The Poetical Works of William Collins; With a Memoir

Name: The Poetical Works of William Collins; With a Memoir
Author: Collins, William

Collins, William

Poetry

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  [Illustration: William Collins   Ætatis

  Quos primus equis Oriens afflavit anhelis
                                     Virg.]




  _THE_
  POETICAL WORKS
  OF
  WILLIAM COLLINS.

  _WITH A MEMOIR._


  [Illustration: _Perennis et Fragrans._]




  BOSTON:
  LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.
  1865.




  CONTENTS.

                                                                  Page
  Memoir by Sir Harris Nicolas                                       v
  An Essay on the Genius and Poems of Collins, by Sir Egerton
      Brydges, Bart.                                             xliii

          ORIENTAL ECLOGUES.
  Selim; or, The Shepherd's Moral                                    3
  Hassan; or, The Camel Driver                                       7
  Abra; Or, The Georgian Sultana                                    11
  Agib And Secander; or, The Fugitives                              15

          ODES.
  To Pity                                                           21
  To Fear                                                           24
  To Simplicity                                                     28
  On the Poetical Character                                         31
  Written in the Beginning of the Year 1746                         34
  To Mercy                                                          35
  To Liberty                                                        37
  To a Lady, On the Death of Colonel Ross, written in May,
      1745                                                          44
  To Evening                                                        48
  To Peace                                                          52
  The Manners                                                       54
  The Passions                                                      58
  On the Death of Thomson                                           63
  On the Popular Superstitions of the Highlands of Scotland;
      considered as the Subject of Poetry; inscribed to Mr.
      John Home                                                     66
  An Epistle, addressed to Sir Thomas Hanmer, on his Edition of
      Shakespeare's Works                                           78
  Dirge in Cymbeline, sung by Guiderus and Arviragus over
      Fidele, supposed to be dead                                   87
  Verses written on a Paper which contained a Piece of
      Bride-cake, given to the Author by a Lady                     89
  To Miss Aurelia C----R, on her Weeping at her Sister's
      Wedding                                                       91
  Sonnet                                                            91
  Song. The Sentiments borrowed from Shakespeare                    92
  On our late Taste in Music                                        94

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