ADVERTISEMENT. S none of the liberal fciences can afford a nobler entertainment to the human mind than poetry, fo it is prefumed, that a judicious collection of agreeable and instructive poems can never be unfeasonable. Mufic ravishes the ear, and affects the foul; but its sweet enchantment is of fhort duration: A fine piece of painting, if carefully preserved, will mellow into perfection, and perhaps continue the admiration of mankind for fome centuries; but the works of THE POET live for ever. We muft, however, except those pieces, which, though intrinfically of the highest merit, yet, being published in a loofe, careless, or inelegant manner, muft of course, in a fhort time, perish in the wreck of oblivion. To preserve some of these spirited productions, which have been thus unfortunately neglected, is one part of the defign of this publication. But it will be proper briefly to inform the reader of the nature of our plan. First then, we propose once a month (for one year only) to publish a small volume of poems, printed in an elegant manner; each of which will take its title from the month at the conclufion of which it is published, and be introduced with fome original poems, particularly descriptive of its proper month: month afterwards will be added variety of pieces that are either amufing or inftructive (and at the fame time not immoral), which, though of real merit, have paffed through the world unnoticed: Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its fweetnefs on the defert air. Though it must be confeffed, that our plan is of an extensive nature, yet we do not in the leaft despair of bringing it to a confiderable degree of perfection; as we have laid in a very large fund of fcarce and valuable poems, are poffeffed of many original pieces, and have the promise of affiftance from gentlemen of the most celebrated names, the most acknowledged taste, and the most distinguished genius. Dec. 24. 3762. FRANCIS FAWKES. WILLIAM WOTY. CON CONTENT S. DE to January, Ο Winter, an ode, Winter, a pastoral ballad, A description of winter, On capt. Forrester's travelling in the Highlands, On the winter-folstice, The winter's walk, To the author of the Spectator, Page I 3 5 7 10 12 17 18 To mr. Addison, on his Rofamond, To the fame, on his Cato, The royal progress, An ode, Prologue to the university of Oxford, Thoughts occafioned by king Charles's picture, To Apollo, making love, The fatal curiofity, To a lady, A description of the Phoenix, Verses to mrs. Lowther, To a lady with flowers, On a lady's picture, 21 24. 26 32 34 36 39 40 41 42 48 49 51 The hymn of Cleanthes, to the fupreme God, On the death of lady Shaw, A fick man's addrefs to his candle, Advice to a young lady, on seeing her dance, To a lady, on asking my opinion of friendship, To a lady; with a book intitled, Visions, Another, The diftribution of gifts, Alexander's ftick, Jupiter and the poet, The frog and the rat, The young widow, Page 88 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 99 102 104 106 109 On the royal nuptials, On occafion of the peace, Darkness, IJ2 117 119 THE |