A collection of epigrams. To which is prefix’d, a critical dissertation on this species of poetry. [ESTC T41]

DMI number:

538

Publication Date:

1727

ESTC number:

T41

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW110240627

Shelfmark:

BOD 2808 f.2

Full Title:

A | COLLECTION | OF | EPIGRAMS. | [double rule] | To which is Prefix'd, | A Critical DISSERTATION on | this Species of POETRY. | [double rule] | [epigraph] | [double rule] | [ornament] | [double rule] | [i]LONDON: | Printed for[/i] J. WALTHOE, [i]over-against | the[/i] Royal-Exchange, [i]in[/i] Cornhill. | M.DCC.XXVII.

Epigraph:

[i]If true that notion, which but few contest, | That in the way of wit, short things are best; | Then in good[/i] EPIGRAMS [i]two virtues meet, | For 'tis their glory to be short, and sweet.[/i]

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Miscellaneous collection and Collection of occasional pieces

Format:

Octavo

Pagination:

[i-iv] [v]-xxiii [1] [1-264]

Bibliographic details:

HALF TITLE: [ornament] | A | COLLECTION | OF | EPIGRAMS. | [ornament]

Comments:

Note that there are no page numbers for body of miscellany, so uppercase Roman numerals refer to numbers assigned to poems, not to pages.

Other matter:

PREFATORY MATTER: Publisher's advertisement between half title and full title p.[ii]; Preface pp. [v]-xxiii (includes verse quotations in Latin, English, and French).

References:

Case 341 (1)(a)

Related Miscellanies

Title:

A collection of epigrams. To which is prefixed, a critical dissertation on this species of poetry. [Vol. I] [ESTC T130692]

Publication Date:

1735

ESTC No:

T130692

Volume:

1 of 2

Relationship:

Unknown

Comments:

Title:

A collection of epigrams [vol. 2] [T170823]

Publication Date:

1737

ESTC No:

T170823

Volume:

None

Relationship:

Part of a Series

Comments:

Related People

Publisher:

J. [John] Walthoe

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

'Printed for J. Walthoe, over-against the Royal-Exchange, in Cornhill.' T41

Content/Publication

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Chloe brisk and gay appears

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Poem Title:

[No title]

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How does the little epigram delight

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p.xx-xxi

Poem Title:

[No title]

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Yalden

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Thomas Yalden

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Though nothing seems more easy yet no part

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p.xi

Poem Title:

[No title]

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My lord duke of Buckinghamshire

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John Sheffield

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How wretched does Prometheus' state appear

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I.

Poem Title:

Prometheus ill painted.

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First Line:

Some oracles of old to cause more wonder

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II.

Poem Title:

On a Lady who pretended to tell Fortunes.

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Ancient Phyllis has young graces

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III.

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[No title]

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Cried Strephon panting in Cosmelia's arms

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IV.

Poem Title:

The Rapture.

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When Chloe's picture was to Venus shown

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V

Poem Title:

Venus mistaken.

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Anchises Paris and Adonis too

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VI.

Poem Title:

Spoken by Venus, on seeing her Statue done by Praxyteles.

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When Phyllis confessed her the father was rash

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VII.

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[No title]

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Miss for the court service is quickly prepared

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VIII.

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[No title]

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Very nicely thou layest on thy colours dear Nan

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IX.

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[No title]

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Seven times a day the just men sin

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X.

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[No title]

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The charming Sandwich would from cities fly

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XI.

Poem Title:

On the Lady Sandwich's being staid in Town by immoderate Rain.

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First Line:

Underneath this stone doth lie

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XII.

Poem Title:

An Epitaph.

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When Lupus has wrought hard all day

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XIII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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The Cyprian queen drawn by Apelles' hand

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XIV.

Poem Title:

To Sir Godfrey Kneller, drawing the Lady Hide's Picture.

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First Line:

But ancient poets thou admirest none

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XV.

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[No title]

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Thy eyes and eyebrows I could spare

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XVI.

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[No title]

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Thou struttest as if thou wert the only lord

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XVII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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To burning Rome when frantic Nero played

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XVIII.

Poem Title:

To a Lady playing on the Lute.

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Says R--d to Joe thou art a very sad dog

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XIX.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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M---- though he must abstain from meat

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XX.

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[No title]

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The expense in perfumes is a most vain sin

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XXI.

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[No title]

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How blessed a life how short its date

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XXII.

Poem Title:

On the Death of Mrs. B----s.

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Hail happy bride for thou art truly blessed

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XXIII.

Poem Title:

On the same Occasion.

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Written extempore by the Lady M.W.M.

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First Line:

Though all the world knows

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XXIV.

Poem Title:

Occasion'd by the foregoing.

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Vain are the charms of white and red

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XXV.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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Here lies old Sare worn out with care

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XXVI.

Poem Title:

Epitaph upon a Country Sexton.

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That all from Adam first begun

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XXVII.

Poem Title:

The Old Gentry.

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First Line:

How ill the motion with the music suits

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XXVIII.

Poem Title:

Upon a Company of bad Dancers to good Musick.

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Here Chloe lies

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XXIX.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

Flavia the least and slightest toy

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XXX.

Poem Title:

Written in the Leaves of a Fan

Attribution:

by Dr. Atterbury, late Bishop of Rochester.

Attributed To:

Francis Atterbury

First Line:

O last and best of Scots who didst maintain

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XXXI.

Poem Title:

Epitaph on Dundee.

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Thy guardian blessed Britannia scorns to sleep

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XXXII.

Poem Title:

On the Prince's appearing at the Fire in Spring-Garden.

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First Line:

Whilst you are deaf to love you may

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XXXIII.

Poem Title:

In a Lady's Prayer-Book.

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When Israel first provoked the living lord

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XXXIV.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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When Myra in her sex's garb we see

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XXXV.

Poem Title:

Myra in her Riding Habit.

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Offspring of a tuneful sire

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XXXVI.

Poem Title:

To the Dutchess of Beaufort.

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Here lies honest Stephen with Mary his bride

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XXXVII.

Poem Title:

A Whitechapel Epitaph.

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Beneath this silent stone is laid

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XXXVIII.

Poem Title:

Epitaph on a talkative old Maid

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First Line:

I owe says Metius much to Colon's care

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XXXIX.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

Children are snatched away sometimes

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XL.

Poem Title:

On the Death of the late Earl of Mount-Cassel, who dyed in his Tenth Year.

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Selinda sure's the brightest thing

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XLI.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

Chloe her gossips entertains

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XLII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

When Lesbia first I saw so heavenly fair

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XLIII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

To John I owed great obligation

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XLIV.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

Women to cards may be compared we play

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XLV.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

Of all the pens which my poor rhymes molest

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XLVI.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

Go said old Lyce senseless lover go

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XLVII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

Leave off thy paint perfumes and youthful dress

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XLVIII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

Bright as the day and as the morning fair

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XLIX.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

The thunderer who without the female bed

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L.

Poem Title:

On Enjoyment.

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First Line:

The golden hair that Galla wears

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LI.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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She first departed he for one day tried

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LII.

Poem Title:

On a Gentleman who died the Day after his Lady.

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First Line:

Love is by fancy led about

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LIII.

Poem Title:

Fancy.

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Thou art soft to touch charming to hear unseen

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LIV.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

That Macro's looks are good let no man doubt

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LV.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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Sometimes to sense sometimes to nonsense leaning

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LVI.

Poem Title:

A Character.

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Paula thou fain would'st marry me

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LVII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

Seven wealthy towns contend for Homer dead

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LVIII.

Poem Title:

A Cure for Poetry.

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First Line:

To stone the gods have changed her but in vain

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LIX.

Poem Title:

On a Statue of Niobe.

Attribution:

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First Line:

I hate and yet I love thee too

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LX.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

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First Line:

In Aesop's tales an honest wretch we find

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LXI.

Poem Title:

A Fable and Moral, to K. William III.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Chloe a coquet in her prime

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LXII.

Poem Title:

On the Marriage of an old Maid.

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First Line:

Dick would you know if I should change my life

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LXIII.

Poem Title:

Martial, Lib. I. Epig. 58.

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First Line:

Indulgent nature to each kind bestows

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LXIV.

Poem Title:

On the Burser of St. John's-College, Oxon, cutting down a fine Row of Trees.

Attribution:

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Second to Jove alone in whom unite

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LXV.

Poem Title:

Translated from an Inscription on a Medal of Lewis XIV.

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The queen deceased so pleased the king so grieved

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LXVI.

Poem Title:

On the Death of Queen Mary.

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Thy relics Rowe to this fair shrine we trust

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LXVII.

Poem Title:

On a Monument intended to be erected for Mr. Rowe, by his Widow; written before Mr. Dryden's was set up.

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First Line:

Baker and poet swell thy glorious name

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LXVIII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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Beauty is but a short-lived flower

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LXIX.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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By a Ravenna vintner once betrayed

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LXX.

Poem Title:

From Martial.

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First Line:

So fair so young so innocent so sweet

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LXXI.

Poem Title:

Epitaph on a young Lady.

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When famed Apelles sought to frame

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LXXII.

Poem Title:

Upon a Picture of the Lady Hide.

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If beauteous Kitty boasts a charm

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LXXIII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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Never before did fate dispense

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LXXIV.

Poem Title:

On the Alliance between Spain and Germany, 1726.

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That speech surpasses force is no new whim

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LXXV.

Poem Title:

Lingua potentior armis.

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Of two reliefs to ease a lovesick mind

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LXXVI.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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Clarinda with a haughty grace

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LXXVII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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Whenever I look I may descry

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LXXVIII.

Poem Title:

The Dart.

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When Mira casts around her conquering eyes

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LXXIX.

Poem Title:

Upon a Cravat, flourish'd by Mrs.-----

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Love is begot by fancy bred

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LXXX.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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Three poets in three distant ages born

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LXXXI.

Poem Title:

On Milton.

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Twas well for Bernard he was born

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LXXXII.

Poem Title:

To Sylvia, reading St. Bernard's Life.

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Man and money a mutual friendship show

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LXXXIII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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Amphion strikes the vocal lyre

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LXXXIV.

Poem Title:

Upon Nicolini and Valentini's first coming to the House in the Hay-Market.

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First Line:

To charming Celia's arms I flew

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LXXXV.

Poem Title:

The contented Whore.

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Mendax 'tis said thou art such a liar grown

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LXXXVI.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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Ten months after Florimel happened to wed

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LXXXVII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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Among the fair that Hide Park Circus grace

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LXXXVIII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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You say you'll spend a thousand pound

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LXXXIX.

Poem Title:

To a Fool going to travel.

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This peaceful tomb does now contain

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XC.

Poem Title:

Epitaph upon a Gentleman and his Son.

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First Line:

Ovid is the surest guide

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XCI.

Poem Title:

Written in the blank Leaf of an Ovid.

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A peaceful sway the great Augustus bore

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XCII.

Poem Title:

To Oliver Cromwel

Attribution:

By the famous Mr. Locke

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John Locke

First Line:

True Englishmen drink a good health to the mitre

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XCIII.

Poem Title:

On the Seven Bishops.

Attribution:

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Were there on earth another voice like thine

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XCIV.

Poem Title:

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

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Here flat on her back but unactive at last

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XCV.

Poem Title:

Epitaph on Sally Salisbury.

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She's bent like a ninepence and would have been broken

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XCVI.

Poem Title:

On a crooked Woman.

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All nature's charms in Sunderland appear

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XCVII.

Poem Title:

On Lady Sunderland.

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Nature in pity has denied you shape

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XCVIII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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Paulus the famous quack renowned afar

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XCIX.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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You who first taught us in this isle

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C.

Poem Title:

To Dr. Swift

Attribution:

By a Gentleman who imitated his Manner and Stile in writing

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Not attributed

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Those envious flakes came down in haste

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CI.

Poem Title:

On some Snow that melted on a Lady's Breast.

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Nature's chief gifts unequally are carved

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CII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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At once the sun and Carlisle took their way

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CIII.

Poem Title:

Lady Carlisle going to the Country.

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Ye sons of verse transmit to fame

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CIV.

Poem Title:

Upon a Lady, who finding her Pocket wet, pretended she had broke her Hartshorn Bottle in it.

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Fairest and latest of thy beauteous race

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CV.

Poem Title:

To Lady Mary Churchill.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

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First Line:

Here old Grubbinol lies

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CVI.

Poem Title:

Epitaph on a Gentleman who died by taking Cantharides.

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First Line:

Fair as the blushing grape she stands

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CVII.

Poem Title:

On Mrs. Dashwood.

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Whilst maudlin whigs deplore their Cato's fate

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CVIII.

Poem Title:

On a Lady who shed her Water at seeing the Tragedy of Cato.

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All health to her in whose bright form we find

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CIX.

Poem Title:

Drinking Lady Bridgewater's Health.

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First Line:

Of injured fame and mighty wrongs received

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CX.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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Cornus proclaims aloud his wife's a whore

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CXI.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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Were men so dull they could not see

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CXII.

Poem Title:

On a painted Lady with ill Teeth.

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First Line:

In church the prayer book and the fan displayed

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CXIII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

Chloe new married looks at men no more

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CXIV.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

Thais her teeth are black and nought

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CXV.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

Phyllis the fairest of love's foes

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CXVI.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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Blessed be the princes who have fought

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CXVII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

Could our first father at his toilsome plough

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CXVIII.

Poem Title:

Adam pos'd.

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First Line:

To put out the word whore thou dost me woo

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CXIX.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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Thy nags the leanest things alive

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CXX.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

No pleasure now from Nicolini's tongue

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CXXI.

Poem Title:

[no title]

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First Line:

Tomorrow you will live you always cry

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CXXII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

In vain by parallels you strive

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CXXIII.

Poem Title:

To a Lady who commended another's Eyes.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Tell me Sileno why you fill

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CXXIV.

Poem Title:

To a Jealous Husband.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Oh shield me from his rage celestial powers

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CXXV.

Poem Title:

Jealousy.

Attribution:

By a Lady.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

From her own native France as old Alison past

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CXXVI.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

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First Line:

Ovid who bid the ladies laugh

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CXXVII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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Rutt to the suburb beauties full well known

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CXXVIII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

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First Line:

Too conscious of her worth a noble maid

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CXXIX.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

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When Thomas calls his wife his half

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CXXX.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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When Cupid did his grandsire Jove entreat

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CXXXI.

Poem Title:

On Mrs. Biddy Floyd.

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Vain the concern which you express

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CXXXII.

Poem Title:

To the Duke de Noailles.

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Here lies the mutton-eating king

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CXXXIII.

Poem Title:

Written on the Chamber Door of King Charles II.

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I little thought the time would ever be

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CXXXIV.

Poem Title:

To a Lady who made Posies for Rings.

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Guilty be wise and though thou knowest the crimes

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CXXXV.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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Guilty because I bade you late be wise

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CXXXVI.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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Who says that Giles and Joan at discord be

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CXXXVII.

Poem Title:

On Giles and Joan.

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First Line:

Ridway robbed Duncote of three hundred pound

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CXXXVIII.

Poem Title:

On a Robbery.

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First Line:

Had she but lived in Cleopatra's age

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CXXXIX.

Poem Title:

On the Dutchess of Portsmouth's Picture.

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First Line:

When famed Varelst this little wonder drew

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CXL.

Poem Title:

A Flower painted by Varelst.

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First Line:

On his deathbed poor Lubin lies

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CXLI.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

Fie Delia talk no more of love

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CXLII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

What a frail thing is beauty says baron le Cras

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CXLIII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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Charinus 'twas my hap of late

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CXLIV.

Poem Title:

To Charinus, an ugly Woman's Husband.

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First Line:

That little patch upon your face

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CXLV.

Poem Title:

On a Lady's wearing a Patch.

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First Line:

Great Bacchus born in thunder and in fire

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CXLVI.

Poem Title:

From the Greek.

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First Line:

Argyle his praise when Southerne wrote

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CXLVII.

Poem Title:

In behalf of Mr. Southerne: To the Duke of Argyle.

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First Line:

When Loveless married lady Jenny

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CXLIX.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

He who great Jove's artillery aped so well

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CL.

Poem Title:

To a Painter, drawing a Lady's Picture.

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First Line:

Your mistress that you follow whores still taxeth you

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CLI.

Poem Title:

A Self-Accuser.

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First Line:

Thy flattering picture Phryne is like to thee

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CLII.

Poem Title:

Phryne.

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First Line:

Thy sins and hairs may no man equal call

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CLIII.

Poem Title:

A licentious Person.

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Frank carves very ill yet will palm all the meats

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CLIV.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

When Jove Archimedes's sphere surveyed

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CLV.

Poem Title:

Archimedes's Sphere: From Claudian.

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When all the blandishments of life are gone

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CLVI.

Poem Title:

On Suicide: From Martial.

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First Line:

Oh what bosom but must yield

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CLVII.

Poem Title:

To a Sempstress.

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First Line:

Nobles and heralds by your leave

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CLVIII.

Poem Title:

Mr. Prior's Epitaph.

Attribution:

Mr. Prior's Epitaph

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Hold Matthew Prior by your leave

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CLIX.

Poem Title:

Answer to Prior's Epitaph.

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First Line:

Let others brittle beauties of a year

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CLX.

Poem Title:

To a Lady, on seeing some Verses in Praise of her, on a Pane of Glass.

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In sporting mood my Celia said

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CLXI.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

Mind but thy preaching T-- translate no further

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CLXII.

Poem Title:

Advice to a late Translator of Virgil.

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First Line:

A bard grown desirous of saving his pelf

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CLXIII.

Poem Title:

On a little House, built by a Poetical Gentleman.

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First Line:

Here innocence and beauty lies whose breath

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CLXIV.

Poem Title:

An Epitaph.

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First Line:

Silvia methinks you are unfit

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CLXV.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

Theseus if faith may build on fame

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CLXVI.

Poem Title:

To an angry Lady.

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First Line:

So bright is thy beauty so charming thy song

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CLXVII.

Poem Title:

On a handsome Woman with a fine Voice, but very covetous and proud.

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First Line:

Before her husband Lesbia calls me names

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CLXVIII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

Saturn and Sol and Luna chaste

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CLXIX.

Poem Title:

De Die Martis & Die Veneris.

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Over this marble drop a tear

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CLXX.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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Come Meg be quick and make the bed

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CLXXI.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

The lofty arch his high ambition shows

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CLXXII.

Poem Title:

On a high Arch, built over a small Stream by a certain Nobleman.

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When Tadloe walks the streets the paviors cry

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CLXXIII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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Lie Philo untouched on my peaceable shelf

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CLXXIV.

Poem Title:

To a Person who wrote ill, and spake worse against the Author.

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First Line:

Censure and penances excommunication

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CLXXV.

Poem Title:

To a Roman Catholick, upon Marriage.

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First Line:

That thou dost shorten thy long nights with wine

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CLXXVI.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

Through servile flattery thou dost all commend

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CLXXVII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

Coscus thou sayest my epigrams are long

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CLXXVIII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

'English'd by Sir Charles Sedley' (preface)

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Sir Charles Sedley

First Line:

George came to the crown without striking a blow

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CLXXIX.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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In marriage are two happy things allowed

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CLXXX.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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Here lives a man who by relation

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CLXXXI.

Poem Title:

Written over a Gate.

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How much are they deceived who vainly strive

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CLXXXII.

Poem Title:

Love and Jealousy.

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First Line:

While faster than his costive brain indites

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CLXXXIII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

How old may Phyllis be you ask

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CLXXXIV.

Poem Title:

Phyllis's Age.

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First Line:

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

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CLXXXV.

Poem Title:

For the Author's Tombstone.

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First Line:

Thraso picks quarrels when he's drunk at night

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CLXXXVI.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

Whilst in his double elbow chair

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CLXXXVII.

Poem Title:

Against an Atheist.

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First Line:

Your homely face Flippanta you disguise

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CLXXXVIII.

Poem Title:

On a very homely Lady, that patch'd much.

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First Line:

When Gammar Gurton first I knew

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CLXXXIX.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

Scarce had the sun dried up the dewy morn

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CXC.

Poem Title:

Venus and Adonis.

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First Line:

In vain Clarinda night and day

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CXCI.

Poem Title:

Written in Clarinda's Prayer-Book.

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First Line:

With what strange raptures would my soul be blessed

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CXCII.

Poem Title:

Written in a Lady's Table Book.

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First Line:

Rich Gripe does all his thoughts and cunning bend

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CXCIII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

Whilst in the dark on thy soft hand I hung

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CXIV.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

Martin pox on him that impudent devil

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CXCV.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

Thou swearest thou wilt drink no more kind heaven send

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CXCVI.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

When thou art asked to sup abroad

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CXCVII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

Chloe's the wonder of her sex

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CXCVIII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

So much dear Pope thy English Iliad charms

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CXCIX.

Poem Title:

To Mr. Pope, on his Translation of Homer.

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First Line:

Tell me Dorinda why so gay

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CC.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

Thou speakest always ill of me

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CCI.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

Why do they say the goddess Fortune's blind

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CCII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

This vain thing set up for a man

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CCIII.

Poem Title:

Under the Picture of a Beau.

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First Line:

Thou saidst that I alone thy heart could move

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CCIV.

Poem Title:

To his false Mistress.

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First Line:

Silvia makes sad complaints she's lost her lover

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CCV.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

The Trojan swain had judged the great dispute

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CCVI.

Poem Title:

Pallas and Venus.

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First Line:

I offer love but thou respect wilt have

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CCVII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

My Lesbia swears she would Catullus wed

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CCVIII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

All things are common amongst friends thou sayest

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CCIX.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

Pious Selinda goes to prayers

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CCX.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

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First Line:

As oft in vain as he essayed to tell

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CCXI.

Poem Title:

On Mr. Pope's Translation of Homer.

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First Line:

A scolding wife so long a sleep possessed

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CCXII.

Poem Title:

Mulieri ne crede, ne mortuae quidem.

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First Line:

Cosmelia's charms inspire my lays

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CCXIII.

Poem Title:

On an ancient Lady that painted.

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First Line:

In vain old Dipsas you'd asperse my fame

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CCXIV.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

The poet and the painter safely dare

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CCXV.

Poem Title:

Verses under a Lady's Picture.

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First Line:

Merit they hate and wit they slight

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CCXVI.

Poem Title:

The Miracle, 1707.

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First Line:

Saint Paul's rule Cotta keeps to his wife he's one

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CCXVII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

Well hast thou drawn fond youth in properest place

Page No:

CCXVIII.

Poem Title:

Occasion'd by seeing some Verses on Caelia, wrote on a Pane of Glass.

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First Line:

You oft Corinna ask me if you're fair

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CCXIX.

Poem Title:

Imitated from Buchanan.

Attribution:

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First Line:

You ask dear Will what we disdain

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CCXX.

Poem Title:

Mart. Epig. 58. Lib I.

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First Line:

Fair half-blind boy born of an half-blind mother

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CCXXI.

Poem Title:

Upon a Boy and his Mother, having each but one Eye.

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First Line:

Acon his right Leonilla her left eye

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CCXXII.

Poem Title:

On the same Subject.

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First Line:

The poets sing of old that amorous Jove

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CCXXIII.

Poem Title:

The Husband

Attribution:

By a Lady

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Not attributed

First Line:

Half of your book is to an index grown

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CCXXIV.

Poem Title:

On a certain Writer.

Attribution:

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First Line:

In the smooth plane your hand engraves

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CCXXV.

Poem Title:

Written in a Lady's Table Book, under a Prayer to the Virgin Mary.

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First Line:

A lady lately that was fully sped

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CCXXVI.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

Fine madam Would-be wherefore should you fear

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CCXXVII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

Diaulus sexton from physician is

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CCXXVIII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

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First Line:

Give me a girl if one I needs must meet

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CCXXIX.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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First Line:

Twas said of old the Thracian's powerful song

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CCXXX.

Poem Title:

On a beautiful Lady with a fine Voice.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Where Drake first found there last he lost his fame

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CCXXXI.

Poem Title:

On Sir Francis Drake drowned.

Attribution:

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First Line:

That these flowers were men wish Corinna no more

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CCXXXII.

Poem Title:

On Corinna's Wish.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Will in a wilful humour needs would wed

Page No:

CCXXIII.

Poem Title:

Turpe Lucrum Veneris.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Boast not a golden rain O Jove behold

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CCXXXIV.

Poem Title:

Love-Tears.

Attribution:

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First Line:

That ignorance makes devout if right the notion

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CCXXXV.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

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First Line:

Who can hide fire if it be uncovered light

Page No:

CCXXXVI.

Poem Title:

Love inconcealable.

Attribution:

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First Line:

The body which within this earth is laid

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CCXXXVII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

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First Line:

Would thou hadst beauty less or virtue more

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CCXXXVIII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

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First Line:

My love and I for kisses played

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CCXXXIX.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

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First Line:

Doris a widow past her prime

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CCXL.

Poem Title:

The real Affliction.

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First Line:

Selinda never appears till night

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CCXLI.

Poem Title:

The true Reason.

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First Line:

Julia young wanton flung the gathered snow

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CCXLII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

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First Line:

Nokes went he thought to Stikes's wife to bed

Page No:

CCXLIII.

Poem Title:

A Case to the Civilians.

Attribution:

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First Line:

The Thracian infant entering into life

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CCXLIV.

Poem Title:

A Thracian Custom.

Attribution:

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First Line:

When Pontius wished an edict might be passed

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CCXLV.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

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First Line:

B-- though with scraps of others wit

Page No:

CCXLVI.

Poem Title:

In Imitation of Martial, L. I. Ep. 67.

Attribution:

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First Line:

How comes it that Quibus should pass for a wit

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CCXLVII.

Poem Title:

A Lawyer's Reputation.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Cupid one day asked his mother

Page No:

CCXLVIII.

Poem Title:

On the Marriage of Ed. Herbert, Esq; and Mrs. Elizabeth Herbert.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Susanna's fate with pity we behold

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CCXLIX.

Poem Title:

On the Picture of Susanna.

Attribution:

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First Line:

O rare Ben Jonson what a turncoat grown

Page No:

CCL.

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

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First Line:

Advice Cosmelia by the wise is loved

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CCLI.

Poem Title:

To a Young Lady: With the Lord Halifax's Advice to a Daughter.

Attribution:

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First Line:

All flesh is frail poor Aldus knows

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CCLII.

Poem Title:

The seasonable Reflection.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Venus called Cupid the other day

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CCLIII.

Poem Title:

Venus jealous.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Most maids resemble Eve now in their lives

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CCLIV.

Poem Title:

On Maids.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Old Orpheus played so well he moved old Nick

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CCLV.

Poem Title:

To a bad Fiddler.

Attribution:

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First Line:

I know not whether in Narcissus' glass

Page No:

CCLVI.

Poem Title:

Imitated from Buchanan.

Attribution:

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First Line:

When Phoebus saw a rugged bark beguile

Page No:

CCLVII.

Poem Title:

Apollo and Daphne.

Attribution:

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First Line:

The man that believed a rich handsome young widow

Page No:

CCLVIII.

Poem Title:

Imitated from Buchanan.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

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First Line:

An old stale widower loving a young wench

Page No:

CCLIX.

Poem Title:

An old Man and a young Wench.

Attribution:

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First Line:

I know your heart cannot so guilty be

Page No:

CCLX.

Poem Title:

To a Lady who wore Patches.

Attribution:

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First Line:

A-- they say has wit for what

Page No:

CCLXI.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

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First Line:

I gave Calenus once a civil dun

Page No:

CCLXII.

Poem Title:

Aulus and Calenus: Imitated from Buchanan.

Attribution:

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First Line:

To raise a lady's expectations high

Page No:

CCLXIII.

Poem Title:

On the Expulsion of a Member of the House of Commons, for an Attempt to bribe a Member of the Secret Committee.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Cornutus called his wife both whore and slut

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CCLXIV.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

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First Line:

No cause nor client fat will Cheverill lease

Page No:

CCLXV.

Poem Title:

On Chev'rill the Lawyer.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Cheverill cries out my verses libels are

Page No:

CCLXVI.

Poem Title:

On the same.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Prithee is not Miss Chloe's a comical case

Page No:

CCLXVII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

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First Line:

Lightfingered Catch to keep his hands in ure

Page No:

CCLXVIII.

Poem Title:

Upon one stealing a Pound of Candles.

Attribution:

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First Line:

A man of Wales betwixt St David's day and Easter

Page No:

CCLXIX.

Poem Title:

On a Welshman.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Fair hand that can on virgin paper write

Page No:

CCLXX.

Poem Title:

On a Tree cut in Paper.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Whilst from the tears young widows shed

Page No:

CCLXXI.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

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First Line:

Diana watchful over young Ammon's fate

Page No:

CCLXXII.

Poem Title:

On His Majesty's Birth Day. Which happen'd the Day after the Restoration.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Chloe loves only me she vows

Page No:

CCLXXIII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To love to live just the same meaning bear

Page No:

CCLXXIV.

Poem Title:

For Love.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To love to perish the same meaning have

Page No:

CCLXXV.

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ye sons of Mars your courage boast no more

Page No:

CCLXXVI.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Nebat's famed son undertook the old cause

Page No:

CCLXXVII.

Poem Title:

On the Promotion of Dr. T-- to the See of Ca--ry.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The aged Swan oppressed by time and cares

Page No:

CCLXXVIII.

Poem Title:

On Owen Swan's Tobacco Papers.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Phillis my thoughts you often pray

Page No:

CCLXXIX.

Poem Title:

Imitated from Buchanan.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

This charming bed of flowers when Flora spied

Page No:

CCLXXX.

Poem Title:

On Flowers embroider'd by a young Lady.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Can forms like yours want ornaments of dress

Page No:

CCLXXXI.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Did Celia's person and her mind agree

Page No:

CCLXXXII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If the old Samian doctrine of spirits be true

Page No:

CCLXXXIII.

Poem Title:

To the Right Honourable Arthur, Earl of Anglesey.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Now shame pursue my meddling sight

Page No:

CCLXXIV.

Poem Title:

On hearing an ugly Woman sing.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies my poor wife without bed or blanket

Page No:

CCLXXXV.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A Welshman coming late into an inn

Page No:

CCLXXXVI.

Poem Title:

On a Welshman.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Faustus stabbed Flora and would you know why

Page No:

CCLXXXVII.

Poem Title:

On Faustus.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

M--l a poet why thou art merry

Page No:

CCLXXXVIII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A lusty old grave grey-headed sire

Page No:

CCLXXXVIII.

Poem Title:

On a Civilian.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

While she pretends to make the graces known

Page No:

CCXC.

Poem Title:

On a Lady who wrote in Praise of Mira.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

What Crispulus is that in a new gown

Page No:

CCXCI.

Poem Title:

On Coracine.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Since thou wouldst needs bewitched with some ill charms

Page No:

CCXCII.

Poem Title:

To one married to an old Man.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Playwright me reads and still my verses damns

Page No:

CCXCIII.

Poem Title:

To Play-Wright.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Kind Katherine kissed her husband with these words

Page No:

CCXCIV.

Poem Title:

Feminae ludificantur viros.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A jealous merchant that a sailor met

Page No:

CCXCV.

Poem Title:

Tunc tua res agitur.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Underneath this sable hearse

Page No:

CCXCVI.

Poem Title:

On the Death of Mary, Countess of Pembroke.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Women are books and men the readers be

Page No:

CCXCVII.

Poem Title:

On Women.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A bachelor would have a wife that's wise

Page No:

CCXCVIII.

Poem Title:

In uxorem optatam.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Let Rufus weep rejoice stand sit or walk

Page No:

CCXCIX.

Poem Title:

Martial, Lib. 1. Epig. 69.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Stay traveler for all you want is near

Page No:

CCC.

Poem Title:

Epitaph on Cardinal Richlieu.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A justice walking over the frozen Thames

Page No:

CCCI.

Poem Title:

In stolidum.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thou hast been wanton therefore it is meet

Page No:

CCCII.

Poem Title:

To his Quill.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Chloe I confess my pain

Page No:

CCCIII.

Poem Title:

The Cure of Love.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When I revolve this evanescent state

Page No:

CCCIV.

Poem Title:

Written by a Gentleman looking at himself in a Glass.

Attribution:

by a Gentleman

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If death must come as oft as breath departs

Page No:

CCCV.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When first the Tatler to a mute was turned

Page No:

CCCVI.

Poem Title:

On the Spectator.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When John Cornutus doth his wife reprove

Page No:

CCCVII.

Poem Title:

Anger soon appeased.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To this sad shrine whoever thou art draw near

Page No:

CCCVIII.

Poem Title:

Epitaph on Mr. Harcourt's Tomb

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Pope

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

A chapel of the riding house is made

Page No:

CCCIX.

Poem Title:

On a Riding House turn'd into a Chapel.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Stay bachelor if you have wit

Page No:

CCCX.

Poem Title:

Epitaph on a Man and his Wife.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I am unable yonder beggar cries

Page No:

CCCXI.

Poem Title:

A lame Beggar.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

With the spouse of Noll Bluff to that same a well-willer

Page No:

CCCXII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If in his study he hath so much care

Page No:

CCCXIII.

Poem Title:

The Antiquary.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thy father all from thee by his last will

Page No:

CCCXIV.

Poem Title:

Disinherited.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whence comes it that in Clara's face

Page No:

CCCXV.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Olivia's gay but looks devout

Page No:

CCCXVI.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here stand I for whores as great

Page No:

CCCXVII.

Poem Title:

Verses pinn'd to a Sheet in which a Lady stood to do Penance in the Church.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Says Sir John to my lady as together they sat

Page No:

CCCXVIII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The walls are thick the servants thin

Page No:

CCCIX.

Poem Title:

On a great House adorn'd with Statues.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Fair Ursly in a merry mood

Page No:

CCCXX.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Some say that signior Bononcini

Page No:

CCCXXI.

Poem Title:

The Contest.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The same allegiance to two kings he pays

Page No:

CCCXXII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When the seals were delivered to Macclesfield's charge

Page No:

CCCXXIII.

Poem Title:

On the Earl of Macclesfield.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As Chloe came into the room the other day

Page No:

CCCXXIV.

Poem Title:

A Lover's Anger.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Each softening charm of Clio's smiling song

Page No:

CCCXXV.

Poem Title:

On Miranda and her Writings.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The lady who this resolution took

Page No:

CCCXXVI.

Poem Title:

A Lady wrote upon a Window some Verses, intimating her Design of never marrying; a Gentleman wrote these Lines underneath.

Attribution:

A gentleman

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The more I strive to learn the less I know

Page No:

CCCXXVII.

Poem Title:

A Dunce's Speech at School.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When I had purchased a fresh whore or coat

Page No:

CCCXXVIII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

That thou dost cassia breathe and foreign gums

Page No:

CCCXXIX.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tis not the fear of death or smart

Page No:

CCCXXX.

Poem Title:

To an angry Rival.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If thou dost want a horse thou buyest a score

Page No:

CCCXXXI.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Phrine as odious as youth well can be

Page No:

CCCXXXII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Julius whatever realm enjoys thy ghost

Page No:

CCCXXXIII.

Poem Title:

On the Tragedy of Caesar in Aegypt.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When the packed audience from their post retired

Page No:

CCCXXXIV.

Poem Title:

On the Sixth Night of the same.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Arria to her Poetus gave the steel

Page No:

CCCXXXV.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If Scaeva for more friends you care

Page No:

CCCXXXVI.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Chloris the prettiest girl about the town

Page No:

CCCXXXVII.

Poem Title:

The Maidenhead.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

My heart is proud your chains to wear

Page No:

CCCXXXVIII.

Poem Title:

To a Lady of Pleasure.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

That thy wife coughs all night and spits all day

Page No:

CCCXXXIX.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

What business or what hope brings thee to town

Page No:

CCCXL.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

One month a lawyer thou the next wilt be

Page No:

CCCXLI.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

While thou sittest drinking up thy loyalty

Page No:

CCCXLII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thou quibblest well hast craft and industry

Page No:

CCCXLIII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A nymph and a swain to Apollo once prayed

Page No:

CCCXLIV.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When to thy husband thou didst first refuse

Page No:

CCCXLV.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Cinna cries out I am not worth a groat

Page No:

CCCXLVI.

Poem Title:

Martial, Lib. 8. Epig. 19.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Storm not brave friend that thou hadst never yet

Page No:

CCCXLVII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whilst thirst of praise and vain desire of fame

Page No:

CCCXLVIII.

Poem Title:

The Lady's Resolve.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whilst pretty fellows think a woman's fame

Page No:

CCCXLIX.

Poem Title:

The Gentleman's Answer.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thou wilt fight if any man call Phoebe whore

Page No:

CCCL

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I sing the boy who gagged and bound

Page No:

CCCLI.

Poem Title:

On a dumb Boy, very beautiful, and of great Quickness of Parts

Attribution:

Written by a Lady

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Are the guests of this house still doomed to be cheated

Page No:

CCCLII.

Poem Title:

Written on the Window of the Deanery-House of St. Patrick in Dublin

Attribution:

By Dr. Delany.

Attributed To:

Patrick Delany

First Line:

A bard on whom Phoebus his spirit bestowed

Page No:

CCCLIII.

Poem Title:

Upon the same Subject.

Attribution:

By the same Hand. [i.e. Delany]

Attributed To:

Patrick Delany

First Line:

Yes every poet is a fool

Page No:

CCCLIV.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

How capricious were nature and art to poor Nell

Page No:

CCCLV.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The Macedonian youth with tears deplored

Page No:

CCCLVI.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Talk Strephon no more of what's honest and just

Page No:

CCCLVII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

How shall I shake off cold despair

Page No:

CCCLVIII.

Poem Title:

A Lover's Reflection.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Let Jove no more his Hebe boast

Page No:

CCCLIX.

Poem Title:

Wrote at Brigadier S--'s over a Bowl of Punch, where Jupiter and Hebe are painted on the Ceiling.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

How apt are men to lie how dare they say

Page No:

CCCLX.

Poem Title:

Epitaph on a talkative Lady.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When daring Blood his rent to have regained

Page No:

CCCLXI.

Poem Title:

On Blood's stealing the Crown.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Forgive fair creature formed to please

Page No:

CCCLXII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A true dissenter here does lie indeed

Page No:

CCCLXIII.

Poem Title:

An Epitaph.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Great Pompey's ashes Egypt's triumphs swell

Page No:

CCCLXIV.

Poem Title:

Martial, Lib. 5. Epig. 75.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Fair marble tell to future days

Page No:

CCCLXV.

Poem Title:

On two Twin-Sisters, who died a the same Time, and were buried in one Grave.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To Rosalinda's eyes who not submit

Page No:

CCCLXVI.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To walk a mile a friend to see

Page No:

CCCLXVII.

Poem Title:

Martial, Lib. 2. Epig. 5.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If C--rn but wear it a feather's a charm

Page No:

CCCLXVIII.

Poem Title:

On a Feather in a Lady's Hair.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here sleep whom neither life nor love

Page No:

CCCLXIX.

Poem Title:

Epitaph on a Man and his Wife.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If as they tell us man and wife

Page No:

CCCLXX.

Poem Title:

On the foregoing.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Varus invited me to sup of late

Page No:

CCCLXXI.

Poem Title:

Martial, Lib. 4. Epig. 78.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

On Stygian banks Diogenes the wise

Page No:

CCCLXXII.

Poem Title:

From the Greek.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The Lydian prince is blamed for wealth alone

Page No:

CCCLXXIII.

Poem Title:

On the foregoing.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A monster in a course of vice grown old

Page No:

CCCLXXIV.

Poem Title:

The Monument.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Great Capitolian Jove thou god to whom

Page No:

CCCLXXV.

Poem Title:

Martial, Lib. 7. Epig. 59.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

While Butler needy wretch was still alive

Page No:

CCCLXXVI.

Poem Title:

On setting up Mr. Butler's Monument in Westminster Abbey.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Respect to Dryden justly Sheffield paid

Page No:

CCCLXXVII.

Poem Title:

On the same Occasion.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

No more oh Rome thy wrong belief defend

Page No:

CCCLXXVIII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Not all the shifts that crafty Rome invents

Page No:

CCCLXXIX.

Poem Title:

Alluding to the foregoing.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To Spain forbid it heaven oh wish no more

Page No:

CCCLXXX.

Poem Title:

To Eliza, intending a Voyage to Spain.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Let it not move thy wonder that I place

Page No:

CCCLXXXI.

Poem Title:

On a Lock of Sylvia's Hair, wrapt up in brown Paper.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Accept a miracle instead of wit

Page No:

CCCLXXXII.

Poem Title:

Written on a Glass by a Gentleman, who borrow'd the Earl of Chesterfield's Diamond Pencil.

Attribution:

by a Gentleman

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Swift through my breast your thrilling kisses rove

Page No:

CCCLXXXIII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In a dark corner of the house

Page No:

CCCLXXXIV.

Poem Title:

The Loss.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Why should those eyes Florella wear

Page No:

CCCLXXXV.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Those verses Brauler which thou hast read are mine

Page No:

CCCLXXXVI.

Poem Title:

Martial, Lib. 1. Epig. 39.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When great men fall great griefs arise

Page No:

CCCLXXXVII.

Poem Title:

On the Duke of Buckingham's Disgrace at Court, 1687.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Dutry that soul-inspiring fair

Page No:

CCCLXXXVIII.

Poem Title:

To the Lady Dutry

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When God almighty had his palace framed

Page No:

CCCLXXXIX.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If heaven be pleased when sinners cease to sin

Page No:

CCCXC.

Poem Title:

Coleman's Epitaph.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

This mystic knot unites two royal names

Page No:

CCCXCI.

Poem Title:

On a Medal, whereon two Names were interwoven.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Belinda has such wondrous charms

Page No:

CCCXCII.

Poem Title:

On a famous Toast.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The author sure must take great pains

Page No:

CCCCXCIII.

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

We men have many faults

Page No:

CCCXCIV.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Behold Dutch prince here lie the unconquered pair

Page No:

CCCXCV.

Poem Title:

On the Death of Queen Mary, and the Marshal de Luxemburg.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies the lyric who with tale and song

Page No:

CCCXCVI.

Poem Title:

Epitaph on Tom Durfey.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

John Dryden enemies had three

Page No:

CCCXCVII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Fair Susan did her wif-hede well menteine

Page No:

p.CCCXCVIII.

Poem Title:

In Chaucer's Stile.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Pallas destructive to the Trojan line

Page No:

CCCXCIX.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Proud with the spoils of royal cully

Page No:

CD.

Poem Title:

On the Countess of Dorchester.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tis a strange thing to think on

Page No:

CDI.

Poem Title:

Written over a Bishop's Door.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If youth and beauty fade my dear

Page No:

CDII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Democritus dear droll revisit earth

Page No:

CDIII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Her eyebrow box one morning lost

Page No:

CDIV.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Helen was just slipped into bed

Page No:

CDV.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The bravest hero and the brightest dame

Page No:

CDVI.

Poem Title:

On Lady Essex, who was a Dutch Woman.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Salva sings or plays the heroine's part

Page No:

CDVII.

Poem Title:

To Mrs. Anastasia Robinson.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

O thou that high thy head dost bear

Page No:

CDVIII.

Poem Title:

The Decanter.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

O Dunch if fewer with thy charms are fired

Page No:

CDIX.

Poem Title:

On Mrs. Dunch.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The rabble hates the gentry fear

Page No:

CDX.

Poem Title:

Written in 1680.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Algernon Sidney fills this tomb

Page No:

CDXI.

Poem Title:

An Epitaph.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Before Apollo's shrine I prayed

Page No:

CDXII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The line of Vere so long renowned in arms

Page No:

CDXIII.

Poem Title:

On the Dutchess of St. Albans.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Unhappier age who ever saw

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CDXIV.

Poem Title:

Written in the Year 1686.

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Married 'tis well a mighty blessing

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CDXV.

Poem Title:

On a hasty Marriage.

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I dreamed that buried in my fellow clay

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CDXVI.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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By nature meant by want a pedant made

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CDXVII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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A grave physician used to write for fees

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CDXVIII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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Let Blackmore still in good King Arthur's vein

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CDXIX.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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Since B---y's nonsense to outdo you strive

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CDXX.

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[No title]

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A monument of dullness to erect

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CDXXI.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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Poor Job lost all the comforts of his life

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CDXXII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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We bid thee not give over the killing trade

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CDXXIII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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I charge thee knight in great Apollo's name

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CDXXIV.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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The preacher Maurus cries all wit is vain

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CDXXV.

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[No title]

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If wit as we are told be a disease

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CDXXVI.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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Godolphin's easy and unpractised air

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CDXXVII.

Poem Title:

On the Lady Harriot Godolphin.

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A certain priest had hoarded up

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CDXXVIII.

Poem Title:

The Robber robb'd.

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Ye active streams wherever your waters flow

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CDXXIX.

Poem Title:

Inscription for a Fountain, adorn'd with Queen Anne's and the late Duke of Marlborough's Images, and the chief Rivers of the World round the Work.

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No no for my virginity

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CDXXX.

Poem Title:

A True Maid.

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Poor little pretty fluttering thing

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CDXXXI.

Poem Title:

The Emperor Adrian's Death bed Verses, to his Soul, imitated.

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When Israel's daughters mourned their past offences

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CDXXXII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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That powerful name whose princely meaning shows

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CDXXXIII.

Poem Title:

To a Lady descended from the Saxon Kings of this Island.

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Thy verses are eternal oh my friend

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CDXXXIV.

Poem Title:

On a certain Poet.

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Who can on this picture look

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CDXXXV.

Poem Title:

On the Dutchess of Portsmouth's Picture.

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Tis not the splendor of the place

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CDXXXVI.

Poem Title:

On the Lord King's Motto. Labor ipse Voluptas.

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While haughty Gallia's dames that spread

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CDXXXVII.

Poem Title:

On a Lady's living at Paris.

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Of gentle blood his parents only treasure

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CDXXXVIII.

Poem Title:

Epitaph on a Young Gentleman.

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See see she wakes Sabina wakes

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CDXXXIX.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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Venus take my votive glass

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CDXL.

Poem Title:

The Lady's Offering of her Looking-Glass to Venus.

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See here how bright the first-born virgin shone

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CDXLI.

Poem Title:

Written in a Lady's Milton.

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Fair Margaret in woeful wise

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CDXLII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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The town reports the falsehood of my dear

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CDXLIII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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The morning rose bright as a blooming bride

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CDXLIV.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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Philemon with translations so doth fill us

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CDXLV.

Poem Title:

On Dr. Holland's translating Suetonius.

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Nigrelio leads a married life

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CDXLVI.

Poem Title:

On Mr. Cornelius Marten, (a contented Cuckold.)

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Belinda swears by G-d her hair is black

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CDXLVII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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As Creech swang away in a sanctified twine

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CDXLVIII.

Poem Title:

On Dr. Sacheverell's Mathematical Blunder. (Wrote in 1711.)

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The pavement of the boundless main

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CDXLIX.

Poem Title:

Rebus on Mr. Sandford.

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If it be true celestial powers

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CDL.

Poem Title:

The Lady's Wish.

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If weeping love inquirers seek to know

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CDLI.

Poem Title:

Epitaph on a Young Lady.

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Young Acon wants Lunilla wants an eye

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CDLII.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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Paul so fond of the name of a poet is grown

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CDLIII.

Poem Title:

Martial, Lib. 2. Epig. 20.

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In Florimel's arms as if quite out of breath

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CDLIV.

Poem Title:

The Feather.

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Pox on it says time to Thomas Hearne

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CDLV.

Poem Title:

On Mr. Hearne, the great Antiquary.

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Sick of a life possessed in vain

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CDLVI.

Poem Title:

From the French of Mons. Maynard.

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Why dost thou come great censor of the age

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CDLVII.

Poem Title:

To Cato: From Martial, Lib. 1. Epig. 3.

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Poor queen twice doomed disastrous love to try

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CDLVIII.

Poem Title:

On Dido.

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Should curious readers wish to know

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CDLIX. [459]

Poem Title:

Epitaph on a Gentleman who retir'd late from the World.

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Sure heaven's unerring voice decreed of old

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CDLX.

Poem Title:

[no title]

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Come gentle air the Aeolian shepherd said

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CDLXI.

Poem Title:

'On a Fan, in which was painted the Story of Cephalus and Procris, with this Motto: Aura Veni.'

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Oh cried Arsenia long in wedlock blessed

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CDLXII.

Poem Title:

Woman's Resolution.

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The hermit's solace in his cell

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CDLXIII.

Poem Title:

What is Thought?

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No longer Orpheus shall thy sacred strains

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CDLXIV.

Poem Title:

On Orpheus.

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Divine Euripides this tomb we see

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CDLXV.

Poem Title:

On Euripides.

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Wind gentle evergreen to form a shade

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CDLXVI.

Poem Title:

On Sophocles.

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Still in our ears Andromache complains

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CDLXVII.

Poem Title:

On Homer.

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This tomb be thine Anacreon all around

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CDLXVIII.

Poem Title:

On Anacreon.

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The very bees oh sweet Menander hung

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CDLXIX.

Poem Title:

On Menander.

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When one good line did much my wonder raise

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CDLXX.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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Who first transcribed the famous Trojan war

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CDLXXI.

Poem Title:

On Homer.

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Fair rose to thee all other flowers must yield

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CDLXXII.

Poem Title:

The Rose. For the 10th of June.

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By hidden springs man's smallest actions move

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CDLXXIII.

Poem Title:

Optimum quod evenit.

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So sets the sun veiled with the shades of night

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CDLXXIV.

Poem Title:

Upon a Lady sleeping with her Face cover'd.

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Thy father Genoese thy mother Greek

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CDLXXV.

Poem Title:

From Buchanan. On Pope Julius II.

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The poet Boileau's picture here you see

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CDLXXVI.

Poem Title:

Verses by Boileau, on a Picture of his ill-grav'd.

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Did Plato live that sage whose piercing mind

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CDLXXVII.

Poem Title:

On Virtue: To a Lady.

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The emblem of the nation so grave and precise

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CDLXXVIII.

Poem Title:

On the Tax upon Salt.

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Traitor to God and rebel to thy pen

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CDLXXIX.

Poem Title:

To Mr. Dryden, on his Conversion.

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Hence vulgar beauties take their powerful arms

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CDLXXX.

Poem Title:

On Marinda's Toilet.

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When Job contending with the devil I saw

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CDLXXXI.

Poem Title:

Occasion'd by the News that Sir R-- Bl--'s Paraphrase upon Job was in the Press.

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Let the malicious critics snarl and rail

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CDLXXXII.

Poem Title:

Upon King Arthur, partly writ in the Doctor's Coach, and partly in a Coffee-House.

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He that in Arthur's trash has penance done

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CDLXXXIII.

Poem Title:

To the Author of the Satyr against Wit, concealing his Name.

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Thine is the only muse in British ground

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CDLXXXIV.

Poem Title:

To the same, upon his Talent of Praising and Railing.

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The British Arthur as historians tell

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CDLXXXV.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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In coffee-house begot the short-lived brat

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CDLXXXVI.

Poem Title:

Upon seeing a Man light a Pipe of Tobacco in a Coffee-House, with a Leaf of King Arthur.

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Unwieldy pedant let thy awkward muse

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CDLXXXVII.

Poem Title:

To the merry Poetaster at Sadler's Hall, in Cheapside.

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Some scribbling fops so little value fame

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CDLXXXVIII.

Poem Title:

To the Author of the Satyr against Wit.

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When fired by glory Philip's godlike son

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CDLXXXIX.

Poem Title:

[No title]

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Whilst you bright angel heaven alone pursue

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CDXC.

Poem Title:

Written in a Lady's Prayer Book.

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Thy beard and head are of a different dye

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CDXCI.

Poem Title:

Martial, Lib. 12. Epig. 54.

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Cade who had slain ten thousand men

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CDXCII.

Poem Title:

On Dr. C-de's dying by his own Recipe.

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We're told by one of the black robe

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CDXCIII.

Poem Title:

On M--y's Sermon.

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