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'Fore two, or three, friends__let me see__am I able
Earle, Charles
`Sent (with an hare) to Mr. Collector Pater; who, with two friends beside, had praised my mutton-pasty for buck of high taste. Decr. 10th 1754'
Whose lot make a church, and whose chimney a steeple!
Yale
c.376
A custom most right for a blessing most rare__
Earle, Charles
`The flitch. A New Year's gift, extempore to Mr. and Mrs. E[arle?]'
You'd eaten your own, and I sav'd my, bacon!
Yale
c.376
A Monday by noon, I invite noble Proc:__
Earle, Charles
`To Proctor__an invitation at dinner extempore'
To see out, or swim in, the bowl of the vicar.
Yale
c.376
A rod, surpassing all old Busby had
Earle, Charles
`To Mr. Drake Proctor of Barnstaple...be pleased to accept the following compliment before you receive the future reward'
And make the charm of Panacea thine!
Yale
c.376
A sable curtain round his bed,
Earle, Charles
`At the chamber-door of Miss A__ds upon a dismal dark morning. Extempore'
The luster of your eyes.
Yale
c.376
Accept, as most rare (for 'tis rare, if so soon
Earle, Charles
`To Justice S___ at Dulverton (with a leash of woodcocks)'
The last of your toasts__remember the vicar.
Yale
c.376 (2 copies)
All ye that have husbands, or ye that have none,
Earle, Charles
`An extempore whimsical answer to a wanton wife, who desired me to read her fortune on the cards, and give my opinion'
With wives upon earth, or to lead apes in hell.
Yale
c.376
Amidst the lightning's blaze, and thunder's roar,
Earle, Charles
`The lines underneath were made by...on having a favorite horse killed in a violent storm of thunder and lightning amidst which some miscreants persisted playing at cards'
The beast may tremble, but the brute will play!
Yale
c.376
Arise, sleepy Kate,
Earle, Charles
`[On a dismal dark morning] at the door of my L___ (supposed to be spoken by Mr. P[eard])'
You take not the bulk to your bed.
Yale
c.376
As sweets are abated, and wine is clear,
Earle, Charles
`To an apothecary in Crediton, extempore for a friend by his request'
To your faithful sincere and affectionate friend.
Yale
c.376; see also `Not long after twelveà'.
Be cautious always of a friend's pretense;
Earle, Charles
`Prudent advice'
Or he's a rival, who was once a friend.
Yale
c.376
Be not in haste to handle pen and ink!
Earle, Charles
`Boileau's advice to scribblers'
Before you write, be sure you learn to think.
Yale
c.376
Blest be my friend with all that sweetens life
Earle, Charles
`An extempore New Year's gift to my friend__a fragment'
This year, and every year, dear friend, be thine!
Yale
c.376
By virtue rais'd this goodly pile shall last
Earle, Charles
`On the Devon and Exeter Hospital founded August 27 1741'
Nor shall a wretch complain__he wants a friend.
Yale
c.376
Dark is the state of things below!
Earle, Charles
`An allusion to that ambiguous monumental inscription Quod fuit &c. in the Gentleman's magazine March 1746'
Death takes us out, to make us live!
Yale
c.376
Dear! Dear! Departed soul farewell!
Earle, Charles
`An extempore epitaph on Miss ____'
Is, that they're good, and that they're fair.
Yale
c.376
Dear Phil, I protest what you say in your letter,
Earle, Charles
`A letter from...to his niece [Philadelphia Earle]'
Tell C. E. the vicar your uncle and friend.
Yale
c.376
Dear shade! Some tribute from thy sons receive
Earle, Charles
`An epitaph designed for Justice B__ns__n on a monument, erected by his two sons'
Whose youth was godly, and whose age was wise!
Yale
c.376; see also `What praise, dear parentà'
Dear Sir as you told me to stir up your mind
Earle, Charles
`To Mr. Sydenham Barnstaple'
To plate fork and knife, at the vicar's poor table.
Yale
c.376
Dear Sir lately hearing a cry about wood
Earle, Charles
`To my friend Mr. S[y]d[e]nh[a]m in Barnstaple extempore'
He easily gets, whom the parish maintains.
Yale
c.376
Dear Sir__next Wednesday__turkey fat
Earle, Charles
`To Mr. Sydenham__most able__ | Most honest counsel__in Barnstable...March 1th, 1765 West-down'
I am your most oblig'd C. E.
Yale
c.376
Dear Sister, accept (all my tenement yields)
Earle, Charles
`To Sister [Philadelphia] Earle with three little artichokes, and one little hare'
(As 'tis said) `Take the will, for the deed', of your brother.
Yale
c.376
Dear Sister, I send (in compliance with you)
Earle, Charles
`To Mrs. [Catharine] Peard desiring a copy of the above [`Long have I thought...']
In Indian might worship instead of a god.
Yale
c.376
Don Burgess the second,
Earle, Charles
`To a boot maker'
To finish 'em now in November.
Yale
c.376
Duns Scotus most dark, or Aquinas most dull,
Earle, Charles
`Returned with a wretched sermon (the author had sent me to peruse) on the powers that be'
Prove equally pow'rs and preacher divine!
Yale
c.376 (2 copies)
For plainness hated, and for truth revil'd;
Earle, Charles
`Another [epitaph]'
Which, as the more he knew, the less he lov'd.
Yale
c.376
Gold-pippin first in fruit (like text)
Earle, Charles
`West-down. Sent to [Miss Harris of Pickwell] with some apples'
But, much like you a nonpareil.
Yale
c.376
Great Drake! My physician
Earle, Charles
The King's patent-letter.
Yale
c.376
Grief, deep as mine, cannot be known:
K__lly, Mrs. [ ]
`Another [epitaph] on [W. K__lly]'
How Christian ministers should live!
Yale
c.376
Here, like a Persian, prostrate laid,
Earle, Charles
`Occasioned at a Christmas feast; where it was proposed that every man, in turn, should kneel at some woman's feet, and make verses, sing a song or tell a tale. Extempore'
Let me__kiss your pretty face.
Yale
c.376
How can it be? 'tis strange to understand
Earle, Charles
`To Miss Morgan with hard pens'
So soft a face, should own so hard an hand.
Yale
c.376
How is it with your loving spouse?
Earle, Charles
[postscript to `Dear Sir__next Wednesday...']
Lov'd mistress of your heart and house?
Yale
c.376
I B. take thee C. | To be my dear wife,
Earle, Charles
`Matrimony rhymed when a boy [man]'
Three persons above!
Yale
c.376
I. C. take thee B. | To be my dear man
Earle, Charles
`Matrimony rhymed when a boy [woman]'
Were publish'd by me.
Yale
c.376
I come! I come! Ye dead, you have
Earle, Charles
`An epitaph on ____ desiring to be buried with ____ in hope to rise with them'
Know, and be known again of, mine!
Yale
c.376
I sing of Jesus as the angels sing
Earle, Charles
`On the nativity of Christ'
The dead arise and graves be open found.
Yale
c.376
If sharp and flat in music fit,
Earle, Charles
`Odd whimsical reflections on an odd monumental inscription'
Mon, change the theme; and choose a text.
Yale
c.376
In dread and devotion, I implore by this scroll
Earle, Charles
`To neighbor Pope at Woolsery in my confinement by the colic'
Thus prays thy sad suppliant, poor sinner, and servant.
Yale
c.376
In mine, alas! good Sirs, you see
Earle, Charles
`An extempore thought on a punch-ladle'
I make of him an ass.
Yale
c.376
Long have I thought (or had sent somewhat quicker)
Earle, Charles
`To Miss Su: P[eard] with a pig'
Too gross for a saint, but too good for a sinner.
Yale
c.376
Madam, what your pleasure is but say
Earle, Charles
`Whimsical articles of boarding with ____ who seemed shy of taking a boarder'
Or cryer-like, God save the king.
Yale
c.376
Midas we read with wondrous art of old
Earle, Charles
`An epigram'
Touch them with gold they'll change to what you please.
Yale
c.376
Monsieur Peter Birdee,
Earle, Charles
`Extempore to my shoemaker'
Finish off; and then send | To your servant and friend.
Yale
c.376
Next Monday, good Sir, will yourself and your second
Earle, Charles
`Invitation to a friend and his wife for a day in Christmas'
Do you smile? All must come to the conjurer's call.
Yale
c.376
Next Sunday by 10 ('tis but stick a pin quicker,
Earle, Charles
`Mr. Earle's thanks and compliments to Miss Smith and Miss Morgan, and (after reminding that they are mortal) request they will observe what follows'
The grace of a saint, to the meal of a sinner.
Yale
c.376; see also `The gods, we are toldà'.
Next Thursday, by noon with what am I able
Earle, Charles
`To Mr. Sydenham Barnstaple'
A Pratt-patriot in and a Pitt-patriot out!
Yale
c.376
Not long after twelve__the minute no matter__
Earle, Charles
`To ____ apothecary at Witheridge Ash Wednesday extempore'
To your faithful sincere and affectionate friend.
Yale
c.376; see also `As sweets are abatedà'.
On Wednesday next (as I remember)
Earle, Charles
`An invitation to a friend who was about to sell some wood in West-down'
Come freely welcome to my all.
Yale
c.376
Paper__the trial is of ink
Earle, Charles
`To a person who sold ink'
Into the draught cast both away.
Yale
c.376
Pepper, salt, do not fail
Earle, Charles
`A short extempore recipe for a piggy-tail pie'
Put butter and water.
Yale
c.376
Pious in soul, benevolent in mind:
Earle, Charles
In friendship faithful, and in manners kind.
Yale
c.376
Plays are like mirrors , made for men to see
Earle, Charles
`Written on a playbill'
And the soft hand reveal the softer heart.
Yale
c.376
Quakers' harangue all harangues doth surpass
Earle, Charles
`To Barum's mayor (with great respect) | This superscription I direct...'
I should say__your obedient__oblig'd__humble servant.
Yale
c.376
Sir Monday__my trumps will be cock'rel or capon,
Earle, Charles
`To Mr. Rogers__Pilton__gent | This rhyming compliment is sent...'
With your poor poetaster__but poet divine.
Yale
c.376
Sir, your lines I receiv'd, with a cry for a wood__
Earle, Charles
`To one, who sent me a cry for a wood, omitting the growth, mistaking the day and forgetting the place. Novr. 5th'
Your friend__now a curate__who once was a vicar.
Yale
c.376
The geese and the sturgeon divided must be
Earle, Charles
`On some sturgeon and two geese sent by...to his sisters Mrs. Philadelphia Earle and Mrs. Catharine Peard'
'Twixt Sister P. E. and Sister C. P.
Yale
c.376
The gods, we are told, gave Pandora a box,
Earle, Charles
`To Justice S___ at Witheridge an extempore invitation to dinner, upon his fearing a visit after my touch of a fever'
The grace of a saint to the meal of a sinner.
Yale
c.376; see also `Next Sunday by 10à'.
The painter, in whim as diverting as new,
Earle, Charles
`One side of a sign, wretchedly painted, a creature (instead of a hare hunted) appears like a dog: the other, the same creature (supposed to be killed) appears like an hare'
A dog when living, and a hare when dead.
Yale
c.376 (2 copies)
The same as woman is, let me
Earle, Charles
`An another [thought] on [a punch-ladle]'
But I make beggar great as king.
Yale
c.376
This hasty scribble to friend Doudle
Earle, Charles
`To Mr. Doudle (if not married; | Old Ling odd letter should be carried...'
Accept from your servant the Earl[e] of West-down.
Yale
c.376
This little Celsus ribbon blue!
Earle, Charles
`To Miss Harris of Pickwell on finding a blue ribbon which she lost'
To dub them noble Knight of Garter?
Yale
c.376
This no-bill-billed give unto ____
Earle, Charles
`J. H. esq. Of Pi__k__will sent J[ohn] Scamp to Revd. Mr. Earle for his bill for tithe due to him'
I'll send a bill__the Lord knows when.
Yale
c.376
To dance after canons, like courtiers, hard fate!
Earle, Charles
`To a friend in the country, from Exeter, where I was long detained for an answer concerning a curacy. Extempore'
And canons__to dine, I may__kiss your hare's foot.
Yale
c.376
To Mister Newell__this with speed
Earle, Charles
Was hasting__hurrying__to her dinner.
Yale
c.376
To view Corinna's face,
Earle, Charles
`A song made years ago to the tune of Fanny blooming &c.'
Or if we see, we love.
Yale
c.376
Trusting in God, with anxious care decay'd,
Earle, Charles
`An epitaph on myself...Englished'
Unknown to all, known to myself, I die.
Yale
c.376 (two copies)
Two bags are stolen or astray__
Earle, Charles
`A cry at West-down occasioned by the Revd. Mr. Earle having two bags stolen from his pantry window'
For fear of hanging, hang himself.
Yale
c.376
What man, almighty Lord! Wouldst thou
Earle, Charles
`Psalm XVth'
And glories has to come.
Yale
c.376
What med'cine can soften the bosom's keen smart?
Earle, Charles
And Damon pretended to love.
Yale
c.376
What praise dear parent, did thy life attend!
Earle, Charles
`Made on his father'
Whose youth was godly, and whose age was wise!
Yale
c.376; see also `Dear shade!...'.
What railing still Deprecia? Fie! For shame!
Earle, Charles
`An epigram'
For those who censure all are credited by__none!
Yale
c.376
What sage__but you dear Doctor can
Earle, Charles
`From...to Dr. Aiton'
Shall greater than Apollo's be.
Yale
c.376
Which for your son would you allow,
Earle, Charles
`On my road from Cullumpton, at Sylverton, made there for a schoolboy, to his parents, by his request'
Who follows nature follows God.
Yale
c.376
Whilst some the ancients, some the moderns praise
Earle, Charles
`To Mr. John Drake of Barnstaple'
Thinking them gods, would sacrifice to men!
Yale
c.376
Whoe'er you are; friend, stranger, young, or old,
Earle, Charles
`An epitaph on my dear friend W: K__lly'
Inscribe his name;__and weep his last farewell.
Yale
c.376
Ye living husbands, do my lays
Earle, Charles
`An epitaph (made when I was a schoolboy) on a certain husband who desired me to make one on him'
To save her breath, gave up my own!
Yale
c.376
Ye pow'rs above, incline an ear;
Earle, Charles
`Made for a gentleman__by his request as a New Year's gift to his lady, born on New Year's Day'
The lovelier person, found in thee!
Yale
c.376
Your loss restor'd, exclaim no more!
Earle, Charles
`Advice given by me a conjuror, to a person who had lost goods restored'
Face__or else you'll lose again.
Yale
c.376
Your Phoebe return'd to her paces by rule,
Earle, Charles
`To Mr. Drake with his turnspit'
Is learning abroad, and unlearning at home.
Yale
c.376
Your whimsical cradle,
Earle, Charles
`A fragment of a letter to my b[rothe]r who had sent a dirty cradle (the size of a basket) for Phil[adelphia Earle]...'
Char: Earle, Cur___of Cull___.
Yale
c.376
Your writing, your wit, little lady, is such
Earle, Charles
`To his niece P[hiladelphia] E[arle]'
Will oblige your A[un]t P[e]a[r]d and your uncle.
Yale
c.376
