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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,
 
ODE TO YOUTH.
 
TO THE THAMES.
 
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.
 
ON THE SAME.
 
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.
 
SONG.
 
VERSES Written after passing through Findon, Sussex, 1768.
 
TO A LADY.
 
STANZAS.
 
TO A YOUNG LADY, Who objected to sup with a Party of both sexes, that met at a Coffee-House.
 
A DREAM.
 
THE MULBERRY-TREE.
 
TO A LADY.
 
ON A very Fine LADY.
 
ON An ASIATIC LADY.
 
TO THE SAME, ON HER DRESS.
 
TO THE SAME.
 
ON Reading the foregoing VERSES.
 
SONG.
 
LAURA's ANSWER.
 
REPLY TO Miss G---.
 
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.
 
SONG TO ****.
 
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 Miss N---m,
 
TO THE Mrs.'s R---s,
 
VERSES WRITTEN AT BRIGHTHELMSTONE.
 
TO Miss G---,
 
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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ON An ASIATIC LADY.

O you who sail on India's wealthy wave,
Of gems and gold who spoil the radiant East;
What oceans, say, what isles of fragrance gave
This fairer treasure to the joyful West?
What banks of Ganges, and what balmy skies
Saw the first infant dawn of those unclouded eyes?
By easy Arts while Europe's beauties reign,
Roll the blue languish of their humid eye;
Rule willing slaves, who court and kiss the chain,
Self-vanquish'd, helpless to resist or fly;
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Less yielding souls confess this Eastern Fair,
And lightning melts the heart that milder sires would spare.
Of Gods, enamour'd with a mortal dame,
Let Grecian story tell—the gifts display
That deck'd Cassandra, and each honour'd name
Lov'd by the God, who guides the golden day:
See! Asia triumphs in a brighter scene;
A nobler Phœbus woos her Summer's smiling Queen.
Sublimer Sense, and sprightlier Wit to please,
That Phœbus gave; he gave the voice and lyre,
That warble sweeter than the spicy breeze,
He gave what charms meridian suns inspire;
What precious rays from Light's pure fountain stream,
What warm the diamond's blaze and ruby's flaming beam.
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