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DEDICATION (1818) TO S.T. COLERIDGE, ESQ.

LAMB'S EARLIEST POEM

POEMS IN COLERIDGE'S POEMS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS, 1796

FROM CHARLES LLOYD'S POEMS ON THE DEATH OF PRISCILLA FARMER, 1796

THE GRANDAME

POEMS FROM COLERIDGE'S POEMS, 1797

CHILDHOOD

THE SABBATH BELLS

FANCY EMPLOYED ON DIVINE SUBJECTS

TO CHARLES LLOYD

A VISION OF REPENTANCE

POEMS WRITTEN IN THE YEARS 1795-98, AND NOT REPRINTED BY LAMB

SONNET

TO THE POET COWPER

LINES

SONNET TO A FRIEND

TO A YOUNG LADY

LIVING WITHOUT GOD IN THE WORLD

TO CHARLES LLOYD

WRITTEN ON THE DAY OF MY AUNT'S FUNERAL

WRITTEN A YEAR AFTER THE EVENTS

WRITTEN SOON AFTER THE PRECEDING POEM

THE OLD FAMILIAR FACES

COMPOSED AT MIDNIGHT

HELEN

BALLAD

HYPOCHONDRIACUS

POEMS IN CHARLES LAMB'S WORKS 1818, NOT PREVIOUSLY PRINTED IN THE PRESENT VOLUME; TOGETHER WITH REFERENCES TO THOSE POEMS THAT HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY PRINTED

HESTER

DIALOGUE BETWEEN A MOTHER AND CHILD

TO T.L.H.

SALOME

LINES

LINES

LINES

ON THE SAME

SONNETS

TO MISS KELLY

ON THE SIGHT OF SWANS IN KENSINGTON GARDEN

THE FAMILY NAME

TO JOHN LAMB, ESQ.

TO MARTIN CHARLES BURNEY, ESQ.

ALBUM VERSES

IN THE AUTOGRAPH BOOK OF MRS. SERGEANT W———

IN THE ALBUM OF LUCY BARTON

IN THE ALBUM OF MISS ———

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IN THE ALBUM OF A VERY YOUNG LADY

IN THE ALBUM OF A FRENCH TEACHER (? 1829)

IN THE ALBUM OF MISS DAUBENY

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III

IV

IN THE ALBUM OF MRS. JANE TOWERS (1828)

IN MY OWN ALBUM (1827)

MISCELLANEOUS

ANGEL HELP[5]

THE CHRISTENING

ON AN INFANT DYING AS SOON AS BORN

TO BERNARD BARTON

THE YOUNG CATECHIST[7]

SHE IS GOING

TO THE SAME

SONNETS

HARMONY IN UNLIKENESS

WRITTEN AT CAMBRIDGE

TO A CELEBRATED FEMALE PERFORMER IN THE "BLIND BOY"

WORK

LEISURE

TO SAMUEL ROGERS, ESQ.

THE GIPSY'S MALISON

COMMENDATORY VERSES

TO R.[J.]S. KNOWLES, ESQ.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE "EVERY-DAY BOOK"

ACROSTICS

TO CAROLINE MARIA APPLEBEE

TO CECILIA CATHERINE LAWTON

ACROSTIC,

ANOTHER,

TRANSLATIONS

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PINDARIC ODE TO THE TREAD MILL

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EPICEDIUM

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NEW POEMS IN LAMB'S POETICAL WORKS, 1836

IN THE ALBUM OF EDITH S[OUTHEY] (1833)

TO DORA W[ORDSWORTH],

IN THE ALBUM OF ROTHA Q[UILLINAN]

IN THE ALBUM OF CATHERINE ORKNEY

TO T. STOTHARD, ESQ.

TO A FRIEND ON HIS MARRIAGE

THE SELF-ENCHANTED

TO LOUISA M[ARTIN], WHOM I USED TO CALL "MONKEY"

CHEAP GIFTS: A SONNET

FREE THOUGHTS ON SEVERAL EMINENT COMPOSERS

MISCELLANEOUS POEMS, NOT COLLECTED BY LAMB

DRAMATIC FRAGMENT

DICK STRYPE; OR, THE FORCE OF HABIT

TWO EPITAPHS ON A YOUNG LADY WHO LIVED NEGLECTED AND DIED OBSCURE

II

THE APE

CARLAGNULUS.

SONNET

TO MY FRIEND THE INDICATOR

ON SEEING MRS. K—— B——, AGED UPWARDS OF EIGHTY, NURSE AN INFANT

TO EMMA, LEARNING LATIN, AND DESPONDING

LINES

LINES

TO C. ADERS, ESQ.

HERCULES PACIFICATUS

THE PARTING SPEECH OF THE CELESTIAL MESSENGER TO THE POET

EXISTENCE, CONSIDERED IN ITSELF, NO BLESSING

TO SAMUEL ROGERS, ESQ.

TO CLARA N[OVELLO]

THE SISTERS

LOVE WILL COME

II

TO MARGARET W——

ADDITIONAL ALBUM VERSES AND ACROSTICS

WHAT IS AN ALBUM?

THE FIRST LEAF OF SPRING

TO M[ARY] L[AETITIA] F[IELD]

TO ESTHER FIELD

[TO MRS. WILLIAMS]

TO THE BOOK

TO S[OPHIA] F[REND]

TO R[OTHA] Q[UILLINAN]

TO S[ARAH] L[OCKE]

TO M[ARY] L[OCKE]

AN ACROSTIC AGAINST ACROSTICS

ON BEING ASKED TO WRITE IN MISS WESTWOOD'S ALBUM

[IN MISS WESTWOOD'S ALBUM]

UN SOLITAIRE

TO S[ARAH] T[HOMAS]

TO MRS. SARAH ROBINSON

TO SARAH [APSEY]

TO JOSEPH VALE ASBURY

TO D[OROTHY] A[SBURY]

TO LOUISA MORGAN

TO SARAH JAMES OF BEGUILDY

TO EMMA BUTTON

WRITTEN UPON THE COVER OF A BLOTTING BOOK

POLITICAL AND OTHER EPIGRAMS

TO SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH

TWELFTH NIGHT

MESSRS. C[ANNIN]G AND F[RER]E

COUNT RUMFORD

ON A LATE EMPIRIC OF "BALMY" MEMORY

EPIGRAMS

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II

THE TRIUMPH OF THE WHALE

SONNET

THE GODLIKE

THE THREE GRAVES

SONNET TO MATHEW WOOD, ESQ.

ON A PROJECTED JOURNEY

SONG FOR THE C[ORONATIO]N

THE UNBELOVED

ON THE ARRIVAL IN ENGLAND OF LORD BYRON'S REMAINS

LINES

FOR THE "TABLE BOOK"

THE ROYAL WONDERS

"BREVIS ESSE LABORO"

SUUM CUIQUE

[ON THE LITERARY GAZETTE]

ON THE FAST-DAY

NONSENSE VERSES

ON WAWD

SIX EPITAPHS ON ENSIGN PEACOCK

MARMOR LOQUITUR

ON TIMOTHY WAGSTAFF

ON CAPTAIN STURMS

ON MARGARET DIX

ON ONESIMUS DRAKE

ON MATTHEW DAY

TIME AND ETERNITY

FROM THE LATIN

SATAN IN SEARCH OF A WIFE

PART THE FIRST

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THE SECOND PART

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PROLOGUES AND EPILOGUES

EPILOGUE TO GODWIN'S TRAGEDY OF "ANTONIO"

PROLOGUE TO GODWIN'S TRAGEDY OF "FAULKENER"

EPILOGUE TO HENRY SIDDONS' FARCE, "TIME'S A TELL-TALE"

PROLOGUE TO COLERIDGE'S TRAGEDY OF "REMORSE"

EPILOGUE TO KENNEY'S FARCE, "DEBTOR AND CREDITOR"

EPILOGUE TO AN AMATEUR PERFORMANCE OF "RICHARD II."

PROLOGUE TO SHERIDAN KNOWLES' COMEDY, "THE WIFE"

EPILOGUE TO SHERIDAN KNOWLES' COMEDY, "THE WIFE"

JOHN WOODVIL

CHARACTERS

SCENE—for the most part at Sir Walter's mansion in DEVONSHIRE; at other times in the forest of SHERWOOD.

ACT THE FIRST

SCENE.—A Servants' Apartment in Woodvil Hall.

ACT THE SECOND

SCENE.—An Apartment in Woodvil Hall.

"MARGARET."

SCENE.—Sherwood Forest.

ACT THE THIRD

SCENE.—An Apartment of State in Woodvil Hall—Cavaliers drinking.

ACT THE FOURTH

SCENE.—An Apartment in Woodvil Hall.

SCENE.—The Forest.

SIR WALTER. SIMON. LOVEL. GRAY.

SCENE.—Another Part of the Forest.

SANDFORD. MARGARET.

ACT THE FIFTH

SCENE.—An inner Apartment.

THE WITCH

CHARACTERS

CHARACTERS

SCENE.—Bath

PROLOGUE

MR. H——

A FARCE IN TWO ACTS

ACT I

SCENE.—_A Public Room in an Inn—Landlord, Waiters, Gentlemen, &c.

SCENE.—In the Street.

SCENE.—An Apartment in MELESINDA'S House.

SCENE.—A Room in the Inn. (Two Waiters disputing.)

ACT II

SCENE.—A handsome Apartment well lighted, Tea, Cards, &c.—A large party of Ladies and Gentlemen, among them MELESINDA.

SCENE.—The Street. BELVIL and another Gentleman.

SCENE.—MR. H——'S Apartment.

SCENE.—Melesinda's Apartment.

THE PAWNBROKER'S DAUGHTER

CHARACTERS

ACT I.

SCENE I.—An Apartment at Flint's house.

FLINT. WILLIAM.

SCENE II.—A Butcher's Shop.

CUTLET. BEN.

SCENE III.—A Street.

ACT II

SCENE.—At Flint's.

FLINT. WILLIAM.

SCENE.—The Apartment of Miss Flyn.

MISS FLYN. BETTY.

SCENE.—Police-Office.

THE WIFE'S TRIAL; OR, THE INTRUDING WIDOW

A DRAMATIC POEM

CHARACTERS

SCENE—A Library.

MR. SELBY, KATHERINE.

SCENE.—Servants' Hall.

SCENE.—An Apartment, contiguous to the last.

SCENE.—The Library.

MR. SELBY. MRS. FRAMPTON.

SCENE.-Mrs. Selby's Chamber.

MRS. FRAMPTON. KATHERINE.

SCENE.—A Garden.

MR. SELBY. MRS. FRAMPTON.

POEMS

SONNETS

ALBUM VERSES

MISCELLANEOUS

SONNETS

COMMENDATORY VERSES

TRANSLATIONS

UNCOLLECTED PIECES

ALBUM VERSES AND ACROSTICS

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