An asylum for fugitives. Vol. II. [T118927] [ECCO]

DMI number:

1283

Publication Date:

1779

Volume Number:

2 of 2

ESTC number:

T118927

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW113492525

Shelfmark:

ECCO - nearest copy is in Bodleian Library.

Full Title:

AN | ASYLUM | FOR | FUGITIVES. | [rule] | VOL. II. | [engraving] | [double rule] | LONDON: | Printed for J. ALMON, opposite Burlington-House, PICCADILLY. | 1779.

Place of Publication:

London

Format:

Unknown

Other matter:

Prefatory matter: epistle 'To the Public', 1 page [unpaginated], 'Contents', 2 pages [unpaginated]

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Title:

An asylum for fugitives. [T118927] [ECCO]

Publication Date:

1776

ESTC No:

T118927

Volume:

1 of 2

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Volume from the same edition

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Content/Publication

First Line:

Most raw recruits in times of peace appear

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p.2

Poem Title:

Upon this occasion, the following Prologue was spoken by Lord Villers.

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First Line:

I fear the ladies think my last night's dealing

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pp.2-4

Poem Title:

Epilogue written by Mr. Colman, for Lady Wronghead, and altered for Manly. Spoken by Mr. Milles.

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by Mr. Colman

Attributed To:

George Colman

First Line:

As some there are who may not know the story

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pp.4-5

Poem Title:

Prologue to the French Piece of Pygmalion, performed by Mons. Tessier. Spoken by Lord Malden.

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First Line:

Twas on the lofty treasury's side

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pp.9-10

Poem Title:

Parody upon Mr. Gray's Elegy on the Death of a favourite Cat. Written 1770. By a Cantab.

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By a Cantab.

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First Line:

Lo where in full-orbed glory bright

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pp.10-11

Poem Title:

Written to a young Lady on the Night of the Eclipse, July 30, 1776.

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First Line:

Say Burke whose keen and cautious eye

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pp.11-15

Poem Title:

The State Extinguisher. An Ode. Inscribed to Edmund Burke, Esq.

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First Line:

I lately thought no man alive

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pp.16-18

Poem Title:

To Sir Joshua Reynolds and Co.

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By the Dean of Derry.

Attributed To:

Thomas Barnard

First Line:

Frousilda blazing as the sun

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pp.18-19

Poem Title:

To a Lady of High Rank.

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First Line:

Enough to glory and his country given

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pp.20-21

Poem Title:

The True Patriot in Retirement. Inscribed to Lord Chatham.

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First Line:

The Bucks had dined and deep in council sat

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p.20

Poem Title:

Amusement in modern High Life.

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First Line:

A tyrant's cursed blood runs in his veins

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pp.21-22

Poem Title:

The Picture.

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First Line:

Scarce had the tender hand of time

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p.22

Poem Title:

Epitaph on the Death of a Very Young Lady. By B---- E******, Esq.

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By B---- E******, Esq.

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First Line:

This healing spring to Mansfield lends

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p.22

Poem Title:

Inscription at Scarborough, 1770. (Now First Published.)

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First Line:

Poet said Chloe with a laugh

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p.23

Poem Title:

Epigram. By the same.

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[B---- E******, Esq.]

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First Line:

When Dryden's clown unknowing what he sought

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p.23

Poem Title:

Written on a Window at an Inn under some infamous Verse. By the same.

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[B---- E******, Esq.]

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First Line:

Genius of Albion whither art thou fled

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pp.24-29

Poem Title:

Ode for the New Year.

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First Line:

Montgomery falls let no fond breast repine

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p.24

Poem Title:

On the Death of General Montgomery. By the same.

Attribution:

[B---- E******, Esq.]

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First Line:

Sorrow was a stranger here

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pp.31-32

Poem Title:

Description of America, in reference to its past and present State.

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First Line:

Strange state of wishes hopes and fears

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pp.32-34

Poem Title:

Life: An Ode.

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First Line:

Deep in the bosom of a vale

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pp.34-40

Poem Title:

A Tale.

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First Line:

Of Roman empresses the heads and tails

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p.34

Poem Title:

Nothing new under the Sun.

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First Line:

If honour in the breech is lodged

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p.40

Poem Title:

Epigram on Sir Peter Parker's Wound off Sullivan's Island.

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First Line:

Another patriot claims the votive strain

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pp.41-43

Poem Title:

Elegy on the Death of Brigadier General Mercer, of Virginia, slain in the action near Princeton, January 3, 1777.

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First Line:

While in my Lydia's heart I reigned

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pp.43-44

Poem Title:

Horace and Lydia.

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First Line:

Sing Io paeans through the land

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pp.6-11

Poem Title:

Ode. Written in December, 1777. On the Success of his Majesty's Arms.

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First Line:

The various triumphs of our king

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pp.12-19

Poem Title:

A Supplemental Ode, or a Hint to Lord North, on the State of the Nation.

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First Line:

Our public buildings to defend

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p.19

Poem Title:

Epigram. On Doctor Franklin's pointed electrical conductor's being taken down at Buckingham House, and Mr. Wilson's blunt conductors erected in their stead.

Attribution:

F. R. S.

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First Line:

Goldsmith I yield restrain thy rage

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p.20

Poem Title:

Verses. From Dr. Bernard, Dean of Derry, to the late Dr. Goldsmith. [Read at their literary club, after the well-known Epitaphs written by members on Goldsmith.]

Attribution:

Dr. Bernard, Dean of Derry

Attributed To:

Thomas Barnard

First Line:

Doctor according to our wishes

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pp.21-23

Poem Title:

A Poetical Epistle, From Dr. Cumberland to Dr. Goldsmith, Or Supplement to his Retaliation, a Poem.

Attribution:

Dr. Cumberland

Attributed To:

Richard Cumberland

First Line:

Admire not dear knight

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pp.23-24

Poem Title:

To Sir Joshua Reynolds and Col. from Mr. Whiteford.

Attribution:

Mr. Whiteford.

Attributed To:

Mr Whiteford

First Line:

Here Hermes says Jove who with nectar was mellow

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p.25

Poem Title:

Jupiter and Mercury. A Fable. Written some time since by D. G----, Esq.

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D. G----, Esq.

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First Line:

In this refined and crotchet age

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p.26

Poem Title:

To Sir Tintinabulum Hawkins.

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First Line:

Our praise thy wit and learning justly claim

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pp.26-27

Poem Title:

Dr. Arbuthnot's Character versified.

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First Line:

Though angels doubless might delight

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p.27

Poem Title:

To a Lady, who was often employ'd in reading Mr. Gibbons History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

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First Line:

Dark tempests now enwrap the pole

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p.28

Poem Title:

To Miss ---- ---- on her departure for the South of France. A Sonnet.

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First Line:

Fair tyrant of my soul a while

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p.28

Poem Title:

To Miss --- ---, A Sonnet.

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First Line:

See how the king his little slaves rewards

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p.29

Poem Title:

Upon Jeremy Twitcher - punting for a wager at Hampton-Court, with the Lord Dudley Ward - and Miss Ray, like a Second Cleopatra, standing on the banks to observe the feats of these heroes.

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First Line:

For form's sake I pray

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p.30

Poem Title:

Lord North in the House of Commons speaking one day of the public character of Lord Sandwich.

Attribution:

Lord North

Attributed To:

Frederick North

First Line:

Says Lockit to Peachum you've nothing to fear

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p.31

Poem Title:

[no title]

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First Line:

Ye wrong heads and strong heads attend to my strains

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pp.31-33

Poem Title:

Heads of the Year 1777.

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First Line:

Upon a sea-girt rock the mourner stood

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pp.34-37

Poem Title:

Paulus. A Monody.

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First Line:

No more of Memphis and her mighty kings

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pp.37-46

Poem Title:

The Rising Glory of America.

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First Line:

Hark hark the hostile band I hear

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pp.46-47

Poem Title:

Blooming Dale: An American Soliloquy.

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First Line:

Tendre fruit des pleurs de l'aurore

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pp.48-49

Poem Title:

Celebrated Sonnet of Monsieur Bernard, La Rose.

Attribution:

Monsieur Bernard

Attributed To:

Pierre-Joseph Bernard

First Line:

Flower that Zephyr fond caresses

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pp.49-50

Poem Title:

Translated.

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First Line:

L'amour se soutient par l'espoir

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pp.50-53

Poem Title:

Le Delassement de la Guerre, ou La Philosophie des Heros: Poeme, Ecrit par sa Majeste le Roi de Prusse, pendant son Sejour a Breslau.

Attribution:

Majeste le Roi de Prusse ... Frederick

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First Line:

What always gaming night and day

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p.53

Poem Title:

Epigrams.

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First Line:

When wedded Nan was brought to bed

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pp.53-54

Poem Title:

[no title]

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First Line:

Hail minister by paradoxes great

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pp.54-55

Poem Title:

A Panegyric.

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First Line:

You want you say something in verse

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p.54

Poem Title:

[no title]

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First Line:

Come here to me ye fighting fools

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pp.55-56

Poem Title:

The Lunatic.

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First Line:

A knife dear girl cuts love they say

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p.56

Poem Title:

Verses. Sent by a Gentleman to his Lady, with a Present of a Knife.

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First Line:

Ah what avails how once appeared the fair

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pp.57-58

Poem Title:

The Life of a Woman of the Town.

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First Line:

The sun creeps slowly over the eastern hills

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pp.59-61

Poem Title:

Lord-Mayor's Day. A Mock Elegy.

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First Line:

While round her lips the loves and graces played

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pp.61-62

Poem Title:

To the Printer of the Public Advertiser. L--d L----'s Answer to Mrs. N----'s Question "What is Grace?"

Attribution:

Bagatelle.

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First Line:

While rays of glory beamed around his head

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pp.63-64

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Bagatelle.

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First Line:

Twas at the royal show and grand display

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pp.65-73

Poem Title:

Alexander's Feast, Parodied; Or, the Grand Portsmouth Puppet-Shew.

Attribution:

W---- W----, Esq; Poet L----t.

Attributed To:

William Whitehead

First Line:

Ye beauteous nymphs and jovial swains

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pp.73-75

Poem Title:

Winter's Amusement. The late Bath Easton Prize Ode. By Mr. Ansty, Author of the Celebrated Bath Guide, &c.

Attribution:

By Mr. Ansty, Author of the Celebrated Bath Guide, &c.

Attributed To:

Christopher Anstey

First Line:

Must I read it again sir so here do I stand

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pp.76-77

Poem Title:

Lines Repeated by the Author, on being asked to read the preceding Stanzas a second time.

Attribution:

the Author [Mr. Ansty]

Attributed To:

Christopher Anstey

First Line:

Had Aesop been living what mortal so able

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pp.78-79

Poem Title:

The Hen and the Golden Eggs, A Fable. Addressed to the Minister.

Attribution:

C. W.

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First Line:

How true the mimic forms appear

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pp.79-80

Poem Title:

On seeing the beautiful Miss Charlotte C--ll--s, of Winchester, copy a Drawing of The Judgement of Paris.

Attribution:

Fusee, R. G. R.

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Not attributed

First Line:

I once a pack of fox hounds knew

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pp.81-83

Poem Title:

A Tale for the Times. To Sir Philip Jennings Clerke.

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First Line:

To an ignorant crowd thus a Methodist raved

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p.83

Poem Title:

Epigram.

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First Line:

A cap and bells for him produce

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pp.84-86

Poem Title:

Lines Addressed to S. J----, Esq. occasioned by his Verses to Dean Tucker.

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First Line:

The town have found two different ways

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p.84

Poem Title:

Epigram. On Garrick, and Barry, acting the part of Lear.

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First Line:

Statesman made up of littleness and fear

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p.86

Poem Title:

A Print of a celebrated Chancellor of the Exchequer having been just exhibited in the Picture-Shops without a Motto, the following Parody, on Pope's inscription on Secretary Craggs, is recommended.

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First Line:

For me my fair a wreathe has wove

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pp.86-87

Poem Title:

From the Spanish. By Mr. Garrick.

Attribution:

By Mr. Garrick.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

Of all the various lots around the ball

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pp.87-93

Poem Title:

The Poet; A Rhapsody. By Dr. Akenside.

Attribution:

By Dr. Akenside.

Attributed To:

Mark Akenside

First Line:

O thou the brightener of our joys

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pp.93-95

Poem Title:

An Ode to Solitude.

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First Line:

Faithful for months full many a shower

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pp.96-97

Poem Title:

On an Old Hat.

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First Line:

When our M-st-r God bless him ascended the throne

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pp.99-102

Poem Title:

R-y-l Resolutions.

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First Line:

My Anna must we must we part

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pp.103-104

Poem Title:

Song Addressed to Mrs. F----.

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First Line:

To Wyndham tune no venal lyre

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pp.104-108

Poem Title:

Congratulatory Ode, Addressed to William Wyndham, Esq; of Felbrigg, Norfolk.

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First Line:

Brother tars now arise

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pp.109-112

Poem Title:

The true Sailor's Garland; or, Admiral Keppel's Triumph. A New Song. (To the Tune of a Free and an Accepted Mason.)

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First Line:

When Aesop lived each breathing creature

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pp.113-118

Poem Title:

The Bull and Cow. A Fable.

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From a black cliff where bold Cornubia's shore

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pp.118-126

Poem Title:

Libety. An Elegy.

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