Elegiac Sonnets, and Other Poems.

CONTENTS.

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SONNETS.

• I. 1
• II. Written at the close of Spring ib.
• III. To a Nightingale 2
• IV. To the Moon ib.
• V. To the South Downs 3
• VI. To Hope ib.
• VII. On the Departure of the Nightingale 4
• VIII. To Spring ib.
• IX. 5
• X. To Mrs. G. ib.
• XI. To Sleep 6
• XII. Written on the Sea Shore ib.
• XIII. From Petrarch 7
• XIV. From the same ib.
• XV. From the same 8
• XVI. From the same ib.

• XVII. From the 13th Cantata of Metastasio 9
• XVIII. To the Earl of Egremont ib.
• XIX. To Mr. Hayley 10
• XX. To the Countess of A­­ ib.
• XXI. Supposed to be written by Werter 11
• XXII. By the same ib.
• XXIII. By the same 12
• XXIV. By the same ib.
• XXV. By the same 13
• XXVI. To the River Arun ib.
• XXVII. 14
• XXVIII. To Friendship ib.
• XXIX. To Miss C­­ 15
• XXX. To the River Arun ib.
• XXXI. Written on Farm Wood, on the South
       Downs, May 1784 16
• XXXII. To Melancholy. Written on the
       Banks of the Arun ib.
• XXXIII. To the Naiad of the Arun 17
• XXXIV. To a Friend ib.
• XXXV. To Fortitude 18
• XXXVI. ib.
• XXXVII. Sent to the Honourable Mrs O'Neill
       with painted flowers 19
• XXXVIII. From the Novel of Emmeline ib.
• XXXIX. To Night. From the same 20
• XL. From the same ib.
• XLI. To Tranquility 21

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• XLII. Composed during a walk on the Downs,
       in November 1787 21
• XLIII. 22
• XLIV. Written in the Church‐yard at Mid‐
       dleton in Sussex ib.
• XLV. On leaving a part of Sussex 23
• XLVI. Written at Penshurst, in Autumn 1788 ib.
• XLVII. To Fancy 24
• XLVIII. To Mrs. **** ib.
• XLIX. From the Novel of Celestina 25
• L. From the same ib.
• LI. From the same 26
• LII. From the same ib.
• LIII. From the same 27
• LIV. The Sleeping Woodman ib.
• LV. The Return of the Nightingale 28
• LVI. The Captive escaped in the Wilds of
       America ib.
• LVII. To Dependance 29
• LVIII. The Glow‐worm ib.
• LIX. Written Sept. 1791, during a remarka‐
       ble Thunder Storm 30
• Ode to Despair. From the Novel of Emmeline ib.
• Elegy 31
• Song. From the French of Cardinal Bernis 34
• The Origin of Flattery 35

• The Peasant of the Alps 38
• Song 39
• Thirty‐eight 40
• Verses intended to have been prefixed to the
       Novel of Emmeline 42

SONNETS.

• LX. To an amiable Girl 43
• LXI. Supposed to have been written in
       America ib.
• LXII. Written on passing by Moon‐light
       through a village, while the
       ground was covered with Snow 44
• LXIII. The Gossamer ib.
• LXIV. Written at Bristol in the Summer
       of 1794 45
• LXV. To Dr Parry of Bath, with some Bo‐
       tanic Drawings which had been
       made some years ib.
• LXVI. Written in a tempestuous night, on
       the coast of Sussex 46
• LXVII. On passing over a dreary tract of
       country, and near the ruins of a
       deserted chapel, during a tempest ib.
• LXVIII. Written at Exmouth, Mid‐sum‐
       mer 1795 47
• LXIX. Written at the same place, on seeing
       a Seaman return who had been
       imprisoned at Rochfort ib.

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• LXX. On being cautioned against walking
       on a Headland overlooking the
       Sea, because it was frequented
       by a Lunatic 48
• LXXI. Written at Weymouth in Winter ib.
• LXXII. To the Morning Star. Written
       near the Sea 49
• LXXIII. To a Querulous Acquaintance ib.
• LXXIV. The Winter Night 50
• LXXV. ib.
• LXXVI. To a Young Man entering the world 51
• LXXVII. To the Insect of the Gossamer ib.
• LXXVIII. Snow‐drops 52
• LXXIX. To the Goddess of Botany ib.
• LXXX. To the Invisible Moon 53
• LXXXI. ib.
• LXXXII. To the Shade of Burns 54
• LXXXIII. The Sea view ib.
• LXXXIV. To the Muse 55
• The Dead Beggar ib.
• The Female Exile 56
• Occasional Address. Written for the Benefit
        of a distressed Player, detained
        at Brighthelmstone for debt,
        November 1792 57

• Inscription on a Stone in the Church‐Yard
       at Boreham, in Essex 59
• A descriptive Ode 60
• Verses supposed to have been written in the
        New Forest, in early Spring 62
• Song. From the French 63
• Apostrophe to an Old Tree 64
• The Forest Boy 65
• Ode to the Poppy. Written by a deceased
        Friend 69
• Verses written by the same Lady on seeing
        her two Sons at play 70
• Verses on the Death of the same Lady, writ‐
        ten in September 1794 71
• Fragment, descriptive of the Miseries of War 72
• April 74
• Ode to Death 76