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Poems on Various Subjects

By John Thelwall. In Two Volumes
Thelwall, John (1764-1834)

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VOL I
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POEMS.
  
EDMUND AND ROSALINDA.
  
ALLEN AND MATILDA.
  
ELWIN AND ANNA.
  
THE HERMIT OF THE RUINED PALACE.
  
THE ZEPHYRS.
  
THE METAMORPHOSES.
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THE SEDUCER; ;
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Canto the First.
 2. 
Canto the Second.
  
Canto the Third.
 4. 
Canto the Fourth.
 V. 
Canto the Fifth.
  
THE RED-BREAST; :
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Vol. II.
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A DRAMATIC POEM, FOUNDED ON FACTS, RECORDED IN THE REPORTS OF THE HUMANE SOCIETY.
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ACT I.
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SCENE I.
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SCENE II.
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SCENE III.
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SCENE IV.
 V. 
SCENE V.
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ACT II.
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[SCENE I.]
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SCENE II.
 III. 
SCENE III.
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SCENE IV.
  
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STROPHE I.
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ANTISTROPHE I.
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EPODE I.
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STROPHE II.
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ANTISTROPHE II.
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EPODE II.
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ACT III.
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[SCENE I.]
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SCENE II.
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SCENE III.
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SCENE IV.
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ACT IV.
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SCENE I.
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ACT V.
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SCENE I.
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SCENE II.
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SCENE III.
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ELEGIES, PASTORALS, AND OTHER RURAL POEMS.
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ELEGIES.
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ELEGY I. The ROSE.
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ELEGY II. The INVALID.
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ELEGY III. DESPONDENCY.
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ELEGY IV. The MUSE.
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ELEGY V. The PERSON.
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ELEGY VI. The LARK.
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ELEGY VII. The CONSOLATION.
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ELEGY VIII. The EXECRATION.
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ELEGY IX. TWELFTH DAY.
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ELEGY X. NEW YEAR'S NIGHT
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ELEGY XI. The DEPARTED FRIEND.
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ELEGY XII. The SWALLOWS.
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PASTORALS.
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ECLOGUE I. THE TEARS OF HOBBINOL.
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ECLOGUE II. THE WEEPING LYRE.
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RURAL POEMS.
  
A NOSEGAY.
  
The ROSE.
  
The SPRIG of HAWTHORN.
  
The WOODBINES.
  
The VIOLET.
  
The COWSLIP.
  
The LILY of the VALLEY.
  
[THUS to Reflection's sober train]
  
The TURTLES NEST.
  
EXTEMPORE.
  
SONG.
  
AMBITION AND HUMILITY.
  
SONNET.
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MISCELLANIES.
  
CONTENT.
  
MODERN VIRTUE CONTRASTED WITH ANCIENT IMPIETY.
  
On a Dog laying his Head in the Lap of a Lady, while she was playing on an Harpsichord, and singing.
  
THE SHRINE OF HOWARD.
  
THE TEARS OF THE GENII
  
ODE TO FANCY.
  
EPILOGUE.

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STROPHE II.

Yes, Pity, as the furious train,
Who prowling hunt their midnight prey,
Retreating shun the peopled plain,
When fair Aurora's humid ray
Benignly gilds
The cheerful fields;
So, where thy mournful beauty shines,
Resentment flies, and Rage resigns.
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