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Poems, chiefly pastoral

By John Cunningham. The second edition. With the Addition of several pastorals and other pieces

Cunningham, John (1729-1773)

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THE CONTEMPLATIST:

THE THRUSH AND PYE:

THE HAWTHORN BOWER.

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TheANTandCATERPILLAR:

FANNY OF THE DALE.

STANZAS ON THE FORWARDNESS OF SPRING.

ON THE APPROACH OF MAY.

THE SYCAMORE SHADE:

DAMON AND PHILLIS:

DAMON AND PHOEBE.

A PASTORAL HYMN To JANUS.

The INSCRIPTION Imitated.

CORYDON AND PHILLIS:

AN ELEGY ON A PILE OF RUINS.

SAPHO's HYMN TO VENUS. IMITATED.

ANACREON. ODE LVIII. Imitated.

ANACREON. ODE IX. Imitated.

ANACREON. ODE XIV. Imitated.

IMITATION FROM ANACREON.

ANACREON. ODE XXXIII. Imitated.

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THE ROSE AND BUTTERFLY:

THE SHEEP AND THE BRAMBLE-BUSH:

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THE FOX AND THE CAT.

A MAN TO MY MIND.

WITH A PRESENT.

LOVE AND CHASTITY:

ANACREON. ODE XIX. Imitated.

NEWCASTLE BEER.

A Three-Part CATCH.

ON Sir W--- B---T's BIRTH-DAY.

AN IRREGULAR ODE ON MUSIC.

FROM A TRUANT TO HIS FRIENDS.

TO THE AUTHOR OF POEMS,

A BIRTH-DAY ODE:

THE BROKEN CHINA.

ON THE LATE ABSENCE OF MAY.

AN EULOGIUM ON MASONRY.

A PROLOGUE, To the MUSE of OSSIAN.

AN EPILOGUE, To the MUSE of OSSIAN.

AN EULOGIUM ON CHARITY.

A PROLOGUE, To LOVE and FAME.

A PROLOGUE, To RULE A WIFE.

AN INTRODUCTION,

STANZAS On the Death of his late Majesty King GEORGE II

HORACE. ODE X. BOOK IV. Imitated.

Sent to Miss BELL H---, with a Pair of Buckles.

To CHLOE, on a Charge of Inconstancy.

FORTUNE TO HARLEQUIN.

On the Death of Mrs SLEIGH, of Stockton.

On the Death of Lord GRANBY.

On the Death of Mr ---, of Sunderland.

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AN ODE For the Birth-Day of the KING OF PRUSSIA.

On a very young LADY.

ANACREON. ODE V. Imitated.

To CHLOE, in an ill Humour.

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On Mr Churchill's Death.

EPIGRAPH For Dean Swift's Monument.

Apollo—To Mr C---F---,

On seeing J. C---ft, Esq;

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Fælix ille, quem, semotum longe e strepitu et popularibus undis, interdum molli rus accipit umbra! Rapin.