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  1. Agrippina, a Tragedy  (15 results)
              P    croud; or, if his fraud is discovered, to have recourse to the
              P    thinks he may safely confide. Nero is not yet come to Baiae:
              P    beautiful Poppaea; the Emperor is immediately struck with her
              P    tho', in reality, she is from the first dazzled with the
              P    had seen Poppaea, is much enraged; but not knowing that this
              P    interview was obtained thro' the treachery of Anicetus, is
              P    solemn feast, in honour of their reconciliation, is to be made;
              P    after which she being to go by sea to Bauli, the ship is so
              P    which is to be furnished by Anicetus; but he, pretending to
              P    pretence of a plot upon the Emperor's life, is sent with a
              P    guard to murder Agrippina, who is still at Baiae in imminent
              1    'Tis well, begone! your errand is performed.
            69    He reigns, the rest is heaven's; who oft has bade,
            97    Sweat under iron harness? Is he not
          157    More deadly to the sight than is to me

  2. The Bard. A Pindaric Ode  (15 results)
              P    The following Ode is founded on a Tradition current in Wales,
            29    'Cold is Cadwallo's tongue,
            67    "Is the sable warrior fled?
            68    "Thy son is gone. He rests among the dead.
            98    "(Weave we the woof. The thread is spun)
          100    "(The web is wove. The work is done.)"
              P    ['... haggard, wch conveys to you the the Idea of a Witch, is indeed only
              P    a metaphor taken from an unreclaim'd Hawk, wch is called a Haggard, & looks wild &
              P    point of Snowdon is called the eagle's nest. That bird is certainly no stranger to
              P    to death [in 1400]. The story of his assassination by Sir Piers of Exon, is of much later date.
              P    structure is vulgarly attributed to Julius Caesar.
              P    gave of her affection for her Lord [she is supposed to have sucked the poison from a wound
              P    Edward I received] is well known. The monuments of his regret, and sorrow for the loss of

  3. The Descent of Odin. An Ode  (9 results)
            35    Who is he, with voice unblest,
            38    Is he that calls, a Warrior's son.
            40    Tell me what is done below,
            41    For whom yon glittering board is spread,
            47    Balder's head to death is given.
              P    Hela is described with a dreadful countenance, & her body half flesh-colour
              P    The original word is Vallgaldr; from Valr mortuus, & Galdr
              P    Lok is the evil Being, who continues in chains till the Twilight of the Gods approaches,
              P    detailed draft of this note is in C[ommonplace] B[ook]).]

  4. Satire on the Heads of Houses; or, Never a Barrel the Better Herring  (6 results)
              8    In the same dirt is dawdling;
            10    Is of the same kidney;
            14    Is as like as two peas,
            16    Is as like as two beans;
            24    By the rest is enticed;
            28    Is of the like tenet;

  5. Ode on the Spring  (5 results)
            21    Still is the toiling hand of Care;
            32    Such is the race of man:
            48    On hasty wings thy youth is flown;
            49    Thy sun is set, thy spring is gone—

  6. [Imitated] From Propertius. Lib: 2: Eleg: 1.  (4 results)
              4    She is my genius, she inspires the lines;
            64    To die is glorious in the bed of love.
            91    For ills unseen what remedy is found,
            96    Today the lover walks, tomorrow is no more;

  7. Ode for Music  (3 results)
            57    'What is grandeur, what is power?
            61    'Sweet is the breath of vernal shower,

  8. The Candidate  (2 results)
              8    But his nose is a shame and his eyes are so lewd!
            23    'What a pother is here about wenching and roaring!

  9. Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard  (2 results)
            45    Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid
            55    Full many a flower is born to blush unseen,

  10. The Fatal Sisters. An Ode  (2 results)
            41    Low the dauntless Earl is laid,
            52    Sisters, cease, the work is done.

  11. A Long Story  (2 results)
            21    A house there is (and that's enough)
            35    Melissa is her nom de guerre.

  12. Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College  (2 results)
            41    Gay hope is theirs by fancy fed,
            99    No more; where ignorance is bliss,

  13. Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes  (2 results)
            38    Know, one false step is ne'er retrieved,
            41    And heedless hearts, is lawful prize;

  14. The Progress of Poesy. A Pindaric Ode  (2 results)
              P    This is a weak imitation of some incomparable lines in the same Ode. [Pindar, Pythian Ode I, 1-12.]
              P    harmony, for such a task. That of Pope is not worthy of so great a man. Mr. Mason

  15. The Triumphs of Owen. A Fragment  (2 results)
            30    Hasty, hasty Rout is there,
              P    [The Dragon-son] The red Dragon is the device of Cadwallader, which all his

  16. The Characters of the Christ-Cross Row, By a Critic, To Mrs —  (1 result)
              1    Great D draws near— the Duchess sure is come,

  17. [Lines Spoken by the Ghost of John Dennis at the Devil Tavern]  (1 result)
            43    But Mrs. Oldfield is become a nun.

  18. On L[or]d H[olland']s Seat near M[argat]e, K[en]t  (1 result)
            10        No tree is heard to whisper, bird to sing:

  19. Stanzas to Mr Bentley  (1 result)
            18        Is that diviner inspiration given,

  20. William Shakespeare to Mrs Anne, Regular Servant to the Revd Mr Precentor of York  (1 result)
              8    But what awaits me now is worst of all.

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