The miscellaneous essays and occasional writings of Francis Hopkinson, Esq

Hopkinson, Francis (1737-1791)

VOLUME I.

“I've A THOUGHT—WHAT'S IT LIKE?”

TO THE Rev. Mr. WILLIAM SMITH,

ODE ON MUSIC.

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To Miss ---,

To THE MEMORY OF Mr. WILLIAM WILLCOCKS,

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On THE LATE SUCCESSFUL EXPEDITION AGAINST LOUISBOURG.

A PROLOGUE

EPILOGUE FOR TAMERLANE,

A PROLOGUE

CHARITY, A POEM.

DESCRIPTION OF A CHURCH.

TO A VERY YOUNG LADY.

TO THE MEMORY OF Mrs. MARY M'KEAN.

POLITICAL BALLADS,

The BATTLE OF THE KEGS.

A CAMP BALLAD.

THE TOAST.

The BIRDS, the BEASTS, and the BAT.

THE MOST GRACIOUS ADDRESS

IN MEMORY OF Mr. JAMES BREMNER.

SONG I. Come, fair Rosina, come away

SONG II. My love is gone to sea

SONG III. Beneath a weeping willow's shade

SONG IV. Enraptur'd I gaze when my Delia is by

SONG V. See down Maria's blushing cheek

SONG VI. O'er the hills far away, at the birth of the morn

SONG VII. My gen'rous heart disdains

SONG VIII. The traveller benighted and lost

AN ORATION,

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Hear, heav'nly goddess, queen of love!
A heart that owns thy fire;
Let my distress thy pity move,
And grant my fond desire.

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Far absent from my soul's delight,
I languish and complain:
In tender accents day and night,
I sooth my secret pain.

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Pensive, I seek the lonely bow'r,
Where to my cheated view,
False fancy, by her magic pow'r,
Doth former scenes renew.

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And Strephon's look, and Strephon's smile,
Please my deluded eye;
His fancied presence, for a while,
Affords a short-liv'd joy.

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Since then no longer, as before,
His converse I enjoy;
Thus let my Strephon ever more
My faithful mind employ.

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Whene'er soft sleep shall over me
Its happy influence shed,
Oh! let his airy image be
Still hov'ring round my bed!

VII.

With ev'ry native charm and grace
Adorn the lovely youth;
And in the sweetness of his face,
Paint constancy and truth.

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