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The miscellaneous works (1739)

Rowe, Elizabeth Singer (1674-1737)

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VOL. I.
  
On the present publication of Mrs. Rowe's Poems after her death.
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POEMS ON Several Occasions.
  
The VISION.
  
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 I.
  
Hymn II.
  
Hymn III.
  
Hymn IV.
  
Hymn V.
  
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.
  
HYMN.
  
A Dialogue between the Fallen Angels, and a Human Spirit just entred into the other world.
  
A description of HELL.
  
On HEAVEN.
  
SERAPHIC LOVE.
  
The translation of Elijah.
  
A DIALOGUE between the Soul, Riches, Fame, and Pleasure.
  
The xxxviiith chapter of Job translated.
  
HYMN.
  
Thoughts of a dying Christian.
  
HYMN.
  
The APPEAL.
  
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.
  
DESPAIR.
  
To Cleone.
  
To Clorinda.
  
PSALM XXIII.
  
On the death of the honourable Henry Thynne, Esq; only son of the right honourable Thomas, Lord Viscount Weymouth.
  
On LOVE.
  
REVELATION, Chap. XVI.
  
A PASTORAL.
  
To CHLOE.
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The Conflagration.
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A Laplander's song to his mistress.
  
A Hymn of thanks.
  
The Hymn of the three eastern Magi, adoring our Saviour at his nativity.
  
A PASTORAL.
  
An ODE on Beauty.
  
On LOVE.
  
To Mrs. Arabella Marrow.
  
A PASTORAL.
  
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.
  
PSALM LXIII.
  
PSALM LXXII.
  
PSALM CXLVI.
  
CANT. VI. v.
  
CANT. VIII. vi.
  
A HYMN.
  
Exodus III. xiv. I am that I am.
  
A SONG of Praise.
  
CANT. I. vii.
  
CANT. chap. V.
  
The SUBMISSION.
  
The WISH.
  
On the works of Creation.
  
On LOVE.
  
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.
  
To Mrs. ROWE.
  
On the death of the honourable Mrs. Thynne.
  
To Mrs. ROWE.
  
To Mrs. ROWE.
  
To the right honourable John Earl of Orrery.
  
A HYMN.
  
To Mr. THOMSON.
  
On the Divine Attributes.
  
On the name of JESUS.
  
To Mr. PRIOR.
  
A SONNET.
  
An Answer to an Italian Song.
  
The Description of the Drought.
  
CANT. II. viii, ix.
  
The PETITION.
  
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 I.
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SOLILOQUY II.
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SOLILOQUY III.
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SOLILOQUY. IV.
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SOLILOQUY V.
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SOLILOQUY VI.
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SOLILOQUY VII.
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SOLILOQUY VIII.
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SOLILOQUY IX.
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SOLILOQUY X.
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SOLILOQUY XI.
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SOLILOQUY XII.
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SOLILOQUY XIII.
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SOLILOQUY XIV.
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SOLILOQUY XV.
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SOLILOQUY XVI.
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SOLILOQUY XVII.
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SOLILOQUY XVIII.
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SOLILOQUY XIX.
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SOLILOQUY XX.
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SOLILOQUY XXI.
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SOLILOQUY XXII.
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Devout Soliloquies. In blank verse.
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SOLILOQUY I.
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SOLILOQUY II.
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SOLILOQUY III.
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SOLILOQUY IV.
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SOLILOQUY V.
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SOLILOQUY VI.
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SOLILOQUY VII.
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SOLILOQUY VIII.
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SOLILOQUY IX.
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SOLILOQUY X.
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SOLILOQUY XI.
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SOLILOQUY XII.
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SOLILOQUY XIII.
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SOLILOQUY XIV.
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SOLILOQUY XV.
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SOLILOQUY XVI.
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SOLILOQUY XVII.
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SOLILOQUY XVIII.
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SOLILOQUY XIX.
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SOLILOQUY XX.
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SOLILOQUY XXI.
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SOLILOQUY XXII.
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SOLILOQUY XXIII.
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SOLILOQUY XXIV.
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SOLILOQUY XXV.
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SOLILOQUY XXVI.
 XXVII. 
SOLILOQUY XXVII.
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SOLILOQUY. XXVIII.
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SOLILOQUY XXIX.
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SOLILOQUY 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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SOLILOQUY XL.
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SOLILOQUY XLI.
 XLII. 
SOLILOQUY XLII.
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A Paraphrase on CANTICLES.
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Chapter I.
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Chapter II.
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Chapter III.
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Chapter IV.
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Chapter V.
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Chapter VI.
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Chapter VII.
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Chapter VIII.

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Chapter III.

SHE.
'Twas night, when on my restless bed I sought,
But sought in vain the partner of my cares,
For he was now withdrawn: In soft complaints
I breath'd my grief, but there was no reply.
With haste I rise, and thro' the spacious streets
Distracted rove; at last, the nightly watch
I met, but they no consolation give.
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Not far from them my weary feet had gone,
E'er the bright object of my love appear'd;
Eager I clasp'd him in my folded arms;
Then gently drew him to my mother's house,
The sacred seat where first our mutual flames
With solemn vows, and holy rites were seal'd.
Virgins of Salem, by the forest roe,
And skipping fawn, I charge you not to wake
My slumb'ring Lord, nor break his soft repose.
See! where he comes from his sequester'd bow'r,
And with celestial fragrance fills the air,
Perfum'd with all the aromatic cost
That rich Sabæa's spicy groves produce:
Such sweets in clouds of holy incense rise,
When eastern odours on the altar smoke.
The regal bed, a valiant guard surrounds;
Threescore the boldest sons of Judah's race,
With each a sword girt on his manly thigh,
To free the night from terror and alarm.
King Solomon with wond'rous art prepar'd
A chariot blazing with imperial cost:
The frame was polish'd wood from Lebanon,
Its pedestals of gold, in equal height
The silver pillars rose, the gay support
Of purple curtains, proud with Tyrian dye,
The seat beneath was softly pav'd with love.
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Daughters of Salem, see the Hebrew king
Crown'd with the beauteous wreath his mother plac'd
About his temples, on that happy day
When bridal rites completed all his bliss.

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