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Original Poems and Translations
By Francis Fawkes
Fawkes, Francis (1720-1777)
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BRAMHAM-PARK.
A DESCRIPTION OF CALYPSO and her GROTTO.
AN EPITHALAMIC ODE.
THE DEATH of the LARK.
THE SPARROW.
ON THE DEATH of a Young Gentleman.
AN EPISTLE TO A FRIEND IN YORKSHIRE.
On a Lady's singing, and playing upon the Harpsichord.
ON THE DEATH of the Right Honourable The EARL of UXBRIDGE.
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE The COUNTESS of UXBRIDGE.
To LAURA.
SONG to LAURA Absent.
A NOSEGAY for LAURA.
To LAURA Absent.
TO HIS GRACE Dr. THOMAS HERRING, Lord Archbishop of CANTERBURY,
TO Mrs. HERRING.
A VERNAL ODE,
ODE TO SUMMER.
AN AUTUMNAL ODE.
ODE ON WINTER.
AN ODE.
AURELIUS:
ON THE DEATH Of his most Sacred Majesty KING GEORGE the SECOND.
TO His most SACRED MAJESTY,
A PARODY on a PASSAGE IN MILTON's PARADISE LOST. Book IV.
THE LORD's PRAYER.
DAVID's LAMENTATION OVER SAUL AND JONATHAN.
The PICTURE of OLD-AGE:
A GOOD WIFE.
NATHAN's PARABLE.
THE SONG of DEBORAH.
EPITAPHS.
TO A YOUNG LADY,
AN ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF DOBBIN,
EPITHALAMIUM
THE SMOKING Doctor's SOLILOQUY over his Pipe.
BEAU DAPPER's SOLILOQUY IN PRAISE OF SNUFF.
WOMAN:
The BROWN JUG:
A Pair of SPECTACLES.
The STAGE-COACH.
ΔΩΡΟΝ ΑΔΩΡΟΝ. Thank you for Nothing.
AN ELOGY ON Sir ISAAC NEWTON,
CLAUDIAN's Old Man,
ARCHIMEDES's SPHERE.
ON MENANDER.
FRAGMENTS OF MENANDER.
WORSHIP due to the DEITY.
SUBMISSION.
THE ACCEPTABLE SACRIFICE.
THE MISERIES of OLD-AGE .
VIRTUE only is NOBILITY.
The Omnipotence of GOLD.
The Misery and Folly of MAN.
MAN unhappy compared with other CREATURES.
The ORIGIN of MAN.
THE Pleasures of SOLITUDE.
SORROW familiar to all MEN.
GOOD and EVIL blended.
CONTENT.
Banish CARE.
TEMPLE of REASON.
The MAN of REASON.
GOOD-SENSE.
A GOOD NAME.
PATIENCE.
Man blind to future Events.
FRIENDSHIP.
TYRANTS unhappy.
The Poor should not be oppressed.
RICHES.
RICH and POOR equally unhappy.
FORTUNE BLIND.
EVIL COMPANY contagious.
IMPUDENCE.
IMPORTUNATE ADVICE.
THE DANGERS of MATRIMONY.
COMFORTS of MATRIMONY.
The Rich and Young should marry.
MATERNAL AFFECTION.
NURSE MYRTILA.
POWER of MUSIC.
The Strictly-Righteous FIELD.
LOVE OMNIPOTENT.
KNOW OTHERS.
WILL with a WISP.
A VOYAGE to the PLANETS.
THE TEMPLE of DULNESS.
A MECHANICAL SOLUTION OF THE Propagation of Yawning.
A DESCRIPTION OF MAY.
A DESCRIPTION OF WINTER.
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The
Rich
and
Young
should marry.
Those
that are rich, and in the bloom of life,
May wed and prove the comforts of a wife;
But who postpone the bliss till past their prime,
Must pay large interest for neglect of time.
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