THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD

POEMS.

THE TRAVELLER; or, a Prospect of Society

EDWIN AND ANGELINA; a Ballad

THE DESERTED VILLAGE; a Poem

THE HAUNCH OF VENISON; a poetical Epistle to Lord Clare

THE CAPTIVITY; an Oratorio

RETALIATION; a Poem

MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.

The Clown's Reply

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Prologue, written and spoken by the Poet Laberius, a Roman

Knight, whom Cæsar forced upon the stage. Preserved by

Macrobius

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The Logicians refuted. In Imitation of Dean Swift

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On a beautiful Youth, struck blind by Lightning.

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Stanzas on the taking of Quebec, and Death of General Wolfe

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A Sonnet. "Weeping, murmuring, complaining"

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The Gift. To Iris.

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An Elegy. On that Glory of her Sex, Mrs. Mary Blaize

Verses in Reply to an Invitation to Dinner at Dr. Baker's

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Epitaph on Dr. Parnell

Epilogue to the Good-Natured Man

Prologue to the Tragedy of "Zobeide"

An Epilogue, intended for Mrs. Bulkley

Threnodia Augustalis: sacred to the Memory of her Royal High-

ness, the Princess Dowager of Wales

Letter in Prose and Verse, to Mrs. Bunbury

Epilogue to "She Stoops to Conquer." Spoken by Mrs. Bulkley,

in the Character of Miss Hardcastle

Epilogue to "She Stoops to Conquer." Spoken by Mrs. Bulkley

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and Miss Catley

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Song. "Ah me! when shall I marry me?"

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Epilogue, spoken by Mr. Lee Lewes, in the Character of Harle-

quin, at his Benefit

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PLAYS.

THE GOOD-Natured Man; a Comedy

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SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER; OR, THE MISTAKES OF A NIGHT;

Comedy.

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THE

VICAR OF WAKEFIELD.

Goldsmith, Vicar of Wakefield.

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