The miscellaneous essays and occasional writings of Francis Hopkinson, Esq

Hopkinson, Francis (1737-1791)

VOLUME I.

VOLUME II.

VOLUME III.

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 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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IN MEMORY OF Mr. JAMES BREMNER.

Sing to his shade a solemn strain,
Let music's notes complain;
Let echo tell from shore to shore,
The swain of Schuylkill is no more.

Air.

From Scotia's land he came,
And brought the pleasing art
To raise the sacred flame
That warms a feeling heart.

The magic pow'rs of sound,
Obey at his command,
And spread sweet influence round,
Wak'd by his skilful hand.

Oh! sanctify the ground,
The ground where he is laid;
Plant roses all around,
Nor let those roses fade.

Let none his tomb pass by,
Without a gen'rous tear,
Or sigh—and let that sigh,
Be like himself sincere.

He died on the banks of the Schuylkill, Sept. 1780.

University of Virginia Library

IN MEMORY OF Mr. JAMES BREMNER.