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Collected Poems of Thomas Parnell

Parnell, Thomas (1679-1718)

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An Essay on the Different Stiles of Poetry
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Homer's Battle of the Frogs and Mice.
 I. 
Book I.
 II. 
Book II.
 III. 
Book III.
  
The Horse and the Olive: Or, War and Peace
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Poems from Steele's Poetical Miscellanies
  
A Hymn on Contentment.
  
Song.
  
To a YOUNG LADY, ON Her Translation of the Story of Phoebus and Daphne, from Ovid.
  
Anacreontick.
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From Pope's Works
  
To Mr. Pope.
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POEMS ON Several Occasions.
  
Hesiod : or, The Rise of Woman.
  
Song.
  
A Song.
  
Anacreontick.
  
A Fairy Tale in the Ancient English Style.
  
The Vigil of Venus .
  
Health, an Eclogue.
  
The Flies. An Eclogue.
  
An Elegy, To an Old Beauty.
  
The Book-Worm.
  
An Allegory on Man.
  
An Imitation of some French Verses.
  
A Night-Piece on Death.
  
The Hermit.
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Biblical Poems from British Library Add. MS 31114
  
The Gift of Poetry.
  
Moses
  
Deborah.
  
Hannah.
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Biblical Poems from Posthumous Works (1758)
  
David.
  
Solomon.
  
Jonah.
  
Hezekiah.
  
Habakkuk.
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The Affections of Divine Poetry
  
A Hymn for Morning.
  
A Hymn for Noon.
  
A Hymn for Evening.
  
The Soul in Sorrow.
  
The Happy Man.
  
The Way to Happiness.
  
The Convert's Love.
  
A Desire to Praise.
  
On Happiness in this Life.
  
On Divine Love by Meditating on the Wounds of Christ.
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Poems from Works in Verse and Prose, 1755
  
Bacchus: Or, The Vines of Lesbos.
  
Piety: Or, The Vision.
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Miscellaneous Poems From Posthumous Works (1758)
  
On Queen Anne's Peace, Anno 1713.
  
The Judgment of Paris.
  
A Riddle.
  
On Mrs. Ar: F: Leaving London.
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From Pope's Works, Volume 2, Part 2, 1738
  
The Third Satire of Dr. John Donne .
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Poems from Swift's Works, Volume 8, 1765
  
Dr. Parnel to Dr. Swift, on His Birth-day, November 30th, MDCCXIII.
  
On Bishop Burnet's being set on Fire in his Closet.
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From A Miscellaneous Collection of Poems, 1721
  
On the Death of Mr. Viner .
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Poems from Pancharis, Queen of Love, 1721
  
Chloris appearing in a Looking Glass.
  
On the Castle of Dublin, Anno 1715.
  
Love in Disguise.
  
On a Lady with a foul Breath.
  
On the Number Three.
  
Epigram.
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Poems from the “Schoedinger” Notebook
  
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On ye queens Death.
  
51 Psalm
  
Meditation Before sacrament.
  
On ye Plott against King William.
  
Ps: 113
  
On Sr Charles porter the chancellours death
  
On Content
  
On ye Bishop of meaths death
  
The penitent sinner.
  
To Mr Brown on his book against T---
  
On Mr Colliers essay on the stage
  
Ps: 116
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Poems from the “Satires” Notebook
  
A Letter to a friend. On poets Satyr 1st
  
On Dr. Brown's death.
  
2 To T:--- M.---y. on Law Satyr
  
On The Trust.
  
A Divine Pastorall.
  
To ------
  
[Thou Gaudy Idle world adieu]
  
[A Beavy of the fair & Gay]
  
3 Satyr Virtue
  
A dream
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Satyr. 4 The Pretty Gentleman
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Satyr 5 Verse.
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Satyr: 6 the Spleen
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7 The Isle of Wight.
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8 The Picture of Time
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9 The state of Love imitated fm an Elegy of Mons:r Desportes.
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10 Colin
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11 The Court
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12 The Test of Poetry
  
The Ecstasy.
  
Concerning Resolution.
  
To ------ on the various Styles of Poetry
  
Metr: Boetius 1s 1 Quisquis comp
  
A Tavern feast
  
The Ecstasy.
  
The Horse & Olive or Warr & Peace
  
A Parody of Donec Gratus Eram in A dialogue Between M--- & his Wife.
  
Epigram. On a Ladys lace shown for a favour
  
An Allegory on Man.
  
Epigram
  
Martial
  
An Eclogue
  
The Heroins or Cupid Punishd Transl: from Ausonius.
  
[Ye Wives who scold & fishes sell]
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Poems from the “Lyrics” Notebook
  
[Fragmentary ending of a poem]
  
[Now kind now coy wth how much change]
  
[Phillis I long yr powr have ownd]
  
The hint fm french.
  
On ------ Embroydring
  
[Fragmentary ending of a poem]
  
Prop: 2, L: 11 E: Quicunque &c
  
[I lookd & in a moment run]
  
[O Tell if any fate you see]
  
[Young Philomela's powrfull dart]
  
[Since bearing of a Gentle mind]
  
[Hark the thundring Drums inviting]
  
[As Celia with her Sparrow playd]
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Scriblerian Epigrams
  
On Mr Pope drawing D: Swifts Picture.
  
After the French Manner
  
A Impromptu like Martial.
  
On a certain Poets Judgement between Mr Pope & Mr Philips don in an Italian air
  
To Mistress ------.
  
On Platina Prosperus Spiriteus
  
Jac: Faber Stapul: by J: Scaliger.
  
By Simon Vallambert. Erasmus
  
[Once Pope under Jevais resolvd to adventure]
  
out of Greek
  
An Epitaph desird on one Wheeler
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Miscellaneous Poems
  
[In Biddy's Cheeks ye roses blow]
  
[Oft have I read that Innocence retreats]
  
For Philip Ridgate Esq.
  
[When Haizy clouds obscure the night]
  
Caius Rubrius Urbanus Romae in domo Lud: Matthæi. E Grutero.
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Fragments
  
[Three verse passages from a prose meditation]
  
[Untitled, unfinished poem]
  
[When ore my temples balmy vapours rise]
  
[Untitled fragment]

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[Oft have I read that Innocence retreats]

Oft have I read that Innocence retreats
Where cooling streams salute ye summer Seats
Singing at ease she roves ye field of flowrs
Or safe with shepheards lys among the bowrs
But late alas I crossd a country fare
And found No Strephon nor Dorinda there
There Hodge & William Joynd to cully ned
While Ned was drinking Hodge & William dead
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There Cicely Jeard by day the slips of Nell
& ere ye night was ended Cicely fell
Are these the Virtues which adorn the plain
Ye bards forsake your old Arcadian Vein
To sheep those tender Innocents resign
The place where swains & nymphs are said to shine
Swains twice as Wicked Nymphs but half as sage
Tis sheep alone retrieve ye golden age.
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