ForewordPrefaceIntroductionBiographical NoteOdes and Epigrams (1797-1799)Epigrams (1797)--Good Advice--Descriptive Poetry--To Diotima--Diotima ('Bliss of the heavenly Muse...')--Bonaparte--Empedocles--To the Fates--Diotima ('You suffer and keep silent and, strange to them...')--To Her Genius--Plea f...