The miscellaneous essays and occasional writings of Francis Hopkinson, Esq

Hopkinson, Francis (1737-1791)

VOLUME I.

“I've A THOUGHT—WHAT'S IT LIKE?”

TO THE Rev. Mr. WILLIAM SMITH,

ODE ON MUSIC.

SONG.

To Miss ---,

To THE MEMORY OF Mr. WILLIAM WILLCOCKS,

On THE LATE SUCCESSFUL EXPEDITION AGAINST LOUISBOURG.

A PROLOGUE

EPILOGUE FOR TAMERLANE,

A PROLOGUE

CHARITY, A POEM.

DESCRIPTION OF A CHURCH.

TO A VERY YOUNG LADY.

TO DELIA,

TO THE MEMORY OF Mrs. MARY M'KEAN.

POLITICAL BALLADS,

The BATTLE OF THE KEGS.

A CAMP BALLAD.

THE TOAST.

The BIRDS, the BEASTS, and the BAT.

THE MOST GRACIOUS ADDRESS

IN MEMORY OF Mr. JAMES BREMNER.

SONG I. Come, fair Rosina, come away

SONG II. My love is gone to sea

SONG III. Beneath a weeping willow's shade

SONG IV. Enraptur'd I gaze when my Delia is by

SONG V. See down Maria's blushing cheek

SONG VI. O'er the hills far away, at the birth of the morn

SONG VII. My gen'rous heart disdains

SONG VIII. The traveller benighted and lost

AN ORATION,

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TO DELIA,

WROTE ON A LEAF IN HER POCKET-BOOK.

Go little leaf, and to the fair,
The mistress of my heart;
My truth and constancy declare,
My ardent love impart.

But how shall thy small page contain
That which no bounds controul?
Or how shall feeble words explain
The transports of the soul?

Go, tell her then that nothing less
Than a whole life of love,
Can all my joy in her express,
Can my fix'd passion prove.

That nought but death can from my mind,
Her dear idea part,
And lovely Delia ne'er shall find
A rival in my heart.

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Go, tell her all our peaceful years
In mutual bliss we'll spend;
And hope to meet beyond the spheres,
When this frail life shall end.

May, 1768.

University of Virginia Library

TO DELIA,

WROTE ON A LEAF IN HER POCKET-BOOK.