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Original Poems and Translations

By Francis Fawkes

Fawkes, Francis (1720-1777)

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A DESCRIPTION OF CALYPSO and her GROTTO.

AN EPITHALAMIC ODE.

THE DEATH of the LARK.

ON THE DEATH of a Young Gentleman.

AN EPISTLE TO A FRIEND IN YORKSHIRE.

On a Lady's singing, and playing upon the Harpsichord.

ON THE DEATH of the Right Honourable The EARL of UXBRIDGE.

TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE The COUNTESS of UXBRIDGE.

SONG to LAURA Absent.

A NOSEGAY for LAURA.

To LAURA Absent.

TO HIS GRACE Dr. THOMAS HERRING, Lord Archbishop of CANTERBURY,

TO Mrs. HERRING.

AN AUTUMNAL ODE.

ON THE DEATH Of his most Sacred Majesty KING GEORGE the SECOND.

TO His most SACRED MAJESTY,

A PARODY on a PASSAGE IN MILTON's PARADISE LOST. Book IV.

THE LORD's PRAYER.

DAVID's LAMENTATION OVER SAUL AND JONATHAN.

The PICTURE of OLD-AGE:

NATHAN's PARABLE.

THE SONG of DEBORAH.

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I.

I. On a very good WOMAN.

II.

II. On a Young GENTLEMAN,

III.

III. ON A WORTHY FRIEND,

IV.

IV. On the Rev. Mr. COOKSON,

V.

V. On Mrs. FOUNTAYNE,

VI.

VI. On a young Gentleman, who died for Love.

VII.

VII. On JAMES FOX, Esq

TO A YOUNG LADY,

AN ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF DOBBIN,

THE SMOKING Doctor's SOLILOQUY over his Pipe.

BEAU DAPPER's SOLILOQUY IN PRAISE OF SNUFF.

A Pair of SPECTACLES.

The STAGE-COACH.

ΔΩΡΟΝ ΑΔΩΡΟΝ. Thank you for Nothing.

AN ELOGY ON Sir ISAAC NEWTON,

CLAUDIAN's Old Man,

ARCHIMEDES's SPHERE.

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FRAGMENTS OF MENANDER.

WORSHIP due to the DEITY.

THE ACCEPTABLE SACRIFICE.

THE MISERIES of OLD-AGE .

VIRTUE only is NOBILITY.

The Omnipotence of GOLD.

The Misery and Folly of MAN.

MAN unhappy compared with other CREATURES.

The ORIGIN of MAN.

THE Pleasures of SOLITUDE.

SORROW familiar to all MEN.

GOOD and EVIL blended.

TEMPLE of REASON.

The MAN of REASON.

Man blind to future Events.

TYRANTS unhappy.

The Poor should not be oppressed.

RICH and POOR equally unhappy.

EVIL COMPANY contagious.

IMPORTUNATE ADVICE.

THE DANGERS of MATRIMONY.

COMFORTS of MATRIMONY.

The Rich and Young should marry.

MATERNAL AFFECTION.

POWER of MUSIC.

The Strictly-Righteous FIELD.

LOVE OMNIPOTENT.

WILL with a WISP.

A VOYAGE to the PLANETS.

THE TEMPLE of DULNESS.

A MECHANICAL SOLUTION OF THE Propagation of Yawning.

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A DESCRIPTION OF MAY.

TO WILLIAM DIXON, Esq

A DESCRIPTION OF MAY.

A DESCRIPTION OF WINTER.

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TO WILLIAM DIXON, Esq

While at your Loversal, secure retreat,
Far from the vain, the busy, and the great,
Retirement's calm, yet useful arts you know,
Bid buildings rise, and future navies grow;
Or, by the sacred thirst of learning led,
Converse familiar with th' Illustrious Dead,
Worthies of old, who life by arts refin'd,
Taught wholesome laws, and humaniz'd mankind:
Can my friend listen to this flowery lay,
Where splendid Douglas paints the blooming May?
If aught these lines thy candid ear engage,
The muse shall learn to moralize the page,
Give modest merit the reward that's due,
And place the interests of mankind in view,
Form tender minds by virtue's better lore,
And teach old infidels to doubt no more.
To thee this verse belongs; and may it prove
An earnest of my gratitude and love.