The Poetical Works of Addison

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Title: The Poetical Works of Addison; Gay's Fables; and Somerville's Chase With Memoirs and Critical Dissertations, by the Rev. George Gilfillan
Authors: Joseph Addison, John Gay, William Sommerville
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THE
POETICAL WORKS
OF
JOSEPH ADDISON;
GAY'S FABLES;
AND
SOMERVILLE'S CHASE.
* * * * *

With Memoirs and Critical Dissertations,
BY THE
REV. GEORGE GILFILLAN.
* * * * *
M.DCCC.LIX.

CONTENTS.
ADDISON'S POETICAL WORKS.
LIFE OF JOSEPH ADDISON,
POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS:--
To Mr Dryden,
A Poem to his Majesty, presented to the Lord Keeper,
A Translation of all Virgil's Fourth
Georgic, except the Story of Arist?us,
A Song for St Cecilia's Day,
An Ode for St Cecilia's Day,
An Account of the greatest English Poets,
A Letter from Italy,
Milton's Style Imitated, in a Translation of a Story out of the Third ?neid,
The Campaign,
Cowley's Epitaph on Himself,
Prologue to the 'Tender Husband,'
Epilogue to the 'British Enchanters,'
Prologue to Smith's 'Ph?dra and Hippolitus,'
Horace Ode III., Book III.,
The Vestal,
OVID'S METAMORPHOSES:--
BOOK II.
The Story of Phaeton,
Phaeton's Sisters transformed into Trees,
The Transformation of Cyenus into a Swan,
The Story of Calisto,
The Story of Coronis, and Birth of ?sculapius,
Ocyrrhoe Transformed to a Mare,
The Transformation of Battus to a Touchstone,
The Story of Aglauros, transformed into a Statue,
Europa's Rape,
BOOK III.
The Story of Cadmus,
The Transformation of Act?on into a Stag,
The Birth of Bacchus,
The Transformation of Tiresias,
The Transformation of Echo,
The Story of Narcissus,
The Story of Pentheus,
The Mariners transformed to Dolphins,
The Death of Pentheus
BOOK IV.
The Story of Salmacis and Hermaphroditus,
TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS OF WALES,
TO SIR GODFREY KNELLER, ON HIS PICTURE OF THE KING,
THE PLAY-HOUSE,
ON THE LADY MANCHESTER,
AN ODE,
AN HYMN,
AN ODE,
AN HYMN,
PARAPHRASE ON PSALM XXIII.
THE LIFE OF JOHN GAY
GAY'S FABLES:--
INTRODUCTION.--
PART I.
The Shepherd and Philosopher
Fable I.--The Lion, the Tiger, and the Traveller
Fable II.--The Spaniel and the Cameleon
Fable III.--The Mother, the Nurse, and the Fairy
Fable IV.--The Eagle, and the Assembly of Animals
Fable V.--The Wild Boar and the Ram
Fable VI.--The Miser and Plutus
Fable VII.--The Lion, the Fox, and the Geese
Fable VIII.--The Lady and the Wasp
Fable IX.--The Bull and the Mastiff
Fable X.--The Elephant and the Bookseller
Fable XI.--The Peacock, the Turkey, and the Goose
Fable XII.--Cupid, Hymen, and Plutus
Fable XIII.--The Tame Stag
Fable XIV.--The Monkey who had seen the World
Fable XV.--The Philosopher and the Pheasants
Fable XVI.--The Pin and the Needle
Fable XVII.--The Shepherd's Dog and the Wolf
Fable XVIII.--The Painter who pleased Nobody and Everybody
Fable XIX.--The Lion and the Cub
Fable XX.--The Old Hen and the Cock
Fable XXI.--The Rat-catcher and Cats
Fable XXII.--The Goat without a Beard
Fable XXIII.--The Old Woman and her Cats
Fable XXIV.--The Butterfly and the Snail
Fable XXV.--The Scold and the Parrot
Fable XXVI.--The Cur and the Mastiff
Fable XXVII.--The Sick Man and the Angel
Fable XXVIII.--The Persian, the Sun, and the Cloud
Fable XXIX.--The Fox at the point of Death
Fable XXX.--The Setting-dog and the Partridge
Fable XXXI.--The Universal Apparition
Fable XXXII.--The Two Owls and the Sparrow
Fable XXXIII.--The Courtier and Proteus
Fable XXXIV.--The Mastiffs
Fable XXXV.--The Barley-mow and the Dunghill
Fable XXXVI.--Pythagoras and the Countryman
Fable XXXVII.--The Farmer's Wife and the Raven
Fable XXXVIII.--The Turkey and the Ant
Fable XXXIX.--The Father and Jupiter
Fable XL.--The Two Monkeys
Fable XLI.--The Owl and the Farmer
Fable XLII.-The Jugglers
Fable XLIII.-The Council of Horses
Fable XLIV.--The Hound and the Huntsman
Fable XLV.--The Poet and the Rose
Fable XLVI.--The Cur, the Horse, and the Shepherd's Dog
Fable XLVII.--The Court of Death
Fable XLVIII.--The Gardener and the Hog
Fable XLIX.--The Man and the Flea
Fable L.--The Hare and many Friends

PART II.
Fable I.--The Dog and the Fox
Fable II.--The Vulture, the Sparrow, and other Birds
Fable III.--The Baboon and the Poultry
Fable IV.--The Ant in Office
Fable V.--The Bear in a Boat
Fable VI.--The Squire and his Cur
Fable VII.--The Countryman and Jupiter
Fable VIII.--The Man, the Cat, the Dog, and the Fly
Fable IX.--The Jackall, Leopard, and other Beasts
Fable X.--The Degenerate Bees
Fable XI.--The Pack-horse and the Carrier
Fable XII.--Pan and Fortune
Fable XIII.-Plutus, Cupid, and Time
Fable XIV.--The Owl, the Swan, the Cock, the Spider, the Ass, and the Farmer
Fable XV.--The Cook-maid, the Turnspit, and the Ox
Fable XVI.--The Ravens, the Sexton, and the Earth-worm
SONGS:--
Sweet William's Farewell to Black-eyed Susan
A Ballad, from the What-d'ye-call-it
SOMERVILLE'S CHASE.
THE LIFE OF WILLIAM SOMERVILLE
SOMERVILLE'S CHASE:--
Book I.
Book II.
Book III.
Book IV.

LIFE OF JOSEPH ADDISON.
Joseph Addison, the _Spectator_, the true founder of our periodical literature, the finest, if not the greatest writer in the English language, was born at Milston, Wiltshire, on the 1st of May 1672. A fanciful mind might trace a correspondence between the particular months when celebrated men have been born and the peculiar complexion of their genius. Milton, the austere and awful, was born in the silent and gloomy