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The Second Part of Original Poems

Serious and Humorous. By Mr. Henry Baker

Baker, Henry (1698-1774)

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Utendum est Ætate.

On the Month of May.

A Prayer to Love.

The Modish LOVER.

A Case of Conscience. A Tale.

On Miranda 's Birth-day. An ODE.

The Duty of a POET.

The Expostulation.

LOVE's Progress.

The Regions of LOVE.

The Unfortunate Shepherd. A BALLAD.

To FLORA, with a Rose.

To FLORA. Asking how well I Love Her.

Love and Philosophy.

VALENTINO AND CLEANTHE.

AN INVOCATION OF HEALTH.

Advice to Coy FLORA.

Thyrsis and Damon. A SONG.

The Remonstrance.

EJACULATION.

The Stages of Love.

To Cynthia 's Ghost. An ELEGY.

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EJACULATION.

What is, my Soul! this empty World to thee?
Its Riches? Dross! its Pleasures? Vanity!
Stretch forth thy Wings, and soar away,
Far hence, to Realms of blissful Day,
Where Pleasures wait Thee worthy of thy Stay.