Excerpt from The Works of James Thomson, Vol. 2: Containing Liberty, the Castle of Indolence, and Poems on Several Occasions
The castle of indolence: An Allegorical Poem. In two Cantos, The firfl, The feoond, verses oeeafioned' By the Death of Mr. Aut man, a particular Friend of the Author, ode, Banana on Mifs stanley, To the Rev. Mr. M'u'rnoca, lieé'cor of Strad diihal, in Suffolk, fl Panarmusn on the latter: Part of the fixth Chapter. Of St. Matthew,. Song. One Day the God of fond Defire, song. Hard is the Fate of him who loves, song. Unlefs with my Amanda hie, song. For ever, Fortune, wilt thou prove, Shad: ffibme, gentle God of foft Defire.
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