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Baffled at once by C[a]md[en] and D. Gr[ey]
`Impromptu on a cause tried in the House of Lords, 1774'
Nor gave response, as they did before.
BL1
Add. 28102
f. 218
Free from love's soft alarms,
`Crambo__on a young lady at Epsom__anno 1773'
By the charms of dear Nanny Prevo.
BL1
Add. 28102
f. 217
In her first mate, Belinda fair,
`The widow's plea, or, both in the right'
Haply, the worst be mended.
BL1
Add. 28102
f. 220
In meter so sweet | I think it but meet,
`A crambo. In praise of flannel. Anno 1771'
We must all take our(?) turns to wear flannel.
BL1
Add. 28102
f. 213
No more the fabled owl with solemn face,
`An impromptu. On a lady's blue-eyed cat'
The goddess__and her fav'rite emblem too.
BL1
Add. 28102
f. 218
Of all the joys which Epsom yields
`Epsom Downs. A new ballad__Oct. 17. 1770'
Can__ride upon the Downs.
BL1
Add. 28102
f. 215v
Our state quacks, cries Thomas, to expiate their guilt
`The political nostrum'
If, our cash being spent, we should fast the year round.
BL1
Add. 28102
f. 219
Peace to the manes of the wight
Cowper, Ashley
`A poetical epistle to Miss Thea Cowper. 1767'
Tho' rod and line are laid aside.
BL1
Add. 28102
f. 211v
Some skip at a flea, | Some start at a bee
`Who gives herself airs? Or a scourge for a very fine lady [Mrs. Fox]. Anno 1769'
But no longer abuse__Mr. F[o]x.
BL1
Add. 28102
f. 216
State quacks, like doctors in a consultation
`Occasioned by the debates, &c., on Mr. Burke's plan of reformation. April, 1780'
The nation sickens__and the patients die.
BL1
Add. 28102
f. 219v
To wed with a shrew | To trade with a Jew,
`A crambo-song. Anno 1769'
Ere I'd scrape an acquaintance with Gabby.
BL1
Add. 28102
f. 214v
Two sisters, once, in days of yore,
`The recluses. A tale. Anno 1771'
And folly__to be wise.
BL1
Add. 28102
f. 212v
While here, thou best belov'd! Thy as his sleep,
`An epitaph, anno 1780'
Shall wing her joyful flight to heav'n and thee.
BL1
Add. 28102
f. 219
While others doubt, unwilling to decide
`Detur digniori...June 17. 1780' [on Sir Henry Gould, Justice of the Common Pleas]
At once his monarch's, and the people's friend.
BL1
Add. 28102
f. 219v
While party feuds rage
`A crambo__in praise of Miss N[e]v[i]lle. Anno 1772'
Of a nymph so complete as Miss N[e]v[i]lle.
BL1
Add. 28102
f. 218v
Who naught believe but what they see
`The modern freethinker'
Who never__think at all?
BL1
Add. 28102
f. 219
Worn out with age, as when some jaded steed
`Occasioned by an epitaph, written at the request of the author's friend__anno 1780'
While friendship guides, and Poole approves the song.
BL1
Add. 28102
f. 219v