CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME.
ESSAY on the Life and Genius of Dr. Johnson
POEMS.
London
The Vanity of Human Wishes
Prologue, spoken by Mr. Garrick, at the opening of the theatre-royal,
Drury lane
Prefatory Notice to the tragedy of Irene
Prologue
Irene
Epilogue, by sir William Yonge
Prologue to the masque of Comus
Prologue to the comedy of the Good-natured Man
Prologue to the comedy of a Word to the Wise
Spring
Midsummer
Autumn
Winter
The Winter's Walk
To Miss ****, on her giving the author a gold and silk network purse, of her own weaving
To Miss ****, on her playing upon the harpsichord, in a room hung with flower-pieces of her own painting
Evening; an ode
To the same
To a friend
Stella in mourning
To Stella
Verses, written at the request of a gentleman, to whom a lady had given a sprig of myrtle
To lady Firebrace, at Bury assizes
To Lyce, an elderly lady
On the death of Mr. Robert Levet
Epitaph on Claude Phillips
Epitaphium in Thomam Hanmer, baronettum
Paraphrase of the above, by Dr. Johnson
To Miss Hickman, playing on the spinet
Paraphrase of Proverbs, chap. vi. verses 6-11
Horace, lib. iv. ode vii. translated
Anacreon, ode ix
Lines written in ridicule of certain poems published in 1777
Parody of a translation from the Medea of Euripides
Translation from the Medea of Euripides
Translation of the two first stanzas of the song "Rio Verde, Rio Verde"
Imitation of the style of ****
Burlesque of some lines of Lopez de Vega
Translation of some lines at the end of Baretti's Easy Phraseology
Improviso translation of a distich on the duke of Modena's running away from the comet in 1742 or 1743
Improviso translation of some lines of M. Benserade à son Lit
Epitaph for Mr. Hogarth
Translation of some lines, written under a print representing persons skating
Impromptu translation of the same
To Mrs. Thrale, on her completing her thirty-fifth year
Impromptu translation of an air in the Clemenza di Tito of Metastasio
Translation of a speech of Aquileio in the Adriano of Metastasio
Burlesque of the modern versifications of ancient legendary tales
Friendship; an ode
On seeing a bust of Mrs. Montague
Improviso on a young heir's coming of age
Epitaphs—on his father
—his wife
—Mrs. Bell
—Mrs. Salusbury
—Dr. Goldsmith
—Mr. Thrale