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The Shamrock

or, Hibernian Cresses. A Collection of Poems, Songs, Epigrams, &c. Latin as well as English, The Original Production of Ireland. To which are subjoined thoughts on the prevailing system of school education, respecting young ladies as well as gentlemen: with practical proposals for a reformation [by Samuel Whyte]

Whyte, S. (1733-1811)

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THE THREE TRAVELLERS. A TALE.

MULLY of MOUNTOWN.

On seeing Mrs. WOFFINGTON, in the Character of Phædra.

ODE: To the MUSE.

ON Miss KENNAN's going, in the Character of a Shepherdess, to the Fancied Ball,

AN APOLOGY FOR SILENCE.

To the Memory of the Right Hon. Charlotte, Lady Viscountess Townshend,

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THE CHOICE OF HERCULES. AN ODE, FOR MUSIC.

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II.

III.

IV.

V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

AN ELEGY, On the much-lamented Death of The Reverend JOHN LAWSON, D. D. S. F. T. C. D.

THE POET'S APOLOGY TO A YOUNG LADY,

AN Occasional PROLOGUE to the Tragedy of Zara,

A FAMILIAR EPISTLE

The MALECONTENTS.

ODE, to PEACE, On the NEW YEAR, 1771.

THE NEW YEAR's GIFT.

To a YOUNG LADY,

A CHANCERY SUIT.

From POPE's Essay on Man.

VERS sur un Passage de POPE. Par Mr. De VOLTAIRE.

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On two beautiful Sisters, unhappily drowned in the Sea.

Imitated, by a School-Boy.

POETA ad SUPEROS.

THE SHEPHERD'S MORAL. A PASTORAL BALLAD.

To a YOUNG LADY,

TO MYRA, On her BIRTH-DAY.

AN HYMN TO HARMONY.

EPISTLE. FROM A STUDENT AT LAW, TO HIS FRIEND.

VERSES, Sent, with a little Book of Manuscript Poems, To Miss ELIZA G---N.

THE LAWYER'S PRAYER.

VERSES, On the Rev. Dr. CORBET's Promotion to the Deanery of St. Patrick, Dublin.

To a LADY, With a PRAYER-BOOK.

The FLY, and the CANDLE.

EPIGRAM. Ocasioned by the Foregoing.

VERSES, WRITTEN Upon a Pedestal, beneath a Row of Elms, in a Meadow, near Richmond-Ferry, Belonging to RICHARD OWEN CAMBRIDGE, Esq

AN INVITATION TO THE AUTHOR'S WEDDING.

THE NYMPH OF THE WELL, TO THE LADIES AT MALLOW.

SONG, On Miss LOVETT.

THE Nineteenth ODE of the Third Book of HORACE, IMITATED.

ON Dr. THWAITES's quitting the Practice of PHYSIC, AND Opening a GLASS WAREHOUSE, in Fleet-Street.

EPIGRAM. On Miss B---R.

ADVICE to Miss B---R.

On a LADY Sleeping.

THE CHARMS OF MISS COX.

THE PETITION OF MARGARET WOFFINGTON, TO HIS GRACE, THE DUKE OF DORSET.

Occasional PROLOGUE to the Beggar's Opera,

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TWO LOVE ELEGIES.

I.

ELEGY I. To Damon.

II.

ELEGY II. In ANSWER to the FOREGOING.

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THE RECANTATION.

LINES, PRESENTED WITH A ROSE-BUD, TO A VERY YOUNG LADY,

ON THREE BEAUTIFUL SISTERS, AT THE FANCY-BALL, FRIDAY, March 16th, 1769.

RESPONSES OF THE PRIESTESS OF APOLLO, AT THE FANCY-BALL.

STANZAS, WRITTEN On a blank Leaf of WEBB's Beauties of Poetry, Painting, &c.

THE LAST BOTTLE. WITH A RECEIPT for making PUNCH.

THE CHOICE OF A WIFE.

THE BIRD OF PARADISE.

SYLVIA: A CHARACTER.

ELEGIAC STANZAS, To the Memory of A YOUNG GENTLEMAN,

LINES, PRESENTED To a YOUNG LADY, with a SILVER THIMBLE.

THE CHOICE OF A HUSBAND. WRITTEN BY A YOUNG LADY.

THE HUE AND CRY.

A SECOND PROCLAMATION.

In ANSWER to the FOREGOING.

THE HAPPY UNION.

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TWO LOVE ELEGIES.

I.

II.

STANZAS, To ------, with the FOREGOING ELEGIES.

AN INSCRIPTION, Written upon one of the TUBS in HAM WALKS.

INSCRIPTIONS, INTENDED FOR THE MONUMENT OF THOMAS PRIOR, ESQ

VERSES, ADDRESSED TO THE LORD LIEUTENANT, At the ELABORATORY, T. C. D.

VERSES, ADDRESSED TO THE LORD LIEUTENANT, At the PRINTING-HOUSE, T. C. D.

ON THE MARRIAGE OF Lord KINGSBOROUGH, and Miss FITZGERALD.

CUPID, and his DARTS.

LINES, Written in a blank Leaf of JOHNSON's WORKS

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REASON's TRIUMPH: A CANTATA.

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ODE On FREDERICK III. King of PRUSSIA.

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II.

III.

IV.

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ODE on BRITISH FREEDOM.

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II.

III.

IV.

THE TEMPLE OF GLORY.

EPITAPH On a MAN who had a very wide Mouth.

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SAPPHIC ODES.

I.

I. To the MUSE.

II.

II. On the SPRING.

III.

III. The INVITATION.

IV.

V.

V. The ALLUSION.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

VIII. On WINTER.

IX.

X.

AN ELEGY, Written in the Year 1751.

A NEW AND ACCURATE TRANSLATION OF THE FIRST BOOK OF HOMER'S ILIAD.

SONG. To THERANIA.

AN EXTEMPORE THOUGHT, At Mr. WALKER's Optic Lecture,

VALESUS: AN ECLOGUE.

OCCASIONAL EPILOGUE TO THE FAITHFUL SHEPHERD.

SONNET. To Mr. THOMAS HICKEY.

TO A LADY, Who demanded an EXTEMPORE. In IMITATION of the Foregoing.

A FAMILIAR EPISTLE, FROM A LAW-STUDENT, in the Country, To his FRIEND, at the Temple.

A LETTER TO CHARLES LUCAS, Esq; M. D.

AN IMITATION OF THE FIRST ODE of the FIRST BOOK of HORACE.

TRUTH in a MASK.

GAIETY and INNOCENCE: Or, THERANIA's KISS.

IRENE: A CANTO, ON THE PEACE.

THE HONE: A Piece of IRISH MYTHOLOGY.

EPITAPH. MULTUM IN PARVO.

VERSES To Miss ELEANOR WOOD.

AN ODE TO THE CREATOR.

ODE: on The KING's NUPTIALS.

EPIGRAM. On a CUP OF TEA, spilt in a LADY's Lap.

ON Miss M. and Miss H. HERRING.

AN INVITATION. TO DR. JUSTAMOND.

SONG: ON Miss MOLLY HERRING's Marriage with Mr. STONE

EPIGRAM. Upon a BARBER.

HARRIOT. AN ELEGY.

THE FOURTEENTH OF FEBRUARY.

GAY's EPITAPH, PARAPHRASED.

ON THE BERNARD FAMILY, IN CARLOW.

On Miss ********.

THE RECONCILIATION.

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PERUVIAN LETTERS.

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II.

III.

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V.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

THE ABSENT LOVER's REQUEST.

ON THE ORIGIN AND IMPROVEMENT OF KISSES.

SONNET. To Miss PLUMMER.

COLESHILL: An ELEGY.

THE FAREWELL: A PASTORAL BALLAD.

TO MR. ***********: On reading some of his POEMS.

VERSES On seeing a married Lady in a Window.

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I.

I. VENUS on EARTH.

II.

II. A DIALOGUE.

III.

III. The VINDICATION.

IV.

IV. The ENQUIRY.

V.

VI.

VII.

VII. A fourth CANDIDATE.

VIII.

VIII. The CHARM.

The LINNET and GOLDFINCH.

The REMONSTRANCE.

EPIGRAM. To a young Lady blowing a Turf Fire with her Petticoat.

OCCASIONAL PROLOGUE To the Tragedy of Cato, perform'd by young Gentlemen.

AN ELEGY On the Death of two Goldfinches, given to the Writer by the Right Honourable Lady Mary Leslie, on her leaving Ireland.

SONG. By a young LADY.

A HYMN. By the same; a little before her Death, October 5, 1763.

EPITAPH On Miss ****, Pancras Church-Yard.

PREPOSSESSION: A SONG.

A HYMN: On recovering from a Fit of Illness.

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II.

III.

CUPID and the PAINTER.

[Were Parents but more cautious whom they trust]

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SAPPHIC ODES.

INSCRIBED TO Miss BARBARA MONTGOMERY.

I. To the MUSE.

Mistress of the breathing Lyre,
Fair Queen of Harmony divine,
Fill with thy celestial Fire
Every Line!

Teach my Numbers to reveal
The Flame that in my Bosom glows,
All the fancied Joys I feel,
All the Woes.

Thou inspire the tender Lay!
Fair Chloe will the Verse approve!
All is innocent and gay;
All is Love.

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II. On the SPRING.

Nature leads the festive Dance!
The genial Sun appears!
And see the rosy Spring advance,
Smiling in Tears!

Earth in all her Charms we see:
How lovely is the Scene!
The Primrose buds; and every Tree
Is cloath'd in Green!

See the wild, the feather'd Throng
Assembled in the Grove!
Hark how they sing! And all the Song
Is Joy, and Love!

III. The INVITATION.

Fairest of Nature's Works, and best,
Why this unkind Delay?
Pity the Torment in my Breast!
O come away!

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The Breath of Morn exhales Perfume!
All Nature smiles! And see!
The Flowers with fairer Lustre bloom!
They bloom for thee!

Come, then, and taste the flowery Breeze!
With Rapture fill my Breast!
Ah gently smile my Heart to Ease!
Charm me to Rest!

IV. On SUMMER.

The Spring's enchanting Beauty flies
Before the Breath of May;
And all Earth's flowery Treasures rise
Blushing to Day.

How beauteous shines the empurpled Mead!
How lovely bloom the Flowers!
And see! the rosy Graces lead
The dancing Hours!

The Sun inspires a Joy divine
Through all the beauteous Scene!
And light-wing'd Peace, and Pleasure join
The smiling Train!

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V. The ALLUSION.

Beauty blooms on every Thorn!
Lovely shew the Fields to View!
Fair the Blush of rising Morn!
Fairer you!

Sweet the Flowers, in rich Array,
Pearled o'er with Morning Dew!
Sweet the Breath of infant May!
Sweeter you!

Mild the Breeze that fans the Grove!
Mild the feather'd Nation too!
Mild the Voice of happy Love!
Milder you!

VI. On AUTUMN.

Behold the rosy Summer flies:
Autumn succeeds, all blushing fair!
How gay the Fields! How clear the Skies!
How still the Air!

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See how the Earth in Smiles is clad!
How hot the Sun's meridian Rays!
O shelter me in yonder Shade
From the full Blaze!

Soft wafted on her purple Wings,
Fair Health bids every Sorrow cease;
And, lo! the yellow Harvest brings
Plenty, and Peace!

VII. To CHLOE.

Time's on the Wing, and will away—
Behold the Rose that scents the Skies!
Its blushing Beauties swift decay;
It fades, it dies.

The Lilly bows its silver Head;
The Violet sinks upon the Plain;
The Trees their leafy Honours shed:
How dull the Scene!

Since Time has Wings, and will away,
Do thou the present Hour improve!
O, while you can, devote the Day
To Mirth, and Love!

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VIII. On WINTER.

Spring, Summer, Autumn, all are fled;
And Winter, with a Face of Tears,
Wrapt up in Clouds her aged Head,
Sullen appears!

Her icy Mantle, see, she throws
O'er yon tall Mountain's misty Head!
Th'imprison'd Stream no longer flows!
Nature is dead!

How dull the Prospect Nature yields!
How bleak, and loud, the North-winds blow!
How cold the Air! How sad the Fields,
Cover'd with Snow!

IX. To CHLOE.

Content, and Joy, no more, retir'd
To this dull melancholy Seat,
Banish'd from all my Soul admir'd,
How hard my Fate!

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See! Sorrow hangs on every Flower;
Soft sigh the Rivers as they flow;
And pitying Nature in a Shower
Laments my Woe!

But, would my Chloe bless the Scene,
How soon would every Grief decay!
Nature again would smile serene;
Winter look gay!

X. To CONTENT.

Queen of every gay Delight
Fair Child of Innocence, and Love!
Hither wing thy airy Flight,
Hither move

With thee bring thy smiling Train,
Gay Happiness, and Length of Days,
Pleasures pure, and Joys serene,
Laughing Ease!

Banish Sorrow! Banish Strife!
O banish heart-corroding Care!
Soften every Grief of Life!
Gild Despair!