Falsafa

Comma for either/or — dharma, courage. Spelling forgiving — corage finds courage.

    18th Century · English

    An Assorted Collection of Eighteenth-Century Poetry

    Various

    Chapters
    228
    Variants
    228
    Genre
    Poetry

    Chapters

    1. 01True RESIGNATION.verse
    2. 02VERSES written on a Blank Leaf,verse
    3. 03PSALM XLVI.verse
    4. 04BRITAIN'S ISLE. ON THE DEATH OF FREDERIC, PRINCE OF WALES.verse
    5. 05ARNO's VALE. A SONG.verse
    6. 06The Robin's Complaint. Addressed to a Lady.verse
    7. 07Verses on the Marriage of a Certain Amiable Couple.verse
    8. 08HORACE, Book II. Ode II. Quid bellicosus Cantaber, &c.verse
    9. 09MALVERN SPA, 1757. Inscribed to Dr. WALL.verse
    10. 10A MORNING SOLILOQUY ON DEAFNESS.verse
    11. 11TO MYRTILIS. THE NEW YEAR'S OFFERING.verse
    12. 12A Fit of the SPLEEN. In Imitation of SHAKESPHEAR.verse
    13. 13DEATH:verse
    14. 14TO WILLIAM SHENSTONE, Esq The PRODUCTION of Half an Hour's Leisure.verse
    15. 15An Answer to a Rebus.verse
    16. 16An Inscription wrote on the Monument of a Young and Beautiful Lady.verse
    17. 17The POET'S PRAYER.verse
    18. 18THE ART of POLITICKS, In Imitation of HORACE's ART of POETRY.verse
    19. 19PETRARCH AND LAURA. AN EPIGRAMMATIC TALE.verse
    20. 20ODE TO SENSIBILITY.verse
    21. 21The RAKE.verse
    22. 22AN EPISTLE FROM A SWISS Officer to his Friend at Rome.verse
    23. 23JOVI ELEUTHERIO. Or, an OFFERING to LIBERTY.verse
    24. 24PROLOGUE TO THE ENGLISHMAN AT BOURDEAUX. Performed since the conclusion of the peace, with universal applause, at PARIS.verse
    25. 25THE HOUSE OF SUPERSTITION. A VISION.verse
    26. 26EPILOGUE.verse
    27. 27PARADISE REGAIN'D.verse
    28. 28AN ODE TO THE GENIUS OF SCANDAL.verse
    29. 29ON THE MUCH LAMENTED DEATH OF THE MARQUIS OF TAVISTOCK.verse
    30. 30The Lawyer's Farewell to his Muse. Written in the Year 1744.verse
    31. 31O Thou, who labour'st in this rugged mineverse
    32. 32OATLANDS; OR THE TRANSFER OF THE LAUREL. A POEM.verse
    33. 33STUDLEY. TO MISS B— F—.verse
    34. 34ODE to a THRUSH.verse
    35. 35The EXCEPTION.verse
    36. 36ELEGY.verse
    37. 37NATURE and FORTUNE. To the Earl of CHESTERFIELD.verse
    38. 38TO A LADY, WITH AN ETUI.verse
    39. 39TO COLONEL R—S.verse
    40. 40LEUCOTHOE.verse
    41. 41AN EPISTLE TO Sir Richard Blackmore.verse
    42. 42ISAIAH XXXIV.verse
    43. 43ODE on a STORM.verse
    44. 44THE FEMALE REIGN: AN ODE.verse
    45. 45An Address of the STATUES at STOWE, to Lord COBHAM, on his Return to his Gardens.verse
    46. 46SLAVERY. A POEM.verse
    47. 47An ELEGY, written on VALENTINE Morning.verse
    48. 48The DOWAGER.verse
    49. 49On the Invention of LETTERS.verse
    50. 50An EPIGRAM.verse
    51. 51PRE-EXISTENCE: A POEM, In Imitation of MILTON.verse
    52. 52A Character of Mr. POPE'S WRITINGS. BEING An Episode from the Poem call'd SICKNESS, Book II.verse
    53. 53CHIRON to ACHILLES, A POEM.verse
    54. 54The POET's IMPORTANCE.verse
    55. 55THE LADY AND THE LINNET. A TALE.verse
    56. 56VIOLENTA FROM BOCCACEverse
    57. 57To the DUKE of MARLBOROUGH.verse
    58. 58An EPISTLE from the Elector of BAVARIA to the FRENCH King, after the Battle of RAMILLIES.verse
    59. 59VERSES to a Writer of RIDDLES.verse
    60. 60THE ROOKERY.verse
    61. 61A RECEIPT how to make L'EAU DE VIE. WRITTEN AT THE DESIRE OF A LADY.verse
    62. 62TRUE BEAUTY.verse
    63. 63The TROPHY, BEING SIX CANTATAS To the Honour of his ROYAL HIGHNESS WILLLIAM, Duke of CUMBERLAND; Expressing the just Sense of a grateful Nation, in the several Characters of The VOLUNTEER, The POET, The PAINTER, The MUSICIAN, The SHEPHERD, The RELIGIOUS.verse
    64. 64BRYAN AND PEREENE. A WEST INDIAN BALLAD;verse
    65. 65LIBERTY. LA LIBERTA. Newly translated from METASTASIO.verse
    66. 66THE LOVE OF GAIN.verse
    67. 67To Lady H—Y.verse
    68. 68THE EQUALITY OF MANKIND.verse
    69. 69THE DAY OF JUDGMENT: A POETICAL ESSAY.verse
    70. 70[Verses to the memory of Garrick: Spoken as a monody, at the Theatre Royal in Drury-Lane]verse
    71. 71The PLAY-THING chang'd.verse
    72. 72On a SPIDER.verse
    73. 73THE FAIRY'S ANSWER TO MRS. GREVILLE.verse
    74. 74PRAYER FOR INDIFFERENCE.verse
    75. 75PROLOGUE.verse
    76. 76To the Earl of CHESTERFIELD.verse
    77. 77Mrs. BINDON'S ANSWER.verse
    78. 78The MIMICK.verse
    79. 79REPENTANCE.verse
    80. 80Miss SOPER'S Answer to a Lady, who invited her to retire into a monastic Life at St. CROSS, near WINCHESTER.verse
    81. 81THE STATUES: OR, THE TRIAL of CONSTANCYverse
    82. 82A POEM to the Memory of THOMAS, late Marquiss of WHARTON, Lord Privy Seal.verse
    83. 83THE WISH: AN ELEGY. TO URANIA.verse
    84. 84THE EAGLE and ROBIN RED-BREAST. A FABLE.verse
    85. 85A PRESENT TO A YOUNG LADY WITH A PAIR OF STOCKINGS.verse
    86. 86A Letter from Cambridge to a young Gentleman at Eton School.verse
    87. 87HOLKHAM. A POEM.verse
    88. 88THE POOR MAN's PRAYER. WRITTEN 1766. ADDRESSED TO THE EARL OF CHATHAM.verse
    89. 89MONODY TO THE MEMORY OF A YOUNG LADY.verse
    90. 90THE CHARGE OF CYRUS THE GREAT.verse
    91. 91THE CONTENTED PHILOSOPHER.verse
    92. 92THE PASSAGE OF THE MOUNTAIN OF SAINT GOTHARD. TO MY CHILDREN.verse
    93. 93[Bars Fight, August 25, 1746, in] Negro Slavery in Old Deerfieldverse
    94. 94ODE: IN HONOUR OF THE NUPTIALS OF THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES.verse
    95. 95ADMIRAL HOSIER's GHOST.verse
    96. 96ALLEN AND ELLA. A FRAGMENT.verse
    97. 97Upon an ALCOVE, now at PARSON'S Green.verse
    98. 98A Rebus.verse
    99. 99Harriot to Caroline. A Poem.verse
    100. 100The Procession. A POEM ON Her MAJESTIES FUNERAL.verse
    101. 101A PRAYER FOR INDIFFERENCE.verse
    102. 102A WINTER THOUGHT.verse
    103. 103TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD. ON HIS LATE RECOVERY FROM A DANGEROUS ILLNESS.verse
    104. 104EPITAPH ON MRS. SARAH MENCE.verse
    105. 105THE TEARS of OLD MAY-DAY.verse
    106. 106THE Splendid Shilling,verse
    107. 107ON MR. WALPOLE's HOUSE AT STRAWBERRY HILL.verse
    108. 108AN ELEGY.verse
    109. 109A SONG.verse
    110. 110UT PICTURA POESIS.verse
    111. 111A HERMIT's TALE.verse
    112. 112THE MAN of TASTE. Occasion'd by an EPISTLE Of Mr. POPE's on that Subject.verse
    113. 113AN ESSAY ON CONVERSATION.verse
    114. 114THE POOR MAN's PRAYER. ADDRESSED TO LORD CHATHAM.verse
    115. 115AN EPITAPH,verse
    116. 116The PICTURE of HUMAN LIFE. Translated from the GREEK of CEBES the THEBAN.verse
    117. 117LALLET: OR, The Tender Shepherdess.verse
    118. 118A SONG. WRITTEN TO A LADY.verse
    119. 119WOODSTOCK. AN ELEGY.verse
    120. 120ODE ON THE REBELLION IN THE YEAR MDCCXLV.verse
    121. 121VERSES sent to Dean SWIFT on his Birth-day, with PINE'S HORACE finely bound.verse
    122. 122On WIT.verse
    123. 123The ANSWER.verse
    124. 124Advice to the Ladies at Bath.verse
    125. 125Ode to Venus, from her Votaries of the Street.verse
    126. 126ΓΝΩΘΙ ΣEΑΥΤΟΝ. Know YOUR SELF.verse
    127. 127PLAIN TRUTH.verse
    128. 128A LETTER to Sir ROBERT WALPOLE.verse
    129. 129THE GRAVE. A POEM.verse
    130. 130TO THE DUKE ON HIS RETURN.verse
    131. 131KYMBER: A MONODY.verse
    132. 132The EDUCATION of ACHILLES.verse
    133. 133[THE FARMER'S BOY; A RURAL POEM.] SPRING.verse
    134. 134Written upon leaving a FRIEND'S House in WALES.verse
    135. 135ALBIN and the DAUGHTER of MEY. An old tale, translated from the Irish.verse
    136. 136SOLITUDE. An ODE.verse
    137. 137ODE.verse
    138. 138Captain T — of BATTEREAU'S Regiment in the Isle of SKIE to Captain P— at Fort AUGUSTUS.verse
    139. 139TO THE SAME, AFTER HAVING RECEIVED FROM HER, FOR A WATCH, A HEART WROUGHT WITH HER OWN HAIR, AND INCLUDING HER NAME, AFFECTEDLY INCLOSED IN A NUMBER OF COVERS.verse
    140. 140TO THE SAME, WITH SHENSTONE'S WORKS, AFTER HAVING VISITED THE LEASOWES TOGETHER.verse
    141. 141SLAVERY. A POEM.verse
    142. 142[THE NEW BATH GUIDE: OR, MEMOIRS of the B — R — D FAMILY.]verse
    143. 143Lord Boyle's Answer to the foregoing Verses.verse
    144. 144A POEM, [ON THE DEATH OF Our Late Soveraign Lady Queen MARY.]verse
    145. 145OSRIC — THE LION! A ROMANCE.verse
    146. 146The FEMALE DRUM: Or, The Origin of CARDS. A Tale. Address'd to the Honourable Miss CARPENTER.verse
    147. 147ABSENCE. A PASTORAL BALLAD.verse
    148. 148LONDON: OR, THE PROGRESS OF COMMERCE.verse
    149. 149AN EPISTLE OF M. DE VOLTAIRE UPON HIS ARRIVAL AT HIS ESTATE NEAR THE LAKE OF GENEVA, IN MARCH, MDCCLV.verse
    150. 150A Fragment of CHAUCER.verse
    151. 151Epistle from the late Lord Viscount B—GB—KE to Miss LUCY A—K—NS.verse
    152. 152THE ELM AND VINE. A FABLE.verse
    153. 153Verses on the Prospect of planting ARTS and LEARNING in AMERICA.verse
    154. 154VERSES ON THE EXPECTED ARRIVAL OF QUEEN CHARLOTTE, IN AN EPISTLE TO A FRIEND, 1761.verse
    155. 155To the Memory of a GENTLEMAN, who died on his Travels to ROME. Written in 1738.verse
    156. 156IMMORTALITY: or, the Consolation of HUMAN LIFE. A MONODY.verse
    157. 157TO That GREAT-THINKER, Dr. THOMAS BURNET, On His SACRED THEORY of the EARTH.verse
    158. 158VIRGIL's Tomb. NAPLES 1741.verse
    159. 159MR. DODSLEY's ANSWER.verse
    160. 160ODE TO MORNING.verse
    161. 161An Imitation of HORACE, Ode II. Book III. Angustam amice, &c.verse
    162. 162CYDER.verse
    163. 163ON THE PEACE OF AIX LA CHAPELLE, MDCCXLVIII.verse
    164. 164The Dying Profligate.verse
    165. 165ELEGY ON A HUMMING-BIRD. WRITTEN IN A FLOWER-GARDEN.verse
    166. 166ODE TO A SINGING BIRD.verse
    167. 167To Mr. Rose; sent in the Name of the Honourable Mr. Barry, one of his Schoolfellows: Occasion'd by the foregoing Verses, p. 78.verse
    168. 168VERSES WRITTEN IN LONDON ON THE APPROACH OF SPRING.verse
    169. 169THE THREE WARNINGS: A TALE.verse
    170. 170THE EXCURSION.verse
    171. 171ABELARD TO ELOISA.verse
    172. 172A BIRTH-DAY OFFERING TO A YOUNG LADY. FROM HER LOVER.verse
    173. 173EPISTLE FROM LORD WILLIAM RUSSEL TO WILLIAM LORD CAVENDISH.verse
    174. 174A MONODY TO THE MEMORY OF MRS. MARGARET WOFFINGTON.verse
    175. 175MODERN VIRTUE. A SATIRE.verse
    176. 176A MONODY On the DEATH of Queen CAROLINE.verse
    177. 177ELEGY, TO THE MEMORY OF MR. THOMAS CHATTERTON, LATE OF BRISTOL.verse
    178. 178The ARBOUR: An ODE to CONTENTMENT.verse
    179. 179The GROTTO: An ODE to SILENCE.verse
    180. 180PAPLET: OR, Love and Innocence.verse
    181. 181MR. FOOTE's ADDRESS TO THE PUBLIC, After a Prosecution against him for a LIBEL.verse
    182. 182The GENIUS. An ODE, written in 1717, on occasion of the Duke of MARLBOROUGH'S Apoplexy.verse
    183. 183Transcrib'd from the Rev. Mr. PIXEL'S Parsonage Garden near BIRMINGHAM, 1757.verse
    184. 184THE BELDAMES.verse
    185. 185THE PRAISES OF ISIS; A POEM. WRITTEN MDCCLV.verse
    186. 186The FOX-CHACE. A Favourite Hunting Song, Sung at the grand Hunts of England.verse
    187. 187The PLEASURE of POETRY. An ODE.verse
    188. 188The Cave of POPE. A Prophecy.verse
    189. 189ODE on the Duke of YORK's second De parture from England, as REAR ADMIRAL.verse
    190. 190THE LOVER AND THE FRIEND.verse
    191. 191THE POWER OF BEAUTY.verse
    192. 192A Rebus.verse
    193. 193An Answer to a Rebus.verse
    194. 194KIMBOLTON PARK.verse
    195. 195A Reply to a Copy of Verses made in Imitation of Ode II. Book III. of HORACE. Angustam amice pauperiem pati, &c.verse
    196. 196A SONG. I.verse
    197. 197THE WISH. I.verse
    198. 198PSYCHE: or the GREAT METAMORPHOSIS. A POEM, written in Imitation of SPENSER,verse
    199. 199AN ODE ON ST. CAECILIA'S DAY, Adapted to the antient British music, viz. the salt-box, the Jew's harp, the marrow-bones and cleavers, the hum-strum or hurdy-gurdy, &c. as it was performed on June 10, 1763, at Ranelagh.verse
    200. 200AMANA.verse
    201. 201SONNET TO A ROBIN-RED-BREAST.verse
    202. 202ALEXIS: A PASTORAL BALLAD.verse
    203. 203A DIALOGUE BETWEEN A POET AND HIS SERVANT.verse
    204. 204ODE to SPRING.verse
    205. 205ODE to CYNTHIA.verse
    206. 206Extempore Verses upon a Trial of Skill between the two great Masters of Defence, Messieurs FIGG and SUTTON.verse
    207. 207SLANDER: OR, THE WITCH OF WOKEY.verse
    208. 208TO ANNA MATILDA.verse
    209. 209AN EVENING ADDRESS TO A NIGHTINGALE.verse
    210. 210The TRIUMPH of INDIFFERENCE. Being the same ODE,verse
    211. 211In the Dead of the Night. Sung by Mrs. Jordan in the Wedding Day.verse
    212. 212ODE TO THE NEW YEAR, 1769.verse
    213. 213INSCRIPTION IN AN ARBOUR. PROCUL ESTE PROFANI!verse
    214. 214DENNIS to Mr. THOMSON, Who had procured him a Benefit Night.verse
    215. 215SONG. 1753.verse
    216. 216WOODSTOCK PARK. A POEM.verse
    217. 217ISAIAH XXXV.verse
    218. 218RELIGION. A RHAPSODY.verse
    219. 219THE VILLAGE CLUB.verse
    220. 220DEATH: A POETICAL ESSAY.verse
    221. 221ON LAURA's GRAVE.verse
    222. 222THE MAN OF SORROW.verse
    223. 223THE MAN OF PLEASURE.verse
    224. 224HOPE. A PASTORAL BALLAD.verse
    225. 225To a LADY, who sent Compliments to a CLERGYMAN upon the Ten of Hearts.verse
    226. 226Lady MARY W***, to Sir W*** Y***verse
    227. 227Sir W***** Y*****'s Answer.verse
    228. 228AN HYMN TO FORTITUDE.verse