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Poems, dramatic and miscellaneous

Warren, Mercy Otis (1728-1814)

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[dedication]
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THE SACK of ROME.
  
TO THE PUBLIC.
  
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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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ACT II.
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ACT III.
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SCENE V.
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ACT IV.
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ACT V.
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EPILOGUE.
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THE LADIES of CASTILE.
  
To a Young Gentleman in Europe, at whose Request a regular Dramatick Work was first attempted.
  
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ACT II.
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ACT III.
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ACT IV.
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ACT V.
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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
  
To Mrs. MONTAGUE, Author of “Observations on the Genius and Writings of Shakespeare.”
  
To TORRISMOND.
  
A POLITICAL REVERIE.
  
To Mr. ---.
  
On a Survey of the Heavens.
  
On the Death of Mrs. S. ---, who died within a few Days after her Marriage.
  
The SQUABBLE of the SEA NYMPHS;
  
To a Young Lady,
  
To the Hon. J. WINTHROP, Esq.
  
To FIDELIO,
  
To Honoria, on her Journey to Dover, 1777.
  
LINES,
  
To a Young Gentleman, residing in France.
  
To a patriotic Gentleman, who presented a small Book of Bark, requesting a POEM might be written therein, on PRIMITIVE SIMPLICITY.
  
SIMPLICITY.
  
On the Death of the Hon. JOHN WINTHROP, Esq. L. L. D. Hollisian Professor of Mathematicks and Natural Philosophy, at Harvard College, Cambridge.
  
LINES,
  
To an amiable Friend,
  
The Genius of America weeping the absurd Follies of the Day.—October 10, 1778.

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The virtuous daughters of the neighb'ring mead,
In graceful smiles approv'd the glorious deed;
(And though the Syrens left their coral beds,
Just o'er the surface lifted up their heads,
And sung soft peans to the brave and fair,
'Till almost caught in the delusive snare
To sink securely in a golden dream,
And taste the sweet inebriating stream,
Which, though a repast for the wat'ry maids,
Is baneful poison to the mountain naiades;)
They saw delighted from the inland rocks,
O'er the broad deep pour'd out Pandora's box;
They join'd, and fair Salacia's triumph sung,
Wild echo, o'er the bounding ocean rung;
The sea nymphs heard, and all the sportive train,
In shaggy tresses danc'd around the main,
From southern lakes, down to the northern rills,
And spread confusion round N--- hills.
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