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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.
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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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EXTEMPORE.

On seeing a Bird perched on the Summit of a Poplar while it was shaking with the Breeze.

See, on yon poplar's topmast spray,
The little warbler stands;
And, fearless, while he pours the lay,
The distant view commands.
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The spray that shakes with ev'ry breeze
That fans the vernal air,
Shakes not his bosom's tranquil ease,
Nor gives one trembling care.
No weight of guilt to press him down,
No stores his heart to 'thrall;
Should he from yonder spray be thrown,
He fears no dang'rous fall.
If shaken from the fickle spray,
He'll claim his native skies,
And sweetly pour his sprightly lay,
As thro' the air he flies.
So 'tis with him whose tranquil soul
With pious ardour glows;
No cares his steady joys controul,
He fears no threat'ning woes.
Secure on Danger's brink he stands,
And laughs at Fortune's spite:
Prepar'd, when Fate or Chance commands,
To seek the Realms of Light.
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