At famed Arsinos1-make my keepers bless, With their last throb, my sharp-fang'd Holiness.
Say, is it to be borne, that scoffers, vain
Of their own freedom from the altar's chain,
Should mock thus all that thou thy blood hast sold,
And I my truth, pride, freedom, to uphold?
It must not be :-think'st thou that Christian sect,
Whose followers, quick as broken waves, erect
Their crests anew and swell into a tide,
That threats to sweep away our shrines of pride-
Think'st thou, with all their wondrous spells, even
they
Would triumph thus, had not the constant play
Of Wit's resistless archery clear'd their way ?-
That mocking spirit, worst of all the foes,
Our solemu fraud, our mystic mummery knows,
Whose wounding flash thus ever 'mong the signs
Of a fast-falling creed, prelusive shines,
Threat'ning such change as do the awful freaks
Of summer lightning, ere the tempest breaks.
But, to my point-a youth of this vain school,
But one, whom Doubt itself hath fail'd to cool
Down to that freezing point where Priests despair
Of any spark from th' altar catching there-
Hath, some nights since-it was, methinks, the night
That follow'd the full Moon's great annual rite-
Through the dark, winding ducts, that downward
stray
To these earth-hidden temples, track'd his way,
Just at that hour when, round the Shrine, and me,
The choir of blooming nymphs thou long'st to see,
Sing their last night-hymn in the Sanctuary.
The clangor of the marvellous Gate, that stands
At the Well's lowest depth-which none but hands
Of new, untaught adventurers, from above,
Who know not the safe path, e'er dare to move-
Gave signal that a foot profane was nigh:
'Twas the Greek youth, who, by that morning's sky,
Had been observed, curiously wand'ring round
The mighty fanes of our sepulchral ground.
Instant, th' Initiate's Trials were prepared,-
The Fire, Air, Water; all that Orpheus dared,
That Plato, that the bright-hair'd Samian' pass'd,
With trembling hope, to come to-what, at last?
Go, ask the dupes of Priestcraft! question him
Who, 'mid terrific sounds and spectres dim,
Walks at Eleusis; ask of those, who brave
The dazzling miracles of Mithra's Cave,
With its seven starry gates; ask all who keep
Those terrible night-mysteries, where they weep
1 For the trinkets with which the sacred Crocodiles were ernamented, see the Epicurean, chap. x.
And howl sad dirges to the answering breeze,
O'er their dead Gods, their mortal Deities-
Amphibious, hybrid things, that died as men,
Drown'd, hang'd, empaled, to rise, as gods, again;—
Ask them, what mighty secret lurks below
This seven-fold mystery-can they tell thee? No;
Gravely they keep that only secret, well
And fairly kept-that they have none to tell;
And, duped themselves, console their humbled pride
By duping thenceforth all mankind beside.
And such th' advance in fraud since Orpheus' time
That earliest master of our craft sublime-
So many minor Mysteries, imps of fraud,
From the great Orphic Egg have wing'd abroad,
That, still t' uphold our Temple's ancient boast,
And seem most holy, we must cheat the most;
Work the best miracles, wrap nonsense round
In pomp and darkness, till it seems profound;
Play on the hopes, the terrors of mankind,
With changeful skill; and make the human mind
Like our own Sanctuary, where no ray,
But by the Priest's permission, wins its way—
Where through the gloom as wave our wizard-rods,
Monsters, at will, are conjured into Gods;
While Reason, like a grave-faced mummy, stands,
With her arms swathed in hieroglyphic bands.
But chiefly in that skill with which we use
Man's wildest passions for Religion's views,
Yoking them to her car like fiery steeds,
Lies the main art in which our craft succeeds.
And oh! be blest, ye men of yore, whose toil
Hath, for her use, scoop'd out from Egypt's soil
This hidden Paradise, this mine of fanes,
Gardens, and palaces, where Pleasure reigns
In a rich, sunless empire of her own,
With all earth's luxuries lighting up her throne ;-
A realm for mystery made, which undermines
The Nile itself, and, 'neath the Twelve Great Shrines
That keep Initiation's holy rite,
Spreads its long labyrinths of unearthly light,
A light that knows no change-its brooks that run
Too deep for day, its gardens without sun,
Where soul and sense, by turns, are charm'd, sur-
prised,
And all that bard or prophet e'er devised
For man's Elysium, priests have realized.
Here, at this moment-all his trials past,
And heart and nerve unshrinking to the last—
Our new Initiate roves-as yet left free
To wander through this realm of mystery;
Feeding on such illusions as prepare
The soul, like mist o'er waterfalls, to wear
All shapes and hues, at Fancy's varying will,
Through every shifting aspect, vapor still;—
Vague glimpses of the Future, vistas shown,
By scenic skill, into that world unknown,
Which saints and sinners claim alike their own;
And all those other witching, wildering arts,
Illusions, terrors, that make human hearts,
Ay, even the wisest and the hardiest, quail
To any goblin throned behind a veil.
Yes-such the spells shall haunt his eye, his ear, Mix with his night-dreams, form his atmosphere;
Till, if our Sage be not tamed down, at length,
His wit, his wisdom, shorn of all their strength,
Like Phrygian priests, in honor of the shrine-
If he become not absolutely mine,
Body and soul, and, like the tame decoy
Which wary hunters of wild doves employ,
Draw converts also, lure his brother wits
To the dark cage where his own spirit flits,
And give us, if not saints, good hypocrites-
If I effect not this, then be it said
The ancient spirit of our craft hath fled,
Gone with that serpent-god the Cross hath chased To hiss its soul out in the Theban waste.
ABDALLA, King of the Lesser Bucha
ria, 373, &c. See Lalla Rookh.
Abdallah, 210. His Gazel, 211.
Abdul Fazil, 453, n.
A beam of tranquillity smiled in the
west, 162.
A broken cake, with honey sweet, (Ode
LXX. Anacreon,) 100.
Egean Sea, the, 312. 315.
Anacreon. Biographical and Critical | As late I sought the spangled bowers,
Remarks, 59. Additional Lyrics, at-
tributed to Anacreon, 101, 102. Pan-
egyrics in the Anthologia on Ana-
creon, 102-104.
As o'er the lake, in evening's glow,
664.
As o'er her loom the Lest ca maid, 320.
Anacreontics, modern, 110. 118. 120, As once a Grecian maiden wove, 327.
121. 219. 221.
(Ode xvii. Anacreon,) 73.
Atalantis, island of, 669.
den, 662, 663. Alciphron, 703. 724-
736. Pyrrho, 199, et seq. The moth-
er of art, 327.
Agnew, Sir Andrew, 589, 590. 646, et And now with all thy pencil's truth, Athens, and the Sectaries of the Gar-
passim.
Ah! where are they who heard in for- Angels and archangels of the celestial
mer hours, 324.
Albemarle, Lord, anecdote of, 533.
Album, the, 131. 547.
Alciphron, Athenian Philosopher, an
initiate in Egyptian Mysteries, 702.
His recognition by the Roman tribune,
721. His daring, 722. He witnesses
the death of the Christian martyr
Alethe, 723. Account of this Epicu-
rean philosopher, 723, 724.
Alciphron, a Fragment of "The Epicu-
rean,' as originally commenced in
verse, 724-736. Epistle I. From Al-
ciphron at Alexandria to Cleon at
Athens, 724. II. From Alciphron to
Cleon, 726. III. From Alciphron to
Cleon, 728. IV. From Orcus, high
priest of Memphis, to Decius, the
Prætorian prefect, 734.
hierarchy of the primeval Syrians,
521. 536.
Angels, the Fallen, 451. 527. 537.
Angerianus, Latin verses of, translated,
67, n., 75, n.
Athol, Duke of, 549, n.
Atkinson, Joseph, Epistle to, 140. Epis-
tle from Bermudɛ to, 174. Tribute to
his memory, 547.
Anglesea, Marquis of, lord-lieutenant, At the mid hour of night, 244.
574.
Animal Magnetism, 614.
Annual Pill, the, 580.
Antelope of Erac, 450. See also 720.
Anthology, the Greek: Translations of
some Epigrams of, 102. 104. Songs
from the Greek, 366-369.
Antipater, epigram of, 104.
Antique, a Study from the, 173.
Antiquity, a Dream of, 170.
Apollo, the god of poetry, 292.
At length thy golden hours have wing'd
their flight, (Anthologia,) 104.
At night, when all is still around, 658.
Attar Gul, or (vulgarly) Otto of Roses,
453.
Augustine to his Sister, 302.
Aurora Borealis, 453.
Aurangzebe, Mogul Emperor of Delhi,
373. 441.
Austrians, their entry into Naples, 519.
Autumn and Spring, 396.
Apollo, the high-priest of, to a virgin Avenging and bright fall the swift
of Delphi, 136.
Alethe, Story of the Martyr, 698-703, Apricots, the 'Seed of the Sun,' 450.
Alexander, Right Hon. H., 212.
Aliris, King, 373. 441. 454. His nuptials
with Lalla Rookh, 454.
All that's bright must fade, 280.
Alla, name of God in Mahometan coun-
tries, 378. (Vide Lalla Rookh, 522.
532.) The throne of Alla, 525. 538.
Alone in crowds to wander on, 298.
Alps, Song of the, 372.
America, Poems relating to. Preface,
160, 161. Dedication to Francis, Earl
of Moira. Preface, 160. The Poems,
161-187.
Arab, the tyrant, Al Hassan, (vide
Lalla Rookh, the Story of the Fire-
worshippers,) 416, et seq.
Arab Maid the, 417. 449. 451.
Arabia, 416, 4.
Arabian shepherd, his camel, 328, n.
Ararat, Mount, 417.
Archangels, 522. 527. 536.
Ariadne, dance so named, 329.
Ariel, 170. 543.558.
Aristippus, to a Lamp given by Lais. Azure of the Chinese painting of por-
122.
Arm'd with hyacinthine rod, (Ode
XXXI. Anacreon,) 81.
Ammianus speaking of Alexandria in Around the tomb, O bard divine! (An-
Amrita, the Immortal tree, 365.
Arranmore! loved Arranmore! 269.
Array thee, love, 310.
Anystis, the, a single draught of wine, Art, 327.
61, n.
Anacreon, Odes of, 57.
Ball and Gala described, 314. Allusion
to Almack's, 544. See Waltz, &c. et
passim. The Romaika, 321.
As by his Lemnian forge's flame, (Ode Ballads, legendary, 345–366.
XXVIII. Anacreon,) 79.
** The Odes are given in this In-As by the shore, at break of day, 323.
dex in the order of the initial letter of As down in the sunless retreats, 301.
each Ode.
Ask not if still I love, 369.
Ballads, miscellaneous, 345-366.
Ballads, occasional, passim.
Bank, coquetry of the, with Govern
ment, 548. Notes, 549.
Bard, the Wandering, 267.
Bards, of, 64. 236. 292. 355. 362. et pas-
sim.
Battle, after the, 238.
Battle, before the, 239.
Battle eve, song of the, 267.
Battle, the parting before the, 344.
Beaujolais, Count de, 45.
Beauty and Song, 363.
Beauty, of, 180. 250. 265. 267. 281. 293.
Beckford, to Miss Susan, (now Duchess
of Hamilton,) 151.
Bee, the, 243. 291.
Behold the sun, how bright, 303.
Behold the young, the rosy Spring,
(Ode XLVI. Anacreon,) 88.
Believe me, if all those endearing young
charms, 235.
Bell, the silver, 292.
Bull, John, 545. A Pastoral Ballad by, Chindara's warbling fount, 448.
569.
Bunting, Mr. 28. 30. 39, n. 168, n.
Burns, Robert, 37. 272.
But who shall see the glorious day,
301. (Stevenson.)
Chinese, peculiar porcelain painting of
the, 452.
Chinese Bird of Royalty, the, or 'Fum,'
Christ, the Saviour, 301. 303, 304, 306.
Butterflies denominated flying leaves in Christianity, and the Fathers, 668
China, 449.
Church and State, 489.
Byron, Lord, his love of music, 36.
visited by Mr. Moore at Venice, 46.
Dedication to him of Mr. Moore's
Fables for the Holy Alliance, 483. On
his autobiography, 501. His "Heaven
and Earth," 51.
By that lake whose gloomy shore, 241.
Cage, the Love, 289.
Call the Loves around, 317.
Church extension, 631. Songs of the,
622.
Circassian slaves, the, 311.
Clare, Earl of, 32.
Cleopatra of Alexandria, 694.
Clergy, the numbering of the, a Parody,
591.
Cloe and Sisan, 289.
Cloe, to, imitated from Martial, 146.
Cloris and Fanny, 113.
Clouds, summer, 531.
Cocker on Church Reform, 608.
Benab Hasche, or daughters of God, Cambridge Election, Ballad for the, 553. College Exercises, Fragments of, 107.
Canonization of the Saint, 560.
Benshee, or Banshe, superstition of the, Candahar, 449.
233.
Bermuda, farewell to, 271. Some ac- Canova, his Venere Vincitrice, 47.
count of that island, 174, x.
Calm as, beneath its mother's eyes, 331.
Big Ben, Epistle from Tom Crib to, 457. Calm be thy sleep as infants' slumbers,
Bigotry, triumph of, 600.
359.
Bird, let loose in eastern skies, the, 298. Cara, to, 132.
Birthday, the, 140.
Bishops, the dance of, a dream, 596.
Blackmore, Sir Richard, 596.
Blue Love Song, a, 590.
Blue Stocking, the, 656-658.
Boat Glee, 657.
Bohlen, Professor Von, his translation
into German of the "Little Man and
Little Soul," 28.
Bowl, the, 4. 230. 234. 245. 252. 263.
267. 270. 290, 291. 293. 335. 343.
Bride of the Vale, the, 299.
Brien the Brave, 229.
Boston Frigate, to the: On leaving Hal-
ifax for England, 187.
Boy of the Alps, the, 356.
Boy sitting on the lotus flower, 268. 681.
Boy statesman, the, 616.
Boy with a watch, to a, 107.
Boyle Farm, the seat of Lord Henry
Fitzgerald, Summer Fête at, 38. 308.
Boyne, river, 264.
Box, the Song of the, 614.
Bright be thy dreams, 286.
Bright moon, that high in heaven art
shining, 372.
Brighton, the Pavilion at, 455.
Bring hither, bring thy lute, 315.
Bring me the slumbering souls of flow-
ers, 649.
Bring the bright garlands hither, 293.
Brougham, Lord, 550.
Bruce, James, Esq., the traveller, 501.
Brummel, Beau, 218.
Care, 252.
Case, a sad, 592.
Cashmere, nuptials of Lalla Rookh at,
373. "Cashmere, the Vale of," sung
by Feramorz, 442. The lake of, and
islets, 443, n. Mountain portal to the
lake, 443, n. Roses of, 444. The Un-
equalled Valley, 453. Superstitions
of, 453, n. A holy land, 453, n. The
fountain Tirnagh, 453, n. "Though
sunny the lake of cool Cashmere,"
Castalia, the fountain, 337, n.
Castlereagh, Lord, satirized, 455. 458, et
seq. (See The Fudge Family, 458, et
passim.) His departure for the Con-
tinent, 611, 612. See Satirical Poems,
&c.
Catholic Question, the, 578. 580, &c.
Catholics, the Roman, 563. 652.
Catullus, 138. 516.
Caubul, or Caboul, gardens of, 450.
Cecilia, Saint, 594.
Cephalus and Procris, 338.
Come, chase that starting tear away,
285.
Come hither, come hither, by night and
by day, 450.
Come not, O Lord, in the dread robe of
splendor, 301.
Come o'er the sea, maiden, with me,
Come, play me that simple air again,
661.
Come, pray with me, my seraph love,
537.
Come, rest in this bosom, my own
stricken deer, 251.
Come, send round the wine, 234.
Come, take my advice, 571.
Come, take the harp; 'tis vain to muse,
153.
Come, ye disconsolate, where'er you
languish, 304.
Comet, poetically described, 528. The
mad Tory and the, 598.
Common Sense and Genius, 284.
Condolence, Epistle of: From a Slave-
Lord to a Cotton-Lord, 586.
Connor, Phelim, his patriotic Poetical
Letters, 404. 470. 480.
Consultation, the, 604.
Cookery, art of domestic. to the Reve-
⚫rend
583.
Coolburga, or Koolburga, city of the
Deccan, 454.
Ceres, Ode to the goddess, by Sir Corn Question, the, 52. 550, 563.
Thomas L., 550.
Chabuk, the, 454.
Correspondence between a Lady and
Gentleman respecting Law, PA.
Chaldæans, astronomical notions of the Corruption, an Epistle, by an Irishman,
Chantrey, Sir Francis. His admiration Corry, Mr., his merit as an amateur
of Canova, 47.
Character, a, 619.
Charity, Angel of, 302. (Handel.)
Charles X., king of France, 45.
comedian, 48. 512. To James Corry,
Esq., on the present of a wine-strain-
er, 542.
Cotton and Corn, a dialogue, 559.
Chatsworth, the Derbyshire ducal man- Count me, on the summer trees, (Ode
sion of, 34.
Child's song: I have a garden of my Crabbe, the Poet, Verses on the Ink-
own, 361.
Crib, Tom, Epistle from, to Big Ben, 457.
Critias of Athens, his verses on Ana- Desmond's Song, and tradition relating Emmett, Robert; his eloquence, 29. His
creon, 104, n.
Criticism, the genius of, 546.
Cross, the, an emblem of future life in
Egyptian hieroglyphics, 675. 702. 732.
736.
to that chieftain, 264.
Destiny, the Island of, 268.
Devil among the Scholars, the, 157.
Dewan Khafs, built by Shah Allum, its
inscription, 449, n.
Crowe, Rev. William, his poetic vein, Dialogue, a recent, 618.
Crown of virgin martyrs, poisoned, Dictionary, revolution in the, headed
723, n.
Crystal Hunters, the, 287.
Cupid armed, 364.
Cupid once upon a bed, (Ode xxxv.
Anacreon,) 83.
enthusiasm, 30. His offence, 32.
Emmett, Thomas Addis, 30.
Enchanted Tree, the, 706.
Enigma, 571.
Epicure's dream, 456.
Epicurean, the, 662.
Epicureans, busts of the most celebrated
philosophers of their sect at Athens,
Epicurus, 154. 170. 664, &c.
Dissolution of the Holy Alliance: A Epigrams, by Mr. Moore, 139. 220, 221.
Cupid, whose lamp has lent the ray, Dodsworth, Mr. Roger, (anno 1826,) 553.
(Anacreontic,) 101.
Cupid, poetical allusions to, 101. 150.
157, 280, 353. 368. 370. Vide Love.
Cupid, sale of, by Meleager, 366.
Cupid's Lottery, 657.
Curious Fact, a, 584.
Donegall, Marchioness of, Letter to,
273. Poetical Epistle from Bermuda
to her Ladyship, 165. Dedication to,
228.
Donkey and Panniers, 562.
Dost thou remember, 282.
Curran, John Philpot, his pleasantry, Dove, the, 302.
Epigrams of the Anthologia in praise of
Anacreon, 102-104.
Epilogue, Occasional, spoken by Mr.
Corry in the character of Vapid, after
the play of the Dramatist, at the Kil-
kenny theatre, 512. To the tragedy
of Ina, 658.
Erasmus on earth, to Cicero in the
shades: An Epistle, 610.
Drama, Sketch of the First Act of a new Erin! the car and the smile in thine
Dove of Mahomet, the, 535. 560.
Dream of Hindostan, a, 592.
Erin, poetical allusions to, 250, 251.264
267. 271.
Dacre, Lady, Epilogue to her Tragedy Dream of the Two Sisters, from Dante, Erin, some political allusions to, 569.
of Ina, 658.
Dream of Turtle, by Sir W. Curtis, 561. Eternal life, ancient belief of an, 675.
Dream, Sir Andrew's, 589.
Dream, the Limbo, &c., 575.
Danes, the, 234. 267. 270. The Scandi- Dreaming forever, vainly dreaming, 372.
navian poetry, 496.
Dreams, poetical mention of, 114. 286.
291. 293. 596.
Dante, his Inferno, imitation of, 576.
The Dream of the Two Sisters, 661.
His contrition of mind, 53.
David, the harp of, 304.
Davidson, Lucretia, 34.
Davy, Sir Humphrey, his lamp, 513.
Dawn is breaking o'er us, 365.
Day-dream, the, 659.
Deadman's Isle: Romance, 186.
Dear Fanny, 348.
Dear harp of my country! in darkness I
found thee, 252.
Dear? Yes, tho' mine no more, 369.
Death, emblem of, 675. Opening of the
gates of Oblivion, 676. The upright
bodies in catacombs, 677.
Eve, the second Angel describes her,
527. Alluded to by the third Angel,
540.
Eveleen's bower, 233.
Drinking Songs, &c., 230. 233, 234. 245. Evenings in Greece. First Evening, 318.
East, poetical romances of the, (Lalla
Rookh,) 375. 441--454.
Death and the dead, allusiors to, 299. Eblis, the evil spirit, 378. 525.
Fables for the Holy Alliance, 484.
Fadladeen, great Nazir of the Haram,
(in Lalla Rookh,) his vanity, 375, et
seq. 441, 442. His criticisms, 403. 412.
452. His recantation, 454.
Fairest! put on awhile, 262.
Fairy boat, the, 332.
Faith, 303. 305.
Fall'n is thy throne, O Israel! 298.
Decius, Prætorian prefect, Orcus, high- Eden, some allusions to, 269, 270. 412. Family-way, all in the; a pastoral, 552.
priest of Memphis, to, 734.
Delatorian Cohort, the, 458.
Delhi, visit of Abdalla to Aurungzebe,
at, 373. Splendors of the court and
city, 374. Mogul emperors of, 449,
Fancy, prismatic dyes of, 499.
Fancy, various allusions to, 151. 164.
312.
Fancy Fair, the, 359.
Fanny, dearest! 515.
Farce, the triumphs of, 632.
Fare thee well, thou lovely one, 281.
Fare thee well, perfidious maid, (Ode
LXXII. Anacreon,) 100.
Farewell! but whenever you welcome
the hour, 247.
Farewell, Theresa, 290.
Fear not, that while around thee, 295.
Feramorz and the Princess, 375. 405.
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