The Works of the Right Honourable Sir Chas. Hanbury Williams ::

The Works of the Right Honourable Sir Chas. Hanbury Williams

... From the Originals in the Possession of His Grandson The Right Hon. The Earl of Essex and Others: With Notes by Horace Walpole ... In Three Volumes, with Portraits

Hanbury Williams, Charles (1708-1759)

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VOL. I.

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VOL. II.

TO SIR THOMAS ROBINSON ON HIS BRINGING OVER WARD'S DROP IN 1731-2.

ON MRS. WOFFINGTON.

TO KITTY WALKER:

TO MRS. WOFFINGTON, 1740.

LOVELY PEGGY.

TO MRS. WOFFINGTON.

TO MRS. BINDON, AT BATH.

MRS. BINDON'S ANSWER.

SIR CHARLES'S REPLY.

TAR-WATER, A BALLAD: INSCRIBED TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE PHILIP EARL OF CHESTERFIELD.

ON CHARLES STANHOPE, ESQ. DRINKING TAR-WATER.

AN ODE TO SIR CHARLES HANBURY WILLIAMS.

AN ODE TO SIR CHARLES HANBURY WILLIAMS;

AN ODE TO LORD LINCOLN.

New Ballad.

A CONGRATULATORY ODE, MOST HUMBLY INSCRIBED TO THE STATESMAN ON HIS TRAVELS.

AN ODE: INSCRIBED TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE VISCOUNT LONSDALE;

A SIMILE: PRINTED IN GEOFFRY BROADBOTTOM'S JOURNAL;

TO THE REV. SAMUEL HILL, CANON OF WELLS, &c. &c.

A NEW BALLAD:

THE HIGHLANDERS FLIGHT;

AN ODE TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE HENRY PELHAM, ESQ.

AN ODE TO MR. POPE, ON TWO LATE PROMOTIONS.

AN ODE HUMBLY INSCRIBED TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THOMAS WINNINGTON, ESQ.

HOR. EPISTLE V. LIB. I. IMITATED AND INSCRIBED TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THOMAS WINNINGTON, ESQ. FROM MR. HENRY HARRIS. COMMISSIONER OF THE WINE LICENCE:

An Epitaph ON THE LATE RIGHT HONOURABLE THOMAS WINNINGTON, ESQ.

LINES OCCASIONED BY A LATE MOTION.

A DIALOGUE BETWEEN SAMUEL SANDYS, AND EDMUND WALLER, Esqrs.

An Epigram.

SANDYS AND JEKYLL;

HERVEY AND JEKYLL.

An Epistle TO THE RIGHT HON. HENRY FOX.

On the Earl of Islay altering his Gardens at Whitton, near Hounslow-Heath.

A DUCHESS'S GHOST TO ORATOR HANOVER PITT.

THE UNEMBARRASS'D COUNTENANCE,

SHORT VERSES, IN IMITATION OF LONG VERSES:

THE OLD COACHMAN;

VERSES

SQUIRE SANDYS'S BUDGET OPEN'D, OR DRINK AND BE D---D;

THE INTERVIEW BETWEEN THE RIGHT HON. HENRY PELHAM AND WILLIAM, EARL OF BATH.

ON THE COUNTESS OF YARMOUTH MAKING THE CAMPAIGN.

A Poetical Epistle, FROM A GREAT MAN IN THE ARMY, AFTER THE BATTLE OF DETTINGEN.

BRITANNIA'S LAMENTATION AND PETITION.

PUBLII OVIDII NASONIS AMORUM

THE SEQUEL: CONTAINING WHAT WAS OMITTED IN THE TRIUMVIRADE, OR BROAD-BOTTOMRY, AT THE ASTERISKS.

An Epigram, ON QUIN, THE COMEDIAN.

An Epigram ON LORD ANSON AND HIS LADY.

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VOL. III.

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AN ODE TO LORD LINCOLN.

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O LINCOLN! joy of womankind!
To you this humble ode's design'd;
Let—inspire my song:
Gods! with what pow'rs are you endu'd!
Tiberius was not half so lewd,
Nor Hercules so strong.

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'Tis—now my pen employs,
And since I sing of heav'nly joys,
From heav'n my notes I'll bring:
And tho' the lyric strain I chuse,
I'll open like the Mantuan Muse—
“—, and the man I sing.”

III

But don't expect much flattery
From such an honest bard as me,
Dear, noble, vig'rous youth;
For when I say that you — more
Than ever mortal did before,
You know I say the truth.

IV

Four times a night, some happy fair,
You—throughout the gliding year,
This course of joy pursuing;
Of feats like these what annals speak,
'Tis eight and twenty times a week,
And, Faith! that's glorious doing.

V

Had Messalina—with you,
Whom no then man could e'er subdue,
Tho' many a Roman tried;
She'd own'd your vigor and your charms,
And, melting, dying in your arms,
Cry'd out—“I'm satisfied!”

VI

Then still love on with loosen'd reins,
While youth is boiling in your veins,
And sparkles in your face;
With w—belewd, with Whigs be hearty,
And both in—, and in party,
Confess your noble race.

VII

To you and steady Pelham then,
With joy I'll dedicate my pen,
For both shall be my theme;
Since both divided England share,
You have the love of every fair,
He every man's esteem.

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