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Folio
A good repute, a virtuous name,
`The three travellers a tale'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 174
A king__aye every inch a king!
`Epigram written upon Garrick's and Barry's Lear'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 42
A lady's heart on the highway | Was stolen t'other day;
Lowes, J.
`A highway robbery'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 152
A plague on Egypt's arts I say
Garrick, David
`A soliloquy upon surveying the body of Duke Humphrey...[by James] Quin'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 48
A raven once an acorn took,
Folger
M.a.182
p. 145
Accept a miracle instead of wit;
Pope, Alexander (attr.)
`...written by Mr. Pope to whom Ld. Chesterfield had lent his pencil...'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 115
Alas! by some degree of woe,
Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, 1st baron
`From a song'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 122
Alas! poor Mungo!
Franklin, Benjamin
`Epitaph on Miss Shipley's squirrel__killed by her dog'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 133
Alike thy pencil, and thy numbers charm
Boyle, [ ], lord
`From Ld. Boyle to Mrs Bowe in answer to some verses sent him by her...'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 126
All that the sun surveys subdued
Young, Edward
`Lines from Young's Resignation'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 146
Another writes because his father writ
`To G. Colman Jun. esq. on the deserved success of his comedy of Two in one'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 134
As Britain mourned with all a mother's pain
Hayley, William
`To Miss Seward on her Monodies'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 51
Awake my lyre, and let thy string,
Wharton, Robert
`To Richard Wharton esqr. on his degree at Cambridge'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 149
Behold! yon gaudy painted flower,
*Milbanke, John? or Richard and/or Sarah Griffith?
`Extempore on the cistus__or day-rose commonly called the flower-of-love'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 145
Beneath this stone there lies a skull,
`On a country squire buried in the poet's corner__Westminster Abbey'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 140
Beneath, this unadorned tomb
Givardin, [ ], marquis de
`Epitaph on the monumental bust of Rousseau' [deleted]
Folger
M.a.182
p. 61
Blithe lads attend!__I tune the string
Wharton, Robert
`Coronation ode for Sir James Hall bart: elected king of the Haddington balls'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 154
Brave Keppel at Windsor soon found to his sorrow
Selwyne, George
`Epigram'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 132
Condemn'd to hope's delusive mine__
Johnson, Samuel
`Elegy on Mr. Levet'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 25
Entomb'd with kings, tho' Gay's cold ashes lie
Orrery, John Boyle, 5th earl
`On Pope's epitaph upon Gay'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 122
Ere you read this, you will suppose
`The matron's advice to a lady'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 135
Exalted soul whose harmony could please
Wilkes, Dr. [ ]
`Lines written upon Phillips the musician'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 31
Fair nymph! whose verses sweet and free
Hayley, William?
`Verses from Mr. Hayley to Miss Williams on her wishing to see his house'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 167
Fancy amid this scene espies
W., H.
`For Lady Yonge's summer house'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 184
For deem not ye that I resume the strain
Mason, William?
`Lines taken from "English garden"'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 61
From a small acorn see the oak arise
[translation from the Latin: De minimis maxima]
Folger
M.a.182
p. 166
From these dread walls, this melancholy tow'r
Grey, Lady Jane?
`[Extract from an epistle] to Lord Guilford Dudley'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 104
Gentle breath of melting sorrow,
`Address to a sigh...by a lady'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 61
Gigantic in knowledge, in virtue, in strength
Piozzi, Hester Thrale
[lines written under portrait of Johnson]
Folger
M.a.182
p. 35
Here Hermes, says Jove, who with nectar was mellow
Garrick, David
`A fable' [deleted]
Folger
M.a.182
p. 39
Here in earth's cold bosom, lies entombed
Craven, [ ], lady
`To the memory of Charles Jenner vicar of this parish who died May 11__1784 aged 38'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 142
Here Johnson comes, unblest with outward grace
Shaw, [ ]
`The race']
Folger
M.a.182
p. 32
Here lies one at length__who before never rested
Wharton, Robert?
`Epitaph written by a gentleman for himself'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 24
Here o'er the tomb where Dealtry's ashes sleep
Mason, William?
`Epitaph on Dr. Dealtry'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 142
Hope! thou great solace of the mind
`Written in the extreme illness of a beloved wife'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 102
I lately thought no man alive could e'er improve past forty-five
Barnard, Thomas, dean of Derry
`To Sir Joshua Reynolds and Co.'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 9
I love thee dear girl, more than man did e'er wife
Mansel, William Lort?
`Addressed to a lady'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 67
I'm out (cries old Twitcher,) but when in, took great care
Selwyne, George
`Epigram'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 157
If e'er my fingers touch the lyre
Johnson, Samuel?
`To Mrs. Thrale'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 28
If it's true as you say that I've injured a letter,
Garrick, David
`In answer to a pamphlet addressed by Dr. Hill to Garrick__charging him with pronouncing the letter i like u'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 165
If this fair rose offends your sight
`During the contest between the houses of York and Lancaster, a Yorkist sent his mistress a white rose, the following lines wrapped round it'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 100
Immortal Newton never spoke
Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, earl?
`On Mr. Nash's present of his own portrait at full length...'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 133
In land once our lord was pleased,
Ramsay, Allan
`Epigram occasioned by the bonfires being put out, by a violent shower of rain, on the King's birthday'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 134
In questa casa troverete
`Lines written in an inn near Oxford'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 56
In the garb of old Gaul, and the fire of old Rome
`Written after the rebellion 43'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 169
In vain! poor sable son of woe, thou seek'st a tender ear
`The following lines were written upon the statue of a negro set up in one of the Inns of Court in a suppliant posture'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 23
Indulgent nature on each kind bestows
L., W.
`Epigram, upon the bursar of a college...'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 65
King G[eorge] in a fright, lest Gibbon should write
Fox, Charles James
`On Gibbon'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 70
Lodged in the talons of a famish'd kite
Wolcot, John (`Peter Pindar')
`Peter Pindar's laugh at the quondam superstition of the Gallic Church'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 153
Made to engage all hearts, and charm all eyes
Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, 1st baron
`Written by...on the death of his wife'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 174
Mark how old Time with moaning sound
W., H.
Folger
M.a.182
p. 184
Modeste en ma couleur, modeste en mon sejour
Desmarets, Jean
`La violette a Madame de Rambouillet'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 56
More praise, and honor, thou deservest
[beneath the picture of Agnes Sorel; translated from `Francis I of France']
Folger
M.a.182
p. 64
No more let frighted mortals hear
`Epigram upon the death of a physician called Death, being succeeded by a Dr. Littlefear'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 156
No more lov'd partner of my soul
`The wife's consolation to her husband under severe affliction'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 106
Nymph over thee, chaste, fair, and young,
Milbanke, John
`Epitaph upon a lady'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 8
Of old when Scarron, his companions invited,
Goldsmith, Oliver
`Retaliation'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 78
Oft I've implor'd the gods in vain,
Greville, Frances (Macartney)
`Ode'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 10
Oh! death I've sought thee in the tented field,
`Sir Walter Raleigh's soliloquy the evening before his execution' [spurious?]
Folger
M.a.182
p. 104
Oh! difficult task__a poor parson to tell!
Wharton, Robert?
`The following was written by a clergyman at the request of a lady__who had a[s]ked him for a receipt for a modern fine lady'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 15
Oh! pause awhile whe'er thou art
Anstey, Christopher
`Lines placed over the pump at the king's bath...'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 105
Oh! Poverty of pale consumptive hue!
Fox, Charles James
`Invocation to poverty'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 72
Oh! Stanley give ear to a husband's petition
Garrick, David
`The petition of...to his friend G. Stanley esqr....'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 47
Oh! that my mouth could bleat like buttered peas
Wharton, Richard
`A burlesque imitation of Critical annotations...'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 88
Oh! thou whose sweetly pleasing sway
Davies, T.
`Ode to hope'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 6
Old I[s]lay to show his fine delicate taste
Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, earl
`On the duke of Argyll's garden at Witton-Place now in the possession of Sir William Chambers'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 52
One Peter kept the keys of heaven
Townshend, John, lord
`Impromptu on Hastings's trial to Sir Peter Burrel'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 54
Past one o'clock, and a sunshiny morning
Garrick, David
`Lines left upon the duchess of Devonshire's breakfast table'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 46
Pellucid orb of purest dye!
L., [ ]
`The tear'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 143
Phillips, whose touch harmonious could remove
Johnson, Samuel
[upon Phillips the musician]
Folger
M.a.182
p. 31
Pleasure given in society, like money lent in usury, returns with interest to those who dispense it.
Burney, Miss [ ]
Folger
M.a.182
p. 147
Plus de louange, et d'honneur tu merite
Francois I, king of France
[beneath picture of Agnes Sorel]
Folger
M.a.182
p. 64
Pope Quin who hates all churches but his own
Garrick, David
`Epigram on Quin's saying that G[arrick] was a new religion...'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 50
Resolv'd at your supreme command
B., J.
`To a lady, on her requesting the author to write poetry' [deleted]
Folger
M.a.182
p. 123
Says epicure Quin, should the devil in Hell
Garrick, David
`On Quin's great fondness for venison'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 42
Search nature's works, thro' all her mazy plan,
`The ocean'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 118
See the leaves around us falling
Horne, George, bp.
`A poem on the fall of the leaf'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 17
Sleep sweet in death, and wait th'Almighty's will,
`Epitaph, originally written by a Westminster boy...chosen by the friends of a blacksmith in a country village for his gravestone'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 65
So then, the vandals of our isle,
Cowper, William
`On the burning of Lord Mansfield's library...'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 62
Soon as I saw those speaking eyes
N., J.
`To a lady__presented with a gold heart' [deleted]
Folger
M.a.182
p. 100
Squire B[aldwin] rose with deep intent
Garrick, David
`On Mr. B[aldwin]...'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 43,46
Stay, wand'rer, stay, revere this hallow'd sod
Parker, Thomas
`Epitaph on the right honorable the countess Harriet ___ of Jenison Walworth'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 60
Still let it be said, that your eye is all red,
`In answer to a lady who had excused herself from dancing at a ball on account of a bloodshot eye'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 155
Such E___ was, so grinn'd the brawling fiend
Gray, Thomas
`Lines by...on Mr. E__'s characature'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 157
Sweet floweret, pledge o' meikle love,
Burns, Robert
`On the birth of a posthumous child'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 178
Sweet sister of the tuneful art,
Hayley, William
[answer to Miss Seward]
Folger
M.a.182
p. 52
Take a mold that's quite new both in__shape and in size,
W., A. J. (or T.?)
`The infallible man'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 69
Take a pestle and mortar of moderate size,
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley Butler
`The complete jockey'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 69
Take holy earth, all that my soul holds dear!
Mason, William
`On the death of his wife'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 59
Talk of war with a Briton, he'll boldly advance
Garrick, David
`Lines on Johnson's Dictionary'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 36
Tell me (says Cato) where you found
`On the death of Major Pierson, who was killed at the time the French invaded Jersey...'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 107
Tender softness! infant mild!
Wright, Mehitabel (Wesley)
`Address to her dying infant'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 101
That the stones of our chapel are all black and white
`Epigrams written upon a very fat young man__a student of Cambridge'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 115
That tongue, which set the table in a roar,
Garrick, David
`Epitaph on Quin'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 44
The curfew tolls the hour of closing gates,
`An evening's contemplation in a college__a parody'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 127
The devils were brawling while B[urnet], descending
`Bishop B[urnet]'s descent'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 161
The goddesses once, as old poets tell us,
`Written by a Westminster boy to whom Mrs. Matlock had sent...after her performance of Nysa'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 172
The humblest flow'r, conceal'd I grew,
W., A. J. (or T.?)
`The violet to Madame de Rambouillet' [translation of Desmarets]
Folger
M.a.182
p. 56 (tip. p. ed in)
The rule of the road, is a paradox quite,
Selwyne, George
`Epigram on the "rule of the road"'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 66
The shape alone let others prize,
Akenside, Mark
`On a lady'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 137
The stream hath fail'd; but long the tide had rolled
Collier, W.
`On the death of Mr. Whisson'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 116
The sun sets in night, and the stars shun the day
Hunter, Anne (Home)
`The dying Indian' [see BUCEM, Vol. II, index, p. 1122; I, under LADY__9 canzonets]
Folger
M.a.182
p. 147
The sun's perpendicular height
M., J.
[`A very pedantic young man fond of writing poetry, began a piece with the following lines']
Folger
M.a.182
p. 98
The town have found out different ways
`Epigram written upon Garrick's and Barry's Lear'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 42
The wig was just dress'd, just dress'd in grand state
W., A. J. (or T.?)
`Parody on The rose was just washed'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 98
The wretch, condemn'd with life to part
Goldsmith, Oliver
`Hope'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 78
Thee Mary with this ring I wed,
`Lines addressed to a lady, by her husband on the anniversary of their marriage'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 112
This humble grave, tho' no proud structure grace
`Epitaph on a lady written by her lover'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 144
This night presents a play, which public rage,
Johnson, Samuel
`Prologue written for the benefit of the widow and children of Mr. Kelly...'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 28
Those eyes in liquid circles moving.
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley Butler
`Extract from some lines addressed by...to his wife'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 181
Thou art so witty,__profligate, and thin, | Thou seem'st a Milton with his death and sin.
Young, Edward
`Addressed extempore to Voltaire...'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 24
Tho' British accents your attention fire
Orford, Horace Walpole, 4th earl
`On Madam de Damas learning English'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 101
Tho' great thy different powers appear,
Garrick, David?
`To my bed. Translated from the Italian by...'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 58
Tho' heraldry gives to old Queensberry's car
Lushington, Mrs. [ ]
`Epigram upon a very elegant Vis-a-vis belonging to the Duke of Queensberry'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 23
Thrice happy they, who sleep in humble life
Folger
M.a.182
p. 63
Thus Adam looked, when from the Garden driven
Young, Dr. [ ]?
`Anecdote of Dr. Young'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 115
To Bath's fair market Bladud brought | His hogs of speckled breed;
H., Dr. [ ]
`An excuse for Prince Bladud's being a swineherd'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 151
To deck the tender guest who graced
Hayley, William?
`From [Mr. Hayley] to [Miss Williams] with a bouquet__after reading her Edwin's Eltruda'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 167
Tonight, as heralds call__a virgin muse
Colman, George, sr.
`Prologue to the comedy of Two in one written by young Colman'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 125
Tonight's the day, I speak it with great sorrow
`Four lines were written at the request of Dean Swift...' [by `the beadle of St. Patrick's']
Folger
M.a.182
p. 136
Twas at the dark and midnight hour
`On the death of Col. Gardner'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 21
Twas at the solemn hour of night,
`Johnson's ghost__a parody by a lady'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 138
Twice hath the sorrowing muse her tribute paid
Sheridan, Elizabeth Anne (Linley)
`Verses to the memory of Maria Linley'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 179
Untimely gone! forever fled!
Lowes, John
`Ode on the death of a sister'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 120
Weep not for me, my dearest dear,
Sterne, [ ]?
`Epitaph__Here lies Ann Swainson, erected to her departed memory by her loving husband John'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 97
What hopes, what terrors, does thy gift create,
Johnson, Samuel?
`Lines addressed to a lady__'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 29
When Bob Mackreth of Arthur's crew
`Lines upon a certian nabob'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 157
When borne to heaven, the Muses' arms between
P., S. T.
`Lines on the death of Dr. Johnson'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 179
When from the world departs a son of fame
Garrick, David
`Prologue written to The fathers__a posthumous play of Mr. Fielding's'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 37
When Louis first began the work on James's restoration;
Tunstall, William
`On taking the fort called the Devil's House at the seige of Namur by Louis 14 extempore'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 148
When T[aplow] walks the streets, the paviors cry,
`Epigrams written upon a very fat young man__a student of Cambridge'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 115
When the village is folded in sleep
Cunningham, [ ]
`On the death of Shenstone'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 167
Where Crossfel's awful ridge withdraws
Carlyle, Joseph Dacre
`Long Mag and her daughters'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 158
Where Currick's solemn shades arise,
Carlyle, Joseph Dacre
`Currick a tale'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 18
Where the loveliest expression to features is joined,
Fox, Charles James
`Lines on Mrs. Crewe'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 71
Where the streams of silver Medway glide | A Herring chanced to be; | He swam with every wind and tide | Then popp'd into the See
Watson, Rev. Dr. [ ]
`Upon Dr. Herring's promotion to the See of Bangor__afterwards Archbishop of Cant[erbury]'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 156
Whilst George in sorrow, bows his laurell'd head
`On the death of General Wolfe'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 179
Whilst petty offences and felonies smart,
`Lines presented to a lady by a young lawyer on the circuit'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 56
Whilst you dear__steal my books
G., J.
`Restitution adressed to a lady' [deleted]
Folger
M.a.182
p. 16
Whilst you dear Townshend__o'er the billows ride
Fox, Charles James
`To the hon. John Townshend'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 73
Whoe'er like me, with trembling anguish brings,
Mason, William?
[on the death of his wife]
Folger
M.a.182
p. 59
Whoe'er our house examines, must excuse,
Warton, T.
`Prologue written for the Winchester Theater which stands over The Shambles'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 12
Why does the nymph with every grace,
Watson, Daniel
`Lines written on Miss V___ Hotwell Bristol'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 7
Wide over the tremulous sea,
`The African' [by `Della Emsca']
Folger
M.a.182
p. 108
Wit is a feather, this we all admit,
Fox, Charles James
`To the duchess of Devonshire, in answer to the many absurd aspersions, cast on her...'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 70
With doubt__joy__apprehension__almost dumb
Garrick, David
`Upon Garrick's arrival in London from France, the King honored his first appearance by commanding Much ado about nothing__he had prepared the following well-timed and facetious prologue'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 40
With ev'ry hope a vessel sails away
Garrick, David
`Mrs. Barry's address to the town...'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 39
With one sole pen I writ this book
Holland, Philemon, M. D.
`Epigram upon writing a large folio with a single pen 1632'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 132
Ye black and midnight hags, what do ye?
`Anecdote of Lord C___'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 13
Ye fairy sprites, who oft by dusky eve,
Carlisle, [ ] lord
`On the monument of Rose a favorite spaniel of Lady Carlisle's'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 57
Ye radiant fair! ye Hebes of the day!
Gerningham, [ ]
`On Mrs. Montague falling in the drawing room'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 141
Yon cottager, who weaves at her own door,
Cowper, William
`Lines from Essay on truth'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 63
You! who erewhile, in cap outlandish,
W., R. H.
`Addressed to a young man upon taking orders'
Folger
M.a.182
p. 168