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The poetical works of George Keate

Keate, George (1729-1797)

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VOL. I.
  
[dedication]
  
THE FAMILY MEETING;
  
ANCIENT AND MODERN ROME;
  
ON THE DEATH OF A LINNET.
  
A PASTORAL ODE TO ECHO.
  
ABSENCE; A PASTORAL ELEGY.
  
WESTMINSTER ABBEY.
  
ON THE MARRIAGE OF TWO FRIENDS.
  
TO A LADY; FROM HER DEAD BULLFINCH.
  
AN ODE
  
THE HELVETIAD: A FRAGMENT.
  
THE TABULA VOTIVA,
  
AN ODE TO FRIENDSHIP;
  
THE ADIEU:
  
VERSES, OCCASIONED BY VISITING IN 1756, A small CHAPEL on the Lake of Lucern, in the Canton of Uri,
  
THE TWO FLIES.
  
EPILOGUE, Spoken at the Theatre-Royal in Drury-Lane, 1758, by Miss Pritchard,
  
NETLEY ABBEY.
  
A PASTORAL BALLAD.
  
EPILOGUE TO THE WONDER.
  
THE TEMPLE-STUDENT:
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VOL. II.
  
AN EPISTLE FROM LADY JANE GRAY, TO LORD GUILFORD DUDLEY,
  
TO A LADY
  
TO A Young LADY,
  
TO A FRIEND, On New-Year's Day, 1766.
  
PROLOGUE, On opening of the new Theatre, at Southampton, 1766.
  
A CARD TO DAVID GARRICK, Esq.
  
ON Seeing Mrs. Garrick in a Country Dance.
  
TO BIDDY AT BATH.
  
THE ALPS.
  
EPILOGUE TO THE Dramatic Romance of CYMON.
  
A LITTLE ODE, TO A LITTLE MAID,
  
TO A LADY,
  
TO ARDELIA,
  
A POEM TO THE MEMORY OF THE CELEBRATED Mrs. CIBBER.
  
THE FAN. TO ARDELIA.
  
A FAREWELL EPILOGUE;
  
TO THE THAMES.
  
THE SWORD-KNOT:
  
THE POWER OF FANCY.
  
FERNEY : AN EPISTLE TO MONSR DE VOLTAIRE.
  
TO ARDELIA.
  
PROLOGUE TO THE Play of KING JOHN, Acted at Mr. Newcomb's at Hackney, 1769.
  
EPILOGUE TO THE Play of KING JOHN, Acted at Mr. Newcomb's at Hackney, 1769.
  
TO ARDELIA.
  
EPILOGUE TO THE Play of MACBETH.
  
AN ADDRESS FROM THE THAMES.
  
THE CONTENTED MAID.
  
TO ARDELIA,
  
TO Mrs. BLAKE, With a Pair of Hand-Screens.
  
CUPID's REMONSTRANCE, AN EPILOGUE,
  
A BURLESQUE ODE,
  
PROLOGUE, TO THE Play of JULIUS CÆSAR, Acted at Mr. Newcomb's at Hackney, 1774.
  
TO Miss DUVAL,
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THE MONUMENT IN ARCADIA:
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ACT I.
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ACT II.
  
EPILOGUE.
  
TO The Messrs. ADAM,
  
EPILOGUE FOR THE First Part of HENRY IV.
  
A PETITION FROM Mrs. DELANY's Citron-Tree ,
  
To the Memory of Dr. JOHN HOADLY, Chancellor of Winchester.
  
A NUPTIAL ODE, ADDRESSED TO A FRIEND,
  
ADVICE TO A LITTLE GIRL,

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TO THE THAMES.

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Written from the Temple, to Ardelia, in M.DCC.LXVIII.

Gentle Thames, whose Waters lave
Duly, these collegiate Walls,
Stop, an instant, stop thy Wave;
Tis a Lover's Voice that calls.
E'er that Time can measure o'er
One short Hour, thy silver Stream
Shall salute the peaceful Shore,
Where resides my Muse's Theme.—
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Gentle River! well I know
What a Love thy Moon bears thee:
How thy Springs obedient flow,
Pouring Truth, and Harmony.
Such a mutual Passion reigns
In Ardelia's Breast and mine;
She's the Orb that swells my Veins,
To her Influence I resign!—
Let thy undulating Tide
With the sportive Sun-beam play:
Close beneath her Window glide,
Bid thy Cygnets mark thy Way.
Should'st thou haply see my Fair,
Lure her to thy view awhile;
Tidings of my Welfare bear,
Waft a Sigh, and steal a Smile.—
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Go,—and Plenty round thee pour,
I'll thy Course no longer stay:
Blessing many a distant Shore,
Beauteous River! haste away.
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