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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)

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IV.

TALES OF THE HOY;

TEARS AND SMILES;

ORSON AND ELLEN;

NEW-OLD BALLADS.

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

THE ISLAND OF INNOCENCE;

THE MIDDLESEX ELECTION;

PITT AND HIS STATUE;

LORD B--- AND HIS MOTIONS.

PROH IMPUDENTIAM! AN ODE.

TEMPORA MUTANTUR.

GREAT CRY AND LITTLE WOOL;

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

THE HORRORS OF BRIBERY;

ONE MORE PEEP AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY;

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ODES TO THE HEADS.

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 MINIATURE PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG LADY, LATELY DECEASED.

TO A FEMALE HEAD.

TO ANOTHER FEMALE HEAD.

ANTICIPATION: OR, THE PRIZE ADDRESS;

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

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

CARLTON-HOUSE FETE;

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TO THE SOMBRE FACE OF PARSON CODMAN.

‘Angels and ministers of grace defend us!’
What, Copley, dost thou hither send us?—
Is it a ‘goblin damn'd,’ who in his dark-hole
Has just been dining upon pitch and charcoal?—
Zounds! 'tis a man—and yet a very odd man—
Ladies and gentlemen, 'tis Parson Codman!

'Squire Copley, was it meant in fun,
To fabricate this thing forlorn?—
What has th' unhappy parson done,
That thou shouldst hang him up to scorn?

Perchance 'twas modesty, t'impart
Thy humble knowledge in the art—
Yet, certain proofs the bard incline
To think this virtue never thine.

Let not Mr. Copley shrink at the introduction of the word proofs, which the voice of Scandal might construe into a squint at a suspected transaction of past times.