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  • The Times
    The time hath been, a boyish, blushing time,
    When modesty was scarcely held a crime;
    701 lines
  • Lines Written In Windsor Park
    These verses appeared with Churchill's name to them in the London
        Magazine for , and there is no reason to doubt their
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  • Gotham - Book I
    Far off (no matter whether east or west,
    A real country, or one made in jest,
    499 lines
  • The Ghost - Book I
    With eager search to dart the soul,
    Curiously vain, from pole to pole,
    525 lines
  • The Apology
    ADDRESSED TO THE CRITICAL REVIEWERS.
      Tristitiam et Metus.--HORACE.
    424 lines
  • The Conference
    Grace said in form, which sceptics must agree,
    When they are told that grace was said by me;
    394 lines
  • The Ghost - Book II
    A sacred standard rule we find,
    By poets held time out of mind,
    807 lines
  • An Epistle To William Hogarth
    Amongst the sons of men how few are known
    Who dare be just to merit not their own!
    653 lines
  • Dedication
    To Churchill's Sermons.
        The manuscript of this unfinished poem was found among the few papers
    184 lines
  • The Duellist - Book III
    Ah me! what mighty perils wait
    The man who meddles with a state,
    473 lines
  • The Candidate
    This poem was written in , on occasion of the contest between the
        Earls of Hardwicke and Sandwich for the High-steward
    816 lines
  • Night
    AN EPISTLE TO ROBERT LLOYD.
      Contrarius evehor orbi.--OVID, Met. lib. ii.
    385 lines
  • The Prophecy Of Famine
    A SCOTS PASTORAL INSCRIBED TO JOHN WILKES, ESQ.
      Nos patriam fugimus.--VIRGIL.
    591 lines
  • Gotham - Book II
    How much mistaken are the men who think
    That all who will, without restraint may drink,
    677 lines
  • The Duellist - Book I
    The clock struck twelve; o'er half the globe
    Darkness had spread her pitchy robe:
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  • The Duellist - Book II
    Deep in the bosom of a wood,
    Out of the road, a Temple stood:
    293 lines
  • The Author
    Accursed the man, whom Fate ordains, in spite,
    And cruel parents teach, to read and write!
    397 lines
  • The Ghost - Book III
    It was the hour, when housewife Morn
    With pearl and linen hangs each thorn;
    1266 lines
  • The Farewell
    _P_. Farewell to Europe, and at once farewell
    To all the follies which in Europe dwell;
    492 lines
  • The Journey
      Some of my friends (for friends I must suppose
      All, who, not daring to appear my foes,
    117 lines
  • The Ghost - Book IV
    Coxcombs, who vainly make pretence
    To something of exalted sense
    1933 lines
  • The Rosciad
    Unknowing and unknown, the hardy Muse
      Boldly defies all mean and partial views;
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  • Gotham - Book III
    Can the fond mother from herself depart?
    Can she forget the darling of her heart,
    663 lines
  • Independence
    Happy the bard (though few such bards we find)
    Who, 'bove controlment, dares to speak his mind;
    599 lines
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