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'Tis past__he's gone__the friendly struggle's o'er
`Pompey's death'
There he remains, no more depriv'd of rest.
Yale
c.91
p. 4
'Twas early one morning in May
`Query division for the author's young accountants at school'
A demand, what each lady must take.
Yale
c.91
p. 215
'Twas noon's meridian__summer's blaze
`The hand of providence'
With a peculiar care.
Yale
c.91
p. 49
Ah lovely Stella, fairest of the fair
`Hebe's complaint to Stella composed by desire of the gentleman called here Hebe'
Estrang'd to passion, discord or despair.
Yale
c.91
p. 217
All-bounteous heav'n! we own the great and wise
`On parting with a friend...20th Sept. 1788'
And this my last advice__dear friends,__farewell.
Yale
c.91
p. 12
Almighty maker of our feeble frame,
*Bell, Peter; Bell, Jane; Bell, Betsy
`Elegaic lines. By Peter, Jane, and Betsy Bell'
I fondly leave you there! Dear friends, adieu.
Yale
c.91
p. 289
Approach my muse the melancholy strand
`An elegy on the death of four children'
Then parents, sisters, brother__all adieu!
Yale
c.91
p. 128
As Dick was trudging through the wood
`A query division for the author's young accountants at school'
The casks so clear__none will remain.
Yale
c.91
p. 222
Awake my soul and with the sun,
Ken, Thomas
`Morning hymn'
In thy sole glory may unite. | Praise God &c.
Yale
c.91
p. 344
Behold this feeble taper light,
`Verses on a candle'
Extinguisher of all.
Yale
c.91
p. 300
Come, children young and lovely,
`Hymn III'
The everlasting king.
Yale
c.91
p. 338
Come dear religion, heavenly maid,
`An ode to Miss Pilkington and Hay, sometime before marriage'
On P[ilkingto]n and H[a]y.
Yale
c.91
p. 159
Come, kindly welcome little friend
`An address to the Robin-Red-Breast in the beginning of winter'
Each winter come again.
Yale
c.91
p. 171
Come mournful muses, weep the saddest tears,
`To the memory of Prince Lee Boo'
Submit__and not the will of heaven to blame.
Yale
c.91
p. 278
Come ye beautiful virgins and youths most refin'd,
`Damon and Daphne a poem...28th August 1788'
Then descend to the grave, just like husband and wife.
Yale
c.91
p. 32
Dear children pledges of my love
`Father's address to his children epitre de S. Paul aux Ephesians chap. VI'
In grandeur more sublime.
Yale
c.91
p. 229
Dear friend! thy soaring muse admits no guard
`An address to a friend a poet, who was afraid to publish'
And with a loud huzza__proclaim it all thy own.
Yale
c.91
p. 79
Dear friends attend yon solemn awful bell!
`Elegy on Miss A. Haslam of Moses-Gate'
My blessing with you rest__dear friends farewell.
Yale
c.91
p. 291
Dear friends! We're highly pleas'd to see you here,
`[Prologue to] The maternal conference. In two parts, for a public speaking'
Come Fanny here,__and Dicky__both come in.
Yale
c.91
p. 309
Dear friends__you're welcome all,
`An introductory poem, for some young pupil at a public speaking'
The wish to please you all.
Yale
c.91
p. 299
Fair opening spring in lovely blossoms dress'd
`Pastoral Pyramus and Sylvia'
And whilst we live, we'll never cease to love.
Yale
c.91
p. 205
Far from the noise of pomp and pride
`The country parson'
That such a pastor came.
Yale
c.91
p. 95
Farewell dear friends__ah! Cease to weep!
`Epitaph on Mrs. Dearden and her daughter interred together at Bolton le Moors intended to cut on the gravestone'
Till then we kindly bid adieu.
Yale
c.91
p. 242
Fond busy thoughts be still! Torment me not
`Eliza's farewell with Amelia who was leaving the country to go along with her parents, to another part of the world'
Our friendship to renew, and part no more.
Yale
c.91
p. 84
Great God of mercies! condescend,
`Hymn on the fast day 1793'
May ev'ry pray'r combine.
Yale
c.91
p. 243
Hail gentle youth! Whom merit owns for me
`The silver pen in the year 1788 to be won by that pupil who improved the most in writing in one month'
And ev'ry grace unite in thy renown.
Yale
c.91
p. 29
Hail opening dawn, approach of spreading light
`Reflections in a morning's walk'
And what thou know'st I want still constantly impart.
Yale
c.91
p. 185
Hail peaceful friend! thrice welcome here
`Cherry's reception enlarged from the other canary, by desire, for a particular friend'
The dew shall drop on thee.
Yale
c.91
p. 24
Hail pretty warbler! Peaceful friend
`The canary bird extempore on the author receiving one 12th Sept. 1788'
In softest notes expire.
Yale
c.91
p. 22
Happy place! Serenely sweet,
`Mountpleasant boarding school'
Peace and harmony abound.
Yale
c.91
p. 272
Hark my gay friends! Why tolls yon solemn bell
Stevens, Thomas, Baptist minister
`On the death of a boy a pupil of the author's till his death'
To perfect freedom, and her native skies.
Yale
c.91
p. 73 (incomplete?)
Ill-fated friend! whose presence cheer'd the day,
`A tear at Cherry's grave'
Adieu dear friend! forevermore farewell.
Yale
c.91
p. 199
In days of yore, when Edward fill'd the throne,
`William the Conquer[or]...written in March 1796 for the use of the verse writers'
Thrown from his horse, with numbers at his side.
Yale
c.91
p. 246
In de dark wood no Indian nigh,
`An Indian hymn'
Me pray hear two times more.
Yale
c.91
p. 340
In such green shades, have kings and monarchs slept,
`The rural shade'
Here we do wisdom, health and pleasure gain.
Yale
c.91
p. 63
It happen'd one day that Tom took a ride out
`Tom riding too far'
We'll leave him__perhaps he may sometime return.
Yale
c.91
p. 168
Ladies and gentlemen__our tales are told,
`[Epilogue to] The maternal conference. In two parts, for a public speaking'
For which, we thank you all__and bid good night.
Yale
c.91
p. 330
Let's view my little atlas over now,
`The pocket atlas intended for a speaking'
As Nelson lately did__Britons huzza!
Yale
c.91
p. 302
May'st please Her Majesty to condescend
`A triple invitation to sea'
Fail not to come__we'll feast on tea-like things.
Yale
c.91
p. 225
My friends__whilst in this merry age,
`Keep in your quarters'
Some other time my muse.
Yale
c.91
p. 282
O, venerable Sparta! Glorious place!
`Sparta'
Leave thee to fate, and wipe the crystal eye.
Yale
c.91
p. 259
See friends, how sweetly temperance looks and smiles,
`On temperance'
And soothe the conscience, as we pass along.
Yale
c.91
p. 308
See St. Lucas' distant isle
`Sorrows of Yambo'
Trust and serve him all my days.
Yale
c.91
p. 332
See the grand emblem of Messiah rise
`The passion flower'
He was declar'd, the only son of God.
Yale
c.91
p. 57
Serene and calm the evening hastens on
`Reflections in an evening's walk'
And leave the busy world calm as this sacred night.
Yale
c.91
p. 192
Silence ye prating ignorant mortals all
`A satire on a neighboring schoolmaster who sent into the school a very simple question (by one of the author's pupils) wrong stated and very ingrammatically penned'
As near akin as empty sons and mothers.
Yale
c.91
p. 177
Soft as evening closed round us
Smith, Miss [ ]
`An evening hymn'
With thy presence still be blest.
Yale
c.91
back cover
Take one third of the mansions where angels reside
`Two rebuses[.] On Miss H[a]y...another on Miss P[ilkingto]n'
Place them right, and an amiable nymph will appear.
Yale
c.91
p. 241
That `states and emperors have their rise and fall,'
`The G[r]ecian history__versified'
The glory of that brave enlight'ning age.
Yale
c.91
p. 253
The solemn death-bell (sad alarm) beats slow
`On the death of an unfortunate lady who died in childbed of an illegitimate son'
In pray'rs for him who loves me not__she said | And breath'd no more.
Yale
c.91
p. 104
When guilt distracts my lab'ring breast
`The anchor set to music by a correspondent'
And each in heaven of [i.e., or] hell appear.
Yale
c.91
p. 342
Whilst you in mirth your Christmas spend
`Pompey's lamentation...this was written one year before his death'
And ever faithful friend | Pompey.
Yale
c.91
p. 8
