Book: Miscellany Poems, on Several Occasions

• Song

  The nymph in vain bestows her pains
  That seeks to thrive where Bacchus reigns;

  8 lines
• The Bird And The Arras

  By neer resemblance see that Bird betray'd
  Who takes the well wrought Arras for a shade

  21 lines
• Consolation

  See, Phoebus breaking from the willing skies,
  See, how the soaring Lark, does with him rise,

  16 lines, 1 comment
• The Apology

  'Tis true I write and tell me by what Rule
  I am alone forbid to play the fool

  20 lines
• An Apology For My Fearfull Temper

  Tis true of courage I'm no mistress
  No Boadicia nor Thalestriss

  84 lines
• An Invitation To Dafnis

  When such a day, blesst the Arcadian plaine,
  Warm without Sun, and shady without rain,

  70 lines
• Ardelia To Melancholy

  At last, my old inveterate foe,
  No opposition shalt thou know.

  43 lines
• The Unequal Fetters

  Cou'd we stop the time that's flying
  Or recall itt when 'tis past

  20 lines
• The Tree

  Fair tree! for thy delightful shade
  'Tis just that some return be made;

  32 lines
• The Poor Man's Lamb

  NOW spent the alter'd King, in am'rous Cares,
  The Hours of sacred Hymns and solemn Pray'rs:

  184 lines
• Part Of The Fifth Scene In The Second Act Of Athalia

  Enter, as in the Temple of Jerusalem,
                            &nb

  78 lines
• The Spleen

  What art thou, SPLEEN, which ev'ry thing dost ape?
  Thou Proteus to abus'd Mankind,

  150 lines
• An Epistle From Alexander To Hephaestion In His Sickness

  WITH such a Pulse, with such disorder'd Veins,
  Such lab'ring Breath, as thy Disease constrains;

  100 lines
• The Marriage Of Edward Herbert Esquire, And Mrs. Elizabeth Herbert

  CUPID one day ask'd his Mother,
    When she meant that he shou'd Wed?

  14 lines
• La Passion Vaincue

  On the Banks of the Severn a desperate Maid
  (Whom some Shepherd, neglecting his Vows, had betray'd,)

  14 lines
• The Owl Describing Her Young Ones

  Why was that baleful Creature made,
  Which seeks our Quiet to invade,

  101 lines
• The Philosopher, the Young Man, and his Statue

  A Fond Athenian Mother brought
  A Sculptor to indulge her Thought,

  30 lines
• The Hog, The Sheep, And Goat, Carrying To A Fair

  Who does not wish, ever to judge aright,
      And, in the Course of Life's Affairs,

  34 lines
• The Shepherd And The Calm

  Soothing his Passions with a warb'ling Sound,
  A Shepherd-Swain lay stretch'd upon the Ground;

  58 lines
• The Lord And The Bramble

  To view his stately Walks and Groves,
    A Man of Pow'r and Place

  45 lines
• The Cautious Lovers

  Silvia, let's from the Croud retire;
  For, What to you and me

  56 lines
• To Death

  O King of Terrors, whose unbounded Sway
  All that have Life, must certainly Obey;

  16 lines
• Adam Pos'd

  Cou'd our First Father, at his toilsome Plough,
  Thorns in his Path, and Labour on his Brow,

  11 lines
• The House Of Socrates

  FOR Socrates a House was built,
    Of but inferiour Size;

  23 lines
• The Equipage

  Since the Road of Life's so ill;
  I, to pass it, use this Skill,

  20 lines
• The Young Rat And His Dam, The Cock And The Cat

  No Cautions of a Matron, Old and Sage,
  Young Rattlehead to Prudence cou'd engage;

  83 lines
• The Wit And The Beau

  Strephon, whose Person ev'ry Grace
    Was careful to adorn;

  21 lines, 1 comment
• The Executor

  A Greedy Heir long waited to fulfill,
  As his Executor, a Kinsman's Will;

  39 lines
• Cupid And Folly

  CUPID, ere depriv'd of Sight,
  Young and apt for all Delight,

  37 lines
• For The Better

  A Quack, to no true Skill in Physick bred,
  With frequent Visits cursed his Patient's Bed;

  52 lines
• Verses

  Observe this Piece, which to our Sight does bring
  The fittest Posture for the Swedish King;

  18 lines
• A Poem For The Birth-Day Of The Right Honble The Lady Catharine Tufton

  'Tis fit SERENA shou'd be sung.
  High-born SERENA, Fair and Young,

  76 lines
• A Tale Of The Miser And The Poet

  A WIT, transported with Inditing,
  Unpay'd, unprais'd, yet ever Writing;

  109 lines
• The Change

  POOR River, now thou'rt almost dry,
  What Nymph, or Swain, will near thee lie?

  56 lines
• Enquiry After Peace

  PEACE! where art thou to be found?
  Where, in all the spacious Round,

  41 lines
• On The Death Of The Honourable Mr. James Thynne

  Farewell, lov'd Youth! since 'twas the Will of Heaven
  So soon to take, what had so late been giv'n;

  107 lines
• The Critick And The Writer Of Fables

  Weary, at last, of the Pindarick way,
  Thro' which advent'rously the Muse wou'd stray;

  68 lines
• The King And The Shepherd

  Through ev'ry Age some Tyrant Passion reigns:
  Now Love prevails, and now Ambition gains

  91 lines
• An Epistle From A Gentleman To Madam Deshouliers

  URANIA, whom the Town admires,
    Whose Wit and Beauty share our Praise;

  49 lines
• To Edward Jenkinson, Esq

  Fair Youth! who wish the Wars may cease,
  We own you better form'd for Peace.

  39 lines
• To The Painter Of An Ill-drawn Picture Of Cleone

  Sooner I'd praise a Cloud which Light beguiles,
  Than thy rash Hand which robs this Face of Smiles;

  50 lines
• A Pastoral Dialogue Between Two Shepherdesses

  [Silvia] Pretty Nymph! within this Shade,
  Whilst the Flocks to rest are laid,

  82 lines
• Alcidor

  While Monarchs in stern Battle strove
  For proud Imperial Sway;

  55 lines
• From The First Act Of The Aminta Of Tasso

  THEN, to the snowy Ewe, in thy esteem,
  The Father of the Flock a Foe must seem,

  234 lines
• To The Nightingale

  Exert thy Voice, sweet Harbinger of Spring!
  This Moment is thy Time to sing,

  35 lines
• The Atheist And The Acorn

  Methinks this World is oddly made,
  And ev'ry thing's amiss,

  30 lines, 1 comment
• The Tradesman And The Scholar

  A Citizen of mighty Pelf,
  But much a Blockhead, in himself

  72 lines
• Man's Injustice Towards Providence

  A Thriving Merchant, who no Loss sustained,
  In little time a mighty Fortune gain'd.

  60 lines
• The Eagle, The Sow, And The Cat

  THE Queen of Birds, t'encrease the Regal Stock,
  Had hatch'd her young Ones in a stately Oak,

  68 lines
• In Praise Of Writing Letters

  Blest be the Man! his Memory at least,
  Who found the Art, thus to unfold his Breast,

  40 lines
• A Miller, His Son, And Their Ass

  THO' to Antiquity the Praise we yield
  Of pleasing Arts; and Fable's earli'st Field

  108 lines
• The Man Bitten By Fleas

  A Peevish Fellow laid his Head
  On Pillows, stuff'd with Down;

  52 lines, 1 comment
• Reformation

  A Gentleman, most wretched in his Lot,
  A wrangling and reproving Wife had got,

  40 lines
• Fragment At Tunbridge-Wells

  FOR He, that made, must new create us,
  Ere Seneca, or Epictetus,

  18 lines
• On The Hurricane

  You have obey'd, you WINDS, that must fulfill
  The Great Disposer's righteous Will;

  303 lines
• The Hymn

  To the Almighty on his radiant Throne,
  Let endless Hallelujas rise!

  70 lines
• Friendship Between Ephelia And Ardelia

  Eph. What Friendship is, ARDELIA shew.
  Ard. 'Tis to love, as I love You.

  20 lines
• The Lyon And The Gnat

  To the still Covert of a Wood
  About the prime of Day,

  53 lines
• The Man And His Horse

  Within a Meadow, on the way,
  A sordid Churl resolv'd to stay,

  33 lines
• Life's Progress

  How gayly is at first begun
  Our Life's uncertain Race!

  45 lines
• Hope

  The Tree of Knowlege we in Eden prov'd;
  The Tree of Life was thence to Heav'n remov'd:

  9 lines, 1 comment
• Moral Song

  Would we attain the happiest State,
  That is design'd us here;

  16 lines
• Glass

  O Man! what Inspiration was thy Guide,
  Who taught thee Light and Air thus to divide;

  14 lines
• The Dog And His Master

  NO better Dog e'er kept his Master's Door
  Than honest Snarl, who spar'd nor Rich nor Poor;

  28 lines
• The Phoenix

  A Female Friend advis'd a Swain
  (Whose Heart she wish'd at ease)

  16 lines
• A Song

  Persuade me not, there is a Grace
  Proceeds from Silvia's Voice or Lute,

  12 lines
• Jealousy

  VAIN Love, why do'st thou boast of Wings,
  That cannot help thee to retire!

  12 lines
• Three Songs

  LOVE, thou art best of Human Joys,
  Our chiefest Happiness below;

  37 lines
• To Mr. F. Now Earl Of W

  No sooner, FLAVIO, was you gone,
  But, your Injunction thought upon,

  110 lines

• By me, right now

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