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Poems and Plays

By William Hayley ... in Six Volumes. A New Edition

Hayley, William (1745-1820)

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AN ESSAY ON PAINTING:

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EPISTLE THE FIRST.

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EPISTLE THE SECOND.

EPISTLE TO A FRIEND,

ODE, INSCRIBED TO JOHN HOWARD, Esq. F.R.S.

ODE TO Mr. WRIGHT of DERBY.

ODE TO THE COUNTESS DE GENLIS.

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SONNETS, SONGS, AND OCCASIONAL VERSES.

SONNET TO THE EARL OF HARDWICKE

SONNET TO EDWARD GIBBON, Esq.

SONNET TO THE SAME.

SONNET TO EDMUND ANTROBUS, Esq.

SONNET TO Dr. HARINGTON

SONNET TO WILLIAM MELMOTH, Esq.

SONNET TO Mrs. HAYLEY

SONNET TO JOHN SARGENT, Esq.

SONNET ON ROMNEY's Picture of Cassandra.

SONNET TO Mrs. SMITH

SONNET TO Mr. WILLIAM LONG

EPITAPH ON WILLIAM BRYANT,

ON FRANCES KENT,

ON MARY HAYLEY.

ODE TO RICHARD VERNON SADLEIR, Esq.

A CARD of INVITATION TO Mr. GIBBON,

IMPROMPTU TO Mr. MEYER.

IMPROMPTU, TO EYLES IRWIN, Esq.

A RECEIPT TO MAKE A TRAGEDY.

TO Miss SEWARD,

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TRANSLATIONS TAKEN FROM THE NOTES TO THE THIRD EPISTLE OF AN ESSAY ON EPIC POETRY

THE INFERNO OF DANTE.

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A SKETCH OF THE ARAUCANA.

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XXI.

XXXIII.

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TRANSLATION'S TAKEN FROM THE NOTES TO THE FOURTH EPISTLE OF AN ESSAY ON EPIC POETRY

THE SONNET OF GIUSTINA TO PETRARCH.

THE ANSWER OF PETRARCH.

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O cureless malady! Oh fatal pest!
Embrac'd with ardour and with pride carest;
Thou common vice, thou most contagious ill,
Bane of the mind, and frenzy of the will!
Thou foe to private and to public health;
Thou dropsy of the soul, that thirsts for wealth,
Insatiate Avarice!—'tis from thee we trace
The various misery of our mortal race.