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A Collection of Original Poems

By Samuel Derrick

Derrick, Samuel (1724-1769)

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VERSES addressed to Mrs. Davis on her performing the part of the Lady in Comus.

The ART of MAKING KISSES.

The ENCHANTRESS.

The 25th Ode of the 3d Book of Horace Imitated.

CHANSON A BOIRE.

A VOYAGE from Dublin to Chester.

EPIGRAMMA OWENI translated.

To a Lady crying for the Death of her Lapdog.

THETIS and PELEUS.

The CATERPILLARS.

A Paraphrase on the 146th Psalm.

To a Lady who writes elegantly.

CUPID GONE ASTRAY.

The Fowler and the Nightingale.

VULCAN'S REVENGE.

A Paraphrase on the 19th Psalm.

On the Author's receiving a Sprig of Myrtle from a young Lady.

An Epitaph upon a young Lady.

Written extempore in a young Lady's Pocket-Book.

Upon SOMETHING.

On Mr. Pope's Death being mentioned in some News-papers, without any Account of his Character, Works, Life, Age, or Circumstances of his Illness.

Left by Mr. Pope in a Bed-chamber, at Adderbury in Oxfordshire, formerly the Seat of the Earl of Rochester, then in Possession of the late Duke of Argyle.

LAST NIGHT THOUGHTS.

A Crambo Song, on Mr. J. Dennison,

A Crambo Song on a Tankard.

The Crows, Starling, and Husbandman.

The Author's Apology for writing, after he had bid Farewel to his Muse.

BARDUS and BIBLIO.

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Written extempore in a young Lady's Pocket-Book.

Pure as thy virgin heart, these leaves,
No taint of modish vice receives;
Judgment and wit, (how rarely join'd!)
The early produce of thy mind,
Direct thy thoughts, by taste refin'd:
But as the purest gold, they say,
Can never mix without allay;
My pencil that allay procures,
The dross is mine—the finer gold is yours.