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The miscellaneous works (1739)

Rowe, Elizabeth Singer (1674-1737)

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On the present publication of Mrs. Rowe's Poems after her death.

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POEMS ON Several Occasions.

The beginning of the fourth Book of Tasso's Jerusalem translated.

On the Creation.

Love and Friendship:

To the Author of the foregoing Pastoral.

In praise of Memory. Inscrib'd to the Honourable the Lady Worsely.

An imitation of a PASTORAL of Mrs. Killegrew's.

A description of the enchanted palace and garden of Armida; whither two knights from the Christian camp were come in search of Rinaldo.

The story of Erminia. Translated from the seventh Book of Tasso's Jerusalem.

Hymn on the sacrament.

A Pastoral on the nativity of our Saviour.

Hymn on Heaven.

Come, my Beloved, let us go forth into the fields, let us lodge in the villages, Cant. vii. II.

A Dialogue between the Fallen Angels, and a Human Spirit just entred into the other world.

A description of HELL.

The translation of Elijah.

A DIALOGUE between the Soul, Riches, Fame, and Pleasure.

The xxxviiith chapter of Job translated.

Thoughts of a dying Christian.

Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flocks to rest at noon, Cant. i. 7.

To Mr. Watts, on his POEMS sacred to Devotion.

On the death of the honourable Henry Thynne, Esq; only son of the right honourable Thomas, Lord Viscount Weymouth.

REVELATION, Chap. XVI.

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The Conflagration.

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VII.

VIII.

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XII.

XIII.

A Laplander's song to his mistress.

A Hymn of thanks.

The Hymn of the three eastern Magi, adoring our Saviour at his nativity.

An ODE on Beauty.

To Mrs. Arabella Marrow.

On the death of Mr. Thomas Rowe.

On the anniversary return of the day on which Mr. Rowe died.

To PHILOMELA. Occasioned by her Poem on the death of her Husband.

To the Author of the foregoing Verses.

The RESIGNATION.

Translated from the Italian of Petrucci.

On the Divine Goodness.

CANT. VIII. vi.

Exodus III. xiv. I am that I am.

A SONG of Praise.

The SUBMISSION.

On the works of Creation.

On the picture of King George I.

Part of the third Scene of the third Act of PASTOR FIDO, translated.

From the same. Act III. Scene I.

Part of the thirteenth book of Tasso's Jerusalem translated.

An Epistle from Alexias, a noble Roman, to his wife, whom he left on his wedding-day, with a design to visit the eastern churches.

To the right honourable the Earl of ---

On an unsuccessful attempt to draw the Lord Boyle's picture.

Lord Boyle's answer to the foregoing Verses.

On the death of the honourable Mrs. Thynne.

To the right honourable John Earl of Orrery.

To Mr. THOMSON.

On the Divine Attributes.

On the name of JESUS.

An Answer to an Italian Song.

The Description of the Drought.

CANT. II. viii, ix.

Verses presented to her Royal Highness the Princess Amelia, at Marlborough, June the 18th, 1728.

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Devout Soliloquies.

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SOLILOQUY III.

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VII.

VIII.

SOLILOQUY VIII.

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XII.

XIII.

SOLILOQUY XIII.

XIV.

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XVI.

XVII.

SOLILOQUY XVII.

XVIII.

SOLILOQUY XVIII.

XIX.

XX.

XXI.

XXII.

SOLILOQUY XXII.

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Devout Soliloquies. In blank verse.

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SOLILOQUY VIII.

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XII.

XIII.

SOLILOQUY XIII.

XIV.

XV.

XVI.

XVII.

SOLILOQUY XVII.

XVIII.

SOLILOQUY XVIII.

XIX.

XX.

XXI.

XXII.

SOLILOQUY XXII.

XXIII.

SOLILOQUY XXIII.

XXIV.

SOLILOQUY XXIV.

XXV.

XXVI.

SOLILOQUY XXVI.

XXVII.

SOLILOQUY XXVII.

XXVIII.

SOLILOQUY. XXVIII.

XXIX.

SOLILOQUY XXIX.

XXX.

XXXI.

SOLILOQUY XXXI.

XXXII.

SOLILOQUY XXXII.

XXXIII.

SOLILOQUY XXXIII.

XXXIV.

SOLILOQUY XXXIV.

XXXV.

SOLILOQUY XXXV.

XXXVI.

SOLILOQUY XXXVI.

XXXVII.

SOLILOQUY XXXVII.

XXXVIII.

SOLILOQUY XXXVIII.

XXXIX.

SOLILOQUY XXXIX.

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XLI.

XLII.

SOLILOQUY XLII.

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A Paraphrase on CANTICLES.

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SOLILOQUY III.

Whatever various turns my life shall see,
Of downy peace, or hard adversity;
Let smiling suns shine on my prosp'rous ways,
Or low'ring clouds obscure my gloomy days;
The praises of my God shall still employ
My tongue, and yield my thoughts perpetual joy:
For he is all my glory, all my boast,
Be ev'ry name but his for ever lost!
My trust alone is his almighty name,
All other aids my tow'ring thoughts disclaim.
In God, my glorious Saviour, I'll rejoice,
And still exalt him with my grateful voice.
His angels, he himself surrounds the just,
And guards the saints who in his promise trust.
O taste and see, how blest, how highly blest
Are they who on his boundless mercy rest!
He, with indulgent care, their wants supplies,
And guides their steps with ever-watchful eyes;
His gracious ears are open to their pray'r,
And hear, with soft compassion, all their care;
When darkness and despair their steps surround,
Their gentle guide and succour he is found.
Mercy and truth, thro' all his gracious ways
To human race, shine with distinguish'd rays.
O let my tongue on the blest subject dwell,
The wonders of his love to men and angels tell!

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Angels and men their glad assent shall join,
And mix their loud applauding notes with mine.