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Poems

By Anthony Pasquin [i.e. John Williams]. Second Edition

Pasquin, Anthony (1761-1818)

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COMMENDATORY POEMS.

To the Author of the elegant Poem of the Children of Thespis.

TO ANTHONY PASQUIN, Esq.

VERSES TO ANTHONY PASQUIN, Esq. THE BRITISH MARTIAL.

TO MY FRIEND, ANTHONY PASQUIN, Esq.

ODE TO ANTHONY PASQUIN, Esq.

TO ANTHONY PASQUIN, Esq.

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A POETIC EPISTLE, FROM GABRIELLE D'ESTREES TO HENRY THE FOURTH.

SIR PAUL AND THE SHAVER.

THE SACRILEGIST.

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THE ORIGIN AND END OF THE LAW.

THE REMONSTRANCE OF A BRITISH SHIRT TO ITS MASTER.

AN EPISTLE FROM THE HOUSE IN CHEAPSIDE, TO THE VILLA AT HAMPSTEAD.

AN EPISTLE FROM THE VILLA AT HAMPSTEAD TO THE HOUSE IN CHEAPSIDE.

THE TEARS OF IERNE: AN ELEGIAC POEM;

THE OLD ARM-CHAIR.

AN ODE TO FRIENDSHIP.

AN ODE TO GRATITUDE.

AN ADDRESS TO CUPID,

An EPITAPH on Mrs. HACKETT of BIRMINGHAM.

EPITAPH on Mr. WILLIAM GARDNER,

AN ELEGY TO THE MEMORY OF A LADY.

AN ELEGIAC INVOCATION TO TIME.

THE BRUNETTE. A BALLAD.

A HUNTING SONG.

THE PATH OF INFAMY.

AN EPIGRAMMATIC APOLOGY FOR Sir JOSHUA REYNOLDS.

AN EPIGRAMMATIC COLLOQUY, IN HIGH LIFE.

AN EPIGRAMMATIC COLLOQUY,

FOUR DAYS MISERY: AN EPIGRAM.

AN EPIGRAMMATIC APOLOGY,

COLLOQUIAL EPIGRAM,

AN EPIGRAMMATIC IMPROMPTU,

AN EPIGRAMMATIC COLLOQUY,

AN EPIGRAMMATIC APOLOGY FOR COMMON ROBBERS.

AN EPIGRAMMATIC IMPROMPTU,

EPIGRAMMATIC ADVICE

AN EPIGRAMMATIC IMPROMPTU, AT COVENT GARDEN THEATRE:

AN EPIGRAMMATIC DESCRIPTIVE IMPROMPTU,

THE BATCH OF IRISH PEERS;

AN EPIGRAMMATIZED DIALOGUE,

AN EPIGRAMMATIZED COLLOQUY,

AN EPIGRAMMATIC APOLOGY FOR SIR WILLIAM CHAMBERS, Knight of the Polar Star:

THALIA's INVOCATION TO Mrs. ABINGTON.

MERIT AND ENVY; A TALE.

VERSES, WRITTEN AT HAGLEY IN WORCESTERSHIRE, The Seat of Lord Westcote.

VERSES, WRITTEN AT ENVILLE IN WORCESTERSHIRE,

ODE TO SIMPLICITY.

LINES, WRITTEN AT FISHERWICK IN STAFFORDSHIRE,

AN ODE, ON HIS MAJESTY's RECOVERY.

PLUMB PUDDING: A FAMILIAR EPISTLE.

THE PHYSICIAN AND HIS PATIENT.

THE SERJEANT AND DRUMMER:

THE PRIEST AND THE PLAYER:

THE FISHERMAN AND CYNIC.

VERSES, WRITTEN IN 1785,

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ODE TO BACCHUS.

AN IRREGULAR ODE,

KENSINGTON-SQUARE.

DESCRIPTIVE VERSES,

THE LETTER OF THE LAW.

THE METROPOLITAN PROPHECY.

CONSOLATORY VERSES,

A LOVE EPISTLE,

THE LADY's ANSWER.

Epitaph on a Physician.

Epitaph on an Attorney.

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THE CHILDREN OF THESPIS.

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1.

Mr. JOHN KEMBLE.

Mr. CHARLES BANNISTER.

Mr. JAMES AICKIN.

Mr. JOHN BANNISTER.

A Visionary Episode.

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2.

Miss WILKINSON.

Mrs. BILLINGTON.

Mrs. BANNISTER.

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3.

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AN EPIGRAMMATIC DESCRIPTIVE IMPROMPTU,

Written on the window of an inn, at Birmingham.

For willing nymphs and generous men,
Birmingham ranks the first of Britain's towns;
Tho' all its streets and lanes, like human life,
Are full of ups and downs.