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Admir'd SALOPIA! that with venial pride Eyes her bright form in SEVERN's ambient wave, Fam'd for her loyal cares in perils try'd, Her daughters lovely, and her ftriplings brave: Ah! midft the reft, may flowers adorn his grave, Whose art did first these dulcet cates display! A motive fair to learning's imps he gave, Who chearless o'er her darkling region stray; "Till reafon's morn arife, and light them on their way.

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I. ELEGIES on feveral Occafions.

A Prefatory essay on elegy.

ELEGY I.

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He arrives at his retirement in the country, and takes occafion to expatiate in praife of fimplicity. To a friend. 29

ELEGY II.

On pofthumous reputation. To a friend.

ELEGY III.

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On the untimely death of a certain learned acquaintance. 33

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To a lady on the language of birds.

ELEGY VII.

He defcribes his vifion to an acquaintance.

ELEGY VIII.

He defcribes his early love of poetry, and its consequences.

To Mr. G

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He defcribes his difinterestedness to a friend.

ELEGY X.

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To fortune, fuggefting his motive for repining at her difpenfations

ELEGY XI.

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He complains how foon the pleafing novelty of life is over. To Mr. J--.

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Femmy Darfon, a ballad; written about the time of his

execution, in the year 1745.

A paftoral ballad, in four parts. Written 1743.

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III. LEVITIES, or PIECES of HUMOUR.

Flirt and Phil; a decifion for the ladies.

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Stanzas to the memory of an agreeable lady, buried in mar

riage to a perfon undeferving her.

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Colemira. A culinary eclogue.

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The rape of the trap. A ballad. 1737.

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On certain paftorals.

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On Mr. C of Kidderminster's poetry.

ibid.

To the virtuofos.

ibid.

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IV.

MORAL PIECES.

The judgment of Hercules.

The progress of taste: or, the fate of delicacy.
Oeconomy, a rhapsody, addrefed to young poets.,
The ruin'd abby; or, the effects of fuperftition.
Love and honour.

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