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The Poems of Ambrose Philips
Edited by M. G. Segar
Philips, Ambrose (1674-1749)
PASTORALS, EPISTLES, ODES, AND OTHER ORIGINAL POEMS, With Translations from Pindar, Anacreon, and Sappho.
[dedication]
PASTORAL POEMS.
1.
THE FIRST PASTORAL. If we, O Dorset, quit the city-throng
2.
THE SECOND PASTORAL. Is it not Colinet I lonesome see
3.
THE THIRD PASTORAL. When Virgil thought no shame
4.
THE FOURTH PASTORAL. This place may seem for shepherd's leisure made
5.
THE FIFTH PASTORAL. In rural strains we first our musick try
6.
THE SIXTH PASTORAL. How still the sea behold! how calm the sky!
THE STRAY NYMPH
THE HAPPY SWAIN
EPISTLES
ODES. ETC.
EPIGRAMS AND SHORT POEMS
TRANSLATIONS.
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The Poems of Ambrose Philips
Patron
of verse, O
Halifax
, attend,
The muse's fav'rite, and the poet's friend!
Approaching joys my ravish'd thoughts inspire:
I feel the transport; and my soul's on fire!
The Poems of Ambrose Philips