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Lewesdon Hill, with other poems

By the Rev. William Crowe ... a corrected and much enlarged edition, with notes

Crowe, William (1745-1829)

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INSCRIBED BENEATH THE PICTURE OF AN ASS.

ODE TO THE LYRIC MUSE.

ON THE DEATH OF CAPTAIN COOK.

ELEGY TO THE MEMORY OF DR. W. HAYES, PROFESSOR OF MUSIC IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.

THE BRITISH THEATRE.

ON TWO PUBLICATIONS, ENTITLED EDITIONS OF TWO OF OUR POETS.

TO A YOUNG GENTLEWOMAN,

SONNET TO PETRARCH.

TRANSLATION OF A GREEK INSCRIPTION UPON A FOUNTAIN .

FROM LUCRETIUS.

FROM LUCRETIUS.

FROM LUCRETIUS.

MIDNIGHT DEVOTION.

FROM PURCHASE'S PILGRIMAGE,

THE RAPE OF PROSERPINE.

ON TWO ENGLISH POETS,

ON THE FUNERAL OF ------,

AN EXPOSTULATORY SUPPLICATION TO DEATH,

ON THE DECEASE OF HORNE TOOKE.

ON FIELD-MARSHAL SUWOROW.

ON F. W. THE KING OF PRUSSIA'S INEFFECTUAL ATTEMPT ON WARSAW.

POLITICAL ADVICE TO THE MEMBERS OF THE FRENCH CONVENTION.

WRITTEN WHEN BUONAPARTE WAS ALTERING THE GOVERNMENTS OF GERMANY.

SUGGESTED BY READING DRYDEN'S BRITANNIA REDIVIVA,

EPIGRAM.

ON THE INCREASE OF HUMAN LIFE.

ODE TO THE KING OF FRANCE. 1823.

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EPIGRAM.

Ille Crucem sceleris pretium tulit, Hic Diadema.

Good people of England, 'tis fit you should note
What you get, or may suffer, for bribing a vote;
And for an example we'll bring to your view
An Irish Lord and a Baronet Jew;
The Jew and my Lord in a similar case—
One pays a great fine, t' other holds a great place:
My Lord is bedeck'd with a Ribbon and Garter,
The Jew is in Jail for two years, lack a quarter.

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And now we'll compare, if you please to allow us,
The Jew in his Jail, with my Lord in the House:
The Jew is surrounded by Felons and Debtors,
And my Lord by some folks who are little their betters.