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Mr. Cooke's Original Poems

with Imitations and Translations of Several Select Passages of the Antients, In Four Parts: To which are added Proposals For perfecting the English Language
Cooke, Thomas (1703-1756)

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PART the First, CONTAINING ESSAYS, TALES, AND A RHAPSODY On Virtue and Pleasure.
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PART the Second, CONTAINING EPISTLES, ODES, FABLES, SATIRES, LOVE-ELEGYS, PROLOGUES, EPILOGUES, and EPIGRAMS.
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EPISTLES the First, TO Mrs. COLSTON, On the Death of her only Son.
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EPISTLE the Second, TO Mr. LEONARD WELSTED, On the Death of his only Daughter.
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EPISTLE the Third, To the right honourable Thomas Earl of Pembroke at Wilton.
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EPISTLE the Fourth, To the honourable Lord George Johnston.
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EPISTLE the Fifth, To the right honourable Thomas Earl of Pembroke, Occasioned by The Death of Dr. Samuel Clarke.
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EPISTLE the Sixth, To the right reverend Dr. Benjamin Hoadley, On his being translated from the Bishoprick of Salisbury to Winchester.
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EPISTLE the Seventh, To his Grace The Duke of Somerset at Petworth.
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EPISTLE the Eighth, TO James Vernon Esq;
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ODES.
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ODE the First, TO Mr. John Mottley in the Country.
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ODE the Second, To Phillis.
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ODE the Third, To the Same.
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ODE the Fourth, To the Same.
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ODE the Fifth, To the Same.
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ODE the Sixth, To the Same.
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ODE the Seventh, To the Same.
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ODE the Eighth, To the Same.
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ODE the Ninth, To Celia.
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ODE the Tenth, To the Same.
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ODE the Eleventh, To Melissa.
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ODE the Twelfth, To the Same.
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ODE the Thirteenth. SYLVIA.
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ODE the Fourteenth. BELLAMIRA.
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ODE the Fifteenth. THALIA.
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ODE the Sixteenth. DINA.
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ODE the Seventeenth. LONDON.
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ODE the Eighteenth. ON THE Birth of Lord Herbert In the Year 1734.
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ODE the Nineteenth. A New Year's Ode, or Ballad, For the Year 1741.
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[FABLES.]
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[SATIRES.]
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[ELEGIES.]
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[PROLOGUES.]
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[EPILOGUES.]
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[EPIGRAMS.]
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PART the Third. THE BATTEL OF THE POETS, In Two CANTOS.
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PART the Fourth, CONTAINING PARAPHRASES, IMITATIONS, AND TRANSLATIONS, Of several Parts of the Antients.
  
Epistle the Ninth. TO Dr. Edward Milward,
  
Ode the Twentyeth. TO The honourable Master Robert Petre a Day old, 1741.
  
The Twenty-fourth Ode of the first Book of Horace imitated and paraphrased, on the Death of Sir William Windham Bart.

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ODE the Thirteenth. SYLVIA.

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I Sylvia priz'd as Lillys fair,
All fragrant as the morning Air,
And sweeter than the Lark her Voice.
With Ease she could my Cares beguile;
A Word, a tender Look, or Smile,
Would make the gloomy Soul rejoice.

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When on her Breasts, expanded white,
Heaving luxuriant with Delight,
I fondly lay'd my lovesick Head,
The Roses shed their Sweets around,
And Vi'lets breathing from the Ground
Compos'd the aromatic Bed.
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III

Beneath the grateful Shade I ly,
Hid almost from the Sun's great Eye;
Protect me all ye Pow'rs above!
O! keep me, ever fix me, here,
Where Nothing can create a Fear,
Where all is Softness, all is Love!

IV

Thus in the Ecstacy of Bliss,
Just from the heart-dissolving Kiss,
I pray'd, alas! a heedless Swain;
For to that joyous fatal Hour,
(Was Poyson in so sweet a Flow'r?)
Succeeded Days on Days of Pain.

V

The Sailor so, with gladsome Eye,
Th'unruffel'd Main, and azure Sky,
Views, while the Winds propitious blow:
Forward he steers, with Look serene,
Till, bulging on a Rock unseen,
Appears a sudden Face of Woe.
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VI

Henceforth, unwary Youth, beware,
Nor make such fleeting Joys your Care;
Let Virtue ever be your Guard.
Pleasures adieu, whose Fruits are Pain,
For Sages have not taught in vain,
That Virtue is her own Reward.
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