The festoon: a collection of epigrams, ancient and modern [T86180]

DMI number:

1171

Publication Date:

1767

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

T86180

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW114630405

Shelfmark:

BOD (OC) 280 o.475

Full Title:

THE FESTOON: | A COLLECTION of EPIGRAMS, | ANCIENT and MODERN. | [2 columns] [column 1] PANEGYRICAL, | SATYRICAL, | AMOROUS, | [/column 1] [column 2] MORAL, | HUMOROUS, | MONUMENTAL. [/column 2] | WITH AN | ESSAY on that Species of COMPOSITION. | [rule] | [epigraph] | [rule] | The SECOND EDITION, considerably augmented. | [ornament] |l LONDON: Printed for Mess. ROBINSON and ROBERTS in Pater- | noster Row, and W. FREDERICK at Bath. 1767.

Epigraph:

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

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Miscellaneous collection and Collection including prose

Format:

Duodecimo

Pagination:

xxiv, 213, [3]p.

Bibliographic details:

2nd edition

Comments:

CONTENTS: Title-page [2]; Dedication [2]; Table of contents [v-viii] Preface [ix-xii]; Prose essay 'On the Nature of the Epigram' [xiii-xxiv] including verse fragments; Epigrams Book I. Panegyrical [1-26]; Book II. Satyrical [27-58]; Book III. Amorous [59-82]; Book IV. Moral [83-105]; Book V. Humorous [106-128]; Book VI. Monumental [129-154]; 'Miscellaneous Epigrams or, Poems of an Epigrammatical Turn' [156-213]. Advertisemets [3p.] HALF-TITLE: MISCELLANEOUS | EPIGRAMS: OR, | POEMS | OF AN | EPIGRAMMATICAL TURN. | By the EDITOR. | [epigraph] | The Second EDITION, with ADDITIONS. | [ornament] | - PUERIQUE CREPUNDIA GESTANT.

Other matter:

Prefatory matter: Title-page; Dedication; Table of contents [4]; Preface [4]; Prose essay 'On the Nature of the Epigram' [12]. End matter: Advertisements for 'The Amaranth', 'Essays on Husbandry', 'The History of the Life of Gustavus Adolphus'.

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Title:

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

Publication Date:

1766

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Volume:

1 of 1

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The festoon: a collection of epigrams, ancient and modern [T86181] [ECCO]

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1780

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Mrs. Crayle

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Editor:

Richard Graves

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Publisher:

Mr. Roberts

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T86180

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William Frederick

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First Line:

Celsus takes off by dint of skill

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xviii

Poem Title:

On a pilfering Quack.

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First Line:

Feed on my flocks feed void of care

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xix

Poem Title:

[no title]

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Not attributed

First Line:

Cursed be the verse how well so ever it flow

Page No:

xxiv

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:

Panegyrical. From The Greek. On Plutarch's Statue.

Attribution:

By Mr. Dryden.

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Still in our ears Andromache complains

Page No:

p.2

Poem Title:

On Homer.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The very bees O sweet Menander hung

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p.2

Poem Title:

On Menander.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

When Radcliffe fell afflicted physic cried

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p.2

Poem Title:

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

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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:

On the Statue of Venus by Praxiteles.

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First Line:

The sculptor's art can brass with life inspire

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p.3

Poem Title:

On the Statue of Alexander.

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First Line:

To stone the gods have changed her but in vain

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p.3

Poem Title:

On the Statue of Niobe.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Is there a friend like those distinguished few

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pp.3-4

Poem Title:

Epig. 40.

Attribution:

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

Attributed To:

William Hay

First Line:

That you like Thrasea or like Cato great

Page No:

p.3

Poem Title:

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:

From Martial.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Porcia heard with grief her lord was dead

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p.4

Poem Title:

Ep. 43.

Attribution:

by Mr. Hay.

Attributed To:

William Hay

First Line:

Wouldst thou by Attic taste approved

Page No:

p.4

Poem Title:

Lib. 4. Ep. 87.

Attribution:

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

Attributed To:

John Hoadly

First Line:

A drop of amber from the weeping plant

Page No:

p.5

Poem Title:

Lib. VI. Ep. 15.

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Not attributed

First Line:

A handsome treat a piece of gold or so

Page No:

p.5

Poem Title:

From Martial.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

On Edward's brow no laurels cast a shade

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p.5

Poem Title:

Under the Statue of Edward VI. at St. Thomas's Hospital.

Attribution:

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First Line:

When Egypt's host God's chosen tribe pursued

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p.5

Poem Title:

On God's Omnipotence.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Should nature's self invade the world again

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pp.5-6

Poem Title:

To King Charles I. on his Navy.

Attribution:

By Mr. Waller.

Attributed To:

Edmund Waller

First Line:

Vain Greece consult no more or haughty Rome

Page No:

pp.6-7

Poem Title:

On the Death of King William.

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:

p.6

Poem Title:

To the Author of the foregoing.

Attribution:

By Mr. Waller.

Attributed To:

Edmund Waller

First Line:

Commerce and peace restored each sea his own

Page No:

pp.7-8

Poem Title:

On the Death of King George I.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thy guardian blessed Britannia scorns to sleep

Page No:

p.7

Poem Title:

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

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:

Those arms which now for centuries had braved

Page No:

p.8

Poem Title:

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:

pp.8-9

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.9

Poem Title:

On the Temple of English Worthies at Stow.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Three poets in three distant ages born

Page No:

p.9

Poem Title:

On Milton.

Attribution:

By Mr. Dryden.

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Fair nature's sweet simplicity

Page No:

p.9

Poem Title:

To Mr. West, at Wickham.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. Lyttleton]

Attributed To:

George Lyttelton

First Line:

The powerful name whose princely meaning shows

Page No:

p.10

Poem Title:

To a Lady -- Allied to the Royal Family.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Great Homer's birth seven rival cities claim

Page No:

p.10

Poem Title:

On Shakespeare's Monument, at Stratford upon Avon.

Attribution:

By Mr. Seward.

Attributed To:

Thomas Seward

First Line:

No pleasure now from Nicolini's tongue

Page No:

pp.11-12

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whilst haughty Gallia's dames that spread

Page No:

p.11

Poem Title:

To an English Lady at Paris.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

When Cupid did his grandsire Jove entreat

Page No:

p.11

Poem Title:

On Miss Biddy Floyd.

Attribution:

By Dr. Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

A bard grown desirous of saving his pelf

Page No:

p.12

Poem Title:

On a little House built by a poetical Gentleman.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

So much dear Pope thy English Iliad charms

Page No:

pp.12-13

Poem Title:

To Mr. Pope on his Translation of Homer.

Attribution:

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First Line:

This charming bed of flowers when Flora spied

Page No:

p.12

Poem Title:

On Flowers embroidered by a young Lady.

Attribution:

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First Line:

When famed Varelst this little wonder drew

Page No:

p.12

Poem Title:

A Flower painted by Varelst.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Argyle his praise when Southerne wrote

Page No:

p.13

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When first the Tatler to a mute was turned

Page No:

pp.13-14

Poem Title:

On the Spectator.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If the old Samian doctrine of spirits be true

Page No:

p.13

Poem Title:

To the right hon. Arthur, Earl of Anglesey,

Attribution:

By Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

Tis not the splendor of the place

Page No:

pp.14-15

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

When the seals were delivered to Macclesfield's charge

Page No:

p.14

Poem Title:

On the Earl of Macclesfield.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Accept a miracle instead of wit

Page No:

p.15

Poem Title:

Written on a Glass with the Earl of Chesterfield's Diamond Pencil.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

O thou who with a happy genius born

Page No:

p.15

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Sure heaven's unerring voice decreed of old

Page No:

pp.15-16

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

It puzzles much the sages' brains

Page No:

p.16.

Poem Title:

On Lord Cobham's Gardens.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

While here the poet paints the charms

Page No:

p.16

Poem Title:

Written in "The Fables for the Female Sex."

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Your compliments dear lady pray forbear

Page No:

p.16

Poem Title:

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 captivates my sight

Page No:

p.17

Poem Title:

On the same.

Attribution:

By the hon. Mr. H.--

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The inspiring muses and the god of love

Page No:

p.17

Poem Title:

Wit and Beauty.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Here shunning idleness at once and praise

Page No:

p.17

Poem Title:

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.18

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The noble art from Cadmus took its rise

Page No:

pp.18-19

Poem Title:

On the Invention of Letters. From the French.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Though mean thy rank yet in thy humble cell

Page No:

p.18

Poem Title:

Under the Picture of a musical Mechanic.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Scotland's queen her native realms expelled

Page No:

p.18

Poem Title:

On the Duke of Devonshire's Seat in Debryshire.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Some for the ancients zealously declare

Page No:

p.19

Poem Title:

Parallel between the Antients and Moderns.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The raven rook and pert jackdaw

Page No:

p.19

Poem Title:

To Mr. Pope on his Dunciad.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Heaven first taught letters for some wretch's aid

Page No:

p.19

Poem Title:

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.20

Poem Title:

On the Earl of Dorset.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Lo Swift to idiots bequeaths his store

Page No:

p.20

Poem Title:

On the same

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The dean must die our idiots to maintain

Page No:

p.20

Poem Title:

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.20

Poem Title:

On Love and Friendship.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

True wit is like the brilliant stone

Page No:

pp.20-21

Poem Title:

On Wit.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

With virtue strong as yours had Eve been armed

Page No:

p.20

Poem Title:

Written in a Lady's Milton.

Attribution:

From Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

High on the list of fame while Newton stands

Page No:

pp.21-22

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

O nature when thy sovereign power we see

Page No:

p.21

Poem Title:

The Stage's Acknowledgment.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To you a tribute from each muse is due

Page No:

p.21

Poem Title:

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.21

Poem Title:

To Mrs. Robinson, a celebrated Actress.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

For twice nine centuries why has partial fame

Page No:

p.22

Poem Title:

On the Augustan Age.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Swift for the ancients has argued so well

Page No:

p.22

Poem Title:

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:

pp.22-23

Poem Title:

In Praise of Mead.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Advice Cosmelia by the wise is loved

Page No:

p.23

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Chloe no more unjustly fear

Page No:

p.23

Poem Title:

To a Lady -- on her Recovery from the Small-Pox.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When we'd exalt some heavenly fair

Page No:

p.23

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Kneller take heed for vast is the design

Page No:

p.24

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The greatest monarch may be stabbed by night

Page No:

p.24

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. Swift]

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

You always are making a god of your spouse

Page No:

p.24

Poem Title:

To a fine Woman, too fond of praising her Husband.

Attribution:

By Dr. Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

In Anna's wars immortal Churchill rose

Page No:

p.25

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

While malice Pope denies thy page

Page No:

p.25

Poem Title:

To Mr. Pope.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The preacher's looks when Roscius eyed

Page No:

p.26

Poem Title:

** To Mr. Garrick.

Attribution:

By the Rev. Mr. Fr-mpt-n.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Democritus dear droll revisit earth

Page No:

p.[27]-28

Poem Title:

Book II. Satyrical. From the Greek:

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

I know not whether in Narcissus' glass

Page No:

p.28

Poem Title:

From the Latin of Buchanan.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The Lydian prince is blamed for wealth alone

Page No:

p.28

Poem Title:

Croesus and Diogenes.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

The verses friend which thou hast read are mine

Page No:

p.28

Poem Title:

Lib. i. Ep. 39.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Her father dead alone no grief she knows

Page No:

p.28

Poem Title:

Martial, Lib. i. Ep. 34.

Attribution:

By Mr. Hay.

Attributed To:

William Hay

First Line:

Thrice twenty years you've seen your grass made hay

Page No:

p.29

Poem Title:

Ep. 79.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

You ask me why I have no verses sent

Page No:

p.29

Poem Title:

Lib. vii. Ep. 3

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

You say you nothing owe and so I say

Page No:

p.29

Poem Title:

Lib. ii. Ep. 39

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

You're fine and ridicule my threadbare gown

Page No:

p.29

Poem Title:

Ep. 58.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

With lace bedizened comes the man

Page No:

p.29

Poem Title:

Lib. iv. Ep. 78.

Attribution:

By Dr. Hoadley.

Attributed To:

John Hoadly

First Line:

Oh the degenerate age great Tully cried

Page No:

p.30

Poem Title:

Lib. ix. Ep. 71.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

My works the reader and the hearer praise

Page No:

p.30

Poem Title:

Lib. ix. Ep. 82.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When in the dark on thy soft hand I hung

Page No:

p.30

Poem Title:

Ep. 100.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When dukes in town ask thee to dine

Page No:

p.30

Poem Title:

Ep. 75.

Attribution:

By Dr. Hoadley.

Attributed To:

John Hoadly

First Line:

Thy hair and beard are of a different dye

Page No:

p.31

Poem Title:

Lib. xii. Ep. 54.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

See how the wandering Danube flows

Page No:

p.31

Poem Title:

On the River Danube:

Attribution:

By Dr. Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

My lord complains that Pope stark mad with gardens

Page No:

p.31

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Scorned by the wise detested by the good

Page No:

p.32

Poem Title:

A Character of an Old Rake.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tell me from whom fat headed Scot

Page No:

p.32

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

Dr. Wynter

Attributed To:

John Wynter

First Line:

My system doctor is my own

Page No:

pp.32-33

Poem Title:

Dr. Cheyney to Dr. Wynter.

Attribution:

Dr. Cheyney

Attributed To:

George Cheyne

First Line:

Quoth Nash to the clock stand out of my way

Page No:

p.33

Poem Title:

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:

Immortal Newton never spoke

Page No:

p.33

Poem Title:

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:

Lycurgus of Bath

Page No:

pp.33-34

Poem Title:

** To Mr. Derrick. On some Regulations relative to the Ladies Dress:

Attribution:

By Mr. G-rrick-

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

Behold a witty foolish king

Page No:

p.34

Poem Title:

On the Picture of King Charles II.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Now Europe's balanced neither side prevails

Page No:

p.34

Poem Title:

The Balance.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Should this pigmy of Bath

Page No:

p.34

Poem Title:

** The Answer:

Attribution:

By a Lady--

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The author sure must take great pains

Page No:

p.34

Poem Title:

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

Page No:

p.35

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Ilion rose to grace the fair design

Page No:

p.35

Poem Title:

On a fine Seat unfinished.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Who can on this picture look

Page No:

p.35

Poem Title:

On the Duchess of Portsmouth's Picture.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Cries Sylvia to a reverend dean

Page No:

p.36

Poem Title:

A smart Repartee.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Full oft doth Mat with Topaz dine

Page No:

p.36

Poem Title:

In Chaucer's Style.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thy nags the leanest things alive

Page No:

p.36

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

By the same. [previous poem unattributed]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To John I owed great obligation

Page No:

p.36

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

From Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Well sir suppose the bust is a damned head

Page No:

p.37

Poem Title:

Extempore --

Attribution:

By Lord B--.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Winged by the muse's god to rise sublime

Page No:

p.37

Poem Title:

Friendly Advice to Mr. Pope.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ye little wits that gleamed awhile

Page No:

p.37

Poem Title:

The Fate of Envy.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Burnet and Ducket friends in spite

Page No:

p.38

Poem Title:

Par nobile fratrum.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Carlo you say writes well suppose it true

Page No:

p.38

Poem Title:

The Mutual Vouchers.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Moore always smiles whenever he recites

Page No:

p.38

Poem Title:

The Plagiary.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tis generous Tibbald in thee and thy brothers

Page No:

p.38

Poem Title:

On Shakespear restored.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Dear W---d mark in dirty hole

Page No:

p.39

Poem Title:

On an obscure Writer.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Mind but thy preaching Trapp translate no further

Page No:

p.39

Poem Title:

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.39

Poem Title:

On the Grubstreet Writers.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Since the laureat quoth Dactyl is cruelly bent

Page No:

p.39

Poem Title:

Answer.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Equal to Virgil it may perhaps

Page No:

p.40

Poem Title:

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.40

Poem Title:

On a bad Translation.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Philemon with translations does so fill us

Page No:

p.40

Poem Title:

On the Translation of Suetonius. By Dr. Philemon Holland.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thy verses are eternal oh my friend

Page No:

p.40

Poem Title:

On a certain Poet.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If at his title T-- had dropped his quill

Page No:

p.40

Poem Title:

On the same: --

Attribution:

From Dr. Young.

Attributed To:

Edward Young

First Line:

Thou art so witty profligate and thin

Page No:

p.40

Poem Title:

To Mr. Voltaire, on his censuring Milton's Allegy of Death and Sin.

Attribution:

By Dr. Young.

Attributed To:

Edward Young

First Line:

Had Marlborough's troops in Gaul no better fought

Page No:

p.41

Poem Title:

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.41

Poem Title:

On a Company of bad Dancers to good Music.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Nigrinus leads a married life

Page No:

p.41

Poem Title:

On Mr. Cornelius Marten.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Old Orpheus played so well he moved old Nick

Page No:

p.41

Poem Title:

To a bad Fidler.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The minnows as through this vast arch they pass

Page No:

p.41

Poem Title:

** On the same. Extempore --

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

The lofty arch his high ambition shows

Page No:

p.41

Poem Title:

On the Bridge at Blenheim.

Attribution:

By Dr. Evans.

Attributed To:

Abel Evans

First Line:

Fabius you say is much inclined

Page No:

p.42

Poem Title:

On a bad Painter.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

How wretched does Prometheus' state appear

Page No:

p.42

Poem Title:

Prometheus ill-painted.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Indulgent nature on each kind bestows

Page No:

p.42

Poem Title:

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.42-43

Poem Title:

The Antidote.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Beauty is but a short-lived flower

Page No:

pp.43-44

Poem Title:

Short-liv'd Beauty.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Selinda sure's the brightest thing

Page No:

p.43

Poem Title:

On the same Subject.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

From morn to night from day to day

Page No:

p.44

Poem Title:

The Female Prattler.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In church the prayer book and the fan displayed

Page No:

p.44

Poem Title:

The Fate of Artifice.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Bright as the day and as the morning fair

Page No:

p.44

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

By Lord Lansdown.

Attributed To:

George Granville

First Line:

Chloe a coquet in her prime

Page No:

p.45

Poem Title:

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.45

Poem Title:

To a painted Lady.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Sylvia methinks you are unfit

Page No:

p.45

Poem Title:

Ill judged Expence.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Your homely face Flippanta you disguise

Page No:

p.45

Poem Title:

On a homely Lady that patched much.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A lord that talked of late with idle scorn

Page No:

p.46

Poem Title:

** Of Cursing Cuckolds.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. Harington]

Attributed To:

Sir John Harington

First Line:

Fair rich and young how rare is her perfection

Page No:

p.46

Poem Title:

** Of a fair Shrew --

Attribution:

By Sir John Harington. 1588.

Attributed To:

Sir John Harington

First Line:

Poor Cinna keeps his wife a maiden cook

Page No:

p.46

Poem Title:

** Of Cinna.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. Harington]

Attributed To:

Sir John Harington

First Line:

So bright is thy beauty so charming thy song

Page No:

p.46

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

By Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

Cosmelia's charms inspire my lays

Page No:

p.47

Poem Title:

On an ancient Gentlewoman who painted.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Could our first father at his toilsome plough

Page No:

p.47

Poem Title:

On a Modern Fine Lady.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If without gold salvation can't be bought

Page No:

p.47

Poem Title:

On Indulgences at Rome.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

No more o Rome thy modern creed defend

Page No:

p.47

Poem Title:

On Wedlock.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A nymph and a swain to Apollo once prayed

Page No:

p.48

Poem Title:

The Oracle.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A poet late of no ignoble fame

Page No:

p.48

Poem Title:

** From a Pane of Glass at the Swan in Birmingham.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thou wilt fight if any man call Phoebe whore

Page No:

p.48

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Though Garth had wit than polished steel more bright

Page No:

p.48

Poem Title:

** An Answer.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Behold Dutch prince here lie the unconquered pair

Page No:

p.49

Poem Title:

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.49

Poem Title:

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:

p.49

Poem Title:

Effectual Malice.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Lie Philo untouched on my peaceable shelf

Page No:

p.49

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

From Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Poor Job lost all the comforts of his life

Page No:

p.50

Poem Title:

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.50

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

While faster than his costive brain indites

Page No:

p.50

Poem Title:

The Scribbler.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. Prior]

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

A-- they say has wit for what

Page No:

p.50

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

By Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

Thou speakest always ill of me

Page No:

p.50

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

From Buchanan.

Attributed To:

George Buchanan

First Line:

I charge thee knight in great Apollo's name

Page No:

p.51

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Oh cried Arsenia long in wedlock blessed

Page No:

pp.51-52

Poem Title:

Woman's Resolution.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Sternhold and Hopkins had great qualms

Page No:

p.51

Poem Title:

** On a wretched Psalm-singer.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

We men have many faults

Page No:

p.51

Poem Title:

A Compliment to the Ladies.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Yes every poet is a fool

Page No:

p.51

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

From Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Let age and envious time do what they will

Page No:

p.52

Poem Title:

On an affected Old Maid.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Though Artemisia talks by fits

Page No:

p.52

Poem Title:

On a Fair Pedant.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Israel's daughters mourned their past offences

Page No:

p.52

Poem Title:

The Modern Penitents.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hoary Apicius like Sicilia's mount

Page No:

p.53

Poem Title:

On an old Rake.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When on his back through hostile swords and fire

Page No:

p.53

Poem Title:

Aeneas and Creusa.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Pharaoh's sons provoked the Almighty's hand

Page No:

p.53

Poem Title:

The Scourge.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Why then that blush allay that needless fear

Page No:

p.53

Poem Title:

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:

p.54

Poem Title:

The polite Casuists.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Unhappy Chremes neighbour to a peer

Page No:

pp.54-55

Poem Title:

The fatal Victory.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

What legions of fables and whimsical tales

Page No:

p.54

Poem Title:

Bigots to Incredulity.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

What though fair nymphs your business is to play

Page No:

p.54

Poem Title:

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.55

Poem Title:

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.55

Poem Title:

On our imitating the French.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Lewis the living genius fed

Page No:

p.55

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

By Dr. Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

A Cambridge soph just freed from band and gown

Page No:

pp.56-57

Poem Title:

An honest Prejudice.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Our Q---n more anxious to be just

Page No:

p.56

Poem Title:

Answered.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The king observing with judicious eyes

Page No:

p.56

Poem Title:

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:

p.56

Poem Title:

The friendly Contest.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Had Cain been Scot God would have changed his doom

Page No:

p.57

Poem Title:

On the Barrenness of the Highlights.

Attribution:

From Cleveland.

Attributed To:

John Cleveland

First Line:

Sick of a life possessed in vain

Page No:

p.57

Poem Title:

To Cardinal Richlieu.

Attribution:

By Mons. Maynard.

Attributed To:

Francois Maynard

First Line:

A man without one feeling for his kind

Page No:

p.58

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

We thought you without titles great

Page No:

p.58

Poem Title:

To Lord ---- ---:

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Lord what a goodly thing is want of shirts

Page No:

p.58

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

** By the same - 1630. [i.e. Cleveland]

Attributed To:

John Cleveland

First Line:

No colours laid by pen on

Page No:

p.[59]

Poem Title:

From the Greek.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Two goddesses now must Cyprus adore

Page No:

p.[59]

Poem Title:

From the Greek:

Attribution:

By Dr. Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

If the quick spirit Delia in your eye

Page No:

p.60

Poem Title:

The Greek paraphrased.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If youth and beauty fade my dear

Page No:

p.60

Poem Title:

From the Greek.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Long did great Jove the weighty point debate

Page No:

p.61

Poem Title:

From the Latin of Ausonius, Epig. 105.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When from her breast chaste Arria snatched the sword

Page No:

p.61

Poem Title:

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.61

Poem Title:

From Ausonius.

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Let Rufus weep rejoice stand sit or walk

Page No:

p.62

Poem Title:

From Martial, Lib. i. Ep. 69.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

You ask me my friend what lass I'd enjoy

Page No:

p.62

Poem Title:

Lib. i. Ep. 58

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Come Chloe and give me sweet kisses

Page No:

pp.62-63

Poem Title:

Lib. vi. Ep. 34.

Attribution:

By Sir Charles Hanbury Williams.

Attributed To:

Sir Charles Hanbury Williams

First Line:

Why Celia should the dazzling fire

Page No:

pp.63-64

Poem Title:

** Conjugal Love. To Mrs. S---

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Yes I'm in love I feel it now

Page No:

p.63

Poem Title:

The Je ne scay quoi:

Attribution:

By Mr. M. Whitehead:

Attributed To:

M. Whitehead

First Line:

My love was fickle once and changing

Page No:

pp.64-65

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

** By Mr. Addison.

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

Such Helen was and who can blame the boy

Page No:

p.65

Poem Title:

Under a Lady's Picture:

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. Waller]

Attributed To:

Edmund Waller

First Line:

That which her slender waist confined

Page No:

p.65

Poem Title:

On a Lady's Girdle:

Attribution:

By Waller.

Attributed To:

Edmund Waller

First Line:

Boast not thy golden shower great Jove behold

Page No:

p.66

Poem Title:

Love-Tears.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Go lovely flower in all thy pride

Page No:

p.66

Poem Title:

** To Mrs. W-- on her putting Orange-flowers in her Bosom -- In the Style of Waller ---

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The wretch that Jove's artillery feigned so well

Page No:

p.66

Poem Title:

To a Painter, drawing a Lady's Picture.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To burning Rome when frantic Nero played

Page No:

pp.66-67

Poem Title:

To a Lady, playing on the Lute.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thus Adam looked when from the garden driven

Page No:

p.67

Poem Title:

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.67

Poem Title:

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.67

Poem Title:

The Modest Swain.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Though cheerful discreet and with freedom well bred

Page No:

p.68

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

By Mr. N-g-nt.

Attributed To:

Robert Nugent

First Line:

Mistaken fair lay Sherlock by

Page No:

p.68

Poem Title:

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.68-69

Poem Title:

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.69

Poem Title:

The Folly of Love.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The shaken tree grows faster at the root

Page No:

p.69

Poem Title:

Jealousy

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

True constancy no time no power can move

Page No:

p.69

Poem Title:

Constancy.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

None without hope ever loved the brightest fair

Page No:

p.69

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

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

Attributed To:

George Lyttelton

First Line:

Flavia the least and slightest toy

Page No:

p.69

Poem Title:

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.70

Poem Title:

A Patch upon a Lady's Face.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The wrinkled Flavia patches wears

Page No:

pp.70-71

Poem Title:

** To Chloe; on her wearing patches.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Chloe now married looks at men no more

Page No:

p.70

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

By the same [i.e. Lansdown]

Attributed To:

George Granville

First Line:

When Mira casts around her conquering eyes

Page No:

p.70

Poem Title:

On a Handkerchief worked by Mrs.---

Attribution:

By Lord Landsdown.

Attributed To:

George Granville

First Line:

Chloe's the wonder of her sex

Page No:

p.71

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

See whilst thou weepest fair Chloe see

Page No:

p.71

Poem Title:

To Cloe weeping:

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

With what strange raptures would my soul be blessed

Page No:

p.71

Poem Title:

Written in a Lady's Pocket-Book.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Lucetta's charms our hearts surprise

Page No:

p.72

Poem Title:

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.72

Poem Title:

To Mira at a Review.

Attribution:

By Lord Lansdown.

Attributed To:

George Granville

First Line:

Of two reliefs to ease a lovesick mind

Page No:

p.72

Poem Title:

The Relief:

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. Lansdown]

Attributed To:

George Granville

First Line:

Whoever thou art thy lord and master see

Page No:

p.72

Poem Title:

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:

p.72

Poem Title:

On Women:

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. Lansdown]

Attributed To:

George Granville

First Line:

Behold these waves ah never at a stay

Page No:

p.73

Poem Title:

On a Lady viewing herself in a Stream.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Forgive fair creature formed to please

Page No:

pp.73-74

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tis not the fear of death or smart

Page No:

p.73

Poem Title:

To an angry Rival.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When nymphs were coy and love could not prevail

Page No:

p.73

Poem Title:

To a Lady on her Parrot.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Belinda has such wondrous charms

Page No:

p.74

Poem Title:

The charitable Fair-one.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Poor Selinda goes to prayers

Page No:

p.74

Poem Title:

The Beauty of Innocence.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The poet and the painter safely dare

Page No:

p.74

Poem Title:

On a Lady's Picture.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Young wanton Julia flung the gathered snow

Page No:

pp.74-75

Poem Title:

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.75

Poem Title:

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.75

Poem Title:

The Amorous Contest.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The lady who this resolution took

Page No:

p.75

Poem Title:

Written on a Window, under a Vow against Matrimony.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

O Dunch if fewer with thy charms are fired

Page No:

p.75

Poem Title:

On Mrs. Dunch.

Attribution:

By Mr. Walsh.

Attributed To:

Mr. Walsh

First Line:

Godolphin's easy and unpractised air

Page No:

p.76

Poem Title:

On Lady Harriot Godolphin.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I die with sadness if the blushing fair

Page No:

pp.76-77

Poem Title:

From the French.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

See here how bright the first-born virgin shone

Page No:

p.76

Poem Title:

Written in a Lady's Milton.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

See see she wakes Sabina wakes

Page No:

p.76

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The line of Vere so long renowned in arms

Page No:

p.76

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

By Lord Halifax.

Attributed To:

Charles Montagu

First Line:

Come gentle air the Aeolian shepherd said

Page No:

p.77

Poem Title:

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 loved thee beautiful and kind

Page No:

p.77

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

By Mr. N-g-t.

Attributed To:

Robert Nugent

First Line:

Say Myra why is gentle love

Page No:

pp.77-78

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

By Lord Lyttl--n.

Attributed To:

George Lyttelton

First Line:

Lovely shines thy wedded fair

Page No:

pp.78-79

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

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

Attributed To:

Robert Nugent

First Line:

My heart still hovering round about you

Page No:

p.78

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

By Mr. N-g-t.

Attributed To:

Robert Nugent

First Line:

Why like a tyrant wilt thou reign

Page No:

p.78

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

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

Attributed To:

Robert Nugent

First Line:

Arachne once as poets tell

Page No:

p.79

Poem Title:

On a Lady's Embroidery.

Attribution:

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

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Untouched by love unmoved by wit

Page No:

p.79

Poem Title:

Written in Silvia's Prior:

Attribution:

By D. G.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

H---y would you know the passion

Page No:

p.79

Poem Title:

To a Lady H---y:

Attribution:

By Voltaire.

Attributed To:

Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire

First Line:

Brimful of anger not of love

Page No:

pp.80-81

Poem Title:

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:

Kitty's charming voice and face

Page No:

p.80

Poem Title:

The Rattle.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Soft god of sleep when next you steal

Page No:

p.80

Poem Title:

Left upon a Young ady's Toilette.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Careless by name and careless by nature

Page No:

pp.81-82

Poem Title:

** On Miss Fanny Careless.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Three goddesses of old on Ida's hill

Page No:

p.81

Poem Title:

To a Lady playing at Quadrille.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

From love and Bacchus nerve relaxing

Page No:

p.83

Poem Title:

On the Gout.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Some wicked men are rich some good men poor

Page No:

p.83

Poem Title:

From the Greek of Solon.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Mankind may rove unvexed by strife

Page No:

pp.84-85

Poem Title:

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.84

Poem Title:

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.85

Poem Title:

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.85

Poem Title:

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.86

Poem Title:

Solon's septennial Division of Time.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thou whom if faith or honour recommends

Page No:

pp.86-87

Poem Title:

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.87

Poem Title:

Lib. i. Epig. 56.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Why dost thou come great censor of the age

Page No:

p.87

Poem Title:

Martial, Lib. i. Ep. 3.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Himself he slew when he the foe would fly

Page No:

p.87

Poem Title:

Martial, Lib. ii. Ep. 80

Attribution:

By Mr. Hay.

Attributed To:

William Hay

First Line:

Thieves may break locks and with your cash retire'

Page No:

p.88

Poem Title:

Lib. v. Ep. 42.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thou true descendant of a worthy sire

Page No:

p.88

Poem Title:

Lib. vi. Ep. 25.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Your favours to me I remember well

Page No:

p.88

Poem Title:

Ep. 52.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

You tell us with a serious air

Page No:

p.89

Poem Title:

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:

pp.90-91

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Sweet solitude fair virtue's safe repose

Page No:

p.90

Poem Title:

** On a Statue of Diana Bathing -- Place in a Grove --

Attribution:

By Dr. H----n of Bath.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Live while you live the Epicure would say

Page No:

p.90

Poem Title:

[...] Alluding to his Motto, "Dum vivimus, vivamus."

Attribution:

** By Dr. Doddridge.

Attributed To:

Philip Doddridge

First Line:

Blessed be the princes who have fought

Page No:

p.91

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

From Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

May I through life's uncertain tide

Page No:

pp.91-92

Poem Title:

The Wish:

Attribution:

By Mr. Merrick.

Attributed To:

James Merrick

First Line:

Riches chance may take or give

Page No:

pp.92-93

Poem Title:

True Riches.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

See sister in this shattered glass

Page No:

p.92

Poem Title:

To a young Lady - on her breaking a Glass:

Attribution:

By her Brother.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When fortune seems to smile 'tis then I fear

Page No:

p.92

Poem Title:

Fortune:

Attribution:

By Lord Lansdown.

Attributed To:

George Granville

First Line:

When Cortez' furious legions flew

Page No:

pp.93-94

Poem Title:

The Revenge of America:

Attribution:

By Mr. Warton.

Attributed To:

Joseph Warton

First Line:

That all from Adam first begun

Page No:

p.93

Poem Title:

The Old Gentry:

Attribution:

From Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

How much are they deceived who vainly strive

Page No:

p.94

Poem Title:

Love and Jealousy.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In marriage are two happy things allowed

Page No:

pp.94-95

Poem Title:

Apology for Wedlock.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The bed unchaste the harlot's eye

Page No:

p.94

Poem Title:

On a married State.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If it be true celestial powers

Page No:

p.95

Poem Title:

The Lady's Wish.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Stella and Flavia every hour

Page No:

p.95

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

By Mr. Earl.

Attributed To:

Jabez Earle

First Line:

Love is begot by fancy bred

Page No:

p.96

Poem Title:

On Love.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The sun now clear serene the golden skies

Page No:

p.96

Poem Title:

On a Shadow.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When I revolve this evanescent state

Page No:

p.96

Poem Title:

The Mirrour.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Who has the better game still fears the end

Page No:

p.96

Poem Title:

The Game of Life.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

What a frail thing is beauty says baron le Cras

Page No:

p.96

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

From Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

The hermit's solace in his cell

Page No:

p.97

Poem Title:

What is Thought?

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When the chaste lamb is from her sisters led

Page No:

p.97

Poem Title:

The Bride.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whilst thirst of praise and vain desire of fame

Page No:

p.97

Poem Title:

The Lady's Resolve.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Would thou hadst beauty less or virtue more

Page No:

p.97

Poem Title:

The Deformity of Vice.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

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

Page No:

pp.98-99

Poem Title:

The Stage of Life.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Talk as you please of Turk and Pope but I

Page No:

p.98

Poem Title:

Neighbours!

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

This favourite maxim modern atheists boast

Page No:

p.98

Poem Title:

Superstition.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tom ever jovial ever gay

Page No:

p.98

Poem Title:

Mutual Pity.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If evils come not then our fears are vain

Page No:

p.98

Poem Title:

On Fear:

Attribution:

From Sir Thomas More.

Attributed To:

Sir Thomas More

First Line:

Irus though wanting gold and lands

Page No:

p.99

Poem Title:

True Riches.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Through servile flattery thou dost all commend

Page No:

p.99

Poem Title:

Universal Complaisance.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To curb the ambitious parsons preach

Page No:

p.99

Poem Title:

The Cure of Ambition.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Poor little pretty fluttering thing

Page No:

pp.99-100

Poem Title:

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:

pp.100-101

Poem Title:

On a Bee stifled in Honey.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

How soon frail royalty is over

Page No:

p.100

Poem Title:

On the Death of a late Queen.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

O hadst thou served the heroine all thy days

Page No:

p.100

Poem Title:

On Sir Walter Raleigh.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Boy break thy reeds and split thy useless pen

Page No:

pp.101-102

Poem Title:

Against poetical Studies: From the Latin.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hail charming power of self opinion

Page No:

p.101

Poem Title:

On Self-conceit.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Lord if our days be few why do we spend

Page No:

p.101

Poem Title:

A Cure for the Evils of Life.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Seven wealthy towns contend for Homer dead

Page No:

p.101

Poem Title:

The Poet's Fate.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Who seeks to please all men each way

Page No:

p.101

Poem Title:

Fruitless Toil.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Dear Thomas didst thou never pop

Page No:

pp.102-103

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

From Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

True poets can depress and raise

Page No:

p.102

Poem Title:

The Poet's Power.

Attribution:

From Swift--

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

Beneath these moss grown roots this rustic cell

Page No:

p.103

Poem Title:

An Inscription on an Hermitage at Lord Wesmoreland's.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whoever has travelled life's dull round

Page No:

p.103

Poem Title:

Written in an Inn, on Edge-hill.

Attribution:

By Mr. Shenstone.

Attributed To:

William Shenstone

First Line:

Nymph of the grot these sacred springs I keep

Page No:

p.103

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope. -- From the Latin.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Nor Bath nor Tunbridge can my lays inspire

Page No:

p.104

Poem Title:

** Written at Bath, by the late John, Earl of Corke, to a Friend; Who desired him to amuse himself with Poetry - on the Death of his Father.

Attribution:

Written at Bath, by the late John, Earl of Corke

Attributed To:

John Boyle

First Line:

Thou who shalt stop where Thames' translucent wave

Page No:

p.104

Poem Title:

On his own Grotto:

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Doomed to cross roads unsafe rough deep narrow

Page No:

p.105

Poem Title:

** Meditation on a Wheel-barrow--

Attribution:

By Dr. H---

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

O thou that high thy head dost bear

Page No:

p.106

Poem Title:

The Decanter: From the Greek.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A landlord of Bath put upon me a queer hum

Page No:

p.107

Poem Title:

The same imitated.

Attribution:

By Mr. W---

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

By a Ravenna vintner once betrayed

Page No:

p.107

Poem Title:

From Martial.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I offer love but thou respect wilt have

Page No:

p.107

Poem Title:

From Martial.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

These cups by Piso to his friends were given

Page No:

p.107

Poem Title:

On Mrs. Bowls - representing a Sphere.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

See sir see here's the grand approach

Page No:

pp.107-108

Poem Title:

A Description of Blenheim: Imitated from Martial --

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

When mother Douglas first I knew

Page No:

pp.108-109

Poem Title:

Martial, Lib. i. Ep. 20.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

My neighbour Hunks's house and mine

Page No:

p.108

Poem Title:

Martial, Lib. I. Ep. 87.

Attribution:

By Dr. Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

I often bow your hat you never stir

Page No:

p.109

Poem Title:

Lib. v. Ep. 66.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If for mere wantonness you buy so fast

Page No:

p.109

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Milo's from home and Milo being gone

Page No:

p.109

Poem Title:

Martial, Lib. vii. Ep. 7.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Welsh judges two four military men

Page No:

p.109

Poem Title:

Lib. vi. Ep. 8.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tis a mere nothing that you ask you cry

Page No:

p.109

Poem Title:

Lib. iii. Ep. 61.

Attribution:

By Mr. Hay.

Attributed To:

William Hay

First Line:

A doctor lately was a captain made

Page No:

p.110

Poem Title:

Ep. 74.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Both man and wife as bad as bad can be

Page No:

p.110

Poem Title:

Lib. viii. Ep. 35.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

My cause concerns not battery or treason

Page No:

p.110

Poem Title:

Lib. vi. Ep. 19.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

No dinners presents he is no man's bail

Page No:

p.110

Poem Title:

Lib. x. Ep. 18.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

What in long verse write epigrams say you

Page No:

p.110

Poem Title:

Martial, Ep. 65.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

For shame for shame Oxonians all

Page No:

pp.111-112

Poem Title:

** Written at Oxford On stealing the Body of a Girl for Dissection.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. 'Dr. H---n']

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Seven wives and in one grave there is not found

Page No:

p.111

Poem Title:

Ep. 43.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When out his bed with sickness worn

Page No:

p.111

Poem Title:

** On a thin Gentleman's presting his Exercise to the Dean of a College after an Illness, - 1745.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. 'Dr. H---n']

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Wit's judgement day is sure at hand

Page No:

p.111

Poem Title:

** To Mr. Gr--s, On his late Publication,

Attribution:

By Dr. H---n.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Stebbing and Warburton contest

Page No:

p.112

Poem Title:

** Punchinello.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

What is prudery tis a beldam

Page No:

pp.112-113

Poem Title:

Answer to a Question of Mrs. Howe.

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Pretender in the isle of egg

Page No:

p.113

Poem Title:

On the young Pretender's Landing in Scotland, - 1745.

Attribution:

By a Person of Quality.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Orpheus went down to the regions below

Page No:

pp.113-114

Poem Title:

The Power of Music:

Attribution:

From the Spanish, by Dr Lisle.

Attributed To:

Thomas Lisle

First Line:

May I presume in humble lays

Page No:

p.114

Poem Title:

On Dancing to a Lady.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Adam alone could not be easy

Page No:

pp.115-116

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

By J. S. 1731.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

It blew an hard storm and in utmost confusion

Page No:

p.115

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

By Mr. W. T.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Tom to Cambridge first was sent

Page No:

p.115

Poem Title:

The Extent of Cookery.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

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

Page No:

p.116

Poem Title:

The Choice.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ten months after Florimel happened to wed

Page No:

pp.116-117

Poem Title:

From the French.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

That speech surpasses force is no new whim

Page No:

p.116

Poem Title:

Lingua potentior armis.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

You dare not marry friend you own

Page No:

p.116

Poem Title:

A Common Case.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

My sickly spouse with many a sigh

Page No:

p.117

Poem Title:

True Fortitude.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Loveless married lady Jenny

Page No:

p.117

Poem Title:

A prudent Choice.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Her bed is like the marriage feast

Page No:

p.117

Poem Title:

** On the Countess of Dorchester.

Attribution:

By Lord Dorset.

Attributed To:

Lord Dorset

First Line:

If in his study Curio takes such care

Page No:

p.118

Poem Title:

The Virtuouso.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Pox on it says time to Thomas Hearne

Page No:

p.118

Poem Title:

On Mr. Hearn, the Oxford Antiquary.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Tadloe walks the streets the paviors cry

Page No:

p.118

Poem Title:

On a very fat Gentleman.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Frank carves very ill yet will palm all the meats

Page No:

p.118

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

From Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Two brethren thin called bone and skin

Page No:

p.118

Poem Title:

On two Misers, Who monopolised the Corn at Manchester.

Attribution:

By Dr. Biron.

Attributed To:

John Byrom

First Line:

Curio's rich sideboard seldom sees the light

Page No:

p.119

Poem Title:

On a frugal Beau.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

O blessed season loved by saints and sinners

Page No:

p.119

Poem Title:

On Christmas.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thanks to a miracle for tis no less

Page No:

p.119

Poem Title:

On a Miser's Treat.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

You beat your pate and fancy wit will come

Page No:

p.119

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

By Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

As Thomas was cudgelled one day by his wife

Page No:

p.120

Poem Title:

Courage misplaced.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

His whole estate thy father by his will

Page No:

p.120

Poem Title:

To a Spendthrift disinherited.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Married 'tis well a mighty blessing

Page No:

p.120

Poem Title:

On a hasty Marriage.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The walls are thick the servants thin

Page No:

p.120

Poem Title:

On a House adorned with Statues.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Three years in London Bobadil had been

Page No:

p.120

Poem Title:

The Incurious.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Half of your book is to an index grown

Page No:

p.121

Poem Title:

On a certain Writer.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

John Dryden enemies had three

Page No:

pp.121-122

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

We're told by one of the black robe

Page No:

p.121

Poem Title:

On a Sermon against Inoculation.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whence comes it that in Clara's face

Page No:

p.121

Poem Title:

On a pale Lady.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Some say compared to Bononcini

Page No:

p.121

Poem Title:

The Musical Contest:

Attribution:

By Dr. Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

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

Page No:

p.122

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In merry old England it once was a rule

Page No:

p.122

Poem Title:

** Royal Oecomony.

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Says Cibber to Pope though in verse you foreclose

Page No:

p.122

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

** By the same. [i.e. Pope]

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

When laureats make odes do you ask of what sort

Page No:

p.122

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

** By the same. [i.e. Pope]

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

If Argus with an hundred eyes not one

Page No:

p.123

Poem Title:

On a blind Husband.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In all thy humours whether grave or mellow

Page No:

p.123

Poem Title:

The Humorist: Imitated from Martial.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Oh what bosom but must yield

Page No:

pp.123-124

Poem Title:

To a fair Millener.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Some gallipots falling a well-timed disaster

Page No:

p.123

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Treason does never prosper what's the reason

Page No:

p.123

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

You ask why Roome diverts you with his jokes

Page No:

p.123

Poem Title:

The happy Physiognomy.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I've lost my mistress horse and wife

Page No:

p.124

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

No argument could Celia move

Page No:

p.124

Poem Title:

On an young Lady's refusing to shew her Hand.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

What though for beauty you may hear the bell

Page No:

p.124

Poem Title:

To Mrs. Mutable.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When at our house the servants brawl

Page No:

pp.124-125

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

By Mr. Rowe.

Attributed To:

Nicholas Rowe

First Line:

Yes finely housed these Lares are

Page No:

pp.125-126

Poem Title:

** Alluding to the Motto on Buckingham-House

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

So rude and tuneless are thy lays

Page No:

p.125

Poem Title:

On certain Pastorals.

Attribution:

By Mr. Shenstone.

Attributed To:

William Shenstone

First Line:

Thy verses friend are Kidderminster stuff

Page No:

p.125

Poem Title:

On a voluminous Poet of Kiddeminster:

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. Mr. Shenstone]

Attributed To:

William Shenstone

First Line:

Pray steal me not I'm Mrs Dingley's

Page No:

p.126

Poem Title:

Another:

Attribution:

By Dr. Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

Seven famous daughters Derby's peak can boast

Page No:

p.126

Poem Title:

** On the Wonders of the Peak:

Attribution:

By Colley Cibber.

Attributed To:

Colley Cibber

First Line:

Friend for your epitaphs I'm grieved

Page No:

p.126

Poem Title:

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.126

Poem Title:

On the Collar of a Dog;

Attribution:

Presented by Mr. Pope to the Prince of Wales.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Jack who thinks all his own that once he handles

Page No:

p.127

Poem Title:

Light-finger'd Jack.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Oh rare Ben Jonson what a turn coat grown

Page No:

pp.127-128

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Erect thy nose expand thy mouth

Page No:

p.127

Poem Title:

** On a remarkable long Nose.

Attribution:

From Sir T. Moore.

Attributed To:

Sir Thomas More

First Line:

This little village serves to show

Page No:

p.127

Poem Title:

Written on Pane of Glass, at Littlemore, near Oxford:

Attribution:

By Dr. Bacon.

Attributed To:

Dr. Bacon

First Line:

H-nmer's low bows at Leceister house are lost

Page No:

p.128

Poem Title:

On some Disappointments, at the Accession of the late K-ng.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

One day in Christ church meadows walking

Page No:

p.128

Poem Title:

On Epigrams.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A blooming youth lies buried here

Page No:

p.[129]

Poem Title:

From the Greek.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Divine Euripides this tomb we see

Page No:

p.[129]

Poem Title:

On Euripides.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here rest I Philip on the Aegean shore

Page No:

p.130

Poem Title:

On Philip, Father of Alexander.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If conquered realms or power from death could save

Page No:

p.130

Poem Title:

On Henry the Second, King of England.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Wind gentle evergreen to form a shade

Page No:

p.130

Poem Title:

On Sophocles.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

He who in pious times undaunted stood

Page No:

pp.130-131

Poem Title:

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.131

Poem Title:

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:

p.131

Poem Title:

On a young Lady of Norfolk:

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. Dryden]

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Ye weeping muses graces virtues tell

Page No:

pp.131-132

Poem Title:

On Captain Grenville.

Attribution:

By Lord Lyttleton.

Attributed To:

George Lyttelton

First Line:

Made to engage all hearts and charm all eyes

Page No:

pp.132-133

Poem Title:

On Lady Lyttleton:

Attribution:

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

Attributed To:

George Lyttelton

First Line:

Though Britain's genius hung her drooping head

Page No:

p.132

Poem Title:

On Captain Cornwall, slain off Toulon, 1743:

Attribution:

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

Attributed To:

George Lyttelton

First Line:

What needs my Shakespeare for his honoured bones

Page No:

pp.133-134

Poem Title:

On Shakespear:

Attribution:

By Milton.

Attributed To:

John Milton

First Line:

Underneath this sable hearse

Page No:

p.133

Poem Title:

On the Countess Dowager of Pembroke:

Attribution:

By Ben Johnson.

Attributed To:

Benjamin Jonson

First Line:

Underneath this stone doth lie

Page No:

p.133

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

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

Attributed To:

Benjamin Jonson

First Line:

From life's superfluous cares enlarged

Page No:

p.134

Poem Title:

From the Latin of Cowley on himself:

Attribution:

Translated by Addison.

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

This modest stone what few vain marbles can

Page No:

p.135

Poem Title:

On Mr. Fenton:

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. Pope]

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

This Sheffield raised the sacred dust below

Page No:

p.135

Poem Title:

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.135

Poem Title:

On Mr. Rowe:

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. Pope]

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Ye muses weep ye sons of Phoebus mourn

Page No:

p.136

Poem Title:

On Mr. Pope.

Attribution:

By Mr. Rolt.

Attributed To:

Richard Rolt

First Line:

Nobles and heralds by your leave

Page No:

p.136

Poem Title:

Mr Prior's Epitaph:

Attribution:

By Himself.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Heroes and kings your distance keep

Page No:

p.136

Poem Title:

Mr. Pope's own Epitaph

Attribution:

by himself

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Of manners gentle of affections mild

Page No:

p.136

Poem Title:

On Mr. Gay:

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. Pope]

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Death by a conduct strange and new

Page No:

pp.137-138

Poem Title:

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.137

Poem Title:

On Tom D'Urfey.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Butler needy wretch was still alive

Page No:

p.137

Poem Title:

On the Monument to Butler's Memory, Erected in Westminster Abbey.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Oldfield dies even Congreve's laurels fade

Page No:

p.137

Poem Title:

On the Death of Mrs. Oldfied the celebrated Actress.---

Attribution:

By Mr. S-w-d.

Attributed To:

Thomas Seward

First Line:

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

Page No:

p.137

Poem Title:

Prior on himself.

Attribution:

Prior

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Life is a jest and all things show it

Page No:

p.137

Poem Title:

Mr. Gay's Epitaph:

Attribution:

By Himself. [i.e. Gay]

Attributed To:

John Gay

First Line:

Beneath this stone lies Catherine Gray

Page No:

pp.138-139

Poem Title:

On and old Woman who sold Pots at Chester.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Come let us rejoice merry boys at his fall

Page No:

p.138

Poem Title:

On the Parson of a Country Parish.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Stranger behold the mighty Hector's tomb

Page No:

p.138

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies within his tomb so calm

Page No:

p.138

Poem Title:

On the Clerk of the same Parish. Impromptu.

Attribution:

By Mr. Shenstone--

Attributed To:

William Shenstone

First Line:

A monster in a course of vice grown old

Page No:

pp.139-140

Poem Title:

Posthumous Fame.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here into the dust

Page No:

p.139

Poem Title:

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.139

Poem Title:

On Sir John Vanburgh, the Poet and Architect.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If heaven be pleased when sinners cease to sin

Page No:

p.140

Poem Title:

** On Coleman: A plotting Papist, in the Reign of Charles II.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Beneath this verdant hillock lies

Page No:

p.140

Poem Title:

Epitaph on a Miser:

Attribution:

By Dr. Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

Here lies John Hill

Page No:

p.140

Poem Title:

** On a profligate Mathematician at Manchester-

Attribution:

By Dr. Byron.

Attributed To:

John Byrom

First Line:

Beneath this silent stone is laid

Page No:

p.141

Poem Title:

On an old Maid.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies a wretch midst other clay

Page No:

p.141

Poem Title:

On a Miser married to a Coquette.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Subdued by death here death's great herald lies

Page No:

p.141

Poem Title:

On an Undertaker.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tread softly reader lest you wake

Page No:

p.141

Poem Title:

** On the same Subject:

Attribution:

By (a) Lord Bristol.

Attributed To:

Lord Bristol

First Line:

Here lies interred beneath these stones

Page No:

p.142

Poem Title:

On a Welch-man: Killed by a Fall from his Horse.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies the body of Mary Sextone

Page No:

p.142

Poem Title:

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.142

Poem Title:

On a scolding Wife, who died in her Sleep.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Where Drake first found there last he lost his fame

Page No:

p.142

Poem Title:

On Sir Francis Drake, drowned at Sea.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The present age has many fates bemoaned

Page No:

pp.142-143

Poem Title:

** On Sir Robert Cotton, the Antiquary:

Attribution:

By T. Randolph.

Attributed To:

Thomas Randolph

First Line:

Fair marble tell to future days

Page No:

p.143

Poem Title:

On two Twin-Sisters.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here sleep whom neither life nor love

Page No:

p.143

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

He first deceased she for a little tried

Page No:

p.143

Poem Title:

On the Death of Sir Albertus and Lady Morton:

Attribution:

By Sir Henry Wotton.

Attributed To:

Sir Henry Wotton

First Line:

Of gentle race his parents' only treasure

Page No:

p.144

Poem Title:

On a young Gentleman.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Were there on earth another voice like thine

Page No:

p.144

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here rests a woman good without pretence

Page No:

pp.144-145

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. Pope]

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

To this sad shrine whoever thou art draw near

Page No:

p.144

Poem Title:

On the Hon. Simon Harcourt:

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Stay traveler for all you want is near

Page No:

pp.145-146

Poem Title:

On Cardinal Richelieu.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here Withers rest thou bravest gentlest mind

Page No:

p.145

Poem Title:

On General Withers:

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. Pope]

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Statesman yet friend to truth of soul sincere

Page No:

p.145

Poem Title:

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.146

Poem Title:

On Sir Isaac Newton.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

His generous mind's to latest ages known

Page No:

p.146

Poem Title:

On Dr. Mead.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Nature and nature's laws lay hid in night

Page No:

p.146

Poem Title:

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.146

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

From Cowley.

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

Here innocence and beauty lie whose breath

Page No:

p.147

Poem Title:

On a young Lady:

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Dear to the wise and good beneath this stone

Page No:

p.147

Poem Title:

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.147

Poem Title:

On a young Lady:

Attribution:

By Mr. Mallet.

Attributed To:

David Mallet

First Line:

To the dark and silent tomb

Page No:

p.148

Poem Title:

On an Infant.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Children are snatched away sometimes

Page No:

p.148

Poem Title:

On the young Lord Mount-Cashell:

Attribution:

By Mrs. Barber.

Attributed To:

Mary Barber

First Line:

Beneath a sleeping infant lies

Page No:

p.149

Poem Title:

Another.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Philips whose touch harmonious could remove

Page No:

p.149

Poem Title:

On Claudius Philips, An excellent Musician, at Bridgenorth, Salop.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here rests his head upon the lap of earth

Page No:

p.149

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

By Mr. Gray.

Attributed To:

Thomas Gray

First Line:

Stay Christian stay nor let thy pride disdain

Page No:

pp.150-151

Poem Title:

In a Country Church yard, near Barth: On a young Woman who fell a Sacrifice to the Infidelity of her Lover.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

How sleep the brave who sink to rest

Page No:

p.150

Poem Title:

Written in the Year 1745:

Attribution:

By Mr. Collins.

Attributed To:

William Collins

First Line:

Reader if virtue science reason charm

Page No:

p.150

Poem Title:

** On Gilbert Walmsley, Esq;

Attribution:

By Mr. Seward.

Attributed To:

Thomas Seward

First Line:

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

Page No:

p.151

Poem Title:

Epitaph on a young Lady.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Much loved she long with warm affection served

Page No:

p.151

Poem Title:

** On a valuable Servant:

Attribution:

By Mr. S-w-d.

Attributed To:

Thomas Seward

First Line:

Peace to the ashes and the virtuous mind

Page No:

p.152

Poem Title:

** On Mrs. Sarah Mence: Who died in 1763, aged 75.

Attribution:

W. H.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Removed from all the pains and cares of life

Page No:

pp.152-153

Poem Title:

To the Memory of Mrs. Catharine 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.152

Poem Title:

To the Memory of his Ancestors:

Attribution:

By Mr. N-gent.

Attributed To:

Robert Nugent

First Line:

While George in sorrow bows his laurelled head

Page No:

p.153

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Under this marble or under this sill

Page No:

p.153

Poem Title:

** On Mr. Pope:

Attribution:

By himself. [i.e. Pope]

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Here lies a sceptic long in doubt

Page No:

p.154

Poem Title:

On a libertine Gamester.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

That tongue which set the table on a roar

Page No:

p.154

Poem Title:

** On Mr. Quin:

Attribution:

By Mr. Garrick.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

Versed in the scientific page

Page No:

pp.[157]-158

Poem Title:

An Apology For Unseasonable Rhymes: To --- --- ---, Esq.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Three lovely nymphs contending for the prize

Page No:

p.159

Poem Title:

From the Greek. The Rival Beauties: From Rufinus.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To stop the Persian monarch's way

Page No:

pp.[159]-160

Poem Title:

From the Greek [...] On Leonidas and his 300 Spartans.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A brute thou art at best but mad with wine

Page No:

p.160

Poem Title:

** In vino veritas.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Did Jove descend and thus unveil

Page No:

p.160

Poem Title:

On the Statue of Jupiter, by Phidias.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hence foolish calf thy cries refrain

Page No:

p.160

Poem Title:

On the Statue of a Cow, by Myron.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If by your beard your wisdom you would show

Page No:

p.160

Poem Title:

On an affected Philosopher.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When screech owls scream their note portends

Page No:

p.160

Poem Title:

On a bad Singer.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

An hero bold in war here finds his grave

Page No:

p.161

Poem Title:

Epitaph on Timocritus.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As Pedro stalked around his house

Page No:

p.161

Poem Title:

The Miser and the Mouse.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Celsus nor gave me puge nor clyster

Page No:

p.161

Poem Title:

An Epitaph.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

For wealth ye thieves some statelier house explore

Page No:

p.161

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Great Jove this one petition

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p.161

Poem Title:

The Prayer of a wise Heathen.

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In youth by cheerless poverty oppressed

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p.161

Poem Title:

[no title]

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Thus to her much loved virtuous lord

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p.162

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

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When Vulcan saw the fair Augusta led

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p.162

Poem Title:

** Vulcan mistaken: On the Marriage of the Princess Augusta to the Hereditary Prince of Brunswick. From the Latin of C. A. Esq.

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With sacred slumbers blessed here Saon lies

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p.162

Poem Title:

** On Saon.

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You often wonder what the devil

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pp.163-164

Poem Title:

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

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

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p.164

Poem Title:

Lib. viii. Ep. 19.

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Though pappa and mamma my dear

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p.164

Poem Title:

Lib. i. Ep. 101. To an affected Old Maid.

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With you dear Tom I'd often spend the day

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p.164

Poem Title:

Martial, Lib. ii. Ep. 5

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Yes I submit my lord you've gained your end

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p.164

Poem Title:

Lib. ii. Ep. 41.

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Diaulus late who void of skill

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p.165

Poem Title:

Lib. i. Ep. 47, paraphrased.

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Of last night's wine you say Acerra stinks

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p.165

Poem Title:

Lib. i. Ep. 29, literally translated.

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You say you're old in hopes we'll say you're young

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p.165

Poem Title:

** Martial, Lib. viii. Ep. 19, imitated: To an ancient Gentlewoman.

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Your soup you call and really tis plain pottage

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p.165

Poem Title:

** Imitated.

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The doctor lives by sporting with our lives

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p.165

Poem Title:

[no title]

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From Owen's Epigrams.

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John Owen

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Parson tis false I'll never believe

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pp.166-167

Poem Title:

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

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A wolf that long had ranged the wood

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pp.167-168

Poem Title:

The Wolf and Mastiff: From Phaedrus, Lib. iii, Fab. 7.

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A wolf and lamb one sultry day

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pp.168-169

Poem Title:

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

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Britannia long her hapless fate had mourned

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pp.170-171

Poem Title:

On Mr. Pitt's Return to his Country-seat, In October, 1761.

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Three monarchs now of Brunswick's honoured race

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p.170

Poem Title:

Panegyrical. On the Coronation of George the Third, September 22, 1761.

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Ye haughty youths of noble lineage vain

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pp.171-172

Poem Title:

Mr. Allen, or the Great Plebian.

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Midst flowery meads and Avon's winding floods

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pp.172-173

Poem Title:

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

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Drawn by the magic powers of light and shade

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pp.173-174

Poem Title:

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

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Say thou that deigned in panegyric lays

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pp.174-175

Poem Title:

** On another Limner at Bath: An Expostulation.

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See the tall youth by partial fate decree

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pp.175-176

Poem Title:

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

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Is this the place where late in tonfile yew

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pp.176-177

Poem Title:

To Morgan Graves, Esq; On the Improvements at Mickleton House in Gloucestershire: Written in 1740. -- A Fragment.

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Stranger approach prepared to see

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pp.177-178

Poem Title:

** On Mrs. C--r--y's Villa, At Hampstead. 1760.

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The vapourish fair whose chariots roll

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p.178

Poem Title:

** On a very small but elegant Villa, Near Bath.

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You call it luxury when in all his glory

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p.178

Poem Title:

The Epicure: To W. Mills, Esq; on a late Act of Generosity.

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Though justly ranked the classic wits among

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p.179

Poem Title:

To William Melmoth, Esq; On his Translation of Pliny's Epistles.

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Where Tully's bust and honoured name

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pp.179-180

Poem Title:

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

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Lo every subject Berkley treats

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pp.180-181

Poem Title:

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

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Lucia was formed by heaven in courts to shine

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p.181

Poem Title:

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

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When lovely Portia glitters at the play

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p.181

Poem Title:

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

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Fresh as the spring and like Aurora fair

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p.182

Poem Title:

On the celebrated Miss ---.

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When for the prize the heavenly rivals strove

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p.182

Poem Title:

On the accomplished Miss ---:

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By a School-Boy.

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When Stella joins the blooming throng

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p.182

Poem Title:

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

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Charmed with the empty found of pompous words

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p.183

Poem Title:

Satyrical. The Dangler.

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Frown not Lucinda that the wandering muse

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p.183

Poem Title:

** An Apology to Lucinda.

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The wretch that courts the sordid great

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pp.183-184

Poem Title:

Vanity and Avarice.

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Bufo whose pride disdains to give attention

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pp.184-185

Poem Title:

The Impudence of Wealth.

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King Bladud once espied some hogs

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p.184

Poem Title:

** The Hogs of H---k.

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Thus to the master of a house

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p.184

Poem Title:

To Avaro.

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Is this the man so famed for wit

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p.185

Poem Title:

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

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Bufo it seems aloud complains

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p.186

Poem Title:

An Apology to Bufo.

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Lorenzo is though much a beau

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pp.186-187

Poem Title:

Lorenzo, or the Man of Reading.

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Alas sir knight in vain you wear

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p.187

Poem Title:

** The solemn Cheat.

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Bear and forbear thus preach the stoic sages

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p.188

Poem Title:

The fair Stoic.

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Varus though merely led by fashion

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p.188

Poem Title:

The Force of Fashion.

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Chloe to Chloe's foibles somewhat blind

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p.189

Poem Title:

To be written in a young Lady's Milton.

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In ancient times some hundred winters past

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p.189

Poem Title:

The Heroines, or modern Memoirs.

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Laura profuse as city dame can be

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pp.189-190

Poem Title:

The Oeconomist.

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A man there is to all the country known

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pp.190-191

Poem Title:

The curious Impertinent.

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How dull's a country life sage Bufo cries

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pp.191-192

Poem Title:

Town-Life and Country-Life.

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Vario thou art not void of sense

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p.191

Poem Title:

** To Vario.

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Milo you tell me is a man of sense

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p.192

Poem Title:

The Man of Sense.

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Strephon in vain pursued a rural fair

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p.193

Poem Title:

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

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Whilst glory's cause two long campaigns

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pp.193-194

Poem Title:

** A reasonable Satisfaction: Imitated from Sir T. More.

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What mortal burns not with the love of fame

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p.194

Poem Title:

The Invisible: Written at College, 1747.

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You often pity honest Ned

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pp.194-195

Poem Title:

** The thirsy Garreteer.

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Since first the Norman fixed his standard here

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pp.195-196

Poem Title:

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

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Ye solemn tribe who write and take your fees

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p.195

Poem Title:

On a Quack: Who "travels by Act of Parliament."

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Britain at length her wrath declares

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p.196

Poem Title:

War proclaimed at Brentford: Written in 1744.

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Stop gentle traveller stop your horse

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pp.196-197

Poem Title:

** An Epitaph: Imitated form the Latin in --- Abbey.

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All mortal things are frail and go to pot

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p.197

Poem Title:

** An oeconomical Reflection: From an Hint of Scarron. 1740.

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You tell us doctor tis a sin to steal

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p.197

Poem Title:

** The innocent Theft: To the Rev. Dr. ---.

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Of all the sops that plague mankind

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p.198

Poem Title:

Against Riddles. 1740.

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The Bucks had dined and deep in council sat

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p.198

Poem Title:

An Incident in High Life.

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Abel prescribe thyself trust not another

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p.199

Poem Title:

To Doctor Abel --- : In his Sickness.

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When science now with radiance bright

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pp.199-200

Poem Title:

** On the prevailing Taste for Quack-Medicines: To --- --- ---, at Bath.

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Bath has been deemed time out of mind

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p.200

Poem Title:

** The Force of Novelty: 1766. [...] Nov. 1765.

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What to the valiant knight of Spain

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pp.200-201

Poem Title:

The Virtuouso.

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Curio tis plain by all these motto's

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p.201

Poem Title:

The Prayer of a Humorist.

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Sick of the noise and smoke of town

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pp.202-203

Poem Title:

** The Country-House.

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For P--tt or B--te

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p.203

Poem Title:

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

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Give me the thing that's pretty odd and new

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p.203

Poem Title:

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

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Truce with thy sneers thou proud insulting college

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p.203

Poem Title:

The Rival Colleges: Or, P-mbroke the humble to Chr-st-Church the ample.

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You imitate dean Swift you say

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pp.203-204

Poem Title:

On the foregoing Epigram.

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Freed from his academic gown

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pp.204-205

Poem Title:

The Impertinence of the Critics.

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As a west country mayor with formal address

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p.206

Poem Title:

[no title]

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Old South a witty churchman reckoned

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p.206

Poem Title:

A Court-Audience.

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A doctor who for want of skill

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p.207

Poem Title:

** The Doctor's Arms.

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As honest Richard a substantial clown

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p.207

Poem Title:

A Clown's Apology to the Doctor.

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Sir Godfrey and Radcliffe had one common way

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p.207

Poem Title:

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

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As Dick and Tom in fierce dispute engage

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p.208

Poem Title:

The empty Gun.

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In heat of youth poor Jack engaged a wife

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p.208

Poem Title:

The sad Alternative.

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Of sufferings past why thus complain

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p.209

Poem Title:

Moral, &c. To an Old Maid.

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When I the busy fruitless cares

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p.209

Poem Title:

A Check for Mirth.

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Again the balmy zephyr blows

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pp.210-212

Poem Title:

** An Invitation to the feathered Race, 1763.

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Cloyed with ragouts you scorn my simple food

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p.210

Poem Title:

** Diogenes to Aristippus.

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This babbling stream not uninstructive flows

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p.210

Poem Title:

Under an Hour-Glass, In a Grotto near the Waters.

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At length my friends the feast of life is over

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p.212

Poem Title:

** On the Death of an Epicure.

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Joy of her friends her parents' only pride

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p.212

Poem Title:

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

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

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p.212

Poem Title:

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

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

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p.213

Poem Title:

On a pyramidical Mausoleum, Erected to Ralph Allen, Esq; in Cloverton Church-yard. 1764.

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