4. Verses in various forms,

3. Verses in which sound corresponds to signi-

fication,

6. Paragraphs of greater length,

CHAPTER II.

Narrative Pieces.

Sect. 1. The bear and the bees,

2. The nightingale and the glow-worm,

3. The trials of virtue,

4. The youth and the philosopher,

3. Discourse between Adam and Eve, retiring

Sect. 1. The vanity of wealth,

2. Nothing formed in vain,

3. On pride,

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4. Cruelty to brutes censured,

5. A paraphrase on the latter part of the 6th

chapter of Matthew,

6. The death of a good man a strong incen-

tive to virtue,

7. Reflections on a future state, from a review

of winter,

8. Adams advice to Eve, to avoid temptation,

9. On procrastination,

10. That philosophy, which stops at secondary

causes, reproved,

11. Indignant sentiments on national prejudices

and hatred; and on slavery,

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Descriptive Pieces.

Sect. 1. The morning in summer,

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4. Care of birds for their young,

5. Liberty and slavery contrasted,

6. Charity. A paraphrase on the 13th chapter of

the First Epistle to the Corinthians,

7. Picture of a good man,

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CHAPTER V.
Pathetic Pieces.

Sect. 1. The hermit,

2. The beggar's petition,

S. Unhappy close of life,

4. Elegy to pity,

5. Verses supposed to be written by Alexan-

der Selkirk, during his solitary abode in

the Island of Juan Fernandez,

6. Gratitude,

7. A man perishing in the snow; from whence

reflections are raised on the miseries of life,

8. A morning hymn,

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CHAPTER VI.

Promiscuous Pieces.

Sect. 1. Ode to content,

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16. Conscience,

17. On an infant,

18. The cuckoo,

19. Day. A pastoral in three parts,

20. The order of nature,

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2. The shepherd and the philosopher,

3. The road to happiness open to all men,

4. The goodness of Providence,

5. The Creator's works attest his greatness,

6. Address to the Deity,

7. The pursuit of happiness often ill-directed,

8. The fire-side,

9. Providence vindicated in the present state

of man,

10. Selfishness reproved,

11. Human frailty,

.12. Ode to peace,

13. Ode to adversity,

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22. Hymn, on a review of the seasons,

23. On solitude.

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