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Poems (1791)

Smart, Christopher (1722-1771)

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VOL I.
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[A Trip to Cambridge, or the Grateful Fair.]
  
The Princess Perriwinkle sola, attended by fourteen Maids of great honour.
  
[In ancient days, as jovial Horace sings]
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ODES.
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IDLENESS.
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To ETHELINDA,
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On an EAGLE confined in a College Court.
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On the sudden Death of a CLERGYMAN.
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On GOOD-NATURE.
 VI. 
On ILL-NATURE.
 VII. 
To the reverend and learned Dr. WEBSTER,
 VIII. 
EPITHALAMIUM.
 IX. 
ODE IX. The Author apologizes to a Lady, for his being a little Man.
 X. 
ODE X. An Ode on the 26th of January, being the Birth-Day of a Young Lady.
 XI. 
ODE XI. On taking a Bachelor's Degree.
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A MORNING PIECE,
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A NOON-PIECE;
 XIV. 
A NIGHT-PIECE;
 XV. 
On Miss ---.
 XVI. 
On the Fifth of December, being the Birth-Day of a beautiful young Lady.
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ODE FOR MUSICK ON Saint CECILIA's DAY
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VIII.
  
HYMN TO THE SUPREME BEING,
  
ON THE ETERNITY OF THE SUPREME BEING,
  
ON THE IMMENSITY OF THE SUPREME BEING,
  
ON THE OMNISCIENCE OF THE SUPREME BEING,
  
ON THE POWER OF THE SUPREME BEING,
  
ON THE GOODNESS OF THE SUPREME BEING.
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THE HOP-GARDEN.
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BOOK THE FIRST.
 2. 
BOOK THE SECOND.
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THE HILLIAD:
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BOOK THE FIRST.
  
THE JUDGMENT OF MIDAS,
  
REASON AND IMAGINATION.
  
ODE TO LORD BARNARD,
  
ODE TO LADY HARRIOT.
  
Ode to the Earl of Northumberland,
  
THE SWEETS OF EVENING.
  
ODE to a Virginia Nightingale, which was cured of a Fit in the Bosom of a young Lady, who afterwards nursed the Author in a dangerous Illness.
  
Martial. Book 1, Ep. 26.
  
On a Lady throwing Snow-Balls at her Lover.
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VOL. II.
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FABLES.
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The WHOLESALE CRITIC and the HOP-MERCHANT.
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The ENGLISH BULL DOG, DUTCH MASTIFF, and QUAIL.
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FASHION AND NIGHT.
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WHERE'S THE POKER?
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The TEA-POT and SCRUBBING-BRUSH.
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The DUELLIST.
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The COUNTRY SQUIRE and the MANDRAKE.
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The BROCADED GOWN and LINEN RAG.
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MADAM and the MAGPIE.
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The BLOCKHEAD and BEEHIVE.
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The CITIZEN and the RED LION of BRENTFORD.
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The HERALD and HUSBAND-MAN.
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A STORY of a COCK and a BULL.
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The SNAKE, the GOOSE, and NIGHTINGALE.
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Mrs. ABIGAIL and the DUMB WAITER.
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The BAG-WIG and the TOBACCO-PIPE.
 XVII. 
CARE and GENEROSITY.
 XVIII. 
The PIG.
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BALLADS.
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SWEET WILLIAM.
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The LASS with the GOLDEN LOCKS.
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On my WIFE's BIRTH-DAY.
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The DECISION.
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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 JENNY GRAY.
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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.
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EPISTLES.
  
EPISTLE to Mrs. TYLER.
  
To the Rev. Mr. Powell, on the Non-performance of a Promise he made the Author of a Hare.
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EPIGRAMS.
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The SICK MONKEY.
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APOLLO and DAPHNE.
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The MISER and the MOUSE.
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Epigram IV. On a Woman who was singing Ballads for Money to bury her Husband.
  
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.
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INSCRIPTIONS ON AN ÆOLIAN HARP.
  
On one End.
  
The Long-Nosed Fair.
  
The PRETTY CHAMBERMAID:
  
The famous general EPITAPH
  
THE HORATIAN CANONS OF FRIENDSHIP.
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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.
  
[While mercenary actors tread the stage]
  
EPILOGUE.
  
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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8

On GOOD-NATURE.

ODE V.

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Hail cherub of the highest Heav'n,
Of look divine, and temper ev'n,
Celestial sweetness, exquisite of mein,
Of ev'ry virtue, ev'ry praise the queen!

II

Soft gracefulness, and blooming youth,
Where, grafted on the stem of truth,
That friendship reigns, no interest can divide,
And great humility looks down on pride.

III

Oh! curse on Slander's vip'rous tongue,
That daily dares thy merit wrong;
Ideots usurp thy title, and thy frame,
Without or virtue, talent, taste, or name.

IV

Is apathy, is heart of steel,
Nor ear to hear, nor sense to feel,
Life idly inoffensive such a grace,
That it shou'd steal thy name and take thy place?
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V

No—thou art active—spirit all—
Swifter than lightning, at the call
Of injur'd innocence, or griev'd desert,
And large with liberality thy heart.

VI

Thy appetites in easy tides
(As reason's luminary guides)
Soft flow—no wind can work them to a storm,
Correctly quick, dispassionately warm.

VII

Yet if a transport thou canst feel
'Tis only for thy neighbours weal:
Great, generous acts thy ductile passions move,
And smilingly thou weep'st with joy and love.

VIII

Mild is thy mind to cover shame,
Averse to envy, slow to blame,
Bursting to praise, yet still sincere and free
From flatt'ry's fawning tongue, and bending knee.

IX

Extensive, as from west to east,
Thy love descends from man to beast,
Nought is excluded little, or infirm,
Thou canst with greatness stoop to save a worm.
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X

Come, goddess, come with all thy charms
For Oh! I love thee, to my arms—
All, all my actions guide, my fancy feed,
So shall existence then be life indeed.
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