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Melody. Yes, once more that
dying strain.'

Song, by Waller, with an addi-
tional Stanza.

I am pleased, and yet I'm sad.'
Solitude.

If far from me the Fates re-
move."

'Fanny, upon thy breast I may

not lie.'

Saw'st thou that light?"

The pious man in this bad
world.'

Lo! on the eastern summit.'

There was a little bird upon

that pile.'

O pale art thou, my lamp.'

O give me music.'

Ah! who can say, however
fair his view.'

• And must thou go

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Ode to the Harvest Moon.
'Softly, softly blow, ye breezes.'
Shipwreck'd Solitary's Song.
Sonnet.

On being confined to School one
Morning in Spring; written
at the Age of Thirteen.
Extract from an Address to

Contemplation.

To the Rosemary.

To the Morning.
My own Character.
Ode on Disappointment.

Lines, on Recovery from Sick-

Lines and Note, by Lord Byron.
written in the Homer of Mr.
H. K. White.

To the Memory of H. K. White.
Stanzas, at the grave of H. K.
White, by a Lady.

Ode on the late H. K. White.
Verses, by Josiah Conder.

Sonnet, by Arthur Owen.

in Memory of H. K. White.

Reflections on reading the Life

of the late H. K. White, by

William Holloway.

Lines, on reading the Poem on
Solitude, by Josiah Conder.

To the Memory of H. K. White,

by the Rev. W. B. Collyer.

On the death of H. K. White,

by T. Park.

MEMOIRS

OF

HENRY KIRKE WHITE.

THERE are few persons whose name is so hailed by the young, and whose character has produced a greater effect upon society, than that of HENRY KIRKE WHITE.

There is a genius of the highest order in his poetical productions, and an erudite simplicity in his prose; and both are so recommended by sincerity, and consecrated by piety, that no one can read them without being awed by the subject, and improved by the sentiments.

What renders the piety and religious sentiments of this accomplished youth more conspicuous and remarkable, is, that it is well known he was once inclined to gaiety, and a victim of infidelity. He was fond of the stage, and took a part in private theatricals; associated with a circle of ingenious, but free-thinking and free-acting young men: but, to the surprise of his former acquaintances, he became perfectly orthodox in his principles, and devout in his practice. This gives us ground to believe that his opinions are sincere, that they were adopted after mature examination: and his life proves that his piety was unfeigned; for he

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