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Poems on several occasions

By the late Edward Lovibond

Lovibond, Edward (1724-1775)

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ON THE DEATH OF EDWARD LOVIBOND, Esq;

THE TEARS OF OLD MAY-DAY.

DEDICATION TO THE Rev. Mr. WOODDESON, Of Kingston upon Thames, AND THE LADIES of his NEIGHBOURHOOD.

JULIA's PRINTED LETTER TO LORD ---.

ON REBUILDING COMBE-NEVILLE, NEAR KINGSTON, SURREY,

ON LADY POMFRET's PRESENTING THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD WITH HER COLLECTION OF STATUES.

ON RURAL SPORTS.

ODE TO CAPTIVITY.

IMITATION FROM OSSIAN's POEMS,

TO Miss K--- P---.

TO Miss K--- P---.

TO Miss K--- P---.

TO Miss K--- P---.

TO Miss K--- P---.

TO Miss K--- P---, WITH ANSON's VOYAGE.

THE COMPLAINT OF CAMBRIA

ON A PRESENT to the AUTHOR OF TWO IMPRESSIONS FROM A Fine Antique Seal of the Head of ALEXANDER;

ON THE SUBJECT OF THE MONUMENT IN ARCADIA.

HITCHIN CONVENT.

TO A YOUNG LADY, A VERY GOOD ACTRESS.

TO AN ACCOMPLISHED LADY.

ADDRESS TO THE THAMES.

TO Mrs. B---, Reading Julia with tears, during a hard frost.

ON Mr. BROWN'S Alterations at Clermont,

TO LADY F---, On her Marriage.

VERSES Written after passing through Findon, Sussex, 1768.

TO A YOUNG LADY, Who objected to sup with a Party of both sexes, that met at a Coffee-House.

THE MULBERRY-TREE.

ON A very Fine LADY.

ON An ASIATIC LADY.

TO THE SAME, ON HER DRESS.

ON Reading the foregoing VERSES.

LAURA's ANSWER.

REPLY TO Miss G---.

TO LAURA, ON Her receiving a Mysterious LETTER from A METHODIST DIVINE.

TO THE SAME. ON POLITICS.

TO LAURA. FAREWELL TO THE ROSE.

On Men being deprived, from Custom and Delicacy, of enjoying social Friendship with the Fair Sex.

TO A YOUNG LADY, Fainting at the News of her Friend's Misfortunes.

ON THE DEATH OF AN INFANT.

TO THE Mrs.'s R---s,

VERSES WRITTEN AT BRIGHTHELMSTONE.

ANSWER TO THE FOREGOING VERSES.

ON THE DEATH OF A YOUNG GENTLEMAN.

INSCRIPTION FOR A FOUNTAIN.

On the converting the late Mr. WOODDESON's HOUSE, at Kingston, into a Poor-House, and cutting down the great Walk of high Trees before it.

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VERSES Written after passing through Findon, Sussex, 1768.

Addressed to the Rev. Mr. WOODDESON, Of Kingston upon Thames.

Woodeson! these eyes have seen thy natal earth;
Thy Findon, sloping from the southern downs,
Have blest the roof ennobled by thy birth,
And tufted valley, where no ocean frowns.

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Thou wert not born to plow the neighbouring main,
Or plant thy greatness near Ambition's throne,
Or count unnumber'd fleeces on thy plain:
—The Muses lov'd and nurs'd thee for their own!

And twin'd thy temples here with wreaths of worth,
And fenc'd thy childhood from the blights of morn,
And taught enchanting song, and sent thee forth
To stretch the blessing to an age unborn:

Best blessing!—what is Pride's unwieldy state?
What awkward wealth from Indian oceans given?
What monarchs nodding under empires' weight,
If Science smile not with a ray from Heaven?

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Witness yon ruins, Arundel's high tower,
And Bramber, now the bird of night's resort!
Your proud possessors reign'd in barbarous power;
The war their business, and the chace their sport;

'Till there a minstrel, to the feast preferr'd,
With Cambrian harp, in Gothick numbers charm'd,
Enlighten'd chiefs grew virtuous as they heard—
—The Sun of Science in its morning warm'd.—

How glorious, when it blaz'd in Milton's light,
And Shakespear's flame, to full meridian day!
Yet smile, fair beam! tho' sloping from that height,
Gild our mild evening with a setting ray.