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THE Swallow........

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The Cuckoo. Logan

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The Redbreast

The Morning Lark. Thomson

The Sky-lark. Bloomfield

The Nightingale

The Nightingale and the Rose. From the Persian.

Fox

The departure of the Nightingale

The return of the Nightingale.........

The Owl............

The Woodcock...............

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To the Glow-worm. Wolcot

9

The Bee........

10

The Daisy

11

The Rose. Cowper

13

The Mimosa. Smith

14

Violets. Smith

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Wild Flowers. Smith

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The Snowdrop. Sybille

18

Sonnet to a Primrose. Lloyd...

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The Emmet. Watts

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Invitation to the Bee. Smith

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To the Bee

The Snail. Smith.....

A Walk by the Water. Smith

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'The Moth. Smith

25

The Squirrel. Smith

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The early Butterfly. Smith .......

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'The Nautilus. Smith

29

An Evening Walk by the Sea-side. Smith

30

The Humming Bird. Smith

31

By Patience and Labour, the Mulberry Leaf be-

comes. Silk. Smith

30

'Trees and Plants

35

Birds. Mrs. Barbauld......

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Insects. Mrs. Barbauld .........

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Nature

39

Home.......

40

The Happy Man. Thomson

41

Meekness

42

Invitation to the Feathered Race

45

Solitude. Pope

45

Friendship, Love, and Truth

45

The Maroon Negro

47

The Ship on Fire

48

Oasis in the Desert

49

The Moon and the Comet

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The Pine Apple and the Bee

To Winter................

52

The Balloon

54

The Nightingale and the Glow-worm............... 54

Reputation

56

The Bee, the Ant, and the Sparrow. Cotton 57

The Two Diamonds ...

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The Butterfly and the Snail. Gay..........

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The Primrose and the Bramble

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The Turkey and the Ant. Gay

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Waking from a frightful Dream

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Morning, Evening, Night. Milton

67

Dawn of Day. Thomson.

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Sun Rising. Thomson

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The Sun. Thomson .........

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Morning

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Rural Sounds. Cowper

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Gipsies. Cowper

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Morning Walk and Occupations. Bloomfield 76

Rural Solitude

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Peace of Mind

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Creation of the World, finished and surveyed.

Milton

80

Adam's account of his first Sensations and Con-

sciousness

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Adam and Eve in Paradise. Milton

83

Morning Hymn of Adam and Eve. Milton...... 83

Noon. Thomson

86

The Storm. Southey

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Ossian's Hymn to the Sun

90

The Wish ...

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To a Lonely Brook

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The Mid-day Retreat. Thomson

92

Evening. Milton........

94

Song of the Evening Hour

Invocation to Evening. Cowper..

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The Post-boy. Cowper

Prospect of the World from the Retreat of Home.

Cowper

The Pleasant Evening. Scot

100

The Invitation. Scot

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The Tempestuous Evening,

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Evening succeeded by Night. Thomson

103

Twilight. Bloomfield

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Evening Village Sounds. Goldsmith

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Ode to Evening. Collins....

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Evening Solitude. Milton

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Night. Young

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Day and Night. Gay

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Midnight. Akenside....

Moonlight. Pope's Homer.........

Moon obscured by Clouds. Walter Scott

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A tempestuous Night near the Sea.........

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The Whirlwind. Dryden

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Night favourable to Virtue and Meditation.

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Spring. Thomson .........

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Spring advancing. Bloomfield...

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Sheep and Lambs. Bloomfield

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Variety of Prospect pleasing. Crazy Kate.

Cowper

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Ode to Spring. Mrs. Barbauld

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Spring Shower. Thomson

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The Rainbow..........

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Summer. Thomson............

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Summer Occupations. Bloomfield

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Summer Evening Walk. White

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Sheep-shearing. Thomson

134

Sicilian Earthquake. Cowper.....

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Waterfall. Thomson

137

The Thunder Storm. Thomson

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Animals in Solitude. Thomson

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Sand Storm. Thomson

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Sea Storm. . Thomson ..........

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Summer Sunset

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Autumn. Thomson

143

To Autumn. Keats...

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Autumnal Storm. Stawell's Georgics of Virgil... 146

Hogs in the Forest. _ Bloomfield ...

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Autumnal Country Employments and Exercises.

Bloomfield

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Harvest Storm

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Autumn passing away

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October

154

Approach of Winter

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Winter. Cowper

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Beginning of Winter. Thomson ....................

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Winter Evening. Cowper

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The Farmer lost in the Snow. Thomson

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The Winter Morning Walk. Cowper

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Frozen Waterfall

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Palace of Ice. Cowper

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Winter Walk at Noon.......

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The Frozen Shower. Phillips

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Lapland ....

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