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Original Poems and Translations

By Francis Fawkes

Fawkes, Francis (1720-1777)

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A DESCRIPTION OF CALYPSO and her GROTTO.

AN EPITHALAMIC ODE.

THE DEATH of the LARK.

ON THE DEATH of a Young Gentleman.

AN EPISTLE TO A FRIEND IN YORKSHIRE.

On a Lady's singing, and playing upon the Harpsichord.

ON THE DEATH of the Right Honourable The EARL of UXBRIDGE.

TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE The COUNTESS of UXBRIDGE.

SONG to LAURA Absent.

A NOSEGAY for LAURA.

To LAURA Absent.

TO HIS GRACE Dr. THOMAS HERRING, Lord Archbishop of CANTERBURY,

TO Mrs. HERRING.

AN AUTUMNAL ODE.

ON THE DEATH Of his most Sacred Majesty KING GEORGE the SECOND.

TO His most SACRED MAJESTY,

A PARODY on a PASSAGE IN MILTON's PARADISE LOST. Book IV.

THE LORD's PRAYER.

DAVID's LAMENTATION OVER SAUL AND JONATHAN.

The PICTURE of OLD-AGE:

NATHAN's PARABLE.

THE SONG of DEBORAH.

TO A YOUNG LADY,

AN ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF DOBBIN,

THE SMOKING Doctor's SOLILOQUY over his Pipe.

BEAU DAPPER's SOLILOQUY IN PRAISE OF SNUFF.

A Pair of SPECTACLES.

The STAGE-COACH.

ΔΩΡΟΝ ΑΔΩΡΟΝ. Thank you for Nothing.

AN ELOGY ON Sir ISAAC NEWTON,

CLAUDIAN's Old Man,

ARCHIMEDES's SPHERE.

FRAGMENTS OF MENANDER.

WILL with a WISP.

A VOYAGE to the PLANETS.

THE TEMPLE of DULNESS.

A MECHANICAL SOLUTION OF THE Propagation of Yawning.

A DESCRIPTION OF MAY.

A DESCRIPTION OF WINTER.

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Original Poems and Translations

By Francis Fawkes

Francis Fawkes

1720-1777

Printed for the Author ... And sold by R. and J. Dodsley [etc.]

London

1761