POEMS AND PLAYS BY CHARLES AND MARY LAMB
INTRODUCTION
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DEDICATION (1818) TO S.T. COLERIDGE, ESQ.
LAMB'S EARLIEST POEM MILLE VIAE MORTIS
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
LIVING WITHOUT GOD IN THE WORLD
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
HESTER
TO T.L.H.
LINES (2)
LINES (3)
LINES (4)
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 ALBUM OF A CLERGYMAN'S LADY
IN THE AUTOGRAPH BOOK OF MRS. SERGEANT W
IN THE ALBUM OF LUCY BARTON
IN THE ALBUM OF MISS I
IN THE ALBUM OF A VERY YOUNG LADY
IN THE ALBUM OF A FRENCH TEACHER (? 1829)
IN THE ALBUM OF MISS DAUBENY I
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]
TO THE SAME
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 THE AUTHOR OF POEMS,
TO R.[J.]S. KNOWLES, ESQ.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE "EVERY-DAY BOOK"
TO CECILIA CATHERINE LAWTON
ACROSTIC, TO A LADY WHO DESIRED ME TO WRITE HER EPITAPH
ANOTHER,
PINDARIC ODE TO THE TREAD MILL
EPICEDIUM GOING OR GONE
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
DICK STRYPE; OR, THE FORCE OF HABIT
TWO EPITAPHS ON A YOUNG LADY WHO LIVED NEGLECTED AND DIED OBSCURE
THE APE
CARLAGNULUS.
SONNET (2)
TO MY FRIEND THE INDICATOR
ON SEEING MRS. K B , AGED UPWARDS OF EIGHTY, NURSE AN INFANT
TO EMMA, LEARNING LATIN, AND DESPONDING
LINES (5)
LINES (6)
HERCULES PACIFICATUS
THE PARTING SPEECH OF THE CELESTIAL MESSENGER TO THE POET
EXISTENCE, CONSIDERED IN ITSELF, NO BLESSING
TO SAMUEL ROGERS, ESQ. (2)
TO CLARA N[OVELLO]
THE SISTERS
LOVE WILL COME
TO MARGARET W
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 LOUISA MORGAN
TO SARAH JAMES OF BEGUILDY
TO EMMA BUTTON
WRITTEN UPON THE COVER OF A BLOTTING BOOK
ON A LATE EMPIRIC OF "BALMY" MEMORY
SONNET (3)
THE GODLIKE
THE THREE GRAVES
SONNET TO MATHEW WOOD, ESQ.
ON A PROJECTED JOURNEY
THE UNBELOVED
ON THE ARRIVAL IN ENGLAND OF LORD BYRON'S REMAINS
LINES (7)
FOR THE "TABLE BOOK"
THE ROYAL WONDERS
"BREVIS ESSE LABORO" "ONE DIP"
SUUM CUIQUE
[ON THE LITERARY GAZETTE ]
ON THE FAST-DAY
NONSENSE VERSES
FROM THE LATIN
SATAN IN SEARCH OF A WIFE
PART THE FIRST I
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"
ACT THE SECOND SCENE. An Apartment in Woodvil Hall.
SCENE. Sherwood Forest .
ACT THE FOURTH SCENE. An Apartment in Woodvil Hall .
SCENE. The Forest . SIR WALTER. SIMON. LOVEL. GRAY.
SCENE. Another Part of the Forest .
ACT THE FIFTH
SCENE. An inner Apartment .
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,
SCENE. The Street . BELVIL and another Gentleman .
SCENE. MR. H 'S Apartment .
SCENE. Melesinda's Apartment .
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.
SCENE. Servants' Hall.
SCENE. An Apartment, contiguous to the last .
SCENE. The Library . MR. SELBY. MRS. FRAMPTON.
Title: The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb IV Poems and Plays
Author: Charles and Mary Lamb
Language: English
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THE WORKS OF CHARLES AND MARY LAMB
IV. POEMS AND PLAYS
[Illustration: Charles Lamb (aged 23)
From a drawing by Robert Hancock]