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A cobbler there was and he liv'd in a stall    `The cobbler's end'  That love brings us all to an end in the last. Derry down etc.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 69v 
A peerless matron pride of female life    `An epitaph on Lady Molesworth' [6 May 1763]  She lived a phoenix and expired in flame.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 176 
A shepherd wholly blest with Pastora's sight      I pardon beg for lines, I hastily have penned.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 130 
A swain, long tortured with disdain    `A song'  As you grow daring we grow kind.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 46 
A wretch had committed all manner of evil    `The church builder'  But all yesterday I was drunk with October.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 103 
Accept this lay, whilst mid intestine woe,    `To Admiral Townshend, on his destroying the Martinico Fleet [1762]  And show what British admirals ought to be.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 88 
Ah my too dear Myrtillo how severe      You'd be so kind to close her dying eyes.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 147 
Ah Sylvia 'tis a cruel law      And in my veins infused the charms.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 142 
Ah! Why didst thou desire of me,      Then I can leave thee; only thee I love.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 139v 
Alexis do not slight me so    `A song' and `The answer'  And would not from you part.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 48 
Alexis shunn'd his fellow swains    `A song'  He bow'd obey'd and died.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 52 
All in the downs the fleet was moor'd    `A song'  Adieu she cries and waves her lily hand.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 12 
An ape, a lion, a fox, and an ass,    [see F. B. Zimmerman, Purcell, 1963, no. 241]  Then birds of ill omen, and women no more.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 96v 
An oaken broken elbow chair    `A true and faithful inventory of the goods belonging to Doctor Swift'  Why not as well as Doctor Swift.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 95 
And canst then leave thy Nancy?    `The parting lovers a song'  So may conclude me here.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 62v 
As a sad turtle sits alone,      You to unfaithfulness or scorn persuade.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 141v 
As Celia near a fountain lay    `A song'  And rifled all her charms.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 30 
As he lay on the plain his arm under his head,    `A song'  And our eyes tell each other, what neither dare name.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 58v 
As his worm-eaten volumes old Time tumbled o'er    `On William Duke of Cumberland's defeating the rebel's at the battle of Culloden...15 April, 1747'  Made the record authentic, and gave it to__Fame.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 92v 
As near Portobello lying    `Admiral Hosier's ghost'  And for England sham'd in me.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 63 
As the brave Rook, Tholous did beat,    [on the battle off Gibralter, August 1704]  The quite contrary way.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 104v 
As walking forth to take the air    `A song'  Or I die for Kath'rine Ogie.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 37v 
At Polwart on the Green    `A song'  To take a part of mine.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 9v 
At St. Osyth by the mill    `The lass of St. Osyth'  And grant it all in her.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 65v 
At the sight of bright Celia, I lay down my arms    `A song'  That burns up my heart.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 23v 
Before creating nature willed    `Guess and take me' [riddle on Nothing]  Fools read, and take me for your pains.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 163 
Beneath this stone lies Flavia's sad remains,    `An epitaph on an old maid'  At fifty-four unasked, she died a maid.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 93v 
Blest as the immortal gods is he    `A song'  I fainted sank and died away.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 43 
Blind to thy faults I ne'er did see    `A copy of verses'  A heart, than glory in is pain.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 108 
Blush not, ye fair, to own me but be wise    `The lady's skull' [inscription in an alcove in the garden of Mr. Tyers at Denbygh, Surrey]  And even lend mortality a charm.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 177v 
Bold and undaunted shall the righteous stand,    `The wisdom of Solomon' ch. V, `paraphrased'  And on the ground, its monarchs' thrones shall cast.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 153 
Bright was the morning cool the air,  Turner, W.  `A song'  I never shall have rest.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 7 
By the side of a glimmering fire    `A song'  Stares wishfully over the pew.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 33a 
By the side of a murmuring stream,    `A song'  Shall pleasantly glide o'er the green.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 27 
Charming Chloe look with pity    `A song' [published as `True love']  Soon would be a silent shade.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 5v 
Clarinda the pride of the plain      And fainting in silence expired.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 35v 
Cold winter ah! Why art thou gone    `A ballad'  That I see the same object with him.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 59 
Come and listen to my ditty.      Since in yours I cannot be.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 61 
Come follow, follow me; you fairy elves that be    `A song'  The glow-worm lights us home to bed.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 15v 
Cruel Myrtillo by what fault of mine    `A copy of verses'  I shall be pleas'd so I enjoy the first.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 144v 
Cupid god of pleasing anguish,    `A song'  Love [does all that's great below].  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 15 
Dear Colin prevent my warm blushes,  *Montagu, Lady Mary Wortley; Yonge, Sir William, bart. (d. 1755)  `A song', `The answer', and `Another answer'  Indeed is too mellow for me.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 66v 
Do not most fragrant Earl disclaim  Rowe, Nicholas  Horace, Ode II.iv [`my Lord Granville inscribed to the earl of Scarsdale' on Lord Scarsdale's supposed attachment to Mrs. Bracegirdle]  Am turn'd of five and forty.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 94 
Early one morn, on a raw windy day,    `A pastoral adventure'  Together to lie till they die.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 97 
Even temper not presuming    [acrostic on Emma Cornwall]  Lest it should conceal the same.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 163v 
Fair princess let me not complain    `A song' and `The answer'  With beauty wit and treasure.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 17 
Faithful Alexis pardon me    `The willow garland presented to Alexis on Aminta's leaving him'  Another to subdue.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 129v 
Father, creator of what is  King, [ ], of Farnham  `The Lord's Prayer versified'  And evermore shall be.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 168v 
First in our cups the sovereign queen of toasts,  Amhurst, Nicholas  `Upon Mrs. Tyrrell'  Well drest, well bred, well featur'd, and wellborn.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 87 
Flora goddess ever blooming    `Rural beauty of Vauxhall Gardens'  Bless'd by love and crowned with floweers.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 71 
From grave lessons and restraint    `A song'  If he's false I'll be so too.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 55 
From the womb of the earth    `A riddle'  What a whimsical creature am I.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 155 
Great bard and prophet of our British isle      And wear the bays before your brain turns add.e  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 128 
Hail Sacred art! Thou gift of heaven designed    `A poem on the art of printing'  And Fust and Coster's names forever live.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 158 
Hail tuneful pair, say by what wondrous charms    `Transcribed', [temp. French wars, 1702, on Marguerite de l'Epine]  To her shrub hedges and tall Nottingham.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 104v 
Happy hours all hours excelling    `A song...the pleasures of solitude'  Age is no pain, nor youth no snare.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 21v 
Happy the world in that blest age    `Parents ancient and modern'  You are poor, he flings the door at you.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 72v 
Haste you beauteous nymphs of shades    `A song'  Till unto her I make my way.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 53 
Hear me you nymphs and airy swains    `A song'  To lonely wilds I'll wander.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 43v 
Here comes my faithless Rover    `A song'  Of mankind all the wowrld round.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 45 
Honor thou spongy idol of man's mind,    `A copy of verses'  That though you would, you cannot leave your cares.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 130v 
How can you lovely Nancy, thus cruelly slight    `Strephon's complaint'  Since I'm constant as your sex, be not fickle as ours.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 69 
How happy is the harmless country maid,      Love of all cares, the sweetest and the best.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 77 
How pleasant a sailor's life passes,    `A song'  Goes through the world brave boys.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 32 
I had resolved at last to put an end    `To Iris'  Those whom to further fallies she'd bewitch.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 131v 
I labor to resist in vain    `A song'  When we both love and are belov'd again.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 58 
I tell with equal truth and grief    `The thief'  And let her prison in my arms.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 88v 
If honor or if gratitude should move    `Transcribed'  A fond a faithful, and a generous fool.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 91 
Improving thus the silent lapse of time    `To the author of [T2698] by his father'  Thine life immortal, thine eternal day.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 168 
In country quarters still confined    `A song'  I only wake to think on thee.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 29v 
In my dark cell, low prostrate on the ground  Madan, Judith, nee Cowper  `Abelard to Eloisa, answer to Eloisa to Abelard by Mr. Pope'  And your racked soul be calmly hushed to peace.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 82v 
In vain my eyes you strive to recompense    `A copy of verses'  And only raise a fond desire.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 130 
Incline bright Phoebus fairest of the nine,    `Transcribed'  No art can e'er discharge the native stain.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 128v 
It must be so__alas, 'tis so!    `Prudella...the bachelor's soliloquy, in the manner of Cato's speech'  And makes us blessings to ourselves and man.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 77v 
It was when the seas were roaring  Gay, John  `A song' [from The what-d'ye-call-it]  She bowed her head and died.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 22 
Ladies I'm come an humble suitor to you all,    `An epilogue to [Steele's] tender husband'  Till at the last his sense is stole away.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 126 
Less shall proud Rome her ancient trophies boast    `Britain's triumph (written extempore, as the wagons loaded with treasure passed through the city of London, taken by Admiral Anson)' [1746]  And Anson's spoils, are from a tribute world.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 92 
Let fragrant eastern breezes round thee play,    `A pastoral in imitation of Mrs. Killigrew'  She had been constant then, and all my own.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 160v 
Like a wandering ghost I appear    `A song'  And fix them at last upon me.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 35 
Love fare thee well thy charms are o'er    `A copy of verses'  To put his fetters on again.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 142v 
Methinks I see Britannia's genius here    `A prologue...9 Dec. 1745...Theater Royal...Drury Lane, when the whole receipt of the house was applied to...giving...soldiers...flannel waistcoats'  And add new luster to his father's crown.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 87v 
More than content with what my labors gain  Garrick, David?  `It is said that Mr. Garrick sent the following lines to a nobleman, who asked him if he did not intend being in Parliament. March...23rd 1761'  Or wear the cap and mask, on any stage.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 169v 
My Celia stay, why fliest thou so,    `A song'  Or I am lost undone forever.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 50v 
My faults though great my Cynthia should forgive,    `To Cynthia'  Then just to teach me__I can love but one.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 92 
My love is chaste without desire    `To my dear Iris this description of the little passion which warms the heart of Aminta is sincerely dedicated'  Subseervient still to honor's laws.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 133 
Myrtillo you were much to blame    `A copy of verses'  And for that fault a victim fell.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 135v 
Near crystal springs and murmuring fountains    `A song'  But with my dear would live and die.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 25 
Near his paternal seat, here buried lies,  Williams, Sir Charles Hanbury  `An epitaph on the late right honorable Thomas Winnington esqr' [d. 1746]  And while they live, his name shall never die.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 156v 
Near to that sacred and immortal frame    `A copy of verses on the statue of Queen Anne, in St. Paul's Churchyard'  Like other monarchs of the Stuart line.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 95v 
Of all I valued, all I loved bereft,  Hervey, John, Lord Hervey (d. 1743)  `Arisbe to Marius Junior' [pr. Dodsley's Collection, 1755]  Those joys Arisbe for her Marius lost.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 105 
Of all your arts of gaining gearts    `Flirtation a poem'  Are fools to dear flirtations.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 100 
Oh! Bessy Bell and Mary Gray    `A song'  And be with ane contented.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 39v 
Oh death! Thou pleasing end to human woe!    `From the Gent. Mag. 1731' [on Miss Fanny Braddock at Bath]  Nor your false charms allure and cheat the brave.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 76v 
Oh Harry! Canst thou find no subject fit  *D., J.? or P., J.?  `A leter from J. D. [sic] to Col. Heveningham occasioned by the Col.'s two last letters. [16]98' [pr. POAS ii, 1703]  Who am thy most assured friend J. P.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 123 
Oh! How is lessen'd Polly P___'s praise    `Transcribed__Non formosa est sed ipse forma'  Herself is beauty, beauty's rays her own.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 132v 
Oh! Say where is my Phyllis gone    `The forsaken lover'  Whilst I on earth remain.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 68 
Oh Strephon what makes you so loudly complain    `The answer' [to T1098]  And wounded my breast with his keen pointed dart.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 50 
Oh! Wretched swain thy cursed stars accuse    `The royal grove'  The noble theme's too lofty for thy style.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 127 
Once more my muse we must an altar raise    `A poem dedicated to the blessed memory of her late Majesty Queen Mary' [1694]  And Europe owes her peace, to his victorious hand.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 118 
One April morn when from the sea    `A song'  Let him be Whig or Tory.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 14v 
Pallas destructive to the Trojan line  Garth, Samuel  `An epigram on the King of Spain' [pr. Works, 1769]  Fell by Eliza, and by Anna rose.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 96v 
Philander once a happy swain    `A song'  Yet is my greatest bliss.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 51 
Phyllis the lovely the charming the fair    `A song'  Tis Phyllis her loving, her loving again.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 11v 
Power, o'er ev'ry power supreme  Philips, Ambrose  `A supplication for Miss [Grace] Carteret [daughter of John, later earl of Granville] in the smallpox, Dublin July 31 1725'  And prevent the mother's weeping.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 162 
Proud and foolish noisy stream    `A copy of verses...translation out of Italian'  Trod on the thirsty sand, and spurned it with disdain.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 101v 
Remember Damon you did tell    `A song'  On's head shall flourish diadems of gold.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 54 
Rise Britons! Rise, with all your father's might    `Lines writ in the war with France. 1756'  That Britain's navy still commands the main.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 164 
Rise from your lurking-holes, each dastard fool    `On the earthquake. A word more to otherwise only'  A birchen-rod, to runaways, like you.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 157 
Say my Delia why are you so coy    `Words set to the first part of the Overture of Ariadne' [apparently not Handel's: but perhaps should read `third part']  I live, live Delia for me.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 6 
See cruel fair I die to prove    `A song'  To crown my ashes when I am dead.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 8v 
See cruel fair I die to prove    `A song'  To crown my ashes when I am dead.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 41v 
Sicilian goddess whose prophetic tongue    `The Golden Age reversed' [pr. POAS, ii, 1703]  The poet's envy, and the critic's pain.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 121 
Sicilian muse begin a loftier flight,  Walsh, William  `The Golden Age restored. The fourth eclogue of Virgil imitated' [pr. POAS, ii, 1703]  Honest George Churchill may supply his place.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 110v 
Stay gentle stream why does thou fly so fast,    `Looking in the Thames from Paris'  Refin'd by fire, and chaste as morning dew.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 133v 
Stella darling of the muses    `Words set to Francescina's minuet air'  Would be to resemble you.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 5 
Stop, passenger, until my life you've read,    `An inscription on the tombstone of one Margaret Scot...Delkirk...1738' [in printed version, `Dunkeld...1729']  I have an end of all perfection seen.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 91v 
Swains I scorn who nice and fair    [song]  Shall be found the man for me.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 60 
Sweet are the charms of her I love  Booth, Barton  `A song'  When time and death shall be no more.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 33b v 
Sylvia in striving to disguise      Nor love the swain who loves not you.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 131 
Tell me Myrtillo what could move,    `A copy of verses'  Mine shall as long as life endure.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 143 
Tell me, tell me charming creature    `Song'  Name a day and fix on me.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 40v 
Thanks Strephon to your kind disdain    `A copy of verses'  So false a wretch was harbored there.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 137 
The counsels of a friend Belinda hear,  Lyttelton, George, 1st baron, of Frankley  `Advice to the ladies by Mr. Lyttelton' [pr. Dodsley, Collection, ii, 1748]  The rules of pleasing, which to you I give.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 80 
The happiest maid that ever breath'd on earth,    `Transcribed'  That part that passion busy Fate would find.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 77v 
The lass of Patty's mill    `A song'  Should share the same with me.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 31 
The last time I came o'er the moor    `A song'  My love more fresh shall blossom.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 42 
The nymph that undoes me, is fair and unkind;  Etherege, Sir George  `Charming Sylvia set by Dr. Green' [pr. Poems on several occasions, 1672, attr. Etherege]  Who sees her must love and who loves her must die.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 49v 
The Queen a message to the senate sent  Hedges, Sir Charles?  [on the refusal of the House of Commons to grant the duke of Marlborough a pension, Dec. 1702; ascribed to Sir Charles Hedges in BL Harl. 7315]  And so Her Majesty and's Grace took snuff.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 104 
The sisters three and brothers two,      And from the brothers snatch the laurel.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 128 
The sun was sunk beneath the hills  Gay, John  `A song' [music by Maurice Greene(?); pr. single sheet, 1720?]  Who pays thy worth must pay in love.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 18v 
Thou God, who stillest the angry ocean's noise  Marsh, C., clerk of Duke St. Chapel, Westminster  `A national prayer made in the rebellion...1745'  Man must as quick consume, as flax that catches fire.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 134 
Through the shady groves I wandered,    `A song'  Shield me all you powers above.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 6v 
Time irrecoverably flies    `By a scholar of Merchant Taylor's School on his birthday' [2 Feb. 1759, aet. 10; see also I1201]  Or that time gone, we soon shall find.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 168 
To day a mighty hero, comes to warm  Garth, Samuel  `A prologue to Tamerlane' [pr. Works, 1769]  At least he'll find some Cornish borough there.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 103v 
To drink, or not to drink, that is the question    `The soliloquy in Hamlet. Travestied'  And lose the name of drinking.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 109 
To marry or not to marry, that's the question    `A soliloquy in Hamlet, imitated'  And rather dies a bachelor.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 79 
To some remote, and distant isle I'd go      Or raze thy loved idea from my soul.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 77 
To some remote, and distant isle I'd go      Or raze thy loved idea from my soul.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 90v 
To you fair maidens I address    `A riddle on a needle given me by Miss Betty Bennet, Jan. 6, 1748/9'  Can tremble and adhere.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 89v 
Twas on a river's verdant side    `A song' [and `The answer']  When 'tis a pain to live.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 46v 
Twere hard the stage should want its benefactors.    `An epilogue  To reach the bright reward of British eyes.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 125 
Victorious wisdom! Whose supreme command    `Wisdom a heroic poem'  Put on my glorious robes, and my immortal crown.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 98v 
Virtue and fame the other day  Lyttelton, George, 1st baron, of Frankley  `Virtue and fame'  Tis Egremont!__go tell it fame!  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 170 
What beauty does Flora disclose    `A song'  Or the pleasanter banks of the Tweed.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 10v 
What though I am a country lass  Parker, Martin  `A song' [alt.; engraved by Crosse, n. d.]  I value not a pin-a.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 19v 
What though I am a London dame,    `Answer' [to W740, `from a London lady to a country lass']  I value not a pin-a.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 20v 
What though they call me country lass  Carey, Henry  `A song' [sung in The provoked husband by Mrs. Cibber]  With a stand by, clear the way.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 39 
What ways I take to win a female prize?  Y., K.  `In the Daily Advertiser. March: 24: 1743'  And my whole soul be filled with love and you.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 76 
When Celadon first from his cottage did stray    `Celadon and Jug'  Twill signify nothing; for Roger's the man.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 7v 
When Delia on the plain appears  Lyttelton, George, 1st baron, of Frankley  `A song' [pr. Dodsley's Collection, ii, 1748]  Too sure my heart this must be love.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 44v 
When mortals dare a deity provoke,    `A copy of verses'  Except you soon, nay very soon repent.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 132 
When sad Britannia feared of late    `On Mr. Walpole's recovery' [1710]  To hang up honest Harley.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 113v 
When sultry Phoebus with canicular heat    `A copy of verses'  And since they're women will conceal their shame.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 114v 
While on the stage I saw a passion feign'd    `A copy of verses'  Who yet without thee, never can be blest.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 134v 
Whilst I in sleep last night was laid    `The dream'  I found such bliss is but a dream.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 72 
Whilst mighty Jove sweet Semele enjoys    `To Mr. Handel, after hearing some of his airs in Semele...Lent season 1744'  Till we in ecstasy dissolve away.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 76v 
Whilst sky-born justice, mild, sagacious, clear,    `To the childe (between 10 and 11) whose benevolence got the plaintiff his father, his damage in a cause (Lockman v. Salisbury Coach owners)...1745'  Thus to breathe life in him, who gave thee thine.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 109 
Whilst weeping Europe bends beneath her ills  Garth, Samuel  `A poem on the earl of Godolphin sometime after he was discharged of his office of Lord High Treasurer' [attr. Garth in BL Add. 27407; pr. 1710 `by Dr. G__h']  Your globe of light looks larger as you set.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 110 
Why are all these exclamations    `A song'  For to blast their happiness.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  p. 122 
Why should we fear that which we cannot fly    [couplet]  Since fear is vain, why should we fear to die?  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 130v 
Why start?__the case is yours__or will be soon    `The gentleman's skull. Inscription for a skull in an alcove in the garden of Mr. Tyers at Denbigh in Surrey'  The only happy, are the early wise.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 176v 
Will not the rose as quickly fade    `In answer to Strephon'  Which time and riper judgement mend.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 129 
Without a mother did my life begin    `A riddle'  I ne'er was born, but yet alas! I died.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 175v 
Yes, ev'ry hopeful son of rhyme,    `Epistle to a friend, on the report of the intended marriage of...George III...London spy, 29 Aug. 1761...Cambridge July 10'  And I and Europe live in peace.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 171v 
You ask my friend how I can Delia prize,    `The lover's answer to Sir C:__ G'  And owns the powerful preasence of a God.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 93 
You shepherds and nymphs that adorns the gay plains    `A song'  Commend her to Heaven, thyself to the grave.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 9 
You strive in vain Amintor to persuade    `A copy of verses'  And then retire to my blest rival's arms.  Bodley  Montagu e. 13  f. 143v