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The Shamrock

or, Hibernian Cresses. A Collection of Poems, Songs, Epigrams, &c. Latin as well as English, The Original Production of Ireland. To which are subjoined thoughts on the prevailing system of school education, respecting young ladies as well as gentlemen: with practical proposals for a reformation [by Samuel Whyte]

Whyte, S. (1733-1811)

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THE THREE TRAVELLERS. A TALE.

On seeing Mrs. WOFFINGTON, in the Character of Phædra.

TO THERANIA.

A PERSIAN TALE

ODE: To the MUSE.

ON Miss KENNAN's going, in the Character of a Shepherdess, to the Fancied Ball,

AN APOLOGY FOR SILENCE.

THE NOSEGAY.

To the Memory of the Right Hon. Charlotte, Lady Viscountess Townshend,

THE CHOICE OF HERCULES. AN ODE, FOR MUSIC.

II.

III.

IV.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

EPIGRAM.

AN ELEGY, On the much-lamented Death of The Reverend JOHN LAWSON, D. D. S. F. T. C. D.

THE POET'S APOLOGY TO A YOUNG LADY,

HOCUS POCUS.

AN Occasional PROLOGUE to the Tragedy of Zara,

A FAMILIAR EPISTLE

The MALECONTENTS.

ODE, to PEACE, On the NEW YEAR, 1771.

THE NEW YEAR's GIFT.

To a YOUNG LADY,

A CHANCERY SUIT.

From POPE's Essay on Man.

VERS sur un Passage de POPE. Par Mr. De VOLTAIRE.

EPIGRAMMA.

On two beautiful Sisters, unhappily drowned in the Sea.

Imitated, by a School-Boy.

An EPIGRAM.

POETA ad SUPEROS.

THE SHEPHERD'S MORAL. A PASTORAL BALLAD.

The PICTURE.

TO MYRA, On her BIRTH-DAY.

AN HYMN TO HARMONY.

EPISTLE. FROM A STUDENT AT LAW, TO HIS FRIEND.

VERSES, Sent, with a little Book of Manuscript Poems, To Miss ELIZA G---N.

THE LAWYER'S PRAYER.

VERSES, On the Rev. Dr. CORBET's Promotion to the Deanery of St. Patrick, Dublin.

To a LADY, With a PRAYER-BOOK.

EPIGRAM.

The FLY, and the CANDLE.

EPIGRAM.

EPIGRAM. Ocasioned by the Foregoing.

SONG.

VERSES, WRITTEN Upon a Pedestal, beneath a Row of Elms, in a Meadow, near Richmond-Ferry, Belonging to RICHARD OWEN CAMBRIDGE, Esq

AN INVITATION TO THE AUTHOR'S WEDDING.

THE NYMPH OF THE WELL, TO THE LADIES AT MALLOW.

SONG, On Miss LOVETT.

THE Nineteenth ODE of the Third Book of HORACE, IMITATED.

ON Dr. THWAITES's quitting the Practice of PHYSIC, AND Opening a GLASS WAREHOUSE, in Fleet-Street.

EPIGRAM. On Miss B---R.

ADVICE to Miss B---R.

On a LADY Sleeping.

THE VISION.

THE CHARMS OF MISS COX.

THE PETITION OF MARGARET WOFFINGTON, TO HIS GRACE, THE DUKE OF DORSET.

RIDDLE.

LISETTA.

EPIGRAM.

Occasional PROLOGUE to the Beggar's Opera,

TWO LOVE ELEGIES.

ELEGY I. To Damon.

II.

ELEGY II. In ANSWER to the FOREGOING.

LINES, PRESENTED WITH A ROSE-BUD, TO A VERY YOUNG LADY,

ON THREE BEAUTIFUL SISTERS, AT THE FANCY-BALL, FRIDAY, March 16th, 1769.

RESPONSES OF THE PRIESTESS OF APOLLO, AT THE FANCY-BALL.

STANZAS, WRITTEN On a blank Leaf of WEBB's Beauties of Poetry, Painting, &c.

THE LAST BOTTLE. WITH A RECEIPT for making PUNCH.

To a Lady.

Another.

THE CHOICE OF A WIFE.

THE BIRD OF PARADISE.

SYLVIA: A CHARACTER.

ELEGIAC STANZAS, To the Memory of A YOUNG GENTLEMAN,

LINES, PRESENTED To a YOUNG LADY, with a SILVER THIMBLE.

THE CHOICE OF A HUSBAND. WRITTEN BY A YOUNG LADY.

THE HUE AND CRY.

A SECOND PROCLAMATION.

In ANSWER to the FOREGOING.

II.

STANZAS, To ------, with the FOREGOING ELEGIES.

AN INSCRIPTION, Written upon one of the TUBS in HAM WALKS.

INSCRIPTIONS, INTENDED FOR THE MONUMENT OF THOMAS PRIOR, ESQ

VERSES, ADDRESSED TO THE LORD LIEUTENANT, At the ELABORATORY, T. C. D.

VERSES, ADDRESSED TO THE LORD LIEUTENANT, At the PRINTING-HOUSE, T. C. D.

ON THE MARRIAGE OF Lord KINGSBOROUGH, and Miss FITZGERALD.

CUPID, and his DARTS.

ODE to HEALTH.

An EPITAPH.

LINES, Written in a blank Leaf of JOHNSON's WORKS

II.

III.

IV.

REASON's TRIUMPH: A CANTATA.

ODE On FREDERICK III. King of PRUSSIA.

II.

III.

IV.

ODE on BRITISH FREEDOM.

II.

III.

IV.

THE TEMPLE OF GLORY.

EPITAPH On a MAN who had a very wide Mouth.

II.

III.

IV.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

AN ELEGY, Written in the Year 1751.

An EXTEMPORE.

A NEW AND ACCURATE TRANSLATION OF THE FIRST BOOK OF HOMER'S ILIAD.

SONG. To THERANIA.

AN EXTEMPORE THOUGHT, At Mr. WALKER's Optic Lecture,

VALESUS: AN ECLOGUE.

The LYCEUM .

OCCASIONAL EPILOGUE TO THE FAITHFUL SHEPHERD.

SONNET. To Mr. THOMAS HICKEY.

AN ELEGY.

TO A LADY, Who demanded an EXTEMPORE. In IMITATION of the Foregoing.

SONG.

A FAMILIAR EPISTLE, FROM A LAW-STUDENT, in the Country, To his FRIEND, at the Temple.

SONG.

EPIGRAM.

A LETTER TO CHARLES LUCAS, Esq; M. D.

AN IMITATION OF THE FIRST ODE of the FIRST BOOK of HORACE.

TRUTH in a MASK.

GAIETY and INNOCENCE: Or, THERANIA's KISS.

SONG

IRENE: A CANTO, ON THE PEACE.

The SCOLD:

ÆNIGMA.

THE HONE: A Piece of IRISH MYTHOLOGY.

EPITAPH. MULTUM IN PARVO.

VERSES To Miss ELEANOR WOOD.

A NEW SONG.

SONG.

AN ODE TO THE CREATOR.

ODE: TO IERNE.

ODE: on The KING's NUPTIALS.

EPIGRAM. On a CUP OF TEA, spilt in a LADY's Lap.

ON Miss M. and Miss H. HERRING.

AN INVITATION. TO DR. JUSTAMOND.

SONG: ON Miss MOLLY HERRING's Marriage with Mr. STONE

EPIGRAM. Upon a BARBER.

HARRIOT. AN ELEGY.

THE FOURTEENTH OF FEBRUARY.

GAY's EPITAPH, PARAPHRASED.

THE FOUNDLING.

ON THE BERNARD FAMILY, IN CARLOW.

II.

III.

IV.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

THE ABSENT LOVER's REQUEST.

ON THE ORIGIN AND IMPROVEMENT OF KISSES.

SONNET. To Miss PLUMMER.

COLESHILL: An ELEGY.

THE FAREWELL: A PASTORAL BALLAD.

TO MR. ***********: On reading some of his POEMS.

VERSES On seeing a married Lady in a Window.

LOMNANA.

I. VENUS on EARTH.

II.

II. A DIALOGUE.

III.

III. The VINDICATION.

IV.

IV. The ENQUIRY.

V. The ANSWER.

VI.

VI. The WISH.

VII.

VII. A fourth CANDIDATE.

VIII.

VIII. The CHARM.

The LINNET and GOLDFINCH.

The REMONSTRANCE.

EPIGRAM. To a young Lady blowing a Turf Fire with her Petticoat.

OCCASIONAL PROLOGUE To the Tragedy of Cato, perform'd by young Gentlemen.

AN ELEGY On the Death of two Goldfinches, given to the Writer by the Right Honourable Lady Mary Leslie, on her leaving Ireland.

SONG. By a young LADY.

A HYMN. By the same; a little before her Death, October 5, 1763.

EPITAPH On Miss ****, Pancras Church-Yard.

HYMN.

A SONG.

PREPOSSESSION: A SONG.

A HYMN: On recovering from a Fit of Illness.

ÆNIGMA I.

II.

ÆNIGMA II.

III.

ÆNIGMA III.

CUPID and the PAINTER.

ODE.

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The PICTURE.

Friend of my Youth, these Lines receive:
And, ere my Passion you reprove,
Let my true Hand attempt to give
A Picture of the Maid I love.

But, think not in my Verse to view
Such Praise as Verse too oft bestows;
A Neck, that mocks the Lily's Hue;
Or Cheeks, that shame the Summer Rose:

Though her's be every Charm of Youth,
On which delighted Love can dwell;
Fair though she be—in honest Truth,
Much fairer than my Tongue can tell—

Yet this I pass in Silence by;
For many are her Rivals there;
And Kitty boasts as bright an Eye;
And Fanny's Face is full as fair.

Then think not mere exterior Form
My Heart's fond Wish could ever win;
To me Expression is the Charm,
Sure Herald of a Mind within.

Each Movement of Amira's Frame
Calls into Life some new-born Grace;
While her Eye's bright, yet temperate, Beam
Proclaims her Heart's internal Peace.

To paint her unexampl'd Worth,
What Colours can the Poet find!
What heavenly Tints, to shadow forth
The bright Perfection of her Mind?

The Soul, in Innocence secure,
Meet Inmate of so fair a Frame?
The Manners, artless all, and pure,
As the rock'd Infant's golden Dream?

The Brow, where Sense with Sweetness shines?
The Look, which wakes, yet checks, Desire;
Where Dignity with Freedom joins;
Where Grace, and Loveliness conspire?—

Weak tho' the Tints, unskill'd the Hand,
That rudely sketch'd th'imperfect Plan;
Mark you the Features, as they stand—
And, then, condemn me, if you can.