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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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TheANTandCATERPILLAR:

STANZAS ON THE FORWARDNESS OF SPRING.

ON THE APPROACH OF MAY.

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:

THE ROSE AND BUTTERFLY:

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Moral.

THE SHEEP AND THE BRAMBLE-BUSH:

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,

AN EPILOGUE,

A PROLOGUE, To the MUSE of OSSIAN.

AN EPILOGUE, To the MUSE of OSSIAN.

AN EPILOGUE,

AN EULOGIUM ON CHARITY.

AN EPILOGUE,

A PROLOGUE, To LOVE and FAME.

A PROLOGUE, To RULE A WIFE.

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

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.

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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A SONG.

[He that Love hath never try'd]

I

He that Love hath never try'd,
Nor had Cupid for his guide,
Cannot hit the passage right
To the palace of delight.

II

What are honours, regal wealth,
Florid youth, and rosy health?
Without Love his tribute brings,
Impotent, unmeaning things!

III

Gentle shepherds, persevere,
Still be tender, still sincere;
Love and Time, united, do
Wonders, if the heart be true.