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The Works of John Sheffield

Earl of Mulgrave, Marquis of Normanby, and Duke of Buckingham. In two volumes ... The third edition, Corrected

Buckingham, John Sheffield (1648-1720 or 21)

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I.

THE TEMPLE OF DEATH.

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SONGS AND VERSES.

ELEGY TO THE Duchess of R*****.

A LETTER from SEA.

Love's Slavery.

To one who accused him of being too sensual in his Love.

Inconstancy Excused.

On Apprehension of losing what he had newly gain'd.

The Reconcilement.

To a Coquet Beauty.

On Don Alonzo's being killed in Portugal, upon Account of the Infanta, in the Year 1683.

A Dialogue sung on the Stage between an elderly Shepherd, and a very young Nymph.

On one who died discovering her Kindness.

On Lucinda's Death.

To a Lady retiring into a Monastery.

HELEN to PARIS,

Part of the Story of Orpheus.

AN ESSAY ON SATIRE.

On Mr. HOBBS, and his Writings.

Written over a Gate.

The MIRACLE, 1707.

ODE on the Death of Henry Purcell.

On the Loss of an only Son, Robert Marquis of Normanby.

On Mr. POPE, and his Poems.

The Election of a Poet Laureat in 1719.

ON THE DUKE of YORK Banished to Brussels.

THE TRAGEDY OF JULIUS CÆSAR, ALTERED:

THE TRAGEDY OF MARCUS BRUTUS.

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SCENE V.

Enter Cæsar again, dress'd.
Cæsar.
Welcome, my Friends.

Decius Brutus.
The Senate does attend great Cæsar's Presence;
And we are come to wait upon you thither.

Cæsar.
Let 'em attend a while; 'tis early yet.