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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.
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Canto the Second.
  
Canto the Third.
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Canto the Fourth.
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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.
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SCENE V.
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ACT II.
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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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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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The VIOLET.

BY the bramble-clad dyke from the sun's scorching ray
Protected, I bloom on the soft mossy bank,
And the thick foliag'd arms of the hawthorn display
O'er my head their protection from winds bleak and dank.
Thus my sweets all protected, I scent ev'ry gale
That strays thro' the woodlands, or freshens the vale;
And my beauties, thus shelter'd, repay with their smiles
The care of my guardian, and crown all his toils.
Ye fair virgin blossoms, who gladden the plain,
Whose sweets are on mountains or meadows display'd,
Nor longer unsocial, unguarded remain,
But seek from love's union a durable shade.
Can your soft-smiling beauties resist or elude
The sun's with'ring heat, or the storm sharp and rude?
See yon king-cups unshelter'd, how swift they decay!
While my beauties defended look smiling and gay.
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