Table of Contents

Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Introduction; The Poems: 1. Jacobite Poems; 2. The Convocation; 3. A Poem on the Memory of Mr Keene; 4. An Epistle to Mrs Oldfield; 5. To Mrs Eliz. Haywood; 6. An Apology to Brillante; 7. To the Right Honourable Bessy Countess of Rochford; 8. Versus sent to Aaron Hill, Esq; 9. Prologue to King Henry the VIth; 10. To Mrs Eliza Haywood; 11. To Mr Herbert Tryst; 12. To a Young Gentleman, a Painter; 13. The Picture; 14. The Friend [First Version]; 15. Verses on Gideon; 16. To the Excellent Miranda; 17. A Poem on the Recovery of her Grace the Dutchess of Rutland from the Small-Pox; 18. The Authors of the Town; 19. The Animalcule; 20. Unconstant; 21. The Gentleman; 22. A Poem sacred to King George; 23. The Bastard; 24. Fulvia; 25. A Grace after Dinner; 26. The Wanderer; 27. Epitaph on a Young Lady; 28. The Triumph of Health and Mirth; 29. A Poem to the Memory of Mrs Oldfield; 30. Volunteer Laureat, No. 1; 31. Religion and Liberty; 32. Volunteer Laureat, No. 2; 33. Epigram on John Dennis; 34. [Volunteer Laureat, No. 3]; 35. The Genius of Liberty; 36. Verses on the Vice-principal of St Mary Hall; 37. Character of the Rev. James Foster; 38. The Progress of a Divine; 39. Volunteer Laureat, No. 4; 40. Volunteer Laureat, No. 5; 41. To Miss M. H.; 42. An Epistle to Damon and Delia; 43. A Poet's Dependance on a Statesman; 44. The Friend [Second Version]; 45. Volunteer Laureat, No. 6; 46. Of Public Spirit in Regard to Public Works; 47. Volunteer Laureat, No. 7; 48. E Græco Ruf.; 49. On False Historians; 50. A Character; 51. Epitaph on Mrs Jones; 52. The Employment of Beauty; 53. Verses sent to Mrs Bridget Jones; 54. Valentine's Day; 55. To John Powell, Esq; 56. London and Bristol Delineated; Appendix: Dedication and preface to miscellaneous poems and translations; Index.

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