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Smart, Christopher (1722-1771)

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The LASS with the GOLDEN LOCKS.

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On my WIFE's BIRTH-DAY.

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Tho TALKATIVE FAIR.

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The SILENT FAIR.

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The FORCE of INNOCENCE.

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The DISTRESSED DAMSEL.

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The FAIR RECLUSE.

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To Miss --- one of the Chichester Graces.

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LOVELY HARRIOT,

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To Miss KITTY BENNET and her Cat Crop.

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The PRETTY BAR-KEEPER of the MITRE.

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The WIDOW's RESOLUTION.

To the Right Hon. Earl of Darlington, on his being appointed Paymaster of his Majesty's Forces.

On the Death of Master Newbery, after a lingering Illness.

Epitaph on the Rev. Mr. Reynolds, at St. Peter's in the Isle of Thanet.

To my worthy Friend Mr. T. B one of the People called Quakers.

On seeing the Picture of Miss R--- G---N. Drawn by Mr. Varelst, of Threadneedle-street.

An Invitation to Mrs. Tyler, a Clergyman's Lady, to dine upon a Couple of Ducks on the Anniversary of the Authors Wedding-Day.

To MISS S--- P---E.

After Dining with Mr. MURRAY.

INSCRIPTIONS ON AN ÆOLIAN HARP.

The Long-Nosed Fair.

The PRETTY CHAMBERMAID:

The famous general EPITAPH

THE HORATIAN CANONS OF FRIENDSHIP.

An occasional Prologue and Epilogue to Othello, as it was acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, on Thursday the 7th of March, 1751, by Persons of Distinction for their Diversion.

EPILOGUE TO THE APPRENTICE.

EPILOGUE Spoken by Mr. Shuter, at Covent Garden, after the Play of the CONSCIOUS LOVERS, acted for the Benefit of the Middlesex Hospital for Lying-in Women, 1755, in the Character of a Man-Midwife.

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After Dining with Mr. MURRAY.

O thou, of British Orators the chief
That were, or are in being, or belief;
All eminence and goodness as thou art,
Accept the gratitude of POET SMART,—
The meanest of the tuneful train as far,
As thou transcend'st the brightest at the bar.