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TO THE
MARQUIS OF LANSDOWN E,
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.
PREFACES TO THE COLLECTED EDITION IN TEN VOLUMES, PUBLISHED IN 1841, 1842.
I. I saw the smiling bard of pleasure......... 64
II. Give me the harp of epic song........
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XLVII. "Tis true, my fading years decline
XLVIII. When my thirsty soul I steep........
XLIX. When Bacchus, Jove's immortal boy.
L. When wine I quaff, before my eyes .......
LI. Fly not thus, my brow of snow............
LII. Away, away, ye men of rules..
LIII. When I behold the festive train ..........
LIV. Methinks, the pictured bull we see.............
LV. While we invoke the wreathed spring.
LVI. He, who instructs the youthful crew......
LVII. Whose was the artist-hand that spread.
I VIII. When Gold, as fleet as zephyr's pinion
LIX. Ripen'd by the solar beam
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LXVI. To thee, the Queen of nymphs divine.....
LXVII. Rich in bliss, I proudly scorn........
LXVIII. Now Neptune's mouth our sky deforms....
LXIX. They wove the lotus band to deck.........
LXX. A broken cake with honey sweet.......... 100
LXXI. With twenty chords my lyre is hung
LXXII. Fare thee well, perfidious maid ...........
LXXIII. Awhile I bloom'd, a happy flower......... 100
LXXIV. Monarch Love, resistless boy.... 100
LXXV. Spirit of Love, whose locks unroll'd....... 100
LXXVI. Hither, gentle Muse of mine....... 101
LXXVII. Would that I were a tuneful lyre............................. 101
LXXVIII. When Cupid sees how thickly now........ 101
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XXIV. To all that breathe the air of heaven
XXV. Once in each revolving year
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Let me resign this wretched breath........................................... 101
I know thou lov'st a brimming measure... 101
I fear that love disturbs my rest......
101
XXVI. Thy harp may sing of Troy's alarms ......
XXVII. We read the flying courser's name ...................... 79
XXVIII. As, by Lemnian forge's flame..........
79
From dread Leucadia's frowning steep................ 102
Mix me, child, a cup divine
102
XXIX. Yes-loving is a painful thrill..
80
EPIGRAMS FROM THE ANTHOLOGIA.
81
XXX. Twas in a mocking dream of night..
XXXI. Arm'd with hyacinthine rod
XXXII Strew me a fragrant bed of leaves.........
ΧΧΧΙ. 'Twas noon of night, when round the pole.
XXXIV. Ok thou, of all creation blest.................
XXXV. Cupid once upon a bed..
XXXVI. If hoarded gold possess'd the power........
XXXVIL Twas night, and many a circling bowl
XXXVIII. Let us drain the nectar'd bowl.......
XXXIX. How I love the festive boy.......
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Preface, by the Editor .......
Dedication to Joseph Atkinson, Esq.
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XL. I know that Heaven hath sent me here....
XLL. When Spring adorns the dewy scene ......
XLII. Yes, be the glorious revel mine....
Variety.
............ 107
XLIII. While our rosy fillets shed...
87 Song
XLIV. Buds of roses, virgin flowers
XLV. Within this goblet, rich and deep...
XLVI. Behold the young, the rosy Spring...
The Ring. A tale ..........
To..... ...... on seeing her with a wh
and a rich girdle
Written on the blank leaf of a Lady's coming
book........
To Mrs. Bl, written in her album........
To Cara, after an interval of absence
To Cara, on the dawning of a new-year's day...
To.
., 1801...
The Genuis of Harmony. An irregular ode ....
I found her not-the chamber seem'd.........
To Mrs. Henry Tighe, on reading her "Psyche"
From the High Priest of Apollo to a Virgin of D
Fragment...
A Night Thought
Song
.........
The Catalogue
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121
To Mrs. -
........... 122
on her beautiful translation of Voiture's
Woman ....
Το
Kiss.....
123
A Vision of Philosophy
To the Lord Viscount Forbes. From the city of Wash-
ington ......
Extracts from the Diary of a Politician................ 219
Epigram
220
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175
To Thomas Hume, Esq., M. D. From the city of Wash- ington....
920
178
King Crack and his Idols. Written after the late nego-
tiation for a new M-n-stry
What's my Thought like ?........
Epigram. Dialogue between a Catholic Delegate and
His R-y-1 H-ghn-ss the D-e of C-b-1-d....... 221
Wreaths for the Ministers. An Anacreontic......
....... 221
Epigram. Dialogue between a Dowager and her Maid
on the night of Lord Y-rm-th's fête................................ 221
Horace. Ode XI. Lib. II. Freely translated by the
Pr-ce R-g-t.......
Horace. Ode XXII. Lib. I. Freely translated by Lord
Eld-n
The New Costume of the Ministers .............................................. 223
Correspondence between a Lady and Gentleman, upon
the advantage of (what is called) "having Law on
one's side".
..........
Occasional Address for the Opening of the New Thea-
tre of St. St-ph-n, intended to have been spoken
by the Proprietor in full Costume, on the 24th of
November, 1812 ......................
221
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224
The Sale of the Tools..........
........ 225
Little Man and Little Soul. A Ballad................ 226
Reinforcements for Lord Wellington.................. 226
Horace. Ode I. Lib. III. A Fragment ......................... 227
Horace. Ode XXXVIII. Lib. I. A Fragment. Trans-
lated by a Treasury Clerk, while waiting dinner for
the Right Hon. G-rge R-se................
......... 227
Impromptu. Upon being obliged to leave a pleasant
party from the want of a pair of breeches to dress
for dinner in .......
227
Lord Wellington and the Ministers................... 227
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IRISH MELODIES.
Preface......
203
Preface to the Fourteenth Edition. By a Friend of
the Author ...
204