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Poems (1791)

Smart, Christopher (1722-1771)

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VOL I.
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[A Trip to Cambridge, or the Grateful Fair.]
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ODES.
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IDLENESS.
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To ETHELINDA,
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On an EAGLE confined in a College Court.
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On the sudden Death of a CLERGYMAN.
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On GOOD-NATURE.
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On ILL-NATURE.
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To the reverend and learned Dr. WEBSTER,
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EPITHALAMIUM.
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ODE IX. The Author apologizes to a Lady, for his being a little Man.
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ODE X. An Ode on the 26th of January, being the Birth-Day of a Young Lady.
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ODE XI. On taking a Bachelor's Degree.
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A MORNING PIECE,
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A NOON-PIECE;
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A NIGHT-PIECE;
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On Miss ---.
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On the Fifth of December, being the Birth-Day of a beautiful young Lady.
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ODE FOR MUSICK ON Saint CECILIA's DAY
  
HYMN TO THE SUPREME BEING,
  
ON THE ETERNITY OF THE SUPREME BEING,
  
ON THE IMMENSITY OF THE SUPREME BEING,
  
ON THE OMNISCIENCE OF THE SUPREME BEING,
  
ON THE POWER OF THE SUPREME BEING,
  
ON THE GOODNESS OF THE SUPREME BEING.
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THE HOP-GARDEN.
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THE HILLIAD:
  
THE JUDGMENT OF MIDAS,
  
REASON AND IMAGINATION.
  
ODE TO LORD BARNARD,
  
ODE TO LADY HARRIOT.
  
Ode to the Earl of Northumberland,
  
THE SWEETS OF EVENING.
  
ODE to a Virginia Nightingale, which was cured of a Fit in the Bosom of a young Lady, who afterwards nursed the Author in a dangerous Illness.
  
Martial. Book 1, Ep. 26.
  
On a Lady throwing Snow-Balls at her Lover.
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VOL. II.

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VII.

Wake, wake, the kettle-drum, prolong
The swelling trumpet's silver song,
And let the kindred accents pass
Thro' the horn's meandring brass.
Arise—The patriot muse invites to war,
And mounts Bellona's brazen car;
While Harmony, terrific maid!
Appears in martial pomp array'd:
The sword, the target, and the lance
She wields, and as she moves, exalts the Pyrrhic dance.
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Trembles the earth, resound the skies—
Swift o'er the fleet, the camp she flies
With thunder in her voice and lightning in her eyes.
The gallant warriours engage
With inextinguishable rage,
And hearts unchil'd with fear;
Fame numbers all the chosen bands
Full in the front fair Vict'ry stands,
And Triumph crowns the rear.

CHORUS.

The Gallant warriours, &c. &c.
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