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Title: The Poetical Works of William Collins
With a Memoir

Author: William Collins

Commentator: Sir Harris Nicolas
Sir Egerton Brydges

Release Date: August 31, 2009 [EBook #29879]

Language: English

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[Illustration: William Collins AEtatis

Quos primus equis Oriens afflavit anhelis
Virg.]

_THE_
POETICAL WORKS
OF
WILLIAM COLLINS.

_WITH A MEMOIR._

[Illustration: _Perennis et Fragrans._]

BOSTON:
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.
1865.

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 P