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The works, in verse and prose, of William Shenstone, Esq
In two volumes. With Decorations. The fourth edition
Shenstone, William (1714-1763)
I.
VOL. I.
ELEGIES, WRITTEN ON Many different Occasions.
ODES, SONGS, BALLADS, &c.
RURAL ELEGANCE. An ODE to the late Dutchess of Somerset.
ODE to MEMORY. 1748.
The Princess ELIZABETH: A Ballad alluding to a story recorded of her, when she was prisoner at Woodstock, 1554.
ODE to a young LADY, Somewhat too solicitous about her manner of expression.
NANCY of the VALE.
ODE to INDOLENCE. 1750.
ODE to HEALTH. 1730.
To a LADY of QUALITY,
UPON A VISIT to the same in Winter. 1748.
AN Irregular ODE after Sickness. 1749.
Written in a Flower Book of my own Colouring, designed for Lady Plimouth. 1753–4.
AN ACREONTIC. 1738.
ODE. Written 1739.
The DYING KID.
SONGS, written chiefly between the Year 1737 and 1742.
LEVITIES;
MORAL PIECES.
II.
VOL. II.
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The works, in verse and prose, of William Shenstone, Esq
Thus I, long envying your success,
And bent to write, and study less,
Sate down, and scribbled in a trice,
Just what you see—and you despise.
The works, in verse and prose, of William Shenstone, Esq