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Poems on several occasions

By John Bennet

Bennet, John (fl. 1599-1614)

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TO THE AUTHOR, ON HIS BOOK OF POEMS.

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POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.

THE MANOR RUINS.

THE FORTUNE-TELLER.

HENRY AND ROSAMOND.

THE MOUNTEBANK.

INDUSTRY AND SLOTH.

To Miss M--- C---.

ON HER WEDDING DAY.

To a KINSWOMAN.

To his BROTHER.

The CRAFTS in Distress.

EPITAPH on J. T.

On an Old Man of Seventy-five being inoculated.

On seeing some Young Ladies sitting in a Room hung with Cobwebs.

The BREWER and the RAT.

The FREEMAN and the ASS.

Sent to his Grace the D--- of ---, on receiving a Bounty for his Poems.

Sent to a Noble Lord, once one of the Representatives for the Borough of ---.

Sent to his FATHER,

To his Friend Mr. JAMES GREEN.

On the late plentiful Harvest.

On a noted Tallow-Chandler,

On W. G. leaving the Army.

On the Dark Lamps at W---d---k.

PROLOGUE to CATO,

AN EPILOGUE of THANKS.

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On seeing some Young Ladies sitting in a Room hung with Cobwebs.

When belles so bright,
Shine with such light,
And cobwebs in the room;
It makes folk think
There must be chink ,
Because no use of broom.

Alluding to a vulgar proverb, “Where there's muck there's money.”