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The Poetical Works of Thomas Chatterton

with an essay on the Rowley poems by the Rev. Walter W. Skeat and a memoir by Edward Bell

Chatterton, Thomas (1752-1770)

Vol. I.

I. Poems written before 1769.

ON THE LAST EPIPHANY, OR, CHRIST COMING TO JUDGMENT.

A HYMN FOR CHRISTMAS DAY.

SLY DICK.

THE CHURCHWARDEN AND THE APPARITION.

APOSTATE WILL.

THE ROMANCE OF THE KNIGHT.

TO A FRIEND.

TO THE BEAUTEOUS MISS HOYLAND.

ODE TO MISS HOYLAND.

ACROSTIC ON MISS ELEANOR HOYLAND.

ACROSTIC ON MISS SALLY CLARKE.

TO MISS HOYLAND.

TO MISS HOYLAND. WITH A PRESENT.

II.

II. Poems written in 1769.

ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF MR. JOHN TANDEY, SEN.

ON MR. ALCOCK, OF BRISTOL,

TO MR. HOLLAND.

TO MR. POWEL.

TO MRS. HAYWOOD, THE NOVELIST.

TO HORACE WALPOLE.

JOURNAL SIXTH.

[Tis mystery all, in every sect]

[Say, Baker, if experience hoar]

ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF MR. PHILLIPS, OF FAIRFORD.

ON THOMAS PHILLIPS' DEATH.

ELEGY. [AFTER GRAY.]

ELEGY, WRITTEN AT STANTON-DREW.

CLIFTON.

EPISTLE TO THE REVEREND MR. CATCOTT.

A NEW SONG.

THE COPERNICAN SYSTEM.

THE DEFENCE.

SENTIMENT.

III.

III. Poems written in 1770.

THE ADVICE.

VERSES WRITTEN BY CHATTERTON, TO A LADY IN BRISTOL.

SONG. FANNY OF THE HILL.

NARVA AND MORED,

A SONG, ADDRESSED TO MISS C---AM, OF BRISTOL.

ENQUIRY AFTER HAPPINESS.

FABLES FOR THE COURT.

THE DEATH OF NICOU.

TO MISS BUSH, OF BRISTOL.

II.

III.

IV.

VI.

VII.

II.

II.

III.

IV.

SONGS IN “THE REVENGE”

AN ELEGY, On the Much Lamented Death of William Beckford, Esq.,

THE ART OF PUFFING.

IV.

IV. Miscellaneous Poems, &c.

TO A FRIEND, ON HIS INTENDED MARRIAGE.

HORATIUS: Lib. I. Carm. V.

HORATIUS: Lib. I. Carm. XIX.

THE COMPLAINT.

AN EPITAPH ON AN OLD MAID.

ELEGY ON MR. WILLIAM SMITH.

ON THE IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL.

II.

EPISTLE TO MASTRE CANYNGE ON ÆLLA.

LETTER TO THE DYGNE MASTRE CANYNGE.

ENTRODUCTIONNE.

ÆLLA.

II.

III.

IV.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

XV.

XVI.

XVII.

XVIII.

XIX.

XX.

XXI.

XXII.

XXIII.

XXIV.

XXV.

XXVI.

XXVII.

XXVIII.

XXIX.

XXX.

XXXI.

XXXII.

XXXIII.

XXXIV.

XXXV.

XXXVI.

XXXVII.

XXXVIII.

XXXIX.

XL.

XLI.

XLII.

XLIII.

XLIV.

XLV.

XLVI.

XLVII.

XLVIII.

XLIX.

LI.

LII.

LIII.

LIV.

LV.

LVI.

LVII.

LVIII.

LIX.

LX.

LXI.

LXII.

LXIII.

LXIV.

LXV.

LXVI.

LXVII.

LXVIII.

LXIX.

LXX.

LXXI.

LXXII.

LXXIII.

LXXIV.

LXXV.

LXXVI.

LXXVII.

LXXVIII.

LXXIX.

LXXX.

LXXXI.

LXXXII.

LXXXIII.

LXXXIV.

LXXXV.

LXXXVI.

LXXXVII.

LXXXVIII.

LXXXIX.

XC.

XCI.

XCII.

XCIII.

XCIV.

XCV.

XCVI.

XCVII.

XCVIII.

XCIX.

CI.

CII.

CIII.

CIV.

CV.

CVI.

CVII.

CVIII.

CIX.

CX.

CXI.

CXII.

CXIII.

CXIV.

CXV.

CXVI.

CXVII.

CXVIII.

CXIX.

CXX.

CXXI.

CXXII.

CXXIII.

CXXIV.

CXXV.

CXXVI.

CXXVII.

CXXVIII.

CXXIX.

CXXX.

CXXXI.

CXXXII.

CXXXIII.

CXXXIV.

CXXXV.

CXXXVI.

CXXXVII.

CXXXVIII.

CXXXIX.

CXL.

CXLI.

CXLII.

CXLIII.

CXLIV.

CXLV.

CXLVI.

CXLVII.

GODDWYN.

PROLOGUE

GODDWYN.

II.

III.

IV.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

XV.

XVI.

XVII.

XVIII.

XIX.

XX.

XXI.

XXII.

XXIII.

XXIV.

ENGLISH METAMORPHOSIS.

AN EXCELENTE BALADE OF CHARITIE

TO JOHNE LADGATE.

SONGE TO ÆLLA,

THE UNDERWRITTEN LINES WERE COMPOSED BY JOHN LADGATE, A PRIEST IN LONDON,

THE TOURNAMENT.

II.

III.

IV.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

XV.

XVI.

XVII.

XVIII.

XIX.

XX.

XXI.

XXII.

XXIII.

BATTLE OF HASTINGS. (No. I.)

II.

BATTLE OF HASTINGS. (No. II.)

THE ROMAUNTE OF THE CNYGHTE.

II.

III.

II.

III.

IV.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

ELINOURE AND JUGA.

THE STORIE OF WILLIAM CANYNGE.

ON OUR LADY'S CHURCH.

ON THE SAME.

ON THE DEDICATION OF OUR LADY'S CHURCH.

FRAGMENT

THE PARLIAMENT OF SPRITES.

Introduction by Queen Mab.

To John Carpenter, Bishop of Worcester.

Sprites of Elle, Bythrycke, Fitz-hardynge, Frampton, Gaunte, Segowen, Lamyngeton, a Knight Templar, and Byrtonne. (By Rowlie.)

XVIII.

XIX.

XX.

XXI.

XXIII.

XXV.

XXVIII.

XXXI.

XXXII.

XXXIII.

XXXV.

XXXVI.

ON THE MYNSTER.

THE WORLD.

ONE CANTO OF AN ANCIENT POEM, CALLED THE UKNOWN KNIGHT OR THE TOURNAMENT.

THE FREERE OF ORDERYS WHYTE.

DIALOGUE,

THE MERRIE TRICKES OF LAMYNGETOWNE.

II.

III.

IV.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

SONGE OF SEYNCTE BALDYWYNNE.

SONGE OF SEYNCTE WARBURGHE.

SANCTE WARBUR.

WARRE.

A CHRONYCALLE OF BRYSTOWE.

ON HAPPIENESSE.

THE GOULER'S REQUIEM.

ONN JOHN A DALBENIE.

HEREAUDYN.

EPITAPH ON ROBERT CANYNGE.

THE ACCOUNTE OF W. CANYNGES FEAST.

FRAGMENT OF A POEM BY ROWLEY.

FRAGMENT OF A POEM BY ROWLEY:

APPENDIX.

[Quæ requirit misericordiam mala causa est.]

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TO MISS HOYLAND.

(1768).

Tell me, god of soft desires,
Little Cupid, wanton boy,
How thou kindlest up thy fires,
Giving pleasing pain and joy?

Hoyland's beauty is thy bow,
Striking glances are thy darts:
Making conquests never slow,
Ever gaining conquered hearts.

Heaven is seated in her smile,
Juno's in her portly air;
Not Britannia's favourite isle
Can produce a nymph so fair.

In a desert vast and drear,
Where disorder springs around,
If the lovely fair is there,
'Tis a pleasure-giving ground.

Oh my Hoyland! blest with thee,
I'd the raging storm defy,
In thy smiles I live, am free;
When thou frownest, I must die.