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Poems, chiefly pastoral

By John Cunningham. The second edition. With the Addition of several pastorals and other pieces
Cunningham, John (1729-1773)
 
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DAY:
 
THE CONTEMPLATIST:
 
THE THRUSH AND PYE:
 
PALEMON:
 
THE HAWTHORN BOWER.
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TheANTandCATERPILLAR:
 
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MORAL.
 
PHILLIS:
 
POMONA:
 
MAY-EVE:
 
KITTY FELL.
 
THYRSIS.
 
CLARINDA.
 
FANNY OF THE DALE.
 
A SONG.
 
STANZAS ON THE FORWARDNESS OF SPRING.
 
ON THE APPROACH OF MAY.
 
THE VIOLET.
 
THE NARCISSUS.
 
THE MILLER:
 
A LANDSCAPE.
 
MELODY.
 
DELIA:
 
THE SYCAMORE SHADE:
 
DAMON AND PHILLIS:
 
THE WARNING.
 
HOLIDAY GOWN.
 
DAPHNE:
 
CORYDON:
 
DAMON AND PHOEBE.
 
A PASTORAL HYMN To JANUS.
 
The INSCRIPTION Imitated.
 
Imitated.
 
CONTENT:
 
CORYDON AND PHILLIS:
 
AN ELEGY ON A PILE OF RUINS.
 
A SONG.
 
SAPHO's HYMN TO VENUS. IMITATED.
 
ANACREON. ODE LVIII. Imitated.
 
ANACREON. ODE IX. Imitated.
 
THE DANCE.
 
ANACREON. ODE XIV. Imitated.
 
IMITATION FROM ANACREON.
 
ANACREON. ODE XXXIII. Imitated.
 
THE PICTURE:
 
THE WITCH:
 
REPUTATION:
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THE ROSE AND BUTTERFLY:
 
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Moral.
 
THE SHEEP AND THE BRAMBLE-BUSH:
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THE FOX AND THE CAT.
 
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Moral.
 
HYMEN.
 
FORTUNE:
 
A MAN TO MY MIND.
 
WITH A PRESENT.
 
FANCY:
 
LOVE AND CHASTITY:
 
AMPHITRION.
 
ANACREON. ODE XIX. Imitated.
 
NEWCASTLE BEER.
 
THE TOAST:
 
A Three-Part CATCH.
 
ON Sir W--- B---T's BIRTH-DAY.
 
STANZAS
 
THE RESPITE:
 
AN IRREGULAR ODE ON MUSIC.
 
FROM A TRUANT TO HIS FRIENDS.
 
TO THE AUTHOR OF POEMS,
 
A BIRTH-DAY ODE:
 
THE BROKEN CHINA.
 
To Mr ---.
 
ON THE LATE ABSENCE OF MAY.
 
AN EULOGIUM ON MASONRY.
 
A PROLOGUE,
 
A PROLOGUE,
 
A PROLOGUE,
 
A PROLOGUE,
 
AN EPILOGUE,
 
A PROLOGUE, To the MUSE of OSSIAN.
 
AN EPILOGUE, To the MUSE of OSSIAN.
 
AN EPILOGUE,
 
AN EPILOGUE,
 
AN EULOGIUM ON CHARITY.
 
AN EPILOGUE,
 
A PROLOGUE, To LOVE and FAME.
 
A PROLOGUE, To RULE A WIFE.
 
A PROLOGUE,
 
A PROLOGUE,
 
A PROLOGUE,
 
AN INTRODUCTION,
 
STANZAS On the Death of his late Majesty King GEORGE II
 
HORACE. ODE X. BOOK IV. Imitated.
 
Sent to Miss BELL H---, with a Pair of Buckles.
 
To CHLOE, on a Charge of Inconstancy.
 
INCANTATION.
 
FORTUNE TO HARLEQUIN.
 
ACROSTIC.
 
On the Death of Mrs SLEIGH, of Stockton.
 
ACROSTIC.
 
On the Death of Lord GRANBY.
 
On the Death of Mr ---, of Sunderland.
 
A PETITION
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AN ODE For the Birth-Day of the KING OF PRUSSIA.
 
Recit.
 
Air.
 
AN ODE
 
On a very young LADY.
 
A SONNET:
 
ANACREON. ODE V. Imitated.
 
A PASTORAL.
 
To CHLOE, in an ill Humour.
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EPIGRAMS, &c.
 
An EPIGRAM.
 
Another.
 
On Mr Churchill's Death.
 
A POSTSCRIPT.
 
EPIGRAPH For Dean Swift's Monument.
 
EPIGRAM.
 
Apollo—To Mr C---F---,
 
On seeing J. C---ft, Esq;

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