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Poems, dramatic and miscellaneous

Warren, Mercy Otis (1728-1814)

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[dedication]
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THE SACK of ROME.
  
TO THE PUBLIC.
  
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ACT I.
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SCENE I.
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SCENE II.
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SCENE III.
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SCENE IV.
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ACT II.
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SCENE IV.
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SCENE V.
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ACT III.
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SCENE IV.
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SCENE V.
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ACT IV.
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SCENE V.
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ACT V.
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EPILOGUE.
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THE LADIES of CASTILE.
  
To a Young Gentleman in Europe, at whose Request a regular Dramatick Work was first attempted.
  
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ACT II.
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ACT III.
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ACT IV.
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ACT V.
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MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
  
To Mrs. MONTAGUE, Author of “Observations on the Genius and Writings of Shakespeare.”
  
To TORRISMOND.
  
A POLITICAL REVERIE.
  
To Mr. ---.
  
On a Survey of the Heavens.
  
On the Death of Mrs. S. ---, who died within a few Days after her Marriage.
  
The SQUABBLE of the SEA NYMPHS;
  
To a Young Lady,
  
To the Hon. J. WINTHROP, Esq.
  
To FIDELIO,
  
To Honoria, on her Journey to Dover, 1777.
  
LINES,
  
To a Young Gentleman, residing in France.
  
To a patriotic Gentleman, who presented a small Book of Bark, requesting a POEM might be written therein, on PRIMITIVE SIMPLICITY.
  
SIMPLICITY.
  
On the Death of the Hon. JOHN WINTHROP, Esq. L. L. D. Hollisian Professor of Mathematicks and Natural Philosophy, at Harvard College, Cambridge.
  
LINES,
  
To an amiable Friend,
  
The Genius of America weeping the absurd Follies of the Day.—October 10, 1778.

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But ere on a decided mode agreed,
They, nor great Neptune, farther dare proceed,
'Till every goddess of the streams and lakes,
And lesser deities of fens and brakes—
With all the nymphs that swim around the isles,
Deign'd to give sanction by approving smiles:
For females have their influence o'er kings,
Nor wives, nor mistresses, were useless things,
Ev'n to the gods of ancient Homer's page;
Then sure, in this polite and polish'd age,
None will neglect the sex's sage advice,
When they engage in any point so nice,
As to forbid the choice nectareus fip,
And offer bohea to the rosy lip.
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