XVI. He fuggefts the advantages of birth to a perfon

of merit, and the folly of a fupercilioufnefs that is

built upon that fole foundation.

XVII. He indulges the fuggeftions of fpleen: an
elegy to the winds.

43

47

XVIII. He repeats the fong of Collin, a difcerning

fhepherd; lamenting the state of the woollen manu-

factory.

XIX. Written in fpring, 1743.

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53

XX. He compares his humble fortune with the dif

treffes, of others, and his fubjection to Delia with

the miferable fervitude of an African flave.

56

XXI. Taking a view of the country from his retire-

ment, he is led to meditate on the character of the

ancient Britons. Written at the time of a rumoured

tax upon luxury. 1746.

XXII. Written in the year

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when the rights of

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fepulture were fo frequently violated.

XXIII. Reflections fuggefted by his fituation.

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XXIV. He takes occafion, from the fate of Eleanor

of Bretagne, to fuggeft the imperfect pleafures of a

folitary life.
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XXV. To Delia, with fome flowers; complaining

how much his benevolence fuffers on account of his

humble fortune.

XXVI. Defcribing the forrow of an ingenuous mind,

on the melancholy event of a licentious amour.

II. ODES, SONGS, BALLADS, &c.

72

74

Rural Elegance: an ode to the late Duchess of Somer-

fet. Written 1750.

Ode to Memory, 1748.

79

89

The Princess Elizabeth: a ballad alluding to a story

recorded of her, when he was prifoner at Wood-

ftock, 1554

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91

Ode to a young Lady, fomewhat too folicitous about

her manner of expreffion.

93

Nancy

Ode to Health. 1730.

94

97

98

Toa Lady of Quality, fitting up her library, 1738. 101

Upon a vifit to the fame, in winter.

An irregular ode after fickness.

1748.

1749.

102

103

To a Lady, with fome coloured Patterns of Flowers,

October 7, 1736.

108

Written in a Flower Book of my own colouring, de-
figned for Lady Plymouth.

Anacreontic.

1738.

Ode. Written 1739.

The Dying Kid.

1753-4.

III

112

113

115

Songs, written chiefly between the years 1737 and

A Paftoral Ode, to the Honourable Sir Richard Lyt-

telton.

141

135

Verses, written towards the close of the year 1748, to

William Lyttelton, Efq.

Love and Mufic, written at Oxford, when young. 144

Comparison.
146

Ode to Cynthia, on the approach of Spring. 147

Jemmy Dawfon, a ballad; written about the time of

his execution, in the year 1745.

A Paftoral Ballad, in four parts. Written 1743.

152-160

III. LEVITIES, or PIECES of HUMOUR.

161

Flirt and Phil; a decision for the ladies.

Stanzas to the memory of an agreeable Lady, buried

in marriage to a perfon undeferving her.

Colemira. A culinary eclogue.

The Rape of the Trap. A ballad. 1737.

On certain paftorals.

IV. MORAL PIECES.

The Judgment of Hercules.

169

ibid.

171

172

173

174

175

176

177

ibid.

179

182

1831

184

185

193

194

195

197

The Progrefs of Tafte: or the fate of delicacy. 215

Oeconomy, a rhapfody, addreffed to young poets. 237

The Ruin'd Abbey; or, the effects of fuperftition 259

Love and Honour.

The School-Miftrefs.

273

284

V. INSCRIPTIONS.

297-326

VI. VERSES to Mr. SHENSTONE. 307-324

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