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The Works of Peter Pindar [i.e. John Wolcot]

... With a Copious Index. To which is prefixed Some Account of his Life. In Four Volumes

Pindar, Peter (1738-1819)

VOL. I.

A POETICAL, SUPPLICATING, MODEST, AND AFFECTING EPISTLE TO THOSE LITERARY COLOSSUSES THE REVIEWERS.

['Tis hard, Messieurs Reviewers, 'pon my soul]

LYRIC ODES TO THE ROYAL ACADEMICIANS, FOR MDCCLXXXII.

II.

III.

IV.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

XV.

MORE LYRIC ODES TO THE ROYAL ACADEMICIANS.

II.

III.

IV.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

LYRIC ODES, FOR MDCCLXXXV.

ODE I.

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TO PETER PINDAR, ESQ.

II.

III.

IV.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

XV.

XVI.

XVII.

XVIII.

XIX.

XX.

XXI.

ODE XXI.

XXII.

ODE XXII.

XXIII.

ODE XXIII.

FAREWELL ODES, FOR MDCCLXXXVI.

II.

III.

IV.

VI.

THE PILGRIMS AND THE PEAS.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

XV.

II.

THE PETITION OF THE COOKS.

III.

CANTO III.

IV.

CANTO IV.

CANTO V.

A POETICAL AND CONGRATULATORY EPISTLE TO JAMES BOSWELL, ESQ. ON HIS JOURNAL OF A TOUR TO THE HEBRIDES WITH THE CELEBRATED DOCTOR JOHNSON.

BOZZY AND PIOZZI, OR THE BRITISH BIOGRAPHERS,

II.

A KING AND A BRICK MAKER .

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IN CONTINUATION.

CONCLUSION.

AN APOLOGETIC POSTSCRIPT TO ODE UPON ODE.

ODE.

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THE APPLE DUMPLINGS AND A KING.

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KING CANUTE AND HIS NOBLES.

INSTRUCTIONS TO A CELEBRATED LAUREAT,

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BIRTH-DAY ODE.

[epilogue]

BROTHER PETER TO BROTHER TOM,

THE TOPER AND THE FLIES.

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THE ROMISH PRIEST.

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THE PLYMOUTH CARPENTER AND THE COFFINS.

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PETER's PENSION,

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TO AN UNFORTUNATE BEAUTY.

THE KING AND PARSON YOUNG.

A MORAL REFLECTION.

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THE PARSON, THE SQUIRE, AND THE SPANIEL.

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PETER's PROPHECY,

SIR JOSEPH BANKS AND THE EMPEROR OF MOROCCO,

PROEMIUM.

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THE VIRTUOSO's PRAYER.

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A POETICAL EPISTLE TO A FALLING MINISTER;

EPISTLE TO A FALLING MINISTER.

IMITATION OF HORACE.

II.

VOL. II.

SUBJECTS FOR PAINTERS.

THE KING OF SPAIN AND THE HORSE.

LORD B. AND THE EUNUCH.

TO THE ACADEMICIANS.

ODE TO THE DEVIL.

THE TENDER HUSBAND.

THE SOLDIER AND THE VIRGIN MARY.

AN ODE TO EIGHT CATS,

SONG TO DELIA.

SIR J. BANKS AND THE THIEFTAKERS.

SOLOMON AND THE MOUSETRAP.

PETITION TO TIME IN FAVOUR OF THE DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE.

ŒCONOMY.

THE JEWESS AND HER SON.

THE EARL OF PETERBOROUGH AND THE MOB.

ODE TO A DISTRESSED BEAUTY.

THE GENTLEMAN AND HIS WIFE.

THE PARSON-DEALER.

BIENSEANCE.

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THE PETIT MAITRE, AND THE MAN ON THE WHEEL.

THE TRIUMPH OF ISIS,

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A SERIOUS REFLECTION.

ODE TO PATIENCE.

TO A NEST OF LORDS.

EXPOSTULATORY ODES TO A GREAT DUKE AND A LITTLE LORD.

II.

III.

IV.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

XV.

XVI.

XVII.

A BENEVOLENT EPISTLE TO SYLVANUS URBAN, ALIAS MASTER JOHN NICHOLS, PRINTER, Common-Councilman of Farringdon Ward, And Censor General of Literature:

BENEVOLENT EPISTLE, &c. &c.

ELEGY TO APOLLO.

SIR J. BANKS AND THE BOILED FLEAS.

A ROWLAND FOR AN OLIVER, OR A POETICAL ANSWER TO THE BENEVOLENT EPISTLE OF MR. PETER PINDAR.

A POETICAL ANSWER, &c

ODE TO MADAM SCHW---G & CO.

ODE.

TO CHLOE.

ODE TO LAIS.

A CONSOLATORY STANZA TO LADY MOUNT E---,

TO A FRIEND IN DISGRACE.

ADVICE TO THE FUTURE LAUREAT,

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II.

PART II.

COMPLIMENTARY EPISTLE TO JAMES BRUCE, ESQ. The Abyssinian Traveller.

A COMPLIMENTARY EPISTLE.

ODE TO JAMES BRUCE, ESQ.

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ODE TO THE GLOW-WORM.

THE RIGHTS OF KINGS,

PROËMIUM.

ODE TO THE ACADEMICIANS.

II.

III.

IV.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

XV.

XVI.

XVII.

XVIII.

ODES TO MR. PAINE, AUTHOR OF ‘RIGHTS OF MAN;’

ODE TO MR. PAINE.

II.

ODE II.

SONG BY MR. PAINE.

THE REMONSTRANCE; TO WHICH IS ADDED AN ODE TO MY ASS ALSO THE MAGPIE AND ROBIN, A TALE; AN APOLOGY FOR KINGS; AND AN ADDRESS TO MY PAMPHLET.

ODE.

ODE TO MY ASS, PETER.

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IN CONTINUATION.

AN AFTER-REFLECTION.

PROËMIUM TO THE MAGPIE AND ROBIN RED-BREAST.

THE MAGPIE AND ROBIN RED-BREAST.

AN APOLOGY FOR KINGS.

II.

III.

IV.

A MORAL REFLECTION On the preceding Elegy.

ELEGY ON MY DYING ASS, PETER.

AN ACADEMIC ODE.

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THE TALE OF VAN TRUMP.

THE PROGRESS OF ADMIRATION;

ADDRESS TO THE VIRTUES,

THE PROGRESS OF KNOWLEDGE.

ODES OF IMPORTANCE, &c.

ODE TO THE ACADEMIC CHAIR,

OLD SIMON.

ODE TO THE KING.

ODE TO A MARGATE HOY.

THE WOLF AND THE LION.

THE WOLVES, THE BEAR, AND OTHER BEASTS.

THE TEARS OF ST. MARGARET;

PROLOGUE TO THE ODES;

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MARGARET's LAMENTATION.

MRS. ROBINSON's HANDKERCHIEF AND JUDGE BULLER's WIG.

ODE.

THE CHURCHWARDEN,

A PAIR OF LYRIC EPISTLES TO LORD MACARTNEY AND HIS SHIP.

A LYRIC EPISTLE TO LORD MACARTNEY,

TO THE SHIP.

ODES TO KIEN LONG, The present Emperor of China;

TO THE EMPEROR OF CHINA.

II.

III.

IV.

WILLIAM PENN, NATHAN, AND THE BAILIFF; A TALE.

TO A FLY,

ELEGY TO THE FLEAS OF TENERIFFE.

ODE TO MESSIEURS TOWNSEND, MACMANUS, AND JEALOUS, The Thief-takers, and Attendants on Majesty.

AN ODE TO A PRETTY MILLINER.

A MORAL AFTER-THOUGHT ON THE ABOVE.

A LYRIC EPISTLE TO SIR WILLIAM HAMILTON.

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POSTSCRIPT (sub rosâ).

A POETICAL, SERIOUS, AND POSSIBLY IMPERTINENT, EPISTLE TO THE POPE.

PROLOGUE TO THE EPISTLE.

A SERIOUS, THOUGH POSSIBLY IMPERTINENT, EPISTLE TO THE POPE.

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THE WAGGONER AND JUPITER.

II.

THE DUKE OF RICHMOND's DOG THUNDER,

ODE TO A POOR SOLDIER OF TILBURY FORT.

ODE TO CERTAIN FOREIGN SOLDIERS, IN CERTAIN PAY.

THE FROGS AND JUPITER.

ODE.

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THE DIAMOND PIN AND THE FARTHING CANDLE; A FABLE.

THE SUN AND THE PEACOCK;

III.

THE ROYAL TOUR, AND WEYMOUTH AMUSEMENTS;

MR. PITT'S FLIGHT TO WIMBLEDON.

A HINT TO A POOR DEMOCRAT.

ODE TO THE ELEPHANT,

THE SORROWS OF SUNDAY:

THE CONVENTION BILL;

TO THE READER.

THE CONVENTION BILL; ODE TO MR. PITT.

ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX;

DIALOGUE I.

II.

DIALOGUE II.

LIBERTY'S LAST SQUEAK;

ODE TO AN INFORMER.

SECOND ODE TO AN INFORMER.

ODE TO JURYMEN.

CRUMBS OF COMFORT FOR THE GRAND INFORMER.

AN ODE TO THE LIVERY OF LONDON,

[PART I.]

II.

PART II.

JOHN AND JOAN,

AN ODE TO SIR JOSEPH BANKS,

[advertisement]

A JEREMI-AD, ADDRESSED TO GEORGE ROSE, ESQ. OF THE TREASURY.

A COMMISERATING EPISTLE TO JAMES LOWTHER, EARL OF LONSDALE AND LOWTHER, Lord Lieut. and Cust. Rot. of the Counties of Cumberland and Westmorland.

HYMN TO THE GUILLOTINE.

THE PROUD OLD MAID.

EARLY PROPENSITIES.

INVITATION TO CYNTHIA.

KISSES.

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SONG.

THE OLD SHEPHERD'S DOG.

JENNY'S COMPLAINT.

ODE FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.

SUSAN AND THE SPIDER.

VERSES TO A WHITE SATIN PETTICOAT,

THE TINKER, AND MILLER'S DAUGHTER.

MELANCHOLY.

THE DRUID HYMN TO THE SUN.

ODE TO A PRETTY BAR-MAID.

ANACREONTIC.

ODE TO A HEDGE-SPARROW,

ODE TO THE LADIES OF ENGLAND.

TO CYNTHIA.

ANACREONTIC.

THE LADY'S LAP DOG AND THE COACHMAN.

ODE TO THE POET DELILLE.

TRANSLATION FROM GALLUS.

A SECOND ODE TO THE POET DELILLE.

FROM ANACREON.

MAY DAY.

PHILLIDA'S COMPLAINT.

A THIRD ODE TO THE POET DELILLE.

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THE KNIGHT AND THE RATS.

AZID;

TO CYNTHIA.

THE CRUELTY OF ÆNEAS TO QUEEN DIDO.

TO NANCY OF THE ROSE.

DEVONSHIRE-HOB'S LOVE.

ODE TO TWO MICE IN A TRAP.

THE MISER AND THE DERVISE.

ODE TO A COUNTRY HOYDEN.

THE GRAVE OF EURIPIDES.

THE TRAVELLER AND JUPITER.

SONG.

ODE TO MY GOOD FRIEND THE MOST MERCIFUL JUDGE ------.

SONG.

HYMN TO ADVERSITY.

SONG TO SAPPHO.

INVOCATION TO ST. CECILIA.

ON THE DEATH OF A MUSICAL FRIEND.

APOLLO TO THE ANACREONTIC SOCIETY,

ODE TO A HANDSOME WIDOW.

THE QUEEN OF FRANCE TO HER CHILDREN,

THE YOUNG FLY, AND THE OLD SPIDER.

MADRIGAL.

TO CHLOE.

ODE TO A COUNTRY 'SQUIRE,

THE COMPLAINT OF MIRZA,

A LITTLE SKETCH OF A CERTAIN MOST MERCIFUL AND LITTLE JUDGE.

SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS.

AN EPITAPH ON A FRIEND.

ODE ON THE CHOLERIC CHARACTER.

TO MISS HARRINGTON.

ANACREON TO HIS LYRE.

ODE.

THE ADDRESS OF THE FAIRIES TO THE LADIES OF R---, IN CORNWALL:

AN APOLOGY FOR INCONSTANCY.

HYMN TO LIFE.

ODE TO ADMIRAL HOTHAM.

TO THE BUTTERFLY.

ODE TO THE LION SHIP OF WAR.

ODE TO A BUTTERFLY.

ODE ON MODERATION.

THE SONG OF DISAPPOINTMENT:

THE ROYAL VISIT TO EXETER;

LORD AUCKLAND'S TRIUMPH;

ODE I.

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A KING OF FRANCE AND THE FAIR LADY.

II.

ODE II.

ADVICE TO YOUNG WOMEN;

ODE TO THE BLUE STOCKING-CLUB.

ODE TO SOME ROBIN REDBREASTS, IN A COUNTRY CATHEDRAL.

ODES TO INS AND OUTS.

II.

III.

ODE III. TO LORD H---Y.

IV.

ODE IV. TO THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER.

ODE V. TO GEORGE ROSE, ESQ.

VI.

VII.

VIII.

THE SULTAN AND THE DOG.

IX.

ODE IX. TO PITT AGAIN.

ODE X. TO HENRY DUNDAS, ESQ.

IV.

['Twas in that month when Nature drear]

THE PRAISE OF MARGATE.

AN ODE OF CONDOLENCE TO GEORGE ROSE, ESQ.

[Whate'er from dirty Thames to Margate goes]

[Now, as our immortal Milton sublimely would have sung:]

[Or, as the no less immortal author of Hudibras would have quaintly said;]

[Again, as the illustrious Butler would have said, or sung:]

[Thus oft it happens that the sky]

SONG.

CORINNA'S EPITAPH.

SONG.

THE WIDOW OF EPHESUS;

THE DRUNKEN FLY.

VERSES ON A FLY

Verses on the Fall of the Statue of Apollo from the Summit of the Organ, on the Head of Shield, as he was playing.

POOR TOM.

THE SHEPHERD'S PIPE.

[Thus, as the flocks amid the valley feed]

II.

III.

IV.

II.

III.

IV.

[Ah! woe is mee, who sighe forlorne]

TO THE GLASS.

TO THE DAISIE.

A PRAISE OF FAYRE GERALDINE,

BALLADE OF LOVE.

BALLADE OF GRIEF.

THE PETITION OF THE LOVER.

ODE ON AN INCONSTANT.

THE LOVER'S PITYE.

TO A FLY.

ON THE FAYRE GERALDYNE.

THE BRENNED MOTH, A BALLADE.

WYATT TO BRYAN, FROM HIS PRISON.

WYATT TO POINS, IN PRAISE OF LIBERTY.

THE THREAT OF OBERON THE FAIRY.

A BALLADE OF WYNTER.

TO HER HIGH MAJESTY,

With a Gyfte of a Glow-worm to the fayre Geraldine, in the Country.

BALLADE ON THE VIOLET.

BALLADE TO A FISH OF THE BROOKE.

TO THE LARK.

ANCIENT SIMPLICITY.

THE YOUNG CROWS AND THE YOUNG WRENS.

ODE TO AN UNFORTUNATE PRINCESS.

ODE TO ST. CECILIA.

PETER'S TRIUMPH.

A POETICAL EPISTLE TO BENJAMIN COUNT RUMFORD, Knight of the White Eagle, &c. &c.

THE ISLAND OF INNOCENCE;

THE MIDDLESEX ELECTION;

II.

III.

IV.

VI.

After a most pathetic exordium, Madam Penny-Post thus lamenteth

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THE THIEF.

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LORD B--- AND HIS MOTIONS.

PROH IMPUDENTIAM! AN ODE.

TEMPORA MUTANTUR.

GREAT CRY AND LITTLE WOOL;

II.

III.

IV.

VII.

VIII.

IX.

AN INSTRUCTIVE EPISTLE TO JOHN PERRING, ESQ. Lord Mayor of London;

THE HORRORS OF BRIBERY;

ELEGY TO LORD GRENVILLE.

ELEGY TO LORD H. PETTY.

ELEGY TO LORD SIDMOUTH.

ELEGY TO LORD ERSKINE.

ELEGY.

ELEGY TO J. DONITHORNE, ESQ.

ELEGY.

ELEGY TO MR. FOX.

ELEGY.

ELEGY TO MR. SHERIDAN.

ELEGY.

ELEGY TO NARCISSA.

ELEGY TO THE BISHOP OF LONDON.

ELEGY TO MR. ROWLANDSON.

ELEGY TO A FRIEND.

ELEGY.

ELEGY TO MR. R. GOUGH.

ELEGY. THE SPEECH OF PRUDENCE.

TO BELLA.

ON THE DEATH OF A CELEBRATED MUSICIAN.

LINES TO LORD NELSON,

A SONG TO A COQUETTE.

LAURA, A PASTORAL SONG.

A LYRIC EPISTLE TO MYSELF.

ONE MORE PEEP AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY;

[Again th' Academy I greet]

The Bard addresseth, in plaintive Ditty, the Heads of the Lord knows who—painted by the Lord knows whom, and executed the Lord knows how.

TO A FEMALE HEAD.

TO A MAN'S HEAD.

TO THE SOMBRE FACE OF PARSON CODMAN.

TO THE PORTRAIT OF HELEN.

TO A HEAD.

TO TWO HEADS.

TO A MINIATURE PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG LADY, LATELY DECEASED.

TO A FEMALE HEAD.

TO ANOTHER.

TO ANOTHER FEMALE HEAD.

CONCLUSION.

ANTICIPATION: OR, THE PRIZE ADDRESS;

A SOLEMN SENTIMENTAL, AND REPROBATING EPISTLE TO MRS. CLARKE.

A SECOND SOLEMN, SENTIMENTAL, AND REPROBATING, EPISTLE TO MRS. CLARKE.

II.

III.

IV.

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THE YOUNG CROWS AND THE YOUNG WRENS.

A Crow upon a lofty tree
Did build her sticky nest;
And younglings did she bring to light,
In number five at least.

One morning, on a summer's day,
Did peep eche youngling crow,
And spied upon a brambling bush
Some youngling wrens below.

These simple wrens in happy glee
Did spread their little wing;
And, lightsome, hopp'd from bush to bush,
And merrily did sing.

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‘Poor humble creatures,’ cry'd the crows,
‘Eche is a beggar wight;
Look up to us, and see our state,
Our houses lofty hight.

‘We look into the beamy skies,
While you through hedges wade;
We gaze upon the morning sun,
While ye are lost in shade.

‘Poor imps, departe, nor here offend;
Take off eche selie face;
This hill was only made for crows,
Then do not us disgrace.

‘If you do not this region quit,
We'll dung upon you soon.’
The smiling wrens made answer none,
But trill'd their little tune.

Short time had pass'd, when suddenly
Grim Boreas 'gan howl;
The thunder crack'd, the lightning flash'd,
And frighted man and fowl.

While thus the dredefull thunder crack'd,
And lightning broad did flash;
The limb whereon the crows were perch'd
Did give a sudden crash.

Down came the limb, and with it down
Did tumble eche young crow;
Some broke their legs, and some their wings,
And doleful look'd below.

'Twas now the time for wrens to jeer;
So forth did fly the train,
And, twittering, saw with smiles the crows
All sprawling on the plain.

Then taunting an arch wren began:
‘Sir Crows, of high renowne,
Ye came, by this your dirty trim,
All in a hurry down.

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‘And by the looke of all your limbs,
And feathers sous'd with rain,
It will be some small time before
Your graces mount again.

‘Proud fooles, how selie ye descend
From skies to dirty fens!
Thank Heaven, with hedges we're content,
And happy to be wrens.’