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The Complete Poetical Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge

including Poems and Versions of Poems now Published for the First Time: Edited with Textual and Bibliographical Notes by Ernest Hartley Coleridge
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834)

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VOL. I: POEMS
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POETICAL WORKS
  
EASTER HOLIDAYS
  
DURA NAVIS
  
NIL PEJUS EST CAELIBE VITÂ
  
SONNET TO THE AUTUMNAL MOON
  
ANTHEM FOR THE CHILDREN OF CHRIST'S HOSPITAL
  
JULIA
  
QUAE NOCENT DOCENT
  
THE NOSE
  
TO THE MUSE
  
DESTRUCTION OF THE BASTILE
  
LIFE
  
PROGRESS OF VICE
  
MONODY ON THE DEATH OF CHATTERTON
  
AN INVOCATION
  
ANNA AND HARLAND
  
TO THE EVENING STAR
  
PAIN
  
ON A LADY WEEPING
  
MONODY ON A TEA-KETTLE
  
GENEVIEVE
  
ON RECEIVING AN ACCOUNT THAT HIS ONLY SISTER'S DEATH WAS INEVITABLE
  
ON SEEING A YOUTH AFFECTIONATELY WELCOMED BY A SISTER
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A MATHEMATICAL PROBLEM
  
To the Rev. George Coleridge
  
[prologue]
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II
 III. 
III
 IV. 
IV
  
HONOUR
  
ON IMITATION
  
INSIDE THE COACH
  
DEVONSHIRE ROADS
  
MUSIC
  
SONNET ON QUITTING SCHOOL FOR COLLEGE
  
ABSENCE
  
HAPPINESS
  
A WISH
  
AN ODE IN THE MANNER OF ANACREON
  
TO DISAPPOINTMENT
  
A FRAGMENT FOUND IN A LECTURE-ROOM
  
ODE
  
A LOVER'S COMPLAINT TO HIS MISTRESS
  
WITH FIELDING'S ‘AMELIA’
  
WRITTEN AFTER A WALK BEFORE SUPPER
  
IMITATED FROM OSSIAN
  
THE COMPLAINT OF NINATHÓMA
  
SONGS OF THE PIXIES
  
THE ROSE
  
KISSES
  
THE GENTLE LOOK
  
SONNET TO THE RIVER OTTER
  
AN EFFUSION AT EVENING
  
LINES ON AN AUTUMNAL EVENING
  
TO FORTUNE
  
PERSPIRATION. A TRAVELLING ECLOGUE
  
ON BALA HILL
  
LINES WRITTEN AT THE KING'S ARMS, ROSS, FORMERLY THE HOUSE OF THE ‘MAN OF ROSS’
  
IMITATED FROM THE WELSH
  
LINES TO A BEAUTIFUL SPRING IN A VILLAGE
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IMITATIONS
  
AD LYRAM
  
TO LESBIA
  
THE DEATH OF THE STARLING
  
MORIENS SUPERSTITI
  
MORIENTI SUPERSTES
  
THE SIGH
  
THE KISS
  
TO A YOUNG LADY
  
TRANSLATION OF WRANGHAM'S ‘HENDECASYLLABI AD BRUNTONAM E GRANTA EXITURAM’ [KAL. OCT. MDCCXC]
  
TO MISS BRUNTON
  
EPITAPH ON AN INFANT
  
PANTISOCRACY
  
ON THE PROSPECT OF ESTABLISHING A PANTISOCRACY IN AMERICA
  
ELEGY
  
THE FADED FLOWER
  
THE OUTCAST
  
DOMESTIC PEACE
  
ON A DISCOVERY MADE TOO LATE
  
TO THE AUTHOR OF ‘THE ROBBERS’
  
MELANCHOLY
  
TO A YOUNG ASS
  
LINES ON A FRIEND WHO DIED OF A FRENZY FEVER INDUCED BY CALUMNIOUS REPORTS
  
TO A FRIEND
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SONNETS ON EMINENT CHARACTERS
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I TO THE HONOURABLE MR. ERSKINE
 II. 
II BURKE
 III. 
III PRIESTLEY
 IV. 
IV LA FAYETTE
 V. 
V KOSKIUSKO
 VI. 
VI PITT
 VII. 
VII TO THE REV. W. L. BOWLES
  
VII TO THE REV. W. L. BOWLES [SECOND VERSION]
 VIII. 
VIII MRS. SIDDONS
 IX. 
IX TO WILLIAM GODWIN AUTHOR OF ‘POLITICAL JUSTICE’
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X TO ROBERT SOUTHEY OF BALIOL COLLEGE, OXFORD, AUTHOR OF THE ‘RETROSPECT’, AND OTHER POEMS
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XI TO RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN, ESQ.
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[XII] TO LORD STANHOPE ON READING HIS LATE PROTEST IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS
  
TO EARL STANHOPE
  
LINES TO A FRIEND IN ANSWER TO A MELANCHOLY LETTER
  
TO AN INFANT
  
TO THE REV. W. J. HORT
  
PITY
  
TO THE NIGHTINGALE
  
LINES COMPOSED WHILE CLIMBING THE LEFT ASCENT OF BROCKLEY COOMB, SOMERSETSHIRE, MAY 1795
  
LINES IN THE MANNER OF SPENSER
  
THE HOUR WHEN WE SHALL MEET AGAIN
  
LINES WRITTEN AT SHURTON BARS, NEAR BRIDGEWATER, SEPTEMBER 1795, IN ANSWER TO A LETTER FROM BRISTOL
  
THE EOLIAN HARP
  
TO THE AUTHOR OF POEMS
  
THE SILVER THIMBLE
  
REFLECTIONS ON HAVING LEFT A PLACE OF RETIREMENT
  
RELIGIOUS MUSINGS
  
MONODY ON THE DEATH OF CHATTERTON
  
THE DESTINY OF NATIONS
  
VER PERPETUUM
  
ON OBSERVING A BLOSSOM ON THE FIRST OF FEBRUARY 1796
  
TO A PRIMROSE
  
VERSES ADDRESSED TO J. HORNE TOOKE AND THE COMPANY WHO MET ON JUNE 28TH, 1796, TO CELEBRATE HIS POLL AT THE WESTMINSTER ELECTION
  
ON A LATE CONNUBIAL RUPTURE IN HIGH LIFE
  
SONNET ON RECEIVING A LETTER INFORMING ME OF THE BIRTH OF A SON
  
SONNET COMPOSED ON A JOURNEY HOMEWARD; THE AUTHOR HAVING RECEIVED INTELLIGENCE OF THE BIRTH OF A SON, SEPT. 20, 1796
  
SONNET TO A FRIEND WHO ASKED, HOW I FELT WHEN THE NURSE FIRST PRESENTED MY INFANT TO ME
  
SONNET
  
TO A YOUNG FRIEND
  
ADDRESSED TO A YOUNG MAN OF FORTUNE
  
TO A FRIEND
  
ODE TO THE DEPARTING YEAR
  
THE RAVEN
  
TO AN UNFORTUNATE WOMAN AT THE THEATRE
  
TO AN UNFORTUNATE WOMAN
  
TO THE REV. GEORGE COLERIDGE
  
ON THE CHRISTENING OF A FRIEND'S CHILD
  
TRANSLATION OF A LATIN INSCRIPTION BY THE REV. W. L. BOWLES IN NETHER-STOWEY CHURCH
  
THIS LIME-TREE BOWER MY PRISON
  
THE FOSTER-MOTHER'S TALE
  
THE DUNGEON
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THE RIME OF THE ANCIENT MARINER
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Part I
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Part II
 III. 
Part III
 IV. 
Part IV
 V. 
Part V
 VI. 
Part VI
 VII. 
Part VII
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SONNETS ATTEMPTED IN THE MANNER OF CONTEMPORARY WRITERS
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II TO SIMPLICITY
 III. 
III ON A RUINED HOUSE IN A ROMANTIC COUNTRY
  
PARLIAMENTARY OSCILLATORS
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CHRISTABEL
  
PREFACE
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Part I
  
[section]
  
The Conclusion to Part I
 II. 
Part II
  
LINES TO W. L. WHILE HE SANG A SONG TO PURCELL'S MUSIC
  
FIRE, FAMINE, AND SLAUGHTER
  
FROST AT MIDNIGHT
  
FRANCE: AN ODE
  
THE OLD MAN OF THE ALPS
  
TO A YOUNG LADY
  
LEWTI
  
FEARS IN SOLITUDE
  
THE NIGHTINGALE
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THE THREE GRAVES
  
[Part I—From MS.]
  
[Part II—From MS.]
 III. 
Part III
 IV. 
Part IV
  
TO ---
  
THE BALLAD OF THE DARK LADIE
  
KUBLA KHAN:
  
RECANTATION
  
HEXAMETERS
  
TRANSLATION OF A PASSAGE IN OTTFRIED'S METRICAL PARAPHRASE OF THE GOSPEL
  
CATULLIAN HENDECASYLLABLES
  
THE HOMERIC HEXAMETER
  
THE OVIDIAN ELEGIAC METRE
  
ON A CATARACT
  
TELL'S BIRTH-PLACE
  
THE VISIT OF THE GODS
  
FROM THE GERMAN
  
WATER BALLAD
  
ON AN INFANT
  
SOMETHING CHILDISH, BUT VERY NATURAL
  
HOME-SICK
  
LINES WRITTEN IN THE ALBUM AT ELBINGERODE, IN THE HARTZ FOREST
  
THE BRITISH STRIPLING'S WAR-SONG
  
NAMES
  
THE DEVIL'S THOUGHTS
  
LINES COMPOSED IN A CONCERT-ROOM
  
WESTPHALIAN SONG
  
HEXAMETERS
  
HYMN TO THE EARTH
  
MAHOMET
  
LOVE
  
ODE TO GEORGIANA, DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE
  
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
  
TALLEYRAND TO LORD GRENVILLE
  
APOLOGIA PRO VITA SUA
  
THE KEEPSAKE
  
A THOUGHT SUGGESTED BY A VIEW
  
THE MAD MONK
  
INSCRIPTION FOR A SEAT BY THE ROAD SIDE HALF-WAY UP A STEEP HILL FACING SOUTH
  
A STRANGER MINSTREL
  
ALCAEUS TO SAPPHO
  
THE TWO ROUND SPACES ON THE TOMBSTONE
  
THE SNOW-DROP
  
ON REVISITING THE SEA-SHORE
  
ODE TO TRANQUILLITY
  
TO ASRA
  
THE SECOND BIRTH
  
LOVE'S SANCTUARY
  
DEJECTION: AN ODE
  
THE PICTURE
  
TO MATILDA BETHAM FROM A STRANGER
  
HYMN BEFORE SUN-RISE, IN THE VALE OF CHAMOUNI
  
THE GOOD, GREAT MAN
  
INSCRIPTION FOR A FOUNTAIN ON A HEATH
  
AN ODE TO THE RAIN
  
A DAY-DREAM
  
ANSWER TO A CHILD'S QUESTION
  
THE DAY-DREAM
  
THE HAPPY HUSBAND
  
THE PAINS OF SLEEP
  
THE EXCHANGE
  
AD VILMUM AXIOLOGUM
  
AN EXILE
  
SONNET
  
PHANTOM
  
A SUNSET
  
WHAT IS LIFE?
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THE BLOSSOMING OF THE SOLITARY DATE-TREE
  
[preface]
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6
  
SEPARATION
  
THE RASH CONJURER
  
A CHILD'S EVENING PRAYER
  
METRICAL FEET
  
FAREWELL TO LOVE
  
TO WILLIAM WORDSWORTH
  
AN ANGEL VISITANT
  
RECOLLECTIONS OF LOVE
  
TO TWO SISTERS
  
PSYCHE
  
A TOMBLESS EPITAPH
  
FOR A MARKET-CLOCK
  
THE MADMAN AND THE LETHARGIST
  
THE VISIONARY HOPE
  
EPITAPH ON AN INFANT
  
THE VIRGIN'S CRADLE-HYMN
  
TO A LADY
  
REASON FOR LOVE'S BLINDNESS
  
THE SUICIDE'S ARGUMENT
  
TIME, REAL AND IMAGINARY
  
AN INVOCATION
  
THE NIGHT-SCENE
  
A HYMN
  
TO A LADY
  
HUMAN LIFE
  
SONG
  
HUNTING SONG
  
FAITH, HOPE, AND CHARITY
  
TO NATURE
  
LIMBO
  
NE PLUS ULTRA
  
THE KNIGHT'S TOMB
  
ON DONNE'S POETRY
  
ISRAEL'S LAMENT
  
FANCY IN NUBIBUS
  
THE TEARS OF A GRATEFUL PEOPLE
  
YOUTH AND AGE
  
THE REPROOF AND REPLY
  
FIRST ADVENT OF LOVE
  
THE DELINQUENT TRAVELLERS
  
WORK WITHOUT HOPE
  
SANCTI DOMINICI PALLIUM
  
SONG
  
A CHARACTER
  
THE TWO FOUNTS
  
CONSTANCY TO AN IDEAL OBJECT
  
THE PANG MORE SHARP THAN ALL
  
DUTY SURVIVING SELF-LOVE
  
HOMELESS
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LINES SUGGESTED BY THE LAST WORDS OF BERENGARIUS OB. ANNO DOM. 1088
  
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REFLECTION ON THE ABOVE
  
EPITAPHIUM TESTAMENTARIUM
  
Ερως αει λαληθρος εταιρος
  
THE IMPROVISATORE
  
TO MARY PRIDHAM
  
ALICE DU CLOS
  
LOVE'S BURIAL-PLACE
  
LINES TO A COMIC AUTHOR, ON AN ABUSIVE REVIEW
  
COLOGNE
  
ON MY JOYFUL DEPARTURE
  
THE GARDEN OF BOCCACCIO
  
LOVE, HOPE, AND PATIENCE IN EDUCATION
  
TO MISS A. T.
  
LINES WRITTEN IN COMMONPLACE BOOK OF MISS BARBOUR, DAUGHTER OF THE MINISTER OF THE U.S.A. TO ENGLAND
  
SONG, ex improviso
  
LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP OPPOSITE
  
NOT AT HOME
  
PHANTOM OR FACT
  
DESIRE
  
CHARITY IN THOUGHT
  
HUMILITY THE MOTHER OF CHARITY
  
[COELI ENARRANT]
  
REASON
  
SELF-KNOWLEDGE
  
FORBEARANCE
  
LOVE'S APPARITION AND EVANISHMENT
  
TO THE YOUNG ARTIST
  
MY BAPTISMAL BIRTH-DAY
  
EPITAPH
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VOL. II: DRAMATIC WORKS AND APPENDICES
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DRAMATIC WORKS
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THE FALL OF ROBESPIERRE
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ACT I
  
Scene
  
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ACT II
  
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ACT III
  
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OSORIO
  
[prologue]
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ACT THE FIRST
  
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ACT THE SECOND
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ACT THE THIRD
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Scene the First.
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ACT THE FOURTH
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Scene the First.
  
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[Scene changes to the mountains by moonlight.
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ACT THE FIFTH
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Scene the First.
  
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THE PICCOLOMINI
  
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION
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ACT I
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Scene I
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Scene II
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Scene IV
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Scene VII
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Scene VIII
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ACT II
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Scene I
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Scene II
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Scene III
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Scene IV
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Scene VII
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Scene VIII
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Scene XII
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Scene XIII
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Scene XIV
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ACT III
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Scene I
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Scene II
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Scene III
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ACT IV
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Scene I
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Scene II
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Scene III
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Scene IV
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Scene VII
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ACT V
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Scene I
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Scene II
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Scene III
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Scene IV
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Scene V
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Scene VI
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THE DEATH OF WALLENSTEIN
  
PREFACE OF THE TRANSLATOR TO THE FIRST EDITION
  
[castlist]
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ACT I
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Scene I
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Scene II
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Scene III
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Scene IV
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Scene V
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Scene VI
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Scene VII
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Scene VIII
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Scene X
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ACT II
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Scene I
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Scene III
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ACT III
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Scene I
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Scene II
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Scene III
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Scene VII
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Scene VIII
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ACT IV
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Scene I
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Scene III
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Scene IV
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ACT V
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Scene I
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Scene III
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Scene IV
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Scene VI
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Scene VII
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Scene VIII
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Scene IX
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REMORSE
  
PREFACE
  
PROLOGUE
  
EPILOGUE
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REMORSE
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ACT I
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ACT II
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Scene I
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ACT III
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Scene I
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ACT IV
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Scene I
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ACT V
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Scene I
  
APPENDIX
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ZAPOLYA
  
ADVERTISEMENT
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Part I THE PRELUDE, ENTITLED ‘THE USURPER'S FORTUNE’
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Scene I
  
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Part II THE SEQUEL, ENTITLED ‘THE USURPER'S FATE’ USURPATION ENDED; OR, SHE COMES AGAIN
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ACT II
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ACT III
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Scene I
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ACT IV
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Scene I
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EPIGRAMS
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1 EPIGRAM AN APOLOGY FOR SPENCERS
 2. 
2 EPIGRAM ON A LATE MARRIAGE BETWEEN AN OLD MAID AND FRENCH PETIT MAÎTRE
 3. 
3 EPIGRAM ON AN AMOROUS DOCTOR
 4. 
4 EPIGRAM
 5. 
5 ON DEPUTY---
 6. 
6 [EPIGRAM]
 7. 
7 ON MR. ROSS, USUALLY COGNOMINATED NOSY
 8. 
8 [EPIGRAM]
 9. 
9 [EPIGRAM]
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10 [ANOTHER VERSION]
 11. 
11 ON AN INSIGNIFICANT
 12. 
12 [EPIGRAM]
 13. 
13 ON A SLANDERER
 14. 
14 LINES IN A GERMAN STUDENT'S ALBUM
 15. 
15 [HIPPONA]
 16. 
16 ON A READER OF HIS OWN VERSES
 17. 
17 ON A REPORT OF A MINISTER'S DEATH WRITTEN IN GERMANY
 18. 
18 [DEAR BROTHER JEM]
 19. 
19 JOB'S LUCK
 20. 
20 ON THE SICKNESS OF A GREAT MINISTER
 21. 
21 [TO A VIRTUOUS OECONOMIST] Wernicke
 22. 
22 [L'ENFANT PRODIGUE]
 23. 
23 ON SIR RUBICUND NASO A COURT ALDERMAN AND WHISPERER OF SECRETS
 24. 
24 TO MR. PYE
 25. 
25 [NINETY-EIGHT]
 26. 
26 OCCASIONED BY THE FORMER
 27. 
27 [A LIAR BY PROFESSION]
 28. 
28 TO A PROUD PARENT
 29. 
29 RUFA
 30. 
30 ON A VOLUNTEER SINGER
 31. 
31 OCCASIONED BY THE LAST
 32. 
32 EPITAPH ON MAJOR DIEMAN
 33. 
33 ON THE ABOVE
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34 EPITAPH ON A BAD MAN
  
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ANOTHER VERSION
 35. 
35 TO A CERTAIN MODERN NARCISSUS
 36. 
36 TO A CRITIC
 37. 
37 ALWAYS AUDIBLE
 38. 
38 PONDERE NON NUMBERO
 39. 
39 THE COMPLIMENT QUALIFIED
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44 TO ONE WHO PUBLISHED IN PRINT
 45. 
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47 TO A VAIN YOUNG LADY
 48. 
48 A HINT TO PREMIERS AND FIRST CONSULS
 49. 
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50 FOR A HOUSE-DOG'S COLLAR
 51. 
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52 EPITAPH ON A MERCENARY MISER
 53. 
53 A DIALOGUE BETWEEN AN AUTHOR AND HIS FRIEND
 54. 
54 Μωροσοφια OR WISDOM IN FOLLY
  
55
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56 FROM AN OLD GERMAN POET
 57. 
57 ON THE CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE,
 58. 
58 SPOTS IN THE SUN
 59. 
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60 TO MY CANDLE
 61. 
61 EPITAPH
 62. 
62 THE TASTE OF THE TIMES
 63. 
63 ON PITT AND FOX
 64. 
64
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65 COMPARATIVE BREVITY OF GREEK AND ENGLISH
 66. 
66 EPIGRAM ON THE SECRECY OF A CERTAIN LADY
 67. 
67 MOTTO
 68. 
68
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69 MODERN CRITICS
 70. 
70 WRITTEN IN AN ALBUM
 71. 
71 TO A LADY WHO REQUESTED ME TO WRITE A POEM UPON NOTHING
 72. 
72 SENTIMENTAL
 73. 
73
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74 AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS
 75. 
75 THE ALTERNATIVE
 76. 
76
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77 INSCRIPTION FOR A TIME-PIECE
 78. 
78 ON THE MOST VERACIOUS ANECDOTIST, AND SMALL-TALK MAN, THOMAS HILL, ESQ.
 79. 
79
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80 EPITAPH OF THE PRESENT YEAR ON THE MONUMENT OF THOMAS FULLER
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JEUX D'ESPRIT
 1. 
1 MY GODMOTHER'S BEARD
 2. 
2 LINES TO THOMAS POOLE
 3. 
3 TO A WELL-KNOWN MUSICAL CRITIC, REMARKABLE FOR HIS EARS STICKING THROUGH HIS HAIR.
 4. 
4 TO T. POOLE
 5. 
5 SONG
 6. 
6 DRINKING versus THINKING
 7. 
7 THE WILLS OF THE WISP
 8. 
8 TO CAPTAIN FINDLAY
 9. 
9 ON DONNE'S POEM ‘TO A FLEA’
 10. 
10 [EX LIBRIS S. T. C.]
 11. 
11 ΕΓΩΕΝΚΑΙΠΑΝ
 12. 
12 THE BRIDGE STREET COMMITTEE
 13. 
13 NONSENSE SAPPHICS
 14. 
14 TO SUSAN STEELE ON RECEIVING THE PURSE
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15 ASSOCIATION OF IDEAS
 I. 
I.—By Likeness
 II. 
II.—Association by Contrast
 III. 
III.—Association by Time
 16. 
16 VERSES TRIVOCULAR
 17. 
17 CHOLERA CURED BEFORE-HAND
 18. 
18 TO BABY BATES
 19. 
19 TO A CHILD
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FRAGMENTS FROM A NOTEBOOK
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17 A DUNGEON
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FRAGMENTS
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3 OVER MY COTTAGE
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8 [THE NIGHT-MARE DEATH IN LIFE]
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10 A BECK IN WINTER
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17 [NOT A CRITIC—BUT A JUDGE]
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19 [DE PROFUNDIS CLAMAVI]
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29 FRAGMENT OF AN ODE ON NAPOLEON
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33 EPIGRAM ON KEPLER
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40 [ARS POETICA]
 41. 
41 TRANSLATION OF THE FIRST STROPHE OF PINDAR'S SECOND OLYMPIC
 42. 
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43 TRANSLATION OF A FRAGMENT OF HERACLITUS
 44. 
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45 IMITATED FROM ARISTOPHANES
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47 TO EDWARD IRVING
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48 [LUTHER—DE DÆMONIBUS]
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49 THE NETHERLANDS
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50 ELISA
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51 PROFUSE KINDNESS
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53 NAPOLEON
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60 THE THREE SORTS OF FRIENDS
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62 BO-PEEP AND I SPY—
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63 A SIMILE
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64 BARON GUELPH OF ADELSTAN. A FRAGMENT
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METRICAL EXPERIMENTS
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1 AN EXPERIMENT FOR A METRE
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2 TROCHAICS
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3 THE PROPER UNMODIFIED DOCHMIUS
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4 IAMBICS
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5 NONSENSE
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6 A PLAINTIVE MOVEMENT
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7 AN EXPERIMENT FOR A METRE
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8 NONSENSE VERSES
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9 NONSENSE
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10 EXPERIMENTS IN METRE
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13 A METRICAL ACCIDENT
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FULKE GREVILLE. LORD BROOKE
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[1] Motto to ‘A Lay Sermon’, 1817
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2 Sonnet XCIV [Coelica]
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3 Of Humane Learning Stanza CLX
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SIR JOHN DAVIES
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4 On the Immortality of the Soul (Sect. iv. Stanzas 12-14.)
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DONNE
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5 Eclogue. ‘On Unworthy Wisdom’
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6 Letter to Sir Henry Goodyere
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BEN JONSON
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7 Mutual Passion
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8 The Hour-Glass
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9 The Poetaster. Act I, Scene 1.
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SAMUEL DANIEL
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10 Epistle to Sir Thomas Egerton, Knight
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11 Musophilus. Stanza cxlvii.
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12 Musophilus. Stanzas xxvii, xxix, xxx.
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CHRISTOPHER HARVEY
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13 The Synagogue THE NATIVITY OR CHRISTMAS DAY.
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MARK AKENSIDE
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14 Blank Verse Inscriptions No. III.
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Charles, grave or merry, at no lie would stick,
And taught at length his memory the same trick.
Believing thus what he so oft repeats,
He's brought the thing to such a pass, poor youth,
That now himself and no one else he cheats,
Save when unluckily he tells the truth.
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