TO THE MARQUIS OF LANSDOWNE, IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF NEARLY FORTY YEARS OF MUTUAL ACQUAINTANCE AND FRIENDSHIP, THIS VOLUME IS INSCRIBED, WITH THE SINCEREST FEELINGS OF AFFECTION AND RESPECT, BY THOMAS MOORE. CONTENTS. 3 PREFACES TO THE COLLECTED EDITION IN TEN VOLUMES, PUBLISHED IN 1841, 1842 Remarks on Anacreon XLIX. When Bacchus, Jove's immortal boy L. When wine I quaff, before my eyes. LI. Fly not thus my brow of snow LII. Away, away, ye men of rules LV. While we invoke the wreathed spring LVI. He, who instructs the youthful crew LVII. Whose was the artist hand that spread IX. I pray thee, by the gods above XI." Tell me gentle youth, I pray thee XII. They tell how Atys, wild with love LXVIII. Now Neptune's mouth our sky deforms LXIX. They wove the lotus band to deck. LXX. A broken cake with honey sweet LXXI. With twenty chords my lyre is hung |