CCCCLXXVI.

TO MISS PEEL: ON THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF HER
INTENDED MARRIAGE WITH LORD VILLIERS.

You have a great name of your own,
By nature and reason endeared:
A name thro' the Universe known-
Admired, beloved, and revered!

But since, under Hymen's control,
That name you are destined to lose,
There is not in Heraldry's roll

A brighter than Villiers to choose.

But not on his title or birth

Alone, would your choice have been placed :
I am told of his talents and worth-

We have proof of his sense and his taste!

Of You, to yourself I suppress

How dearly your merits I prize !—

But I may be allowed to confess
That I view you with Villiers' eyes.

May Heaven behold with its grace
A union that blends and secures
The splendour and fame of his race
With the genius and virtues of yours!

The Right Hon. John Wilson Croker.

THE END.

INDEX OF WRITERS,

WITH DATES OF THEIR BIRTH AND DEATH.

ALDRICH, Dean (1647-1710)

Reasons for drinking-CCL.

ALLINGHAM, William (1828-1889)

To the Author of Hesperides-CCCCLXX.

ALLISON, Richard (1606)

Cherry ripe-xxxv.

ANTI-JACOBIN (1797-1798)

The friend of humanity-cXCV
Song of Rogero-CCCLXXIV.

AYTON, Sir Robert (1570-1638)

Woman's inconstancy-XI

I do confess thou'rt smooth and fair-XVI.

AYTOUN, William E. (1813-1865)

The lay of the Levite-CCCLXXX.

BAILLIE, Joanna (1762-1851)

To a kitten-CCCXXXII.

BARBAULD, Anna Letitia (1743-1825)

Life! I know not what thou art-cCLXXXIII.

BARHAM, Richard H. (1788-1845)

Lines left at Theodore Hook's House-CCCXXIII
The poplar-CCCLX.

BARNARD, Charlotte Alington (1830-1869)
Forget-me-nots-CCCCLXVIII.

BARNARD, Dr. Thomas, Bishop of Limerick (1727-1803)
On mending his faults-CLI.

BAYLY, Thomas Haynes (1797-1839)

I'd be a butterfly-CCCLXV
A fashionable novel-CCCLXIX
The archery meeting-CCCCLIV.

BEAZLEY, Samuel (1786-1851)

When I'm dead, on my tomb-stone I hope they will
say-CCLIV.

BEDINGFIELD, William

The lover's choice-cXXXII
Contentment-CCLIII.

BEHN, Aphra (1640-1689)

The alternative-LXVI.

BICKERSTAFF, Isaac (1735-1812 ?)

An expostulation-CCXXXVII.

BISHOP, Rev Samuel (1731-1795)

To his wife, with a knife-CXVI
To his wife, with a ring-cXVII.

BLANCHARD, Laman (1804-1845)

Dolce far niente-CCCXLV.

BLOOMFIELD, Robert (1766-1823)

Why he thinks she loves him-CCLXXV.

BRERETON, Mrs. Jane (1685-1740)

On Nash's picture at Bath-CXL.

BRETON, Nicholas (1555-1624)

Phillida and Corydon-IX.

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

BROOKS, Charles Shirley (1816-1874)

Dixit, et in Mensam-CCXVIII.

BROWNE, William (1591-1645)

What wight he loved-XXIV.

BROWNING, Elizabeth Barrett (1809-1861)

A man's requirements-CCCL

The romance of the swan's nest-CCCLXXXVIII.

BROWNING, Robert (1812-1890)

Youth and Art-CCCCLXXIII

Garden fancies-CCCCLXXIV.

BUCKINGHAM, John, Duke of (1649-1720)

Come, let us now resolve at last-cccxcvIII.

BUTLER, Samuel (1612-1680)

He that will win his dame-CLXXV.

BYRON, George, Lord (1788-1824)

To Thomas Moore-CCLVIII
Fill the goblet again-CCLX
Love and glory-CCXCII
The girl of Cadiz-CCCXVI
To Mr. Hodgson-CCCXIX.

CALVERLEY, C. S. (1831-1884)

Peace-CCCCXXVI

Hic vir, hic est-CCCCXXVII
Ode to Tobacco-CCCCXXXIV
Beer

Motherhood
Forever

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

Young love's a gallant boy-CCCXIII.

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

Epistle from Lord Boringdon to Lord Granville-CLXXXIX
A political despatch-CXCVI

Fragment of an oration-cXCVII

The pilot that weathered the storm-cxcix.

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 threatened—LIX.

CAREY, Henry (16-1743)

With an honest old friend and a merry old song-CCXLVII

Cato's advice-CCXLVIII

Mediocrity in love rejected-CIV

Epitaph on Lady Mary Villiers-CCCXCIII.

CARTWRIGHT, William (1611-1613)

To Chloe-LI

Lesbia on her sparrow-CCCXXVI.

CAYLEY, George John

An epitaph --CCCCLXIX.

CHESTERFIELD, Earl of (1694-1773)

The picture of Nash at Bath-CXLI
Advice to a lady in autumn-CXLII
On Lord Islay's garden-cXLIII.

CLEVELAND, John (1613-1659)
Epigram-CLXVII.

CLOUGH, Arthur H. (1819-1861)

Spectator ab extra-CCLXIII

Out of sight, out of mind-cCCLXXXIX.

COLERIDGE, Hartley (1796-1849)

To a proud kinswoman-cCCCXXXIII

COLERIDGE, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834)

On Job-ccXXXVIII

Cologne-CCXL

To a young lady on her recovery from a fever-CCLXXXVII
Something childish but very natural-cCXCVIII

To a lady-ccc

Names-CCCXLVI

What the birds say-CCCCXLIV.