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The Poetical Works of John Langhorne

... To which are prefixed, Memoirs of the Author by his Son the Rev. J. T. Langhorne ... In Two Volumes
Langhorne, John (1735-1779)
  
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VOL. I.
  
DEDICATION.
  
TO THE REV. MR. J. LANGHORNE, ON READING HIS VISIONS OF FANCY, &c.
  
SONNET TO MR. LANGHORNE.
  
TO THE HONOURABLE CHARLES YORKE.
  
PROEMIUM.
  
STUDLEY PARK.
  
GENIUS AND VALOUR: A PASTORAL POEM.
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THE VISIONS OF FANCY.
 I. 
ELEGY I.
 II. 
ELEGY II.
 III. 
ELEGY III.
 IV. 
ELEGY IV.
  
A POEM TO THE MEMORY OF MR. HANDEL.
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THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE MIND.
 I. 
EPISTLE I.
 II. 
EPISTLE II.
  
AN ODE TO THE RIVER EDEN.
  
AUTUMNAL ELEGY.
  
TO MISS CRACROFT.
  
THE COMPLAINT OF HER RING-DOVE.
  
SONNET IN THE MANNER OF PETRARCH.
  
WRAPPED ROUND A NOSEGAY OF VIOLETS.
  
ON THE MORAL REFLECTIONS CONTAINED IN HER ANSWER TO THE ABOVE VERSES.
  
WRITTEN IN A COLLECTION OF MAPS.
  
THEODOSIUS TO CONSTANTIA.
  
ELEGY.
  
INSCRIPTION ON THE DOOR OF A STUDY.
  
TO LORD GRANBY.
  
MONODY.
  
TO MRS.---
  
TO MRS. GILLMAN.
  
FRAGMENT, WRITTEN AT CLARE-HALL ON THE KING's ACCESSION.
  
CÆSAR's DREAM, BEFORE HIS INVASION OF BRITAIN.
  
INSCRIPTION IN A TEMPLE OF SOCIETY.
  
INSCRIPTION IN A SEQUESTERED GROTTO.
  
ANOTHER INSCRIPTION IN THE SAME GROTTO.
  
LEFT WITH THE MINISTER OF RIPONDEN,
  
WRITTEN AMONG THE RUINS OF PONTEFRACT CASTLE.
  
PRECEPTS OF CONJUGAL HAPPINESS.
  
OWEN OF CARRON.
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VOL. II.
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THE FABLES OF FLORA.
 I. 
FABLE I. THE SUNFLOWER AND THE IVY.
 II. 
FABLE II. THE EVENING PRIMROSE.
 III. 
FABLE III. THE LAUREL AND THE REED.
 IV. 
FABLE IV. THE GARDEN ROSE AND THE WILD ROSE.
 v. 
FABLE V. THE VIOLET AND THE PANSY.
 VI. 
FABLE VI. THE QUEEN OF THE MEADOW AND THE CROWN IMPERIAL.
 VII. 
FABLE VII. THE WALL-FLOWER.
 VIII. 
FABLE VIII. THE TULIP AND THE MYRTLE.
 IX. 
FABLE IX. THE BEE-FLOWER.
 X. 
FABLE X. THE WILDING AND THE BROOM.
 XI. 
FABLE XI. THE MISLETOE AND THE PASSION-FLOWER.
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THE COUNTRY JUSTICE.
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PART THE FIRST.
  
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INTRODUCTION.
  
The Appointment, and its Purposes.
  
Ancient Justice's Hall.
  
Character of a Country Justice.
  
General Motives for Lenity.
  
Apology for Vagrants.
  
Apostrophe to Edward the Third.
  
The Gypsey-Life.
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PART THE SECOND.
  
TO ROBERT WILSON CRACROFT, ESQ.
  
Protection of the Poor.
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PART THE THIRD.
  
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Depredation.
  
Prisons.
  
Filiation.
  
THE ORIGIN OF THE VEIL.
  
VERSES IN MEMORY OF A LADY.
  
MONODY.
  
TO A REDBREAST.
  
A CONTEMPLATION.
  
MENALCAS.
  
INSCRIPTIONS ON A BEECH TREE,
  
A MONODY, INSCRIBED TO MY WORTHY FRIEND JOHN SCOTT, ESQ.
  
IMITATION OF WALLER.
  
THE DUCHESS OF MAZARINE. ON HER RETIRING INTO A CONVENT.
  
THE AMIABLE KING.
  
THE HAPPY VILLAGER.
  
HYMENEAL.
  
SONG.
  
WRITTEN IN A COTTAGE-GARDEN, AT A VILLAGE IN LORRAIN.
  
THE PASTORAL PART OF MILTON'S EPITAPHIUM DAMONIS.
  
TO THE REV. MR. LAMB.
  
EPISTLE TO MR.---
  
TO A LADY,
  
TO ALMENA.
  
TO GEORGE COLMAN, ESQ.
  
AN ODE
  
HYMN TO HOPE.
  
HYMN TO PLUTUS.
  
HYMN TO HUMANITY.
  
HYMN TO THE RISING SUN.
  
A FAREWELL HYMN
  
HYMN TO THE ETERNAL PROVIDENCE.
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TRANSLATIONS.
  
THE DEATH OF ADONIS.
  
THE HAPPINESS OF A MODERATE FORTUNE AND MODERATE DESIRES.
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TRANSLATIONS FROM PETRARCH.
  
SONNET CLXXIX.
  
SONNET CCLXXIX.
  
SONNET CCLVII.
  
SONNET CCXXXVIII.
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MILTON'S ITALIAN POEMS TRANSLATED,
  
ADDRESS. TO SIGNOR MOZZI, OF MACERATA.
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SON. I.
 II. 
SON. II.
 III. 
SON. III.
 IV. 
SON. IV.
 V. 
SON. V.
  
CANZON.

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THE HAPPY VILLAGER.

Virtue dwells in Arden's vale;
There her hallow'd temples rise;
There her incense greets the skies,
Grateful as the morning gale;
There, with humble Peace, and her,
Lives the happy Villager;
There, the golden smiles of morn
Brighter every field adorn;
There the sun's declining ray
Fairer paints the parting day:
There the woodlark louder sings,
Zephyr moves on softer wings,
Groves in greener honours rise,
Purer azure spreads the skies;
There the fountains clearer flow,
Flowers in brighter beauty blow;
For, with Peace and Virtue, there
Lives the happy Villager.
Distant still from Arden's vale
Are the woes the bad bewail;
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Distant fell Remorse, and Pain,
And Frenzy smiling o'er her chain!
Grief's quick pang, Despair's dead groan,
Are in Arden's vale unknown:
For with Peace and Virtue, there
Lives the happy Villager!
In his hospitable cell,
Love, and Truth, and Freedom dwell;
And, with aspect mild and free,
The graceful nymph, Simplicity.
Hail, ye liberal graces, hail!
Natives all of Arden's vale:
For, with Peace and Virtue, there
Lives the happy Villager.
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