The Poetical Works of William Collins; With a Memoir

CONTENTS.

	Page
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

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