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A blooming flow'r my Chloe chose
`Song'
Oh think how few would live!
Yale
c.90
A brace of sinners, for no good,
Wolcot, John (`Peter Pindar'), 1738_1819
`The pilgrims and the peas. A true story (from Peter Pindar's Farewell odes)'
I took the liberty to boil my peas.
Yale
c.90
A chief of high mettle mankind to convince
`On the duel betwixt [Frederick Augustus] Duke of York, and Col. Lennox [later duke of Richmond; 1789], also betwixt the Col[onel] and an author'
That poor hungry author's weak part is his belly.
Yale
c.90
A mongrel bard of Anglo-Flemish breed,
`From the Ipswich journal answer to The farewell to Norwich [`Farewell at length...']...Norwich, Janry 22nd [17]83'
Rail'd on the grapes__alas! they only hung too high.
Yale
c.90
A wandering gypsy Sirs am I,
Wolcot, John (`Peter Pindar'), 1738_1819
`...Spoken at a masquerade in the character of a gypsy'
A little treasure lodg'd in mine.
Yale
c.90
A woe-worn heroine in me you spy!
`Epilogue, spoken by Mrs. Bellamy, or rather intended to have been spoken by her as a fareful [farewell?] to the town__but she was so affected as to be unable to speak it__it was spoken by Miss Farrell [later Kennedy]'
A kind and easy passport to my grave!
Yale
c.90
Accept dear friend this fragrant flow'r,
`From a lady to a friend, with a rose, and a drawing of it__written on her daughter's birthday'
Ever the favor'd child of heav'n.
Yale
c.90
Ah, tell me no more my dear girl with a sigh,
Wolcot, John '(Peter Pindar'), 1738_1819
`By Docr. Walcot'
I've already forgot thou art fair.
Yale
c.90
Alas fond child
Quarles, Francis, 1592_1644
`From a very old book, entitled__...Emblems'
When gain's uncertain, and the pain is sure!
Yale
c.90
As Cupid once, the arrant'st rogue alive,
`The honey stealer'
Who tho' so little, giv'st so great a wound.
Yale
c.90
As doctors give physic by way of prevention,
Prior, Matthew, 1644_1721
`For my own monument'
He cares not__yet prithee be kind to his fame.
Yale
c.90
As duteous to the place of prayer,
Langhorne, John, 1735_1779
`From the fables of Flora__the sunflower and joy'
And bade once more the world farewell.
Yale
c.90
Ask ye companions of my infant years,
`From the microcosm__by an Eton boy'
Sadly, dear Eton, take a long farewell.
Yale
c.90
Away, let naught to love displeasing
`Song'
And I go wooing with my boys.
Yale
c.90
Behold, my fair, whene'er we rove,
Johnson, Samuel, 1709_1784
`The winter's world'
And screen me from the ills of life!
Yale
c.90
Behold this lock, which deck'd my face,
`From Madame la Marechale de Mirepoix, to Mons[ieu]r le Duc de Nivernois, with a lock of her hair...imitated'
Has age bestow'd with tresses hoar.
Yale
c.90
Beneath this stony roof reclin'd,
Warton, Thomas, 1728_1790
`Inscription in a hermitage at Ansley Hall in Warwickshire'
Prefer the blameless hermitage.
Yale
c.90
Bring me flowers, and bring me wine!
Devonshire, Georgiana Spencer Cavendish, duchess, 1757_1806
`Sonnet__said to have been written by Her Grace...'
When we live but for a day!
Yale
c.90
Endow'd with all that fortune could bestow;
Jerningham, Edward, 1727_1812
`To the memory of a young lady'
In silence falls__while spring is blooming round.
Yale
c.90
Fair Herbert, while with wild theatrical rage,
`To the hon[orable] Mrs. Hobart [I.e., Herbert?]'
Or teach the way to keep him, in his seat.
Yale
c.90
Fair Tivy, how sweet are thy waves gently flowing,
Jones, Sir William, 1746_1794
`The damsels of Cardigan'
Love can alone make it blissful to live.
Yale
c.90
Farewell at length the proud insulting spot,
`For the Ipswich journal. Farewell to Norwich. (Made on the road to Bury)'
To taste the sweets of wisdom and of love.
Yale
c.90
Fickle as fair, my mistress slights her vows,
Andrews, Petit, d. 1711
`Song, from Ovid'
Her heart should still be mine and only mine.
Yale
c.90
For private loss the lenient tear may flow,
Cunningham, John, 1729_1773
`On Lord Granby's decease' [1770]
Cover'd by laurels, when a Granby dies!
Yale
c.90
Go little painted butterfly
Andrews, Petit, d. 1711
`Song from a Spanish poet'
And clipt each nimble wing.
Yale
c.90
Haste thee to blow, thou lovely rose,
Andrews, Petit, d. 1711
`Canzonette from a Latin epigram'
Will light thee to thy fate.
Yale
c.90
Hear how the nightingale on ev'ry spray,
Jones, Sir William, 1746_1794
`A Turkish ode of Mesihi'
Be gay: too soon the flow'r of spring will fade.
Yale
c.90
Here, Hermes, say[s] Jove, who with nectar was mellow,
Garrick, David, 1717_1779
`Jupiter and Mercury a fable, written some time after Dr. Goldsmith's Poem of retaliation'
You Hermes, shall fetch him__to make us sport here.
Yale
c.90
Here lies poor Johnson, reader have a care,
Jenyns, Soame,1704_1787
`Epitaph on Dr. Johnson'
Will tell you when he wrote, and talk'd, and cough'd and spit.
Yale
c.90
I love you Chloe, it is true,
`Written on a window in Wales'
I'll wear your favors, not your chains.
Yale
c.90
Immortal Newton, never spoke
Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th earl, 1694_1773
`On Mr. Nash's present of his own portrait, at full length, placed between the bustoes of__Mr. Pope, and Sir Isaac Newton, in the Long Room, Bath__(from the Gent[le]m[an']s mag[azine]'
But folly['s] at full length.
Yale
c.90
In earliest times, ere men had learn'd
`Stanzas in the manner of Waller: occasioned by a receipt to make ink, given to the author by a lady'
Inspir'd by fair Lucinda's charms.
Yale
c.90
In ridicule's enchanting glass
But you may scalp my neighbor.
Yale
c.90
In this fair season, when the whisp'ring gales
Jones, [ ]
`...Imitation of Petrarch, in the following elegy upon Laura'
And ye bright realms, receive my fleeting shade!
Yale
c.90
Involv'd in flame and suffocating breath
Jerningham, Edward, 1727_1812
`On the death of two favorite birds'
Is writ by sorrow on the finest heart.
Yale
c.90
It was said by the courtiers of Louis's nation
`Epigram'
She only regretted their queen was a woman.
Yale
c.90
Like a soft flow'r, on some deserted plain,
`From the Norfolk chronicle on the death of Miss Lucy Howes__of Thorpe'
That we this truth may learn__whatever is, is right.
Yale
c.90
Mark well you tree, that shades the neighb'ring plain,
Jerningham, Edward, 1727_1812
`The oak'
As conscious of the sacred deed I vow'd.
Yale
c.90
Night expecting the dread morrow
Jarningham, [ ]
`The soldier's farewell on the eve of a battle'
Lovely Alice, fare thee well!
Yale
c.90
Of old when Scarron his companions invited,
Goldsmith, Oliver, 1730?_1774
`The retaliation; a poem'
He shifted his trumpet__and only took snuff.
Yale
c.90
O balmy sleep! Beneath thy wing,
Wolcot, John (`Peter Pindar'), 1738_1819
`By...during his residence in Jamaica'
For ages would I wish to live.
Yale
c.90
O modesty thou shy and bashful maid,
Wolcot, John (`Peter Pindar'), 1738_1819
`Hymn to modesty'
And give a goddess to my cell.
Yale
c.90
O shade of Hanb'ry, from thy seat bestow
Jerningham, Edward, 1727_1812
`May the 9th 1779 Miss Boyle's birthday'
Thou shall be styl'd the little queen of May.
Yale
c.90
O talk not thus of `tresses hoar,'
`Answer of the Duke de Nivernais [to `Behold this lock...']...imitated'
But ah! I could not feel it more!
Yale
c.90
Old care with industry and art,
Smart, Christopher, 1722_1770
`Care and generosity'
Nor wishes to be free from care.
Yale
c.90
One day in Chelsea gardens walking
`An epigram, on an epigram'
And point it at the end.
Yale
c.90
Shall birthday odes, to pleasure kings
`On the birthday of a dear friend'
And care dissolves in mirth.
Yale
c.90
Shall I who oft have woo'd the muse
Crabbe, George, 1754_1832
`Written upon two ladies who were fond of going on the water'
The ladies of the lake.
Yale
c.90
She is faithless__am I then undone?
Cullum, Sir John
`The recovery...Decr. 10. 1763'
But, I lov'd her, for what she had not.
Yale
c.90
Since time with gliding fame(?) has gone
B., Mrs. E. M.
`March the 20__1785. From a lady to her son, on his birthday, being then twenty-one years of age'
As polish gives__the diamond's blaze.
Yale
c.90
So mild thy look, so soft thine air
Andrews, Petit, d. 1711
`Song, from a thought in a very old English poet'
To bear about a double heart.
Yale
c.90
Some counties vaunt themselves in dyes,
`The Norfolk turnpike. An ancient tale'
There's room enough for you!
Yale
c.90
Stay, passenger, and tho' within
Ponis(?), [ ]
`Verses on a cottage, intended as a place of retirement'
Has fix'd her mansion here.
Yale
c.90; see also `Stay/Stop travellerà'.
Stern ¦ol raves, the rigid king
Gibson, W.
`Ode to Delia'
And hold forever back the spring.
Yale
c.90
Stop passenger, and drop one pitying tear,
Soame, James
`To the sacred memory of Stephen Soame esqr...who departed this life the 11th of August 1771 aged 34'
Where none will wish to part the man and wife.
Yale
c.90
Sweet maid, if thou wouldst charm the sight,
Jones, Sir William, 1746_1794
`A translation of a Persian song of Hafia'
The nymph for whom these notes are sung.
Yale
c.90
Take, Chloe what you cannot keep,
`To Chloe with an almanac'
You teach us to forget it.
Yale
c.90
Thanks to you, friend, for presents past,
B., R.
`The answer' [to `To thee, my truest...']
May trace out God, and thank Him too.
Yale
c.90
The hinds how blest, who ne'er beguil'd
Warton, Thomas, 1728_1790
`The hamlet, written in Whichwood Forest'
Beneath a flowery turf they sleep.
Yale
c.90
The poplars are fell'd, and adieu to the shade
C., W.
`The poplar field...author unknown'
Have a still shorter date, and die sooner than we.
Yale
c.90
The rose had been wash'd, just wash'd in a show'r,
Cowper, William, 1731_1800
`Sonnet...author unknown'
May be follow'd perhaps with a smile.
Yale
c.90
Then what avails, since virtue now no more,
`An elegiac ode, on the much lamented death of her grace the Duchess of Norfolk'
And for each good,__a star recording glows!
Yale
c.90
These pens which fair Euphilia gave
`To Euphilia on the gift of some pens'
All are conjoined, all in one.
Yale
c.90
This day shall happiness impart,
`On the birthday of [the daughter of a lady] then 13...July the 8th' [by the lady]
Enjoy their fruits, in blest eternity.
Yale
c.90
This day the festive board shall ring
Crowfoot, [ ]
`On Diana [Burroughes]'s birthday__July 8th. 1778'
A lesson to the virtuous mind.
Yale
c.90
Thou dear inspirer of my happiest hours,
`To a friend'
And crown with health and peace her future days.
Yale
c.90
Thou dome of death, by lonely musings led
Jelliand, John, of Brundish
`An elegy on a family tomb'
Consign'd with kindred shades in [?] to rest.
Yale
c.90
Tho' here not martial trophies are,
`Epitaph to the memory of the Salop hangman'
When he approach'd, e'en heroes trembled.
Yale
c.90
Though Phoebus now indulgent strew
`Written, on the absence of a friend__1776'
And ev'ry real joy secure.
Yale
c.90
Tho' rude be my cottage, 'tis neat
Gibson, W.
`The invitation to Delia in town__1767'
True pleasures in calmness abide.
Yale
c.90
To thee, my truest, oldest friend,
Cullum, Sir John
`From a friend with a microscope'
Where not a nettle grows in vain.
Yale
c.90
Wake, ye nightingales, ah! wake
Jones, Sir William, 1746_1794
`Ode__by...to the nightingales of Bayley Wood, on the return of Miss Julianna S...., to Oxford__in March__1779'
She could make a desert bloom.
Yale
c.90
We must not boast of fortune's dower
`On receiving a [?] in October [17]79 from a friend'
And friendship craves no second spring.
Yale
c.90
Were talents equal to our zeal,
Crowfoot, [ ]
`To Miss Diana Burroughes in answer to an invitation given by her to Mr. and Miss Crowfoot, to dine with her on her birthday__July the 8th. 1777'
How earnestly we wish you well.
Yale
c.90
What potent god, from Ayra's orient bow'r,
Jones, Sir William, 1746_1794
`A hymn'
To warm, but not consume, his heart.
Yale
c.90
What trifle comes next! Spare the censure my friend,
`Character and eulogium of Sterne'
From a youth, next to Shakespeare's, who honors thy grave.
Yale
c.90
Whatever tends to general use
Crowfoot, [ ]
`Enigma[:] he singing flies, and flying sings'
It argues strongly__my abuse.
Yale
c.90
When at the Eternal's dread command
Dye, H. I.
`From the Critical review__introit from the poems of...'
Till female beauty deign to crown the enchanting scene.
Yale
c.90
When beauty's soul attracting charms
`Occasional ode performed at the Catch Club'
All hail, sweet harmony, to thee!
Yale
c.90
When love with unconfined wings
Lovelace, Richard, 1618_1658
`To Althea__from prison'
Enjoy such liberty.
Yale
c.90
When nature lies in icy fetters bound,
`To the memory of Thos. Manning esqr. of Bungay__Janry. 1787'
From his example find the faith of heaven.
Yale
c.90
When on the bed of loath'd disease,
Northumberland, Hugh Smithson, duke, 1742_1817
`By...'
The healing art of all mankind.
Yale
c.90
Where the loveliest expression to features are join'd,
Fox, Charles James, 1749_1806
`To Mrs. Crewe'
But love, and love only, our hearts can inflame!
Yale
c.90
With dalliance once young Zephyr woos
`Ode 4th. The first of April'
And plenty load her ample horn.
Yale
c.90
