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'Twas at the hour of dark midnight
Elliot, Mr ----
"To Miss Gardener, on The Death of Collonel Gardener at the battle of ""Preston, By Mr Elliot. """
What woes are still remaining.
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A beauteous river's name that flows
Bear, Mr ----
Rebus's by Mr Bear. 1.
The miser dreads it as his ruin.
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A rap at the door when forth from her chair
A Modern Visit.
I hope I shall see you when you have nought else to do.
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Ah why did nature so severely kind
Elegy.
For Rosa's lost forever lost to me.
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An organ of sense that the proverb makes plain
Bear, Mr ----
Rebus's by Mr Bear. 4.
In her bosom the virgin caresses.
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As up and down the Thames I've rowed
Verses made upon the white washing of Lord Pembrokes House which Looked on the River Thames. by a waterman.
It rather seems my lady's.
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Aspasia Laura lovely pair
Verses occasion'd by a Comparison made between a Young Lady of Quality of Distinguished beauty & Merit & Miss Lawrence of the Pump Room at Bath.
Whom pomp and vanity surround.
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Before creating nature willed
A Riddle made in the reign of King Charles the Second.
Solve me and have me for your pains.
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Blameless his morals in his conduct nice
Charecter of a young Gentleman.
Showed if he erred he only erred as man.
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Blush not ye fair to own me but be wise
Verses wrote under a Female Skull.
And even lend mortality a charm.
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Cain in disgrace with heaven retired to Nod
Wrote at an Inn.
Which he from Eden Edinburgh did name.
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Clio behold this charming day
Williams, Sir Charles Hanbury
An Ode to the Honourable Henry Fox Esquire on the marriage of the Duchess of Manchester by Sir C H Williams.
To comfort English widows.
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Condemned in infancy a slave to roam
Ferdinando, black servant; of Edinburgh
"Made by a young Lady at Edenborough, Sent to her Aunt with a back Boy. "
Such grace from you let Ferdinando find.
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Dear lady though I know full well
With Cockman's Tully's Offices To a Lady.
All Tully knew without his pains.
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Ere yellow autumn from our plains retired
Jago, Richard
The Swallow's.
But ever smiling spring and pleasure reign.
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Fair Gunning enraged that her sister's bright eyes
On Lady Coventry's going to Paris.
But like Venus appeals to the judgement of Paris.
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Friend you mistake Cain to Hibernia went
Answer [to Wrote at an Inn].
He from God's ire his dwelling Ireland named.
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From homely hut and woolsey gown
On Sir Charles Grandison.
An Emily or Byron.
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Go fair example of untainted youth
Pope, Alexander
Mr Popes Epitaph Upon the Honorable Robert Digby.
'Tis all a father all a friend can give.
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Go happy book and let Myrtilla see
Presenting a fathers advice To a Daughter.
But will as charming and much happier live.
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Hear Rosa hear thy lover's constant prayer
To Rosa.
Could meanly wish for aught the world calls great.
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How can you see and not admire
To Sir Edward Mansel on Seeing His Lady.
And not been damned for thieving.
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How gaily is at first begun
Finch, Anne, wife of Heneage, 4th Earl of Winchilsea
Life's Progress.
Leave following crowds behind.
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I know a thing that's most uncommon
Pope, Alexander
The Lady with one fault.
The woman's deaf and does not hear.
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I roamed all over England my genius to prove
A Rebus on Miss -----.
And at last found an ash and that did to a `t'.
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I sought a patroness but sought in vain
Young, Edward
"On Happiness. [Excerpts: `Satire VI. On women', ll.291-4, 299-300] "
And smiling praised the beauties which she gave.
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If ardent wishes can prevail
Ingram, Anne, wife of Rich, 6th Viscount Irwin
By Lady Irvine.
And fly from such a court.
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If it be true celestial powers
Johnson, Esther
A Ladys Wish.
Bestow upon my mind.
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If love and reason ne'er agree
To love I'll pay my virgin vows.
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In holy writ as it is said
A Riddle.
Don't hesitate but tell my name.
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In spite of the muses and all they can do
Verses wrote by Lord Huntingdon.
God send my sweet princess a peaceable reign.
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Is mirth a crime instruct me you that know
Leapor, Mary
The Question occasion'd by a Serious admonition - from Mrs Lepers Poems.
'Tis surely something to abstain from ill.
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Man is deceived by outward show
Cotton, Nathaniel
"Visions. [Excerpt: `Vision IV. Content', ll.139-86] "
And inconsistent dreams of day.
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More than content with what my labours gain
Garrick, David
By Mr Garrick upon Its being reported that He was to Come Into Parliment.
Or wear the cap and mask on any stage.
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Mortals rejoice your cares suspend
Upon Mr Collett at Bath.
Is but my likeness old Collett.
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Near his paternal seat here buried lies
Williams, Sir Charles Hanbury
An Epitaph on the late right Honorable Thomas Winnington Esquire by Sir C. H. W.
And while they live his name can never die.
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No more shall fiction lend her aid to truth
Keith, Lieut-Gen. Sir Robert Murray, K.B.
On Prince Ferdinand by Mr Keith.
Teach with what pleasure honest men may live.
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None lives in this tumultuous state of things
Pomfret, John
To a Friend in Affliction. [Excerpt]
Relieves the anguish or rewards the pain.
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Nor reigns ambition in bold man alone
Young, Edward
"On Happiness. [Excerpts: `Satire V. On women', ll.393-4, 397-8, 406] "
And smiling praised the beauties which she gave.
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Not all the threats or favours of a crown
Montague, Charles, 1st Earl of Halifax
"[Excerpt: `The man of honour', ll.2-7] "
Who love fierce drivers or a looser rein.
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Now fie upon't quoth flattery
Stanhope, Philip Dormer, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
Truth at Court.
Said everything I meant to say.
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Nymph of the grot these sacred streams I keep
Pope, Alexander
"Verses wrote by Mr Pope Over a sleeping Nymph, In Mr Hoare's Grotto, at Stour Head. "
And drink in silence or in silence lave.
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Of body void a skin I wear
Bear, Mr ----
A Riddle.
Yet human life's compared to me.
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Oft I've implored the gods in vain
Greville, Frances, wife of Fulke Greville, M.P.
Ode to a Fairy. From Mrs Greville to Lady Carlile.
Content but half to please.
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Pretty pyramidal machine
Sneyd, Mr [Edward?, of Almington
Wrote by Mr Sneyd of Almington. To the flower Case.
Is always best.
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Roscius deceased each high aspiring player
Churchill, Charles
The R[oscia]d. [Excerpt: ll.1081-90]
Nor quit it 'till thou place an equal there.
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Stop stop my steed hail Cambria hail
Williams, Sir Charles Hanbury
H[u]ss[e]y to Sir C[harles] H[anbury] W[illiam]s or The rural Reflection of a Welch Knight.
I'll come again to London.
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The belles and the beaus
While the pole unregarded stands by.
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The brightest beauty time will fade
Answer [to A Riddle].
When old is only fit for tinder.
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The expense of the first was but small to our brain
Bear, Mr ----
Solution of Mr Bear's Rebusses To Lady F: C:
But we now will no longer be duped by a bubble.
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The place where all as by experience taught
Bear, Mr ----
Rebus's by Mr Bear. 7.
Of man's distinguished property bereft.
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The seven first years of life man's break of day
Hill, Aaron
Solons Division of Time.
Tired she stops short and wishes all were past.
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The world is false we all allow.
Lechmere, Elizabeth, wife of Nicholas, Baron Lechmere
On the world (Occasion'd by A Dispute at Verona) made June 1730 by the right Honorable The Lady Lechmere.
By moments hours and days thus blessed.
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Thou great and sacred lord of all
Leapor, Mary
A Hymn from Mrs Lepers Poems.
My trembling ghost prepare.
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Thrice happy clime where in each nymph we find
Verses wrote upon a Window at Bristol.
Look once you'll sigh but look again you'll love.
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Thrice happy you my friend who boast an heart
To a Friend.
And shun the soft delusion of the fair.
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Thy beauties Esk inspire my lay
On the meeting of two Rivers In Dalkeith Park - The South & North Esk.
When joys united grow.
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To solve a riddle sure is hard
Answer [to A Riddle made in the reign of King Charles the Second].
Since nothing can reveal it.
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True emblem of the steady master's mind
Verses to The late Lord Montague.
And there experience what he dealt below.
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True pleasure seated only in the mind
Breaks in a storm or in a shower descends.
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Unawed by power with all thy strength of thought
To Mr Fox on the Marriage Act.
Nor had we envied Caroline and thee.
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Unhappy moth I pity thee
On a Moth.
Both love the flame by which we die.
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Virtue and fame the other day
Lyttelton, George, 1st Baron Lyttelton
By Lord Littleton.
'Tis Egremont go tell it fame.
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Well sirs I guess by what you've seen tonight
An Epilogue for Miss Courtenay In the Character of Ariel In the Tempest acted at Hinchingbrok.
And place your merits in a brighter view.
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What did thy parents never feel that fire
To Rosa. The second Elegy.
She thinks she reads them and she says they please.
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What for something or nothing will equally stand
Bear, Mr ----
Rebus's by Mr Bear. 6.
Yet you'll scarce ever find it in two just the same.
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What lawyers urge their clients to defend
Bear, Mr ----
Rebus's by Mr Bear. 2.
By few possessed and when possessed it dies.
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What makes each dish we taste delicious seem
Bear, Mr ----
Rebus's by Mr Bear. 5.
Famed for its speckled trouts and chrystal streams.
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What often stained in blood has been
Bear, Mr ----
Rebus's by Mr Bear. 3.
Betwixt a penny weight and pound.
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What though the music of Apollo's lyre
Love Elegy's.
And blunt the edge of amorous desire.
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Why start the case is yours or soon will be
Verses wrote under a Man's Skull at Denbigh's In Surry - the Gardens of Jonathan Tyer's Esquire.
The only happy are the early wise.
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With youth and perfect beauty blessed
A Riddle.
Till it was brought to light.
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Without preamble to my friend
Howard, Isabella, 2nd wife of Henry, 4th Earl of Carlisle
Answer To the Ode on Indifference from Lady Carlile to Mrs Greville.
Imprinted on my mind.
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