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Memoir by Sir Harris Nicolas[v]
An Essay on the Genius and Poems of Collins, by Sir Egerton Brydges, Bart.[xliii]
ORIENTAL ECLOGUES.
Selim; or, The Shepherd’s Moral[3]
Hassan; or, The Camel Driver[7]
Abra; Or, The Georgian Sultana[11]
Agib And Secander; or, The Fugitives[15]
ODES.
To Pity[21]
To Fear[24]
To Simplicity[28]
On the Poetical Character[31]
Written in the Beginning of the Year 1746[34]
To Mercy[35]
To Liberty[37]
To a Lady, On the Death of Colonel Ross, written in May, 1745[44]
To Evening[48]
To Peace[52]
The Manners[54]
The Passions[58]
On the Death of Thomson[63]
On the Popular Superstitions of the Highlands of Scotland; considered as the Subject of Poetry; inscribed to Mr. John Home[66]
An Epistle, addressed to Sir Thomas Hanmer, on his Edition of Shakespeare’s Works[78]
Dirge in Cymbeline, sung by Guiderus and Arviragus over Fidele, supposed to be dead[87]
Verses written on a Paper which contained a Piece of Bride-cake, given to the Author by a Lady[89]
To Miss Aurelia C–––R, on her Weeping at her Sister’s Wedding[91]
Sonnet[91]
Song. The Sentiments borrowed from Shakespeare[92]
On our late Taste in Music[94]
Observations on the Oriental Eclogues, by Dr. Langhorne[101]
Observations on the Odes, by the same[118]