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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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I.

I. To the MUSE.

II.

II. On the SPRING.

III.

III. The INVITATION.

IV.

V.

V. The ALLUSION.

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VII.

VIII.

VIII. On WINTER.

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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.

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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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AN INVITATION. TO DR. JUSTAMOND.

Come, Justamond, partake with me,
In humble Solitude,
Joys, which, though homely, you'll agree,
Are rational, and good.

A Cup of nut-brown Ale I have got,
A Piece of marbled Beef;
And Happiness, which loves my Cot,
Shall give your Cares Relief;

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If Cares can dwell within a Breast,
Where Peace should ever reign,
If it be true, as some attest,
That Vice alone gives Pain:

Then, Vice, I'm sure, can never find
A Place within your Heart,
Where all is generous, all is kind,
All social, all sans Art.

Yet, think not that the jolly Bowl,
Is from my Table fled;
I'll, likewise, sometimes add a Fowl,
And Pork, the best, home-fed.

Then, I will laugh, as heretofore;
And you, my Friend, shall sing;
My Wife, and Boys shall cry encore;
The Room with Mirth shall ring;

Not such as shakes pale Slander's Side,
While meagre Envy smiles;
Nor what distorts the Face of Pride,
Or gives to Art fresh Wiles:

For, these delight not you, and me;
Because full well we know,
It is impossible to see
A perfect Man below:

And, why should we so lose the Time
We might much better spend;
As I do now in harmless Rhyme,
Address'd to you, my Friend—

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Why should we lose that Time, I say,
In Scandal, Noise, and Strife,
And not pursue the noblest Way
Along the Vale of Life?—

To scorn the Worthless; praise the Good;
Assist the wretched Poor;—
Pitying the Frail—for Fear we should
E'er want that Pity more!