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The Works of Hildebrand Jacob

... Containing Poems on Various Subjects, and Occasions; With the Fatal Constancy, a Tragedy; and Several Pieces in Prose. The Greatest Part Never Before Publish'd
Jacob, Hildebrand (1693-1739)
  
[dedication]

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THE Muse's Invitation;
  
Answer to the Muse.
  
Neptune's Remonstrance.
  
The Patriot.
  
BEDLAM.
  
Love's Progress.
  
To Aminta wounded.
  
To a Spider,
  
To Geron
  
Written on a Glass of Tokay
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 I. 
I. Hymn to Venus.
 II. 
II. Hymn to Venus.
 III. 
III. Hymn to the Goddess of Silence
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 I. 
I. To Cloe
 II. 
II. To Cloe,
 III. 
III. To Cloe.
 IV. 
IV. To Cloe
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 I. 
ODE I. To Cloe.
 II. 
ODE II. To Cloe, on the Death of ---
 III. 
ODE III. To Death.
 IV. 
ODE IV. To Daphne.
 V. 
ODE V. To Artemisa.
 VI. 
ODE VI. Advice to Phillis.
 VII. 
ODE VII. Occasion'd by Phoebe's consenting.
 VIII. 
ODE VIII. To Philomel .
 IX. 
ODE IX. The Foolish Shepherd.
 X. 
ODE X. To Belinda,
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To Belinda;
  
Written on her Glass.
  
Answer to Strephon
  
Sent to him, as he whisper'd ---
  
The Disinterested Swain.
  
The Turtles;
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 I. 
TALE I. Apollo 's Stratagem:
 II. 
TALE II. The curious Maid.
 III. 
TALE III. The Judgment of Tiresias.
 IV. 
TALE IV. The Shades.
 V. 
TALE V. The Fair Penitent.
 VI. 
TALE VI. The Apparition.
 VII. 
TALE VII. The INDIAN.
 VIII. 
TALE VIII. The Escape.
 IX. 
TALE IX. Zephyr.
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Cupid recruiting.
  
The Alarm.
  
Apollo, and a Poetaster.
  
Minerva, and an Author.
  
To Neptune,
  
To Love.
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 I. 
EPISTLE I. To Syrisca.
 II. 
EPISTLE II. To a Friend going abroad.
 III. 
EPISTLE III. Reasons for not writing Satire.
 IV. 
EPISTLE IV. To B. B. Esq
 V. 
EPISTLE V. To C. F. Esq
 VI. 
EPISTLE VI. To Dr. P--- at T. W. with ---
 VII. 
EPISTLE VII. To ---
 VIII. 
EPISTLE VIII. To ------
 IX. 
EPISTLE IX. To S. W. Y.
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SONG I.
 II. 
SONG II.
 III. 
SONG III.
 IV. 
SONG IV.
 V. 
SONG V.
 VI. 
SONG VI.
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Chiron to Achilles.
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 I. 
EPITAPH I. On Mr. A. H. a great Traveller.
 II. 
EPITAPH II. On Delia.
 III. 
EPITAPH III. On Mrs. Beata F---
 IV. 
EPITAPH. IV. On my Lady---
 V. 
EPITAPH V. On------
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Providence.
  
To a Friend,
  
Phillis waking.
  
ÆNIGMA.
  
ÆNIGMA.
  
To S. D---
  
To two young Ladies,
  
To Daphne.
  
L'Allegro.
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 I. 
EPIGRAM I.
 II. 
EPIGRAM II.
 III. 
EPIGRAM III.
 IV. 
EPIGRAM IV.
 V. 
EPIGRAM V.
 VI. 
EPIGRAM VI.
 VII. 
EPIGRAM VII.
 VIII. 
EPIGRAM VIII
 IX. 
EPIGRAM IX.
 X. 
EPIGRAM X.
 XI. 
EPIGRAM XI.
 XII. 
EPIGRAM XII.
 XIII. 
EPIGRAM XIII.
 XIV. 
EPIGRAM XIV.
 XV. 
EPIGRAM XV.
 XVI. 
EPIGRAM XVI.
 XVII. 
EPIGRAM XVII.
 XVIII. 
EPIGRAM XVIII.
 XIX. 
EPIGRAM XIX.
 XX. 
EPIGRAM XX.
 XXI. 
EPIGRAM XXI.
 XXII. 
EPIGRAM XXII.
 XXIII. 
EPIGRAM XXIII.
 XXIV. 
EPIGRAM XXIV.
 XXV. 
EPIGRAM XXV.
 XXVI. 
EPIGRAM XXVI.
 XXVII. 
EPIGRAM XXVII.
 XXVIII. 
EPIGRAM XXVIII.
 XXIX. 
EPIGRAM XXIX.
 XXX. 
EPIGRAM XXX.
 XXXI. 
EPIGRAM XXXI.
 XXXII. 
EPIGRAM XXXII.
 XXXIII. 
EPIGRAM XXXIII.
 XXXIV. 
EPIGRAM XXXIV.
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THE Fatal Constancy.
  
PROLOGUE.
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ACT I.
 I. 
SCENE I.
 II. 
SCENE II.
 III. 
SCENE III.
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ACT. II.
 I. 
SCENE I.
 II. 
SCENE II.
 III. 
SCENE III.
 IV. 
SCENE IV.
 V. 
SCENE V.
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ACT. III.
 I. 
SCENE I.
 II. 
SCENE II.
 III. 
SCENE III.
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SCENE IV.
 V. 
SCENE V.
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ACT IV.
 I. 
SCENE I.
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SCENE II.
 III. 
SCENE III.
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SCENE IV.
 V. 
SCENE V.
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ACT. V.
 I. 
SCENE I.
 II. 
SCENE II.
 III. 
SCENE III.
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SCENE IV.
 V. 
SCENE V.
 VI. 
SCENE VI.
 VII. 
SCENE VII.
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SCENE VIII.
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SCENE IX.
  
EPILOGUE,
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Some Fragments of NERO,
  
Design'd for an Epilogue to a Tragedy call'd the Revenge.
  
Part of the Epilogue to a Comedy call'd the Masquerade.
  
EPISTLE X. To a Friend with ---

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TALE I. Apollo 's Stratagem:

or BUTTON Unmasqued.

In nova fert animus mutatas dicere formas
Corpora—
Ovid. Metam

Apollo , kindly looking down
On Wit's Decay in this dull Town,
Its further Ruin to prevent,
Resolv'd on this Expedient.
To Him he call'd an Emissary,
Whom he employ'd to fetch, and carry;
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A lackquay Spirit, sent sometimes
To costive Bards to whisper Rhimes,
To ease desponding Sonneteer,
Or twitch Lampooner by the Ear.
Fantome, said he, you've now a Task,
Which does no little Labour ask;
'Twill try your Skill, and Duty, more
Than all your Errands heretofore:
Know, I intend to make you Warden
Of all the Wits of Covent-Garden,
And, by that means, to give new Birth
To Ingenuity on Earth.
Haste then, unto your Ward repair;
Assume some heavy Mortal's Air;
Let your pretended Business be
Retailing Coffee, Snuff, and Tea:
Tuck a blue Apron by your Side;
Pots, Cups, and Kettles strait provide,
With all your necessary Ware;
Put leave their filling to my Care.
73

Your Water daily will I bring
From Helicon's inspiring Spring;
Bards shall no sooner taste, but Sing.
From thence e'en Ideots shall grow wise,
And they who scarce cou'd Spell, shall rise
At once, to Write, and Criticise.
Dunces shall lay out Tragic Plots,
And Comedies be penn'd by Sots.
Songs, Madrigals, and all that Train
Of lesser Infants of the Brain,
Spontaneously from every Head
Shall spring, like Flies on Dunghills bred.
All who are Wits, or wou'd be so,
To taste your wond'rous Springs will go,
And I shall be rever'd below.
Let Button be your Earthly Name;
Button's shall be Apollo's Fane.
 

When this was first publish'd, Button's Coffee-House, near Covent-Garden, was famous for the Resort of the Wits of the Town.

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