Thoughts on War and Peace |
1 |
To Dr. Darwin, on reading his "Loves of the Plants" |
8 |
A Dialogue between Beauty and Time |
13 |
To a Gentleman who invited me to go Fishing |
19 |
An Address by a Gentleman to his dead Dog, which
was stuffed, and placed in a corner of his Library |
20 |
A New Song, of a gallant young Soldier, who turned
himself into a Priest, to the old tune of Derry Down |
22 |
The Distemper’d Muse |
26 |
Answer to some Verses written by a Gentleman to
a Lady, in which he too favorably palliates the Inconstancy of
her Disposition |
30 |
To Dr. Priestly; on his Publication entitled "A
Disquisition relating to Matter and Spirit" |
32 |
The Housewife’s Prayer on the morning preceding
a FÍte |
33 |
Verses written in the Autumn |
35 |
On the Death of Miss Maria Bradshaw |
38 |
Epitaph on the Italian Satyrist, Peter Aretine |
40 |
Verses addressed to a Lady on a new Carriage take
fire |
41 |
To a Lady, on a difference that arose between her
and the Author on the subject of the Devil |
43 |
To the Same, on her replying to the foregoing lines
in three smart satirical Epigrams |
44 |
To Fashion |
47 |
Verses supposed to be written by an Epicure at
Margate, on seeing a Dutch vessel sail by laden with Turbot for
the London market |
49 |
A Prophecy by Miss R.P. |
51 |
Sappho, tempted by the Prophecy, burns her books
and cultivates the Culinary Arts |
52 |
On hearing that Bob Wigs were coming into Fashion,
in consequence of the Prince of Wales wearing one when he went
a hunting |
55 |
To Clarinda, with the present of a Purse |
57 |
The Address of a Toad to Mr. Opie the Painter while
sitting for his picture |
58 |
Dr. Johnson’s Ghost; written in the year 1786 |
59 |
From a Sick and Dying Plant at Hampton-Court, to
her vigorous healthy Sister at Surbiton-Farm |
63 |
To a Lady who sent the Author a present of a fashionable
Bonnet |
69 |
To a Friend, on her having suffered a dangerous
illness in the Winter, and recovered from it in the Spring |
72 |
On the Death of an Infant |
74 |
On seeing the funeral of a poor old Woman, who
had been a faithful Servant many years in the Author’s Family |
75 |
To the New Year 1796, who made his first appearance
when the weather was uncommonly fine |
76 |
Anna’s Complaint, or the miseries of War,
written in the Isle of Thanet, 1794 |
80 |
On reading a paltry scurrilous epigram, intended
to asperse a great Law character. To Mr. Er---k---ne |
84 |
Stanzas |
85 |
The Primrose, a Fable |
87 |
To Mr. -------- on his leaving England |
94 |
To a Lady, on her approaching Nuptials |
95 |
On a very dear Friend, drinking the Cheltenham
waters for the recovery of his Health. To Hygeia |
97 |
From a Gentleman to a little Girl, whose profile
he had taken on a paper, and afterwards had desired to have a
pillow dressed in her usual apparel that he might represent the
figure also |
98 |
The Old Maid to Stella |
101 |
To a Friend, who resided on the banks of the Thames |
104 |
From a Lover to his Mistress, who had desired him
to burn her Letter |
106 |
Translation |
108 |
Speeches in the French Convention, on the decree
for taking up Mirabeaus’ bones |
110 |
On Youth |
115 |
To a beautiful little Girl of four years old, sitting
in her baby-house surrounded by her play-things |
117 |
Addressed to a Picture of Prudence |
119 |
To a little Girl, on her burying a favorite Bird |
120 |
The Rose to Dr. Priestly |
123 |
Verses written on the unfortunate Queen of France
just before her execution in 1793 |
126 |
Funereal Thoughts, on the death of my brother,
Edward Greenly, Esq. of Clifton |
130 |
On the death of my much valued Friend, Edward Lovibond,
Esq. |
132 |
On the death of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford |
133 |
A Hymn of Gratitude |
134 |
To my niece, Mrs. Greenly, of Clifton, who had
made me a present of a candle-skreen |
136 |
On leaving Brentely-Hall in Suffolk, the seat of
Edward Goate, Esq. Addressed to my Friends of that mansion |
139 |
EPIGRAM.--From the Pope to the King of Naples,
on his having refused him an asylum |
141 |
Ditto.--On the Resurrection of Men |
ibid. |
Ditto.--To a Lady who was a great Talker |
142 |
Ditto.--On reading that thirty Prayer-books had
been stolen out of a Church |
ibid. |
EPIGRAM.--To a Friend who had given the Author
a Reading Glass |
143 |
Ditto.--On hearing a very disagreeable Preacher |
ib. |
On Mr. Wilkes losing his Election at Brentford.
A Parody |
144 |
The Temptation, or Satan in the Country |
145 |
The Picture of the Good Sort of Man respected by
all his Country Neighbors |
156 |
Nature and Physick--Addressed to Doctor Huet |
159 |
PARODY.--On the death of a celebrated Physician,
written in the Character of a Brother of the Faculty |
161 |
On hearing that Buonaparte was Landed in Egypt |
162 |
To Mrs. Trimmer, on her publication entitled "The
Servant’s Friend" |
164 |
The Housewife, or the Muse learning to ride the
great Horse Heroic |
166 |
To Sleep--A Song |
173 |
Verses written in a Pocket-book, which formerly
belonged to a Gentleman who was a Divine and a Philosopher |
175 |
The Grateful Tribute of the Poor Dog, usually employed
in the experiment of the Grotta del Cane--to Mr. C------n |
177 |
Myra petitions Love to inform her where Indifference
resides |
181 |
Love’s Reply |
182 |
On the word Last |
185 |
