The Works, In Verse and Prose, of Leonard Welsted ::

The Works, In Verse and Prose, of Leonard Welsted

... Now First Collected. With Historical Notes, And Biographical Memoirs of the Author, by John Nichols

(1688-1747)

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POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.

APPLE-PYE.

A POEM, occasioned by the late Famous Victory of Audenarde.

A POEM to the Memory of the incomparable Mr. J. PHILIPS;

An EPISTLE to MR. STEELE, on the KING's Accession to the Crown, 1714.

To the Earl of CLARE, on his being created Duke of Newcastle, 1715.

To the Countess of WARWICK,

The GENIUS;

PALÆMON to CÆLIA, at Bath;

ACON and LAVINIA.

Thyrsis and Daphne, A Tale;

To ZELINDA,

The FAULTLESS FAIR.

THE PORTRAITURE.

The PICTURE of a fine April Morning.

TO ZELINDA.

THE INVITATION.

HORACE, BOOK I. ODE XIX.

TIBULLUS, BOOK I. ELEGYI.

A SONG.

An EPISTLE to His Grace the Duke of CHANDOS.

AN EPIGRAM.

A PROLOGUE occasioned by the Revival of a PLAY of SHAKESPEAR,

EPILOGUE,

HORACE, BOOK IV. ODE II.

An EPISTLE to the Earl of CADOGAN.

Dean SMEDLEY'S Ode to the Earl of CADOGAN.

An EPISTLE to the late Dr. Garth,

PROLOGUE to Steele's CONSCIOUS LOVERS, 1722.

EPILOGUE to the Same;

To Mr. PHILIPS,

VERSES addressed to Mr. WELSTED,

The Occasion of ÆSCULAPIUS being brought to ROME.

ΟΙΚΟΓΡΑΦΙΑ

PROLOGUE to SOUTHERN'S Money's the Mistress, 1725.

PROPOSALS for translating HORACE.

EPILOGUE to “The Widow Bewitched,”

ONE EPISTLE to Mr. A. POPE,

Of DULNESS and SCANDAL

OF FALSE FAME;

EPISTLE to Mr. WELSTED,

A POEM to her Royal Highness The PRINCESS of WALES;

The SUMMUM BONUM;

FRAGMENT of a POEM,

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FRAGMENT of a POEM,

Published by Mr. WELSTED, in 1714.

THE force of Britain's evil star,
And strong delusions nurs'd with care,
Retard a while the vengeance just;
But when th' enchanted scene is o'er,
And Reason reassumes her power,
Fall, Traytor, fall you must!

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FRAGMENT of a POEM,

Published by Mr. WELSTED, in 1714.