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Poems on Several Occasions

In Two Volumes. By Mr. Joseph Mitchell

(1684-1738)

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I.

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II.

Congratulatory Verses To His Excellency Joseph Mitchell, Esq;

THE SINE-CURE: A Poetical PETITION To the Right Honourable ROBERT WALPOLE, Esq;

THE EQUIVALENT:

THE ALTERNATIVE:

AN ODE To the Right Honourable Sir ROBERT WALPOLE, Knight of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath;

THE SUBSCRIPTION:

TO THE Right Honourable The Lord Viscount KILLMOREY.

EPILOGUE TO THE Spanish Fryar.

POLTIS, King of Thrace;

A Lilliputian ODE ON CLARA's Dog.

THE Vicar and Waggoner.

Miss Charlote at Church.

THE TOTNESS ADDRESS, VERSIFIED.

EPITAPH ON ROGER SIZER,

EPITAPH ON Madam MARIA JANE,

To their Most Excellent MAJESTIES,

AN ANACREONTIC TO THE Right Honourable Philip Earl of Chesterfield,

A Picture of HYMEN, OR Matrimony A-la-mode:

VERSES To the Memory of JOHN CLARK, Esq

OF Seigniora CUZZONI's VOICE and FACE.

TO Seigniora Cuzzoni.

[Ye Commons and Peers]

TO A LADY, playing with a Clouded Fan.

TO A Pyrating POET.

TO S---h F---k.

CORYDON's Complaint.

AN ODE ON Mr. W---r's Birth-Day, July 14.

TO Sir RICHARD STEELE;

VERSES ON THE DEATH of Mr. S---.

THE RECANTATION.

VERSES TO A Gentleman who was charm'd with OPHELIA's Person.

THE REVENGE, TO MARIANA.

Two Questions answer'd by Two Ladies at a Ball, Versified.

TO Mr. THOMSON, The Author of WINTER.

A Sunday EPISTLE TO CREW OFFLY, Esq;

TO Mr. A--- D---,

TO THE Right Honourable ---

VERSES ON A Friend's MARRIAGE.

TO A Right Honourable Grumbletonian.

CATHOLICK BRASS; OR, THE Power of Impudence:

STANZA's (Publish'd in the Daily Journal.) On Reading the DUNCIAD.

To the Author of STANZA's, On Reading the DUNCIAD.

Political POETRY.

A PICTURE Of the RISE and FALL of a STATESMAN.

A DIALOGUE Between the Right Honourable A. and B.

A Monumental ODE, To the Virtuous Memory of Dr. Walsh of Worcestershire

To the Right Honourable Sir ROBERT WALPOLE,

THE Battle of Otterburn.

A SONG TO CELIA.

[Judgment, and Virtue bear my soaring Wing]

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OF Seigniora CUZZONI's VOICE and FACE.

I

'Twas long a Paradox to me,
That Musick dwells in Discords most:
But, now Cuzzoni's Face I see,
And hear her Voice, my Wonder's lost.

II

To her such Qualities are given,
As serve, at once, to charm, and fright!
Let her but Sing, we rise to Heav'n!
But shew her Face, we're damn'd outright!

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III

So have I known, with sweetest Sound,
An old, worn, Lute affect the Ears:
Its Looks might Harmony confound!
Its Notes work Envy, in the Spheres!

IV

The Face, which others covet first,
And call their Pride, is least of Hers!
The Tongue, that us'd to be the worst
Of Women-kind, she most prefers!

V

Her melting Notes, thro' list'ning Ears,
To Extasy transport the Soul:
But he, who looks, as well as hears,
Submits to Terror's harsh Controul.

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VI

I thought indeed she was, at Sight,
Of Lucifer's Apostate Train;
But, tho' fall'n low from such an Height,
Did yet her Angel Voice retain.

VII

Here wou'd I dote, where I to chuse
A Wife by th' Ear, and not the Eye:
Who wou'd not such a Hag refuse?
Who wou'd not for such Musick die?

VIII

While she has Tongue, and I have Eyes,
I ne'er shall know my Peace of Mind:
Ye Powers, who know my Scorn, my Sighs,
Or make her dumb, or strike me blind.