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The Second Part of Original Poems

Serious and Humorous. By Mr. Henry Baker

Baker, Henry (1698-1774)

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Utendum est Ætate.

On the Month of May.

A Prayer to Love.

The Modish LOVER.

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A Case of Conscience. A Tale.

On Miranda 's Birth-day. An ODE.

The Duty of a POET.

The Expostulation.

LOVE's Progress.

The Regions of LOVE.

The Unfortunate Shepherd. A BALLAD.

To FLORA, with a Rose.

To FLORA. Asking how well I Love Her.

Love and Philosophy.

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VALENTINO AND CLEANTHE.

AN INVOCATION OF HEALTH.

Advice to Coy FLORA.

Thyrsis and Damon. A SONG.

The Remonstrance.

The Stages of Love.

To Cynthia 's Ghost. An ELEGY.

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To FLORA, with a Rose.

In this, my lovely Maid! You see
How blooming sweet and fair You be;
But quickly turn away your Eye,
Lest you behold it fade and die.
Beauty's a Shade that fleets away;
Life has Wings, and will not stay.