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The Works of Richard Owen Cambridge

Including several pieces never before published: with an account of his life and character, by his son, George Owen Cambridge

Cambridge, Richard Owen (1717-1802)

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ON THE MARRIAGE OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS FREDERICK PRINCE OF WALES:

MISCELLANEOUS VERSES,

THE SCRIBLERIAD:

MISCELLANEOUS VERSES,

EPIGRAMS.

2. ON MEETING AT MR. GARRICK'S

3. QUIN'S DEATH.

4. ACTEON NO CUCKOLD.

5. IMITATION OF SHAKSPEARE.

6. THE HISTORIAN IN LOVE:

7. OCCASIONED BY THE CONDUCT OF THE FRENCH TOWARDS THE POPE IN THE YEAR 1794.

8. ON SEEING A DECENT-LOOKING YOUNG WOMAN COME DOWN A STAIRCASE IN CLEMENT'S-INN:

9. TO A YOUNG FRIEND,

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10. LINES GIVEN EXTEMPORE

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11. THE FOLLOWING FRENCH LINES

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13. ON SEEING A TAPESTRY CHAIR-BOTTOM BEAUTIFULLY WORKED BY HIS DAUGHTER FOR MRS. HOLROYD.

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14. A TRANSLATION

The WORLD.

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3. QUIN'S DEATH.

Thy death shall provide us a general treat,
At this critical epoch all creatures shall eat.
To thy tomb each voracious insect shall haste,
In thine entrails to batten: luxurious repast!
May the worm be full-gorged in thy liver and heart:
May'st thou surfeit the grub with some delicate part:
May the poet too dine, who adorns thee with verse,
And drunk be the parson who prays by thy herse.

And fat be the gander who feeds on thy grave. Bath Guide. The last line alludes to a story told of a clergyman, who disgraced himself and his profession by hard drinking, and who boasted, that at a supper after Thomson's funeral, he left Quin drunk under the table, whilst he was able to walk home.