CONTENT S.

A

VARO and Amanda. A Tale. By
Mr. Stephen Duck

I

30

The Teft of Love. To a Friend who fancied
himself in Love. By Mr. Amhurst
The Cock and the Doves. A Fable. Inscrib'd
to a Friend
The Hermit. A Tale. By Mr. Parnell

The Catterpillar and Butterfly. A Fable
The Knights of the Bath. A Tale.
Grace the Duke of Montague.
Cooke

Snaith Marfh. A Yorkshire Paftoral
The Brocaded Gown and Linen Rag.

39

4I

53

To his

By Mr.

59

67

A Fa

72

ble The Turtle and Sparrow. A Tale. By Mr.

75

Prior Felix and Conftance. A Tale. By Mr. Stephen Duck

ville

90

The Experiment. A Tale. By Mr. Gre

115

119

133

The

Eloifa to Abelard. By Mr. Pope

Corefus and Callirrhoe. A Tale

The Contented Clown.

A Tale

The Accident. A Paftoral Effay

The Disappointed Milkmaid. A Tale

137

140

145

Hefiod; or the Rife of Woman. A Tale. By

The Miferable Glutton; or, the Pleasures of

Senfe, dependent on Virtue. A Tale. By

Mr. H. Greville

192

199

The Unhappy Debauchee; the Sequel to the

Miferable Glutton. A Tale

Robin. A Paftoral Elegy. By Capt. John

Dobfon

205

The Statues; or, the Trial of Conftancy. A

Tale for the Ladies

209

The African Prince, in England, to Zara, at

his Father's Court

217

Zara, at the Court of Annamabboe, to the

African Prince in England

225

THE

W

A TAL E.

By Mr. STEPHEN DUCK.

HAT Ills from Want of Education

flow,

From Avarice what cruel Scenes of
Woe,

I mean to fing; except the tuneful Maid
Neglects my Numbers, and refufe her Aid.
Say, Goddefs, firft, what made the Youth
explore

A foreign Clime, and quit his native Shore ? Say too, how on the barb'rous Ifle he came; What mov'd the Kindness of the Negro Dame? B What

What cou'd provoke a faithless Youth to fell A Friend, whofe only Crime was loving well?

Now had Avaro twenty Winters pafs'd, His blooming Features ev'ry Beauty grac'd; In filver Rings, his loosely flowing Hair Hung o'er his Shoulders with a comely Air; Robust his Limbs, and daring was his Soul, And Vigour crown'd the well-proportion'd Whole :

.

His graceful Charms the Ladies oft survey'd,
And oft their Eyes an am'rous Signal made;
But never cou'd the tender Paffion move,
The ftubborn Youth was ftill averfe to Love;
Yet, tho' his Breaft was Proof to Cupid's Dart,
A more ignoble God enflav'd his Heart.

No Mysteries of Faith disturb'd his Head;
For Myfteries of Faith he feldom read;
That moral Law, which Nature had imprest,
He blotted from the Volume of his Breaft;
Yet in his Mind his Father's Precepts bears,
Who often rung this Leffon in his Ears:

"Wou'd you, my Son, to Happiness aspire, "Know, Gold alone can Happiness acquire; "He that has Gold, is pow'rful as a King, "Has Valour, Virtue, Wisdom, ev'ry Thing! "This to obtain, your utmoft Skill beftow; "And if you gain it, be not careful how: "If in the Court, or Camp, you take Delight, "Then dare to flatter there, or here to fight;