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Occasional Poems

Translations, Fables, Tales, &c. By William Somervile
Somerville, William (1675-1742)
  
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AN ODE, Humbly Inscrib'd to his Grace The Duke of Marlborough,
  
An ODE, Occasion'd by the Duke of Marlborough's Imbarking for Ostend, An. 1712.
  
To Mr. Addison,
  
An Imitation of the Ninth Ode of the Fourth Book of Horace.
  
To Doctor Mackenzie.
  
The WIFE.
  
In Memory of my Dear Friend, The late Reverend Mr. Moore.
  
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The HIP.
  
To a LADY,
  
Presenting to a Lady a White Rose and a Red, on the Tenth of June.
  
The Bowling-Green.
  
The Lamentation of David over Saul and Jonathan.
  
To a young Lady, with the Iliad of Homer translated.
  
Hudibras and Milton reconciled.
  
Upon Miranda's leaving the Country.
  
To Phillis.
  
To the Right Honourable the Earl of HALIFAX,
  
A Song for the Lute.
  
The Coquet.
  
The Superannuated Lover.
  
Advice to the Ladies.
  
ANACREONTICK,
  
To a Discarded Toast.
  
The Perjured Mistress.
  
To a young Lady, who spent the Night in Tears, upon a Report that her Brother was to fight a Duel the next Morning.
  
To Doctor M--- reading Mathematicks.
  
From Martial. Epig. 47.
  
To a Gentleman, who married his Cast Mistress.
  
A Dainty New BALLAD:
  
Canidia's Epithalamium.
  
Hunting-Song.
  
A Translation of the Tenth Epistle in Horace.
  
The Miser's Speech:
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FABLE I.
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FABLE II.
  
FABLE III.
  
FABLE IV.
  
FABLE V.
  
FABLE VI.
  
FABLE VII.
  
FABLE VIII.
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FABLE IX.
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FABLE X.
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FABLE XI.
  
FABLE XII.
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FABLE XIII.
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FABLE XIV.
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CANTO I.
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CANTO II.
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CANTO III.
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CANTO IV.
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CANTO V.
  
The Devil Outwitted:
  
The Officious Messenger:
  
The Inquisitive Bridegroom:
  
Bacchus Triumphant:
  
The Night-Walker Reclaim'd.
  
The Happy Disappointment:
  
A Padlock for the Mouth:
  
The Wise Builder.
  
The True Use of the Looking-Glass:
  
Mahomet Ali Beg: or, The Faithful Minister of State.
  
The Sweet-scented Miser.
  
The Incurious Bencher.
  
The Busy Indolent:
  
The Yeoman of Kent:
  
The Happy Lunatick:

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The Superannuated Lover.

Dead to the soft Delights of Love,
Spare me, O! spare me, cruel Boy;
Nor seek in vain that Heart to move,
Which pants no more with am'rous Joy.
Of old thy faithful hardy Swain,
(When smit with fair Pastora's Charms)
I serv'd thee many a long Campaign,
And wide I spread thy conqu'ring Arms.
Now (mighty God) dismiss thy Slave,
To feeble Age let Youth succeed;
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Recruit among the Strong, and Brave,
And kindly spare an Invalide.
Adieu fond Hopes, fantastick Cares,
Ye killing Joys, ye pleasing Pains,
My Soul for better Guests prepares,
Reason restor'd, and Virtue reigns.
But why (my Cloe) tell me why?
Why trickles down this silent Tear?
Why do these Blushes rise, and die?
Why stand I mute when thou art here?
Ev'n Sleep affords my Soul no rest,
Thee bathing in the Stream I view;
With thee I dance, with thee I feast,
Thee thro' the gloomy Grove pursue.
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Triumphant God of gay Desires!
Thy Vassal's raging Pains remove;
I burn, I burn, with fiercer Fires,
Oh! take my Life, or crown my Love.
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