The Golden Treasury Selected from the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English Language and arranged with Notes
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Merrily, merrily, shall I live now, Under the blossom that hangs on the bough!
Foot it featly here and there; And, sweet Sprites, the burthen bear.
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- PREFACESample
- I SPRING
- 1
- 2
- IV SUMMONS TO LOVE
- 1
- 2
- VIII OMNIA VINCIT
- IX A MADRIGAL
- X
- XI
- XIV ABSENCE
- XV
- XVI A CONSOLATION
- XVII THE UNCHANGEABLE
- XVIII
- XIX ROSALINE
- XX COLIN
- XXI A PICTURE
- XXII A SONG FOR MUSIC
- XXIV TO HIS LOVE
- XXV BASIA
- XXVI ADVICE TO A GIRL
- XXVII LOVE'S PERJURIES
- XXVIII A SUPPLICATION
- XXIX TO AURORA
- XXX IN LACRIMAS
- XXXI TRUE LOVE
- XXXIII LOVE'S INSIGHT
- XXXIV LOVE'S OMNIPRESENCE
- XXXV CARPE DIEM
- XXXVI AN HONEST AUTOLYCUS
- XXXVII WINTER
- XXXVIII
- XXXIX MEMORY
- XL SLEEP
- XLI REVOLUTIONS
- XLII
- XLIII THE LIFE WITHOUT PASSION
- XLIV THE LOVER'S APPEAL
- XLV THE NIGHTINGALE
- XLVI
- XLVII
- XLVIII FRUSTRA
- XLIX LOVE'S FAREWELL
- L IN IMAGINE PERTRANSIT HOMO
- LI BLIND LOVE
- LII
- LIII THE UNFAITHFUL SHEPHERDESS
- LIV ADVICE TO A LOVER
- LV A RENUNCIATION
- LVI
- LVII A SWEET LULLABY
- LVIII
- LIX O CRUDELIS AMOR
- LX SEPHESTIA'S SONG TO HER CHILD
- LXI A LAMENT
- LXII DIRGE OF LOVE
- LXIII TO HIS LUTE
- LXIV FIDELE
- LXV A SEA DIRGE
- LXVI A LAND DIRGE
- LXVII POST MORTEM
- LXVIII THE TRIUMPH OF DEATH
- LXIX YOUNG LOVE
- LXX A DILEMMA
- LXXI ROSALYND'S MADRIGAL
- LXXII CUPID AND CAMPASPE
- LXXIII
- LXXIV PROTHALAMION
- LXXV THE HAPPY HEART
- LXXVIII SOUL AND BODY
- LXXIX
- LXXX THE LESSONS OF NATURE
- LXXXI
- LXXXII THE WORLD'S WAY
- LXXXIII A WISH
- LXXXIV SAINT JOHN BAPTIST
- LXXXV ODE ON THE MORNING OF CHRIST'S NATIVITY
- THE HYMN
- LXXXVI SONG FOR ST. CECILIA'S DAY, 1687
- LXXXVII ON THE LATE MASSACRE IN PIEDMONT
- LXXXVIII HORATIAN ODE UPON CROMWELL'S RETURN FROM IRELAND
- LXXXIX LYCIDAS
- XC ON THE TOMBS IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY
- XCI THE LAST CONQUEROR
- XCII DEATH THE LEVELLER
- XCIII WHEN THE ASSAULT WAS INTENDED TO THE CITY
- XCIV ON HIS BLINDNESS
- XCV CHARACTER OF A HAPPY LIFE
- XCVI THE NOBLE NATURE
- XCVII THE GIFTS OF GOD
- XCVIII THE RETREAT
- XCIX TO MR. LAWRENCE
- C TO CYRIACK SKINNER
- CI A HYMN IN PRAISE OF NEPTUNE
- CII HYMN TO DIANA
- CV THE PICTURE OF LITTLE T.C. IN A PROSPECT OF FLOWERS
- CVI CHILD AND MAIDEN
- CVII CONSTANCY
- CVIII COUNSEL TO GIRLS
- CIX TO LUCASTA, ON GOING TO THE WARS
- CXI TO THE LADY MARGARET LEY
- CXII THE TRUE BEAUTY
- CXIII TO DIANEME
- CXIV
- CXV
- CXVI TO CELIA
- CXVII CHERRY-RIPE
- CXVIII CORINNA'S MAYING
- CXIX THE POETRY OF DRESS
- CXX
- CXXI
- CXXII ON A GIRDLE
- CXXIII A MYSTICAL ECSTASY
- CXXIV TO ANTHEA WHO MAY COMMAND HIM ANY THING
- CXXV
- CXXVII TO ALTHEA FROM PRISON
- CXXVIII TO LUCASTA, GOING BEYOND THE SEAS
- CXXIX ENCOURAGEMENTS TO A LOVER
- CXXX A SUPPLICATION
- CXXXI THE MANLY HEART
- CXXXII MELANCHOLY
- CXXXIII FORSAKEN
- CXXXIV
- CXXXV FAIR HELEN
- CXXXVI THE TWA CORBIES
- CXXXVII ON THE DEATH OF MR. WILLIAM HERVEY
- CXXXVIII FRIENDS IN PARADISE
- CXXXIX TO BLOSSOMS
- CXL TO DAFFODILS
- CXLI THE GIRL DESCRIBES HER FAWN
- CXLII THOUGHTS IN A GARDEN
- CXLIII FORTUNATI NIMIUM
- CXLIV L'ALLEGRO
- CXLV IL PENSEROSO
- CXLVI SONG OF THE EMIGRANTS IN BERMUDA
- CXLVII AT A SOLEMN MUSIC
- CXLVIII NOX NOCTI INDICAT SCIENTIAM.
- CXLIX HYMN TO DARKNESS
- CL A VISION
- CLI ALEXANDER'S FEAST, OR, THE POWER OF MUSIC
- CLII ODE ON THE PLEASURE ARISING FROM VICISSITUDE
- CLIV SOLITUDE
- CLV THE BLIND BOY
- CLVI ON A FAVOURITE CAT, DROWNED IN A TUB OF GOLD FISHES
- CLVII TO CHARLOTTE PULTENEY
- CLVIII RULE BRITANNIA
- CLIX THE BARD
- CLXI LAMENT FOR CULLODEN
- CLXII LAMENT FOR FLODDEN
- CLXIII THE BRAES OF YARROW
- CLXIV WILLY DROWNED IN YARROW
- CLXV LOSS OF THE ROYAL GEORGE
- CLXVI BLACK-EYED SUSAN
- CLXVII SALLY IN OUR ALLEY
- CLXVIII A FAREWELL
- CLXIX
- CLXX TO A YOUNG LADY
- CLXXI THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
- CLXXII
- CLXXIII
- CLXXIV LOVE'S SECRET
- CLXXV
- CLXXVI
- CLXXVII THE PROGRESS OF POESY
- CLXXVIII THE PASSIONS
- CLXXIX THE SONG OF DAVID
- CLXXX INFANT JOY
- CLXXXI A CRADLE SONG
- CLXXXII ODE ON THE SPRING
- CLXXXIII THE POPLAR FIELD
- CLXXXIV TO A MOUSE
- CLXXXV A WISH
- CLXXXVII ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD
- CLXXXVIII MARY MORISON
- CLXXXIX BONNIE LESLEY
- CXC
- CXCI HIGHLAND MARY
- CXCII AULD ROBIN GRAY
- CXCIII DUNCAN GRAY
- CXCIV THE SAILOR'S WIFE
- CXCV ABSENCE
- CXCVII JOHN ANDERSON
- CXCVIII THE LAND O' THE LEAL
- CXCIX ODE ON A DISTANT PROSPECT OF ETON COLLEGE
- CC THE SHRUBBERY
- CCII THE SOLITUDE OF ALEXANDER SELKIRK
- CCIV TO THE SAME
- CCV THE CASTAWAY
- CCVII
- CCVIII TO THE MUSES
- CCIX ODE ON THE POETS
- CCX ON FIRST LOOKING INTO CHAPMAN'S HOMER
- CCXI LOVE
- CCXII ALL FOR LOVE
- CCXIII THE OUTLAW
- CCXIV
- CCXV THE INDIAN SERENADE
- CCXVI
- CCXVII
- CCXVIII
- CCXIX
- CCXX
- CCXXI
- CCXXIII
- CCXXIV A LOST LOVE
- CCXXVI LUCY GRAY
- CCXXVII JOCK OF HAZELDEAN
- CCXXVIII LOVE'S PHILOSOPHY
- CCXXIX ECHOES
- CCXXX A SERENADE
- CCXXXI TO THE EVENING STAR
- CCXXXII TO THE NIGHT
- CCXXXIII TO A DISTANT FRIEND
- CCXXXIV
- CCXXXV HAPPY INSENSIBILITY
- CCXXXVII LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI
- CCXXXVIII THE ROVER
- CCXXXIX THE FLIGHT OF LOVE
- CCXLI
- CCXLII
- CCXLIII THE TERROR OF DEATH
- CCXLIV DESIDERIA
- CCXLV
- CCXLVI ELEGY ON THYRZA
- CCXLVII
- CCXLVIII GATHERING SONG OF DONALD THE BLACK
- CCXLIX
- CCL
- CCLI BATTLE OF THE BALTIC
- CCLII ODE TO DUTY
- CCLIV ENGLAND AND SWITZERLAND, 1802
- CCLV ON THE EXTINCTION OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC.
- CCLVI LONDON, 1802
- CCLVII THE SAME
- CCLVIII
- CCLX AFTER BLENHEIM
- CCLXI PRO PATRIA MORI
- CCLXIII SIMON LEE THE OLD HUNTSMAN
- CCLXIV THE OLD FAMILIAR FACES
- CCLXV THE JOURNEY ONWARDS
- CCLXVI YOUTH AND AGE
- CCLXVII A LESSON
- CCLXVIII PAST AND PRESENT
- CCLXIX THE LIGHT OF OTHER DAYS
- CCLXX STANZAS WRITTEN IN DEJECTION NEAR NAPLES
- CCLXXI THE SCHOLAR
- CCLXXII THE MERMAID TAVERN
- CCLXXIII THE PRIDE OF YOUTH
- CCLXXIV THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS
- CCLXXV ELEGY
- CCLXXVI HESTER
- CCLXXVII TO MARY
- CCLXXVIII CORONACH
- CCLXXIX THE DEATH BED
- CCLXXX AGNES
- CCLXXXI ROSABELLE
- CCLXXXII ON AN INFANT DYING AS SOON AS BORN
- CCLXXXIII IN MEMORIAM
- CCLXXXIV THE AFFLICTION OF MARGARET
- CCLXXXV HUNTING SONG
- CCLXXXVI TO THE SKYLARK
- CCLXXXVII TO A SKYLARK
- CCLXXXVIII THE GREEN LINNET
- CCLXXXIX TO THE CUCKOO
- CCXC ODE TO A NIGHTINGALE
- CCXCI UPON WESTMINSTER BRIDGE, SEPT. 3, 1802
- CCXCII
- CCXCIII OZYMANDIAS OF EGYPT
- CCXCIV COMPOSED AT NEIDPATH CASTLE, THE PROPERTY OF LORD QUEENSBERRY, 1803
- CCXCVI ADMONITION TO A TRAVELLER
- CCXCVII TO THE HIGHLAND GIRL OF INVERSNEYDE
- CCXCVIII THE REAPER
- CCXCIX THE REVERIE OF POOR SUSAN
- CCC TO A LADY, WITH A GUITAR
- CCCI THE DAFFODILS
- CCCII TO THE DAISY
- CCCIII ODE TO AUTUMN
- CCCIV ODE TO WINTER
- CCCV YARROW UNVISITED
- CCCVI YARROW VISITED
- CCCVII THE INVITATION
- CCCVIII THE RECOLLECTION
- CCCXII TO THE MOON
- CCCXIII TO SLEEP
- CCCXV A DREAM OF THE UNKNOWN
- CCCXVII THE INNER VISION
- CCCXVIII THE REALM OF FANCY
- CCCXIX WRITTEN IN EARLY SPRING
- CCCXX RUTH: OR THE INFLUENCES OF NATURE
- CCCXXI WRITTEN AMONG THE EUGANEAN HILLS
- CCCXXII ODE TO THE WEST WIND
- CCCXXIII NATURE AND THE POET
- CCCXXIV THE POET'S DREAM
- CCCXXV GLEN-ALMAIN, THE NARROW GLEN
- CCCXXVI
- CCCXXVII WITHIN KING'S COLLEGE CHAPEL, CAMBRIDGE
- CCCXXVIII ODE ON A GRECIAN URN
- CCCXXIX YOUTH AND AGE
- CCCXXX THE TWO APRIL MORNINGS
- CCCXXXI THE FOUNTAIN
- CCCXXXII THE RIVER OF LIFE
- CCCXXXIII THE HUMAN SEASONS
- CCCXXXIV A DIRGE
- CCCXXXV THRENOS
- CCCXXXVI THE TROSACHS
- CCCXXXVII
- CCCXXXVIII ODE ON INTIMATIONS OF IMMORTALITY FROM RECOLLECTIONS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD
- CCCXXXIX
- Summary of Book First
- Summary of Book Second.
- Summary of Book Third
- Summary of Book Fourth
- INDEX OF WRITERS
- INDEX OF FIRST LINES
- THE GOLDEN TREASURY SERIES.