Falsafa

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

    18th Century · English

    Poems

    Mary Barber

    Chapters
    115
    Variants
    115
    Genre
    Poetry

    Chapters

    1. 01SONG.verse
    2. 02To the Honble. Miss Carteret, now Countess of Dysert.verse
    3. 03The Widow Gordon's Petition To the Right Hon. the Lady Carteret.verse
    4. 04Written in the Conclusion of a Letter to Mr. Tickel, intreating him to recommend the Widow Gordon's Petition.verse
    5. 05A True TALE.verse
    6. 06Written for my Son, and spoken by him at his first putting on Breeches.verse
    7. 07An unanswerable Apology for the Rich.verse
    8. 08Written for my Son, and spoken by him at School to some of the Fellows of the College of Dublin, at a public Examination for Victors.verse
    9. 09The Prodigy. A Letter to a Friend in the Country.verse
    10. 10SINCERITY. A Poem. Occasion'd by a Friend's resenting some Advice I gave.verse
    11. 11To Dr. Richard Helsham. Upon my Recovery from a dangerous Fit of Sickness.verse
    12. 12To Mrs. —verse
    13. 13To the Right Honble. the Lady Dowager Torrington, with some Verses her Ladyship commanded me to send her.verse
    14. 14Written for my Son, and spoken by him in School, upon his Master's first bringing in a Rod.verse
    15. 15Occasion'd by seeing some Verses written by Mrs. Constantia Grierson, upon the Death of her Son.verse
    16. 16To the Right Honourable the Lady Elizabeth Brownlow, upon desiring me to send her some of my Poems.verse
    17. 17The RESOLUTION.verse
    18. 18Written for my Son in his Sickness, to one of his School fellows.verse
    19. 19Written at Tunbridge-Wells. To the Right Honourable the Lady Barbara North, occasion'd by some of the Company's saying they would go to Faint-Fair, and act a Play.verse
    20. 20Upon seeing a Raffle for Addison's Works unfill'd.verse
    21. 21To a Lady at Bath.verse
    22. 22The Oak and its Branches. A Fable. Occasion'd by seeing a dead Oak beautifully encompass'd with Ivy.verse
    23. 23An Apology written for my Son to his Master, who had commanded him to write Verses on the Death of the late Lord —.verse
    24. 24Written for a Gentlewoman in Distress. To her Grace Adelida, Dutchess of Shrewsbury.verse
    25. 25Written for my Son, to some of the Fellows of the College, who took care of the School in his Master's Absence.verse
    26. 26A Letter written for my Daughter to a Lady, who had presented her with a Cap.verse
    27. 27To his Grace the Duke of Chandos.verse
    28. 28Conclusion of a Letter to the Rev. Mr. C—.verse
    29. 29Jupiter and Fortune. A Fable.verse
    30. 30To the Right Honourable the Lady Sarah Cowper. Written when the Author was sick at Tunbridge-Wells.verse
    31. 31A Letter to a Friend, on Occasion of some Libels written against him.verse
    32. 32An Hymn to Sleep. Written when the Author was sick.verse
    33. 33On sending my Son, as a Present, to Dr. Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, on his Birth-Day.verse
    34. 34Occasion'd by reading the Memoirs of Anne of Austria, written by Madam de Motteville. Inscrib'd to the Right Honourable the Countess of Hertford.verse
    35. 35On the Dutchess of Newcastle's Picture.verse
    36. 36A Letter for my Son to one of his School-fellows, Son to Henry Rose, Esq;verse
    37. 37To a Gentleman, who had abus'd Waller.verse
    38. 38Written for my Son, in a Bible which was presented to him.verse
    39. 39Written for my Son, to Mr. Barry; occasion'd by the foregoing Verses.verse
    40. 40An Apology written for my Son to the Reverend Mr. Sampson, who had invited some Friends to celebrate Lord Carteret's Birth-Day, at Mount-Carteret near Dublin; and desir'd my Son to write on that Occasion.verse
    41. 41An Apology to Dr. Clayton, Bishop of Killala, and his Lady, who had promis'd to dine with the Author.verse
    42. 42Written for my Son, upon Lady Santry's coming to School, to see her Son, and getting the Scholars a Play-Day.verse
    43. 43Written for my Son to his Master, on the Anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne.verse
    44. 44An Apology for my Son to his Master, for not bringing an Exercise on the Coronation Day.verse
    45. 45Written from Dublin, to a Lady in the Country.verse
    46. 46Sent as from a School-fellow to my Son Anno 1727.verse
    47. 47Apollo's Edict.verse
    48. 48News from St. James's.verse
    49. 49To a Lady who was libell'd.verse
    50. 50To the Right Honourable the Lady Elizabeth Germain, upon seeing her do a generous Action. Written as from the Person reliev'd.verse
    51. 51Epilogue to a Comedy acted at Bath, where the Dutchess of Ormond was present.verse
    52. 52To her Grace the Dutchess of Manchester, and Lady Diana Spencer, now Dutchess of Bedford. The humble Petition of little Jemmy Pen, at Tunbridge-Wells.verse
    53. 53To the Honourable Mrs. Percival.verse
    54. 54Written at Bath to a young Lady, who had just before given me a short Answer.verse
    55. 55Stella and Flavia.verse
    56. 56A Letter written for my Son to a young Gentleman, who was sent to be educated at the Jesuits College in Flanders.verse
    57. 57To Mrs. S—. Written in my Sickness.verse
    58. 58To a Lady, who invited the Author into the Country.verse
    59. 59To his Excellency the Lord Carteret. Occasion'd by seeing a Poem, intitled, The Birth of Manly Virtue.verse
    60. 60To Mrs. Newans, encouraging her to draw Lady Killmorey's Picture.verse
    61. 61To the Reverend Dr. L—. Occasion'd by his Sermon for the Support of the Charity-Children at Tunbridge-Wells, where the Collection was small.verse
    62. 62An Epigram on the same Occasion.verse
    63. 63An Epitaph on the late Lord Mount-Cashel.verse
    64. 64An Apology for the Clergy, who were present when the Minister of the Parish read Prayers and preach'd twice in one Day, at Tunbridge-Wells. Written at the Request of a Layman.verse
    65. 65Written at Dr. Mead's House in Ormond-Street, to Mrs. Mead.verse
    66. 66Written upon the Rocks at Tunbridge, on seeing the Names of several Persons written there.verse
    67. 67A Letter written from London to Mrs. Strangeways Horner, whom the Author had left the Day before at Tunbridge-Wells. Oct. 1730.verse
    68. 68To Mrs. Frances-Arabella Kelly.verse
    69. 69The RECANTATION: To the same Lady.verse
    70. 70To Mrs. CÆsar, at the Speaker's Lodgings at Bath.verse
    71. 71To the Right Honourable John Earl of Orrery, at Bath, after the Death of the late Earl.verse
    72. 72The Earl's Answer, written extempore.verse
    73. 73Reply to the foregoing Verses.verse
    74. 74On leaving Bath.verse
    75. 75An Epigram on the Battle of the Books.verse
    76. 76Written at Camberwell, near London, in the Study of Mr. Wainwright, now Baron of the Exchequer in Ireland, where the Author accidentally din'd alone.verse
    77. 77To Mrs. Putland.verse
    78. 78Occasion'd by seeing the Honourable — treat a Person of Merit with Insolence, who came to make a Request to her.verse
    79. 79To the Right Honourable the Lady Kilmorey, with a Letter, which was written by the late Lady Roydon, of the Kingdom of Ireland, just before her Death.verse
    80. 80To Dr. Mead, on his Cape Wine.verse
    81. 81To the Right Hon. the Earl of Orrery, on his Promise to sup with the Author.verse
    82. 82To Alexander Pope, Esq; Intreating him to write Verses to the Memory of Thomas, late Earl of Thanet.verse
    83. 83To Mrs. Anne Donnellan, with the fourth Essay on MAN.verse
    84. 84Written for my Son, and spoken by him, at a public Examination for Victors.verse
    85. 85To Mrs. Armine Cartwright, at Bath.verse
    86. 86To the Right Honourable the Earl of Thomond, at Bath; who charg'd the Author with making an Irish Bull.verse
    87. 87To Mrs. Strangeways Horner, with a Letter from my Son; wherein he desires me to accept his first Prize of Learning, conferr'd on him by the University of Dublin.verse
    88. 88On imagining a Friend had treated the Author with Indifference.verse
    89. 89To the Rt. Hon. Charlotte Lady Conway, on her resolving to leave Bath.verse
    90. 90An Invitation to Edward Walpole, Esq; upon hearing he was landed in Dublin.verse
    91. 91Written at Tunbridge-Wells, where the Author had, the Year before, been honour'd with the Acquaintance of Mrs. Strangeways Horner, who, after, went abroad on account of her Health.verse
    92. 92To Novella, on her saying deridingly, that a Lady of great Merit, and fine Address, was bred in the Old Way. An EPIGRAM.verse
    93. 93To the Honourable Mrs. Spencer, on her removing from Windsor to Rookly in Hampshire.verse
    94. 94To a Gentleman, who shew'd a fine Poem as his own.verse
    95. 95To the Right Honourable John Barber, Esq; Lord Mayor of London, on committing one of my Sons to his Care.verse
    96. 96Spoken extempore, to the Right Honourable the Lady Barbara North, on her presenting the Author with a white Ribband at Tunbridge-Wells.verse
    97. 97To his Grace the Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, at the Camp before Philipsburgh.verse
    98. 98By a Person of Quality.verse
    99. 99Verses occasion'd by the Sickness of Mrs. Anne Donnellan.verse
    100. 100An EPIGRAM.verse
    101. 101On seeing an Officer's Widow distracted who had been driven to Despair, by a long and fruitless Sollicitation for the Arrears of her Pension.verse
    102. 102To Mrs. Mary CÆsar, upon seeing her just after the Marriage of her Friend, the Lady Margaret Harley.verse
    103. 103To Sophronia.verse
    104. 104To a Gentleman, who took a very grave Friend of his, to visit one of quite a different Turn.verse
    105. 105To a Lady, who valu'd herself on speaking her Mind in a blunt Manner, which she call'd being sincere.verse
    106. 106An Apology to the Earl of Orrery, Dr. Swift, and some others of my Friends, for falling into Tears before them, on my leaving Ireland.verse
    107. 107The Peacock. A Fable.verse
    108. 108To a Lady in the Spleen, whom the Author was desir'd to amuse.verse
    109. 109On the Earl of Oxford and Mortimer's giving his Daughter in Marriage in Oxford-Chapel.verse
    110. 110To her Grace the Dutchess of Portland, with the foregoing Lines.verse
    111. 111To Robert Barber Esq; Deputy to the Treasurer's Remembrancer in the Court of Exchequer, on his attending, whilst his Son repeated Gay's Fable of the Hare and Many Friends.verse
    112. 112Verses sent to a Lady, who took Delight in ridiculing a Person of very weak Under-standing, whom she reliev'd from Want.verse
    113. 113To Lady H—r, who ask'd, Had the Author done writing Verses?verse
    114. 114On seeing the Captives, lately redeem'd from Barbary by His Majesty.verse
    115. 115To a Lady, who commanded me to send her an Account in Verse, how I succeeded in my Subscription.verse