

THE MEMORY OF THE PAST.

MACGREGOR.

THE ELFIN KING.

SCOTTISH MUSIC,

ODE ON VISITING FLODDEN.

LORD SOULIS.

THE COUT OF KEELDAR.

THE MERMAID.

ON THE SABBATH MORNING.

ODE, TO THE SCENES OF INFANCY.

SONNET. WRITTEN AT WOODHOUSELEE IN 1802.

ELEGY ON A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WEST INDIES.

DIRGE.

THE CELTIC PARADISE,

A LOVE TALE.

SONG OF A TELINGA DANCING GIRL.

THE BATTLE OF ASSÀYE.

ODE ON LEAVING VELORE.

ODE TO AN INDIAN GOLD COIN.

ADDRESS TO MY MALAY KREES.

CHRISTMAS IN PENANG.

DIRGE OF THE DEPARTED YEAR.

VERSES

TO MR. JAMES PURVIS.

ODE ON THE BATTLE OF CORUNNA.

PORTUGUEZE HYMN.

FINLAND SONG.

ELEGIAC ODE AT THE RETURN OF THE PARENTALIA, OR FEAST OF THE DEAD.

ODE TO VIRTUE,

SCENES OF INFANCY: DESCRIPTIVE OF TEVIOTDALE. 1803.

II.

III.

IV.

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SONG OF A TELINGA DANCING GIRL.

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Addressed to an European Gentleman, in the Company of some European Ladies, in 1803.

Dear youth, whose features bland declare
A milder clime than India's air,
These ardent glances hither turn!
For thee, for thee alone, I burn.

Ah! if these kindling eyes could see
No dearer beauty here than me,
I vow by this impassion'd sigh,
For thee, for thee, would Rad'ha die!

Ah me! where'er I turn my view,
Bright rivals rise of fairer hue,
Whose charms a milder sun declare.—
Ah! Rad'ha yields to sad despair.

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SONG OF A TELINGA DANCING GIRL.