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WITH A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH THOMAS MOORE

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ODES OF ANACREON TO REMARKS ON ANACREON ODE I.[1]ODE II.ODE III.[1]ODE IV.[1]ODE V.ODE VI.[1]ODE VII.ODE VIII.[1]ODE IX.ODE X.[1]ODE XI.[1]ODE XII.ODE XIII.ODE XIV.[1]ODE XV.[1]ODE XVI.[1]ODE XVII.ODE XVIII.ODE XIX.[1]ODE XX.[1]ODE XXI.[1]ODE XXII.ODE XXIII.ODE XXIV.ODE XXV.ODE XXVI.ODE XXVII.ODE XXVIII.ODE XXIX.ODE XXX.[1]ODE XXXI.[1]ODE XXXII.[1]ODE XXXIII.ODE XXXIV.[1]ODE XXXV.[1]ODE XXXVI.[1]ODE XXXVII.ODE XXXVIII.ODE XXXIX.ODE XL.ODE XLI.ODE XLII.[1]ODE XLIII.ODE XLIV.[1]ODE XLV.ODE XLVI.[1]ODE XLVII.ODE XLVIII.ODE XLIX.ODE L.[1]ODE LI.ODE LII.[1]ODE LIII.ODE. LIV.[1]ODE LV.[1]ODE LVI.ODE LVII[1]ODE LVIII.ODE LIX.ODE LX.[1]ODE LXI.[1]ODE LXII.[1]ODE LXIII.[1]ODE LXIV.[1]ODE LXV.[1]ODE LXVI.[1]ODE LXVII.ODE LXVIII.ODE LXIX.ODE LXX.ODE LXXI.ODE LXXII.ODE LXXIII.ODE LXXIV.ODE LXXV.ODE LXXVI.ODE LXXVII.ODE LXXVIII.HERE AT THY TOMB.SALE OF CUPID.TO WEAVE A GARLAND FOR THE ROSE.WHY DOES SHE SO LONG DELAY?TWIN'ST THOU WITH LOFTY WREATH THY BROW?WHEN THE SAD WORD.MY MOPSA IS LITTLE.STILL, LIKE DEW IN SILENCE FALLING.UP, SAILOR BOY, 'TIS DAY.IN MYRTLE WREATHS.JUVENILE POEMS.TO JOSEPH ATKINSON, ESQ.FRAGMENTS OF COLLEGE EXERCISES.VARIETY.TO A BOY, WITH A WATCH,SONG.TO …….SONG.SONG.REUBEN AND ROSE.DID NOT.TO …….TO MRS. …….ANACREONTIC.TO …….TO JULIA.TO JULIA.THE SHRINE.TO A LADY,TO JULIA.TO …….NATURE'S LABELS.TO JULIA A REFLECTION AT SEA.CLORIS AND FANNY.THE SHIELD.TO JULIA WEEPING.DREAMS.TO ROSA.SONG.THE SALE OF LOVES.TO …. ….TO …. ….ON THE DEATH OF A LADY,INCONSTANCY.THE NATAL GENIUS.ELEGIAC STANZAS.TO THE LARGE AND BEAUTIFUL MISS……,A DREAM.TO …….ANACREONTIC.TO JULIA.HYMN OF A VIRGIN OF DELPHI,SYMPATHY.THE TEAR.THE SNAKE.TO ROSA.ELEGIAC STANZAS.LOVE AND MARRIAGE.ANACREONTIC.THE SURPRISE.TO MISS …….THE WONDER.LYING.ANACREONTIC.THE PHILOSOPHER ARISTIPPUS[1]TO MRS,—-.RONDEAU.SONG.TO ROSA.WRITTEN IN A COMMONPLACE BOOK, CALLED "THE BOOK OF FOLLIES;" IN WHICH EVERY ONE THAT OPENED IT WAS TO CONTRIBUTE SOMETHING.TO ROSA.LIGHT SOUNDS THE HARP.FROM THE GREEK OF MELEAGER.SONG.THE RESEMBLANCE.FANNY, DEAREST.THE RING.TO THE INVISIBLE GIRL.THE RING[1]TO …. ….WRITTEN IN THE BLANK LEAF OF A LADY'S COMMONPLACE BOOK.TO MRS. BL——.TO CARA,TO CARA,TO ……., 1801.THE GENIUS OF HARMONY.TO MRS. HENRY TIGHE,FROM THE HIGH PRIEST OF APOLLO TO A VIRGIN OF DELPHI.[1]FRAGMENT.A NIGHT THOUGHT.THE KISS.SONG.THE CATALOGUE.IMITATION OF CATULLUS.NONSENSE.EPIGRAM.ON A SQUINTING POETESS.TO …. ….TO ROSA.TO PHILLIS.TO A LADY.SONG.SONG.[1]MORALITY.THE TELL-TALE LYRE.PEACE AND GLORY.SONG.LOVE AND REASON.ASPASIA.THE GRECIAN GIRL'S DREAM OF THE BLESSED ISLANDS.[1]TO CLOE.THE WREATH AND THE CHAIN.TO …. ….TO …….'S PICTURE.FRAGMENT OF A MYTHOLOGICAL HYMN TO LOVE.[1]TO HIS SERENE HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF MONTPENSIER ON HIS PORTRAIT OF THE LADY ADELAIDE FORBES.THE FALL OF HEBE.RINGS AND SEALS.TO MISS SUSAN BECKFORD.[1]IMPROMPTU,A WARNING.TO …….WOMAN.TO …….A VISION OF PHILOSOPHY.TO MRS. …….TO LADY HEATHCOTE,THE DEVIL AMONG THE SCHOLARS,TO FRANCIS, EARL OF MOIRA.PREFACE.[1]TO LORD VISCOUNT STRANGFORD.STANZAS.TO THE FLYING-FISH.[1]TO MISS MOORE.A BALLAD.TO THE MARCHIONESS DOWAGER OF DONEGALL.TO GEORGE MORGAN, ESQ. OF NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.LINES WRITTEN IN A STORM AT SEA.ODES TO NEA;A DREAM OF ANTIQUITY.THE SNOW SPIRIT.A STUDY FROM THE ANTIQUE.TO JOSEPH ATKINSON, ESQ.THE STEERMAN'S SONG,TO THE FIRE-FLY.[1]TO THE LORD VISCOUNT FORBES.TO THOMAS HUME, ESQ., M. D.LINES WRITTEN ON LEAVING PHILADELPHIA.LINES WRITTEN AT THE COHOS, OR FALLS OF THE MOHAWK KIVER.[1]SONG OF THE EVIL SPIRIT OF THE WOODS.[1]TO THE HONORABLE W. R. SPENCER.BALLAD STANZAS.A CANADIAN BOAT SONG.TO THE LADY CHARLOTTE RAWDON.IMPROMPTU.WRITTEN TO THE BOSTON FRIGATE, ON LEAVING HALIFAX FOR ENGLAND,[1]DEDICATION PREFACE.GO WHERE GLORY WAITS THEE.WAR SONG.ERIN! THE TEAR AND THE SMILE IN THINE EYES.OH! BREATHE NOT HIS NAME.WHEN HE, WHO ADORES THEE.THE HARP THAT ONCE THRO' TARA'S HALLS.FLY NOT YET.OH! THINK NOT MY SPIRITS ARE ALWAYS AS LIGHT.THO' THE LAST GLIMPSE OF ERIN WITH SORROW I SEE.RICH AND RARE WERE THE GEMS SHE WORE.[1]AS A BEAM O'ER THE FACE OF THE WATERS MAY GLOW.THE MEETING OF THE WATERS.[1]HOW DEAR TO ME THE HOUR.TAKE BACK THE VIRGIN PAGE.THE LEGACY.HOW OFT HAS THE BANSHEE CRIED.WE MAY ROAM THROUGH THIS WORLD.EVELEEN'S BOWER.LET ERIN REMEMBER THE DAYS OF OLD.THE SONG OF FIONNUALA.[1]COME, SEND ROUND THE WINE.SUBLIME WAS THE WARNING.BELIEVE ME IF ALL THOSE ENDEARING YOUNG CHARMS.ERIN, OH ERIN.DRINK TO HER.OH! BLAME NOT THE BARD.[1]WHILE GAZING ON THE MOON'S LIGHT.ILL OMENS.BEFORE THE BATTLE.AFTER THE BATTLE.'TIS SWEET TO THINK.THE IRISH PEASANT TO HIS MISTRESS.[1]ON MUSIC.IT IS NOT THE TEAR AT THIS MOMENT SHED.[1]THE ORIGIN OF THE HARP.LOVE'S YOUNG DREAM.THE PRINCE'S DAY.[1]WEEP ON, WEEP ON.LESBIA HATH A BEAMING EYE.I SAW THY FORM IN YOUTHFUL PRIME.SHE IS FAR FROM THE LAND.NAY, TELL ME NOT, DEAR.AVENGING AND BRIGHT.WHAT THE BEE IS TO THE FLOWERET.LOVE AND THE NOVICE.THIS LIFE IS ALL CHECKERED WITH PLEASURES AND WOES OH THE SHAMROCK.AT THE MID HOUR OF NIGHT ONE BUMPER AT PARTING.'TIS THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER.THE YOUNG MAY MOON.THE MINSTREL-BOY.THE SONG OF O'RUARK,OH! HAD WE SOME BRIGHT LITTLE ISLE OF OUR OWN.FAREWELL!—BUT WHENEVER YOU WELCOME THE HOUR.OH! DOUBT ME NOT.YOU REMEMBER ELLEN.I'D MOURN THE HOPES.COME O'ER THE SEA.HAS SORROW THY YOUNG DAYS SHADED.NO, NOT MORE WELCOME.WHEN FIRST I MET THEE.WHILE HISTORY'S MUSE.THE TIME I'VE LOST IN WOOING.WHERE IS THE SLAVE.COME, REST IN THIS BOSOM.'TIS GONE, AND FOR EVER.I SAW FROM THE BEACH.FILL THE BUMPER FAIR.DEAR HARP OF MY COUNTRY.MY GENTLE HARP.IN THE MORNING OF LIFE.AS SLOW OUR SHIP.WHEN COLD IN THE EARTH.REMEMBER THEE.WREATH THE BOWL.WHENE'ER I SEE THOSE SMILING EYES.IF THOU'LT BE MINE.TO LADIES' EYES.FORGET NOT THE FIELD.THEY MAY RAIL AT THIS LIFE.OH FOR THE SWORDS OF FORMER TIME!ST. SENANUS AND THE LADY.NE'ER ASK THE HOUR.SAIL ON, SAIL ON.THE PARALLEL.DRINK OF THIS CUP.THE FORTUNE-TELLER.OH, YE DEAD!O'DONOHUE'S MISTRESS.ECHO.OH BANQUET NOT.THEE, THEE, ONLY THEE.SHALL THE HARP THEN BE SILENT.OH, THE SIGHT ENTRANCING.SWEET INNISFALLEN.'TWAS ONE OF THOSE DREAMS.[1]FAIREST! PUT ON AWHILE.QUICK! WE HAVE BUT A SECOND.AND DOTH NOT A MEETING LIKE THIS.THE MOUNTAIN SPRITE.AS VANQUISHED ERIN.DESMOND'S SONG.[1]THEY KNOW NOT MY HEART.I WISH I WAS BY THAT DIM LAKE.SHE SUNG OF LOVE.SING—SING—MUSIC WAS GIVEN.THO' HUMBLE THE BANQUET.SING, SWEET HARP.SONG OF THE BATTLE EVE.THE WANDERING BARD.ALONE IN CROWDS TO WANDER ON.I'VE A SECRET TO TELL THEE.SONG OF INNISFAIL.THE NIGHT DANCE.THERE ARE SOUNDS OF MIRTH.OH, ARRANMORE, LOVED ARRANMORE.LAY HIS SWORD BY HIS SIDE.OH, COULD WE DO WITH THIS WORLD OF OURS.THE WINE-CUP IS CIRCLING.THE DREAM OF THOSE DAYS.FROM THIS HOUR THE PLEDGE IS GIVEN.SILENCE IS IN OUR FESTAL HALLS.[1]ADVERTISEMENT.A TEMPLE TO FRIENDSHIP.FLOW ON, THOU SHINING RIVER.ALL THAT'S BRIGHT MUST FADE.SO WARMLY WE MET.THOSE EVENING BELLS.SHOULD THOSE FOND HOPES.REASON, FOLLY, AND BEAUTY.FARE THEE WELL, THOU LOVELY ONE!DOST THOU REMEMBER.OH, COME TO ME WHEN DAYLIGHT SETS.OFT, IN THE STILLY NIGHT.HARK! THE VESPER HYMN IS STEALING.LOVE AND HOPE.THERE COMES A TIME.MY HARP HAS ONE UNCHANGING THEME.OH, NO—NOT EVEN WHEN FIRST WE LOVED.PEACE BE AROUND THEE.COMMON SENSE AND GENIUS.THEN, FARE THEE WELL.GAYLY SOUNDS THE CASTANET.LOVE IS A HUNTER-BOY.COME, CHASE THAT STARTING TEAR AWAY.JOYS OF YOUTH, HOW FLEETING!HEAR ME BUT ONCE.WHEN LOVE WAS A CHILD SAY, WHAT SHALL BE OUR SPORT TO-DAY?BRIGHT BE THY DREAMS.GO, THEN—'TIS VAIN.THE CRYSTAL-HUNTERS.ROW GENTLY HERE.OH, DAYS OF YOUTH.WHEN FIRST THAT SMILE.PEACE TO THE SLUMBERERS!WHEN THOU SHALT WANDER.WHO'LL BUY MY LOVE-KNOTS?SEE, THE DAWN FROM HEAVEN.NETS AND CAGES.[1]WHEN THROUGH THE PIAZZETTA.GO, NOW, AND DREAM.TAKE HENCE THE BOWL.FAREWELL, THERESA!HOW OFT, WHEN WATCHING STARS.WHEN THE FIRST SUMMER BEE.THO' 'TIS ALL BUT A DREAM.WHEN THE WINE-CUP IS SMILING.WHERE SHALL WE BURY OUR SHAME?NE'ER TALK OF WISDOM'S GLOOMY SCHOOLS.HERE SLEEPS THE BARD.DO NOT SAY THAT LIFE IS WANING.THE GAZELLE.NO—LEAVE MY HEART TO REST.WHERE ARE THE VISIONS.WIND THY HORN, MY HUNTER BOY.OH, GUARD OUR AFFECTION.SLUMBER, OH SLUMBER.BRING THE BRIGHT GARLANDS HITHER.IF IN LOVING, SINGING.THOU LOVEST NO MORE.WHEN ABROAD IN THE WORLD.KEEP THOSE EYES STILL PURELY MINE.HOPE COMES AGAIN.O SAY, THOU BEST AND BRIGHTEST.WHEN NIGHT BRINGS THE HOUR.LIKE ONE WHO, DOOMED.FEAR NOT THAT, WHILE AROUND THEE.WHEN LOVE IS KIND.THE GARLAND I SEND THEE.HOW SHALL I WOO?SPRING AND AUTUMN.LOVE ALONE.TO THOU ART, O GOD.THE BIRD, LET LOOSE.FALLEN IS THY THRONE.WHO IS THE MAID?THIS WORLD IS ALL A FLEETING SHOW.OH THOU WHO DRY'ST THE MOURNER'S TEAR.WEEP NOT FOR THOSE.THE TURF SHALL BE MY FRAGRANT SHRINE.SOUND THE LOUD TIMBREL.GO, LET ME WEEP.COME NOT, OH LORD.WERE NOT THE SINFUL MARY'S TEARS.AS DOWN IN THE SUNLESS RETREATS.BUT WHO SHALL SEE.ALMIGHTY GOD!OH FAIR! OH PUREST!ANGEL OF CHARITY.BEHOLD THE SUN.LORD, WHO SHALL BEAR THAT DAY.OH, TEACH ME TO LOVE THEE.WEEP, CHILDREN OF ISRAEL.LIKE MORNING, WHEN HER EARLY BREEZE.COME, YE DISCONSOLATE.AWAKE, ARISE, THY LIGHT IS COME.THERE IS A BLEAK DESERT.SINCE FIRST THY WORD.HARK! 'TIS THE BREEZE.WHERE IS YOUR DWELLING, YE SAINTED?HOW LIGHTLY MOUNTS THE MUSE'S WING.GO FORTH TO THE MOUNT,IS IT NOT SWEET TO THINK, HEREAFTER.WAR AGAINST BABYLON.ADVERTISEMENT.A SHORT STRAIN OF MUSIC FROM THE ORCHESTRA.GREEK AIR FLOURISH OF TRUMPETS.SWISS AIR.—"RANZ DES VACHES."SPANISH CHORUS.SPANISH AIR.—"YA DESPERTO."SET OF GLEES,THE MEETING OF THE SHIPS.HIP, HIP, HURRA!HUSH, HUSH!THE PARTING BEFORE THE BATTLE.THE WATCHMAN.SAY, WHAT SHALL WE DANCE?THE EVENING GUN.TO THE VOICE.CUPID AND PSYCHE.HERO AND LEANDER.THE LEAF AND THE FOUNTAIN.CEPHALUS AND PROCRIS.YOUTH AND AGE.THE DYING WARRIOR.THE MAGIC MIRROR.THE PILGRIM.THE HIGH-BORN LADYE.THE INDIAN BOAT.THE STRANGER.TO-DAY, DEAREST! IS OURS.WHEN ON THE LIP THE SIGH DELAYS.HERE, TAKE MY HEART.OH, CALL IT BY SOME BETTER NAME.POOR WOUNDED HEART THE EAST INDIAN.POOR BROKEN FLOWER.THE PRETTY ROSE-TREE.SHINE OUT, STARS!THE YOUNG MULETEERS OF GRENADA.TELL HER, OH, TELL HER.NIGHTS OF MUSIC.OUR FIRST YOUNG LOVE.BLACK AND BLUE EYES.DEAR FANNY.FROM LIFE WITHOUT FREEDOM.HERE'S THE BOWER.I SAW THE MOON RISE CLEAR.LOVE AND THE SUN-DIAL.LOVE AND TIME.LOVE'S LIGHT SUMMER-CLOUD.LOVE, WANDERING THRO' THE GOLDEN MAZE.MERRILY EVERY BOSOM BOUNDETH.REMEMBER THE TIME.OH, SOON RETURN.LOVE THEE?ONE DEAR SMILE.YES, YES, WHEN THE BLOOM.THE DAY OF LOVE.LUSITANIAN WAR-SONG.THE YOUNG ROSE.WHEN MIDST THE GAY I MEET.WHEN TWILIGHT DEWS.YOUNG JESSICA.HOW HAPPY, ONCE.I LOVE BUT THEE.LET JOY ALONE BE REMEMBERED NOW.LOVE THEE, DEAREST? LOVE THEE?MY HEART AND LUTE.PEACE, PEACE TO HIM THAT'S GONE!ROSE OF THE DESERT 'TIS ALL FOR THEE.THE SONG OF THE OLDEN TIME.WAKE THEE, MY DEAR.THE BOY OF THE ALPS.FOR THEE ALONE.HER LAST WORDS, AT PARTING.LET'S TAKE THIS WORLD AS SOME WIDE SCENE.LOVE'S VICTORY.SONG OF HERCULES TO HIS DAUGHTER.[1]THE DREAM OF HOME.THEY TELL ME THOU'RT THE FAVORED GUEST.THE YOUNG INDIAN MAID.THE HOMEWARD MARCH.WAKE UP, SWEET MELODY.CALM BE THY SLEEP.THE EXILE.THE FANCY FAIR.IF THOU WOULDST HAVE ME SING AND PLAY.STILL WHEN DAYLIGHT.THE SUMMER WEBS.MIND NOT THO' DAYLIGHT.THEY MET BUT ONCE.WITH MOONLIGHT BEAMING.CHILD'S SONG.THE HALCYON HANGS O'ER OCEAN.THE WORLD WAS HUSHT.THE TWO LOVES.THE LEGEND OF PUCK THE FAIRY.BEAUTY AND SONG.WHEN THOU ART NIGH.SONG OF A HYPERBOREAN.THOU BIDST ME SING.CUPID ARMED.ROUND THE WORLD GOES.OH, DO NOT LOOK SO BRIGHT AND BLEST.THE MUSICAL BOX.WHEN TO SAD MUSIC SILENT YOU LISTEN.THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS.THE DAWN IS BREAKING O'ER US.UNPUBLISHED SONGS.ASK NOT IF STILL I LOVE.DEAR? YES.UNBIND THEE, LOVE.THERE'S SOMETHING STRANGE.NOT FROM THEE.GUESS, GUESS.WHEN LOVE, WHO RULED.STILL THOU FLIEST.THEN FIRST FROM LOVE.HUSH, SWEET LUTE.BRIGHT MOON.LONG YEARS HAVE PAST.DREAMING FOR EVER.THO' LIGHTLY SOUNDS THE SONG I SING.THE RUSSIAN LOVER.A SELECTION FROM THE SONGS IN BOAT GLEE.CUPID'S LOTTERY.OCCASIONAL EPILOGUE.EXTRACT.THE SYLPH'S BALL.REMONSTRANCE.MY BIRTH-DAY.FANCY.SONG.CARM. 70.CARM. II.CARM. 29.TIBULLUS TO SULPICIA.IMITATION.INVITATION TO DINNER.VERSES TO THE POET CRABBE'S INKSTAND.[1]TO CAROLINE, VISCOUNTESS VALLETORT.A SPECULATION.TO MY MOTHER.LOVE AND HYMEN.LINES ON THE ENTRY OF THE AUSTRIANS INTO NAPLES, 1821.SCEPTICISM.A JOKE VERSIFIED.ON THE DEATH OF A FRIEND.TO JAMES CORRY, ESQ.FRAGMENT OF A CHARACTER.WHAT SHALL I SING THEE?COUNTRY DANCE AND QUADRILLE.GAZEL.LINES ON THE DEATH OF JOSEPH ATKINSON, ESQ., OF DUBLIN.GENIUS AND CRITICISM.TO LADY JERSEY.TO THE SAME.AT NIGHT.[1]TO LADY HOLLAND.EPILOGUE.THE DAY-DREAM.[1]SONG.SONG OF THE POCO-CURANTE SOCIETY.ANNE BOLEYN.THE DREAM OF THE TWO SISTERS.SOVEREIGN WOMAN.COME, PLAY ME THAT SIMPLE AIR AGAIN.POEMS FROM THE EPICUREAN THE VALLEY OF THE NILE.SONG OF THE TWO CUPBEARERS.SONG OF THE NUBIAN GIRL.TO THE HONORABLE MRS. NORTON.THE SUMMER FÊTE EVENINGS IN GREECE FIRST EVENING.SECOND EVENING.

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TO LALLA ROOKH LALLA ROOKH (continued 2)LALLA ROOKH (continued 3)LALLA ROOKH (continued 4)PREFACE.THE LOVES OF THE ANGELS RHYMES ON THE ROAD.INTRODUCTORY RHYMES.EXTRACT I.EXTRACT II.EXTRACT III.EXTRACT IV.EXTRACT V.EXTRACT VI.EXTRACT VII.EXTRACT VIII.EXTRACT IX.EXTRACT X.EXTRACT XI.EXTRACT XII.EXTRACT XIII.EXTRACT XIV.EXTRACT XV.EXTRACT XVI.CORRUPTION,PREFACE.CORRUPTION,INTOLERANCE,THE SCEPTIC,PREFACE.THE SCEPTIC TWOPENNY POST-BAG,DEDICATION.PREFACE.

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THE INSURRECTION OF THE PAPERS.PARODY OF A CELEBRATED LETTER.[1]ANACREONTIC EXTRACTS EPIGRAM.KING CRACK[1] AND HIS IDOLS.WHAT'S MY THOUGHT LIKE?EPIGRAM.WREATHS FOR THE MINISTERS.EPIGRAM.HORACE, ODE XI. LIB. II.HORACE, ODE XXII. LIB. I.THE NEW COSTUME OF THE MINISTERS.CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN A LADY AND GENTLEMAN,OCCASIONAL ADDRESS THE SALE OF THE TOOLS.LITTLE MAN AND LITTLE SOUL.REINFORCEMENTS FOR LORD WELLINGTON.HORACE, ODE I. LIB. III.HORACE, ODE XXXVIII. LIB. I.IMPROMPTU.LORD WELLINGTON AND THE MINISTERS.TO SIR HUDSON LOWE.AMATORY COLLOQUY BETWEEN BANK AND GOVERNMENT.DIALOGUE BETWEEN A SOVEREIGN AND A ONE POUND NOTE.AN EXPOSTULATION TO LORD KING.THE SINKING FUND CRIED.ODE TO THE GODDESS CERES.A HYMN OF WELCOME AFTER THE RECESS.MEMORABILIA OF LAST WEEK.ALL IN THE FAMILY WAY.BALLAD FOR THE CAMBRIDGE ELECTION.MR. ROGER DODSWORTH.COPY OF AN INTERCEPTED DESPATCH.THE MILLENNIUM.THE THREE DOCTORS.EPITAPH ON A TUFT-HUNTER.ODE TO A HAT.NEWS FOR COUNTRY COUSINS.A VISION.THE PETITION OF THE ORANGEMEN OF IRELAND.COTTON AND CORN.THE CANONIZATION OF SAINT BUTTERWORTH.AN INCANTATION.A DREAM OF TURTLE.THE DONKEY AND HIS PANNIERS.ODE TO THE SUBLIME PORTE.CORN AND CATHOLICS.A CASE OF LIBEL.LITERARY ADVERTISEMENT.THE IRISH SLAVE.[1]ODE TO FERDINAND.HAT VERSUS WIG.THE PERIWINKLES AND THE LOCUSTS.NEW CREATION OF PEERS.SPEECH ON THE UMBRELLA QUESTION.[1]A PASTORAL BALLAD.A LATE SCENE AT SWANAGE.[1]WO! WO![1]TOUT POUR LA TRIPE.ENIGMA.DOG-DAY REFLECTIONS.THE "LIVING DOG" AND "THE DEAD LION."ODE TO DON MIGUEL.THOUGHTS ON THE PRESENT GOVERNMENT OF IRELAND.THE LIMBO OF LOST REPUTATIONS.HOW TO WRITE BY PROXY.IMITATION OF THE INFERNO OF DANTE.LAMENT FOR THE LOSS OF LORD BATHURST'S TAIL.[1]THE CHERRIES.STANZAS WRITTEN IN ANTICIPATION OF DEFEAT.[1]ODE TO THE WOODS AND FORESTS.STANZAS FROM THE BANKS OF THE SHANNON.[1]THE ANNUAL PILL."IF" AND "PERHAPS."[1]WRITE ON, WRITE ON.SONG OF THE DEPARTING SPIRIT OF TITHE.THE EUTHANASIA OF VAN.TO THE REVEREND ——.IRISH ANTIQUITIES.A CURIOUS FACT.NEW-FASHIONED ECHOES.INCANTATION.HOW TO MAKE A GOOD POLITICIAN.EPISTLE OF CONDOLENCE.THE GHOST OF MILTIADES.ALARMING INTELLIGENCE!RESOLUTIONS SIR ANDREW'S DREAM.A BLUE LOVE SONG.SUNDAY ETHICS.AWFUL EVENT.THE NUMBERING OF THE CLERGY.A SAD CASE.A DREAM OF HINDOSTAN.THE BRUNSWICK CLUB.PROPOSALS FOR A GYNAECOCRACY.TO THE EDITOR OF THE * * *.LORD HENLEY AND ST. CECILIA ADVERTISEMENT.[1]MISSING.THE DANCE OF BISHOPS;DICK * * * *A CORRECTED REPORT OF SOME LATE SPEECHES.MORAL POSITIONS.THE MAD TORY AND THE COMET.FROM THE HON. HENRY ——, TO LADY EMMA ——.TRIUMPH OF BIGOTRY.TRANSLATION FROM THE GULL LANGUAGE.NOTIONS ON REFORM.TORY PLEDGES.ST. JEROME ON EARTH.ST. JEROME ON EARTH.THOUGHTS ON TAR BARRELS.THE CONSULTATION.[1]TO THE REV. CHARLES OVERTON,SCENE FROM A PLAY, ACTED AT OXFORD, CALLED "MATRICULATION."[1]LATE TITHE CASE.FOOLS' PARADISE.THE RECTOR AND HIS CURATE;PADDY'S METAMORPHOSIS.COCKER, ON CHURCH REFORM.LES HOMMES AUTOMATES.HOW TO MAKE ONE'S SELF A PEER.THE DUKE IS THE LAD.EPISTLE LINES ON THE DEPARTURE OF LORD CASTLEREAGH AND STEWART FOR THE CONTINENT.[1]TO THE SHIP IN WHICH LORD CASTLEREAGH SAILED FOR THE CONTINENT.SKETCH OF THE FIRST ACT OF A NEW ROMANTIC DRAMA.ANIMAL MAGNETISM.THE SONG OF THE BOX.ANNOUNCEMENT OF A NEW THALABA.RIVAL TOPICS.[1]THE BOY STATESMAN.LETTER MUSINGS OF AN UNREFORMED PEER.THE REVEREND PAMPHLETEER.RECENT DIALOGUE.THE WELLINGTON SPA.A CHARACTERLESS A GHOST STORY.THOUGHTS ON THE LATE DESTRUCTIVE PROPOSITIONS OF THE TORIES.[1]ANTICIPATED MEETING OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION IN THE YEAR 1836.SONG OF THE CHURCH.EPISTLE FROM HENRY OF EXETER TO JOHN OF TUAM.SONG OF OLD PUCK.POLICE REPORTS.REFLECTIONS.NEW GRAND EXHIBITION OF MODELS OF THE TWO HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT.ANNOUNCEMENT OF A NEW GRAND ACCELERATION COMPANY FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE SPEED OF LITERATURE.SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LATE DINNER TO DAN.NEW HOSPITAL FOR SICK LITERATI.RELIGION AND TRADE.MUSINGS.INTENDED TRIBUTE GRAND DINNER OF TYPE AND CO.CHURCH EXTENSION.LATEST ACCOUNTS FROM OLYMPUS.THE TRIUMPHS OF FARCE.THOUGHTS ON PATRONS, PUFFS, AND OTHER MATTERS.THOUGHTS ON MISCHIEF.EPISTLE FROM CAPTAIN ROCK TO LORD LYNDHURST.CAPTAIN ROCK IN LONDON.LINES ON THE DEATH OF MR. PERCEVAL.TO THE EDITOR OF "THE MORNING CHRONICLE."LINES ON THE DEATH OF SHERIDAN.EPISTLE FROM TOM CRIB TO BIG BEN.[1]FABLES FOR THE HOLY ALLIANCE.DEDICATION.PREFACE.FABLE I.FABLE II.FABLE III.FABLE IV.FABLE V.FABLE VI.FABLE VII.FABLE VIII.THE FUDGE FAMILY IN PARIS.PREFACE.

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