POEMS.
THE TRAVELLER; or a Prospect of Society. ......
... 163
The Hermit; a Ballad. ...
THE DESERTED VILLAGE.....
TAE HAUNCH OF VENISON; a Poetical Epistle to Lord Clare. ..
THE CAPTIVITY; an Oratorio. ......
RETALIATION. ..................................
..214
MISCELLANEOUS PIECES.
The Clown's Reply.........
Prologue, written and spoken by the Poet Laberius, a Roman
Knight, whom Caesar forced upon the stage. Preserved by
Macrobius ........
The Logicians Refuted. In Imitation of Dean Swift ........ 221
Epigram on a Beautiful Youth, struck blind by Lightning ....
Stanzas on the taking of Quebec, and Death of General Wolfe.
Stanzas. “Weeping, murmuring, complaining.” ......
The Gift. To Iris ..............
An Elegy on the Glory of her Sex, Mrs. Mary Blaize ....
Description of an Author's Bed-chamber............
"O Memory! thou fond deceiver!"...
Song. "The Wretch condemn'd with Life to part." ...
The Double Transformation. A Tale ........
A New Simile. In the manner of Swift. . .
Stanzas on Woman ...........................
Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog....
Epitaph on Edward Purdon...
........ 232
Epilogue to the Comedy of “The Sister"..
........... 233
Verses, in Reply to an Invitation to Dinner at Sir George Baker's.
Epitaph on Dr. Parnell ....
235
Epilogue to the Comedy of "The Good-Natured Man."...... 236
Prologue to the Tragedy of “ Zobeide”.........
237
An Epilogue, intended for Mrs. Bulkley ...
238
Threnodia Augustalis; sacred to the Memory of Her Royal
Highness, the Princess Dowager of Wales .............. 239