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TO THE
MARQUIS OF LANSDOWNE,
IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF
NEARLY FORTY YEARS OF MUTUAL ACQUAINTANCE
AND FRIENDSHIP,
THIS VOLUME
IS INSCRIBED,
WITH THE SINCEREST FEELINGS OF AFFECTION
AND RESPECT,
BY
THOMAS MOORE
CONTENTS.
PREPACES TO THE COLLECTED EDITION IN TEX VOLUMES, PUBLISHED IN 1841, 1842 ...............
..... Page 15.
PAGE
58
98
99
H
ODES OF ANACREON.
PAOL
TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH VERSE, WITH NOTES.
XLVII. 'Tis true, my fading years decline
89
XLVIII. When my thirsty soul I steep ......
XLIX. When Bacchus, Jove's immortal boy 89
Dedication to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. 57
L. When wine I quaff, before my eyes
90
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57
Inder to the Odes .......
LI, Fly not thus, my brow of snow............ 90
An Ode by the Translator....
LII, Away, away, ye men of rules ....
91
LIII. When I behold the festive train ....... 91
Corrections of the preceding Ode, suggested by an emi-
LIV. Methinks, the pictured bull we see ........ 92
Dent Greek scholar ....
Retaarks on Anacreon
LV. While we invoke the wreathed spring 92
59
LVI. He, who instructs the youthful crew ...... 93
LVII. Whose was the artist-hand that spread 94
Odes.
I VIII. When Gold, as fleet as zephyr's pinion 95
L. I saw the smiling bard of pleasure........ 64
LIX. Ripen'd by the solar beam .....
95
II. Give me the harp of epic song......... 65
LX. Awake to life, my sleeping shell .......... 96
III. Listen to the Muse's lyre
65 LXI. Youth's endearing charms are fled
97
IV. Volcan! hear your glorious task....... 65 LXI. Fill me, boy, as deep a draught....
V. Sculptor, wouldst thou glad my soul....... 66
LXIII. To Love, the soft and blooming child......
VI. As late I sought the spangled bowers.. 66
LXIV. Haste thee, nymph, whose well-aim'd spear 98
VII. The women tell me every day......
67
LXV. Like some wanton filly sporting.
VIII. I care not for the idle state....
LXVI. To thee, the Queen of nymphs divine..... 98
IX. I pray thee, by the gods above
LXVII. Rich in bliss, I proudly scorn......
X. How am I to punish thee ......
68 LXVIII. Now Neptune's mouth our sky deforms.... 99
XI. “Tell me, gentle youth, I pray thee"...... 68 LXIX. They wove the lotus band to deck......... 99
XII. They tell how Atys, wild with love .. 69
LXX. A broken cake with honey sweet.......... 100
XIII. I will, I will, the conflict's past.....
69
LXXI. With twenty chords my lyre is hung ...... 100
XIV. Count me, on the summer trees
70 LXXU. Fare thee well, perfidious maid
100
XV. Tell me, why, my sweetest dove .......
LXXII. Awhile I bloom'd, a happy flower ......... 100
XVI. Thou, whose soft and rosy hues.....
LXXIV. Monarch Love, resistless boy......
XVII. And now, with all thy pencil's truth
73 LXXV. Spirit of Love, whose locks unroll'd....... 100
XVIII. Now the star of day is high ........
LXXVI. Hither, gentle Muse of mine ......
101
XIX. Here recline you, gentle maid ........ 75
LXXVII. Would that I were a tuneful lyre.......... 101
XX. One day the Muses twined the hands...... 75 LXXVIII. When Cupid sees how thickly now......... 101
XXI. Observe when mother earth is dry......... 76
XXII. The Phrygian rock, that braves the storm.. 76 Cupid, whose lamp has lent the ray
XXIII. I often wish this languid lyre
77 Let me resign this wretched breath................... 101
XXIV. To all that breathe the air of heaven .. 78 I know thou lov'st a brimming measure.......
XXV. Occe in each revolving year ............. 78 I fear that love disturbs my rest...
XIVI. Thy harp inay sing of Troy's alarms .. 79 From dread Leucadia's frowning steep........
102
XXVII. We read the flying courser's name .. 79 Mix me, child, a cup divine
XXVIIL As, by :'s Lemnian forge's flame...... 79
XXIX. Yes, loving is a painful thrill.....
80
EPIGRAMS FROM THE ANTHOLOGIA.
XXX. 'Twas in a mocking dream of night... 81
NOTICE.......
..... 102
XXXL Arın'd with hyacinthine rod
81 Αντιπατρου Σιδωνιου, εις Ανακρέοντα..
IXXII. Stew me a fragrant bed of leaves .......... 81 Του αυτου, εις τον αυτον ......
103
XXXIII. 'Twas noon of night, when round the pole. 82 Του αυτου, εις τον αυτον •••••••••••••
XXXIV. Ok thou, o: all creation blest.............. 83 Του αυτου, εις τον αυτον ........
104
IXXV. Cupid once upon a bed......
ATIVI. Jf hoarded gold possess'd the power........
81
JUVENILE POEMS.
DIXVII. "Twas night, and many a circling bowl .... 84
83
Preface, by the Editor
LLAVIII. Let us drain the nectar'd bowl
83 Dedication to Joseph Atkinson, Esq.
106
XXXIX. How I love the festive boy......
86 Fragments of College Exercises......
107
XL I know that Heaven hath sent me here.... 86 Is there no call, no consecrating cause
.. 107
XLI. When Spring adorns the dewy scene ...... 86 Variety ...
XLII. Yes, be the glorions revel mine....
86 To a Boy with a Watch. Written for a friend
XLIII. While our rosy fillets shed.........
XLIV. Bads of roses, virgin flowers .......
87 To
108
XLV. Within this goblet, rich and deep.
XLVI. Behold the young, the rosy Spring........
88 Song
.. 105
87 Song
Song
.: 109
..........
Reuben and Rose. A Tale of Romance
109 The Ring. A tale
Did not....
............................ 110 Το
on seeing her with a white
То
.............................. 110 and a rich girdle
To Mrs.
on some calumnies against her Written on the blank leaf of a Lady's cominon
character ...
110 book...............
Anacreontic
........... 110 To Mrs. BI-, written in her album..........
.......... 110 To Cara, after an interval of absence ........
To Julia, in allusion to some illiberal criticisms ....... 111 To Cara, on the dawning of a new-year's day..
To Julia
...................... 111 To
1801..........
The Shrine, To
111
The Genuis of Harmony. An irregular ode ......
To a Lady, with some manuscript Poems, on leavlag
I found her not-the chamber seem'd.........
the country
111 To Mrs. Henry Tighe, on reading her “Psyche"..
.............. 112 From the High Priest of Apollo to a Virgin of Deli
Το
..................................... 112 Fragment....
Nature's Labels. A fragment........................ 112
A Night Thought
To Julia. On her birthday
113 The Kiss
A Reflection at Sea.................................. 113 Song
Cloris and Fanny.... ................................ 113 The Catalogue
The Shield .....
113 Imitation of Catullus to himself.
To Julia, weeping.....
114 Oh woman, if through sinful wile
Dreams. To
114
Nonsense.....
To Rosa. Written during illness.
114 Epigram, from the French
115 On a squinting Poetess ..........
The Sale of Loves
115
To
........ 115
To Rosa ................
........ 116
To Phillis....
On the Death of a Lady
......... 116 To a Lady on her singing
Inconstancy......
116 Song. On the birthday of Mrs. - Written in
The Natal Genius. A dream. To
the morn-
land, 1799.....
ing of
birthday
............ 116 Song.....
Elegiac Stanzas, supposed to be written by Julia, on the Morality. A familiar epistle. Addressed to J. A
death of her brother
117
son, Esq., M. R. I. A.............
To the large and beautiful Miss
in allusion
The Tell-tale Lyre
to some partnership in a lottery share. Impromptu. 117 Peece and Glory. Written on the approach of wa
A Dream
118 Song.....
...................................... 118
Love and Reason........
Anacreontic......................................... 118 Nay, do not weep, my Fanny dear.....
To Julia ........
118 Aspasia..
Hymn of a Virgin of Delphi, at the tomb of her mother. 118 The Grecian Girl's Dream of the Blessed Islands
Sympathy. To Julia..
119
her lover ................
The Tear .......
To Cloe. Imitated from Martial .......
The Snake..................
119 The Wreath and the Chain...
To Rosa .........
20
Elegiac Stanzas .......
.'s Picture .......
Love and Marriage
120 Fragment of a Mythological Hymn to Love.....
Anacreontic.........................................
120 To his Serene Highness the Duke of Montpensi
The Surprise..................... .............. 121 his portrait of the Lady Adelaide Forbes...
To Miss ......, on her asking the author why she The Fall of Hebe. A dithyrambic ode
had sleepless nigh 3 .......
121 | Rings and Seals .......
The Wonder
.......... 121 To Miss Susan B-ck-d. On her singing.
Lying
................. 121 Imprompta, on leaving some friends
Anacreontic.....
121 A Warning. To
The Philosopher Aristippus to a Lamp, which had
been given him by Lais........... ......... 122
Woman ....
To Mrs. —, on her beautiful translation of Voiture's
Kiss ....
123
A Vision of Philosophy
Rondeau.......
............... 123
Song..
................................. 124 To Lady Heathcote, on an old ring found at Tuni
To Rosa ........
......... 124
Wells ..........
Written in a commonplace book, called “The Book of
The Devil among the Scholars. A fragment.....
Follies"
124
To Rosa ..
POEMS RELATING TO AMERICA.
Light sounds the Harp......
.
To...
125 Dedication, to Francis, Earl of Moira......
From the Greek of Meleager
125 Preface....
Song...
123 To Lord Viscount Strangford. Aboard the Ph
The Resemblance ......
126 frigate, off the Azores, by moonlight....
Fanny, dearest .......
Stanzas....
The Ring. To ..
To the Flying-fish
To the Invisible Girl
127 To Miss Moore. From Norfolk, in Virginia, Nov.
....... 126
...... 126
....... 211
171
...... 172
.... 217
PAO3
A Ballad The Lake of the Dismal Swamp. Written LETTER IV. From the Right Hon. P-t-ck D-genen
at Norfolk, in Virginia
164 to the Right Hon. Sir J-ha N-ch-1............. ma
To the Marchioness Dowager of Donegal. From Ber LETTER V. From the Countess Dowager of Cerk to muda, January, 1804......... ............ 165 Lady
................ 200 To George Morgan, Esq., of Norfolk, Virginia. From Postscript..............
........... 210
Bermuda, January, 1804 .....
........ 166 LETTER VI. From Abdallah in London, to Mohassan
Lines written in a storm at sea...
168 in Ispahan......
Odes to Nea :
Gazel....
Nay, tempt me not to love again
168 LETTER VII. From Messrs. L-ck-gt-n and Co.
I pray you, let us roam no more.......................... 169 to
, Esq......
211
You read it in these spell-bound eyes ............... 169
LETTER VIII. From Colonel Th-m-s to
A Dream of Antiquity...
.......... 170 8-ff-ngt-n, Esq.
..... 212
Well-peace to thy heart, though another's it be.... 171 APPENDII.....
213
If I were yonder wave, my dear
Letter IV. Page 208
The Snow Spirit
172 Letter VII. Page 21
214
I stole along the flowery bank.........
A Study from the Antique
173
There's not a look, a word of thine.................. 173
SATIRICAL AND HUMOROUS POEMS.
To Joseph Atkinson, Esq. From Bermuda ........... 174 The Insurrection of the Papers. A Dream.. ........ 216
The Steersman's Song. Written aboard the Boston frig Parody of a celebrated Letter ............
ate, 28th of April......... ...................... 175 Anacreontic to a Plumassier .......... ......... 219
To the Fire-fly
........ 175
Extracts from the Diary of a Politician................ 219
To the Lord Viscount Forbes. From the city of Wash Epigram
220
ington
175 | King Crack and his Idols. Written after the late nego-
To Thomnas Hume, Esq., M. D. From the city of Wash-
tiation for a new M-n-stry ..................... 220
ington .......
................... 178 What's my Thought like ?........ ............. 220
Lines written on leaving Philadelphia ................ 179 | Epigram. Dialogue between a Catholic Delegate and
Lines written at the Cohoes, or Falls of the Mohawk
His R-y-H-ghn-ss the D-e of C-5-1d... 221
river....
180 Wreaths for the Ministers. An Anacreontic.......... 221
Song of the Evil Spirit of the Woods
180 Epigram. Dialogue between a Dowager and her Maid
To the Honorable W. R. Spencer. From Buffalo, upon
on the night of Lord Y-rm-th's fête ........ 221
Lake Erie....
181 Horace. Ode XI. Lib. II. Freely translated by the
Ballad Suanzas
183 Pr-ce R-g-..
221
A Canadian Boat Song. Written on the river St. Law Horace. Ode XXII. Lib. I. Freely translated by Lord
rence...
..... 183
Eld-n
222
To the Lady Charlotte Rawdon From the banks of The New Costume of the Ministers ......
the St. Lawrence....
.......... 184 Correspondence between a Lady and Gentleman, upon
Impromptu, after a visit to Mrs. -, of Montreal ..... 186 the advantage of (what is called) “having Law on
Written on passing Deadman's Island, in the Gulf of one's side".......
........ 224
SL Lawrence, late in the evening, September, 1804. 186 | Occasional Address for the Opening of the New Thea-
To the Boston frigate, on leaving Halifax for England, tre of St. St-ph-n, intended to have been spoken
October, 1804....
187 by the Proprietor in full Costume, on the 24th of
November, 1812 ..............
224
CORRUPTION, AND INTOLERANCE:
The Sale of the Tools
Two Poix.
Little Man and Little Soul. A Ballad
ADDRESSED TO AN ENGLISHMAN BY AN
226
IRISHMAN.
Reinforcements for Lord Wellington.................. 226
Preface ..
Horace. Ode I. Lib. III. A Fragment
188
CORRITION
Horace. Ode XXXVIII. Lib. I. A Fragment. Trans-
189
INTOLERANCE. A Satire
194
lated by a Treasury Clerk, while waiting dinner for
Appendix .
197
the Right Hon. G-rge R-se......
227
Impromptu. Upon being obliged to leave a pleasant
THE SKEPTIC: A Philosophical Satire............. 199
party from the want of a pair of breeches to dress
for dinner in .......
......... 227
TWOPEXXY POST-BAG.
Lord Wellington and the Ministers ...... ......... 227
By Thomas BROWN THE YOUNGER.
Dedication. To Stephen Woolriche, Esq.
.......... 203
IRISH MELODIES.
Preface .......
............... 203
Dedication to the Marchioness Dowager of Donegal... 228
Preface to the Fourteenth Edition. By a Friend of
Preface ...............
228
the Author ...
204
Go where Glory waits thee ............................ 228
War Song. Remember the glories of Brien the Brave.. 229
INTERCEPTED LETTERS, ETC.
Erin! the Tear and the Smile in thine Eyes .......... 229
LETTER I. From the Pr--nc-ss Ch-r1-e of W-1 Oh! breathe not his Name..........
229
to the Lady B-rb--a Ashl-y
205 When he who adores thee ......
LETTER II. From Col. M'M-h-n to G-Id Fr-nc The Harp that once through Tara's halls.
230
Lckie, Esq.
206 Fly not yet........
Postscript..
207 Oh, think not my spirits are always as light.......
....... 230
LOTTER III. From G-ge Pr-ce R-gt to the E-- of Though the last glimpse of Erin with sorrow I see .... 231
Y-th
....... 207
Rich and rare were the gems she wore................ 21
223
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225
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