Thy once-lov'd friend.-Yet, ere I ceafe to live, Can't thou a wretched penitent forgive?

DIONE.

When low beneath the fable mould I reft,
May a fincerer friendship share thy breaft!
Why are those heaving groans? (ah! ceafe to weep!)
May my loft name in dark oblivion sleep;
Let this fad tale no (peaking ftone declare,
From future eyes to draw a pitying tear.
Let o'er my grave the levelling plough-fhare pafs,
Mark not the fpot; forget that e'er I was.
Then may'st thou with Parthenia's love be bleft,
And not one thought on me thy joys moleft!
My fwimming eyes are overpower'd with light,
And darkening fhadows fleet before my fight:
May't thou be happy! ah! my foul is free. [Dies.
O cruel fhepherdefs, for love of thee [To Parthenia.
This fatal deed was done.

II. On pofthumous reputation. To a Friend III. On the untimely death of a certain learned acquaintance

ib.

104

105

IV. Ophelia's urn. To Mr. Graves V. He compares the turbulence of love with the tranquility of friendship. To Meliffa his friend ib. VI. To a lady on the language of birds VII. He defcribes his viñon to an acquaintance. ib. VIII. He defcribes his early love of poetry, and its - confequences. To Mr. Graves, 1745 106 X. He defcribes his difinter etnefs to a friend ib. X. To fortune, fuggefting his motive for repining at her difpenfations XI. He complains how foon the pleafing novelty of life is over. To Mr. Jago XII. His recantation

107

108

ib.

XVIII. He repeats the fong of Collin, a difcerning fhepherd; lamenting the state of woollen manufactory

XIX. Written in fpring, 1743

the

113

114

XX. He compares his humble fortune with the diftreffes of others; and his fubjection to Delia, with the miferable fervitude of an African flave ib. XXI. Taking a view of the country from his retirement, he is led to meditate on the character of the ancient Bri ons. Written at the time of a moured tax upon luxury. 1746 XXII. Written in the year ------when the rights of fepulture were fo frequently violated XXIII. Reflections fuggefted by his fituation. 117 XXIV. He takes occation, from the fate of Eleanor of Bretagne, to fuggeft the imperfect pleafures of a folitary life

115

116

118

The Princefs Elizabeth: a ballad alluding to a story recorded of her, when the was prifoner & Woodstock, 1554

ib.

Ode to a young lady, fomewhat too folicitous about her manner of expreffion

Nancy of the vale. A ballad

Ode to indolence. 1750
Ode to health. 1730

124

ib.

125

ib.

Toalady of quality, fitting up her library, 1738 126
Upon a vifit to the fame, in winter. 1748 ib.
An irregular ode after ficknefs. 1749
To a lady, with fome coloured patterns of flowers,
October 7, 1736

127

128

Written in a flower book of my own colouring,
defigned for Lady Plymouth. 1753-4
Anacreontic. 1738
Ode. Written 1739
The dying kid

Songs, written chiefly between the years 1737 and 119-130-133

1742

A parody The halcyon Ode