To Alexander Pope, Esq. (Mary Barber Poems)
Shall for the Man of Ross thy Lyre be strung,And sleeps illustrious Thanet yet unsung?Since to distinguish Merit is thy ...
Shall for the Man of Ross thy Lyre be strung,And sleeps illustrious Thanet yet unsung?Since to distinguish Merit is thy ...
Tho' great Longinus claims thy aiding Hand,And hopes, thro' thee, t'instruct a barb'rous Land,Where vile Conceits the Pow'r of Wit ...
Thou glorious Ruler of the beauteous Day!Have sev'nteen Years so swiftly roll'd away?Hast thou so oft the heav'nly Circle run,When ...
WHAT is it our mamma's bewitches, To plague us little boys with breeches ? To tyrant Custom we must yield, Whilst vanquish'd Reason ...
To the Right Hon. the Lady Carteret.Weary'd with long Attendance on the Court,You, Madam, are the Wretch's last Resort.Eternal King! ...
A wretch, in smoaky Dublin pent,Who rarely sees the Firmament,You graciously invite, to viewThe Sun's enliv'ning Rays with you;To change ...
Let Others speak your Titles, and your Blood;Accept from Me the glorious Name of Good.This Honour only from fair Virtue ...
And will your Goodness never have an End?And will you still persist to be my Friend?To meet me still with ...
See, the bright Sun renews his annual Course,Each Beam re--tinges, and revives its Force,By Years uninjur'd; so may'st thou remain,Not ...
I little thought that honest DickWould slight me so, when I was sick.Is he a Friend, who only stays,Whilst Health ...
May each new Year some new Perfection give,Till all the Mother in the Daughter live!May'st Thou her Virtues to the ...
I hope, Sir, by this you have found your Account,In visiting Airy, and seeing his Mount:If Froth can delight you, ...
No more at Criticks, Ned, repine,Who say those Numbers are not thine.I own I was suspicious too,And thought the Verse ...
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