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State Tracts

Containing Many Necessary Observations and Reflections on the State of our Affairs at Home and Abroad; With some Secret Memoirs. By the Author of the Examiner [i.e. William Oldisworth]

Oldisworth, William (1680-1734)

VOL. I.

Coffee-House Chat; BY WAY OF DIALOGUE

The PROLOGUE.

Vol. II.

Job's Trial under the Persecutions of Satan.

VOLPONE, OR THE FOX.

A Poetical ESSAY ON THE Last Sea-fight with the French ,

THE Royal PROPHETESS.

Doctor HANNES Dissected IN A Familiar Epistle by way of Nosce Teipsum.

Upon the Third Verse of the Fifth Chapter of Eccles. For a Dream cometh thro' the Multitude of Business: And the following Lines of Petronius.

An Ode composed for St. Luke's Day, 1712. in praise of Painting.

ON TUNBRIDGE-WELLS, A LAMPOON.

On a FRIEND.

On the Cold Bath at Oldcastles.

Hor. Ode xiv. O navis, referent in mare te novi Fluctus.

The Oxford Almanack explain'd, 1711.

SONGS.

On a Gentleman and a Lady that fell in Love with each other at first Sight.

A Song set to Musick and Sung at York-Buildings.

Another Song.

On the Queen's first Appearance after the Death of his Royal Highness the Prince of Denmark. A Song.

On a Piece of the Royal Oak sent to a Gentleman as a Tobacco-stopper.

In Imitation of Sir John Sucklin.

To the eternal Fame of that wonderful Politician, indefatigable S---esman, faithful M---er, incomparable Patriot, loyal Subject, facetious Gentleman, profound Lawyer, and undaunted Stickler for the non-forgiving Party, Harlequin le Grand; once the first in the H---se, tho' the last in the L---st; who had the Honour to climb without Merit, and to fall without Pity; the Mirror of all Scribes, the Punisher of Wit, the Patron of D. D'F---, and the President of the Pi---ry.

To the eternal Shame of Low-Ch---h, and the lasting Reproach to Mo---on, Segnior Harlequin Occasi, the modern Turn-coat.

To my generous Friends, and worthy Patriot, Harlequin le Grand. The humble Memorial of your little Scribler, Spy, Champion, Closet-Counsellor, and Poet, D---l D'F---e.

To the late Right H---ble: An Epigram. Written by an Infant little Scribler, whose Father has been ruin'd by the severe Conduct, and over-sharp Management of Harlequin le Grand.

THE INSECT WAR: OR, A BATTLE BETWEEN The Hornets, the Wasps, the Catterpillars, and the Butter-Flies.

On the UNION A POEM

THE RETIREMENT.

A POEM

On the BATTLE Of OUDENARD.

THE EIGHTH ECCLOGUE of VIRGIL

The Ninth Ecclogue of VIRGIL.

Britain's Palladium;

THE British Court:

THE CIRCUS: OR, British Olympicks.

St. James's Park: A SATYR.

THE Singing-Birds Address TO THE EAGLE, For Relief against the Tyranny of the Birds of Prey:

LIBERTY AND PROPERTY.

THE SPLITTER OF FREE-HOLDS.

A SEARCH AFTER RELIGION.

The Burning of the Ch--- of En---d MEMORIAL.

THE City Beauties, &c.

THE Gothick HERO.

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Hor. Ode xiv. O navis, referent in mare te novi Fluctus.

Unhappy Bark! What dost thou do? Why stay?
Tempests afresh will drive thee out to Sea.
Ply stoutly to the Haven, make the Shore,
See how thy Banks are strip'd of ev'ry Oar.
South-Western Winds blow with impetuous Blast
They crack the Yard, and bend the sturdy Mast;

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The lab'ring Keel the Cables scarce sustain
Toss'd by the Billows of th'imperious Main,
Not one whole Sail is left, no Gods are near,
Or when invok'd, refuse to lend an Ear.
Tho' thou from Pontick Pines may boast thy Fame,
And from those lofty Woods an useless Name;
The cautious Mariner who has Dangers try'd
Wont in a painted Ship alone confide,
To be the Pastime of the Winds and Tide.
At least with anxious Thoughts drove to despair
By what delighted most, was most his Care;
But hap'ly scape those dang'rous rocky Seas
That lye among the shining Cyclades.