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The works, in verse and prose, of William Shenstone, Esq

In two volumes. With Decorations. The fourth edition
Shenstone, William (1714-1763)

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VOL. I.
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ELEGIES, WRITTEN ON Many different Occasions.
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ODES, SONGS, BALLADS, &c.
  
RURAL ELEGANCE. An ODE to the late Dutchess of Somerset.
  
ODE to MEMORY. 1748.
  
The Princess ELIZABETH: A Ballad alluding to a story recorded of her, when she was prisoner at Woodstock, 1554.
  
ODE to a young LADY, Somewhat too solicitous about her manner of expression.
  
NANCY of the VALE.
  
ODE to INDOLENCE. 1750.
  
ODE to HEALTH. 1730.
  
To a LADY of QUALITY,
  
UPON A VISIT to the same in Winter. 1748.
  
AN Irregular ODE after Sickness. 1749.
  
Written in a Flower Book of my own Colouring, designed for Lady Plimouth. 1753–4.
  
AN ACREONTIC. 1738.
  
ODE. Written 1739.
  
The DYING KID.
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SONGS, written chiefly between the Year 1737 and 1742.
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LEVITIES;
  
FLIRT and PHIL;
  
Stanzas to the Memory of an agreeable Lady, buried in Marriage to a Person undeserving her.
  
COLEMIRA.
  
The Rape of the Trap.
  
On certain PASTORALS.
  
On Mr. C--- of Kidderminster's Poetry.
  
To the VIRTUOSOS.
  
The Extent of COOKERY.
  
The Progress of ADVICE.
  
A BALLAD.
  
Slender's Ghost. vid. Shakespear.
  
The INVIDIOUS.
  
The Price of an EQUIPAGE.
  
Hint from VOITURE.
  
INSCRIPTION.
  
To a FRIEND.
  
The POET and the DUN. 1741.
  
Written at an Inn at Henley.
  
A SIMILE.
  
The Charms of Precedence.
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ODE To be performed by Dr. Brettle, and a Chorus of Hales-owen Citizens.
  
EPILOGUE to the Tragedy of Cleone.
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MORAL PIECES.
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VOL. II.

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DUETTE.

Dr.
Soft music.
—How cou'd they go
Whilst I do play?

Sal.
Warlike music.
—How cou'd they go?
How shou'd they stay?

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