CONTENTS. PART I. Page ................... ............................... ............ Yardley Oak to Henry Cowper, Esq..... 7 13 18 21 31 32 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 43 44 45 46 48 48 49 50 50 51 Page ............ Sonnet to Mrs. Unwin..... 52 To Mary 53 On the Death of Mrs. Throckmorton's Bullfinch ........ 55 The Poet's New Year's Gift, to Mrs. Throckmorton.... 58 To Mrs. Throckmorton, on her Transcript of Horace.... 59 Catharina, to Miss Stapleton..... 60 Catharina, the Second Part...... 63 Gratitude. To Lady Hesketh 65 To my Cousin Anne Bodham 67 To Mrs. King..... 68 To Lady Austen ....... 70 On Mrs. Montagu's Feather Hangings 74 To an afflicted Protestant Lady in France... 76 To Joseph Hill, Esq.. 78 To the Rev. Mr. Newton 81 To the same... 82 To the Rev. W. Cawthorne Unwin............ 82 To a Young Friend 84 On the Burning of Lord Mansfield's Library 84 On the same......... 85 On the Promotion of Lord Thurlow 86 The Diverting History of John Gilpin 87 The Yearly Distress..... 98 On the Queen's Visit to London, 1789........ 102 Annus Memorabilis, 1789........ 106 CONTENTS. ............................... 15 The Retired Cat ... 17 The Love of the World reproved 21 Mutual Forbearance........ 23 Love Abused.......... 26 Pairing Time Anticipated 27 The Moralizer Corrected 30 A Fable.. 32 The Pineapple and Bee ....... 33 The Poet, the Oyster, and Sensitive Plant 35 The Nightingale and Glowworm............. 37 The Dog and the Water Lily... 39 On a Spaniel 41 The Doves.... 43 The Faithful Bird................ 45 The Lily and the Rose ............................... 47 On a Goldfinch...................................... 48 The Modern Patriot................................... 49 Report of an Adjudged Case.......................... 50 The Judgment of the Poets ........................... 52 On a Mischievous Bull............................... 53 The Needless Alarm .................... 55 On some Names of little note in the Biographia Britannica 60 ......... .................... |