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       THE POETICAL WORKS

       THE POETICAL WORKS

       THE LIFE AND POEMS

       THE POETICAL WORKS

      JOHNSON'S POEMS.

      The Life of Samuel Johnson

       London: a Poem in imitation of the Third Satire of Juvenal, 1738

       The Vanity of Human Wishes. In imitation of the Tenth Satire of

       Juvenal

      PROLOGUES:—

       Prologue Spoken by Mr. Garrick, at the Opening of the Theatre-Royal,

       Drury-Lane, 1747

       Prologue Spoken by Mr. Garrick before the 'Masque of Comus', acted

       for the benefit of Milton's Grand-daughter

       Prologue to Goldsmith's Comedy of 'The Good-Natured Man', 1769

       Prologue to the Comedy of 'A Word to the Wise,' spoken by Mr. Hull

      ODES:—

       Spring

       Midsummer

       Autumn

       Winter

      MISCELLANEOUS:—

       The Winter's Walk

       To Miss ***** on her giving the Author a Gold and Silk Network

       Purse of her own Weaving

       Epigram on George II. and Colley Cibber, Esq.

       Stella in Mourning

       To Stella

       Verses Written at the Request of a Gentleman to whom a Lady had

       given a Sprig of Myrtle

       To Lady Firebrace, at Bury Assizes

       To Lycè, an Elderly Lady

       On the Death of Mr. Robert Levett, a Practiser in Physic

       Epitaph on Claude Phillips, an Itinerant Musician

       Epitaph on Sir Thomas Hanmer, Bart.

       On the Death of Stephen Grey, F.R.S., the Electrician

       To Miss Hickman, Playing on the Spinnet

       Paraphrase of Proverbs, chap. iv. verses 6–11

       Horace, Lib. iv. Ode vii. Translated

       On Seeing a Bust of Mrs. Montague

       Anacreon, Ode Ninth

       Lines Written in Ridicule of certain Poems published in 1777

       Parody of a Translation from the 'Medea' of Euripides

       Burlesque on the Modern Versification of Ancient Legendary Tales:

       an Impromptu

       Epitaph for Mr. Hogarth

       Translation of the Two First Stanzas of the Song 'Rio Verde,

       Rio Verde', printed in Bishop Percy's 'Reliques of Ancient

       English Poetry': an Impromptu

       To Mrs. Thrale, on her Completing her Thirty-Fifth Year: a

       Impromptu

       Impromptu Translation of an Air in the 'Clemenza de Tito' of

       Metastasia, beginning 'Deh! se Piacermi Vuoi'

       Lines Written under a Print representing Persons Skaiting

       Translation of a Speech of Aquileio in the 'Adriano' of Metastasio,

       beginning, 'Tu Che in Corte Invecchiasti'

       Impromptu on Hearing Miss Thrale Consulting with a Friend about a

       Gown and Hat she was inclined to Wear

       Translation of Virgil, Pastoral I

       Translation of Horace, Book i. Ode xxii.

       Translation of Horace, Book ii. Ode ix.

       Translation of part of the Dialogue between Hector and

       Andromache.—From the Sixth Book of Homer's Iliad

       To Miss * * * * on her Playing upon a Harpsichord in a Room hung

       with Flower-Pieces of her own Painting

       Evening: an Ode. To Stella

       To the Same

       To a Friend

       To a Young Lady, on her Birthday

       Epilogue intended to have been Spoken by a Lady who was to

       personate 'The Ghost of Hermione'

       The Young Author

       Friendship: an Ode. Printed in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1743

       Imitation of the Style of Percy

       One and Twenty

      PARNELL'S POEMS.

      The Life and Poetry of Thomas Parnell

       Hesiod; or, the Rise of Woman

       Song

       Song

       Song

       Anacreontic

       Anacreontic

       A Fairy Tale, in the Ancient English Style

       To Mr. Pope

       Health: an Eclogue

       The Flies: an Eclogue

       An Elegy to an Old Beauty

       The Book-Worm

       An Allegory on Man

       An Imitation of some French Verses

       A Night-Piece on Death

       A Hymn to Contentment

       The Hermit

      GRAY'S POEMS.

      The Life and Poetry of Thomas Gray

      ODES:—

       I. On the Spring

       II. On the Death of a Favorite Cat

       III. On a distant Prospect of Eton College

       IV. To Adversity

       V. The Progress of Poesy

       VI. The Bard

       VII. The Fatal Sisters

       VIII. The Descent of Odin

       IX. The Death of Hoel

       X. The Triumph of Owen

       XI. For Music

      MISCELLANEOUS:—

       A Long Story

       Elegy written in a Country Churchyard