The festoon: a collection of epigrams, ancient and modern [T86025]

DMI number:

1005

Publication Date:

1766

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

T86025

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW113913241

Shelfmark:

BOD 12 Theta 1244

Full Title:

THE | FESTOON: | A COLLECTION of EPIGRAMS, | ANCIENT and MODERN. | [2 columns] [column 1] PANEGYRICAL, | SATYRICAL, | AMOROUS, | [/column 1] [column 2] MODERN, | HUMOROUS, | MONUMENTAL. | WITH AN | ESSAY on that Species of Composition. | [rule] | [epigraph] | [rule] | [ornament] | London, printed for Mess. Robinson and Roberts, at Addi- | son’s Head, Pater-noster ROW; and W. Frederick, at Bath. 1766.

Epigraph:

----- Venerandaq; castaque verba | A pueris debent virginibusq; legi. MART.

Place of Publication:

London

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Miscellaneous collection and Collection including prose

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Duodecimo

Pagination:

xx,200p.

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1st edition

Comments:

CONTENTS: Title-page; Preface [iii-vi]; Prose essay 'On the Nature of the Epigram' [vii-xviii] including verse fragments; Epigrams Book I. Panegyrical [1-29]; Book II. Satyrical [30-62]; Book III. Amorous [63-86]; Book IV. Moral [87-109]; Book V. Humorous [110-130]; Book VI. Monumental [131-156]; 'Miscellaneous Epigrams, and Poems of an Epigrammatical Turn' [157-200]. DATE: ESTC suggests [1765]: "Announced in Lloyd’s evening post’ December 16-18, 1765."

Other matter:

Prefatory matter: Title-page; Preface [iii-vi]; Prose essay 'On the Nature of the Epigram' [vii-xviii]; Table of contents, including Errata [2].

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First Line:

Celsus takes off by dint of skill

Page No:

xii

Poem Title:

On a pilfering Quack.

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First Line:

Feed on my flocks feed void of care

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xiii

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Cursed be the verse how well so ever it flow

Page No:

xviii

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Mr. Pope,

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Wise honest Plutarch to thy deathless praise

Page No:

p.[1]

Poem Title:

On Plutarch's Statue. From the Greek;

Attribution:

by Mr. Dryden.

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Still in our ears Andromache complains

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p.2

Poem Title:

III. On Homer. From the Greek.

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Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The very bees O sweet Menander hung

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p.2

Poem Title:

IV. On Menander. From the Greek.

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Not attributed

First Line:

When Radcliffe fell afflicted physic cried

Page No:

p.2

Poem Title:

On the Death of Dr. Friend. Imitated from the Greek.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Drawn by Perrhasius as in person viewed

Page No:

p.2

Poem Title:

On a Picture of Philoctetes. By Perrhasius.

Attribution:

-- From Mr. Webb's admirable Dialogues upon Painting.

Attributed To:

Mr. Webb

First Line:

Anchises Paris and Adonis too

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p.3

Poem Title:

VI. On the Statue of Venus by Praxiteles. From the Greek.

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Not attributed

First Line:

The sculptor's art can brass with life inspire

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p.3

Poem Title:

VII. On the Statue of Alexander. From the Greek.

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Not attributed

First Line:

To stone the gods have changed her but in vain

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p.3

Poem Title:

V. On the Statue of Niobe. From the Greek.

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Not attributed

First Line:

That you like Thrasea or like Cato great

Page No:

pp.3-4

Poem Title:

VIII. From the Latin of Martial. Lib. I Epig. 9.

Attribution:

by Mr. Hay.

Attributed To:

William Hay

First Line:

When all the blandishments of life are gone

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p.4

Poem Title:

X. From Martial.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Is there a friend like those distinguished few

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p.4

Poem Title:

IX. Epig. 40.

Attribution:

by the same. [i.e., Mr. Hay]

Attributed To:

William Hay

First Line:

When Porcia heard with grief her lord was dead

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p.4

Poem Title:

XI. Ep. 43.

Attribution:

by Mr. Hay.

Attributed To:

William Hay

First Line:

A drop of amber from the weeping plant

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p.5

Poem Title:

XIII. Lib. VI. Ep. 15.

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Not attributed

First Line:

A handsome treat a piece of gold or so

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p.5

Poem Title:

XIV. From Martial.

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Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Wouldst thou by Attic taste approved

Page No:

p.5

Poem Title:

XII. Lib. 4. Ep. 87.

Attribution:

By Dr. Hoadley --- to James Harris, Esq.

Attributed To:

John Hoadly

First Line:

When Egypt's host God's chosen tribe pursued

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p.6

Poem Title:

XV. On God's Omnipotence.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Though trained in arms and learned in martial arts

Page No:

p.6

Poem Title:

To King James the IId in his first Year.

Attribution:

By Lord Lansdown.

Attributed To:

George Granville

First Line:

An early plant which such a blossom bears

Page No:

pp.6-7

Poem Title:

XVII. To the Author of the foregoing.

Attribution:

By Mr. Waller.

Attributed To:

Edmund Waller

First Line:

Vain Greece consult no more or haughty Rome

Page No:

p.7

Poem Title:

XVIII. On the Death of King William.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ye active streams wherever your waters flow

Page No:

p.7

Poem Title:

Inscription for a Fountain, adorned with the Statue of Queen Anne, and the chief Rivers of the World round it.

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Commerce and peace restored each sea his own

Page No:

p.8

Poem Title:

XXI. On the Death of King George I.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Thy guardian blessed Britannia scorns to sleep

Page No:

p.8

Poem Title:

XX. To the Prince, On his Appearing at the Fire in Spring Garden, 1716.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Should nature's self invade the world again

Page No:

p.8

Poem Title:

XXII. To King Charles I. on his Navy.

Attribution:

By Mr. Waller.

Attributed To:

Edmund Waller

First Line:

On Edward's brow no laurels cast a shade

Page No:

p.9

Poem Title:

An Inscription design'd for the Statue of Edward the VIth at St. Thomas's Hospital.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Those arms which now for centuries had braved

Page No:

p.9

Poem Title:

XIII. To Charles Granville, Lord Lansdown, on the Bombarding the Town of Granville in Normandy - which had the Granville Arms on one of the Gates of the City.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Such is thy form O Poyntz but who shall find

Page No:

op.9-10

Poem Title:

To Mr. Poyntz, on his Picture.

Attribution:

By Lord Lyttleton.

Attributed To:

George Lyttelton

First Line:

Among these chiefs of British race

Page No:

p.10

Poem Title:

XXVII. On the Temple of English Worthies at Stow.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Fair nature's sweet simplicity

Page No:

p.10

Poem Title:

XXVI. To Mr. West, at Wickham.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e., Lyttleton]

Attributed To:

George Lyttelton

First Line:

Great Homer's birth seven rival cities claim

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p.11

Poem Title:

XXIX. On Shakespeare's Monument, at Stratford upon Avon.

Attribution:

By Mr. Seward.

Attributed To:

Thomas Seward

First Line:

Three poets in three distant ages born

Page No:

p.11

Poem Title:

XXVIII. On Milton.

Attribution:

By Mr. Dryden.

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

The powerful name whose princely meaning shows

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p.12

Poem Title:

XXX. To a Lady -- Allied to the Royal Family.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Cupid did his grandsire Jove entreat

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p.12

Poem Title:

XXXI. On Miss Biddy Floyd.

Attribution:

By Dr. Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

No pleasure now from Nicolini's tongue

Page No:

p.13

Poem Title:

XXXII. On Mrs. Barbiere's first Appearance on the Stage

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When famed Varelst this little wonder drew

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p.13

Poem Title:

XXXIV. A Flower painted by Varelst.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Whilst haughty Gallia's dames that spread

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p.13

Poem Title:

XXXII. To an English Lady at Paris.

Attribution:

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First Line:

A bard grown desirous of saving his pelf

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p.14

Poem Title:

XXXVI. On a little House built by a poetical Gentleman.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Argyle his praise when Southerne wrote

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p.14

Poem Title:

XXXV. In Behalf of Mr. Southerne. To the Duke of Argyle.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

So much dear Pope thy English Iliad charms

Page No:

p.14

Poem Title:

XXXVII. To Mr. Pope on his Translation of Homer.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If the old Samian doctrine of spirits be true

Page No:

p.15

Poem Title:

XXXIX. To the right hon. Arthur, Earl of Anglesey.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

This charming bed of flowers when Flora spied

Page No:

p.15

Poem Title:

XXXVIII. On Flowers embroidered by a young Lady.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

When first the Tatler to a mute was turned

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p.15-16

Poem Title:

XL. On the Spectator.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Tis not the splendor of the place

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pp.16-17

Poem Title:

XLII. To the Lord Chancellor King. (Alluding to his Motto --- "Labor ipse voluptas!")

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

When the seals were delivered to Macclesfield's charge

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p.16

Poem Title:

XLI. On the Earl o Macclesfield.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Accept a miracle instead of wit

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p.17

Poem Title:

XLIV. Written on a Glass by a Gentleman who borrowed the Earl of Chesterfield's Diamond Pencil.

Attribution:

by a Gentleman

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

O thou who with a happy genius born

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p.17

Poem Title:

XLII. Advice to Mr. Pope: on his intended Translation of Homer, 1714.

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Not attributed

First Line:

It puzzles much the sages' brains

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p.18

Poem Title:

XLVII. On Lord Cobham's Gardens.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Sure heaven's unerring voice decreed of old

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p.18

Poem Title:

XLIV. On the fortunate and auspicious Reigns of Q. Elizabeth and Q. Anne.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

While here the poet paints the charms

Page No:

p.18

Poem Title:

XLI. Written in 'The Fables for the Female Sex."

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Your compliments dear lady pray forbear

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p.19

Poem Title:

XLVIII. To a Lady; who sent Compliments to a Clergyman - on the Ten of Hearts.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

So much this building entertains my sight

Page No:

p.19

Poem Title:

L. On the same.

Attribution:

By the hon. Mr. H.--

Attributed To:

Nicholas Herbert

First Line:

Here shunning idleness at once and praise

Page No:

p.19

Poem Title:

XLIX. On a Grotto of Shells - The Work of nine young Ladies in Hampshire.

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

So when the sun with his meridian light

Page No:

p.20

Poem Title:

LII. To a Lady - half-masking herself, when she smiled.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

The inspiring muses and the god of love

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p.20

Poem Title:

LI. Wit and Beauty.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

When Scotland's queen her native realms expelled

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p.20

Poem Title:

LIII. On the Duke of Devonshire's Seat in Debryshire.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The noble art from Cadmus took its rise

Page No:

p.21

Poem Title:

LV. On the Invention of Letters. From the French.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Though mean thy rank yet in thy humble cell

Page No:

p.21

Poem Title:

LIV. Under the Picture of a musical Mechanic.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Heaven first taught letters for some wretch's aid

Page No:

p.21-22

Poem Title:

LVI. From Mr. Pope, on the same Subject.

Attribution:

From Mr. Pope

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

By favouring wit Maecenas purchased fame

Page No:

p.22

Poem Title:

LIX. On the Earl of Dorset.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Some for the ancients zealously declare

Page No:

p.22

Poem Title:

LVII. Parallel between the Antients and Moderns.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The raven rook and pert jackdaw

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p.22

Poem Title:

LVIII. To Mr. Pope on his Dunciad.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Lo Swift to idiots bequeaths his store

Page No:

p.23

Poem Title:

LXII. On the same.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The dean must die our idiots to maintain

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p.23

Poem Title:

LXI. On Dean Swift's leaving an Hospital for Ideots and Lunatics.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The love that's cold or friendship that's not warm

Page No:

p.23

Poem Title:

LXIII. On Love and Friendship.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

True wit is like the brilliant stone

Page No:

pp.23-24

Poem Title:

LXIV. On Wit.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

With virtue strong as yours had Eve been armed

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p.23

Poem Title:

LX. Written in a Lady's Milton.

Attribution:

From Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

O nature when thy sovereign power we see

Page No:

p.24

Poem Title:

LXV. The Stage's Acknowledgment.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To you a tribute from each muse is due

Page No:

p.24

Poem Title:

LXVIII. To Dr. Purcell, the great Musician.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Salvia sings or acts the heroine's part

Page No:

p.240

Poem Title:

LXVI. To Mrs. Robinson, a celebrated Actress.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

For twice nine centuries why has partial fame

Page No:

p.25

Poem Title:

LXIX. On the Augustan Age.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

High on the list of fame while Newton stands

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p.25

Poem Title:

LXVIII. On the five Busts in Queen Caroline's Hermitage at Richmond.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tell me from whom fat headed Scot

Page No:

p.25

Poem Title:

XVIII. Dr. Wynter to Dr. Cheyney, On his Books in Favour of a Vegetable Diet.

Attribution:

Dr. Wynter

Attributed To:

John Wynter

First Line:

Advice Cosmelia by the wise is loved

Page No:

pp.26-27

Poem Title:

LXXIII. To a young Lady - With Lord Halifax' Advice to a Daughter.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Chloe no more unjustly fear

Page No:

p.26

Poem Title:

LXXII. To a Lady - on her Recovery from the Small-pox.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Swift for the ancients has argued so well

Page No:

p.26

Poem Title:

LXX. On the celebrated Dispute between the Ancients and Moderns.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The juice of bees not Bacchus here behold

Page No:

p.26

Poem Title:

LXXI. In Praise of Mead.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Kneller take heed for vast is the design

Page No:

p.27

Poem Title:

To Sir Godfrey Kneller, On his drawing Lady Hyde's Picture.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When we'd exalt some heavenly fair

Page No:

p.27

Poem Title:

LXXIV. On presenting Lord Lansdown's Works to the Princess Royal.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

You always are making a god of your spouse

Page No:

pp.27-28

Poem Title:

LXXXVI. To a fine Woman, too fond of praisin gher Husband.

Attribution:

By Dr. Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

While malice Pope denies thy page

Page No:

p.28

Poem Title:

LXXVIII. To Mr. Pope.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The greatest monarch may be stabbed by night

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p.28

Poem Title:

LXXVII. To a Friend, who had been abus'd by a Libel.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e., Swift]

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

In Anna's wars immortal Churchill rose

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p.29

Poem Title:

LXXXIV. The Parallel: Between the illustrious John Churchill, Duke of Marlborough, and the Rev. Charles Churchill, Poet.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Democritus dear droll revisit earth

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p.30

Poem Title:

I. From the Greek.

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Her father dead alone no grief she knows

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p.31

Poem Title:

IV. Martial, Lib. i. Ep. 34.

Attribution:

By Mr. Hay.

Attributed To:

William Hay

First Line:

The verses friend which thou hast read are mine

Page No:

p.32

Poem Title:

V. Lib. i. Ep. 39.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thrice twenty years you've seen your grass made hay

Page No:

pp.32-33

Poem Title:

IX. Ep. 79.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

You say you nothing owe and so I say

Page No:

p.32

Poem Title:

VI. Lib. ii. Ep. 3.

Attribution:

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First Line:

You're fine and ridicule my threadbare gown

Page No:

p.32

Poem Title:

VII. Ep. 58.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

With lace bedizened comes the man

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p.32

Poem Title:

VIII. Lib. iv. Ep. 78.

Attribution:

By Dr. Hoadley.

Attributed To:

John Hoadly

First Line:

Oh the degenerate age great Tully cried

Page No:

pp.33-34

Poem Title:

XIII. Lib. ix. Ep. 71.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When in the dark on thy soft hand I hung

Page No:

p.33

Poem Title:

XII. Ep. 100.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

You ask me why I have no verses sent

Page No:

p.33

Poem Title:

X. Lib. vii. Ep. 3.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When dukes in town ask thee to dine

Page No:

p.33

Poem Title:

XI. Ep. 75.

Attribution:

By Dr. Hoadley.

Attributed To:

John Hoadly

First Line:

My works the reader and the hearer praise

Page No:

p.34

Poem Title:

XIV. Lib. ix. Ep. 82

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thy hair and beard are of a different dye

Page No:

p.342.2

Poem Title:

XV. Lib. xii. Ep. 54.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

See how the wandering Danube flows

Page No:

pp.34-35

Poem Title:

XVI. On the River Danube:

Attribution:

By Dr. Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

Scorned by the wise detested by the good

Page No:

p.35

Poem Title:

XVII. A Character of an Old Rake.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Immortal Newton never spoke

Page No:

p.36

Poem Title:

XX. On a whole length of Mr. Nash, between the Busts of Sir Isaac Newton and Mr. Pope, in the Rooms of Bath.

Attribution:

By Lord Ch--f--d.

Attributed To:

Philip Dormer Stanhope

First Line:

My system doctor is my own

Page No:

p.36

Poem Title:

XIX. Dr. Cheyney to Dr. Wynter.

Attribution:

Dr. Cheyney

Attributed To:

George Cheyne

First Line:

Behold a witty foolish king

Page No:

p.375

Poem Title:

XXII. On the Picture of King Charles II.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Quoth Nash to the clock stand out of my way

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p.37

Poem Title:

XXI. On Mr. Nash's Statue -- Not being plac'd in the Center of the Pump-room, where the Clock stands.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The author sure must take great pains

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p.37

Poem Title:

XXIII. On King William's Exploits, during two Campaigns in Flanders.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Lord Pam in the church could you think it kneeled down

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p.38

Poem Title:

XXVI. On a Prelate's going out of Church to wait on the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Now Europe's balanced neither side prevails

Page No:

p.38

Poem Title:

XXIV. The Balance.

Attribution:

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First Line:

When Ilion rose to grace the fair design

Page No:

pp.38-39

Poem Title:

On a fine Seat unfinished.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Who can on this picture look

Page No:

p.38

Poem Title:

XXV. On the Duchess of Portsmouth's Picture.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Full oft doth Mat with Topaz dine

Page No:

p.39

Poem Title:

XXX. In Chaucer's Style.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To John I owed great obligation

Page No:

p.39

Poem Title:

XXIX.

Attribution:

From Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

My lord complains that Pope stark mad with gardens

Page No:

p.39

Poem Title:

XXVIII.

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Cries Sylvia to a reverend dean

Page No:

p.40

Poem Title:

XXXII. A smart Repartee.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Lie on while my revenge shall be

Page No:

p.40

Poem Title:

XXXIII.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thy nags the leanest things alive

Page No:

p.40

Poem Title:

XXXI.

Attribution:

By the same. [previous poem unattributed]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ye little wits that gleamed awhile

Page No:

p.40

Poem Title:

XXXIV. The Fate of Envy.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Moore always smiles whenever he recites

Page No:

p.41

Poem Title:

XXXVII. The Plagiary.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Well sir suppose the bust is a damned head

Page No:

p.41

Poem Title:

XXXV. Extempore --

Attribution:

By Lord B--.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Winged by the muse's god to rise sublime

Page No:

p.41

Poem Title:

XXXVI. Friendly Advice to Mr. Pope.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Burnet and Ducket friends in spite

Page No:

p.42

Poem Title:

XL. Par nobile fratrum.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Carlo you say writes well suppose it true

Page No:

p.42

Poem Title:

XXXVIII. The Mutual Vouchers.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Dear W---d mark in dirty hole

Page No:

pp.42-43

Poem Title:

XLI. On an Obscure Writer.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tis generous Tibbald in thee and thy brothers

Page No:

p.42

Poem Title:

XXXIX. On Shakespear restored.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Mind but thy preaching Trapp translate no further

Page No:

p.43

Poem Title:

XLIV. To Dr. Tr--p on his Translation of Virgil.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Of old when the wags attacked Colley Cibber

Page No:

p.43

Poem Title:

XLII. On the Grubstreet Writers.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Since the laureat quoth Dactyl is cruelly bent

Page No:

p.43

Poem Title:

XLIII. Answer.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Equal to Virgil it may perhaps

Page No:

p.44

Poem Title:

XLVI. On Glover's Leonidas, being compared to Virgil.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

His work now done he'll publish it no doubt

Page No:

p.44

Poem Title:

XLVII. On a bad Translation.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Philemon with translations does so fill us

Page No:

p.44

Poem Title:

XLIX. On the Translations of Suetonius. By Dr. Philemon Holland.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thy verses are eternal oh my friend

Page No:

p.44

Poem Title:

XLVIII. On a certain Poet.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If at his title T-- had dropped his quill

Page No:

p.44

Poem Title:

XLV. On the same:

Attribution:

- From Dr. Young.

Attributed To:

Edward Young

First Line:

Had Marlborough's troops in Gaul no better fought

Page No:

p.45

Poem Title:

LIII. On Sir John Vanbrugh's Device of a Lion and a Cock at Blenheim.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

How ill the motion with the music suits

Page No:

p.45

Poem Title:

LI. On a Company of bad Dancers to good Music.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Nigrinus leads a married life

Page No:

p.45

Poem Title:

L. On Mr. Cornelius Marten.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Old Orpheus played so well he moved old Nick

Page No:

p.45.

Poem Title:

LII. To a bad Fidler.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The lofty arch his high ambition shows

Page No:

p.45

Poem Title:

LIV. On the Bridge at Blenheim.

Attribution:

By Dr. Evans.

Attributed To:

Abel Evans

First Line:

Fabius you say is much inclined

Page No:

p.46

Poem Title:

LVI. On a bad Painter.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

How wretched does Prometheus' state appear

Page No:

p.46

Poem Title:

LVII. Prometheus ill-painted.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Indulgent nature on each kind bestows

Page No:

p.46

Poem Title:

LV. On Dr. Evans's cutting down a Row of Trees at St. John's-College, Oxon.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Lesbia first I saw so heavenly fair

Page No:

pp.46-47

Poem Title:

LVIII. The Antidote.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Beauty is but a short-lived flower

Page No:

pp.47-48

Poem Title:

LX. Short-liv'd Beauty.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Selinda sure's the brightest thing

Page No:

p.47

Poem Title:

LIX. On the same Subject.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

From morn to night from day to day

Page No:

pp.48-49

Poem Title:

LXIII. The Female Prattler.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In church the prayer book and the fan displayed

Page No:

p.48

Poem Title:

LXII. The Fate of Artifice.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Bright as the day and as the morning fair

Page No:

p.48

Poem Title:

LXI.

Attribution:

By Lord Lansdown.

Attributed To:

George Granville

First Line:

Chloe a coquet in her prime

Page No:

pp.49-50

Poem Title:

LXVI. On the Marriage of an Old Maid.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Leave off thy paint perfumes and youthful dress

Page No:

p.49

Poem Title:

LXIV. To a painted Lady.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Your homely face Flippanta you disguise

Page No:

p.49

Poem Title:

LXV. On a homely Lady that patched much.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Sylvia methinks you are unfit

Page No:

p.50

Poem Title:

LXVII. Ill judged Expence.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If without gold salvation can't be bought

Page No:

pp.50-51

Poem Title:

LXX. On Indulgences at Rome.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

No more o Rome thy modern creed defend

Page No:

p.50

Poem Title:

LXIX. On Wedlock.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

So bright is thy beauty so charming thy song

Page No:

p.50

Poem Title:

LXVIII.

Attribution:

By Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

A nymph and a swain to Apollo once prayed

Page No:

pp.51-52

Poem Title:

LXXIII. The Oracle.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Cosmelia's charms inspire my lays

Page No:

p.51

Poem Title:

LXXII. On an ancient Gentlewoman who painted.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Could our first father at his toilsome plough

Page No:

p.51

Poem Title:

LXXI. On a Modern Fine Lady.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Behold Dutch prince here lie the unconquered pair

Page No:

p.52

Poem Title:

LXXV. On the Death of Queen Mary, and of the Marshal Luxemburgh.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Never before did fate dispense

Page No:

p.52

Poem Title:

LXXVI. On the Alliance between Spain and Germany, 1726

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Of all the pens which my poor rhymes molest

Page No:

pp.52-53

Poem Title:

LXXVII. Effectual Malice.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thou wilt fight if any man call Phoebe whore

Page No:

p.52

Poem Title:

LXXIV.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A-- they say has wit for what

Page No:

p.53

Poem Title:

LXXX.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Lie Philo untouched on my peaceable shelf

Page No:

p.53

Poem Title:

LXXVIII. To a Person who wrote ill, and spoke worse of the Author.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

While faster than his costive brain indites

Page No:

p.53

Poem Title:

LXXIX. The Scribbler.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I charge thee knight in great Apollo's name

Page No:

p.54

Poem Title:

LXXXIX. On the same. [i.e. Sir Richard Blackmore's Job]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Poor Job lost all the comforts of his life

Page No:

p.54

Poem Title:

LXXXII. On Sir Richard Blackmore's job.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thy satire's harmless tis thy prose that kills

Page No:

p.54

Poem Title:

LXXXIII. On the same. [i.e. Sir Richard Blackmore's Job]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thou speakest always ill of me

Page No:

p.54

Poem Title:

LXXXI.

Attribution:

From Buchanan.

Attributed To:

George Buchanan

First Line:

Oh cried Arsenia long in wedlock blessed

Page No:

p.55

Poem Title:

LXXXVIII. Woman's Resolution.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Some scribbling fops so little value fame

Page No:

p.55

Poem Title:

LXXXV. To the Author of the Satire against Wit.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

We men have many faults

Page No:

p.55

Poem Title:

LXXXVII. A Compliment to the Ladies.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Yes every poet is a fool

Page No:

p.55

Poem Title:

LXXXVI.

Attribution:

From Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Let age and envious time do what they will

Page No:

p.56

Poem Title:

XC. On an affected Old Maid.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Though Artemisia talks by fits

Page No:

pp.56-57

Poem Title:

XCI. On a fair Pedant.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Israel's daughters mourned their past offences

Page No:

p.56

Poem Title:

LXXXIX. The Modern Penitents.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hoary Apicius like Sicilia's mount

Page No:

p.57

Poem Title:

XCIV. On an old Rake.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When on his back through hostile swords and fire

Page No:

p.57

Poem Title:

XCII. Aeneas and Creusa.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Pharaoh's sons provoked the Almighty's hand

Page No:

p.57

Poem Title:

XCIII. The Scourge.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Why then that blush allay that needless fear

Page No:

pp.57-58

Poem Title:

XCV. To a prudish Lady left alone with a Gentleman.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Our fathers took oaths as of old they took wives

Page No:

pp.58-59

Poem Title:

XCVIII. The polite Casuits.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

What legions of fables and whimsical tales

Page No:

p.58

Poem Title:

XCVII. Bigots to Incredulity.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

What though fair nymphs your business is to play

Page No:

p.58

Poem Title:

XCVI. Hardship upon the Ladies, or, the Drudgery of Cards.

Attribution:

By Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

So little given at the church door

Page No:

p.59

Poem Title:

CI. On a slender Collection for Charity at Bath.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The formal ape endeavours all he can

Page No:

p.59

Poem Title:

C. On our imitating the French.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Unhappy Chremes neighbour to a peer

Page No:

p.59

Poem Title:

XCIX. The Victory.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Our Q---n more anxious to be just

Page No:

p.60

Poem Title:

CIII. Answered.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The king observing with judicious eyes

Page No:

p.60

Poem Title:

CIV. On a Regiment sent to Oxford, and a Present of Books to Cambridge, by King George I, 1715.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

While Cam and Isis their sad tribute bring

Page No:

pp.60-61

Poem Title:

CV. The friendly Contest.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Lewis the living genius fed

Page No:

p.60

Poem Title:

On the Busto in Queen's Caroline's Grotto:

Attribution:

By Dr. Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

A Cambridge soph just freed from band and gown

Page No:

p.61

Poem Title:

CVI. An honest Prejudice.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Sick of a life possessed in vain

Page No:

p.61

Poem Title:

CVII. To Cardinal Richlieu.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A man without one feeling for his kind

Page No:

p.62

Poem Title:

CX. Ch--ch--ll dissected: Written in August, 1764.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Had Cain been Scot God would have changed his doom

Page No:

p.62

Poem Title:

CVIII. On the Barrenness of the Highlands.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

We thought you without titles great

Page No:

p.62

Poem Title:

CIX. To Lord --- --.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

No colours laid by pen on

Page No:

p.63

Poem Title:

II. From the Greek.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Two goddesses now must Cyprus adore

Page No:

p.63

Poem Title:

I. From the Greek:

Attribution:

By Dr. Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

If the quick spirit Delia in your eye

Page No:

p.64

Poem Title:

IV. The Greek paraphrased.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If youth and beauty fade my dear

Page No:

p.64

Poem Title:

III. From the Greek.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Long did great Jove the weighty point debate

Page No:

pp.64-65

Poem Title:

V. From the Latin of Ausonius, Epig. 105.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

You ask me my friend what lass I'd enjoy

Page No:

p.65

Poem Title:

VIII. Lib. i. Ep. 58

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When from her breast chaste Arria snatched the sword

Page No:

p.65

Poem Title:

VII. From Martial, Lib. i. Ep. 16.

Attribution:

By Mr. M-lm-th.

Attributed To:

William Melmoth

First Line:

Venus take my votive glass

Page No:

p.65

Poem Title:

VI. From Ausonius.

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Let Rufus weep rejoice stand sit or walk

Page No:

p.66

Poem Title:

IX. From Martial, Lib. i. Ep. 69.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Come Chloe and give me sweet kisses

Page No:

pp.66-67

Poem Title:

X. Lib. vi. Ep. 34.

Attribution:

By Sir Charles Hanbury Williams.

Attributed To:

Sir Charles Hanbury Williams

First Line:

Yes I'm in love I feel it now

Page No:

p.67

Poem Title:

XI. The Je ne scay quoi:

Attribution:

By Mr. M. Whitehead.

Attributed To:

M. Whitehead

First Line:

That which her slender waist confined

Page No:

p.68

Poem Title:

XIII. On a Lady's Girdle: By the same.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e., Waller]

Attributed To:

Edmund Waller

First Line:

Thirsis a youth of the inspired train

Page No:

pp.68-69

Poem Title:

XII. The Story of Phoebus and Daphne applied:

Attribution:

From Waller.

Attributed To:

Edmund Waller

First Line:

Boast not thy golden shower great Jove behold

Page No:

p.69

Poem Title:

XV. Love-Tears.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The wretch that Jove's artillery feigned so well

Page No:

p.69

Poem Title:

XVI. To a Painter, drawing a Lady's Picture.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To burning Rome when frantic Nero played

Page No:

p.69

Poem Title:

XVII. To a Lady, playing on the Lute.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Such Helen was and who can blame the boy

Page No:

p.69

Poem Title:

XIV. Under a Lady's Picture:

Attribution:

By the same.

Attributed To:

Edmund Waller

First Line:

Thus Adam looked when from the garden driven

Page No:

p.70

Poem Title:

XIX. On being expell'd a Lady's Company.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To heal the wound a bee had made

Page No:

p.70

Poem Title:

XVIII. To a Lady stung by a Bee.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When first I gazed on Chloe's face

Page No:

p.70

Poem Title:

XX. The Modest Swain.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Though cheerful discreet and with freedom well bred

Page No:

p.71

Poem Title:

XXI.

Attribution:

By Mr. N--g--nt.

Attributed To:

Robert Nugent

First Line:

Mistaken fair lay Sherlock by

Page No:

p.71

Poem Title:

XXII. Written in a Lady's Sherlock upon Death:

Attribution:

By Lord Ch--rf--ld.

Attributed To:

Philip Dormer Stanhope

First Line:

With me while present may thy lovely eyes

Page No:

pp.71-72

Poem Title:

XXIII. To a Lady, with a new Watch:

Attribution:

By Lord L-----.

Attributed To:

George Lyttelton

First Line:

Did love like agues ever intermit

Page No:

p.72

Poem Title:

XXVI. The Folly of Love.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The shaken tree grows faster at the root

Page No:

p.72

Poem Title:

XXVII. Jealousy.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

True constancy no time no power can move

Page No:

p.72

Poem Title:

XXV. Constancy.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

None without hope ever loved the brightest fair

Page No:

p.72

Poem Title:

XXIV.

Attribution:

By the same. ['Lord L----', i.e. Lyttelton]

Attributed To:

George Lyttelton

First Line:

Flavia the least and slightest toy

Page No:

pp.72-73

Poem Title:

XXVIII. On a Fan:

Attribution:

By Dr. Atterbury -- in his Youth.

Attributed To:

Francis Atterbury

First Line:

That artful speck upon her face

Page No:

p.73

Poem Title:

XXXI. A Patch upon a Lady's Face.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Chloe now married looks at men no more

Page No:

p.73

Poem Title:

XXX. By the same. [i.e., Lansdown]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

George Granville

First Line:

When Mira casts around her conquering eyes

Page No:

p.73

Poem Title:

XXIX. On a Handkerchief worked by Mrs.---

Attribution:

By Lord Lansdown.

Attributed To:

George Granville

First Line:

Chloe's the wonder of her sex

Page No:

p.74

Poem Title:

XXXIII.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

See whilst thou weepest fair Chloe see

Page No:

pp.74-75

Poem Title:

XXXIV. To Cloe weeping.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

With what strange raptures would my soul be blessed

Page No:

p.74

Poem Title:

XXXII. Written in a Lady's Pocket-Book.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Lucetta's charms our hearts surprise

Page No:

pp.75

Poem Title:

XXXV. On a Lady with fine Eyes and a bad Voice.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Let meaner beauties conquer singly still

Page No:

p.75

Poem Title:

XXXVI. To Mira at Review:

Attribution:

By Lord Lansdown.

Attributed To:

George Granville

First Line:

Whoever thou art thy lord and master see

Page No:

p.75

Poem Title:

XXXVII. Inscription under a Statue of Cupid:

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. Lansdown]

Attributed To:

George Granville

First Line:

Women to cards may be compared we play

Page No:

pp.75-76

Poem Title:

XXXVIII. On Women:

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e., Lansdowne]

Attributed To:

George Granville

First Line:

Behold these waves ah never at a stay

Page No:

pp.76-77

Poem Title:

XLI. On a Lady viewing herself in a Stream.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When nymphs were coy and love could not prevail

Page No:

p.76

Poem Title:

XL. To a Lady on her Parrot.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Of two reliefs to ease a lovesick mind

Page No:

p.76

Poem Title:

XXXIX. The Relief:

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e., Lansdowne]

Attributed To:

George Granville

First Line:

Belinda has such wondrous charms

Page No:

p.77

Poem Title:

XIV. The charitable Fair-one.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Forgive fair creature formed to please

Page No:

p.77

Poem Title:

XLIII.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tis not the fear of death or smart

Page No:

p.77

Poem Title:

XLII. To an angry Rival.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Poor Selinda goes to prayers

Page No:

p.78

Poem Title:

XIV. The Beauty of Innocence.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The poet and the painter safely dare

Page No:

p.78

Poem Title:

XLVI. On a Lady's Picture.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Young wanton Julia flung the gathered snow

Page No:

p.78

Poem Title:

XLVII. To Julia throwing a Snow-Ball.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If Chloe but wear it a feather's a charm

Page No:

p.79

Poem Title:

L. On a Feather in a Lady's Hair

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

My love and I for kisses played

Page No:

p.79

Poem Title:

XLVIII. The Amorous Contest.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

O Dunch if fewer with thy charms are fired

Page No:

p.79

Poem Title:

LI. On Mrs D---.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The lady who this resolution took

Page No:

p.79

Poem Title:

XLIX. Written on a Window, under a Vow against Matrimony.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Godolphin's easy and unpractised air

Page No:

p.80

Poem Title:

LIII. On Lady Harriot Godolphin.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

See here how bright the first-born virgin shone

Page No:

pp.80-81

Poem Title:

LV. Written in a Lady's Milton.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

See see she wakes Sabina wakes

Page No:

p.80

Poem Title:

LIV.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The line of Vere so long renowned in arms

Page No:

p.80

Poem Title:

LII. On the Duchess of St. Alban's. --

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Come gentle air the Aeolian shepherd said

Page No:

p.81

Poem Title:

LVII. On a Fan: In which the Story of Cephalus and Procris was painted, with the Motto, "Aura veni."

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I die with sadness if the blushing fair

Page No:

p.81

Poem Title:

LVI. From the French.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Why like a tyrant wilt thou reign

Page No:

pp.82-83

Poem Title:

LXI.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e., 'Mr. N-g-t']

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I loved thee beautiful and kind

Page No:

p.82

Poem Title:

LVIII.

Attribution:

By Mr. N-g-t.

Attributed To:

Robert Nugent

First Line:

My heart still hovering round about you

Page No:

p.82

Poem Title:

LX.

Attribution:

By Mr. N-g-t.

Attributed To:

Robert Nugent

First Line:

Say Myra why is gentle love

Page No:

p.82

Poem Title:

LIX.

Attribution:

By Lord Lyttl--n.

Attributed To:

George Lyttelton

First Line:

Untouched by love unmoved by wit

Page No:

p.83

Poem Title:

LXIII. Written in Silvia's Prior:

Attribution:

By D. G.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Lovely shines thy wedded fair

Page No:

p.83

Poem Title:

LXII.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e., Mr. N-g-t]

Attributed To:

Robert Nugent

First Line:

Arachne once as poets tell

Page No:

p.84

Poem Title:

LXIV. On a Lady's Embroidery.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. 'D. G']

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Kitty's charming voice and face

Page No:

pp.84-85

Poem Title:

LXVI. The Rattle.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

H---y would you know the passion

Page No:

p.84

Poem Title:

LXV. To Lady H---y:

Attribution:

By Voltaire.

Attributed To:

Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire

First Line:

Brimful of anger not of love

Page No:

pp.85-86

Poem Title:

LXVIII. To a young Lady with a Pair of Gloves, on Valentine's Day,

Attribution:

said to be by Dr. B---y.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Soft god of sleep when next you steal

Page No:

p.85

Poem Title:

LXVII. Left upon a Young Lady's Toilette.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Three goddesses of old on Ida's hill

Page No:

p.86

Poem Title:

LXIX. To a Lady playing at Quadrille.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

From love and Bacchus nerve relaxing

Page No:

p.87

Poem Title:

II. On the Gout.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Some wicked men are rich some good men poor

Page No:

p.87

Poem Title:

I. From the Greek of Solon.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Mankind may rove unvexed by strife

Page No:

pp.88-89

Poem Title:

IV. For Life: From the Greek of Metrodorus.

Attribution:

F.F.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

What tranquil road unvexed by strife

Page No:

p.88

Poem Title:

III. Against Life. From the Greek of Posidippus.

Attribution:

F.F.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I whom thou seest begirt with towering oaks

Page No:

p.89

Poem Title:

V. Lucian's Greek Epigram, Inscribed on a column erected in a Piece of Land, that had been often bought and sold, Imitated.

Attribution:

C.S.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Great Bacchus born in thunder and in fire

Page No:

p.89

Poem Title:

VI. From the Greek:

Attribution:

By Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

The seven first years of life man's break of day

Page No:

p.90

Poem Title:

VII. Solon's septennial Division of Time.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thou whom if faith or honour recommends

Page No:

pp.90-91

Poem Title:

From the Latin. VIII. Martial, Lib. i. Ep. 16.

Attribution:

By Mr. Hay.

Attributed To:

William Hay

First Line:

Since you whom all the world admires

Page No:

p.91

Poem Title:

X. Lib. i. Epig. 56.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Why dost thou come great censor of the age

Page No:

p.91

Poem Title:

IX. Martial, Lib. i. Ep. 3.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thieves may break locks and with your cash retire'

Page No:

p.92

Poem Title:

XII. Lib. v. Ep. 42

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thou true descendant of a worthy sire

Page No:

pp.92-93

Poem Title:

XIV. Lib. vi. Ep. 25.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Your favours to me I remember well

Page No:

p.92

Poem Title:

XIII. Ep. 52.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Himself he slew when he the foe would fly

Page No:

p.92

Poem Title:

XI. Martial, Lib. ii. Ep. 80.

Attribution:

By Mr. Hay.

Attributed To:

William Hay

First Line:

You tell us with a serious air

Page No:

pp.93-94

Poem Title:

XV. To the Dean of L---d, on his observing that the Men of this Age are averse to Matrimony:

Attribution:

By a young Lady.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Let others write with vain designs

Page No:

p.94

Poem Title:

XVI. To a young Lady, on her Birth-Day, being the First of April.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Blessed be the princes who have fought

Page No:

p.95

Poem Title:

XVII.

Attribution:

From Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

May I through life's uncertain tide

Page No:

p.95

Poem Title:

XVIII. The Wish.

Attribution:

By Mr. Merrick.

Attributed To:

James Merrick

First Line:

When fortune seems to smile 'tis then I fear

Page No:

p.95

Poem Title:

XIX. Fortune.

Attribution:

By Lord Lansdown.

Attributed To:

George Granville

First Line:

Riches chance may take or give

Page No:

p.96

Poem Title:

XXI. True Riches.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

See sister in this shattered glass

Page No:

p.96

Poem Title:

XX. To a young Lady - on her breaking a Glass:

Attribution:

By her Brother.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

That all from Adam first begun

Page No:

pp.96-97

Poem Title:

XXII. The Old Gentry:

Attribution:

From Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

How much are they deceived who vainly strive

Page No:

pp.97-98

Poem Title:

XXIV. Love and Jealousy.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Cortez' furious legions flew

Page No:

p.97

Poem Title:

XXIII. The Revenge of America:

Attribution:

By Mr. Warton.

Attributed To:

Joseph Warton

First Line:

If it be true celestial powers

Page No:

p.98

Poem Title:

XXVII. The Lady's Wish.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In marriage are two happy things allowed

Page No:

p.98

Poem Title:

XXVI. Apology for Wedlock.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The bed unchaste the harlot's eye

Page No:

p.98

Poem Title:

XXV. On a married State.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Who has the better game still fears the end

Page No:

p.99

Poem Title:

XXIX. The Game of Life.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

What a frail thing is beauty says baron le Cras

Page No:

p.99

Poem Title:

XXX.

Attribution:

From Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Stella and Flavia every hour

Page No:

p.99

Poem Title:

XXVIII.

Attribution:

By Mr. Earl.

Attributed To:

Jabez Earle

First Line:

Love is begot by fancy bred

Page No:

p.100

Poem Title:

XXXIII. On Love.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The sun now clear serene the golden skies

Page No:

p.100

Poem Title:

XXXI. On a Shadow.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When I revolve this evanescent state

Page No:

p.100

Poem Title:

XXXII. The Mirrour.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Would thou hadst beauty less or virtue more

Page No:

p.100

Poem Title:

XXXIV. The Deformity of Vice.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The hermit's solace in his cell

Page No:

p.101

Poem Title:

XXXVII. What is Thought?

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When the chaste lamb is from her sisters led

Page No:

p.101

Poem Title:

XXXVI. The Bride.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whilst thirst of praise and vain desire of fame

Page No:

p.101

Poem Title:

XXXV. The Lady's Resolve.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Talk as you please of Turk and Pope but I

Page No:

p.102

Poem Title:

XXXIX. Enemies.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

This favourite maxim modern atheists boast

Page No:

p.102

Poem Title:

XLI. Superstition.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tom ever jovial ever gay

Page No:

p.102

Poem Title:

XL. Mutual Pity.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If evils come not then our fears are vain

Page No:

p.102

Poem Title:

XXXVIII. On Fear:

Attribution:

From Sir Thomas More.

Attributed To:

Sir Thomas More

First Line:

Irus though wanting gold and lands

Page No:

p.103

Poem Title:

XLIII. True Riches.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Our life's a journey in a winter's day

Page No:

p.103

Poem Title:

XLII. The Stage of Life.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Through servile flattery thou dost all commend

Page No:

p.103

Poem Title:

XLIV. Universal Complaisance.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To curb the ambitious parsons preach

Page No:

pp.103-104

Poem Title:

XLV. The Cure of Ambition.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

How soon frail royalty is over

Page No:

p.104

Poem Title:

XLVII. On the Death of a Late Queen.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Poor little pretty fluttering thing

Page No:

p.104

Poem Title:

XLVI. The Emperor Hadrian to his departing Soul:

Attribution:

Imitated by Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

From flower to flower with eager pains

Page No:

p.105

Poem Title:

XLIX. On a Bee stifled in Honey.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Lord if our days be few why do we spend

Page No:

p.105

Poem Title:

L. A Cure for the Evils of Life.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

O hadst thou served the heroine all thy days

Page No:

p.105

Poem Title:

XLVIII. On Sir Walter Raleigh.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Boy break thy reeds and split thy useless pen

Page No:

p.106

Poem Title:

LIV. Against poetical Studies: From the Latin.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hail charming power of self opinion

Page No:

p.106

Poem Title:

LI. On Self-conceit.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Seven wealthy towns contend for Homer dead

Page No:

p.106

Poem Title:

LIII. The Poet's Fate.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Who seeks to please all men each way

Page No:

p.106

Poem Title:

LII. Fruitless Toil.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

True poets can depress and raise

Page No:

p.107

Poem Title:

LV. The Poet's Power.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Dear Thomas didst thou never pop

Page No:

p.107

Poem Title:

LVI.

Attribution:

From Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Beneath these moss grown roots this rustic cell

Page No:

p.108

Poem Title:

LVIII. An Inscription on an Hermitage at Lord Westmoreland's.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whoever has travelled life's dull round

Page No:

p.108

Poem Title:

LVII. Written in an Inn:

Attribution:

By Mr. Shenstone.

Attributed To:

William Shenstone

First Line:

Nymph of the grot these sacred springs I keep

Page No:

p.108

Poem Title:

LIX. Under the Statue of a Water-Nymph, at Stourhead, Somersetshire:

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope. -- From the Latin.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Thou who shalt stop where Thames' translucent wave

Page No:

pp.108-109

Poem Title:

LX. On his own Grotto:

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

O thou that high thy head dost bear

Page No:

p.110

Poem Title:

The Decanter: From the Greek.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

By a Ravenna vintner once betrayed

Page No:

p.111

Poem Title:

III. From Martial.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I offer love but thou respect wilt have

Page No:

p.111

Poem Title:

IV. From Martial.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

These cups by Piso to his friends were given

Page No:

p.111

Poem Title:

II. From the Greek.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

See sir see here's the grand approach

Page No:

pp.111-112

Poem Title:

V. A Description of Blenheim: Imitated from Martial --

Attribution:

by Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

My neighbour Hunks's house and mine

Page No:

p.112

Poem Title:

VI. Martial, Lib. I. Ep. 87.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. Swift]

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

I often bow your hat you never stir

Page No:

p.113

Poem Title:

X. Lib. v. Ep. 66.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If for mere wantonness you buy so fast

Page No:

p.113

Poem Title:

VIII.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Welsh judges two four military men

Page No:

pp.113-114

Poem Title:

XI. Lib. vi. Ep. 8.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When mother Douglas first I knew

Page No:

p.113

Poem Title:

VII. Martial, Lib. i. Ep. 20.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tis a mere nothing that you ask you cry

Page No:

p.113

Poem Title:

IX. Lib. iii. Ep. 61.

Attribution:

By Mr. Hay.

Attributed To:

William Hay

First Line:

A landlord of Bath put upon me a queer hum

Page No:

p.114

Poem Title:

XIII. From Martial -- * Literally translated.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Milo's from home and Milo being gone

Page No:

p.114

Poem Title:

XII. Martial, Lib. vii. Ep. 7.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

My cause concerns not battery or treason

Page No:

p.114

Poem Title:

XIV. Lib. vi. Ep. 19.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A doctor lately was a captain made

Page No:

p.115

Poem Title:

XVII. Ep. 74.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Both man and wife as bad as bad can be

Page No:

p.115

Poem Title:

XVI. Lib. viii. Ep. 35.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

No dinners presents he is no man's bail

Page No:

p.115

Poem Title:

XVIII. Lib. x. Ep. 18.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Seven wives and in one grave there is not found

Page No:

p.115

Poem Title:

XIX. Ep. 43.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

What in long verse write epigrams say you

Page No:

p.115

Poem Title:

XV. Martial, Ep. 65.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

May I presume in humble lays

Page No:

pp.116-117

Poem Title:

XXI. On Dancing to a Lady.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Orpheus went down to the regions below

Page No:

p.116

Poem Title:

XX. The Power of Music:

Attribution:

From the Spanish, by Dr. Lisle.

Attributed To:

Thomas Lisle

First Line:

When Tom to Cambridge first was sent

Page No:

p.117

Poem Title:

XXII. The Extent of Cookery.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Adam alone could not be easy

Page No:

p.118

Poem Title:

XXIV.

Attribution:

By J. S. 1731

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

It blew an hard storm and in utmost confusion

Page No:

p.118

Poem Title:

XXIII.

Attribution:

By Mr. W. T.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

You dare not marry friend you own

Page No:

pp.118-119

Poem Title:

XXV. A common Case.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Lo here's the bride and there's the tree

Page No:

p.119

Poem Title:

XXVII. The Choice.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ten months after Florimel happened to wed

Page No:

p.119

Poem Title:

XXVIII. From the French.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

That speech surpasses force is no new whim

Page No:

p.119

Poem Title:

XXVI. Lingua potentior armis.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If in his study he hath so much care

Page No:

p.120

Poem Title:

XXXI. The Virtuoso.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

My sickly spouse with many a sigh

Page No:

p.120

Poem Title:

XXX. True Fortitude.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Pox on it says time to Thomas Hearne

Page No:

p.120

Poem Title:

XXXII. On Mr. Hearn, the Oxford Antiquary.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Loveless married lady Jenny

Page No:

p.120

Poem Title:

XXIX. A prudent Choice.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Tadloe walks the streets the paviors cry

Page No:

p.120

Poem Title:

XXXIII. On a fat Doctor.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here's bone and skin because they're thin

Page No:

p.121

Poem Title:

XXXIV. On a Corporation Dispute - at Manchester - carried on between a fat and lean Alderman.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

O blessed season loved by saints and sinners

Page No:

p.121

Poem Title:

XXXVII. On Christmas.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Frank carves very ill yet will palm all the meats

Page No:

p.121

Poem Title:

XXXV.

Attribution:

From Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

You beat your pate and fancy wit will come

Page No:

p.121

Poem Title:

XXXVI.

Attribution:

By Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

Curio's rich sideboard seldom sees the light

Page No:

p.122

Poem Title:

XXXIX. On frugal Beau.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Married 'tis well a mighty blessing

Page No:

p.122

Poem Title:

XLI. On a hasty Marriage.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thanks to a miracle for tis no less

Page No:

p.122

Poem Title:

XXXVIII. On a Miser's Treat.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The walls are thick the servants thin

Page No:

p.122

Poem Title:

XL. On a great House adorned with Statues.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As Thomas was cudgelled one day by his wife

Page No:

p.123

Poem Title:

XLII. Courage misplaced.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

His whole estate thy father by his will

Page No:

p.123

Poem Title:

XLIV. To a Spendthrift disinherited.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Three years in London Bobadil had been

Page No:

p.123

Poem Title:

XLIII. The Incurious.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whence comes it that in Clara's face

Page No:

p.123

Poem Title:

XLV. On a pale Lady.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Half of your book is to an index grown

Page No:

p.124

Poem Title:

XLVIII. On a certain Writer.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

John Dryden enemies had three

Page No:

p.124

Poem Title:

XLIX.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

We're told by one of the black robe

Page No:

p.124

Poem Title:

XLVI. On a Sermon against Inoculation.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Some say that signior Bononcini

Page No:

p.124

Poem Title:

XLVII. The Musical Contest.

Attribution:

By Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

If Argus with an hundred eyes not one

Page No:

p.125

Poem Title:

LIII. On a blind Husband.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Some gallipots falling a well-timed disaster

Page No:

p.125

Poem Title:

LII.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Treason does never prosper what's the reason

Page No:

p.125

Poem Title:

LIV.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When G-rd--r the coif in a whimsy put on

Page No:

p.125

Poem Title:

L. On Serjeant G--dl--r's putting on the Coif.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

You ask why Roome diverts you with his jokes

Page No:

p.125

Poem Title:

LI. The happy Physiognomy.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In all thy humours whether grave or mellow

Page No:

p.126

Poem Title:

LV. The Humorist: Imitated from Martial.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

No argument could Celia move

Page No:

p.126

Poem Title:

LVII. On a young Lady's refusing to shew her Hand.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Oh what bosom but must yield

Page No:

p.126

Poem Title:

LVI. To a fair Millener.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I've lost my mistress horse and wife

Page No:

p.127

Poem Title:

LIX. On Sir M--k W-v-ll.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

What though for beauty you may hear the bell

Page No:

p.127

Poem Title:

LVIII. To Mrs. Mutable.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When at our house the servants brawl

Page No:

pp.127-128

Poem Title:

LX.

Attribution:

By Mr. Rowe.

Attributed To:

Nicholas Rowe

First Line:

So rude and tuneless are thy lays

Page No:

p.128

Poem Title:

LXI. On certain Pastorals.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thy verses friend are Kidderminster stuff

Page No:

p.128

Poem Title:

LXII. On a voluminous Poet of Kidderminster.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Friend for your epitaphs I'm grieved

Page No:

p.128

Poem Title:

LXIIL. On one who made long Epitaphs:

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

I am his highness' dog at Kew

Page No:

p.128

Poem Title:

LXIV. On the Collar of a Dog

Attribution:

presented by Mr. Pope to the Prince of Wales.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Oh rare Ben Jonson what a turn coat grown

Page No:

pp.129-130

Poem Title:

LXVIII. On Ben Johnson's Bust, with the Buttons on the wrong Side, in Westminster-Abbey.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

This little village serves to show

Page No:

p.129

Poem Title:

LXVII. Written on a Page of Glass, at Littlemore, near Oxford.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Though my wife is as honest as no woman more

Page No:

p.129

Poem Title:

LXVI. On the Sign of the Sun, kept by Robin Hoare, near Oxford.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Pray steal me not I'm Mrs Dingley's

Page No:

p.129

Poem Title:

LXV. Another:

Attribution:

By Dr. Swift

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

Jack who thinks all his own that once he handles

Page No:

p.130

Poem Title:

LXIX. Light-finger'd Jack.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

One day in Christ church meadows walking

Page No:

p.130

Poem Title:

LXX. On Epigrams.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A blooming youth lies buried here

Page No:

p.[131]

Poem Title:

I. From the Greek.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Divine Euripides this tomb we see

Page No:

p.[131]

Poem Title:

II. On Euripides.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here rest I Philip on the Aegean shore

Page No:

p.132

Poem Title:

IV. On Philip, Father of Alexander.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If conquered realms or power from death could save

Page No:

p.132

Poem Title:

V. On Henry the Second, King England.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Wind gentle evergreen to form a shade

Page No:

p.132

Poem Title:

III. On Sophocles.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

He who in pious times undaunted stood

Page No:

p.133

Poem Title:

VI. On the Marquis of Winchelsea:

Attribution:

By Mr. Dryden.

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

O last and best of Scots who didst maintain

Page No:

p.133

Poem Title:

VII. On Lord Viscount Dundee.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. Dryden]

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

So fair so young so innocent so sweet

Page No:

pp.133-134

Poem Title:

VIII. On a young Lady of Norfolk:

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. Dryden]

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Though Britain's genius hung her drooping head

Page No:

pp.134-135

Poem Title:

IX. On Captain Grenville:

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. Lord Lyttleton]

Attributed To:

George Lyttelton

First Line:

Ye weeping muses graces virtues tell

Page No:

p.134

Poem Title:

IX. On Captain Grenville:

Attribution:

By Lord Lyttleton.

Attributed To:

George Lyttelton

First Line:

Made to engage all hearts and charm all eyes

Page No:

p.135

Poem Title:

XI. On Lady Lyttleton:

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. Lyttleton]

Attributed To:

George Lyttelton

First Line:

Underneath this sable hearse

Page No:

p.135

Poem Title:

XII. On the Countess Dowager of Pembroke:

Attribution:

By Ben Johnson

Attributed To:

Benjamin Jonson

First Line:

From life's superfluous cares enlarged

Page No:

pp.136-137

Poem Title:

XV. From the Latin of Cowley on himself:

Attribution:

Translated by Addison.

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

What needs my Shakespeare for his honoured bones

Page No:

p.136

Poem Title:

XIV. On Shakespear:

Attribution:

By Milton.

Attributed To:

John Milton

First Line:

Underneath this stone doth lie

Page No:

p.136

Poem Title:

XIII.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. Ben Jonson]

Attributed To:

Benjamin Jonson

First Line:

This Sheffield raised the sacred dust below

Page No:

p.137

Poem Title:

XVI. Intended for Dryden.

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Thy relics Rowe to this sad shrine we trust

Page No:

p.137

Poem Title:

XVII. On Mr. Rowe.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. Pope]

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Of manners gentle of affections mild

Page No:

p.138

Poem Title:

XIX. On Mr. Gay:

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. Pope]

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

This modest stone what few vain marbles can

Page No:

p.138

Poem Title:

XVIII. On Mr. Fenton:

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. Pope]

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Ye muses weep ye sons of Phoebus mourn

Page No:

p.139

Poem Title:

XXI. On Mr. Pope:

Attribution:

By Mr. Rolt.

Attributed To:

Richard Rolt

First Line:

Nobles and heralds by your leave

Page No:

p.139

Poem Title:

XXII. Mr. Prior's Epitaph:

Attribution:

By Himself.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Life is a jest and all things show it

Page No:

p.139

Poem Title:

XXIII. Mr. Gay's Epitaph:

Attribution:

By Himself. [i.e. Gay]

Attributed To:

John Gay

First Line:

Heroes and kings your distance keep

Page No:

p.139

Poem Title:

XX. Mr. Pope's own Epitaph.

Attribution:

Mr. Pope's

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Death by a conduct strange and new

Page No:

p.140

Poem Title:

XXVII. On one who died of the Hyp.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies the lyric who with tale and song

Page No:

p.140

Poem Title:

XXIV. On Tom D'Urfey.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Butler needy wretch was still alive

Page No:

p.140

Poem Title:

XXV. On the Monument to Butler's Memory, erected in Westminster-Abbey.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To me 'tis given to die to thee 'tis given

Page No:

p.140

Poem Title:

XXVI.

Attribution:

Prior on himself.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Come let us rejoice merry boys at his fall

Page No:

p.141

Poem Title:

XXIX. On the Parson of a Country Parish.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies within his tomb so calm

Page No:

p.141

Poem Title:

XXX. On the Clerk of the same Parish.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Stranger behold the mighty Hector's tomb

Page No:

p.141

Poem Title:

XXVIII. Inscription on an Urn at Lord Corke's: To the Memory of the Dog Hector.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Beneath this stone lies Catherine Gray

Page No:

p.142

Poem Title:

XXXI. On an old Woman who sold Pots at Chester.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here into the dust

Page No:

p.142

Poem Title:

XXXII. To the pye-house Memory of Nell Batchelour - the Oxford Pye Woman.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Lie heavy on him earth for he

Page No:

p.142

Poem Title:

XXXIII. On Sir John Vanbrugh, the Poet and Architect.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A monster in a course of vice grown old

Page No:

p.143

Poem Title:

XXXIV. Posthumous Fame.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies a wretch midst other clay

Page No:

p.143

Poem Title:

XXXVI. On a Miser married to a Coquette.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Beneath this verdant hillock lies

Page No:

p.143

Poem Title:

XXXV. Epitaph on a Miser.

Attribution:

By Dr. Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

Beneath this silent stone is laid

Page No:

p.144

Poem Title:

XXXVIII. On an Old Maid.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies the body of Mary Sextone

Page No:

p.144

Poem Title:

XL. On a Woman who had three husbands.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies the quintessence of noise and strife

Page No:

p.144

Poem Title:

XXXIX. On a scolding Wife, who died in her Sleep.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Subdued by death here death's great herald lies

Page No:

p.144

Poem Title:

XXXVII. On an Undertaker.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here I lie Martin Elton-broad

Page No:

p.145

Poem Title:

XLII. On a Scotch-man.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies interred beneath these stones

Page No:

p.145

Poem Title:

XLI. On a Welch-man, killed by a Fall from his Horse.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Where Drake first found there last he lost his fame

Page No:

p.145

Poem Title:

XLIII. On Sir Francis Drake, drowned at Sea.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

He first deceased she for a little tried

Page No:

p.145

Poem Title:

XLIV. On the Death of Sir Albertus and Lady Morton:

Attribution:

By Sir Henry Wotton.

Attributed To:

Sir Henry Wotton

First Line:

Fair marble tell to future days

Page No:

p.146

Poem Title:

XLVI. On two Twin-Sisters.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here sleep whom neither life nor love

Page No:

p.146

Poem Title:

XLV. On a Man and his Wife, buried in the same Tomb.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Were there on earth another voice like thine

Page No:

p.146

Poem Title:

XLVII. On the Picture of Mrs. Arabella Hunt, drawn after her Death, playing on the Lute.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Of gentle race his parents' only treasure

Page No:

p.147

Poem Title:

XLVIII. On a young Gentleman.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here rests a woman good without pretence

Page No:

p.147

Poem Title:

L. On Mrs. Corbet - who died of a Cancer in her Breast.

Attribution:

By the same.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

To this sad shrine whoever thou art draw near

Page No:

p.147

Poem Title:

XLIX. On the Hon. Simon Harcourt:

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Here Withers rest thou bravest gentlest mind

Page No:

p.148

Poem Title:

LI. On General Withers:

Attribution:

By the same.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Statesman yet friend to truth of soul sincere

Page No:

p.148

Poem Title:

LII. On Mr. Craggs:

Attribution:

By the same [i.e. Pope]

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Approach ye wise of soul with awe divine

Page No:

p.149

Poem Title:

LV. On Sir Isaac Newton.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

His generous mind's to latest ages known

Page No:

p.149

Poem Title:

LIV. On Dr. Mead.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Stay traveler for all you want is near

Page No:

p.149

Poem Title:

LIII. On Cardinal Richelieu.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Dear to the wise and good beneath this stone

Page No:

pp.150-151

Poem Title:

LIX. On Mr. Aikman and his Son:

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. Mallet]

Attributed To:

David Mallet

First Line:

This humble grave though no proud structure grace

Page No:

p.150

Poem Title:

LVIII. On a young Lady:

Attribution:

By Mr. Mallet.

Attributed To:

David Mallet

First Line:

Nature and nature's laws lay hid in night

Page No:

p.150

Poem Title:

LVI. On the same.

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Here lies the great false marble tell me where

Page No:

p.150

Poem Title:

LVII.

Attribution:

From Cowley.

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

Here innocence and beauty lie whose breath

Page No:

p.151

Poem Title:

LX. On a young Lady.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To the dark and silent tomb

Page No:

pp.151-152

Poem Title:

LXII. On an Infant.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Children are snatched away sometimes

Page No:

p.151

Poem Title:

LXI. On the young Lord Mount-Cashel:

Attribution:

By Mrs. Barber.

Attributed To:

Mary Barber

First Line:

Beneath a sleeping infant lies

Page No:

p.152

Poem Title:

LXIII. Another.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Philips whose touch harmonious could remove

Page No:

pp.152-153

Poem Title:

LXIV. On Claudius Philips, an excellent Musician, at Bridgenorth, Salop.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

How sleep the brave who sink to rest

Page No:

153

Poem Title:

LXVI. Written in the Year 1745:

Attribution:

By Mr. Collins.

Attributed To:

William Collins

First Line:

Here rests his head upon the lap of earth

Page No:

p.153

Poem Title:

LXV.

Attribution:

By Mr. Gray.

Attributed To:

Thomas Gray

First Line:

As she was once few of her sex you'll see

Page No:

p.154

Poem Title:

LXVIII. Epitaph on a young Lady.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Stay Christian stay nor let thy pride disdain

Page No:

p.154

Poem Title:

LXVII. In a Country Church-yard - on a young Woman who fell a Sacrifice to the Infidelity of her Lover.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Removed from all the pains and cares of life

Page No:

p.155

Poem Title:

LXX. To the Memory of Mrs. Catherine Shuckburg, who died at Bath, March 22, 1764

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Unmarked by trophies of the great and vain

Page No:

p.155

Poem Title:

LXIX. To the Memory of his Ancestors:

Attribution:

By Mr. N--gent.

Attributed To:

Robert Nugent

First Line:

Here lies a sceptic long in doubt

Page No:

p.156

Poem Title:

LXXII. On a libertine Gamester.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

While George in sorrow bows his laurelled head

Page No:

p.156

Poem Title:

LXXI. On General Wolfe: In the Church of Westeram, in Kent - where he was born, 1727.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Three lovely nymphs contending for the prize

Page No:

p.157

Poem Title:

From the Greek. I. The Rival Beauties: From Rufinus.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hence foolish calf thy cries refrain

Page No:

p.158

Poem Title:

V. On the Statue of a Cow, by Myron.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Did Jove descend and thus unveil

Page No:

p.158

Poem Title:

IV. On the Statue of Jupiter, by Phidias.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To stop the Persian monarch's way

Page No:

p.158.2

Poem Title:

III. On Leonidas and his 300 Spartans.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whilst from the flames of Troy through hostile spears

Page No:

p.158

Poem Title:

II. Aeneas and Anchises: Literally translated.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As Pedro stalked around his house

Page No:

p.159

Poem Title:

IX. The Miser and the Mouse.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Celsus nor gave me puge nor clyster

Page No:

p.159

Poem Title:

VIII. An Epitaph.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

For wealth ye thieves some statelier house explore

Page No:

p.159

Poem Title:

X.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If by your beard your wisdom you would show

Page No:

p.159

Poem Title:

VII. On an affected Philosopher.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When screech owls scream their note portends

Page No:

p.159

Poem Title:

VI. On a bad Singer.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

An hero bold in war here finds his grave

Page No:

p.160

Poem Title:

XIII. Epitaph on Timocritus.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Great Jove this one petition

Page No:

p.160

Poem Title:

XII. The Prayer of a wise Heathen.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In youth by cheerless poverty oppressed

Page No:

p.160

Poem Title:

XI.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thus to her much loved virtuous lord

Page No:

pp.160-161

Poem Title:

From the Latin. XIV. Martial, Lib. i. Ep. 14. Arria and Paetus.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

You often wonder what the devil

Page No:

pp.161-162

Poem Title:

XV. Martial, Lib. iii. Ep. 44. modernised. The impertinent Poet.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

With you dear Tom I'd often spend the day

Page No:

p.162

Poem Title:

XVI. Martial, Lib. ii. Ep. 5.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Yes I submit my lord you've gained your end

Page No:

p.162

Poem Title:

XVII. Lib. ii. Ep. 41.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Diaulus late who void of skill

Page No:

p.163

Poem Title:

XXI. Lib. i. Ep. 47. paraphrased.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hal says he's poor in hopes you'll say he's not

Page No:

p.163

Poem Title:

XIX. Lib. viii. Ep. 19.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Of last night's wine you say Acerra stinks

Page No:

p.163

Poem Title:

XX. Lib. i. Ep. 29. literally translated.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Though pappa and mamma my dear

Page No:

p.163

Poem Title:

XVIII. Martial, Lib. i. Ep. 101. To an affected Old Maid.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Parson tis false I'll never believe

Page No:

pp.164-165

Poem Title:

XXIII. Martial, Lib. ii. Ep. 53. Advice to a Chaplain: - Familiarised in the Manner of Dr. Swift.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The doctor lives by sporting with our lives

Page No:

p.164

Poem Title:

XXII.

Attribution:

From Owen's Epigrams.

Attributed To:

John Owen

First Line:

A wolf that long had ranged the wood

Page No:

pp.165-167

Poem Title:

XXIV. The Wolf and Mastiff: From Phaedrus, Lib. iii. Fab. 7. On the same subject.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A wolf and lamb one sultry day

Page No:

p.167

Poem Title:

XXV. The Wolf and the Lamb. From Phaedrus, Lib. i. Fab. I.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Britannia long her hapless fate had mourned

Page No:

pp.168-169

Poem Title:

XXXVII. On Mr. P--tt's Return to his Country-seat, in October, 1761.

Attribution:

Spoken occasionally by the young Gentlemen of a private School. [p.168]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Three monarchs now of Brunswick's honoured race

Page No:

p.168

Poem Title:

Panegyrical: [...] XXVI. On the Coronation of George the Third, Sept. 22. 1761.

Attribution:

Spoken occasionally by the young Gentlemen of a private School.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ye haughty youths of noble lineage vain

Page No:

pp.169-170

Poem Title:

XXVIII. Mr. A---n, or the Great Plebian.

Attribution:

Spoken occasionally by the young Gentlemen of a private School. [p.168]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Midst flowery meads and Avon's winding floods

Page No:

pp.170-171

Poem Title:

XXIX. On the ancient City of Bath: Written on the finishing the Circus.

Attribution:

Spoken occasionally by the young Gentlemen of a private School. [p.168]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Charmed by the magic powers of light and shade

Page No:

p.172

Poem Title:

XXX. To a Limner at Bath: Equally excellent in Portraits and Landskips.

Attribution:

Spoken occasionally by the young Gentlemen of a private School. [p.168]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

See the tall youth by partial fate decree

Page No:

p.173

Poem Title:

XXXI. To William Shenstone, Esq; at the Leafowes, 1760.

Attribution:

Spoken occasionally by the young Gentlemen of a private School. [p.168]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Is this the place where late in tonfile yew

Page No:

p.174

Poem Title:

XXXII. To M. G. Esq; On the Improvements made at M-k-t-n House in Gloucestershire - written in 1740: -- A Fragment.

Attribution:

Spoken occasionally by the young Gentlemen of a private School. [p.168]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Though justly ranked the classic wits among

Page No:

p.175

Poem Title:

XXXIV. To William M--m--th, Esq; On his Translation of Pliny's Epistles.

Attribution:

Spoken occasionally by the young Gentlemen of a private School. [p.168]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

You call it luxury when in all his glory

Page No:

p.175

Poem Title:

XXXIII. The Epicture: To W. M--lls, Esq; on a late Act of Generosity.

Attribution:

Spoken occasionally by the young Gentlemen of a private School. [p.168]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Where Tully's bust and honoured name

Page No:

p.176

Poem Title:

XXXV. On Tull's Head in Pall-Mall: To Mr. R. Dodsley, on his writing Cleone, 1756.

Attribution:

Spoken occasionally by the young Gentlemen of a private School. [p.168]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Lo every subject Berkley treats

Page No:

p.177

Poem Title:

XXVI. On the Bishop of Cloyne's Book upon Tar-Water, 1744.

Attribution:

Spoken occasionally by the young Gentlemen of a private School. [p.168]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When lovely Portia glitters at the play

Page No:

pp.177-178

Poem Title:

XXXVII. To the Right Honourable Lady Ch----, 1763.

Attribution:

Spoken occasionally by the young Gentlemen of a private School. [p.168]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Lucia was formed by heaven in courts to shine

Page No:

p.178

Poem Title:

XXXVIII. On Miss---, afterwards Lady ----, 1740.

Attribution:

Spoken occasionally by the young Gentlemen of a private School. [p.168]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Stella joins the blooming throng

Page No:

p.178

Poem Title:

XXXIX. Venus genetrix. To Mrs. ----, 1760.

Attribution:

Spoken occasionally by the young Gentlemen of a private School. [p.168]

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First Line:

Fresh as the spring and like Aurora fair

Page No:

p.179.2

Poem Title:

XLI. On the celebrated Miss ---.

Attribution:

Spoken occasionally by the young Gentlemen of a private School. [p.168]

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First Line:

Frown not Lucinda that the wandering muse

Page No:

p.179

Poem Title:

XLII. An Apology to Lucinda.

Attribution:

Spoken occasionally by the young Gentlemen of a private School. [p.168]

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First Line:

When for the prize the heavenly rivals strove

Page No:

p.179

Poem Title:

XL. on the accomplished Miss ---:

Attribution:

By a School-Boy.

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First Line:

Charmed with the empty found of pompous words

Page No:

p.180

Poem Title:

Satyrical. XLIII. The Dangler.

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First Line:

The wretch that courts the sordid great

Page No:

pp.180-181

Poem Title:

XLIV.

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First Line:

Bufo whose pride disdains to give attention

Page No:

p.181

Poem Title:

XLVI. The Impudence of Wealth.

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First Line:

Thus to the master of a house

Page No:

p.181

Poem Title:

XLV. To Avaro.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Is this the man so famed for wit

Page No:

p.182

Poem Title:

XLVII. The Test of Merit: On the Earl of Ch----.

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First Line:

Lorenzo is though much a beau

Page No:

pp.182-183

Poem Title:

XLVIII. Lorenzo, or the Man of Reading.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Varus though merely led by fashion

Page No:

pp.182-183

Poem Title:

XLIX. The Force of Fashion.

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First Line:

Bear and forbear thus preach the stoic sages

Page No:

p.184

Poem Title:

L. The fair Stoic.

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First Line:

Chloe to Chloe's foibles somewhat blind

Page No:

p.184

Poem Title:

LI. To be written in a young Lady's Milton.

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First Line:

In ancient times some hundred winters past

Page No:

p.185

Poem Title:

LII. The Heroines, or modern Memoirs.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Laura profuse as city dame can be

Page No:

pp.185-186

Poem Title:

LIII. The Oeconomist.

Attribution:

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First Line:

A man there is to all the country known

Page No:

p.186

Poem Title:

LIV. The curious Impertinent.

Attribution:

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First Line:

How dull's a country life sage Bufo cries

Page No:

p.187

Poem Title:

LV. Snip-Snap, or Town-Life and Country-Life.

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First Line:

Milo you tell me is a man of sense

Page No:

pp.187-188

Poem Title:

LVI. The Man of Sense.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Strephon in vain pursued a rural fair

Page No:

p.188

Poem Title:

Humorous. LVVII. Strephon and Blowsalind, or the Amorous 'Squire.

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First Line:

What mortal burns not with the love of fame

Page No:

pp.188-189

Poem Title:

LVIII. The Invisible: Written at College, 1747.

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First Line:

Ye solemn tribe who write and take your fees

Page No:

p.189

Poem Title:

LIX. On a Quack - who "travels by Act of Parliament."

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First Line:

Britain at length her wrath declares

Page No:

p.190

Poem Title:

LXI. War proclaimed at Brentford: Written in 1744.

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First Line:

Since first the Norman fixed his standard here

Page No:

p.190

Poem Title:

LX. Liberty in Danger - on the new Act against Swearing: Written in 1747.

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First Line:

The Bucks had dined and deep in council sat

Page No:

p.191

Poem Title:

LXII. An Incident in high Life.

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First Line:

As a west country mayor with formal address

Page No:

p.192

Poem Title:

Bon Mots: Or, Old Stories. [...] LXIII.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Old South a witty churchman reckoned

Page No:

p.192

Poem Title:

LXIV. A Court Audience.

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First Line:

As Dick and Tom in fierce dispute engage

Page No:

p.193

Poem Title:

LXVII. The empty Gun.

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First Line:

As honest Richard a substantial clown

Page No:

p.193

Poem Title:

LXVI. A Clown's Apology to the Doctor.

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First Line:

In heat of youth poor Jack engaged a wife

Page No:

pp.193-194

Poem Title:

LXVIII. The Alternative.

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First Line:

Sir Godfrey and Radcliffe had one common way

Page No:

p.193

Poem Title:

LXV. On a Dispute between Dr. Radcliffe and Sir Godfrey Kneller.

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First Line:

Abel prescribe thyself trust not another

Page No:

p.194

Poem Title:

LXIX. To Doctor Abel ----: In his Sickness.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Of all the sops that plague mankind

Page No:

p.194

Poem Title:

LXX. Against Riddles.

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First Line:

What to the valiant knight of Spain

Page No:

pp.194-195

Poem Title:

LXXI. The Virtuoso.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Curio tis plain by all these motto's

Page No:

p.195

Poem Title:

LXXII. The Prayer of an Humorist.

Attribution:

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First Line:

For P--tt or B--te

Page No:

p.196

Poem Title:

LXXV. Meditation in a Coffee-House: In the Manner of Dr. Swift.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Give me the thing that's pretty odd and new

Page No:

p.196

Poem Title:

LXXIII. To --- ---, Esq; Antiquary and F.R.S.

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First Line:

Truce with thy sneers thou proud insulting college

Page No:

p.196

Poem Title:

LXXIV. P-mbroke the humble to Chr-st -Church the ample; or, The Rival Colleges.

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First Line:

You imitate dean Swift you say

Page No:

pp.196-197

Poem Title:

LXXVI. On the foregoing Epigrams.

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First Line:

Freed from his academic gown

Page No:

pp.197-198

Poem Title:

LXXVII. The Impertinence of the Critics.

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First Line:

Of sufferings past why thus complain

Page No:

p.198

Poem Title:

LXXVIII. To an Old Maid.

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First Line:

When I the busy fruitless cares

Page No:

p.198

Poem Title:

LXXIX.

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First Line:

Joy of her friends her parents' only pride

Page No:

p.199

Poem Title:

LXXXI. On the Death of a fine Girl of nine Years old: To Mrs. Cr---.

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First Line:

This babbling stream not uninstructive flows

Page No:

p.199

Poem Title:

LXXX. Under an Hour-Glass, in a Grotto near the Water.

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First Line:

To mark her Shakespeare's worth and Britain's love

Page No:

p.199

Poem Title:

LXXXII. On erecting a Monument to Shakespear, under the Direction of Mr. Pope, Lord Burlington, &c.

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First Line:

Over A---n's dust what needs this pious care

Page No:

p.200

Poem Title:

LXXXIII. On the Pyramidical Mausoleum erected for R---h A---n, Esq; in Cl---t--n Church-yard, 1764.

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