THE

PLE A

OF

THE MIDSUMMER FAIRIES,

HERO AND LEANDER,

LYCUS THE CENTAUR,

AND

OTHER POEMS

BY THOMAS HOOD,

“ WHIMS AND ODDITIES,” ETC. ETC.

AUTHOR OF

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR

LONGMAN, REES, ORME, BROWN, AND GREEN,

PATERNOSTER-ROW.

LONDON : Printed by A. & R. Spottiswoodc,.

New-Strect-Squarc.

CONTENTS.

Page

1

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65

The PLEA OF THE MIDSUMMER FAIRIES

HERO AND LEANDER

Lycus, THE CENTAUR

The two PEACOCKS OF BEDFONT

113

139

MINOR POEMS.

A Retrospective Review ......

Fair Ines

The Departure of Summer

Song. For Music

Ode: Autumn

Ballad

Hymn to the Sun

To a cold Beauty

Autumn

Ruth

The Sea of Death. A Fragment

Ballad

I Remember, I Remember

176

178

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181

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183

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187

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Page

Ballad

189

The Water Lady

192

The Exile ....

194

To an Absentee

196

Song

197

Ode to the Moon

198

Το

202

The Forsaken

Autumn

206

Ode
Melancholy ...

........... 207

Sonnet on Mistress Nicely, a Pattern for Housekeepers

Sonnet. Written in a Volume of Shakspeare

214

Sonnet to Fancy

215

Sonnet to an Enthusiast

216

Sonnet

217

Sonnet ...............

218

Sonnet on receiving a Gift

219

Sonnet

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Sonnet

Sonnet. Silence

222

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........ 221

THE

PL E A

OF

THE MIDSUMMER FAIRIES.