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Ballads

by William Makepeace Thackeray

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BALLADS

By William Makepeace Thackeray

CONTENTS

BALLADS.

THE CHRONICLE OF THE DRUM

ABD-EL-KADER AT TOULON.

THE KING OF BRENTFORD'S TESTAMENT.

THE WHITE SQUALL.

PEG OF LIMAVADDY.

MAY-DAY ODE.

THE BALLAD OF BOUILLABAISSE.

THE MAHOGANY TREE.

THE YANKEE VOLUNTEERS.

THE PEN AND THE ALBUM.

MRS. KATHERINE'S LANTERN.

LUCY'S BIRTHDAY.

THE CANE-BOTTOM'D CHAIR.

PISCATOR AND PISCATRIX.

THE ROSE UPON MY BALCONY.

RONSARD TO HIS MISTRESS.

AT THE CHURCH GATE.

THE AGE OF WISDOM.

SORROWS OF WERTHER.

A DOE IN THE CITY.

THE LAST OF MAY.

"AH, BLEAK AND BARREN WAS THE MOOR."

SONG OF THE VIOLET.

FAIRY DAYS.

POCAHONTAS.

FROM POCAHONTAS.

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