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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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III.

THE ROYAL TOUR, AND WEYMOUTH AMUSEMENTS;

THE CONVENTION BILL;

ONE THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-SIX;

LIBERTY'S LAST SQUEAK;

AN ODE TO THE LIVERY OF LONDON,

AN ODE TO SIR JOSEPH BANKS,

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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.

THE ROYAL VISIT TO EXETER;

LORD AUCKLAND'S TRIUMPH;

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ODES TO INS AND OUTS.

I.

[Ode I.] PROLOGUE.

II.

ODE II. TO THE K---.

III.

ODE III. TO LORD H---Y.

IV.

ODE IV. TO THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER.

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ODE V. TO GEORGE ROSE, ESQ.

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VII.

THE HEDGE-HOGS;

VIII.

ODE VIII. TO PITT.

IX.

ODE IX. TO PITT AGAIN.

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X.

ODE X. TO HENRY DUNDAS, ESQ.

A MORAL CONCLUSION.

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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.