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Original poems on several subjects

In two volumes. By William Stevenson

Stevenson, William (ca. 1719-1783)

II.

AN ELEGY ON THE Cutting down of an Oak.

THE DEIST on a Deathbed .

AN ELEGY Written in a FLOWER-GARDEN.

The EPITAPH.

On the Death of a beloved Friend cut off in the Prime of Life.

To the Memory Of the Reverend Mr John Bonar.

On the Death of The Reverend Mr James Hervey.

To the Memory of William Shenstone, Esq

On the Death of Mr Churchill.

To the Memory Of the Reverend Dr Edward Young.

MONIMIA; OR, THE UNFORTUNATE BEAUTY. ADDRESSED TO MARIA.

The EPITAPH.

Epitaphs for a MISER.

A REVERY.

Description of the FACE.

Written in an Arbour at the foot of a Garden.

To Miss J---y ---

To Miss Annie Hamilton.

To a Lady offended at seeing her Verses printed, on account of their being too simple.

On the Death of Mr Allan Ramsay .

Advice to a LADY,

To ---

A Sketch of NOON.

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XV. Epitaph on LUCY HAY.

Here lies a senseless lump of clay,
That once envelop'd Lucy Hay,
Next with the sun-beam, and the show'r,
To animate some gentle flow'r;
An emblem, not beyond the truth,
Of Lucy's blooming charms and youth,
Each Season shall see Lucy rise,
And all admire her—but the skies;
For there a welcome spirit gone,
Far other likeness she puts on.

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To one life Death the stroke did give,
But Lucy thus shall doubly live.