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The Poetical Works of the Revd. Mr. Colvill

Containing his Pastorals, Occasional Poems, and Elegies on Illustrious persons. Vol. I & II
  
[dedication]

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[Volume 1]
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PASTORALS.
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PASTORAL FIRST.
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PASTORAL SECOND.
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PASTORAL THIRD.
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PASTORAL FOURTH.
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[Occasional Poems]
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EPITHALAMIUM
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CANTO I.
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CANTO II.
  
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The mottos of the Epithalamium may be thus translated.
  
THE CYRNEAN HERO.
  
ON THE LATE GREAT Naval and Military Preparations;
  
VERSES
  
VERSES
  
VERSES
  
POEM.
  
TO THE ELEGANT SERAPHINA,
  
EXTEMPORE AT A CONCERT
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ELEGIAC POEMS ON ILLUSTRIOUS PERSONS.
  
THE ALBION PRINCESS.
  
ELEGY
  
TO THE MEMORY OF Mrs KINLOCH OF GILMERTON.
  
To the Memory of the Right Honourable SHOLTO CHARLES DOUGLAS,
  
VERSES FOR GENERAL WOLFE's MONUMENT.
  
TO THE MEMORY OF MAJOR PITCAIRN,
  
FOR THE MONUMENT OF THE HONOURABLE GENERAL CHARLES COLVIL.
  
ON THE DEATH OF CHARLES ERSKINE, Esq; of Alva,
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TO THE MEMORY OF THE HONOURABLE WILLIAM LESLIE,
  
SAVANNAH.
  
TO THE IMMORTAL MEMORY OF WILLIAM DALRYMPLE, Esq;
  
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF COLONEL JAMES WEBSTER.
  
TO THE IMMORTAL MEMORY OF THE RENOWNED CAPTAIN COOKE .
  
TO THE MEMORY OF ALLAN MALCOLM, Esq; Of LOCHORE;
  
TO THE MEMORY OF THE HONOURABLE HAMILTON DOUGLAS HALYBURTON,
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ELEGIAC POEMS.
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ELEGY I.
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ELEGY II.
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ELEGY III.
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ELEGY IV.
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SONNET To FAIR CLARA.
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SONNET To the Same.
  
Sir AMBROSE AND Fair PORTIA.
  
CURSORY THOUGHTS IN THE S****y of the Ab**y.
  
THE INGENIOUS AND LEARNED MR GRAY,
  
ON THE MEMORABLE SIEGE OF GIBRALTAR,
  
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF MAJOR ANDRE.
  
THE INVASION.

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THE INGENIOUS AND LEARNED MR GRAY,

Then republishing his beautiful Lyric Poems.

O thou! high seated on the muses hill!
Possessing Phoebus' lyre and Phoebus' skill;
Whether from the lofty steep you boldly sing,
Or crop fresh roses by the sacred spring,
Or quaff the stream, while Fancy to thine eyes,
Bids Nature's charms in heav'nly vision rise;
To grace thy Song, to steal the ravish'd heart,
To wake the Virtues, and their Joys impart:
Accept, O Gray! the humble wreath I bring,
Tune my rude reed and teach me how to sing.
Teach me like thee to gain the willing soul,
By Moral Truth, and Music's soft controul!
Above the great, above the world to rise,
Prometheus like, and borrow of the skies.
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Teach me the Shafts of malice to malice to deride,
The tooth of envy, and the frown of pride;
Secure from ills that vex the rich and great,
To sail life's ocean in a lowly state.
Not selfish, as amidst its storm I steer,
To hide mine eyes from mis'ry's falling tear;
But bless'd to cheer the gloom of sad despair,
To hear the orphan's and the widow's pray'r;
To sooth their pangs, unfold Religion's plan,
Weep o'er their woes, and know myself a man.
Dysart, 1768.
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