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THE
; POETICAL WORKS.
OF
OLIVER GOLDSMITH.
PHILADELPHIA. PUBLISHED BY HOOKER & AGNEW,
Corner of Fifh and Chestnut Streets.
1841.
HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY 45x2
Printed by T. K. & P. G. Collins. Stereotyped by Murray & Joyce,
No. 21, Minor St., Phila.
CONTENTS.
PAGE
The Traveller; or, a Prospect of Society
The Deserted Village .
The Haunch of Venison, a Poetical Epistle to
Lord Clare .
Retaliation . .
Postscript.
The Hermit, a Ballad
The Double Transformation, a Tale
The Gift: to Iris, in Bow-street, Covent-garden
The Logicians Refuted: in Imitation of Dean
Swift . . . .
Stanzas on the taking of Quebec.
Description of an Author's Bed-Chamber
A new Simile, in the Manner of Swift.
The Clown's Reply ·
An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog .
Stanzas on Woman
Prologue to Zobeide, a Tragedy
Song . .
Epilogue, spoken by Mr. Lee Lewes, in the Cha-
racter of Harlequin, at his Benefit.
song from the Oratorio of the Captivity . 99
Song intended to have been sung in the Comedy
of "She Stoops to Conquer'. . . 101
On a beautiful youth struck blind by Lightning ib
A Prologue, written and spoken by the Poet La-
berius, a Roman Knight whom Cæsar forced
upon the Stage
Epitaph on Edward Purdon . . . 103
Epilogue to the Comedy of the Sisters' . .
Sonnet . . . . . . . 106
An Elegy on the Glory of her Sex-Mrs. Mary
Blaise . . . . . . 107
Epitaph on Dr. Parnell . . . . 108
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THE TRAVELLER;
OR, A PROSPECT OF SOCIETY ;
A Poem.
FIRST PRINTED IN MDCCLXV.