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The Shamrock

or, Hibernian Cresses. A Collection of Poems, Songs, Epigrams, &c. Latin as well as English, The Original Production of Ireland. To which are subjoined thoughts on the prevailing system of school education, respecting young ladies as well as gentlemen: with practical proposals for a reformation [by Samuel Whyte]
Whyte, S. (1733-1811)

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THE THREE TRAVELLERS. A TALE.
  
MULLY of MOUNTOWN.
  
POWERSCOURT.
  
NEXT MORNING.
  
THE DEFIANCE.
  
On seeing Mrs. WOFFINGTON, in the Character of Phædra.
  
TO THERANIA.
  
A PERSIAN TALE
  
ODE: To the MUSE.
  
ON Miss KENNAN's going, in the Character of a Shepherdess, to the Fancied Ball,
  
AN APOLOGY FOR SILENCE.
  
THE NOSEGAY.
  
To the Memory of the Right Hon. Charlotte, Lady Viscountess Townshend,
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THE CHOICE OF HERCULES. AN ODE, FOR MUSIC.
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VII.
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VIII.
  
EPIGRAM.
  
AN ELEGY, On the much-lamented Death of The Reverend JOHN LAWSON, D. D. S. F. T. C. D.
  
THE POET'S APOLOGY TO A YOUNG LADY,
  
HOCUS POCUS.
  
AN Occasional PROLOGUE to the Tragedy of Zara,
  
A FAMILIAR EPISTLE
  
The MALECONTENTS.
  
ODE, to PEACE, On the NEW YEAR, 1771.
  
THE NEW YEAR's GIFT.
  
To a YOUNG LADY,
  
A CHANCERY SUIT.
  
From POPE's Essay on Man.
  
VERS sur un Passage de POPE. Par Mr. De VOLTAIRE.
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EPIGRAMMA.
  
On two beautiful Sisters, unhappily drowned in the Sea.
  
Imitated, by a School-Boy.
  
An EPIGRAM.
  
POETA ad SUPEROS.
  
THE SHEPHERD'S MORAL. A PASTORAL BALLAD.
  
SONG.
  
LOVE ELEGY.
  
SONG.
  
The PICTURE.
  
To a YOUNG LADY,
  
TO MYRA, On her BIRTH-DAY.
  
AN HYMN TO HARMONY.
  
EPISTLE. FROM A STUDENT AT LAW, TO HIS FRIEND.
  
VERSES, Sent, with a little Book of Manuscript Poems, To Miss ELIZA G---N.
  
THE LAWYER'S PRAYER.
  
VERSES, On the Rev. Dr. CORBET's Promotion to the Deanery of St. Patrick, Dublin.
  
To a LADY, With a PRAYER-BOOK.
  
EPIGRAM.
  
The FLY, and the CANDLE.
  
EPIGRAM.
  
EPIGRAM. Ocasioned by the Foregoing.
  
SONG.
  
VERSES, WRITTEN Upon a Pedestal, beneath a Row of Elms, in a Meadow, near Richmond-Ferry, Belonging to RICHARD OWEN CAMBRIDGE, Esq
  
AN INVITATION TO THE AUTHOR'S WEDDING.
  
THE NYMPH OF THE WELL, TO THE LADIES AT MALLOW.
  
SONG, On Miss LOVETT.
  
THE Nineteenth ODE of the Third Book of HORACE, IMITATED.
  
ON Dr. THWAITES's quitting the Practice of PHYSIC, AND Opening a GLASS WAREHOUSE, in Fleet-Street.
  
EPIGRAM. On Miss B---R.
  
ADVICE to Miss B---R.
  
On a LADY Sleeping.
  
THE VISION.
  
THE CHARMS OF MISS COX.
  
THE PETITION OF MARGARET WOFFINGTON, TO HIS GRACE, THE DUKE OF DORSET.
  
RIDDLE.
  
LISETTA.
  
EPIGRAM.
  
Occasional PROLOGUE to the Beggar's Opera,
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TWO LOVE ELEGIES.
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ELEGY I. To Damon.
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ELEGY II. In ANSWER to the FOREGOING.
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THE RECANTATION.
  
An EPITAPH.
  
ANSWERED.
  
LINES, PRESENTED WITH A ROSE-BUD, TO A VERY YOUNG LADY,
  
ON THREE BEAUTIFUL SISTERS, AT THE FANCY-BALL, FRIDAY, March 16th, 1769.
  
RESPONSES OF THE PRIESTESS OF APOLLO, AT THE FANCY-BALL.
  
STANZAS, WRITTEN On a blank Leaf of WEBB's Beauties of Poetry, Painting, &c.
  
THE LAST BOTTLE. WITH A RECEIPT for making PUNCH.
  
To a Lady.
  
Another.
  
THE CHOICE OF A WIFE.
  
THE BIRD OF PARADISE.
  
SYLVIA: A CHARACTER.
  
ELEGIAC STANZAS, To the Memory of A YOUNG GENTLEMAN,
  
LINES, PRESENTED To a YOUNG LADY, with a SILVER THIMBLE.
  
THE CHOICE OF A HUSBAND. WRITTEN BY A YOUNG LADY.
  
THE HUE AND CRY.
  
A SECOND PROCLAMATION.
  
In ANSWER to the FOREGOING.
  
THE HAPPY UNION.
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TWO LOVE ELEGIES.
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ELEGY I.
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ELEGY II.
  
THE EPITAPH.
  
STANZAS, To ------, with the FOREGOING ELEGIES.
  
AN INSCRIPTION, Written upon one of the TUBS in HAM WALKS.
  
INSCRIPTIONS, INTENDED FOR THE MONUMENT OF THOMAS PRIOR, ESQ
  
VERSES, ADDRESSED TO THE LORD LIEUTENANT, At the ELABORATORY, T. C. D.
  
VERSES, ADDRESSED TO THE LORD LIEUTENANT, At the PRINTING-HOUSE, T. C. D.
  
ON THE MARRIAGE OF Lord KINGSBOROUGH, and Miss FITZGERALD.
  
CUPID, and his DARTS.
  
ODE to HEALTH.
  
An EPITAPH.
  
LINES, Written in a blank Leaf of JOHNSON's WORKS
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REBUS I.
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REBUS II.
  
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The SOLUTION.
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REBUS III.
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REBUS IV.
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REASON's TRIUMPH: A CANTATA.
  
RECITATIVO.
  
AIR.
  
RECITATIVO.
  
AIR.
  
SONG.
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ODE On FREDERICK III. King of PRUSSIA.
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ODE on BRITISH FREEDOM.
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THE TEMPLE OF GLORY.
  
EPITAPH On a MAN who had a very wide Mouth.
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SAPPHIC ODES.
  
[dedication]
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I. To the MUSE.
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II. On the SPRING.
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III. The INVITATION.
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IV. On SUMMER.
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V. The ALLUSION.
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VI. On AUTUMN.
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VII. To CHLOE.
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VIII. On WINTER.
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IX. To CHLOE.
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X. To CONTENT.
  
AN ELEGY, Written in the Year 1751.
  
An EXTEMPORE.
  
A NEW AND ACCURATE TRANSLATION OF THE FIRST BOOK OF HOMER'S ILIAD.
  
SONG. To THERANIA.
  
AN EXTEMPORE THOUGHT, At Mr. WALKER's Optic Lecture,
  
VALESUS: AN ECLOGUE.
  
The LYCEUM .
  
OCCASIONAL EPILOGUE TO THE FAITHFUL SHEPHERD.
  
SONNET. To Mr. THOMAS HICKEY.
  
AN ELEGY.
  
TO A LADY, Who demanded an EXTEMPORE. In IMITATION of the Foregoing.
  
SONG.
  
A FAMILIAR EPISTLE, FROM A LAW-STUDENT, in the Country, To his FRIEND, at the Temple.
  
SONG.
  
EPIGRAM.
  
A LETTER TO CHARLES LUCAS, Esq; M. D.
  
AN IMITATION OF THE FIRST ODE of the FIRST BOOK of HORACE.
  
TRUTH in a MASK.
  
GAIETY and INNOCENCE: Or, THERANIA's KISS.
  
SONG
  
IRENE: A CANTO, ON THE PEACE.
  
The SCOLD:
  
ÆNIGMA.
  
THE HONE: A Piece of IRISH MYTHOLOGY.
  
EPITAPH. MULTUM IN PARVO.
  
VERSES To Miss ELEANOR WOOD.
  
A NEW SONG.
  
SONG.
  
AN ODE TO THE CREATOR.
  
ODE: TO IERNE.
  
ODE: on The KING's NUPTIALS.
  
EPIGRAM. On a CUP OF TEA, spilt in a LADY's Lap.
  
ON Miss M. and Miss H. HERRING.
  
AN INVITATION. TO DR. JUSTAMOND.
  
SONG: ON Miss MOLLY HERRING's Marriage with Mr. STONE
  
EPIGRAM. Upon a BARBER.
  
HARRIOT. AN ELEGY.
  
THE FOURTEENTH OF FEBRUARY.
  
GAY's EPITAPH, PARAPHRASED.
  
THE FOUNDLING.
  
ON THE BERNARD FAMILY, IN CARLOW.
  
THE ALLIANCE.
  
On Miss ********.
  
THE RECONCILIATION.
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PERUVIAN LETTERS.
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LETTER I.
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LETTER II.
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LETTER III.
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LETTER IV.
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LETTER V.
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LETTER VI.
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LETTER VII.
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LETTER VIII.
  
THE ABSENT LOVER's REQUEST.
  
ON THE ORIGIN AND IMPROVEMENT OF KISSES.
  
SONNET. To Miss PLUMMER.
  
COLESHILL: An ELEGY.
  
THE FAREWELL: A PASTORAL BALLAD.
  
TO MR. ***********: On reading some of his POEMS.
  
VERSES On seeing a married Lady in a Window.
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LOMNANA.
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I. VENUS on EARTH.
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II. A DIALOGUE.
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III. The VINDICATION.
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IV. The ENQUIRY.
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V. The ANSWER.
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VI. The WISH.
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VII. A fourth CANDIDATE.
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VIII. The CHARM.
  
The LINNET and GOLDFINCH.
  
The REMONSTRANCE.
  
EPIGRAM. To a young Lady blowing a Turf Fire with her Petticoat.
  
OCCASIONAL PROLOGUE To the Tragedy of Cato, perform'd by young Gentlemen.
  
AN ELEGY On the Death of two Goldfinches, given to the Writer by the Right Honourable Lady Mary Leslie, on her leaving Ireland.
  
SONG. By a young LADY.
  
A HYMN. By the same; a little before her Death, October 5, 1763.
  
EPITAPH On Miss ****, Pancras Church-Yard.
  
HYMN.
  
A SONG.
  
PREPOSSESSION: A SONG.
  
MARIA.
  
PASCHASIUS.
  
SONG.
  
A FRAGMENT.
  
The GROTTO.
  
A HYMN: On recovering from a Fit of Illness.
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ÆNIGMA I.
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ÆNIGMA II.
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ÆNIGMA III.
  
CUPID and the PAINTER.
  
ODE.
  
[Were Parents but more cautious whom they trust]

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AN INVITATION TO THE AUTHOR'S WEDDING.

Ye chosen Mortals, favour'd few,
Who pay our Mysteries Reverence due,
Our Rites who honour, nor profane,
With Thought impure, our Fairy Reign,
Attend—approach—assemble all,
On Thursday next, at Hymen's Hall.
Know ye what heavenly Guests prepare
To bid our Favourites welcome there?—
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Love, his Brows with Myrtle bound;
Th'attendant Graces smiling round;
Chearfulness, with Youth that reigns;
Mirth, that Decency restrains;
Laughter, innocent, and wild;
Fair Contentment, Virtue's Child;
Health, and Hope, and Joy, attend;
And sweet Good-humour, Beauty's Friend:
Such the Train, of heavenly Birth—
With Caution come, then, Sons of Earth!
Let none, with Glance unmanner'd, try
To cloud, or pain the modest Eye;
Nor any Accent wound the Ear,
Which Innocence would blush to hear—
Failing in this, rash Mortal, know,
That Instant, Oberon is your Foe:
If aught, your Tongue may lightly speak,
Shall paint with red the Maiden Cheek;
Shall force from Betty's Breast a Sigh;
Or call a Tear from Jenny's Eye;
O tremble, then—with Vengeance due
Our Elves shall pinch you black and blue.
And you, ye fair, and virgin Throng,
Attend, nor slight the Fairy Song—
O then, when yours the Turn to bow,
And plight, for Life, the solemn Vow,
Let Wealth ne'er bribe you into Care,
Nor Splendor lure you to Despair;
Profane not Hymen's hallow'd Bands,
But, give your Hearts, or keep your Hands!
If Reason, first, your Choice approve,
Esteem shall ripen into Love;
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Be that alone the Tie that binds,
Sweet Union of consenting Minds!
So Life's fair Morn shall glide serene,
Nor dimm'd by Grief, nor vex'd by Pain;
So Love, with pure, and steady Ray,
Shall gild the Evening of your Day;
And Hymen's Torch, even to the Urn,
With undiminish'd Lustre burn!
Oberon.
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