THE

MISCELLANEOUS WORKS

OF

OLIVER GOLDSMITH.

INCLUDING

A VARIETY OF PIECES

NOW FIRST COLLECTED.

BY

JAMES PRIOR,

Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries; Member of the Royal Irish Academy;
Author of the Life of Goldsmith, Life of Burke, etc. etc.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

VOL. IV.

NEW-YORK:

GEORGE P. PUTNAM, 155 BROADWAY.

M.DCCC.L.

HARVARD
UNIVERSITY
LIBRARY

NEW-YORK:

JOHN F. TROW, PRINTER AND STEREOTYPER, XLIX AND LI ANN-STREET.

CONTENTS

OF THE

FOURTH VOLUME.

POEMS.

THE TRAVELLER; OR A PROSPECT OF SOCIETY,

THE HERMIT; A BALLAD,

THE DESERTED VILLAGE,

THE HAUNCH OF VENISON; A POETICAL EPISTLE TO LORD CLARE,

THE CAPTIVITY; AN ORATORIO. [Now printed from the original MS.

in Goldsmith's handwriting,]

ib.

126

129

ib.

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

whom Cæsar forced upon the stage. Preserved by Macrobius,

The Logicians Refuted. In Imitation of Dean Swift,

Epigram on a Beautiful Youth, struck blind by Lightning,

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

An Elegy on the Glory of her Sex, Mrs. Mary Blaize,

132

Song. "The Wretch condemn'd with Life to part,"

ib.

Verses, in Reply to an Invitation to Dinner at Sir George Baker's.

[Now first printed,]

148

Epitaph on Dr. Parnell,

150

Epilogue to the Comedy of "The Good-Natured Man,"

ib.

Prologue to the Tragedy of "Zobeide,"

152

An Epilogue, intended for Mrs. Bulkley,

153

Threnodia Augustalis; sacred to the Memory of Her Royal Highness,

the Princess Dowager of Wales,

156

Letter, in Prose and Verse, to Mrs. Bunbury. [Now first printed,] .

166

Epilogue to the Comedy of "She Stoops to Conquer; or the Mistakes

Epilogue to the Comedy of "She Stoops to Conquer;" intended to be

spoken by Mrs. Bulkley and Miss Catley,

172

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

176

Epilogue; spoken by Mr. Lee Lewes, in the Character of Harlequin,

at his benefit,

177

DRAMAS.

THE GOOD-NATURED MAN. A COMEDY,

189

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

SCENE FROM THE GRUMBLER; A FARCE. [Now first printed,]