C O N T E N T S. Page 4 2 64 ibe 67 12 MOORE'S POEMS. The Lottery, THE Discovery; an Ode to the Right Honourable Lady Jane Gray to Lord Guilford Dudley Of Tatte, an Effay go The Trial of Selins the Persian Life unhappy, because we use it improperly ST Qde to Garrick upon the Talk of the Town Prussia, a Poem 53 Envy and Fortune, a Tale to Mrs. Garrick Nobility, a moral Essay 55 To the Right Honourable Henry Pelham, the hum- The Temple of Hymen, a Tale 56 ble Petition of the Worshipful Company of Poets The Vanity of Human Enjoyments Wit and Learning, an Allegory and News-writers 7 The Trial of Sarah * * * ", alias Sl Sal, for A Father's extempore Consolation on the Death of privately Atealing ib. two Daughters, who lived only two Days The Antiquarians, a Tale COLLINS'S POEMS, 10 JII. The Nightingale and Glow-worm Eclogue ! IV. Hymen and Death ib. ib. V. The Poet and his Patron 3 68 ib. VI. The Wolf, the Sheep, and the Lamb 68 VII. The Goose and the Swans 13 VII. The Lawyer and Justice 14 9 ODES DESCRIPTIVE AND ALLLGORICAL. IX. The Farmer, the Spaniel, and the Cat 15 X. The Spider and the Bee ib. ODE to Pity 70 XI. 'The young Lion and the Ape 16 to Fear ib, XII. The Colt aod the Farmer 17 71 XIII. The Owl and the Nightingale ib. on the Poetical Character ib. XIV. The Sparrow and the Dove 18 written in the Year 1746 72 Xy. The Female Sedu.cers. to Mercy ib. XVI. Love and Vanity 25 ib. A Hymn to Poverty 28 to a Lady on the Death of Col. Ross at FonThe Lover and the Friend ib. 38 Songs 29 33 ib, The Nun, (a Cantata) 33 39 Solomon, (a Serenata) 34 ib. Prologue to Gilblas The Passions, an Ode for Mulic 36 CAWTHORNE'S POEMS. Epistle to Sir Thomas Hanmer To Miss of Horsemanden, in Kent 37 | Ode on the Death of Mr. Thompfon Dirge in Cymbelline Abelaid to Eloisa ib. 43 Elegy to the Memory of Capt. Hughes, Verses on a Paper which contained a piece of Bridea 40 cake The Equality of human Conditions, a poétical Dia: Ode on the popular Superftitions of the Scotch High ib, logue 41 ands The birth and Education of a Genius, a Tale 44 43 A Letter to a Clergymnan Song, the Sentiments borrowed from Shakespeare 46 45. Observations on the Oriental Eclogues The Regulation of the Passions, the source of 47 Human Happiness on the Odes Dęseriptive and Allegorical 53 R2 21 46 120 98 102 105 DYER'S POEMS. XXV. To Delia, with some filovers ; complainGongar Hill Page 65 ing how much his benevolence suffers on account The Ruins of Rome 66 of his humble fortune Page 118 The Fleece, a Poem in four Books 71 XXVI, Describing the sorrow of an ingenious mind, The Country Walk 94 on the melancholy event of a licentious amour 119 The Enquiry, 95 II. ODES, SONGS, BALLADS, &c. Epistle to a famous, Painter ib. To Aaron Hill on his Poem called Gideon 96 Rural elegance : an ode to the late Duchess of SoThe Choice, to Mr. Dyer, by Aaron Hil, Esq. ib. merset. Written 1750 To Mr. Savage, son of the late Earl Rivers Ode to memory, 1748 123 97 Epittle to a Friend in Town, ib, The Princess Eliz.beth: a ballad allading to a To Mr. Dyer, by Clio, story recorded of her, when she was prisoner at Woodstock, 1554 ib. Ode to a young lady, somewhat too folicitous about SHENSTONE'S POEMS. her manner of expression 124 Nancy of the vale. A ballad ib. ELEGIES ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. Ode to indolence. 1750 125 A Prefatory Elsay on Elegy. Ode to health. 1730 ib. 99 EL EGY I. He arrives at his retirement in the coun- Toa lady of quality, fitting up her library, 1738 126 try, and takes occasion to expatiate in praise of Upon a visit to the same, in winter. 1748 ib, fimplicity. To a friend An irregular ode after fickness. 1749 ib. II. On posthumous reputation. To a Friend 103 To a lady, with some coloured patterns of flowers, III. On the untimely death of a certain learned ac October 7, 1736 127 quaintance ib. / Written in a Power book of my own colouring, Iv. Ophelia's urn. To Mr. Gravęs 104 123 ib. V. He compares the, turbulence of love with the Anacreontic. 1738 tranquility of friendship. To Melissa his friend ib. Ode: Written 1739 129 VI. To a lady on the language of birds The dying kid ib. VII. He describes his vision to an acquaintance, i5. Songs, written chiefly between the years 1737 and VIII. He describes his early love of poetry, and its 1742 119-130-133 consequences. To Mr. Graves, 1745 106. A parody ib. X. He describes his disinter eftness to a friend ib, The halcyon 134 X. To fortune, suggesting his motive for repining Ode ib. at her dispensations 107 A pastoral ode, to the honourable Sir Richard X1. He complains how soon the pleasing novelty Verles, written towards the close of the year 1748, ib. of life is over. To Mr. Jago X!). His recantation ib. to Wil jam Lyttelton, Esq. XIII. To a friend, on some flight occafion es Love and music, written at Oxford, when young ib. tranged from him 109. Comparison 137 XIV. Declinining an invitation to visit foreign | Ode to Cynthia, on the approach of spring ib, countries, he takes occafion to intimate the advan- | Jemmy Dawson, á ballad; written about the time tages of his own. To Lord 'Temple ib. of his execution, in the year 1745 138 XV. In memory of a private family in Worcester- A pastoral ballad, in four parts. Written 1743. thire 139-140 XVI. He suggests the advantages of birth to a per- III, LEVITIES, or PIECES of HUMOUR. fon of merit, and the folly of a supercilioufness Flirt and Phil; a decision for the ladies 141 that is built upon that role foundation III Stanzas to the memury of an agreeable lady, buried XVII. He indulges the suggestions of spleen: an in marriage to a person undeserving her io, elegy to the winds Colemira. A culinary eclogue ib, XVIII. He repeats the song of Collin, a dir- The rape of the trap. A ballad, 1737 342 cerning shepherd; lamenting the state of the On certain pastorals 143 woollen manufactory 113 | On Mr. C ib. XIX. Written in spring, 1743 114 To the virtuosos ib. XX. He compares his humble fortune with the dif- | The extent of cookery ib. treffes of oshers; and his subjection to Delia, with The progress of advice. A common cafe . ib. the miserable fervitude of an African Nave is, A Ballad XXI. Taking a view of the country from his re Slender's ghcit ib. tirement, he is led to meditate on the character The Invidinus ib. of the ancierit Brio's. Wri ten at the tim: of a The price of an equipage ib. moured tax upon luxury. 1746 115 Hint from Voiture XXII. Written in the year, when the rights Inscription 145 ib. of sepulture were fo frequently violated 116 To a friend ib. XXII. Refiections fuggeited by his ficuation. 117 The poet and the dun. XXIV. He takes occaliun, from the fate of Eleanor Written at an lar at Henley 1741 14 ib. of Bretagne, to fuggelt che imperfect pleasures A Simile 146 of a solitary lite The charms of precedercę. A tale it, 136 IIO II2 144 Page. Ode Page. ib. 221 Epitaph on a young Lady ib. Song, to a Scotch Tune IV, MORAL PIECRS. ib. 234 181 Young 185 'The judgment of Hercules 150 AKENSIDE'S POEMS. 168 Love and honour The Pleasures of the Imagination. The school-mistress 170 Epitaph 174 The General Argument 221 Book the First 1222 V. INSCRIPTIONS. 174-176 Book the Second 223 VI. VERSES to Mr. SHENSTONE. 176--180 Book the Third Book the Fourth 238 MALLET'S POEMS. ODES BOOK THE FIRST. ODE I. Preface 239 Ve:ses occasioned by Dr. Frazer's rebuilding part Ode for the Winter Solstice as originally ib. written of the University of Aberdeen 240 ib. Prologue to the Siege of Damascus II. On the Winter Solstice 184 Epilogue to the Brothers, a Tragedy by Dr. III. To a Friend, unsuccessful in Love 241 ib. IV. Affected indifference, to the same 242 ib. Prologue to Mr. Thompson's Agamemnon V. Against Suspicion 243 Impromptu, on a Lady, who had called fome VI. Hymn tu Cheerfulness time in playing with a very young child ib. VII. On the Ute of Poetry 244 VII. On leaving Holland ib, Epigram on seeing two persons pass by in very different Equipages ib. 245 247 Epigram on a certain Lord's Passion for a Singer ib. X. To the Muse A Simile in Prior, applied to the same Person ib. ib: XI. On Love, to a Friend On an amorous old Man 186 XII. To Sir Francis Henry Drake, Baronet 248. On J: H. Efq. ib. 249 A Fragment ib. XIV. To the Honourable Charles TownCupid and Hymen, or the Wedding-Day 187 fhend, from the country 255 ib. Epigram, written at Tunbridge. Wells, 1760 188 XV. To the Evening Star An Ode in the Marque uf Alfred ib. 251 The Excursion, Canto I. 189 252 Canto 11. 194 XVIII. To the Right Honourable Francis mit, Amyntor and Theodora: or, the Earl of Huntingdon ib. Canto I. 19? 204 Truth in Rhyme 208 To the Author of the preceding Poem 210 Ode I. The Remonstrance of Shakespeare The discovery ib. supposed to have been spoken at the Verses written for, and given in Print, to a Theatre Royal, while the French Beggar ib. Comedians were acting by Subscription 254 The Reward : or, Apollo's Acknowledgements II. To Sleep 255 to Charles Stanhope ib. 117. To the Cuckow 256 Tyburn : To the Marine Society -211 IV. To the Honourable. Charles TownZephir : or, the Stratagem 214 ib. Edwin and Emma 216v. On Love of Praise 258 On the death of Lady Anton 211 Ví. To William Hall, Esquire, with the A funeral Hymn 218 ib. To Mira. From the Country ib. VII. To the Right Reverend Benjamin A Winter's Day ib. ib. Prologue to the Masque of Britannia 259 Inscription for a Picture ib. IX.' At Study 260 Song, to a Scorch Tune ib.x. To Thomas Edwards, Esquire, on To Mr. Thompson, on his publishing the the lake Edition of Mt. Pope's Works ib. Second Edition of his Poem called Winter 201 BOOK THE SECOND. 219 VIII. 220 408 FABLES. PART I. Page is. XXXV. The Bailey-Mow and the 406 pher. 391 XXXVI. Pythagoras and the Countryman ib. I. To his Highness William Duke XXXVII. The Farmer's Wife and the of Cumberland. The Lion, the Raven ib. Tiger, and the Traveller. 392 XXXVIII. The Turkey and the Ant 407 II. The Spaniel and the Camelion ib. XXXIX. The Father and jupiter, ib, III. 'The Mother, the Nurse, and XL. The Two Monkeys ib. IV. The Eagle and the Assembly of XLII. The Jugglers ib. Animals ib. XLIII. The Council of Horses 409 V. The Wild Boar and the Ram 394 XLIV. The Hound and the Huntsman ib. VI. The Mifer and Plutus ib. XLV. The Poet and the Role 410 VII. The Lion, the Fox, and the XLVI, The Cur, the Horse, and the ib. ib, IX. The Bull and the Mastiff ib. XLVIII. The Gardener and the Hog 411 X. The Elephant and the Book XLIX. The Man and the Flea ib, feller ib. L The Hare and many Friends 412 XI. The Peacock, the Turkey, and PART II. ib. XII. Cupid, Hymen, and Plutus ib. 11. The Vulture, the Sparrow, and other 397 413 XIV. The Monkey who had seen the III. The Baboon and the Poultry 414 World ib. IV. The Antic Office. To a Friend 415 XV. The Philosopher and the Phea. V. The Bear in a Boat. To a Coxcomb 417 fants 398 Vi. The Squire and his Cur XVI. The Pin and the Needle ib. VII. The Countryman and Jupiter. To Myself 419 Wolf 399 VIII. The Man, the Cat, the Dog, and the Fly. To my native Country 420 hody and every body ib. IX. The Jackall, Leopard, and other Beasts. 422 XX. The old Hen and the Cock 400 X. The Degenerate Bees. To the Rey. 423 XXII. The Goat without a Beard XI. The Pack-horse and the Carrier. To ib. 425 XXVI. The Cur and the Mastiff ib. XIV. The Owl, the Swan, the cock, the Spider, the Als, and the Farmer. To a Mother 427 Cloud ib. XV. The Cook-maid, the Turnspit, and XXIX. The Fox at the Point of Death ib. the Ox. To a poor Man XXX. The Setting Dog and the Par XVI. The Raven, the Sexton, and the Earthtridge 404 429 431 XXXII. The two Owls and the Sparrow 405 Duke upon Duke; an excelent new Ballad ib. XXXIII. The Courtier and Proteus 'ib. Dione ; a Pastoral Tragedy 433 418 4.01 428 THE ENGLISH POET S. THE POEMS OF EDWARD MOORE. Where Virtue deigns to dwell; II. In Pleasure's thoughtless train ; III. In shades fequefter'd doze ; IV. And at corruption lour; On anarchy to pow'r ! VI. When Beauty was her throne; VII. A while suspends her wing: VIII. And mark'd her last retreat ; IX. Amidit Elyfan ground: X. Her secret steps to meet; XI. My Pelham's ardent breast; And make a nation bleft. v. Ye Wits, who boaft from ancient times, A right divine to scourge our crimes, Is it with you the rests ? No. Int’relt, Nander are your views, And Virtue now, with every muse, Flies your unhallow'd breafts. YOL. VII. |