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Lines Written Extempore On Mr. Harley’s Being Stabbed, And Addressed To
Lines Written Extempore On Mr. Harley’s Being Stabbed, And Addressed To
His Physician, 1710-11
On Britain Europe's safety lies,
Britain is lost i…
Jack Frenchman’s Lamentation
Jack Frenchman’s Lamentation
Ye Commons and Peers,
Pray lend me your ears,
I'll sing you a song, (if I can,)
How Lewis le Grand
W…
Elegy Upon Tiger
Elegy Upon Tiger
Her dead lady's joy and comfort,
Who departed this life
The last day of March, 1727:
To the great joy of Bryan
T…
Fontinella To Florinda
Fontinella To Florinda
When on my bosom thy bright eyes,
Florinda, dart their heavenly beams,
I feel not the least love surprise,
Yet end…
Dean Swift At Sir Arthur Acheson’s In The North Of Ireland
Dean Swift At Sir Arthur Acheson’s In The North Of Ireland
The Dean would visit Market-Hill,
Our invitation was but slight;
I said—'Why let him, …
Dingley And Brent
Dingley And Brent
Dingley and Brent,
Wherever they went,
Ne'er minded a word that was spoken;
Whatever was said,
They ne'er troub…
Bec’s Birth-Day Nov. 8, 1726
Bec’s Birth-Day Nov. 8, 1726
This day, dear Bec, is thy nativity;
Had Fate a luckier one, she'd give it ye.
She chose a thread of greatest length…
Corinna
Corinna
This day (the year I dare not tell)
Apollo play'd the midwife's part;
Into the world Corinna fell,
And he endued her with…
Ballad
Ballad
A WONDERFUL age
Is now on the stage:
I'll sing you a song, if I can,
How modern Whigs,
Dance forty-one jigs,
An Echo
An Echo
Never sleeping, still awake,
Pleasing most when most I speak;
The delight of old and young,
Though I speak without a tongue.
A Satirical Elegy on the Death of a Late Famous General
A Satirical Elegy on the Death of a Late Famous General
"His Grace! impossible! what, dead!
Of old age too, and in his bed!
And could that mighty…
A Receipt To Restore Stella’s Youth. 1724-5
A Receipt To Restore Stella’s Youth. 1724-5
The Scottish hinds, too poor to house
In frosty nights their starving cows,
While not a blade of gras…
A Maypole
A Maypole
Deprived of root, and branch and rind,
Yet flowers I bear of every kind:
And such is my prolific power,
They bloom in less than…
A Panegyric Of The Dean In The Person Of A Lady In The North
A Panegyric Of The Dean In The Person Of A Lady In The North
Resolved my gratitude to show,
Thrice reverend Dean, for all I owe,
Too long I have …
From whom she meets with frequent Rubs;
From whom she meets with frequent Rubs;
But, never from Religious Clubs;
Whose Favour she is sure to find,
Because she pays them all in Kind.
COR…
A Description of a City Shower
A Description of a City Shower
Careful Observers may fortel the Hour
(By sure Prognosticks) when to dread a Show'r:
While Rain depends, the pensi…
Upon the Circumcision
Upon the Circumcision
Ye flaming Powers, and wingèd Warriors bright,
That erst with music, and triumphant song,
First heard by happy watchful She…
When the Assault Was Intended to the City
When the Assault Was Intended to the City
Captain, or colonel, or knight in arms,
Whose chance on these defenceless doors may seize,
If deed of h…
To the Nightingale
To the Nightingale
O Nightingale! that on yon bloomy spray
Warblest at eve, when all the woods are still,
Thou with fresh hope the lover's heart …
To the Lady Margaret Ley
To the Lady Margaret Ley
Daughter to that good Earl, one President
Of England’s Council and her Treasury,
Who lived in both unstained with gold o…
To My Lord Fairfax
To My Lord Fairfax
Fairfax, whose Name in Arms through Europe rings,
And fills all Mouths with Envy or with Praise,
And all her Jealous Monarchs …
To Mr. H. Lawes on His Airs
To Mr. H. Lawes on His Airs
Harry, whose tuneful and well-measured song
First taught our English music how to span
Words with just note and accen…
To Cyriack Skinner
To Cyriack Skinner
Cyriack, whose grandsire on the royal bench
Of British Themis, with no mean applause,
Pronounced, and in his volumes taught, o…
The Passion
The Passion
I
Erewhile of music, and ethereal mirth,
Wherewith the stage of Air and Earth did ring,
And joyous news of heavenly I…