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Poems, chiefly dramatic and lyric

by the Revd. H. Boyd ... containing the following dramatic poems: The Helots, a tragedy, The Temple of Vesta, The Rivals, The Royal Message. Prize Poems, &c. &c
Boyd, Henry
  
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TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE COUNTESS OF MOIRA, BARONESS HASTINGS, &c. &c
  
TO THE REV. EDWARD BERWICK,
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THE HELOTS. A TRAGEDY.
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THE HELOTS. A TRAGEDY.
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INTRODUCTION,
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THE TEMPLE OF VESTA, A DRAMATIC POEM.
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THE TEMPLE OF VESTA.
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THE RIVALS,
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THE RIVALS,
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THE ROYAL MESSAGE,
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THE ROYAL MESSAGE.
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PRIZE, POEMS, ODES, ELEGIES, &c. &c.
  
HYMN TO SILENCE,
  
THE GENIUS OF THE WHITE ROSE,
  
WOODSTOCK.
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THE WANDERER,
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ODE THE FIRST. THE SHEPHERD'S DREAM.
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ODE THE SECOND. THE SHEPHERD'S NUPTIALS.
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ODE THE THIRD. THE SHEPHERD'S VOYAGE.
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ODE THE FOURTH. THE SHEPHERD'S RETURN.
  
ON THE BIRTH DAY OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE ELIZABETH, COUNTESS OF MOIRA, BARONESS HASTINGS, &c. &c.
  
ON THE BIRTH DAY OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE COUNTESS OF MOIRA, BARONESS HASTINGS, &c. &c.
  
ON THE BIRTH DAY OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE ELIZABETH, COUNTESS OF MOIRA, BARONESS HASTINGS, &c. &c.
  
TO CHARLES WILLIAM BURY, ESQ. ON HIS RETURN FROM ITALY, 1789.
  
VERSES, LEFT AT THE REV. PETER TURPIN'S,
  
TO JOSEPH COOPER WALKER, ESQ. M. R. I. A.
  
TO JOSEPH COOPER WALKER, ESQ. M. R. I. A. &c. &c.
  
TO WILLIAM PRESTON, ESQ. ON HIS TRAGEDY, ENTITLED DEMOCRATIC RAGE.
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ELEGIES.
  
TO THE REV. JOHN SMYTH, ON THE DEATH OF A YOUNG FRIEND, 1779.
  
HENRIETTA,
  
ON THE DEATH OF THE REV. THOMAS STEWART,
  
TO THE REV. DR. LESLIE,
  
ON THE DEATH OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR JOHN RAWDON, LATE EARL OF MOIRA,
  
SPECIMEN OF THE CAPTIVES,
  
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF CHARLEMONT, &c.
  
TO THE RIGHT REVEREND THOMAS PERCY, LORD BISHOP OF DROMORE,

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TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE COUNTESS OF MOIRA, BARONESS HASTINGS, &c. &c

A MUSE, long versant in ideal things,
That us'd to feel her youthful fancy glow,
With scenes, unreal as the gaudy bow,
Wild dreams of glorious deeds which fancy flings
Across her woodland range, with weary wings
Forsakes the fairy world, and loves to gaze
Where virtue charms the view, with genuine grace
Nor, tho' allied to heroes and to kings
Needs the superfluous boon, with borrowed rays
To gain respect, O would she deign to view
These wild-wood flowrets, with a fav'ring eye
Her smile would stamp renown, and wake anew
My feeble voice a loftier pitch to try.
Killiegh, 2d Dec. 1793.
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