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THE
MISCELLANEOUS WORKS
OF
OLIVER GOLDSMITH, M.B.
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.
LONDON:
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET.
MDCCCXXXVII.
Printed by J. L. Cox and Sons, 75, Great Queen Street,
Lincoln's-Inn Fields.
CONTENTS
OF THE
FOUR TH VOLUME.
POEMS.
PAGE
3
The TravelLER; OR A PROSPECT OF Society ....
The HermiT; A BALLAD
31
THE DESERTED VILLAGE
45
71
.....
Thk HAUNCH OF VENISON ; A POETICAL Epistle to
LORD CLARE
The CAPTIVITY; AN ORATORIO. [Now printed from the
original MS. in Goldsmith's hand-writing] ........
RETALIATION
79
97
MISCELLANEOUS Pieces.
The Clown's Reply.........
... 111
Prologue, written and spoken by the Poet Laberius, a
Roman Knight, whom Cæsar forced upon the stage.
Preserved by Macrobius........
ib.
The Logicians Refuted. In Imitation of Dean Swift ... 112
200757
Epigram on a Beautiful Youth, struck blind by Light-
ning ...
114
Stanzas on the taking of Quebec, and Death of General
Wolfe
115
Stanzas. “ Weeping, murmuring, complaining.” ...... ib.
The Gift. To Iris .......
116
An Elegy on the Glory of her Sex, Mrs. Mary Blaize... 117
Description of an Author's Bed-chamber
118
Song, “O Memory! thou fond deceiver !"
120
Song: “ The Wretch condemn'd with Life to part.”...... ib.
The Double Transformation. A Tale
121
A New Simile. In the manner of Swift
125
Stanzas on Woman
127
Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog.........
Epitaph on Edward Purdon
129
Epilogue to the Comedy of “ The Sister”
130
Verses, in Reply to an Invitation to Dinner at Sir George
Baker's. [Now first printed] ....
.... 132
Epitaph on Dr. Parnell .......
134
Epilogue to the Comedy of “ The Good-Natured Man.” ib.
Prologue to the Tragedy of “ Zobeide"
135
An Epilogue, intended for Mrs. Bulkley
137
Threnodia Augustalis ; sacred to the Memory of Her
Royal Highness, the Princess Dowager of Wales ... 139
Letter, in Prose and Verse, to Mrs. Bunbury. [Now
first printed]
Epilogue to the Comedy of “ She Stoops to Conquer;
or the Mistakes of a Night” .....
158
Epilogue to the Comedy of “She Stoops to Conquer;"
intended to be spoken by Mrs. Bulkley and Miss
Catley
155
Song “ Ah me! when shall I marry me?”
Epilogue; spoken by Mr. Lee Lewes, in the Character
of Harlequin, at his benefit
...... 149
159