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Poems and Plays

By William Hayley ... in Six Volumes. A New Edition

Hayley, William (1745-1820)

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AN ESSAY ON PAINTING:

I.

EPISTLE THE FIRST.

II.

EPISTLE THE SECOND.

EPISTLE TO A FRIEND,

ODE, INSCRIBED TO JOHN HOWARD, Esq. F.R.S.

ODE TO Mr. WRIGHT of DERBY.

ODE TO THE COUNTESS DE GENLIS.

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SONNETS, SONGS, AND OCCASIONAL VERSES.

SONNET TO THE EARL OF HARDWICKE

SONNET TO EDWARD GIBBON, Esq.

SONNET TO THE SAME.

SONNET TO EDMUND ANTROBUS, Esq.

SONNET TO Dr. HARINGTON

SONNET TO WILLIAM MELMOTH, Esq.

SONNET TO Mrs. HAYLEY

SONNET TO JOHN SARGENT, Esq.

SONNET ON ROMNEY's Picture of Cassandra.

SONNET TO Mrs. SMITH

SONNET TO Mr. WILLIAM LONG

EPITAPH ON WILLIAM BRYANT,

ON FRANCES KENT,

ON MARY HAYLEY.

SONG.

ODE TO RICHARD VERNON SADLEIR, Esq.

A CARD of INVITATION TO Mr. GIBBON,

IMPROMPTU TO Mr. MEYER.

IMPROMPTU, TO EYLES IRWIN, Esq.

A RECEIPT TO MAKE A TRAGEDY.

TO Miss SEWARD,

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TRANSLATIONS TAKEN FROM THE NOTES TO THE THIRD EPISTLE OF AN ESSAY ON EPIC POETRY

THE INFERNO OF DANTE.

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A SKETCH OF THE ARAUCANA.

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VII.

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XII.

XIII.

XIV.

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XXI.

XXXIII.

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TRANSLATION'S TAKEN FROM THE NOTES TO THE FOURTH EPISTLE OF AN ESSAY ON EPIC POETRY

THE SONNET OF GIUSTINA TO PETRARCH.

THE ANSWER OF PETRARCH.

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SONG.

[Stay! O stay, thou lovely shade]

I

Stay! O stay, thou lovely shade
Brought by sleep to sorrow's aid:
Ah! the sweet illusion ends!
Light and Reason, cruel friends!
Bid me not, with frantic care,
Vainly worship fleeting air!

II

Night, return on rapid wing!
Round my head thy poppies fling!
Hateful day! thy reign be brief!
Darkness is the friend of grief.
Could'st thou, sleep! my dream restore,
I should wish to wake no more.