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Eidyllia

or, miscellaneous poems; On losing Milton: an Ode. To Isabella: an Ode. The Fair Matron: an Ode. Virtue's Expostulation: an Ode. To Adversity: an Ode. Philocles: a Monody. The Muses triumphant over Venus: a Tale. With a hint to the British Poets. By the Author of Animadversions upon the Reverend Doctor Brown's three essays on the Characteristicks; and of a Criticism on the late Reverend Mr Holland's Sermons [by Robert Colvill]
 
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EIDYLLIA
 
Upon losing Milton's Paradise Lost,
 
To the blooming Isabella:
 
Upon seeing a fair Matron with her Husband and Daughter at the Theatre;
 
VIRTUE's Expostulation with the British Poets:
 
To ADVERSITY:
 
PHILOCLES:
 
The Muses Triumphant over Venus.
 
To the late Lord Shaftsbury's Ghost;

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Stulta est clementia, cum tot ubique
Vatibus occurras, perituræ parcere chartæ.
Thou sweet Inspirer of immortal breasts!
Freedom! descend and genius o'er our isle
Impregnated with emulation's fire,
Thy genius shed, like showers from bursting clouds.

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