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"Is there no call, no consecrating cause"
Song. "Mary, I believ'd thee true"
Song. "Why does azure deck the sky"
Morality. A familiar Epistle. Addressed to Joseph At-ns-
Esq. M. R. I. A.
The natal Genius. A Dream. To Birth-day.
INTERCEPTED LETTERS; OR, THE TWOPENNY POST-BAG,
BY THOMAS BROWN, THE YOUNGER.
DEDICATION TO ST-N W-LR-E, ESQ.
PREFACE.
PREFACE TO THE FOURTEENTH EDITION.
LETTER I.
From the Pr-nc-ss Ch-e of W- -s to the Lady B-rb-a A-shl-y.
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11. From Colonel M'M-h-n to G—ld Fr―nc―s L‒ckie,
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IV. From the Right Hon. P-tr-ck D-g-n—n to the Right
Hon. Sir John N-ch-1.
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v. From the Countess Dowager of C-— to Lady ———
VI. From Abdallah, in London, to Mohassan, in Ispahan.
VII. From Messrs. L-ck-gt-n and Co. to
Esq.
VIII. From Colonel Th-m-s to-
APPENDIX.
EPISTLES, ODES AND OTHER POEMS.
EPISTLE I. To Lord Viscount Strangford.
Stanzas. "A beam of tranquillity smil'd in the west"
The Tell-Tale Lyre.
To Cara. "Conceal'd within the shady wood"
To Ditto. "When midnight came to close the year"
To the Invisible Girl.
A Ballad. "They made her a grave, too cold and damp'
The Genius of Harmony.
EPISTLE III. To the Marchioness Dowager of D-n—g—ll.
EPISTLE IV. To George Morgan, Esq.
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The Ring.
То
The Resemblance.
Το
"When I lov'd you, I can't but allow"
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From the Greek of Meleager.
Lines, written in a Storm at Sea.
"Well, peace to thy heart, though another's it be"
"If I were yonder wave, my dear"
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The Wreath and the Chain.
To........ "And hast thou mark'd the pensive shade"
Fragment of a Mythological Hymn to Love.
To His Serene Highness the Duke of Montpensier.
The Philosopher Aristippus to a Lamp which was given
him by Lais.
To Mrs. BL-II-D. Written in her Album.
EPISTLE VII. To Thomas Hume, Esq. M. D.
The Snake. "My Love and I, the other day"
Lines written on leaving Philadelphia.
The Fall of Hebe, a Dithyrambic Ode.
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To..
"That wrinkle, when first I espied it".
Anacreontic. "She never look'd so kind before"
To Mrs. ... "Is not thy mind a gentle mind?"
Hymn of a Virgin of Delphi at the Tomb of her Mother.
Lines written at the Cohos, or Falls of the Mohawk River.
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To Mrs. Henry T-ghe, on reading her Psyche.
Impromptu upon leaving some Friends.
EPISTLE VIII. To the Honourable W. R. Spencer.
A Warning. To..
From the High Priest of Apollo to a Virgin of Delphi.
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""Tis time, I feel, to leave thee now"
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EPISTLE IX. To Lady Charlotte R-wd—n.
Impromptu. "Twas but for a moment"
Written on passing Deadman's Island.
To the Boston Frigate.
So warmly we met Hungarian Air.
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Those evening bells- Air.- The Bells of St. Petersb.
Should those fond hopes - Portug. Air.
Reason, Folly, and Beauty - Ital. Air,
Fare thee well, thou lovely one
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Sicil. Air.
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- Portug. Air.
Dost thou remember -
Oh! come to me when daylight sets
Oft, in the stilly night Scotch Air.
Hark! the vesper hymn is stealing
No. II. Love and Hope Swiss Air.
There comes a time - German Air.
My harp has one unchanging theme Swed. Air.
Oh! no- not e'en when first we loved
Peace be around thee Scotch Air.
Common sense and genius
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Cashmer. Air.
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French Air.
Come, chase that starting tear away French Air.
Then, fare thee well
Love is a hunter-boy
Languedoc. Air.
Joys of youth, how fleeting!
No. III. When Love was a child. Swed. Air.
Say, what shall be our sport to-day
Bright be thy dreams!
Go, then 'tis vain.
The crystal hunters
Welch Air.
Swiss Air.
Oh! days of youth French Air.
When first that smile - Venet. Air.
Peace to the slumberers
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Catalon. Air.
When thou shalt wander - Sicil. Air.
Who'll buy my love-knots
See, the dawn from Heaven.
No. IV. Nets and cages Swedish Air.
When through the piazzetta
Venet. Air.
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Savoyard Air.
Go, now, and dream Sicil. Air.
Take hence the bowl - Neapolitan Air.
Farewell, Theresa Venetian Air.
- French Air.
When the first summer bee German Air.
Though 'tis all but a dream
"Tis when the cup is smiling
Where shall we bury our shame
Ne'er talk of Wisdom's gloomy schools
Here sleeps the bard! - Highland Air.
A Melologue upon national Music.
BALLADS, SONGS, &c.
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Italian Air.
Neapolitan Air.
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Mahratta Air.
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Fanny, dearest! Oh! had I leisure to sigh and mourn
Fanny was in the grove
From life without freedom
Here's the bower
Holy be the Pilgrim's sleep
I can no longer stifle
I saw the moon rise clear
Joys that pass away.
Light sounds the harp
Little Mary's eye
Love and the sun-dial
Love and time
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TRIFLES REPRINTED.
Lines written on hearing that the Austrians had entered Naples.
The insurrection of the papers.
Parody of a celebrated Letter.
Anacreontic to a plumassier
Extracts from the Diary of a Politician
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RHYMES ON THE ROAD. Dedication and Preface.
INTRODUCTORY RHYMES. Different attitudes in which au-
thors compose.
Bayes, Henry Stephens, Hero-
dotus, &c. Writing in bed in the fields.
Plato and Sir Richard Blackmore.
Fiddling with
gloves and twigs. Madame de Staël Rhyming
on the road, in an old calèche
View of the Lake of Geneva from the Jura. ·
reach it before the sun went down.
EXTRACT I.
on foot.
EXTRACT II.
Anxious to
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Obliged to proceed
Effect of the scene.
The fall of Venice not to be lamented.
Former glory.—
Expedition against Constantinople.- Giustinianis. - Re-
public.- Characteristics of the old Government.- Golden
Spies. Dungeons.
book.
Brazen mouths.
Present desolation.
EXTRACT III. L-d B--'s Memoirs, written by himself. Reflec- tions when about to read them. .
EXTRACT IV. The English to be met with every where.
The Simplon and the Stocks.
Blue-stockings among the Wa-
habees. Parasols and Pyramids. Mrs. Hopkins and
the Wall of China.
EXTRACT VI. Reflections on reading De Cerceau's account of the Con-
spiracy of Rienzi, in 1347. The meeting of the Con-
spirators on the night of the 19th of May.
cession in the morning to the Capitol. Rienzi's speech.
EXTRACT VII. Mary Magdalen. Her story.
va's two exquisite statues.
Ch-ntr-y's admiration of Canova's works.
EXTRACT VIII. A visit to the house where Rousseau lived with Madame
de Warrens. Their Ménage.
Claude Anet. Reverence with which the spot is now
visited. Absurdity of this blind devotion to fame.
Feelings excited by the beauty and seclusion of the scene.
Disturbed by its associations with Rousseau's history.
Impostures of men of genius. Their power of mi-
micking all the best feelings, love, independence, &c.
NOTES TO THE RHYMES ON THE ROAD.
MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
The Sylph's ball.
Remonstrance. After a conversation with L-d JR
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