Epigram On Hearing Of The Burning Of Moscow

    May European Liberty
In Moscow's flames her torch relume!
    And Gallic Tyranny
In Moscow's ruins find a tomb!

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Locke says the soul may slumber;
Lavater says the soul is seen
    Reflected in the mien;
    The last assertion true,
    Proofs of the first we view
    In faces without number.

Thomas Oldham

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Thomas Oldham

Epigram On The Many Violent Disputes Among The Preachers Of The Gospel

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Epitaph On Napoleon

Thomas Oldham, Simple Poetry

Ode, Written On The Night Of The Illuminations For Lord Howe's Victory On 1St June, 1793

Thomas Oldham, Simple Poetry

Epigram On The Late Reform And The Whig Administration

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'Twas a proud moment--even to hear the words
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"Return!"--no, never, while the withering hand
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To Thomas Hume, Esq., M. D.

FROM THE CITY OF WASHINGTON.


'Tis evening now; beneath the western star
Soft sighs the lover through his sweet cigar,
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The patriot, fresh from Freedom's councils come,
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carbone notati.


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The Last Caesar

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I

Now there was one who came in later days
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