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Original Poems

Serious and Humourous. By Mr. Henry Baker

Baker, Henry (1698-1774)

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An Hymn to JUPITER.

A SERIOUS REFLECTION On Human Life.

A SONG. To FLORA.

The Complaint. An Elegy.

To FLORA Drest.

The Meditation.

AMANDA's CHARACTER.

The Resolution.

THE SPINNING-WHEEL.

To Friendship.

A Proof of LOVE.

To Mrs. Jane Forster,

DAMON and CLOE.

On the Death of Mrs. Halsey,

On Mrs. ------ S---'s

To a Deaf young Lady.

To a Painter: drawing her Picture.

The Comparison.

To FLORA. A SONG.

The Execration.

The Beauties of Enfield.

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To Friendship.

Hail! Sacred Friendship! Life's sublimest Joy!
Which all the Rage of Fortune can't destroy:
Thou! Source of Bliss! Thou! Sorrow's kind Relief!
Above, below, for ever Thou the Chief!
Heav'n, without Thee, would comfortless appear,
And who enjoys Thee finds an Heaven here.