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CONTENTS.
.
A Song
EARLY POEMS.
(PUBLISHED POSTHUMOUSLY.)
Verses written at Bath
1
Translation of Psalm cxXXVII.
2
Song
ib.
The Certainty of Death:
3
Or Himself
The Symptoms of Love
An Apology
4
An Attempt at the manner of Waller
5
Upon a Venerable Rival
6
Ode on Sir Charles Grandison
In a Letter to C. P., Esq.
In a Letter to the Same
Written in a Quarrel
An Epistle to Robert Lloyd, Esq.
9
Ode, supposed to be written on the Mar-
riage of a Friend
On her endeavouring to conceal her Grief
at Parting :
Written after leaving her at New Burns 11
R. S. S.
12
Written in a Fit of Illness
13
To Delia
14
On the Death of Sir W. Russell
15
The Fifth Satire of the First Book of
Horace
16
The Ninth satire of the First Book of
18
Addressed to Miss Macartney :
An Ode secundum Artem
Lines written under the Influence of Deli-
23
Page
VII. Vanity of the World.
26
VIII. O Lord, I will praise Thce 26
ix. The Contrite Heart
x. The future Peace and Glory of
the Church
xi. Jehovah our Righteousness 27
XII. Ephraim repenting
27
XIII. The Covenant
xiv. Jehovah-Shammah
28
xv. Praise for the Fountain opened ib.
XVI. The Sower
xvi. The House of Prayer
XVIII. Lovest thou Me?.
29
XIX. Contentment
xx. Old Testament Gospel
XXI. Sardis.
30
xx11. Prayer for å Blessing' on the
Young
xxn. Pleading for and with Youth : ib.
xxiv. Prayer for Children
31
xxv. Jehovah Jesus .
XXVI. On opening a Place for Social
Prayer ·
XXVII. Welcome to the Table
32
XXVIII. Jesus hastening to suffer
16.
xxix. Exhortation to Prayer
xxx. The Light and Glory of the Word ib.
Xxxi. On the Death of a Minister
33
xxxII. The Shining Light
XXXII. The Waiting Soul
XXXIV. Seeking the Beloved
Xxxv. Light shining out of Darkness
34
XXXVI. Welcome Cross
ib,
xxxvII. Aflictions sanctified by the word ib.
XXXVIII. Temptation .
35
xxxix. Looking upwards in a Storm . ib.
XL. The Valley of the Shadow of
Death
XLI. Peace after a Storm
xlii. Mourning and Longing .
36
XLII. Self-Acquaintance
xliv. Prayer for Patience
XLV. Submission
37
xlvi. The Happy Change
XLVII. Retirement
XLVIII. The Hidden Life
38
XLIX. Joy and Peace in believing ib.
L. True Pleasures
LI. The Christian
LII. Lively Hope and gracious Fear 39
10
20
21
rium.
183
LIII. For the Poor
39
Liv. My Soul thirsteth for God. ib.
Lv. Love constraining to Obedience
40
LvI. The Heart healed and changed
by Mercy.
LVII. Hatred of Sin
LVII. The New Convert
LIX. True and False Comforts
41
LX. A Living and a Dead Faith ib.
LXI. Abuse of the Gospel.
LXII. The Narrow Way
42
LXIII. Dependence
LXIV. Not of Works
Lxv. Praise for Faith
43
LXVI. Grace and Providence
LxvII. I will praise the Lord at all Times ib.
LXVIII. Longing to be with Christ. ib.
SECOND PUBLISHED VOLUME.
THE TASK. Advertisement
182
Book I.-The Sofa
Book II.- The Time-piece
198
Book III.-The Garden
215
Book IV.-The Winter Evening 231
Book V.-The Winter Morning Walk 247
Book VI.-The Winter Walk at Noon 265
An Epistle to Joseph Hill, Esq.
286
Tirocinium; or, a Review of Schools
288
The Diverting History of John Gilpin .
306
POEMS
ADDED BY THE AUTHOR IN SUBSEQUENT
EDITIONS OF HIS WORKS.
102
129
POSTHUMOUS POEMS OF MIDDLE
AND LATER LIFE.
FIRST PUBLISHED VOLUME OF
POEMS.
Preface, by the Rev. John Newton
47
Table Talk
49
Progress of Error
64
Truth
76
Expostulation
87
Hope
Charity.
117 Conversation Retirement
147 The Doves
163 A Fable
ib. A Comparison
164 Another
ib. Verses supposed to be written by Alex- ander Selkirk
ib. On the Promotion of Edward Thurlow, Esq. 165 Ode to Peace
ib. Human Frailty
166 The Modern Patriot
ib. On observing some Names of little Note ib. Report of an adjudged Case
167 On the Burning of Lord Mansfield's Library :
ib. On the Same
168 The Love of the World reproved
ib. The Lily and the Rose
ib. Idem Latine redditum
169 The Nightingale and Glow-worm Votum On a Goldfinch starved to Death in his Cage .
ib. The Pineapples and the Bee Horace, Book it. Ode x..
ib. A Reflection of the foregoing Ode
ib. Translations from Vincent Bourne
172 The Shrubbery :
173 The Winter Nasegay.
• 174 Mutual Forbearance
To the Rev. Mr. Newton
175
Translation of Prior's Chloe and Euphelia ib.
Boadicea. An Ode
Heroism
176
The Poet, the Oyster, and Sensitive Plant 178
To the Rev. William Cawthorne Unwin 279
328
cot
17,
17,1
A Tale, founded on a Fact
• 327
Monumental Inscription to William North-
Riddle
329
To Sir Joshua Reynolds .
Impromptu on reading the Chapter on Poly-
gamy, in Mr. Madan's Thelyphthora 330
On a Review condemning Thelyphthor?
On Madan's Answer to Newton's Com-
ments on Thelyphthora
Anti-Thelyphthora .
Love abused .
335
In Seditionem Horrendam
A Card.
336
On the High Price of Fish
To Mrs. Newton
A Poetical Epistle to Lady Austen
337
The Flatting Mill
339
340
A Simile latinised
Verses to the Memory of Dr. Lloyd. 341
The Same in English .
99
To William Wilberforce, Esq..
384
To Dr. Austen, of Cecil Street, London ib.
Epitaph on a Free but Tame Redbreast • 385
Translation of a Simile in Paradise Lost ib.
To William Hayley, Esq.
Catharina.
386
Lines addressed to Dr. Darwin
ib. On his approaching Visit to Hayley. 387 To George Romney, Esq.
ib. An Epitaph
Epitaph on Fop'
388
On receiving Hayley's Picture
To his Cousin, Lady Hesketh.
Epitaph on Mr. Chester, of Chichely ib.
On a Plant of Virgin's Bower.
389
To my Cousin, Anne Bodham.
To a Young Friend
390
Inscription
To Mrs. Unwin,
To John Johnson
Inscription for the same Bust
391
On a Portrait of Himself
Thanks for a Present of Pheasants
A Tale.
392
On a Spaniel, called "Beau
393
Beau's Reply
Answer to Stanzas addressed to Lady
Hesketh
394
On a Letter of Miss Fanshawe
ib. To the Spanish Admiral Count Gravina ib. On Flaxman's Penelope .
To Mary.
395
On receiving Heyne's 'Virgil from Mr.
Hayley.
Motto for a Clock
ib. In a Time of great Heat
ib. Epigrams on his Garden-shed
397
Montes Glaciales
On the Ice Islands
398
On a Mistake in his Translation of Homer 400
The Castaway
Sonnet.
Friendship
342
To the Rev. William Bull
345
To Lady Austen
The Colubriad
346
To a Young Lady
347
Song on Peace
On the Loss of the Royal George
348
In submersionem navigii cui, Georgius
Regale nomen, inditum
The Distressed Travellers
349
In brevitatem vitæ spatii hominibus con-
cessi
351
On the Shortness of Human Life
The Valediction
352
To an Afflicted Protestant Lady in France 354
To the Immortal Memory of the Halibut . 355
To a Lady
Written on
à Page of “The Monthly
Review
356
Epitaph on Dr. Johnson.
On the Author of “Letters on Literature ib.
To Miss C-, on her Birthday
357
Gratitude.
The Yearly Distress
358
Lines composed for a Memorial of Ashley
Cowper, Esq. .
359
On Mrs. Montagu's Feather-hangings 360
The Negro's Complaint
361
Pity for Poor Africans
The Morning Dream
363
On a Mischievous Bull
Annus Memorabilis, 1789
364
Epigram
365
Hymn
Stanzas
On a Similar Occasion
367
368
369
Impromptu
370
On the Queen's Visit to London
The Cock-fighter's Garland
371
Lines after the manner of Homer
372
On the Benefit received by his Majesty
from Sea-bathing
To Mrs. Throckmorton
373
Another
374
To Mrs. King
In_Memory of the late John Thornton,
Esq.
375
To Rev. Walter Bagot
376
The Four Ages .
The Judgment of the Poets
: 377
On the Refusal of the University of Oxford
to subscribe to his Translation of Homer 378
Epitaph on Mrs. M. Higgins, of Weston . ib.
The Retired Cat
Yardley Oak.
To the Nightingale
383
To Warren Hastings, Esq.
Lines
362
396
366
TRANSLATIONS FROM THE
FRENCH OF MADAME DE LA MOTTE
GUYON.
408
The Nativity
403
God neither known nor loved by the World 400
The Swallow
A Figurative Description of the Procedure
of Divine Love
A Child of God longing to see Him beloved 409
Happy Solitude-Unhappy Men.
410
Aspirations of the Soul after God
Divine Justice amiable
411
The Triumph of Heavenly Love desired ib.
Truth and Divine Love rejected by the
World
Living Water
412
The Soul that loves God finds Him every-
where
Gratitude and Love to God.
The Testimony of Divine Adoption . ib.
380
413
417
III.-COMPLIMENTARY POEMS TO MILTON.
FROM THE LATIN AND ITALIAN.
God hides His People
414
Self-Diffidence
The Acquiescence of Pure Love
415
The Entire Surrender
Glory to God alone
416
Self-Love and Truth incompatible
The Love of God the End of Life
Repose in God
Love pure and fervent
418
The Perfect Sacrifice .
Divine Love endures no Rival
The Secrets of Divine Love are to be kept 419
The Vicissitudes experienced in the Chris-
tian Life
421
Love faithful in the Absence of the Beloved.
423
Watching unto God in the Night Season
424
On the Same
425
The Joy of the Cross
426
Joy in Martyrdom.
Simple Trust
427
The Necessity of Self-Abasement
Love increased by Suffering
428
Scenes favourable to Meditation
The Neapolitan, John Baptist Manso 469
An Epigram
To John Milton
An Ode.
Translation of Dryden's Poem on Milton . 471
TRANSLATIONS FROM VINCENT
BOURNE.
TRANSLATIONS FROM MILTON.
1.- THE LATIN.
EPIGRAMS, TRANSLATED FROM THE
LATIN OF OWEN.
II.-THE ITALIAN POEMS.
et
On one Ignorant and Arrogant
Prudent Simplicity :
To a Friend in Distress
Retaliation
Self-Knowledge
Sunset and Sunrise .
466
467
497