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Poems

Chiefly Written in Retirement, By John Thelwall; With Memoirs of the Life of the Author. Second Edition
Thelwall, John (1764-1834)

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EFFUSIONS OF SOCIAL and RELATIVE AFFECTION.
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ELEGY On the death of a favourite Schoolfellow, Phillip Bonafous, who died of the small pox, in 1785.
  
Elegy, written during the Festival of Christmas, 1785.
  
Elegy, written in 1786, at a time when the subject of Imprisonment for Debt was much discussed.
  
Sonnet to the Nightingale. 1788.
  
Lines presented by the Author, to his Mother, together with a crutch stick.
  
Stanzas On a clay candlestick, given to the Author by an esteemed and valuable friend.
  
EXTEMPORE, On receiving a Rose from his Sister.
  
The Invitation.
  
STANZAS written in 1790.
  
EPISTLE to MERCUTIO.
  
HARVEY.
  
Invocation to Poetry.
  
STANZAS To Rosa Bella Bianca, on her Birth-day.
  
To Stella in the Country, Dec. 1796.
  
The Tartan Pladdie.
  
To Stella.
  
Lines, written at Bridgewater, in Somersetshire, on the 27th of July, 1797; during a long excursion, in quest of a peaceful retreat.
  
The Farewell.
  
The Reply.
  
On leaving the Bottoms of Glocestershire; where the Author had been entertained by several families with great hospitality.
  
The Woodbine.
  
To the Infant Hampden.—Written during a sleepless night.
  
MARIA.
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PATERNAL TEARS.
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EFFUSION I. Llys-Wen, Feb. 1800.
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EFFUSION II. In the Vale of Taff. May 13, 1800.
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EFFUSION III. On the Banks of the Wye. May 15, 1800.
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EFFUSION IV. During a severe Indisposition. May 18, 1800.
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EFFUSION V. In the Vale of Taff. June, 1800.
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EFFUSION VI. On returning from a Journey to Merthyr Tydfil. June, 1800.
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EFFUSION VII. On Stella's leaving me, to Visit some Friends, at Hereford, with a View to the Restoration of her Health. Llys-Wen. June, 1800.
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EFFUSION VIII. At Merthyr Tydfil. June, 1800.
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EFFUSION IX. After having spent a Part of the preceding Day in cheerful Society. Llys-Wen. Sept. 14, 1800.
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EFFUSION X. CERRIG-ENION:
  
The HARP on the WILLOW.
  
INVOCATION TO HEALTH.
  
THE ORPHAN BOY.
  
Amatory Sonnet.
  
Another.
  
THE FALL OF EGYPT;
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Specimens of THE HOPE OF ALBION;
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THE HOPE OF ALBION.
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BOOK THE FIRST.
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BOOK THE SECOND.

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SPIRIT DIVINE! by whatsoever name
(Sacred, or classic) thou delight'st to hear
The votive salutation, O! attend,
From those empyreal regions where thou sitt'st,
Among the ministering seraphim enthron'd
Who guard our sea-girt realm; and, by the side
Of Albion, awful in cerulean robe,
Shar'st (from primeval time) the trust conferr'd
Of heav'nly tutelage; with helmed brow
And missile thunder, from the horrent shores
Chacing invasive Ravage; or the breast
Of mission'd Patriot with sublimest rage,
In perilous hour, inspiring, to confound
Inborn Oppression, with triumphant arm,
Or martyrdom more glorious. Thee I call,
That, in the wrong'd Northumbrian's dauntless soul
Breathing ethereal energy, inform'd
His mind to worth and wisdom; such as ne'er
Beam'd in his darker age; nor ever warm'd
Chieftain, or sage, or hero of this isle,
Anglian or British, till, in after times,
Ina and Alfred in his godlike steps
Trod reverent; and, by his example fir'd,
Tower'd to immortal fame. O! then, descend,
Seraphic ardour! from thy starry throne—
My theme's appropriate patron!—As to thee
Belongs The Hero, so inspire The Song.
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