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Poems on Several Occasions

[by Mary Barber]

Barber, Mary (ca. 1690-1757)

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To the Honble. Miss Carteret,

The Widow Gordon's Petition :

Written in the Conclusion of a Letter to Mr. Tickel,

Written for my Son,

An unanswerable Apology for the Rich.

Written for my Son,

To Dr. Richard Helsham.

To the Right Honble. the Lady Dowager Torrington,

Written for my Son,

Occasion'd by seeing some Verses written by Mrs. Constantia Grierson,

To the Right Honourable the Lady Elizabeth Brownlow,

The RESOLUTION.

Written for my Son in his Sickness,

Written at Tunbridge-Wells.

Upon seeing a Raffle for Addison's Works unfill'd.

To a Lady at Bath.

The Oak and its Branches.

An Apology written for my Son to his Master,

Written for a Gentlewoman in Distress.

Written for my Son, to some of the Fellows of the College,

A Letter written for my Daughter to a Lady,

To his Grace the Duke of Chandos.

Conclusion of a Letter to the Rev. Mr. C---.

Jupiter and Fortune.

To the Right Honourable the Lady Sarah Cowper.

A Letter to a Friend,

An Hymn to Sleep.

On sending my Son, as a Present,

Occasion'd by reading the Memoirs of Anne of Austria, written by Madam de Motteville.

On the Dutchess of Newcastle's Picture.

A Letter for my Son to one of his School-fellows,

To a Gentleman, who had abus'd Waller.

Written for my Son,

To Mr. Rose; Written by the Rev. Dr. T---.

Written for my Son, to Mr. Barry;

An Apology written for my Son to the Reverend Mr. Sampson,

An Apology to Dr. Clayton, Bishop of Killala, and his Lady,

Written for my Son,

Written for my Son to his Master,

An Apology for my Son to his Master,

Written from Dublin,

Sent as from a School-fellow to my Son

Apollo's Edict.

News from St. James's.

To a Lady who was libell'd.

To the Right Honourable the Lady Elizabeth Germain,

Epilogue to a Comedy acted at Bath,

To her Grace the Dutchess of Manchester, and Lady Diana Spencer, now Dutchess of Bedford.

To the Honourable Mrs. Percival.

Written at Bath to a young Lady,

Stella and Flavia.

A Letter written for my Son to a young Gentleman,

To his Excellency the Lord Carteret.

To Mrs. Newans,

To the Reverend Dr. L---.

An Epigram on the same Occasion.

An Epitaph on the late Lord Mount-Cashel.

An Apology for the Clergy,

Written at Dr. Mead's House in Ormond-Street,

Written upon the Rocks at Tunbridge,

A Letter written from London to Mrs. Strangeways Hornet,

To Mrs. Frances-Arabella Kelly.

The RECANTATION:

To Mrs. Cæsar,

To the Right Honourable John Earl of Orrery, at Bath,

The Earl's Answer,

Reply to the foregoing Verses.

On leaving Bath.

An Epigram on the Battle of the Books.

Written at Camberwell, near London, in the Study of Mr. Wainwright, now Baron of the Exchequer in Ireland,

To Mrs. Putland.

Occasion'd by seeing the Honourable --- treat a Person of Merit with Insolence,

To the Right Honourable the Lady Kilmorey,

To the Right Hon. the Earl of Orrery,

To Alexander Pope, Esq;

To Mrs. Anne Donnellan,

Written for my Son,

To Mrs. Armine Cartwright,

To the Right Honourable the Earl of Thomond, at Bath;

To Mrs. Strangeways Horner, with a Letter from my Son;

On imagining a Friend had treated the Author with Indifference.

To the Rt. Hon. Charlotte Lady Conway,

An Invitation to Edward Walpole, Esq;

To the Reverend Mr. Mabell, of Cambridge,

To the Right Honourable the Earl of Orrery in Dublin:

Written at Tunbridge-Wells,

To the Honourable Mrs. Spencer,

To a Gentleman,

To the Right Honourable John Barber, Esq; Lord Mayor of London,

Spoken extempore, to the Right Honourable the Lady Barbara North,

To his Grace the Duke of Buckingham and Normanby,

By a Person of Quality.

Verses occasion'd by the Sickness of Mrs. Anne Donnellan.

On seeing an Officer's Widow distracted

To Mrs. Mary Cæsar,

Advice to the Ladies at Bath.

To a Gentleman,

A Letter sent to Mrs. Barber,

To the Right Honourable the Lady Elizabeth Boyle, Daughter to the Right Honourable John Earl of Orrery,

To Mrs. Frances-Arabella Kelly,

Verses ty'd about a Fawn's Neck,

To Mrs. Barber.

An Apology to the Earl of Orrery, Dr. Swift, and some others of my Friends,

To a Lady in the Spleen,

On the Earl of Oxford and Mortimer's giving his Daughter in Marriage in Oxford-Chapel.

To her Grace the Dutchess of Portland,

Verses written by Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe,

Lord Boyle's Answer to the foregoing Verses.

To Robert Barber Esq; Deputy to the Treasurer's Remembrancer in the Court of Exchequer,

Verses sent to a Lady,

On seeing the Captives,

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Epilogue to a Comedy acted at Bath,

where the Dutchess of Ormond was present.

Ladies, this Entertainment we have shown,
Has not been rightly suited, I must own.
Heroic Virtue should have been display'd,
And Homage to heroic Virtue paid.
Low Comedy supplies but mean Delight;
Some Heroine should have grac'd our Scenes Tonight,
First Fortune's Favours, then her Frowns to feel,
Unmov'd, unshaken, on her tott'ring Wheel;
With Wisdom blest by Heav'n's peculiar Care,
Too great to be elated, or despair;
A lovely Form, and an excelling Mind,
To all that Providence ordains, resign'd;
Rever'd by All, Delight of ev'ry Eye,
Humane and humble, when exalted high;

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From Princes sprung, and gloriously ally'd,
At once her Sex's, and her Country's Pride;
Whose Soul, superior to all earthly State,
Shines with new Lustre 'midst the Storms of Fate.

Then had the Audience wept her Woes anew,
And own'd the Poet was prophetic too;
Foresaw Plantagenet's imperial Race
Would such a Heroine give us, in Your Grace.