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Miscellanies (1785)

(1749-1814)

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SYMPATHY, A POEM.

TO THE AUTHOR OF SYMPATHY,

TO THE AUTHOR OF SYMPATHY

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II.

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THE TEARS OF GENIUS.

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THE TEARS OF GENIUS,

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THE ART OF RISING ON THE STAGE.

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II.

III.

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POEMS FROM THE ANNUAL REGISTER.

THE PARTRIDGES:

EXTRACTED FROM VERSES,

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POETICAL PIECES FROM LIBERAL OPINIONS.

ELEGY OF A NIGHTINGALE,

EPITAPH ON A LAP-DOG.

SOLILOQUIES OF A HIGHWAYMAN.

ODE TO A SCHOOL-FELLOW.

TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES,

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EPITAPH ON ------

TO THE MEMORY OF CAPTAIN DRUMMOND, A BRAVE YOUNG OFFICER.

SILVANA, THE HIGHLAND SHEPHERDESS.

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BALLAD POEMS FROM EMMA CORBET, AND SONGS.

VERSES WRITTEN IN THE MOMENTS OF WAITING AN INTERVIEW.

ADDRESS TO A LOCKET.

WITH A PRESENT OF SOME PENS SENT TO EMMA.

PLEASING AND TEASING.

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PROLOGUES AND EPILOGUES.

PROLOGUE TO THE TRAGEDY OF CATO.

PROLOGUE, WRITTEN FOR MRS. HUNTER, AT BIRMINGHAM.

AN OCCASIONAL EPILOGUE, WRITTEN FOR MRS. SIDDONS AT DRURY-LANE THEATRE.

EPILOGUE TO THE TRAGEDY OF THE FATAL INTERVIEW.

PROLOGUE FOR THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF MRS. SIMPSON.

PROLOGUE TO THE ORPHAN OF CHINA.

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STANZAS, FROM MISS SEWARD'S MONODY ON THE DEATH OF LADY MILLAR.

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THE SHADOWS OF SHAKESPEARE:

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III.

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VII.

VIII.

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XIII.

XIV.

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XVI.

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XVIII.

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THE SYSTEM OF PYTHAGORAS.

THE FAMILY OF TIME:

DELAYS ARE DANGEROUS.

ODE TO THE SUN.

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MISCELLANEOUS VERSES.

THE ROSE-TREE, THE GARDENER, AND THE SHRUBS.

UPON THE CONNEXION OF THE AUTHOR

TO DOCTOR LETTSOM,

TO Mrs. SIDDONS's CHILDREN,

THE OPENING OF THE NINTH BOOK OF THE HENRIADE TRANSLATED .

THE CASKET. TO A FRIEND UNDER PAIN FROM A FEW POINTED OBSERVATIONS.

WRITTEN EXTEMPORE

TO MISS SAWBRIDGE.

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MRS. SHERIDAN ON HER BROTHER'S LYRE.

HER BROTHER's LYRE

TO MISS C. BRACKENBURY, OF COPT-FOLD-HALL, IN ESSEX.

A SILFPHID's GREETING,

THE TWO LEECHES

THE PASSION FLOWER

ACREONTIC BURLESQUE.

A LOVER'S QUARREL.

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Scarce has the Sun thrice urg'd his annual tour,
Since half my race have felt thy barbarous power;