Poems on several occasions

Wesley, Samuel (1662-1735)

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VERSES UPON MY FATHER,

A POETICAL EPISTLE TO MY BROTHER CHARLES.

AN ELEGY ON DR. FRANCIS ATTERBURY,

VERSES

PSALM XCVIII.

PSALM XCIII.

THE SONG OF THE THREE CHILDREN.

TO MY SISTER LAMBERT, ON HER MARRIAGE.

TO MR. JUSON, ON HIS MARRIAGE.

TO MR. BOURNE, ON HIS MARRIAGE.

TO MR. PEARCE, ON HIS MARRIAGE.

LINES ON ROBERT NELSON, ESQ.,

ON DR. MIDDLETON.

MELISSA.

WROOTE: A HEROIC POEM.

TO JAMES OGLETHORPE, ESQ.

UPON BISHOP ATTERBURY'S BIRTH-DAY.

THE BLACKBIRD.

ON BISHOP ATTERBURY'S ROASTING LORD CONINGSBY

ELEGIAC VERSES.

VERSES UPON MR. BEAR'S CAT,

A LETTER TO A FRIEND

TO MR. FITZGERALD, UPON HIS MARRIAGE.

A LETTER TO MR. KILNER ON HIS MARRIAGE.

ADDISON'S VERSES TO THE PRINCESS,

UPON THE PICTURES OF ONE MARRIED AND TWO MAIDEN SISTERS,

TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF OXFORD.

AN EPISTLE TO MY LORD OXFORD, 1732.

AN EPISTLE TO MY LORD OXFORD.

TO MR. FORESTER, ON HIS MARRIAGE.

TO MR. LLOYD, ON HIS MARRIAGE, 1732.

TO MR. JEWEL, ON HIS MARRIAGE.

AN ODE TO THE REV. DANIEL PRAT, M.A.

TO MISS B., ON HER GOING AWAY FROM THE WELLS AT NORTHAW, 1718.

WHIGS AND TORIES:

I.—WHIGGORUM PIETAS ET CONGRATULATIO.

II.

II.—PIIS ET GRATULANTIBUS WHIGGIS RESPONSIO.

III.

III.—ANSWER TO A COPY OF VERSES,

IV.

IV.—AN ANSWER TO THE FOREGOING VERSES.

TO THE HONOURABLE THE LADY MARY HAY. 1731.

A DIALOGUE BETWEEN THOMAS AND HIS CASSOCK.

A SATIRE AGAINST SNUFF.

WEDLOCK: A SATIRE.

A FULL ANSWER:

TO MISS MARTHA WESLEY.

AN ELEGY ON MR. CHARLES WESLEY,

TO MY WIFE, ON HER BIRTH-DAY.

ANACREONTICS TO MY WIFE.

II.

III.

IV.

FOR A SICK CHILD.

ON THE DEATH OF A DAUGHTER.

“A WOUNDED SPIRIT WHO CAN BEAR?”

EPILOGUE TO THE SAME.

PROLOGUE TO “THE EUNUCH.”

PROLOGUE, 1716.

HENLEY'S SHIELD.

TO CHRISTOPHER RHODES, ESQ.,

SPANISH INSULTS, 1729.

A LETTER FROM A GENTLEMAN AT AVIGNON TO HIS MISTRESS HERE:

AN EPISTLE TO MY LORD ORRERY, 1738.

PROLOGUE TO MR. BRADY'S COMEDY, CALLED, “HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY; OR, THE RAKE DISAPPOINTED:”

LINES ON A REPORT THAT DUKE WHARTON WAS EXPELLED A LODGE OF FREE-MASONS.

ON A LINE IN “THE CHARACTER OF A COUNTRY PARSON:”

TO MR. THOMAS.

TO CAPTAIN EARLE.

SATIRICAL POETRY

I.—AN ODE TO MR. WALPOLE.

II.

II.—UPON THE JEWEL OF THE TOWER. 1716.

III.

III.—MERCY: AN ODE.

IV.

IV.—THE HUMBLE ADDRESS OF THE KNIGHT TO THE KING.

V.—NOSCE TEIPSUM: TO THE KNIGHT.

VI.

VI.—TO MR. LISTER,

VII.

VII.—ON SIR ROBERT WALPOLE'S SAYING HE WOULD NEVER EMPLOY BOLINGBROKE TO WRITE FOR HIM.

VIII.

VIII.—ON A CONFERENCE IN FRANCE.

IX.

IX.—TO HER GRACE THE DUCHESS OF QUEENSBOROUGH.

X.—ON THE STREET-ROBBERIES.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

XV.

XVI.

XVII.

XVIII.

XIX.

XX.

XXI.

XXII.

XXII.—A PANEGYRIC, 1731.

XXIII.

XXIII.—EPIGRAM.

XXIV.

XXIV.—A LITANY.

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TO THE HON. BRIGADIER-GENERAL JONES, AT BLETCHINGTON.

TO THE CONCEALED AUTHOR OF ------, 1708–9.

THE EMBLEM.

EPIGRAMS.

II.

II.—A CONTRAST.

III.

III.—ON THE QUEEN'S HERMITAGE.

V.—ANOTHER.

VI.

VI.—ANOTHER.

VII.

VII.—ANOTHER.

EPIGRAMS: FROM THE GREEK.

XI.

XV.

XVI.

TO W. COLMAN, ESQ., 1737.

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FOR A SICK CHILD.

JOHN IV. 46–53.

I

Jesus, great Healer of mankind,
Who dost our sorrows bear,
Let an afflicted parent find
An answer to his prayer!

II

I look for help in thee alone,
To thee for succour fly;
My son is sick, my darling son,
And at the point to die!

III

By deep distress a suppliant made,
By agony of grief;
Most justly might thy love upbraid
My lingering unbelief.

IV

But thou art ready still to run,
And grant our hearts' desire:
Lord, in thy healing power come down
Before my child expire!

V

Surely, if thou pronounce the word,
If thou the answer give,
My dying son shall be restored,
And to thy glory live.

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VI

Rebuke the fever in this hour,
Command it to depart;
Now, let me now behold thy power,
And give thee all my heart!

VII

O save the father in the son!
Restore him, Lord, to me!
My heart the miracle shall own,
And give him back to Thee.

VIII

I will, I will obey thy word,
To thee my all resign;
I and my house will serve the Lord,
And live for ever thine!

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FOR A SICK CHILD.

JOHN IV. 46–53.

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