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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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DAY:
 
THE CONTEMPLATIST:
 
THE THRUSH AND PYE:
 
PALEMON:
 
THE HAWTHORN BOWER.
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TheANTandCATERPILLAR:
 
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MORAL.
 
PHILLIS:
 
POMONA:
 
MAY-EVE:
 
KITTY FELL.
 
THYRSIS.
 
CLARINDA.
 
FANNY OF THE DALE.
 
A SONG.
 
STANZAS ON THE FORWARDNESS OF SPRING.
 
ON THE APPROACH OF MAY.
 
THE VIOLET.
 
THE NARCISSUS.
 
THE MILLER:
 
A LANDSCAPE.
 
MELODY.
 
DELIA:
 
THE SYCAMORE SHADE:
 
DAMON AND PHILLIS:
 
THE WARNING.
 
HOLIDAY GOWN.
 
DAPHNE:
 
CORYDON:
 
DAMON AND PHOEBE.
 
A PASTORAL HYMN To JANUS.
 
The INSCRIPTION Imitated.
 
Imitated.
 
CONTENT:
 
CORYDON AND PHILLIS:
 
AN ELEGY ON A PILE OF RUINS.
 
A SONG.
 
SAPHO's HYMN TO VENUS. IMITATED.
 
ANACREON. ODE LVIII. Imitated.
 
ANACREON. ODE IX. Imitated.
 
THE DANCE.
 
ANACREON. ODE XIV. Imitated.
 
IMITATION FROM ANACREON.
 
ANACREON. ODE XXXIII. Imitated.
 
THE PICTURE:
 
THE WITCH:
 
REPUTATION:
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THE ROSE AND BUTTERFLY:
 
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Moral.
 
THE SHEEP AND THE BRAMBLE-BUSH:
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THE FOX AND THE CAT.
 
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Moral.
 
HYMEN.
 
FORTUNE:
 
A MAN TO MY MIND.
 
WITH A PRESENT.
 
FANCY:
 
LOVE AND CHASTITY:
 
AMPHITRION.
 
ANACREON. ODE XIX. Imitated.
 
NEWCASTLE BEER.
 
THE TOAST:
 
A Three-Part CATCH.
 
ON Sir W--- B---T's BIRTH-DAY.
 
STANZAS
 
THE RESPITE:
 
AN IRREGULAR ODE ON MUSIC.
 
FROM A TRUANT TO HIS FRIENDS.
 
TO THE AUTHOR OF POEMS,
 
A BIRTH-DAY ODE:
 
THE BROKEN CHINA.
 
To Mr ---.
 
ON THE LATE ABSENCE OF MAY.
 
AN EULOGIUM ON MASONRY.
 
A PROLOGUE,
 
A PROLOGUE,
 
A PROLOGUE,
 
A PROLOGUE,
 
AN EPILOGUE,
 
A PROLOGUE, To the MUSE of OSSIAN.
 
AN EPILOGUE, To the MUSE of OSSIAN.
 
AN EPILOGUE,
 
AN EPILOGUE,
 
AN EULOGIUM ON CHARITY.
 
AN EPILOGUE,
 
A PROLOGUE, To LOVE and FAME.
 
A PROLOGUE, To RULE A WIFE.
 
A PROLOGUE,
 
A PROLOGUE,
 
A PROLOGUE,
 
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.
 
INCANTATION.
 
FORTUNE TO HARLEQUIN.
 
ACROSTIC.
 
On the Death of Mrs SLEIGH, of Stockton.
 
ACROSTIC.
 
On the Death of Lord GRANBY.
 
On the Death of Mr ---, of Sunderland.
 
A PETITION
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AN ODE For the Birth-Day of the KING OF PRUSSIA.
 
Recit.
 
Air.
 
AN ODE
 
On a very young LADY.
 
A SONNET:
 
ANACREON. ODE V. Imitated.
 
A PASTORAL.
 
To CHLOE, in an ill Humour.
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EPIGRAMS, &c.
 
An EPIGRAM.
 
Another.
 
On Mr Churchill's Death.
 
A POSTSCRIPT.
 
EPIGRAPH For Dean Swift's Monument.
 
EPIGRAM.
 
Apollo—To Mr C---F---,
 
On seeing J. C---ft, Esq;

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Imitated.

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In the deep bosom of my grove
A sweet recess survey!
Where birds, with elegies of love,
Make vocal every spray.
A sylvan spot, with woods—with waters crown'd,
With all the rural honours blooming round!

II

This little, but commodious seat
(Where nature weds with art)
A'nt to the eye superbly great,
Its beauties charm the heart.
Here, may the happy founder and his race
Pass their full days in harmony and peace!
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