Poems. London: printed for Joseph Johnson, 1773. vi,138p. ; 4⁰. (ESTC T236; OTA K019955.000)

• POEMS.

POEMS.

HAEC SAT ERIT, DIVAE, VESTRUM CECINISSE POETAM,

DUM SEDET, ET GRACILI FISCELLAM TEXIT HIBISCO.

VIRGIL.

LONDON: PRINTED FOR JOSEPH JOHNSON, IN ST. PAUL'S CHURCH-YARD. MDCCLXXIII.

• TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LADY MARY WEST, THESE POEMS ARE RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED BYHER LADYSHIP's OBLIGED AND MOST OBEDIENT SERVANT, ANNA LAETITIA AIKIN.WARRINGTON, Dec. 1st. 1772.

TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LADY MARY WEST, THESE POEMS ARE RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED BYHER LADYSHIP's OBLIGED AND MOST OBEDIENT SERVANT, ANNA LAETITIA AIKIN.WARRINGTON, Dec. 1st. 1772.

• CONTENTS.

CONTENTS.

• CORSICA. Page 1.
• The Invitation, to Miss B—. 13.
• The Groans of the Tankard. 25.
• On the Backwardness of the Spring 1771. 31.
• Verses written in an Alcove. 33.
• The Mouse's Petition. 37.
• To Mrs. P—, with Drawings of Birds and Insects. 41.
• Characters. 49.
• On a Lady's writing. 52.
• Hymn to Content. 53.
• To Wisdom. 57.
• The Origin of Song-Writing. 59.
• Songs. 66.
• Delia, an Elegy. 82.
• [Page]Ovid to his Wife. Page 88.
• To a Lady, with painted Flowers. 95.
• Ode to Spring. 97.
• Verses on Mrs. Rowe. 101.
• To Miss R—, on her Attendance on her Mother at Buxton. 104.
• On the Death of Mrs. Jennings. 107.
• Hymns. 110.
• An Address to the Deity. 125.
• A Summer Evening's Meditation. 131.
• ERRATA.

ERRATA.

Page 20, line ult. for fense read sense.

Page 25, line 2, for theme read themes.

— for reverend read reverent.

The two pages after the 73d, instead of 66, 67, should be numbered 74, 75; and the two pages after the 77th, instead of 70, 71, should be numbered 78, 79.

Page 89, line ult. instead of a full stop put a comma.

• CORSICA.
• The INVITATION: To MISS B—.
• The GROANS of the TANKARD.
• ON THE Backwardness of the SPRING 1771.
• VERSES written in an Alcove.
• The MOUSE's PETITION, Found in the TRAP where he had been confin'd all Night.
• To MRS. P—, With some Drawings of BIRDS and INSECTS.
• CHARACTERS.
• On a LADY's WRITING.
• HYMN to CONTENT.
• To WISDOM.
• THE ORIGIN OF SONG-WRITING.
• SONGS.

SONGS.

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• [SONG] I.
• SONG II.
• SONG III.
• SONG IV.
• SONG V.
• SONG VI.
• DELIA, AN ELEGY.
• OVID to his WIFE: Imitated from different Parts of his TRISTIA.
• To a LADY, With some painted FLOWERS.
• ODE to SPRING.
• VERSES on MRS. ROWE.
• To MISS R—, On her Attendance on her Mother at BUXTON.
• ON THE DEATH OF MRS. JENNINGS.
• HYMNS.

HYMNS.

Quid prius dicam solitis parentis

Laudibus? qui res hominum, ac Deorum,

Qui mare, ac terras, variisque mundum

Temperat horis?

HORAT.

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• HYMN I.
• HYMN II.
• HYMN III. For EASTER-SUNDAY.
• HYMN IV.
• HYMN V.
• An ADDRESS to the DEITY.
• A Summer Evening's Meditation.
• THE END.
THE END.