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Poems

by Mrs. John Hunter [i.e. Anne Home]. Second Edition

Hunter, John (1742-1821)

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NOVEMBER, 1784.

ODE TO THE OLD YEAR,

LA DOUCE CHIMERE.

ADDRESSED TO MRS. G.

ODE TO CONDUIT VALE, BLACKHEATH.

TO Mrs. DELAINY,

TO THE MEMORY OF THOMAS CHATTERTON.

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BIRTH-DAY ODES.

TO MY SON AT SCHOOL,

TO MY DAUGHTER,

TO THE NIGHTINGALE.

CARISBROOK CASTLE,

TO THE MEMORY OF A LOVELY INFANT,

A VOW TO FORTUNE.

LAURA TO PETRARCH.

SONNET, AFTER THE DEATH OF LAURA.

TO JAMES BARRY, ESQ.

TO A FRIEND ON NEW YEAR'S DAY.

ELEGY TO THE MEMORY OF WILLIAM SEWARD, ESQ.

EPITAPH FOR MY FATHER.

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BALLADS AND SONGS.

THE LAMENTATION OF MARY STUART, QUEEN OF SCOTS

THE SONG OF THE WANDERING LADY,

WILLIAM AND NANCY, A BALLAD.

LELIA; OR, THE MANIAC'S SONG.

THE GENIUS OF THE MOUNTAINS OF BALAGATA, IN THE EAST INDIES,

A BALLAD OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY.

THE DIRGE OF AMORET.

A MERMAID'S SONG.

THE SPIRIT'S SONG.

THE SONG AT MARIA'S GRAVE.

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EPITAPH FOR MY FATHER.

OF soul too high to act a dubious part,
With modest talents, and a feeling heart;
While worth and honour our respect shall claim,
Rever'd shall be thy fair unspotted name.

ROBERT HOME.