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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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IMITATION FROM ANACREON.

Fill me that capacious cup,
Fill it, to the margin up;
From my veins the thirsty day
Quaffs the vital strength away.

Let a wreath my temples shield,
Fresh from the enamell'd field;
These declining roses bow,
Blasted by my sultry brow.

Flowrets, by their friendly aid,
From the Sunbeams form a shade:
Let me from my heart require,
(Glowing with intense desire)

Is there, in the deepest grove,
Shelter from the Beams of Love?