Published by W. SUTTABY, CROSBY and Co. and SCATCHERD and LETTERMAN,

Stationers Court.

1809.

Corrall, Printer, Charing Cross.

NICHOLAS ROWE. 1673---1718.

Colin's Complaint.---A Song

DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM. 1649--1721.

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JOHN GAY. 1688--1732.

The Shepherd's Week 100

Ballads. Black-ey'd Susan

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'Twas when the seas were roaring - 364

A Contemplation on Night

The Birth of the Squire

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AR in a wild, unknown to public view,

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From youth to age a reverend Hermit grew,
The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell,
His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well,
Remote from man, with God he pass'd his days,
Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise.
A life so sacred, such serene repose,

Seem'd Heaven itself, till one suggestion rose-
That vice should triumph, virtue vice obey;
This sprung some doubt of Providence's sway:
His hopes no more a certain prospect boast,
And all the tenor of his soul is lost.
So when a smooth expanse receives imprest
Calm nature's image on its watery breast,
Down bend the banks, the trees depending grow,
And skies beneath with answering colours glow;
But if a stone the gentle sea divide,

Swift rushing circles curl on every side,
And glimmering fragments of a broken sun:
Banks, trees, and skies, in thick disorder run.

To clear this doubt, to know the world by sight, To find if books, or swains report it right

Vol. I.

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