The Lover's Manual. Being a choice collection of poems from the most approv'd modern authors. With several original pieces. [T95952] [ecco]

DMI number:

848

Publication Date:

1753

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

T95952

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW113568986

Shelfmark:

ECCO - Bod

Full Title:

THE | LOVER's MANUAL. | BEING | A Choice COLLECTION | OF | POEMS | FROM THE | Most approv'd MODERN AUTHORS. | With several | ORIGINAL PIECES | [rule] | In FIVE BOOKS. | [rule] | CONTAINING | [two columns] [col 1]I. Love Epistles in Verse. | II. Love Epistles in Prose. | III. Epistolary Panegyrics. [/col1] | [col2] IV. Acrostics. | V. Select Pieces of | Poetry. [/col2] | [rule] | [epigraph] | [double rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for S. SILVER, Bookseller in [i]Sandwich[/i]; and | sold by CHARLES HITCH, and LACY HAWES, | Booksellers in [i]Pater-noster-Row[/i]. 1753.

Epigraph:

[i]Omnia vincit amor; et nos cedamus Amori.[/i] Virg.

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Subscription Miscellany

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Duodecimo

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Contents: note on contents page and p. [1] announcing that pieces marked * 'are original'. Prose pp. 89-108. Miscellany is divided into books: 1: Love Epistles pp. 1-88 2: Prose letters pp. 89-108 3: Epistolary Panegyrics pp. 109-126 4: Acrostics pp. 127-135 5: Select pieces of poetry pp. 136-312. Place: London, but Samuel Silver is based in Sandwich and many subscribers have Kent addresses.

Other matter:

Prefatory matter: Dedication 'To the Youth of Great-Britain' signed 'The Editor' [1p]; Preface [4pp]; Subscription list [16pp]; Contents [8pp.] Back matter: Advertisement for items sold by 'Samuel Silver, Bookseller and Stationer, In the Fish-Market, at Sandwich' [4pp.]

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First Line:

Hail courteous youth whoever thou art that deignst

Page No:

pp.1-3

Poem Title:

*An Epistle prefatory to the Reader.

Attribution:

By E. W.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Haste Celia haste and let us leave the town

Page No:

pp.4-6

Poem Title:

* An Epistle To Caelia, Persuading her to a Retir'd Life.

Attribution:

By E. W.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

While these sad lines unhappy Emma writes

Page No:

pp.7-8

Poem Title:

To Theander.

Attribution:

Emma.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If ever the force of love Theander knew

Page No:

pp.8-9

Poem Title:

To Theander.

Attribution:

Emma.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Though I a thousand resolutions frame

Page No:

pp.9-11

Poem Title:

To Caelia.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Should I be silent should I still conceal

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pp.11-12

Poem Title:

To Miss ***.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Permit a youth your charms did first subdue

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pp.12-14

Poem Title:

To Lucinda.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Then cruel you will go you will you say

Page No:

pp.14-15

Poem Title:

To Clio.

Attribution:

Strephon

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

While Phaon to the flaming Aetna flies

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pp.16-19

Poem Title:

Sapho to Phaon.

Attribution:

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First Line:

With killing pains your letter I have read

Page No:

pp.19-22

Poem Title:

Phaon to Sapho. An Answer to the preceding.

Attribution:

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First Line:

No woman ever shall draw me from your arms

Page No:

pp.22-24

Poem Title:

To Livia.

Attribution:

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First Line:

O matchless maid angelically fair

Page No:

pp.24-25

Poem Title:

To Lucinda.

Attribution:

Auletes.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Oft have I sighed and vowed a constant love

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pp.25-26

Poem Title:

To Miss D--s.

Attribution:

Belindor.

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First Line:

You can preserve you only can destroy

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pp.26-27

Poem Title:

To Miss F--rd.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Florella though my longing eyes

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pp.27-28

Poem Title:

To Florella.

Attribution:

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First Line:

O cruel youth as cruel as you're fair

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pp.28-30

Poem Title:

To Myrtillo.

Attribution:

Dorinda.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Fear not my dear a flame can never die

Page No:

pp.30-31

Poem Title:

To Flavia.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Melinda fairest of ten thousand fair

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pp.31-32

Poem Title:

To Melinda.

Attribution:

Sylvius

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Oh gods what wracking pains torment my breast

Page No:

p.32

Poem Title:

To Crudelia.

Attribution:

Orontus.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Phillis forbear to use your cruelty

Page No:

p.33

Poem Title:

To Phillis.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Your beauty's charms are to perfection grown

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p.34

Poem Title:

To Miranda.

Attribution:

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First Line:

As shipwrecked men upon the angry seas

Page No:

pp.35-36

Poem Title:

To Miranda.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Music's soft powers may calm the troubled breast

Page No:

p.35

Poem Title:

To ******

Attribution:

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First Line:

Ere I thy lovely charming visage saw

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pp.36-37

Poem Title:

* To Miss M-- of Dover.

Attribution:

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First Line:

If she can die made glorious by thy praise

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pp.37-38

Poem Title:

To Hillarius.

Attribution:

Clio

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Not attributed

First Line:

Though now Celia we must part

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pp.38-39

Poem Title:

To Caelia.

Attribution:

Amyntor.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Forgive the weakness of a love sick mind

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pp.39-40

Poem Title:

To Amyntas.

Attribution:

Delia.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Cheer thy fond breast and every fear remove

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p.40

Poem Title:

To Delia.

Attribution:

Amyntas.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Oh did you know what inward cares molest

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pp.40-42

Poem Title:

* To Miss H--n of Deal.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Though gloomy cares involve my troubled soul

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pp.42-44

Poem Title:

To Miss B--n.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Blessed as the immortal Gods is he

Page No:

pp.44-45

Poem Title:

To Lesbia.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Oft as I wander in the silent shade

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pp.45-46

Poem Title:

To Dorinda.

Attribution:

Strephon.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Imagine madam ere these lines you read

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pp.46-47

Poem Title:

To Sylvia

Attribution:

Amyntor.

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Not attributed

First Line:

If the sweet looks of innocence can please

Page No:

pp.47-49

Poem Title:

Inscrib'd to Miss Maria B--dn--n at B--n Assembly.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Yes angel go and with thee ever go

Page No:

pp.49-50

Poem Title:

To a Lady.

Attribution:

Theodore

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Say lovely fair one why do you forsake

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pp.50-51

Poem Title:

To a Lady, on her not visiting her Evening's Retreat as usual.

Attribution:

Strephon.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

You Monimia you I love

Page No:

p.51

Poem Title:

To Monimia, in Surry.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thee I love sweet Amaryl

Page No:

p.52

Poem Title:

To Amaryllis.

Attribution:

Colin

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

While you my fair one tread the mazy round

Page No:

pp.53-54

Poem Title:

To Miss H--t, on her Dancing at an Assembly.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Sure on this day when love still claims success

Page No:

pp.54-55

Poem Title:

To Caelia, on Valentine's Day.

Attribution:

Valens.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

From sylvan scenes and shady sweet retreats

Page No:

pp.55-57

Poem Title:

Lavinia to Lysander.

Attribution:

Lavinia.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Dear madam oh how great the pity

Page No:

pp.57-59

Poem Title:

To a young Lady, on her leaving the County of Suffolk.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Celia dear nymph than whom no fairer toast

Page No:

pp.59-61

Poem Title:

To Caelia

Attribution:

Oxoniensis.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Long had the youths despised love's feeble arts

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pp.61-63

Poem Title:

To Miss J--ne W--n.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Nor solitude nor grief could guard my heart

Page No:

p.63

Poem Title:

To Clio.

Attribution:

Hillarius.

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Not attributed

First Line:

My poor expecting heart beats for thy breast

Page No:

pp.64-65

Poem Title:

To Cleanda.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Where will my rising admiration end

Page No:

p.64

Poem Title:

To Eliza.

Attribution:

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First Line:

My life is treasured in thy eyes

Page No:

p.65

Poem Title:

To Hillarius.

Attribution:

Clio

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Sweet enchanter of my thought

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pp.66-67

Poem Title:

To Miss Fanny ***.

Attribution:

Dorio.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Haste lovely charmer to return again

Page No:

pp.67-68

Poem Title:

To Amanda.

Attribution:

Damon.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

See how the hasty paper slides away

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pp.68-70

Poem Title:

To the adorable Hillarius

Attribution:

Clio

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Fly gentle thought to fair Eliza's breast

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pp.70-72

Poem Title:

To Miss E-- W--d.

Attribution:

Fidelio.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

From splendid woe from pomp and noise

Page No:

pp.72-73

Poem Title:

To Miss ****

Attribution:

Puer.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Sweet Rosalind forbear to chide

Page No:

pp.73-74

Poem Title:

To Rosalind

Attribution:

Philander.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ah Celia why this cruel scorn

Page No:

pp.74-75

Poem Title:

* To Miss K-- at Canterbury.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Ah Mariana what in anger still

Page No:

pp.76-78

Poem Title:

To Mariana.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Hail beauteous Celia whilst your charms inspire

Page No:

pp.79-80

Poem Title:

To Miss S--.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

What can I say what arguments can prove

Page No:

pp.80-84

Poem Title:

Caelia to Damon.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Celia by bounteous nature formed to please

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pp.84-85

Poem Title:

* To Miss M-- of Sandwich.

Attribution:

Simonides.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Thus sung the swain drawn from the noisy throng

Page No:

pp.85-88

Poem Title:

* To Miss F-- H--y.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

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First Line:

While fluttering belles their trifling hours employ

Page No:

pp.109-112

Poem Title:

An Invitation to the Country. To Clarinda

Attribution:

Horatius.

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Not attributed

First Line:

May your own charms my glowing pen inspire

Page No:

pp.112-113

Poem Title:

To Miss G--k.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

How sweetly mixed with unaffected grace

Page No:

p.113

Poem Title:

To Miss T--d.

Attribution:

Amator.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Mistaken bards that partial products bring

Page No:

p.113

Poem Title:

* To Miss F-- of Sandwich.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To him the poet's name refuse

Page No:

pp.114-115

Poem Title:

To Delia.

Attribution:

T--.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Wandering my Delia through this grateful shade

Page No:

pp.115-116

Poem Title:

To a Lady.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Blessed when I taste the morning air

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pp.116-117

Poem Title:

* To Miss F-- H--y, of D-- C--t.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Were I invited to a nectar feast

Page No:

p.117

Poem Title:

To Sylvia.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

With Delia's aid a rose I'll trace

Page No:

p.118

Poem Title:

To Delia

Attribution:

Rhod[illeg]

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Not attributed

First Line:

Moments winged with smiling pleasure

Page No:

pp.119-122

Poem Title:

To Miss ****. An Irregular Ode.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Orpheus with music charmed each lonely grove

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pp.122-123

Poem Title:

To a Lady, on her Singing.

Attribution:

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First Line:

When Venus from the frothy sea arose

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pp.123-124

Poem Title:

To Caelia.

Attribution:

Strephon.

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Not attributed

First Line:

O lovely thou to whom my soul does bend

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pp.124-125

Poem Title:

* To Chole [sic] in the Isle of Thanet.

Attribution:

Lysander.

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Not attributed

First Line:

When I would thy beauties paint

Page No:

pp.125-126

Poem Title:

To Flavia.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

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First Line:

My artless muse in inharmonious lays

Page No:

p.127

Poem Title:

To Miss D-- W--.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

First allured by the lustre and charms of her eyes

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p.128

Poem Title:

To Miss F-- H--.

Attribution:

R. L.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Merit like yours invites each muse to sing

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p.128

Poem Title:

To Miss M-- P--.

Attribution:

Amator.

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First Line:

Euterpe fairest of the virgin nine

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pp.129-130

Poem Title:

On Delia.

Attribution:

Strephon.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Soft as the downy plumage of the dove

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p.129

Poem Title:

On Miss S-- A--.

Attribution:

P. V.

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First Line:

In vain we arm against the force of love

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pp.130-131

Poem Title:

On Miss J-- T--.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Is there a blessing left in store for me

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p.131

Poem Title:

To Miss J-- M--.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Beauty with with with merit meekness joined

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p.132

Poem Title:

On Miss B-- H--.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Chaste as the goddess of the flowery grove

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p.132

Poem Title:

On Miss A--.

Attribution:

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First Line:

May all the pleasing arts of words combine

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p.133

Poem Title:

To Miss G--.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Possessed of all that fortune can bestow

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p.133

Poem Title:

To Miss P-- M--.

Attribution:

Cymru.

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First Line:

Clasp me my fairest to thy snowy breast

Page No:

p.134

Poem Title:

On Miss S--.

Attribution:

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First Line:

O happy day when first thy beauteous eyes

Page No:

pp.134-135

Poem Title:

To Belinda.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Conceive a fair where every grace

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p.135

Poem Title:

* On Miss C--.

Attribution:

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First Line:

If friendship strong may give advice to love

Page No:

pp.136-147

Poem Title:

* Advice to Lucilla, in a Dream.

Attribution:

By E. W.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Beauty thou dear deceitful glittering toy

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pp.148-149

Poem Title:

* On Beauty.

Attribution:

By E. W.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Why Sylvia dost thou tell me you believe

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pp.150-155

Poem Title:

* Courtship new modell'd, in an Epistle to Sylvia.

Attribution:

By E. W.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Blessed is the muse that can with joy declare

Page No:

pp.155-157

Poem Title:

* To a Youth, who on Reading the Epistle to Sylvia call'd the Author an Enthusiast.

Attribution:

By E. W.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Now orient Phoebus with refulgent rays

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pp.158-160

Poem Title:

* On the Month of May. A Poem.

Attribution:

By E. W.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Attend ye virgins that in heaven have birth

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pp.160-164

Poem Title:

* Almira's Picture; or the true female Beauty.

Attribution:

E [illeg]

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First Line:

As Sylvia with Alexis walked

Page No:

pp.165-166

Poem Title:

* The Forc'd Confession.

Attribution:

By E. W.

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First Line:

Say whither tend thy vain pursuits oh man

Page No:

pp.166-171

Poem Title:

* On the Vanities of human Life. A Poem.

Attribution:

By E. W.

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First Line:

Come gentle god dear Cupid come

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pp.171-172

Poem Title:

* The gentle Thought.

Attribution:

By E. W.

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First Line:

Dear P--tt--s--n | When Pedro gives his rustic fist and faith

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pp.173-174

Poem Title:

A Congratulatory Epistle to a Friend. Written on his Return from a Journey.

Attribution:

E. [illeg]

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First Line:

Ye nymphs Pierian which of ye will deign

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pp.174-178

Poem Title:

* An Eulogium on Canterbury, written on [illeg] Departure from thence.

Attribution:

By E. W.

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First Line:

Since I must go ere two short days illeg end

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pp.178-181

Poem Title:

* Verses extracted from an Epistle to a Friend Written on his Departure from the Country.

Attribution:

E. W.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Of man's pursuits in this wide sea of life

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pp.181-184

Poem Title:

* Rules how to steer thro' the Road of Love.

Attribution:

By E. W.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Taught by my friend's good genius how to steer

Page No:

pp.185-187

Poem Title:

Directions for a safe Voyage thro' the Harbour of Marriage into Felicity Harbour.

Attribution:

By W. P. jun.

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First Line:

Thrice happy flower what heavenly aid

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p.188

Poem Title:

* On seeing a Rose in October.

Attribution:

By E. W.

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First Line:

As by Lucilla's door I came

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pp.189-190

Poem Title:

* The Unlucky Discovery.

Attribution:

By E. W.

Attributed To:

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First Line:

Happy the man whose wisdome well refined

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pp.190-192

Poem Title:

* On the Deity. A Poem.

Attribution:

By E. W.

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Not attributed

First Line:

When the bright sun shone with vivid ray

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pp.192-196

Poem Title:

* On a remarkable Company and Journey [?] Pleasure to the Sea Houses at Bourn [?] Sussex, July 1st, 1749.

Attribution:

By W. P. jun.

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First Line:

Dear sister | Blessed is the man beyond expression blessed

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pp.196-200

Poem Title:

* An Epistle to his Sister, A. P. written while she was visiting her Friends in the Country.

Attribution:

W. P. jun.

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First Line:

Some generous power instruct me how to move

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pp.200-203

Poem Title:

* To Clarinda.

Attribution:

Sandwich.

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First Line:

Ah Chloe why didst thou bewail

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p.203

Poem Title:

To a young Lady from whom I took a Ring.

Attribution:

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First Line:

At length by so much importunity pressed

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pp.204-206

Poem Title:

The Lover to Mr. C--.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Would lovely Chloe to my vows attend

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p.204

Poem Title:

To Chloe.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Warned and made wise by others' flame

Page No:

p.206

Poem Title:

To Myra.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Oft let me wander through the green retreat

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pp.207-208

Poem Title:

On Ardelia.

Attribution:

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First Line:

The wealthy fop with presents woos

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pp.208-209

Poem Title:

* An Original Poem in Imitation of Swift's Molly Mog. On seeing a beautiful young Woman at Dover.

Attribution:

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First Line:

While Kneller with inimitable art

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p.210

Poem Title:

On a Lady sitting at Sir Godfrey Kneller's [illeg] her Picture.

Attribution:

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First Line:

No fair Dacinda no you strive in vain

Page No:

pp.211-214

Poem Title:

The Tete a Tete. Dacinda and Strephon

Attribution:

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First Line:

Tune tune thy lyre begin my muse

Page No:

pp.214-215

Poem Title:

In Praise of Myra.

Attribution:

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First Line:

When we behold her angel face

Page No:

p.215

Poem Title:

On a Lady singing.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Lost in a labyrinth of doubts and joys

Page No:

p.216

Poem Title:

To Corinda.

Attribution:

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First Line:

When Sandwich in her sex's garb we see

Page No:

p.216

Poem Title:

Written under a Picture of the Countess of Sandwich, drawn in a Man's Habit.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Cupid delighting to be near her

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pp.217-218

Poem Title:

Cupid Disarm'd. To the Princess D' Auvergne.

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The sirens once deluded vainly charmed

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p.217

Poem Title:

Mira singing.

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Made to engage all hearts and charm all eyes

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p.218

Poem Title:

Taken from the Monument of Sir G[?] Littleton's Lady in Hagley Church.

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Let meaner beauties conquer singly still

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p.219

Poem Title:

On Mira, at a Review of the Guards.

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When famed Apelles sought to frame

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p.219

Poem Title:

To Belinda.

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Awake bright Hamilton arise

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pp.220-221

Poem Title:

A Morning Hymn to the Dutchess Hamilton.

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Of Leinster famed for maidens fair

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pp.221-224

Poem Title:

Colin and Lucy.

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By Mr. Tickell.

Attributed To:

Thomas Tickell

First Line:

Your words obeyed for even your look

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pp.224-225

Poem Title:

Verses sent to a Lady, with a Pocket-Book.

Attribution:

Olindus

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First Line:

For Pickle's fate fall tears like summer's dew

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pp.225-226

Poem Title:

* On the Loss of a Dog.

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Of Pickle's better fate to Devius' joy

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pp.226-233

Poem Title:

* Pickle. A Poem. Presented to the Author of the Verses on the Loss of a Dog.

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By E. W.

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First Line:

See see the charms of virtue these will bloom

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p.234

Poem Title:

To Aspasia.

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A thoughtful druid on the green

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pp.235-240

Poem Title:

Daphne. A Pastoral.

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The warblers that on every spray

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pp.241-242

Poem Title:

Zelie to Thyrsis. A Pastoral Letter.

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Whilst pretty fellows think a woman's fame

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pp.243-244

Poem Title:

The Gentleman's Answer.

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Whilst thirst of praise and vain desire of fame

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p.243

Poem Title:

The Lady's Resolve. Written Extempore on a Window.

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Why will Delia thus retire

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pp.244-245

Poem Title:

A Receipt to cure the Vapours.

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The fair Amanda knows no practised guile

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p.245

Poem Title:

On Amanda.

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And did the omnipotent eternal mind

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pp.246-252

Poem Title:

Man more Happy than Brutes. A Poem.

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Thus to the muses spoke the Cyprian dame

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pp.252-253

Poem Title:

The Advice of Venus.

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With me while present may thy lovely eyes

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p.252

Poem Title:

Presented to a Lady with a Gold Watch.

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Farewell ye shady walks and fountains

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pp.253-255

Poem Title:

Dorinda.

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See Sylvia see the sparkling lamp of day

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pp.255-256

Poem Title:

The Setting Sun. To Sylvia.

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Such moving sounds from such a careless touch

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p.256

Poem Title:

On a Lady playing on the Lute.

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Such Helen was and who can blame the boy

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p.257

Poem Title:

Under a Lady's Picture.

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Goddess of ease leave Lethe's brink

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pp.257-258

Poem Title:

Idleness. An Ode from Mr. Smart's Collection of Poems.

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An Ode from Mr. Smart's Collection of Poems.

Attributed To:

Christopher Smart

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Ye hills that overlook the plains

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pp.258-259

Poem Title:

To Miss **** one of the Chichester Graces.

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From Mr. Smart's Collection of Poems.

Attributed To:

Christopher Smart

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Hail eldest of the monthly train

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p.260

Poem Title:

An Ode. On the fifth of December, being the Birth-Day of a beautiful young Lady.

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From Mr. Smart's Collection of Poems.

Attributed To:

Christopher Smart

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See the lovely morning rise

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pp.261-262

Poem Title:

An Hymn to the Morning.

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Lucia was fair and bright as rising day

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pp.263-264

Poem Title:

The Fall of Lucia.

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Asses milk half a pint take at seven or before

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pp.264-265

Poem Title:

Advice to a Lady in Autumn.

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Twas night and Flavia to her room retired

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pp.266-268

Poem Title:

Soliloquy. Of a Beauty in the Country.

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The counsels of a friend Belinda hear

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pp.268-273

Poem Title:

Advice to a Lady.

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Such sweetness and goodness together combined

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p.273

Poem Title:

On Mrs. L--s.

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Twas by a purling stream beneath a shade

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pp.273-274

Poem Title:

Chloe's Conquest.

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The queen of love and Pallas once tis said

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p.274

Poem Title:

On Florella's Birth-Day.

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Fair P-- yield to Cupid's sway

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p.275

Poem Title:

To Psyche.

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Pensive I sit and seem to charm my mind

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p.275

Poem Title:

The solitary Lover.

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Near Thames' green banks a love lorn nymph reclined

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p.276

Poem Title:

Well-judging Phyllis.

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As Mira once and I were laid

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p.277

Poem Title:

Cupid's Mistake.

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As Roger walked the fields one day

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pp.278-279

Poem Title:

* A Dialogue Between Roger and Susan.

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What beauties Flora's realms disclose

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p.279

Poem Title:

* On Miss D--r of Deal.

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The minutes the hours the days and the years

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p.280

Poem Title:

To Chloe. Written on the Author's Birth-Day.

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As genius virtue reputation

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pp.281-283

Poem Title:

Genius, Virtue and Reputation. A Fable. From Monsieur De La Motte.

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By may's blooming smiles called to breathe the hale air

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pp.283-284

Poem Title:

* On Miss W--n of Sandwich.

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Oh how happy should I be

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pp.284-285

Poem Title:

* The general Lover.

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Celia fairest form in nature

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p.285

Poem Title:

* To Miss B--s of Deal.

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Strephon the sprightly and the gay

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pp.286-292

Poem Title:

The Mistaken Lover.

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Say dearest Stella why this pensive air

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pp.292-294

Poem Title:

On Discontent. To Stella.

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Stretched on the grassy margin of a brook

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pp.295-297

Poem Title:

The Vision. A Poem.

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Pallas for wisdom famed the child of Jove

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pp.298-299

Poem Title:

* To Eliza W--e of Sandwich.

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While others talk of flames and darts

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pp.299-300

Poem Title:

* To Celia.

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E. W.

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Descend my muse my song inspire

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p.300

Poem Title:

* To Miss -- of Sandwich.

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Simonides.

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Lucilla though it likes me best

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pp.302-305

Poem Title:

To Lucilla. * On her asking the Author, if he approv'd her wearing a Nosegay.

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Why sits my Thyrsis in the lonely grove

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pp.305-312

Poem Title:

Thyrsis and Phyllida. A Pastoral Elegy, On the Death of Alexis and Ionie.

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By E. W.

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