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Lucilla asks, if that be all,

Have I not cull'd as sweet before-
Ah, yes, Lucilla! and their fall
I still deplore.

I now behold another scene,

Where pleasure beams with heaven's own light, More pure, more constant, more serene, And not less bright.

Faith, on whose breast the Loves repose,
Whose chain of flowers no force can sever;
And Modesty, who when she goes,

Is gone for ever.

Walter S. Landor.

CCCCXXIX.

THE CASKE1.

SURE, 'tis time to have resign'd
All the dainties of the mind,
And to take a little rest

After Life's too lengthen'd feast,
Why then turn the Casket-key?
What is there within to see?
Whose is this dark twisted hair?
Whose this other, crisp and fair?
Whose the slender ring? now broken,
Undesignedly, a token,

Love said mine; and Friendship said
So I fear, and shook her head.

Walter S. Landor

CCCCXXX.

WHY REPINE?

WHY, why repine, my pensive friend,
At pleasures slipt away?

Some the stern Fates will never lend,
And all refuse to stay.

I see the rainbow in the sky,
The dew upon the grass,
I see them, and I ask not why
They glimmer or they pass.

With folded arms I linger not
To call them back; 'twere vain;
In this, or in some other spot,
I know they'll shine again.

Walter S. Landor.

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AYTON, Sir Robert (1570-1638)

I do confess thou'rt smooth and fair-XI
Woman's inconstancy-XVI.

AYTOUN, William E. (1813-1865)

The lay of the Levite-ccccxv.

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BARHAM, Richard H. (1789-1845)

Lines left at Theodore Hook's house-CCCLIII
The poplar-cCCXCIII.

BARNARD, Dr., Bishop of Limerick (1727-18c6)
On mending his faults-CLII.

BAYLY, Thomas Haynes (1797-1839)

I'd be a butterfly-CCCXCVIII

A fashionable novel-cCCCIV.

BEAZLEY, Samuel (1786-1851)

When I'm dead on my tombstone I hope they will
say-CCLXVI.

BEDINGFIELD, William

BEHN, Aphra (

The lover's choice-CXXXIV
Contentment-CCLXV.

-1689).

The alternativc-LXVIl.

BISHOP, Rev. Samuel (1731-1795)

To his wife, with a knife-cXVIII
To his wife, with a ring-cxIx.

BLANCHARD, Laman (1803-1845)

Dolce far nientc-CCCLXXVII,

BLOOMFIELD, Robert (1766-1823)

Why he thinks she loves him—CCLXXXVIII.

BRERETON, Mrs. Jane (1685-1740)

On Nash's statue at Bath-CXLIL

BRETON, Nicholas (1555-16 )

Phillida and Corydon-IX.

BROME, Alexander (1620-1666)
Why I love her-LVII
To a coy lady-LIX.

BROUGH, Robert B. (1828-1860)

Neighbour Nelly-ccxxvIII.

BROWNING, Mrs. Elizabeth B. (1809-1861)

The romance of the swan's nest-ccccxxiv.

BYRON, George, Lord (1788-1824)

To Thomas Moore-CCLXX
Love and glory-CCCXI
The girl of Cadiz-CCCXLIII
To Mr. Hodgson-CCCXLIX.

CAMPBELL, Thomas, LL.D. (1777-1844)
Margaret and Dora-cccxxIX

Young love's a gallant boy-CCCXXXIX.

CANNING, Rt. Hon. George (1770-1827)

Epistle from Lord Boringdon to Lord Granville-cxCVII
A political despatch-ccIv

A fragment of an oration-ccv

The pilot that weather'd the storm-CCVII.

CAPEL, Arthur, Lord (16-1649)

Loyalty confined-LXXIX.

CAREW, Thomas (1589-1639)

He that loves a rosy cheek-xxi

The inquiry-xxv

The primrose-XXVII

Ask me no more where Jove bestows-XXX
Ungrateful beauty threaten'd-LX.

CAREY, Henry (16-1743)

With an honest old friend, and a merry old song-CCLIX
Cato's advice-CCLX.

CARTWRIGHT, William (1611-1643)

To Chloe-LII

Lesbia on her sparrow-CCCLVII.

CHESTERFIELD, Earl of (1694-1773)

The statue of Nash at Bath-CXLIII
Advice to a lady in autumn-CXLIV
On Lord Islay's garden-cXLV.

CLOUGH, Arthur H. (1819-1861)

Spectator ab extra-CCLXXV

Out of sight, out of mind-cccCXXVII,

COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834)

COLLINS,

On Job-cCL

Cologne-CCLII

To a young lady on her recovery from a fever-CCCIV
Something childish but very natural-ccCXIX
To a lady-CCCXXV

Names-CCCLXXVIII.

(18th century)

Good old things-CCLXI
The golden farmer-CCLXXVI
To-morrow-CCCXII.

COLMAN, George (1762—1836)

My muse and I-CLXXXI.

CONGREVE, William (1670-1729)

Tell me no more I am deceived- LXXXVI
Fair Amoret is gone astray-LXXXVIII
False tho' she be to me and love-XCIX
Pious Selinda goes to prayers-CLXII.

COWLEY, Abraham (1618-1667)

Love in her sunny eyes-LXII
The wish-LXXXII.

COWPER, William (1731-1800)

To Anne Bodham-cCXXII
The poplar field-cccxiv

The poet's new year's gift-cCCXXII
The judgment of the poets-CCCXXXIII
On some names of little note-ccCXXXVII
On a goldfinch starved to death-CCCLX
The faithful bird-CCCLXI

Epitaph on a hare-CCCLXII
The Colubriad- CCCLXV
The jackdaw-CCCLXVI
To Joseph Hill-CCCLXVIII
Catharina-CCCLXIX

Report of an adjudged case-CCCCXIV.

CRABBE, George (1754-1832)

The whistling boy that holds the plough-CCXCI
To Cecilia-CCXCVI.

CRAWFURD, William (1700-1750?)

On Mrs. A. H. at a concert-cvI.

CUNNINGHAM, John (1729-1773)

Kate of Aberdeen-CLXXXVI.

DANIEL, Samuel (1562-1619)

Love is a sickness full of woes-IV.

DE LA WARRE, Earl of (1729-1777)
Fair Hebe-CCXVI.

DONNE, John (1573-1631)

Send back my long stray'd eyes to me-x.

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