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The Poems Of Mark Akenside

Akenside, Mark (1721-1770)

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THE PLEASURES OF IMAGINATION. A POEM. IN THREE BOOKS.
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BOOK THE FIRST.
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BOOK THE SECOND.
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BOOK THE THIRD.
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THE PLEASURES OF THE IMAGINATION: A POEM.
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BOOK THE FIRST.
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BOOK THE SECOND.
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BOOK THE THIRD.
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BOOK THE FOURTH.
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ODES ON SEVERAL SUBJECTS. IN TWO BOOKS.
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ODES, BOOK THE FIRST.
  
ODE I. PREFACE.
  
ODE II. ON THE WINTER-SOLSTICE,
  
ODE III. TO A FRIEND, UNSUCCESSFUL IN LOVE.
  
ODE IV. AFFECTED INDIFFERENCE. TO THE SAME.
  
ODE V. AGAINST SUSPICION.
  
ODE VI. HYMN TO CHEERFULNESS.
  
ODE VII. ON THE USE OF POETRY.
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ODE VIII. ON LEAVING HOLLAND.
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ODE IX. TO CURIO.
  
ODE X. TO THE MUSE.
  
ODE XI. ON LOVE, TO A FRIEND.
  
ODE XII. TO SIR FRANCIS HENRY DRAKE, BARONET.
  
ODE XIII. ON LYRIC POETRY.
  
ODE XIV. TO THE HONOURABLE CHARLES TOWNSHEND:
  
ODE XV. TO THE EVENING-STAR.
  
ODE XVI. TO CALEB HARDINGE, M. D.
  
ODE XVII. ON A SERMON AGAINST GLORY.
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ODE XVIII. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE FRANCIS EARL OF HUNTINGDON.
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ODES, BOOK THE SECOND.
  
ODE I. THE REMONSTRANCE OF SHAKESPEARE:
  
ODE II. TO SLEEP.
  
ODE III. TO THE CUCKOW.
  
ODE IV. TO THE HONOURABLE CHARLES TOWNSHEND IN THE COUNTRY.
  
ODE V. ON LOVE OF PRAISE.
  
ODE VI. TO WILLIAM HALL, ESQUIRE: WITH THE WORKS OF CHAULIEU.
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ODE VII. TO THE RIGHT REVEREND BENJAMIN LORD BISHOP OF WINCHESTER.
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ODE VIII.
  
ODE IX. AT STUDY.
  
ODE X. TO THOMAS EDWARDS, ESQUIRE: ON THE LATE EDITION OF MR. POPE'S WORKS.
  
ODE XI. TO THE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN OF ENGLAND.
  
ODE XII. ON RECOVERING FROM A FIT OF SICKNESS, IN THE COUNTRY.
  
ODE XIII. TO THE AUTHOR OF MEMOIRS OF THE HOUSE OF BRANDENBURGH:
  
ODE XIV. THE COMPLAINT.
  
ODE XV. ON DOMESTIC MANNERS.
  
HYMN TO THE NAIADS.
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INSCRIPTIONS.
  
I. FOR A GROTTO.
  
II. FOR A STATUE OF CHAUCER AT WOODSTOCK.
  
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IV.
  
VI. FOR A COLUMN AT RUNNYMEDE.
  
VII. THE WOOD NYMPH.
  
VIII.
  
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ODE XVII. ON A SERMON AGAINST GLORY.

MDCCXLVII.

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Come then, tell me, sage divine,
Is it an offence to own
That our bosoms e'er incline
Toward immortal glory's throne?
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For with me nor pomp, nor pleasure,
Bourbon's might, Braganza's treasure,
So can fancy's dream rejoice,
So conciliate reason's choice,
As one approving word of her impartial voice.

II

If to spurn at noble praise
Be the pass-port to thy heaven,
Follow thou those gloomy ways;
No such law to me was given,
Nor, i trust, shall i deplore me
Faring like my friends before me;
Nor an holier place desire
Than Timoleon's arms acquire,
And Tully's curule chair, and Milton's golden lyre.
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