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POEMS OF CHARLES GRAHAM, 1778


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"Miscellaneous Pieces, in Prose and Verse" by Charles Graham of Penrith, Cumberland, was published in Kendal in 1778 (although a number of individual pieces had first been printed in local newspapers, etc.). Here is a list of all the poem titles in the collection, with page numbers, accompanied by the first two lines of each poem.


Eulogium on the Dignity of Verse3
Come, gentle muse! in pleasing strains rehearse
Th' enchanting magic of immortal verse!
3
Invocation to Spring5
Come, gentle spring, sweet blooming goddess come,
On gentle gales, thrice welcome! urge thy way,
5
Ode to Spring6
Now winter's chilling blasts are o'er,
And spring exerts her genial power
6
The Contrast: an Ode9
When nature first with vivifying heat,
Bid virgin earth a fruitful mother grow;
9
Ode to June12
Sweet May with all her blooming charms, is past,
Fled like a meteor, from th' astonish'd eye;
12
Midsummer-Day: a Pastoral Poem14
The month of fair VENUS is fled,
MAIA has quitted the scene;
14
Parridel's Complaint, or the Laudable Resolution
A Pastoral in Imitation of Shenstone
18
Ye shepherds so chearful and gay,
Who wanton it over the plains;
18
The Forlorn Shepherd: a Pastoral21
How blest were thy moments, how soft did they glide,
The seasons how sweet did they pass?
21
A Retrospect26
To pleasing shades and scenes of flow'ry joy,
My fond romantic soul will often rove,
26
The Disconsolate Shepherdess: a Pastoral27
No nymph e'er enjoyed a more tranquil retreat,
Than fortune bestow'd to my lot;
27
An Elegy on the Death of an Only Son
Who Died at Four Years of Age
31
Cease, cease my friend, 'tis impious thus to grieve,
Exert the man, when gloomy thoughts invade,
31
Verses Occasioned by the Death of a Son
Who Was Born on the Twenty Fourth of June
34
His birth auspicious, (tho' his fate severe)
FLORA for him her flow'ry carpet spread
34
Autumnal Reflections35
Past are the pleasing months of summer's reign,
When I with pleasure rov'd the meads among;
35
A Soliloquy on the Late Dr. William Dodd37
And is he gone? has unrelenting death
Snatch'd from our eyes, the soother of our woes?
37
To T.W.- A Poetical Epistle; Reciting the Substance
of an Evening's Conversation With a Friend
41
Whilst thou, in softest notes, thy pipe attun'd,
Serenely blest in thy belov'd retreat
41
Hay-making: a Poem, Addressed to a Friend43
The muse who late essay'd in lofty strains,
The greatness of creative power to sing
43
The Apple-Dumpling: a Poem [published in the
Town & Country Magazine as by "Pygmalion"]
46
Let others sing of battle's loud allarms,
Of conq'ring heroes and defeated bands;
46
Reflections on the Motto "Know Thyself"48
The Greek says, "know thyself" hard task indeed!
A task the wisest never yet has learnt.
48
Written Extempore Under the Drawing of a
Wounded Heart, Presented to Delia
52
Dear charmer view thy victim's bleeding heart,
With speed extract the fatal-pointed dart!
52
The Politic Parson, an Epigram52
As Hodge and the vicar themselves did regale,
(One Sunday in lent) o'er a tankard of ale
52
Epigram (a Sociable One)53
A priest the lawyer thus addrest,
"The cares of this world fill thy breast,
53
Epigram54
Says Tom "about reading you make a great squall!
I'll read SHAKESPEAR's plays, with the best of 'em all."
54
On John Wesley's Address to the Americans54
O strange reverse! shall WESLEY stand display'd?
Shall blooming laurels crown his hoary head?
54
A Pastoral Dialogue55
{HE:} Come tell me, dear PHILLIS, come tell me I pray,
Must DAMON e'er hope for your love;
55
On Mr. Shenstone's Pastoral Writings56
Ye nymphs from PARNASSUS descend,
Contribute your aid to my verse,
56
Autumn57
The sweets of Spring no more the sense regale,
Nor Summer's glories captivate the eye;
57
To a Friend in America: a Poetical Epistle58
With heart felt joy thy lines I did receive
(The only solace, absent friends can give)
58
The Politician and the Moralist: a Tale60
Well, honest WILFRID! what's the news?
Does HANCOCK still our terms refuse?
60
A Storm of Snow63
December's blasts have spent their keenest rage,
Now JANUS ushers in the instant year;
63
A Pastoral Dialogue in the Cumberland Dialect65
{GWORDY:}What WILL! how dosta honest lad?
How's aw at heam? how's BETTY, how is dad?
  [full text online at Spenser and the Tradition website]
65
The Poet's Remonstrance to Apollo71
To thee, O Father of the tuneful throng,
A pensive bard presents his doleful song.
71
Part of the First Book of TELEMACHUS [translation]73
In silent grief CALYPSO pensive sat,
And mourn'd in tears ULYSSES' hapless fate:
73
VENUS and CUPID Vanquish'd by MINERVA
[translation from 4th book of Telemachus]
79
Meantime high hov'ring in the buxom air,
I saw love's queen in all her charms appear
79
Extempore Verses Presented to a Young Lady80
Not thee bright PHOEBUS, nor the sacred nine
Do I invoke to aid this verse of mine,
80
A Description of AMPHITRITE Drawn in Her Chariot...
[translation from 4th book of Cambray's Telemachus]
82
The ocean now displays a glorious sight
And smiles beneath the goddess AMPHITRITE,
82
The Story of Carazan [translation from The Adventurer]84
In wealthy BAGDAT (ASIA's pride and boast,
Fraught with the product of each neighb'ring coast)
84
The Transformation of Mentor
[translation from last book of Cambray's Telemachus]
91
Thus MENTOR clos'd his speech- when soon as done,
ITHACA's prince, impatient to be gone,
91