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LIES
THE
POEMS
OF
William Shenstone.
VOL. I.
Chiswick:
'FROM THE PRESS OF C. WHITTINGHAM,
COLLEGE HOUSE.
CONTENTS.
LIFE of Shenstone, by the Rev. H. Croft and Dr. Johnson
Encomiums.
Description of the Leasowes, by R. Dodsley.........
Prefatory Essay on Elegy..
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Page
5
15
35
63
ELEGIES ON DIFFERENT OCCASIONS.
He arrives at his Retirement in the Country, and takes
occasion to expatiate in praise of Simplicity. To a
Friend....
On posthumous Reputation. To a Friend...
On the untimely Death of a certain learned Acquaintance 74
Ophelia's Urn. To Mr. Graves
He compares the Turbulence of Love with the Tran-
quillity of Friendship. To Melissa, his Friend.......
To a Lady, on the Language of Birds.
He describes his Vision to an Acquaintance...
He describes his early Love of Poetry, and its Conse-
quences. To Mr. Graves, 1745.
He describes his Disinterestedness. To a Friend......
To Fortune, suggesting his Motive for repining at her
Dispensations....
He complains how soon the pleasing Novelty of Life is
To Mr. Jago..........
over.
His Recantation
To a Friend, on some slight Occasion estranged from him 93
Declining an Invitation to visit foreign Countries, &c... 94
In Memory of a private Family, in Worcestershire...... 97
He suggests the Advantages of Birth to a Person of
Merit, &c........
He indulges the Suggestions of Spleen. An Elegy to
the Winds
He repeats the Song of Colin, a discerning Shepherd.... 107
Written in Spring, 1743
... 110
He compares his humble Fortune with the Distress of
others
112
Taking a View of the Country from his Retirement, he is
led to meditate on the Character of the ancient Britons 115
Written in the Year --> when the Rights of Sepulture
were so frequently violated..
Reflections suggested by his Situation.....
118
121
He takes occasion, from the Fate of Eleanor of Bretagne,
to suggest the imperfect Pleasures of a solitary Life.. 125
To Delia, with some Flowers........
Describing the Sorrow of an ingenuous Mind on the me-
lancholy Event of a licentious Amour.......
LEVITIES OR, PIECES OF HUMOUR.
Flirt and Phil: A Decision for the Ladies.......................
128
130
134
To the Memory of an agreeable Lady, buried in Marriage 135
Ode, to be performed by Dr. Brettle, &c.............................................. 162
MORAL PIECES.
The Judgment of Hercules.......
164
The Progress of Taste; or, The Fate of Delicacy....... 180
Economy, a Rhapsody. Addressed to young Poets..... 199
The Ruined Abbey; or, The Effects of Superstition..... 219
Love and Honour....
The Schoolmistress. In Imitation of Spenser..
231
241