A

UNIQUE SELECTION,

MORAL, INSTRUCTIVE, AND ENTERTAINING,

FROM THE MOST EMINENT

British Poets, and Poetical Translators.

BY

R. A. DAVENPORT, ESQ.
EDITOR OF WHITTINGHAM'S EDITION OF THE BRITISH POETS.

IN SIX VOLUMES.

III.
ODES, BALLADS, SONGS, AND SONNETS.

CHISWICK:

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MDCCC XXVII.

PART V.

Odes.

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On the popular Saperstitions of the Highlands of

Scotland

Collins. 1

To Superstition

Rogers. 10

France

Coleridge. 16

The Crusade

T. Warton. 20

A Naval Ode

Campbell. 23

The Grave of King Arthur .

T. Tarton. 25

The Mexican Prophecy ·

Scott. 31

A Melologue .

T. Moore. 38

On Ambition :

Marriott. 42

To Peace

H. M. Williams. 43

To Mankind

Lord Nugent. 46

Hymn-Salt of the earth

Mrs. Barbauld. 51

To Music

Dr. Warton. 53

Hymn to May.

W. Thompson. 54

Tó Evening

Collins. 75

Odes to Sleep

Rev. J. Whitehouse. 76

Madness

Penrose. 84

Hymn to Hope.

Langhorne. 87

To Spring

Mrs. Barbauld. 92

To Spring

Sir E. Brydges. 93

To Fancy

Merrick. 97

To Health

Rev. W. Stevens, 101

March

Sir E. Brydges. 104

Song to the Birds

Rev. J. Walters. 106

To the Spirit of Freshness

Polwhele. 110

Vicissitude

Mickle. 114

Hymn to Solitude

Thomson. 117

To Night .

Rev. H. Moore, 118

On the Death of Mr. Pelham .

Garrick. 121

On the Death of Prince Leopold

Warwick. 125

On Seeing a Negro Funeral . Bryan Edwards. 126

To Hope

Anonymous. 128

To the River Teign

Bampfylde. 129

To the Poppy

Hon. Mrs. © Neil. 130

To the Willow

Mrs. Lovett. 131

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Found in a Bower facing the South .

Smythe, 134

To an Indian Gold Coin.

Leyden. 136

Ode-Begone, pursuits so vain. Hamilton, 137

To Health. Written at Buxton .

Munday. 140

Ode--Come here, fond youth

Mrs. Barbauld. 142

To Fancy ·

F. Laurence. 144

To a young Lady

F. Laurence. 146

To the Zephyrs.

F. Laurence. 147

Ode-0 waving woods, 0 hills! R. A. Davenport, 148

To Sleep

R. A. Davenport. 152

Ode-Let the sons of Lucre Rev. G. Huddisford. 153

Amatory Ode

Rev. G. Huddisford. 156

To the Naiad of Glympton Brook Rev.G.Huddisford. 158

To the River Derwent

Darwin. 160

To the Venus Urania

Rev. T. Percy. 161

Love and Age

M. G. Lewis. 162

Love at Sale

M. G. Lewis, 166

To Miss Sarah Fowler

Wodhull. 169

On a Sermon against Glory

Akenside. 172

The Man of Taste

Bishop. 173

To Stupidity

Hole. 177

To Folly:

Mercer, 179

To a Fountain

Mercer. 181

Home. To

Mercer. 183

To Tranquillity

Coleridge. 185

To Contemplation

Southey. 186

To the Rev. John Ireland

W. Gifford. 189

On the Fourth of November Dr. T. Percy. 192

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PART VI.

Ballads, Songs, and Sonnets.

BALLADS AND SONGS.

The Princess Elizabeth .

Shenstone. 193

Jemmy Dawson

Shenstone. 195

The Sorceress; or, Wolfwold and Ulla Mickle. 198

Cumnor Hall

Mickle. 204

Admiral Hosier's Ghost

Glover. 208

Lenora

T'aylor. 211

Beth Gelert; or, Grave of the Greyhound Spencer. 219

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