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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;
FLIRT and PHIL;
Stanzas to the Memory of an agreeable Lady, buried in Marriage to a Person undeserving her.
COLEMIRA.
The Rape of the Trap.
On certain PASTORALS.
On Mr. C--- of Kidderminster's Poetry.
To the VIRTUOSOS.
The Extent of COOKERY.
The Progress of ADVICE.
A BALLAD.
Slender's Ghost. vid. Shakespear.
The INVIDIOUS.
The Price of an EQUIPAGE.
Hint from VOITURE.
INSCRIPTION.
To a FRIEND.
The POET and the DUN. 1741.
Written at an Inn at Henley.
A SIMILE.
The Charms of Precedence.
ODE To be performed by Dr. Brettle, and a Chorus of Hales-owen Citizens.
EPILOGUE to the Tragedy of Cleone.
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