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A loving husband, and tender father dear,
`An epitaph'
In heav'n, I hope we all shall meet again.
Yale
c.175
p. 11
Adieu thou blest retreat, sweet peaceful shades,
`Absence, a pastoral'
The[n] farewell love, and farewell happiness.
Yale
c.175
p. 89
An Eton boy, who did not want for wit,
Crane, Dr. [ ]
`The pointed epigram'
He found the rogue had not forgot the dart.
Yale
c.175
p. 88
And are you gone, O, heavens our tears abate,
`On the departure of B__g__g from Leeds officers in the 39th regiment of infantry'
Of a dear spouse, and best of human race.
Yale
c.175
p. 38
As from your presence sadly I withdrew,
Henry, [ ]
`The departure, to a lady'
And only asks__to live or die with you.
Yale
c.175
p. 39
Beneath this stone there lies a hapless youth,
`Epitaph'
And all his virtues find reward in heav'n.
Yale
c.175
p. 84
Cupid by accident mislaid
`The discovery'
`For here I see my quiver!'
Yale
c.175
p. 86
Devoid of all care was my morning of life,
`The insolvent debtor'
But to hide his despair and to die?
Yale
c.175
p. 71
From these drear cells, where horror silent reigns,
`The confined debtor'
Those bounties to dispense, which flow from heav'n.
Yale
c.175
p. 6
Hark, my gay friend that solemn toll,
Stevens, Thomas, Baptist minister
`The unknown world__verses occasioned by hearing a pass-bell'
To distant worlds we know not where.
Yale
c.175
p. 45 (stanzas 1_8)
I wish not Sophy to offend,
`Verses address'd to Miss [Sophia] Apthorp on her return from school'
Glorious eternal hymns of praise.
Yale
c.175
p. 64
If marriage ever be my lot in life,
`A choice supposed to be written by a young lady...Liverpool...Aleanor'
Pleas'd I'll admire, and strive to make them mine.
Yale
c.175
p. 16
In vain with plaintive voice, and weeping eyes,
`On the much lamented death of Miss B.' [i.e., Mrs. Fontayne, wife of the Dean of York?]
Which time cannot deface, nor death destroy.
Yale
c.175
p. 52 (incomplete?)
Let all degrees of men appear,
`Let everyone practice that which he is acquainted with'
('Tis not the trade that forms the man.)
Yale
c.175
p. 63
Oft have I sigh'd O! Nancy dear,
`To Miss W___ Doncaster__Augustus'
And save him lest he fall.
Yale
c.175
p. 12
O! say thou dear possessor of my breast,
Hammond, James, 1710_1742
`Emma or the child of sorrow'
And only think of thee, who art not there.
Yale
c.175
p. 54
Read lovely nymphs and tremble not to read
Montagu, Lady Mary (Wortley), 1689_1762
`Epistle from Arthur Gray to Mrs. M....y by the same'
You pay my pangs__nor have I died in vain.
Yale
c.175
p. 41
Return'd from the op'ra, as lately I sat,
`On a lady's wedding on the 21st of December'
`Tho' shortest the day is__the night, Sir, is longest!'
Yale
c.175
p. 81
Say who are ye that with unhallow'd feet,
`The genius of the rocks. Addressing a party at Roach Abbey, a venerable ruin near Sheffield' [1794]
Shall find sweet peace and heaven-inspir'd rest.
Yale
c.175
p. 91
Short and uncertain is the life of man,
Where bliss ineffable knows no decrease.
Yale
c.175
p. 3
Six London squires one morning rose,
`The Sunday ride a most excellent ballad and all true'
And so they walk'd to town.
Yale
c.175
p. 77
Take of beauty and wit what you happen to have,
`A receipt for the ladies to preserve love in the marriage state'
Candied o'er with good sense, and I'll warrant it lasts.
Yale
c.175
p. 82
The breath which this resigns, while that receives
G., W., jr.
`Epitaph on a lady who died in childbirth'
He kills in birth, and she in bearing dies.
Yale
c.175
p. 79
The other day at noon I stray'd,
W., S.
`For the English chronicle, imitation of the 23d basium of Bonefonius'
Those fatal eyes have pierc'd my heart.
Yale
c.175
p. 85
The stage should be to life a faithful glass,
Fitzgerald, William Thomas
`The way to get married'
Give your support, he asks no better friends.
Yale
c.175
p. 47
To brave the danger, bear each toil,
`The sexes'
And rule by seeming to obey.
Yale
c.175
p. 72
Virgins attend and let kind pity move,
`Verses on an officer who lost his life at the Havana, by a lady'
On earthly blessings, heaven alone is just.
Yale
c.175
p. 61
Why veils the Queen of Isles her radiant brow?
Walker, Harriet
`Britannia...Thirsk, 4th March 1797'
And bring at last the welcome angel__peace.
Yale
c.175
p. 74
Wing'd with pure joy, the peaceful moments flew,
`The underwritten inscription is wrote upon the tombstone that protects Caleb Ingham of Doncaster, and Margaret his wife...'
They range secure, in the mansion of the blest.
Yale
c.175
p. 15
Withdrawn from all temptations that entice,
`Almeria, or the penitent'
Join'd their kind fates, and left them with a prayer.
Yale
c.175
p. 17
You praise your mistress' charms, and swear,
`Epigram'
And steals at once our eyes and heart.
Yale
c.175
p. 88
