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Poems on Several Occasions

By J. Robertson

Robertson, J. (fl. 1770-1790)

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BASIL and PHŒBE.

The POET and STRAW.

To a Discarded FAVOURITE.

The CONNOISSEUR.

The TRAVELLER and RAINBOW.

The Cleanly SPARROW.

HENRY and SOPHY.

AMINTOR and ANNA.

On our Modern COMEDIES.

DAMON and SYLVIA.

WILLIAM and FANNY.

The PATRIOT SHEPHERD.

The TWO CANDLES.

The ASS and GOAT.

On a ROBIN's Singing o'er FIDELIA's Grave in Marygate Church-Yard, York.

DELIA and the GOLDFINCH.

An EPISTLE to a FRIEND. On Trifling.

The FEMALE CLAIM.

The WEDDED DOVES.

ALEXANDER the GREAT.

The Unfortunate Damsel's Resolution:

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EVE's LEGACY TO Her DAUGHTERS.

I.

II.

ABUSE and FLATTERY.

The PEDLAR and RASHER of BACON.

On Mrs. B---'s safe Delivery of a Daughter.

GODWIN and LUCY.

On seeing a LAW BOOK bound in uncoloured Calf, and white Edges.

The LAMENTATION of a MOUSE in a Trap.

The last Speech and Dying Words of Willy, a Pet-Lamb, who was executed by the Hands of a common Butcher, for gnawing, tearing, and murdering one of Miss ------ lac'd Ruffles.

The TWIN-SISTERS.

The ROBIN's Complaint to CLOE.

On hearing that Mrs. M---, of the Y--- Theatre was dead.

On hearing the above contradicted.

On Mr. P---'s Marriage with Miss H---.

WIT and RICHES.

EDWARD and CLARA.

DESMOND and ETHELINDA.

IN SESE VOLVITUR ANNUS.

The WIT's PROGRESS.

Written in a Company where DETRACTION engrossed the Conversation.

The RUSSETING and RED-STREAK CRAB.

The MOLE and the WEASEL.

RIGHT-HAND and LEFT.

The BEAR and GARDINER.

The SWINE and ERMINE.

EPIGRAM. (On a Miser.)

ALEXANDER and COURTIER.

The CRITIC and BARD.

The LION and WASP.

JOHN and SALLY.

A MODERN SYLLABUB.

The METAMORPHOSIS.

On Miss ------ fanning herself.

Written on a blank Leaf of SHAKESPEARE.

To Mr. W---, on his Edition of Shakespeare.

The MONK and JEW.

FEMALE CURIOSITY.

The PUPPET-SHOW.

Written on the GRAVE of a beautiful young LADY.

From LUCIO, in Bedlam, to FULVIA

[Not all the Beauties fancied Rapture feigns]

The PEASANT and MASTIFF.

EARTH, AIR, and WATER.

The ORIGIN of a METHODIST.

A New HYMN by a Preacher of the Word, in Imitation of ---'s Inimitable Hymns.

The DEVIL DISAPPOINTED.

The DIFFERENT MEDIUMS.

The STROLLING HERO.

The DECEIVERS DECEIVED.

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[From feasting on Garrick how often we find]

[Enthusiasts, Lutherans, and Monks]

On Two remarkable Orators, who exhibited Lectures of Elocution alternately the same Night at ------ Theatre.

On seeing Bufo in the Character of Young Bevil.

On a Physician and Man-Midwife.

[To please Pygmalion, Heav'n inspir'd with Life]

On seeing the Picture of Justice over the Judge's Seat.

On an odd temper'd Gentleman.

Written in a Blank Leaf of The Œconomy of Human Life.

Epitaph on Mrs. ------

Epitaph on an Honest Poor Farmer.

On a favourite Actor.

Written over a Burial Vault.

The TRIPLE ALLIANCE.

PROLOGUE Spoken by Mr. W---n on opening the Theatre under the Sanction of his Majesty's Patent.

An EPILOGUE Spoken by Mrs. ---, after playing the Character of Lady Brute.

An EPILOGUE Spoken by Mrs. P. in the Character of Hypolita, in She Wou'd or She Wou'd Not.

EPILOGUE. Spoken by Master Billy Powell, a Child in his fifth Year.

A PROLOGUE, Spoken at the Opening the New Theatre in Hull, October 3, 1768.

An EPILOGUE, By Araminta, in the Confederacy.

Miss SALLY and the RED-BREAST.

On WIT and HUMOR.

The LARK and MAGPIES:

On a ROBIN's singing near my Window in Autumn.

CUPID's DECISION.

On reading some EASTERN TALES, lately published.

The FAIRY VISIT.

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Epitaph on Mrs. ------

The Heart that felt for others Woe,
That warm'd with Virtue's sacred Glow,
Is Cold—Clay-cold:—No more her Eyes
Virtue's pure Fount with Tears supplies:
All Cold and silent too that Tongue
Where soft Persuasion ever hung;
Those Lips, where Sweetness still repos'd,
Truth's Portals—now are ever closs'd;
The Mother!—may to bless Mankind,
Children unborn such Mothers find!—
The tender Wife!—but Words are weak,
The Husband's Tears her Worth must speak—
Here lies:—
Be humble, Mortals, learn your Doom,
To this Cold Bed we all must come:
Since Virtue's Favourite lies here,
'Twere Virtue now to shed a Tear.