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The Works of Richard Savage

... With an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author, by Samuel Johnson. A New Edition
Savage, Richard

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THE WANDERER:
  
THE BASTARD:
  
VERSES OCCASIONED BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LADY VISCOUNTESS TYRCONNEL'S RECOVERY AT BATH.
  
AN EPISTLE TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR ROBERT WALPOLE.
  
THE PROGRESS OF A DIVINE:
  
OF PUBLIC SPIRIT IN REGARD TO PUBLIC WORKS:
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POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.
  
TO MR. JOHN DYER, A PAINTER,
  
VERSES SENT TO AARON HILL, ESQ.
  
PROLOGUE SPOKEN AT THE REVIVAL OF SHAKESPEARE'S KING HENRY VI.
  
THE ANIMALCULE.
  
TO MRS. ELIZA HAYWOOD,
  
AN APOLOGY TO BRILLANTE,
  
An EPISTLE TO MRS. OLDFIELD, OF THE THEATRE-ROYAL.
  
VERSES, OCCASIONED BY READING MR. AARON HILL'S POEM CALLED GIDEON.
  
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE BESSY, COUNTESS OF ROCHFORD,
  
TO THE EXCELLENT MIRANDA, CONSORT OF AARON HILL, ESQ.
  
VERSES TO A YOUNG LADY.
  
THE GENTLEMAN.
  
CHARACTER OF THE REV. JAMES FOSTER.
  
THE POET'S DEPENDANCE ON A STATESMAN.
  
AN EPISTLE TO DAMON AND DELIA.
  
TO MISS M--- H---,
  
ON THE RECOVERY OF A LADY OF QUALITY FROM THE SMALL-POX.
  
THE FRIEND.
  
AN EPISTLE TO MR. JOHN DYER, AUTHOR OF GRONGAR-HILL,
  
VERSES. OCCASIONED BY THE VICE-PRINCIPAL OF ST. MARY-HALL, OXFORD,
  
FULVIA.
  
EPITAPH ON A YOUNG LADY.
  
THE GENIUS OF LIBERTY.
  
E GRÆCO RUF.
  
THE EMPLOYMENT OF BEAUTY.
  
VERSES SENT TO MRS. BRIDGET JONES,
  
ON FALSE HISTORIANS:
  
A CHARACTER.
  
EPITAPH ON MRS. JONES,
  
VALENTINE'S DAY.
  
TO JOHN POWELL, ESQ. BARRISTER AT LAW.
  
THE VOLUNTEER LAUREAT.
  
THE VOLUNTEER LAUREAT.
  
THE VOLUNTEER LAUREAT.
  
THE VOLUNTEER LAUREAT.
  
THE VOLUNTEER LAUREAT.
  
THE VOLUNTEER LAUREAT.
  
LONDON AND BRISTOL DELINEATED.

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THE VOLUNTEER LAUREAT.

AN ODE ON HER MAJESTY's BIRTH-DAY, 1736–7.

No. VI.

Ye Spirits bright, that ether rove,
That breathe the vernal soul of love;
Bid health descend in balmy dews,
And life in ev'ry gale diffuse;
That give the flow'rs to shine, the birds to sing;
Oh, glad this natal day, the prime of spring!
The virgin snow-drop first appears;
Her golden head the crocus rears.
The flow'ry tribe, profuse and gay,
Spread to the soft, inviting ray.
So arts shall bloom by Carolina's smile,
So shall her fame waft fragrance o'er the isle.
The warblers various, sweet and clear,
From bloomy sprays salute the year.
O muse, awake! descend and sing!
Hail the fair rival of the spring!
To woodland honours woodland hymns belong;
To Her, the pride of arts! the muse's song.
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Kind, as of late her clement sway,
The season sheds a tepid ray.
The storms of Boreas rave no more;
The storms of faction cease to roar.
At vernal suns as wint'ry tempests cease,
She, lovely pow'r! smiles faction into peace.
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