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Poems on several occasions

By Stephen Duck

Duck, Stephen (1705-1756)

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Upon Her MAJESTY's Bounty to the Thresher.

To Stephen Duck: Occasion'd by his Poem on Friendship.

POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.

To a Gentleman, who requested a Copy of Verses from the Author.

On POVERTY.

The THRESHER's Labour.

The SHUNAMMITE.

GRATITUDE.

A PASTORAL ELEGY.

On a Good Conscience.

On MUSIC.

On Richmond Park, and Royal Gardens.

II.

III.

IV.

To a Young Lady, who had a Cupid given Her.

On the Hon. Mrs. Horner's Travelling for the Recovery of her Health.

The Absent Lover.

On a Screen, work'd in Flowers by Her Royal Highness ANNE, Princess of ORANGE.

To His Royal Highness The Duke of CUMBERLAND, On His Birth-Day.

To DEATH.

On Mrs. L---s.

TRUTH and FALSHOOD.

Proper Ingredients to make a Sceptic.

On Two Young Ladies leaving the Country.

On MITES.

Chloe's CONQUEST.

Occasion'd by a Dispute with a Lady.

To Mr. Worsdale: Occasion'd by seeing Celia's Picture unfinish'd.

On the Queen's Grotto, in Richmond Gardens.

To the Author of a Poem on the Duke of Lorrain's Arrival at the British Court.

On Florella's Birth-Day.

To the Rev. Dr. Freind, on his quitting Westminster School.

On Celia's Picture, drawn by Sir Godfrey Kneller.

On the Marriage of his Serene Highness the Prince of Orange.

VERSES to the Author, In Imitation of HORACE's Ode on PINDAR.

The ANSWER.

On Delia singing, and playing on Music.

To the Right Honourable William Clayton, Esq; (now Lord Sundon) on his being Elected Representative in Parliament for Westminster without Opposition.

To Mr. Winder, (now Fellow) of Corpus-Christi, Oxford; in Answer to a Latin Epistle, which he sent me.

A Description of a Journey To Marlborough, Bath, Portsmouth, &c.

PENELOPE to ULYSSES.

An EPIGRAM.

A Poem on Her Majesty's Birth-Day.

FELIX and CONSTANCE.

Ad JOANNEM MILTONUM.

An Imitation of the Tenth Ode of the Second Book of Horace.

An IMITATION Of the Sixteenth Ode Of the Second Book of HORACE.

An Imitation of the Sixteenth Ode of the Third Book of Horace.

Imitated from Claudian.

Of FRIENDSHIP.

An Ode, presented to their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, in Richmond Gardens, on Thursday, May 6. 1736.

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To Mr. Winder, (now Fellow) of Corpus-Christi, Oxford; in Answer to a Latin Epistle, which he sent me.

I

Soon as your partial Lays I saw,
I guess'd your crafty Views;
And thought you writ in Verse, to draw
A Bill upon my Muse.

II

But, since the Treasure you convey,
Comes from the Roman Mine;
Forgive me, if I can't repay
The Value of your Coin.

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III

While on thy manly Lines I dwell,
Lines, that might Pope employ;
What strange Vicissitudes I feel
Of Sorrow, Love, and Joy!

IV

Now Pleasure charms my glowing Soul,
To hear thy pompous Song
In soft, majestic Numbers roll,
Like Flaccus, sweet and strong.

V

But quickly sympathizing Pain
Succeeds my short Delight,
To find thy moving, mournful Strain
Describe thy Loss of Sight.

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VI

I grieve to think, Machaon's Art
Can give thee no Relief;
I weep, and wish my grateful Heart
Could cure, or share, thy Grief.

VII

No more to me Encomiums send,
In such a learned Strain;
But, if you'd compliment your Friend,
Present him half your Pain.

VIII

To Phoebus make thy Music soar,
To Him direct thy Lays;
Invoke his Aid, and healing Pow'r,
To purge the visual Rays.

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IX

For, if your Lyre but strike his Ear,
(The Lyre you lately strung)
The God of Verse and Light must hear
A Suit so sweetly sung.

Mr. Winder was much afflicted with sore Eyes, when he sent the Epistle.