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'Tis to the press and pen, we mortals owe
`On the general advantage of reading and writing'
And lov'd their native charms without your aid.
Yale
c.186
p. 91
'Twas on a river's verdant bank
`The dying swan'
And I with pleasure go.
Yale
c.186
p. 45; see also next, and `'Twas on a verdantà'.
A boar who had enjoy'd a happy reign,
Lansdowne, George Granville, 1st baron, 1667_1735
`The wild boar's defense'
Destroy each other, every mother's son.
Yale
c.186
p. 120
A farmer once to London went
`The farmer's blunder'
That whilst he bites he may be bit.
Yale
c.186
p. 63
A farmer, who was blest by heav'n
`The lamb and the wolf addressed to the ladies'
To prey on innocence and maids.
Yale
c.186
p. 134
A harmless life, to me I think most safe
Rule, Joseph
`A divine poem composed by...on his sweet experience of his retired life in a hermitlike manner...in Wales'
My heart for heaven's inclin'd.
Yale
c.186
p. 16
A poet once well pleased, survey'd
`The poet and the rose'
`Who by another's fall would rise.'
Yale
c.186
p. 79
A stag caught young and tamely bred
Bellamy, Daniel?
`The tame stag'
For custom, conquers fear and shame.
Yale
c.186
p. 69
A Welshman coming late into an inn
I' th' morning he took his heels and run away.
Yale
c.186
p. 73
Always trusty and firm, in or out of place,
`Court characters Ld. Granville. Old John delights in his bottle and King'
Yet, unask'd, lends his help, when the ship is in danger.
Yale
c.186
p. 124
As Chloe, with affected air
Bellamy, Daniel, the elder, b. 1687
`Select ¦sopian tales. The lady and the wasp' [Fable 7]
Mourn their ill conduct soon or late.
Yale
c.186
p. 70
As on a sultry summer day
Bellamy, Daniel
`Cupid and the bee a cantata'
When you transfix his heart.
Yale
c.186
p. 77
As plants, whilst tender, bend which way we please
Bellamy, Daniel?
`Ill habits are hard to be removed, or, the prejudice of education a simile'
'Tis, then, hard labor to reform the mind.
Yale
c.186
p. 104
As soon as customers begin to stir,
`Of the ale draper' [Poor Robin's almanac]
And then, sometimes the brewer pays for all.
Yale
c.186
p. 139
As when blithe lambs their vernal revels keep,
`The governess, or innocence secured a simile'
Lest they should swerve from virtue in their play.
Yale
c.186
p. 92
At dead of night, when stars appear
Prior, Matthew, 1644_1721
`The third ode of Anacreon translated...Miscellany poems'
Safe is my bow, but sick thy heart.
Yale
c.186
p. 115 (attr. Dryden)
At will while fortune turns the wheel
`Fors omnia versat'
Content make any lot a prize.
Yale
c.186
p. 46
Awake my soul your hallelujahs sing
`On Christmas morn'
My soul may fly, where reigns eternal day.
Yale
c.186
p. 62
Behold how papal Wright with lordly pride
Baker, Sir James
`Some verses made on the dissenting ministers' [1736]
At once to charm the ear and mend the heart.
Yale
c.186
p. 84
Beneath this stone Biberio's dust is laid,
`On the death of one very remarkable for his excess in drinking'
For there's a dreadful reck'ning still to pay.
Yale
c.186
p. 48
Blest as the immortal gods is he,
`Spectator vol. [ ] page [ ]'
I fainted sank and died away.
Yale
c.186
p. 3
Brethren, by this my mind you'll know
Byrom, John, 1692_1763
`Rules for preaching from a bishop to his clergy' [pr. General evening post, 25 March 1749]
Will soon fill up their proper places.
Yale
c.186
p. 117
Conflanu, De la Clu, and such great men as those,
`An epigram on Thurot's squadron' [1760]
We think it's sufficient to send only boys.
Yale
c.186
p. 79
Could but our tempers move like this machine
Byrom, John, 1692_1763
`On a watch'
And endless joy when time shall be no more.
Yale
c.186
p. 59
Eternal God, at thy command
Gibbons, Thomas, 1720_1785
`Recovery from sickness [from] Juvenile poems'
To be dispos'd by Thee.
Yale
c.186
p. 29
Eternal Power, whose high abode
Watts, Isaac, 1674_1748
`The conclusion; God exalted above all praise'
And praise sits silent on our tongues.
Yale
c.186
p. 43
From guiltless dreams prepared to pray,
`Eudosia, or the accomplished virgin'
And in each stitch some mortals read.
Yale
c.186
p. 94
From H[a]gl[e]y's gay bowers, where L[u]cy has strayed,
`Court characters. Ld. Ly[ttelto]n'
Give place to slaves__Parnassus repair.
Yale
c.186
p. 123
Go lovely fragrant blossom! Go
`To Miss Hy. B__m with a rose'
And unregretted die.
Yale
c.186
p. 54
Go lovely rose
Waller, Edmund, 1606_1687
`Beauty's a fair but fading flower or the rose'
Who are so wondrous sweet and fair.
Yale
c.186
p. 101
Go, rose! my [Chloe's] bosom grace
Gay, John, 1685_1732
`The rose'
You die with envy, I with love.
Yale
c.186
p. 111
God's boundless goodness, boundless mercy may,
`On the possibility of the salvation of the heathens'
Whilst thousand rubric-martyrs want a place.
Yale
c.186
p. 107
Hail Chesterfield hail on whose reverend head,
`Court characters Ld Ch[este]rf[iel]d'
And mounting to heaven leave your mantle behind.
Yale
c.186
p. 124
Hail! gentle piety! unmingled joy
`The young lady's address to piety'
As thy accesses to a shipwreck'd mind.
Yale
c.186
p. 105
Happy the man that has per annum
`A wish a la mode'
This being for another.
Yale
c.186
p. 68
Happy the youth, who are betimes set right
He who gilds o'er his precepts best succeeds.
Yale
c.186
p. 114
Hark dying mortals if the sonnets prove
Erskine, Ralph, 1685_1752
`Gospel sonnets or spiritual songs...A poem upon Isaiah 54 and 5V [sic]'
Be explicated in the following way.
Yale
c.186
p. 4
Hark, my gay friend, that solemn toll
Stevens, Thomas, Baptist minister
`On hearing a bell toll'
God grant it may, be happy too.
Yale
c.186
p. 80
Heav'n first taught letters for some wretch's aid
Pope, Alexander
`On the particular advantages arising from epistolary writing'
And waft a sigh from Indus to the Pole.
Yale
c.186
p. 90
Her life alone is greatly blest
`Felicia or the happy virgin'
Wears her remains of life away.
Yale
c.186
p. 110
How are thy servants blest, O Lord!
Addison, Joseph, 1673_1719
`A divine ode. Per a gentleman upon the conclusion of his travels' [Spectator 489, 20 Sept. 1712]
Shall join my soul to thee.
Yale
c.186
p. 34
How fair and sweet the planted rose
`Art improves nature or the force of education'
Leaves art to polish and refine.
Yale
c.186
p. 93
How happy lives the man, how run to charm,
`The happy beau, or the ladies' favorite'
For women choose their men, like silks for show.
Yale
c.186
p. 100
How vile a wretch is man when reason is drown'd
`On a drunken man'
A man in form, in all things else a beast.
Yale
c.186
p. 47
How weak alas! is all the power of man
And will afflict or bless us in its own way.
Yale
c.186
p. 61
I have a mighty part within
Watts, Isaac, 1674_1748
`Miss M.B. sampler'
Both rejoice when there we meet.
Yale
c.186
p. 25
I serve thee here, with all my might
`An inscription on a clock'
To serve thy God, as I serve thee.
Yale
c.186
p. 51
If you fair Sylvia, hope the gods will hear,
`Written in a lady's prayerbook'
And none but you, can quench the amorous fire.
Yale
c.186
p. 58
In a dull stream, which moving slow,
`The inconstant a simile'
Fools, fops, and rakes, for chaff and straws.
Yale
c.186
p. 98
In ancient times (as poets sing)
`An idea of wedlock ancient and modern'
And wedlock's grown a Smithfield bargain.
Yale
c.186
p. 102
In heavenly choirs a question rose
Erskine, Ralph, 1685_1752
`The believer's principles concerning heaven and earth' [Gospel sonnets]
And vain delights, adieu.
Yale
c.186
p. 6
Keep silence, all created things
Watts, Isaac, 1674_1748
`God's dominion and decrees...Lyric poems'
Beneath my Lord the Lamb.
Yale
c.186
p. 40
Kind nature in P[i]tt, hath an active soul wrought,
[on `characters of the age', written in 1757]
The rights F[ox?] attack'd, here lives P[itt] who has sav'd.
Yale
c.186
p. 122
Life is uncertain, death is sure
Sin is the wound, but Christ the cure.
Yale
c.186
p. 114
Love's crisis in the happy minute lies;
Hit, but that minute and you gain the prize.
Yale
c.186
p. 61
Mistaken man! Is this the fancied all
Bellamy, Daniel?
`From a poem against sensual pleasures'
Content, the celebrated Sabbath of the mind.
Yale
c.186
p. 83
Nothing so much intoxicates the brain
`The magic of flattery, or the agreeable imposition'
Tho' praise to venom turns, if wrong applied.
Yale
c.186
p. 109
Of fleeting years thrice eight are fled
`A birthday exclamation extempore'
Or let the present be my last.
Yale
c.186
p. 51
Of manners engaging and virtue possess'd,
`Court characters; Mr. L[ ]ge'
That Britain has conquer'd and France has expired.
Yale
c.186
p. 122
O azure vault! O crystal sky
Roscommon, Wentworth Dillon, 4th earl, 1633?_1685
`Psalm cxlviii, paraphrased by...at 12 years of age'
And with His glory recompense the praise.
Yale
c.186
p. 147
O God my heart is fix'd, 'tis bent
`The invocation or the morning sacrifice'
Till thou art here, as there obey'd.
Yale
c.186
p. 113
O Venus, beauty of the skies,
Philips, Ambrose, 1675_1749
`The hymn to Venus' [Spectator, vol. 3]
And give me all my heart desires.
Yale
c.186
p. 143
Oh! what bosom but must yield
`On seeing a beautiful lady working with her needle'
Mend the hole that's in my heart.
Yale
c.186
p. 73
O wretched wainscot bound t'receive
`Written on the wainscot at the Blue Posts at Whitham'
My friend the dishclout comes tomorrow.
Yale
c.186
p. 121
Should Providence present a man of parts,
`Picture of a good husband'
And with a pleasure know, no will but his.
Yale
c.186
p. 52
The day of wrath, that dreadful day
Roscommon, Wentworth Dillon, 4th earl, 1633?_1685
`On the last judgment' [trans. of Dies irae]
Let guilty man compassion find.
Yale
c.186
p. 151
The gods to curse Pamelia with her prayers
`Wealth without content or the unhappy marriage'
She sighs, and is no duchess at the heart.
Yale
c.186
p. 97
The longest life's a winter's day
`A winter's thought'
The longest life is, sup and go to bed.
Yale
c.186
p. 114; see also `Man's life is likeà'.
The man to Jove did thus apply
Bellamy, Daniel, the elder, b. 1687
`The farmer and Jupiter. Fable 23rd' [from ¦sop]
Henceforth to me resign the rest.
Yale
c.186
p. 71
The miser starts and trembling stares,
Bellamy, Daniel, the elder, b. 1687
`The miser and Plutus' [from Aesop, fable 6]
`Are blessings worthy of a god.'
Yale
c.186
p. 70
The modest water awed by power divine
`On Christ's turning water into wine...per a scholar at Dr. Busby's'
Confess'd thee God, and blush'd itself to wine.
Yale
c.186
p. 48
The moon's pale luster, and the lamp's dim ray
She's the selfsame dear charming still.
Yale
c.186
p. 46
The next that mounts the stage is the physician,
`Of the physician' [Poor Robin's almanac]
But kill they ne'er so oft, there's nothing said.
Yale
c.186
p. 140
The rosy morning streak'd the sky
`The bee and butterfly, a fable'
Skimm'd with his load across the plain.
Yale
c.186
p. 137
The silver moon and all her starry train
`Grandeur no true happiness, or the pleasures of retirement' [from Seneca]
Rich discontent is but a glorious hell.
Yale
c.186
p. 74
There was a prudent grave physician
Sedley, Sir Charles, 1639?_1701
`The doctor and his patient'
For none do wrong, thro' ignorance of the right.
Yale
c.186
p. 49 (with extra lines?)
This preacher, silent yet severe
Stevenson, [ ], of Spalding
`On seeing a skull'
A joyful victor o'er the grave.
Yale
c.186
p. 55
This world is the best, that we live in
`On the world'
It is the worst world, that ever was known.
Yale
c.186
p. 47
Thou knowest too well, how much thy form I prize
Baker, Daniel, 1654_1723
`From The rival priests, or the female politicians'
And yield with joy, to thee my youthful charms.
Yale
c.186
p. 59
Thou rising sun, whose gladsome ray
`A Laplander's song'
Away to Orra, haste away.
Yale
c.186
p. 86
Through every period of my life
`The thanksgiving or the evening sacrifice'
To utter all thy praise.
Yale
c.186
p. 112; see also `When all thy merciesà'.
Tir'd with the sultry travels of the day
Gibbons, Thomas, 1720_1785
`Our Savior's visit, Luke 10:38_42...from Juvenile poems'
The better portion which her soul has chose.
Yale
c.186
p. 28
To God who guards me all the night
`Thoughts at first waking'
Th'almighty Maker's hand.
Yale
c.186
p. 37
To injured troops thus gallant Brunswick spoke,
`Speech of Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick to the Hanoverian and Hessian troops' [battle of Minden, 1759 (?)]
Resolv'd to save her, or resolv'd to die.
Yale
c.186
p. 53
To Thee let my first off'rings rise
Watts, Isaac, 1674_1748
`A morning hymn'
May well sustain my last.
Yale
c.186
p. 26
To thee, O Hanbury! the rural muse,
`To the R[everen]d Mr. Hanbury on his essay for planting by a Warwickshire man'
So long thy honor'd name her sons shall boast.
Yale
c.186
p. 132
Tomorrow didst thou say?
Cotton, Nathaniel, 1705_1788
`Tomorrow'
Hold the dear angel fast, until he bless thee.
Yale
c.186
p. 125
Virgins should value nothing less,
`Advice to the ladies'
At best; but for a golden ass.
Yale
c.186
p. 103
Weeds from the ground, instead of flowers upsprout
F., M.
`On a ruined garden'
Then she had found no fruit, and we had known no sin.
Yale
c.186
p. 69
Well yesterday is pass'd, and cannot be
`Yesterday'
And all the host of heaven shall shout us welcome.
Yale
c.186
p. 126
What hand Florella or what art
`The fair architect or the artificial grove'
Has paradise restored.
Yale
c.186
p. 96
What happiness the rural maid attends,
`Content alone is true happiness or the country lass'
And health, not paint, the fading bloom repairs.
Yale
c.186
p. 95
When in old times th'almighty Father sat
`On the redemption of mankind by our ever blessed Lord and Savior Jesus Christ'
Nor he himself could bear, but as omnipotent.
Yale
c.186
p. 106
When Israel freed from Pharaoh's hands
Addison, Joseph, 1673_1719
`Psalm 114' [Spectator 461]
And fires and seas confess their Lord.
Yale
c.186
p. 145
When once the doctor doth appear,
`Of the apothecary' [Poor Robin's almanac]
No other schemes we ever had in view.
Yale
c.186
p. 141
When rising from the bed of death
Addison, Joseph, 1673_1719
`Serious thoughts by one in sickness...Spectator vol. 7'
To make her pardon sure.
Yale
c.186
p. 36
When the fierce north wind, with his airy force,
Watts, Isaac, 1674_1748
`An ode. Attempted in English sapphics[.] The day of judgment'
Whilst our hosannas all along the passage | Shout the redeemer.
Yale
c.186
p. 38
When the trees are all bare not a leaf to be seen
Brerewood, Thomas
`Winter, a pastoral ballad'
But such as each other may cure.
Yale
c.186
p. 59
Whoe'er excels in what we prize,
`Sympathetic love; or, fancy surpasses beauty'
The pendant gets a mistress by it.
Yale
c.186
p. 99
Why does the sun, dart forth his cheerful rays
`The nymph's complaint, or the imprecation'
For what is life, without the swain I love.
Yale
c.186
p. 108
Why joyful fireworks only in the park
`On an advertisement to prohibit the making of fireworks'
Unless their lives the only winner.
Yale
c.186
p. 50
Why pretty turtle, does thou mourn
`A short epigrammatic dialogue between a passenger and turtle dove written originally in French'
Incessant sorrow will.
Yale
c.186
p. 78
Wisdom and power with all their charms
`Love triumphant'
At the first dawn of day.
Yale
c.186
p. 61
With neither care nor fear opprest
`A moral song on fishing'
Becomes the fowler's prey.
Yale
c.186
p. 72
