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Poetics

Or, a series of poems, and disquisitions on poetry. By George Dyer
Dyer, George (1755-1841)

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VOL. I.
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ODES.
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BOOK THE FIRST.
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ODE I. VISIONS.
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ODE III. ON REVISITING THE SCENES OF EARLIER LIFE.
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ODE IV. ON THE APPROACH OF SPRING.
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ODE V. INDEPENDENCE.
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ODE VI. TO JOHN HAMMOND, A. M. OF FENSTANTON, HUNTINGDONSHIRE.
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ODE VII. THE RECONCILIATION.
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ODE VIII. INVOCATION TO MAY.
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BOOK THE SECOND.
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ODE I. THE RACE OF HEROES.
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ODE II. PEACE AND FREEDOM.
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ODE III. TO MRS. OPIE, WHEN MISS ALDERSON,
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ODE IV. TO AN INFANT,
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ODE VI. ON CONTEMPLATING THE WEALTH AND AGGRANDIZEMENT FLOWING FROM CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS IN INDIA.
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ODE X. ON THE EVENING.
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ODE XI. CUPID'S ADDRESS;
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ODE XII. ON SEEING A LADY'S PORTRAIT.
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ODE XIII. LOVE OF PLEASURE.
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ODE XIV. THE MUSIC OF THE GROVES.
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ODE XV. GAIA, OR MY OWN HONEST LANDLADY IN A COUNTRY VILLAGE.
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ODE XVI. THE PHILOSOPHY OF EVIL.
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ODE XVII. ADDRESS TO THE CAM.
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ODE XVIII. TO A LADY, WHO HAD RALLIED THE AUTHOR IN THE MONTHLY MAGAZINE, FOR HIS REJECTION OF TITLES.
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ODE XXI. TO NARCISSA.
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ODE XXII. TO MELANCHOLY.
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ODE XXIII. MEDITATED IN THE CLOISTERS OF CHRIST'S HOSPITAL.
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BOOK THE THIRD.
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ODE II. ON THE CLOSE OF AUTUMN, AFTER AN EXCURSION THROUGH HERTFORDSHIRE AND ESSEX.
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ODE III. THE RANSOM.
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ODE IV. ON SCIENCE.
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ODE VI. TO AN ENTHUSIAST.
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ODE VIII. ON PEACE.
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ODE IX. ON CONSIDERING THE UNSETTLED STATE OF EUROPE, AND THE OPPOSITION WHICH HAD BEEN MADE TO ATTEMPTS FOR THE ABOLITION OF THE SLAVE-TRADE.
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ODE XII. WRITTEN ON THE DEATH OF JOHN HOWARD, AT HIS VILLA AT CARDINGTON, IN BEDFORDSHIRE.
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ODE XIII. TO THE NIGHTINGALE.
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ODE XV. TO A MINIATURE PAINTER,
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ODE XXI. AN EPITAPH FOR A HUMAN BEING.
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ODE XXII. TO A HUMBLE FRIEND.
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BOOK THE FOURTH.
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ODE II. AN ENGLISH SAPPHIC, IN PRAISE OF SNUFF AND TOBACCO.
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ODE III. TO MUSIC.
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ODE IV. ON WINE.
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ODE V. AFTER VISITING DRYBURGH ABBEY, IN BERWICKSHIRE.
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ODE VI. THE CHARM OF MUSIC.
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ODE VII. HYMN TO CHARITY.
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ODE VIII. THE SAILOR.
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ODE IX. THE TRIUMPH OF POETRY.
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ODE X. A SONG.
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ODE XI. ON THE DEATH OF FRIENDS, AND THE HAVOC OF WAR.
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ODE XII. HYMN TO HEALTH.
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ODE XIII.
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ODE XIV.

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ODE XVII. ADDRESS TO THE CAM.

While yon skylark warbles high,
While yon rustic whistles gay,
On thy banks, oh! Cam, I lie,
Museful pour the pensive lay.
Willowy Cam, thy lingering stream,
Suits too well the thoughtful breast;
Languor here might love to dwell,
Sorrow here might sigh to rest.
Near yon steeple's tapering height,
Beauteous Julia, thou art laid;—
I could linger thro' the night
Still to mourn thee, lovely maid.
In yon garden Fancy reads,
Sophron strays no longer here;
Then again my bosom bleeds;
Then I drop the silent tear.
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Hoary Cam, steal slow along
Near yon desolated grove;
Sleep the partners of my song;
There with them I went to rove.
He, the youth of fairest fame,
Hasten'd to an early tomb;
Friendship now recals his name;
Pity mourn'd his hapless doom.
Hark! I hear the death-bell sound!
There another spirit fled!
Still mine ear the tidings wound;
Philo slumbers with the dead.
Well he knew the critic's part;
Shakespeare's name to him was dear;
Kind and gentle was his heart:—
Now again I drop the tear.
Bending sad beside thy stream,
While I heave the frequent sigh,
Do thy rippling waters gleam
Sympathetic murm'ring by?
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Then, oh! Cam, will I return,
Hail thy soothing stream again,
And, as viewing Julia's urn,
Grateful bless thee in my strain.
Still there are, who raptur'd view,
Scenes, which youthful hope endear;
Where they Science wont to woo;
Still they love to linger here.
Peace they meet in ev'ry grove;
Lives again the rapt'rous song;
Sweetly sportive still they rove,
Cam, thy sedgy banks along.
Stately streams, and glens, and lakes,
They can leave to Scotia's plains;
Mountains hoar, and vales, and brakes,
They resign to Cambrian swains:
But these placid streams full well
Suit the quiet-musing breast:
Here, if Fancy may not dwell,
Science shall delight to rest.
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