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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:

EVE's LEGACY TO Her DAUGHTERS.

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.

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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ABUSE and FLATTERY.

Like Hail, that strikes with force, yet leaves no wound,
But harmless falls, and wastes upon the ground;
Abuse, when undeserv'd, we safe abide,
Her Arrows conscious Virtue turns aside:
But ah!—like Rain that gently falling, cleaves,
While the drench'd garb the dang'rous guest receives;
Flatt'ry, soft stealing, easy entrance finds,
And proves the bane of unsuspecting minds:
To the Soul's core the Phantom steals unknown,
Health flies, and Fever fills the vacant throne;
Entranc'd a while we skim a Fairy coast,
Nor from th' illusion wake, 'till we are lost.