HOURS OF IDLENESS-continued.
To Lesbia—“ Lesbia! since far from you'
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Lines addressed to a Young Lady, alarmed by a bullet hiss-
ing near her—“ Doubtless, sweet girl"
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Love's last Adieu—“ The roses of love"
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Damætas" In law an infant"
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To Marion—"Marion why that pensive brow
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To a Lady who presented to the Author a Lock of Hair
braided with his own-" These locks”
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Oscar of Alva. A Tale—“ How sweetly shines
31
The Episode of Nisus and Euryalus—“Nisus, the guardian” 38
Translation from the Medea of Euripides"When fierce" 46
Thoughts suggested by a College Examination—" High in
the midst
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To a beautiful Quaker-"Sweet girl! though only once 49
The Cornelian—“ No specious splendour”
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An Occasional Prologue to “ The Wheel of Fortune".
“ Since the refinement”
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On the Death of Mr. Fox, with the Author's Reply—“Oh
factious viper”
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The Tear-" When Friendship or Love
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Reply to some Verses of J. M. B. Pigot, Esq., on the Cruelty
of his Mistress—“Why, Pigot, complain
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To the sighing Strephon—“ Your pardon, my friend" 54
To Eliza—“Eliza, what fools are the Mussulman sect" 55
Lachin y Gair—" Away, ye gay landscapes
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To Romance—“Parent of golden dreams”
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Answer to some elegant Verses sent by a Friend to the
Author-“Candour compels me
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Elegy on Newstead Abbey“ Newstead ! fast-falling' 59
Childish Recollections—" When slow disease
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Answer to a beautiful Poem, entitled “ The Common Lot"
Montgomery! true, the common lot”
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Lines addressed to the Rev. J. T. Becher, on his advising