On a picture of Mrs. Arabella Hunt, drawn playing on a lute, after her death.
Were there on earth another voice like thine,
Another hand so blessed with skill divine,
The late afflicted world some hopes might have,
And harmony retrieve thee from the grave.
On a Bursar of a certain college in Oxford cutting down the Trees near the said college for his own use.
Indulgent nature to each creature shows
A secret instinct to discern its foes:
The goose, a silly bird, avoids the fox;
Lambs fly from wolves, and sailors steer from rocks;