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Smart, Christopher (1722-1771)

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I.

The SICK MONKEY.

II.

APOLLO and DAPHNE.

III.

The MISER and the MOUSE.

IV.

Epigram IV. On a Woman who was singing Ballads for Money to bury her Husband.

To the Right Hon. Earl of Darlington, on his being appointed Paymaster of his Majesty's Forces.

On the Death of Master Newbery, after a lingering Illness.

Epitaph on the Rev. Mr. Reynolds, at St. Peter's in the Isle of Thanet.

To my worthy Friend Mr. T. B one of the People called Quakers.

On seeing the Picture of Miss R--- G---N. Drawn by Mr. Varelst, of Threadneedle-street.

An Invitation to Mrs. Tyler, a Clergyman's Lady, to dine upon a Couple of Ducks on the Anniversary of the Authors Wedding-Day.

To MISS S--- P---E.

After Dining with Mr. MURRAY.

INSCRIPTIONS ON AN ÆOLIAN HARP.

The Long-Nosed Fair.

The PRETTY CHAMBERMAID:

The famous general EPITAPH

THE HORATIAN CANONS OF FRIENDSHIP.

An occasional Prologue and Epilogue to Othello, as it was acted at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, on Thursday the 7th of March, 1751, by Persons of Distinction for their Diversion.

EPILOGUE TO THE APPRENTICE.

EPILOGUE Spoken by Mr. Shuter, at Covent Garden, after the Play of the CONSCIOUS LOVERS, acted for the Benefit of the Middlesex Hospital for Lying-in Women, 1755, in the Character of a Man-Midwife.

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The MISER and the MOUSE.

Epigram III.

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(From the Greek.)

To a Mouse says a Miser, “my dear Mr. Mouse,
“Pray what may you please for to want in my house?”
Says the Mouse, “Mr. Miser, pray keep yourself quiet,
“You are safe in your person, your purse, and your diet:
“A lodging I want, which ev'n you may afford,
“But none wou'd come here to beg, borrow, or board.”