Preface to the Poems499Table Talk501The Progress of Error507Truth512Expostulation516Hope522Charity528Conversation533Retirement540The Task, in Six Books:—Book I. The Sofa547II. The Time-Piece553III. The Garden559IV. The Winter Evening566V. The Winter Morning Walk572VI. The Winter Walk at Noon579Epistle to Joseph Hill, Esq.587Tirocinium; or, a Review of Schools587The Yearly Distress, or Tithing Time at Stock, in Essex594Sonnet addressed to Henry Cowper, Esq.595Lines addressed to Dr. Darwin595On Mrs. Montagu's Feather Hangings595Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk, during his solitary Abode in the Island of Juan Fernandez596On observing some Names of little note in the Biographia Britannica596Report of an adjudged Case597On the Promotion of Edward Thurlow, Esq. to the Lord High Chancellorship of England597Ode to Peace597Human Frailty597The Modern Patriot598On the Burning of Lord Mansfield's Library, &c.598On the same598The Love of the World Reproved598On the Death of Mrs. (now Lady) Throckmorton's Bullfinch599The Rose599The Doves599A Fable600Ode to Apollo600A Comparison600Another, addressed to a Young Lady601The Poet's New Year's Gift601Pairing-time anticipated601The Dog and the Water Lily601The Winter Nosegay602The Poet, the Oyster, and the Sensitive Plant602The Shrubbery602Mutual Forbearance necessary to the Married State603The Negro's Complaint603Pity for Poor Africans604The Morning Dream604The Diverting History of John Gilpin604The Nightingale and Glow-worm607An Epistle to an afflicted Protestant Lady in France607To the Rev. W. Cawthorne Unwin607To the Rev. Mr. Newton608Catharina608The Moralizer corrected608The Faithful Bird609The Needless Alarm609Boadicea610Heroism611On the Receipt of my Mother's Picture out of Norfolk611Friendship612On a mischievous Bull, which the Owner of him sold at the Author's instance614Annus memorabilis, 1789. Written in Commemoration of his Majesty's happy recovery614Hymn for the use of the Sunday School at Olney615Stanzas subjoined to a Bill of Mortality for the year 1787615The same for 1788616The same for 1789616The same for 1790616The same for 1792617The same for 1793617On a Goldfinch starved to Death in his Cage617The Pineapple and the Bee618Verses written at Bath, on finding the Heel of a Shoe618An Ode, on reading Richardson's History of Sir Charles Grandison618An Epistle to Robert Lloyd, Esq.619A Tale, founded on a Fact, which happened in Jan. 1779619To the Rev. Mr. Newton, on his Return from Ramsgate620Love Abused620A Poetical Epistle to Lady Austen620The Colubriad621Song. On Peace621Song—"When all within is Peace"622Verses selected from an occasional Poem entitled "Valediction"622Epitaph on Dr. Johnson622To Miss C——, on her Birthday622Gratitude622Lines composed for a Memorial of Ashley Cowper, Esq.623On the Queen's Visit to London623The Cockfighter's Garland624To Warren Hastings, Esq.625To Mrs. Throckmorton625To the Immortal Memory of the Halibut, on which I dined625Inscription for a Stone erected at the sowing of a Grove of Oaks625Another625To Mrs. King625In Memory of the late John Thornton, Esq.626The Four Ages626The Retired Cat626The Judgment of the Poets627Yardley Oak628To the Nightingale which the Author heard sing on New Year's Day629Lines written in an Album of Miss Patty More's629Sonnet to William Wilberforce, Esq.629Epigram on Refining Sugar630To Dr. Austin, of Cecil Street, London630Catharina: on her Marriage to George Courtenay, Esq.630Epitaph on Fop, a dog belonging to Lady Throckmorton630Sonnet to George Romney, Esq.630Mary and John630Epitaph on Mr. Chester, of Chicheley630To my Cousin, Anne Bodham631Inscription for a Hermitage in the Author's Garden631To Mrs. Unwin631To John Johnson, on his presenting me with an antique Bust of Homer631To a young Friend631On a Spaniel called Beau, killing a young bird631Beau's Reply631To William Hayley, Esq.632Answer to Stanzas addressed to Lady Hesketh, by Miss Catharine Fanshawe632On Flaxman's Penelope632To the Spanish Admiral Count Gravina632Inscription for the Tomb of Mr. Hamilton632Epitaph on a Hare632Epitaphium Alterum633Account of the Author's Treatment of his Hares633A Tale634To Mary635The Castaway635To Sir Joshua Reynolds636On the Author of "Letters on Literature"636The Distressed Travellers; or, Labour in Vain636Stanzas on Liberties taken with the Remains of Milton637To the Rev. William Bull637Epitaph on Mrs. Higgins638Sonnet to a Young Lady on her Birth-day638On a Mistake in his Translation of Homer638On the Benefit received by his Majesty from Sea-bathing638Addressed to Miss —— on reading the Prayer for Indifference638From a Letter to the Rev. Mr. Newton639The Flatting Mill639Epitaph on a free but tame Redbreast640Sonnet addressed to W. Hayley, Esq.640An Epitaph640On receiving Hayley's Picture640On a Plant of Virgin's Bower640On receiving Heyne's Virgil640Stanzas by a Lady641Cowper's Reply641Lines addressed to Miss T. J. Cowper641To the same641On a sleeping Infant641Lines641Inscription for a Moss-house in the Shrubbery at Weston641Lines on the Death of Sir William Russel642On the high price of Fish642To Mrs. Newton642Verses printed by himself on a flood at Olney642Extract from a Sunday-school Hymn642On the receipt of a Hamper (in the manner of Homer)643On the neglect of Homer643Sketch of the Life of the Rev. John Newton643
OLNEY HYMNS.
Preliminary Remarks on the Olney Hymns652Hymn I.Walking with God656II.Jehovah-Jireh. The Lord will provide656III.Jehovah-Rophi. I am the Lord that healeth thee656IV.Jehovah-Nissi. The Lord my Banner657V.Jehovah-Shalom. The Lord send Peace657VI.Wisdom657VII.Vanity of the World657VIII.O Lord, I will praise thee658IX.The contrite Heart658X.The future Peace and Glory of the Church658XI.Jehovah our Righteousness658XII.Ephraim repenting659XIII.The Covenant659XIV.Jehovah-Shammah659XV.Praise for the Fountain opened659XVI.The Sower659XVII.The House of Prayer660XVIII.Lovest thou me?660XIX.Contentment660XX.Old Testament Gospel661XXI.Sardis661XXII.Praying for a Blessing on the Young661XXIII.Pleading for and with Youth661XXIV.Prayer for Children661XXV.Jehovah-Jesus662XXVI.On opening a Place for social Prayer662XXVII.Welcome to the Table662XXVIII.Jesus hasting to suffer662XXIX.Exhortation to Prayer663XXX.The Light and Glory of the Word663XXXI.On the Death of a Minister663XXXII.The shining Light663XXXIII.Seeking the Beloved663XXXIV.The Waiting Soul664XXXV.Welcome Cross664XXXVI.Afflictions sanctified by the Word664XXXVII.Temptation664XXXVIII.Looking upwards in a Storm664XXXIX.The Valley of the Shadow of Death665XL.Peace after a Storm665XLI.Mourning and Longing665XLII.Self-Acquaintance665XLIII.Prayer for Patience666XLIV.Submission666XLV.The happy Change666XLVI.Retirement666XLVII.The hidden Life667XLVIII.Joy and Peace in Believing667XLIX.True Pleasures667L.The Christian667LI.Lively Hope and Gracious Fear668LII.For the Poor668LIII.My Soul thirsteth for God668LIV.Love constraining to Obedience668LV.The Heart healed and changed by Mercy668LVI.Hatred of Sin669LVII.The new Convert669LVIII.True and false Comforts669LIX.A living and a dead Faith669LX.Abuse of the Gospel669LXI.The narrow Way670LXII.Dependence670LXIII.Not of Works670LXIV.Praise for Faith670LXV.Grace and Providence670LXVI.I will praise the Lord at all times671LXVII.Longing to be with Christ671LXVIII.Light shining out of darkness671
TRANSLATIONS FROM THE FRENCH OF MADAME DE LA MOTHE GUION.
Brief Account of Madame Guion, and of the Mystic Writers672The Nativity677God neither known nor loved by the World679The Swallow679The Triumph of Heavenly Love desired679A Figurative Description of the Procedure of Divine Love679A Child of God longing to see him beloved680Aspirations of the Soul after God680Gratitude and Love to God680Happy Solitude—Unhappy Men680Living Water680Truth and Divine Love rejected by the World681Divine Justice amiable681The Soul that Loves God finds him everywhere682The Testimony of Divine Adoption682Divine Love endures no rival682Self-Diffidence683The Acquiescence of Pure Love683Repose in God683Glory to God alone683Self-Love and Truth incompatible684The Love of God, the End of Life684Love faithful in the Absence of the Beloved684Love pure and fervent684The entire Surrender685The perfect Sacrifice685God hides his People685The Secrets of Divine Love are to be kept685The Vicissitudes experienced in the Christian Life686Watching unto God in the Night Season687On the same688On the same688The Joy of the Cross689Joy in Martyrdom689Simple Trust689The necessity of Self-Abasement690Love increased by Suffering690Scenes favourable to Meditation691
TRANSLATIONS OF THE LATIN AND ITALIAN POEMS OF MILTON.