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The Poetical Works of Henry Brooke

... In Four Volumes Octavo. Revised and corrected by the Original Manuscript With a Portrait of the Author, and His Life By Miss Brooke. The Third Edition
Brooke, Henry (1703?-1783)

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VOL. I.
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JACK THE GIANT QUELLER, AN OPERA.
  
AIR I.
  
AIR II.
  
AIR III.
  
AIR IV.
  
AIR V.
  
AIR VI.
  
AIR VII.
  
AIR VIII.
  
AIR IX.
  
AIR X.
  
AIR XI.
  
AIR XII.
  
AIR XIII.
  
AIR XV.
  
AIR XV.
  
AIR XVI.
  
AIR XVII.
  
AIR XVIII.
  
AIR XIX.
  
AIR XX.
  
AIR XXI.
  
AIR XXII.
  
AIR XXIII.
  
AIR XXIV.
  
AIR XXV.
  
AIR XXVI.
  
AIR XXVII.
  
AIR XXVIII.
  
AIR XXIX.
  
AIR XXX.
  
XXXI.
  
AIR XXXII.
  
AIR XXXIII.
  
AIR XXXIV.
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RUTH: AN ORATORIO.
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PART I.
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SCENE I.
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PART III.
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SCENE I.
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SCENE II.
  
PROLOGUE TO THE EARL OF ESSEX,
  
PROLOGUE TO THE EARL OF WESTMORLAND,
  
ANOTHER PROLOGUE TO THE EARL OF WESTMORLAND.
  
EPILOGUE TO THE PLAY OF WHAT WE MUST ALL COME TO.
  
TO THE MEMORY OF Lieutenant Colonel HENRY CLEMENTS.
  
A CHARACTER.
  
TO Mr. B---
  
THE PATRIOTISM OF IRELAND,
  
THE QUESTION.
  
THE FOX-CHASE.
  
REDEMPTION:
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VOL. II.
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UNIVERSAL BEAUTY:
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BOOK I.
 II. 
BOOK II.
 III. 
BOOK III.
 IV. 
BOOK IV.
 V. 
BOOK V.
 VI. 
BOOK VI.
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JERUSALEM DELIVERED;
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BOOK I.
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BOOK II.
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BOOK III.
  
CONSTANTIA:
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VOL. IV.
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FABLES
  
THE TEMPLE of HYMEN.
  
THE SPARROW and the DOVE.
  
THE FEMALE SEDUCERS.
  
LOVE AND VANITY.
  
CONRADE:

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THE PATRIOTISM OF IRELAND,

AN HISTORICAL BALLAD.

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To the Tune of “Ye Commons and Peers.’

I

In the year, do you see,
Of fifty and three,
A year of facetious renown;
A conjurer came,
Old R---r by name,
For the pastime of country and town!

II

At once to surprize
And cozen our eyes,
He shew'd us of Courtiers ten brace;
All Courtiers, as true
To the Minister's Cue,
As ever took Pension or Place!
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III

But R---r, anon,
Cries, “Pass and be gone!”
The coast it is instantly clear;
And straight, in the place
Of Prostitutes base,
Ten Brace of good Patriots appear!

IV

The rabble and rout
Clap, caper, and shout;
The multitude see and believe:
They hail, with acclaim,
Each Patriot Name!
But the Knowing-ones laugh in their sleeve.

V

For R---r, once more
Our wits to restore,
Repeats his charm backwards—and then,
On this Patriot-Host,
He throws Powder of Post,
And he shews them all Rascals again!
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