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Poems, in English, Scotch, and Latin

[by James Grahame]

Grahame, James (1765-1811)

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THE MINOR POETS.

AN ESSAY ON DOG.

THE POET'S ADDRESS TO HIS NEW BOOK.

FRAGMENTS OF A POEM ON DUELLING.

ON BURNS, THE SCOTTISH POET.

ON D---D H---E.

AN UNANSWERABLE ARGUMENT FOR THE SLAVE TRADE.

ON THE DEATH OF A FRIEND.

EPISTLE FROM A POOR BLIND COBLER TO A RICH CANDLE-MAKER.

THE HISTORY OF J. B.

WRITTEN IN A BATHING MACHINE.

ON SEEING SIR JAMIE PURCHASE A JEST BOOK.

ADVICE TO THE BEE .

THE POETS' LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT;

Q. F. F. Q. S. CLOACINA'S COMPLAINT TO THE COLLEGE OF CLUTHA.

ENGLAND'S FAITHFULNESS TO HER FAITHFUL ALLIES;

A GENTLE EMETIC,

TO LUCINDA ABSENT,

TO THE LADIES OF EDINBURGH.

ON SEEING A LADY DROP HER GARTER.

TO A LADY WHO LENT ME HER FAN DURING A STORM OF LIGHTNING.

APOLOGY TO THE SAME LADY FOR ALLOWING HER FAN TO BE WET BY THE RAIN.

AN IMPROVEMENT ON THE ART OF POETRY,

TO A LADY, ON HER SEEMING VAIN OF HER BLACK EYES.

ON THE DEATH OF A LADY.

IMITATIONS AND TRANSLATIONS.

VERSES IN LATIN.

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TO A LADY WHO LENT ME HER FAN DURING A STORM OF LIGHTNING.

Fair nymph, a stranger all unknown
Would bless thee for thy charming loan;
But, ah! he feels the lightning's gleams
Are far less dangerous than the beams
Of thy bright eye.