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The Works of John Hookham Frere In Verse and Prose

Now First Collected with a Prefatory Memoir by his Nephews W. E. and Sir Bartle Frere

Frere, John Hookham (1769-1846)

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I.

[“The mystery of the Turnspit in the Wheel]

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MICROCOSM.

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VERSES WRITTEN AT SIXTEEN.

EPITAPH ON PLAUTUS.

EPITAPH ON NÆVIUS.

METRICAL VERSION OF AN ODE ON ATHELSTAN'S VICTORY.

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CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE ANTI-JACOBIN.

IMITATION. INSCRIPTION

IMITATION. SAPPHICS.

LA SAINTE GUILLOTINE.

THE SOLDIER'S FRIEND.

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THE PROGRESS OF MAN.

I.

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23.

CANTO TWENTY-THIRD.

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THE LOVES OF THE TRIANGLES.

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I.

ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF JEAN BON ST. ANDRE.

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THE ROVERS; OR, THE DOUBLE ARRANGEMENT.

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[Hist! hist! nor let the airs that blow]

TRANSLATION OF A LETTER (IN ORIENTAL CHARACTERS) FROM BOBBA-DARA-ADUL-PHOOLA, DRAGOMAN TO THE EXPEDITION, TO NEEK-AWL-ARETCHID-KOOEEZ, SECRETARY TO THE TUNISIAN EMBASSY.

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PROSPECTUS AND SPECIMEN OF AN INTENDED Rational Work, BY WILLIAM AND ROBERT WHISTLECRAFT, OF STOW-MARKET, IN SUFFOLK, HARNESS AND COLLAR-MAKERS, INTENDED TO COMPRISE THE MOST INTERESTING PARTICULARS RELATING TO King Arthur and his Round Table.

IV.

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FABLES FOR FIVE YEARS OLD.

I.

FABLE I. Of the Boy and his Top.

II.

FABLE II. Of the Boy and the Parrot

III.

FABLE III. Of the Boy and the Wolf.

IV.

FABLE IV. Of the Piece of Glass and the Piece of Ice.

V.

FABLE V. Of the Cavern and the Hut.

VI.

FABLE VI. Showing how the Cavern followed the Hut's Advice.

VII.

FABLE VII. By Master John's desire, about the Rod and the Whip.

VIII.

FABLE VIII. Of the Nine-pins.

AN APPEAL TO THE PROFESSORS OF ART AND LITERATURE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM

MODERN IMPROVEMENTS.

JOURNEY TO HARDINGHAM

IMITATION OF HORACE, LIB. I. EP. XI.

TO A LADY WITH A PRESENT OF A WALKING STICK.

LINES ON ED. NUCELLA, ESQ., ÆT. 75.

WRITTEN IN THE FLY-LEAF OF MR. POLLOK'S POEM, “THE COURSE OF TIME.”

THE BUBBLE YEAR.

EPITAPH ON LORD LAVINGTON.

EPITAPH ON LORD NELSON.

EPITAPH ON THE REV. WALTER WHITER,

EPITAPHS ON MR. CANNING.

ANOTHER ON THE SAME, SHOULD THE FORMER BE CONSIDERED TOO LONG.

ANOTHER MORE CONCISE.

LINES INSCRIBED IN ROYDON CHURCH

TABLET IN ROYDON CHURCH.

LINES ON THE DEATH OF RICHARD EDWARD FRERE.

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II.

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FRAGMENTS FROM THEOGNIS.

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

X.

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.

L.

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.

LXXXVI.

LXXXVII.

LXXXVIII.

LXXXIX.

XC.

XCI.

XCII.

XCIII.

XCIV.

XCV.

XCVI.

XCVII.

XCVIII.

XCIX.

C.

CI.

CII.

CIII.

CIV.

CV.

CVI.

CVII.

CVIII.

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TRANSLATIONS FROM “THE POEM OF THE CID.”

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[They fain would sally forth, but he, the noble Cid]

I.

II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

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MISCELLANEOUS TRANSLATIONS.

TRANSLATION FROM THE ILIAD.

TRANSLATION FROM THE ODYSSEY.

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TRANSLATIONS FROM EURIPIDES.

THE DIRGE IN THE ALCESTIS.

HERCULES FURENS.

FROM EMPEDOCLES.

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Carm. III.—Lugete, o Veneres, &c.

Carm. IV.—Phaselus ille, &c.

Carm. X.—Varus me meus, &c.

Carm. XXXI.—Peninsularum Sirmio, &c.

Carm. XXXIX.—Egnatius quod candidos, &c.

Carm. LXI.—Collis o Heliconei, &c.

Carm. XCI.—Non ideo Gelli, &c.

TRANSLATION FROM LOPE DE VEGA.

FROM THE SPANISH OF GONZALO DE BERCEO.

FROM THE “DIANA” OF MONTE MAYOR.

TRANSLATION OF THE “ROMANCE DEL REY DE ARAGON.”

LINES WRITTEN AFTER VISITING THE MONASTERIES AT CATANIA.

TRANSLATION FROM FAUST.

ÆSOP'S FABLE OF THE FROGS.

TRANSLATION FROM PROSPER AQUITANUS.

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TRANSLATIONS OF SOME OF THE PSALMS OF DAVID.

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I.

II.

Psalm II. EASTER DAY.

XXI.

Psalm XXI. ASCENSION.

XXII.

Psalm XXII. GOOD FRIDAY.

XLV.

Psalm XLV. CHRISTMAS DAY.

LXVIII.

Psalm LXVIII. WHIT-SUNDAY.

XC.

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LXXXVI.

For noble minds the worst of miseries,
Worse than old age or wearisome disease,
Is poverty—from poverty to flee,
From some tall precipice prone to the sea
It were a fair escape to leap below!
In poverty, dear Kurnus, we forego
Freedom in word and deed, body and mind:
Action and thought, are fetter'd and confined.
Let me then fly, dear Kurnus, once again!
Wide as the limits of the land and main,
From these entanglements; with these in view
Death is the lighter evil of the two.