Poetical Works of Johnson, Parnell, Gray, and Smollett

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Title: Poetical Works of Johnson, Parnell, Gray, and Smollett
With Memoirs, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes
Author: Samuel Johnson, Thomas Parnell, Thomas Gray, and Tobias Smollett
Release Date: February 24, 2004 [EBook #11254]
Language: English
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THE
POETICAL WORKS
OF
JOHNSON, PARNELL, GRAY,
AND
SMOLLETT.
With Memoirs, Critical Dissertations, and?Explanatory Notes
BY THE?REV. GEORGE GILFILLAN.?EDINBURGH
M.DCCC.LV.
CONTENTS.
JOHNSON'S POEMS.
The Life of Samuel Johnson?London: a Poem in imitation of the Third Satire of Juvenal, 1738 The Vanity of Human Wishes. In imitation of the Tenth Satire of Juvenal
PROLOGUES:--?Prologue Spoken by Mr Garrick, at the Opening of the Theatre-Royal, Drury-Lane, 1747?Prologue Spoken by Mr Garrick before the 'Masque of Comus', acted for the benefit of Milton's Grand-daughter?Prologue to Goldsmith's Comedy of 'The Good-Natured Man', 1769 Prologue to the Comedy of 'A Word to the Wise,' spoken by Mr Hull
ODES:--?Spring?Midsummer?Autumn?Winter
MISCELLANEOUS:--?The Winter's Walk?To Miss ***** on her giving the Author a Gold and Silk Network Purse of her own Weaving?Epigram on George II. and Colley Cibber, Esq.?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 Lyc��, an Elderly Lady?On the Death of Mr Robert Levett, a Practiser in Physic?Epitaph on Claude Phillips, an Itinerant Musician?Epitaph on Sir Thomas Hanmer, Bart.?On the Death of Stephen Grey, F.R.S., the Electrician?To Miss Hickman, Playing on the Spinnet?Paraphrase of Proverbs, chap. iv. verses 6-11?Horace, Lib. iv. Ode vii. Translated?On Seeing a Bust of Mrs Montague?Anacreon, Ode Ninth?Lines Written in Ridicule of certain Poems published in 1777 Parody of a Translation from the 'Medea' of Euripides?Burlesque on the Modern Versification of Ancient Legendary Tales: an Impromptu?Epitaph for Mr Hogarth?Translation of the Two First Stanzas of the Song 'Rio Verde, Rio Verde', printed in Bishop Percy's 'Reliques of Ancient English Poetry': an Impromptu?To Mrs Thrale, on her Completing her Thirty-Fifth Year: a Impromptu?Impromptu Translation of an Air in the 'Clemenza de Tito' of Metastasia, beginning 'Deh! se Piacermi Vuoi'?Lines Written under a Print representing Persons Skaiting Translation of a Speech of Aquileio in the 'Adriano' of Metastasio, beginning, 'Tu Che in Corte Invecchiasti'?Impromptu on Hearing Miss Thrale Consulting with a Friend about a Gown and Hat she was inclined to Wear?Translation of Virgil, Pastoral I?Translation of Horace, Book i. Ode xxii.?Translation of Horace, Book ii. Ode ix.?Translation of part of the Dialogue between Hector and?Andromache.--From the Sixth Book of Homer's Iliad?To Miss * * * * on her Playing upon a Harpsichord in a Room hung with Flower-Pieces of her own Painting?Evening: an Ode. To Stella?To the Same?To a Friend?To a Young Lady, on her Birthday?Epilogue intended to have been Spoken by a Lady who was to personate 'The Ghost of Hermione'?The Young Author?Friendship: an Ode. Printed in the Gentleman's Magazine, 1743 Imitation of the Style of Percy?One and Twenty
PARNELL'S POEMS.
The Life and Poetry of Thomas Parnell?Hesiod; or, the Rise of Woman?Song?Song?Song?Anacreontic?Anacreontic?A Fairy Tale, in the Ancient English Style?To Mr Pope?Health: an Eclogue?The Flies: an Eclogue?An Elegy to an Old Beauty?The Book-Worm?An Allegory on Man?An Imitation of some French Verses?A Night-Piece on Death?A Hymn to Contentment?The Hermit
GRAY'S POEMS.
The Life and Poetry of Thomas Gray
ODES:--?I. On the Spring?II. On the Death of a Favorite Cat?III. On a distant Prospect of Eton College?IV. To Adversity?V. The Progress of Poesy?VI. The Bard?VII. The Fatal Sisters?VIII. The Descent of Odin?IX. The Death of Hoel?X. The Triumph of Owen?XI. For Music
MISCELLANEOUS:--?A Long Story?Elegy written in a Country Churchyard?Epitaph on Mrs Jane Clarke?Stanzas, suggested by a View of the Seat and Ruins at Kingsgate, in Kent, 1766?Translation from Statius?Gray on himself
SMOLLETT'S POEMS.
The Life of Tobias Smollett?Advice: a Satire?Reproof: a Satire?The Tears of Scotland. Written in the year 1746?Verses on a Young Lady playing on a Harpsichord and Singing Love Elegy, in imitation of Tibullus?Burlesque Ode?Ode to Mirth?Ode to Sleep?Ode to Leven Water?Ode to Blue-Eyed Ann?Ode to Independence?Songs
THE POETICAL WORKS
OF
SAMUEL JOHNSON.
THE LIFE OF SAMUEL JOHNSON.
We feel considerable trepidation in beginning a life of Johnson, not so much on account of the magnitude of the man--for in Milton, and one or two others, we have already met his match--but on account of the fact that the field has been so thoroughly exhausted by former writers. It is in the shadow of Boswell, the best of all biographers, and not in that of Johnson, that we feel ourselves at present cowering. Yet we must try to give a rapid account of the