Christopher Anstey Poems on Mankind (14 Poems)

Contentment; Or Hints To Servants On The Present Scarcity (Christopher Anstey Poems)

Dearly beloved Countrymen and Friends, Accept the verse an half–starv’d Poet sends: Who scant of paper in these needy times, To walls and painted boards commits his Rhymes; Yet trusts his labours will enough ensure To pay his Printer, and … Continue reading →

Appendix: Containing The Author’s Conversation With His Bookseller, &c. (Christopher Anstey Poems)

SCENE–London, a Bookseller’s Shop. Enter Author, smiling and rubbing his Hands. AUTHOR. Well, Slider!–and how d’ye go on with my book? I knew it would answer the trouble I took. I hope that you like my collection of rhymes;– Don’t … Continue reading →

Woe! to the just occasion that compels (Christopher Anstey Poems)

PROLOGUE. Woe! to the just occasion that compels My verse to satire, when my soul rebels; Must I, unskill’d her angry bolts to fling, Or draw fell poison from th’ Aonian spring, Must I, alas! the cruel task sustain, To … Continue reading →

The New Bath Guide: Part II, Letter XI (Christopher Anstey Poems)

Mr. Simkin B—n—r—d to Lady B—n—r—d, at — Hall, North. A Description of the Ball, with an Episode on Beau Nash. What joy at the ball, what delight have I found, By all the bright circle encompass’d around! Each moment … Continue reading →

Charity; A Poetical Paraphrase Of The Thirteenth Chapter Of St. Paul’s Epistle To The Corinthians (Christopher Anstey Poems)

. Had it pleas’d him, from whom all wisdom flows, Him, who each good, each perfect gift bestows, With knowledge to exalt my feeble mind, Bright as e’er shed its lustre on mankind; Though on my lips persuasive accents hung, … Continue reading →

The New Bath Guide: Part II, Letter XII (Christopher Anstey Poems)

Mr. Simkin B—n—r—d to Lady B—n—r—d, at — Hall, North. A Modern Head–Dress, with a little Polite Conversation. What base and unjust accusations we find Arise from the malice and spleen of mankind! One would hope, my dear mother, that … Continue reading →

The New Bath Guide: Part I, Letter VI (Christopher Anstey Poems)

Mr. Simkin B—n—r—d to Lady B—n—r—d, at — Hall, North. Mr. B—n—r—d gives a Description of the Bathing. This morning, dear mother, as soon as ’twas light, I was wak’d by a noise that astonish’d me quite; For in Tabitha’s … Continue reading →

Liberality, Or The Decayed Macaroni (Christopher Anstey Poems)

I am a decay’d macaroni, My lodging’s up three pair of stairs; My cheeks are grown wondrously bony, And grey, very grey, are my hairs: My landlady eyes me severely, And frowns when she opens the door: My tailor behaves … Continue reading →

The New Bath Guide: Part I, Letter I (Christopher Anstey Poems)

Miss Jenny W—d—r, to Lady Eliz. M—d—ss, at — Castle, North.A View from the Parades at Bath, with some Account of the Dramatis Personae. Sweet are yon’ hills that crown this fertile vale! Ye genial springs! Pierian waters, hail! Hail, … Continue reading →

The First Ode Of The First Book Of Horace Imitated. And Addressed To John Miller Esq. Of Batheaston (Christopher Anstey Poems)

Miller, whom fair Ierne bore To grace Britannia’s happier shore, Whose Genius guides, whose counsel guards The labours of Bathonian bards, Survey mankind, and each you’ll view His various path of joy pursue. There are in Phaetons who smoke ye, … Continue reading →