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Original Poems

Serious and Humourous. By Mr. Henry Baker

Baker, Henry (1698-1774)

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An Hymn to JUPITER.

A SERIOUS REFLECTION On Human Life.

A SONG. To FLORA.

The Complaint. An Elegy.

To FLORA Drest.

The Meditation.

AMANDA's CHARACTER.

The Resolution.

THE SPINNING-WHEEL.

A Proof of LOVE.

To Mrs. Jane Forster,

DAMON and CLOE.

A PRAYER,

On the Death of Mrs. Halsey,

On Mrs. ------ S---'s

To a Deaf young Lady.

To a Painter: drawing her Picture.

The Comparison.

To FLORA. A SONG.

The Execration.

The Beauties of Enfield.

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A PRAYER,

For a young Lady sick.

I

Fitter for the Bridal-Bed,
Than the cold and silent Grave,
Let Death take thousands in her stead,
But, O You Gods! Florinda save.

II

Hear Mankind's united Prayers,
Grant their Wishes, dry their Tears,
Send balmy Health to heal her Pain,
And raise her up, again to reign!