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Apollo's Edict.
2 We lately fix'd our*
* Dr. Swift.
Vice-roy there. 3 How near was she to be undone,
4 Till pious Love inspir'd her Son!
5 What cannot our Vice-gerent do,
6 As Poet, and as Patriot too?
7 Let his Success our Subjects sway,
8 Our Inspirations to obey:
9 Let beaten Paths no more be trac'd;
10 But study to correct your Taste.
11 No Simile shall be begun
12 With rising, or with setting Sun;
13 And let the secret Head of Nile
14 Be ever banish'd from your Isle.
15 When wretched Lovers live on Air,
16 In Pity the Chameleon spare!
17 And when you'd make a Hero grander,
18 Forget he's like a Salamander.
19 No Son of mine shall dare to say,
20 Aurora usher'd in the Day.
21 You all agree, I make no Doubt,
22 The Prophet's Mantle's quite worn out.
23 The Bird of Jove shall toil no more,
24 To teach the humble Wren to soar.
25 Your tragic Heroes shall not rant,
26 Nor Shepherds use poetic Cant.
27 Simplicity alone can grace
28 The Manners of the rural Race.
29 When Damon's Soul shall take its Flight,
30 (Tho' Poets have the second Sight)
31 No Trail of Light shall upwards rise,
32 Nor a new Star adorn the Skies:
33 For who can hope to place one there,
34 So glorious as*
* Rape of the Lock.
Belinda's Hair? 35 Yet, if his Name you eternize,
36 And must exalt him to the Skies;
37 Without a Star it may be done —
38 So Tickell mourn'd his Addison.
39 If Anna's happy Reign you praise,
40 Say not a Word of Halcyon-Days:
41 Nor let my Vot'ries shew their Skill,
42 In apeing Lines from Cooper's-Hill;
43 For know, I cannot bear to hear
44 The Mimickry of deep, yet clear.
45 Whene'er my Vice-roy is address'd,
46 Against the Phoenix I protest.
47 When*
* Mrs. Frances-Arabella Kelly.
Kelly's Beauties you survey,48 Forget they're like the Milky Way.
49 When Poets soar in youthful Strains,
50 No Phaeton to hold the Reins.
51 CUPID shall ne'er mistake another,
52 Not ev'n†
† Mrs. Elizabeth Penifeather.
Eliza, for his Mother;53 Nor shall his Darts at Random fly,
54 From Magazines in Rochford's Eye.
55 When*
* John Earl of Orrery.
Boyle's exalted Genius shines,56 Distinguish'd in your noblest Lines;
[Page 109]57 With his own Worth your Patron grace,
58 And let MÆcenas sleep in Peace.
59 When you describe a lovely Girl,
60 No Coral Lips, or Teeth of Pearl.
61 With Women Compounds I am cloy'd,
62 Which only pleas'd in Biddy Floyd.
63 For foreign Aid what need they roam,
64 Whom Fate hath amply bless'd at Home?
65 Unerring Heav'n, with bounteous Hand,
66 Has form'd a Model for your Land;
67 Whom Jove endow'd with ev'ry Grace,
68 The Glory of the Granard Race;
69 Now destin'd by the Pow'rs divine,
70 The Blessing of another Line.
71 Then would you paint a matchless Dame,
72 And raise her to immortal Fame;
[Page 110]73 Invoke not Cytherea's Aid,
74 Nor borrow from the Blue-ey'd Maid,
75 Nor need you on the Graces call;
76 Take Qualities from*
* Countess Dowager Donegal, Daughter to the late Earl of Granard.
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Author: Mary Barber; Jonathan Swift
Themes:
Ireland; poetry; literature; writing
Genres:
panegyric
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DMI 11546
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Barber, Mary, ca. 1690-1757. Poems on Several Occasions [poems only]. London: Printed for C. Rivington, at the Bible and Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1734, pp. 105-110. xlviii,283,[7]p.; 8⁰. (ESTC T42622; DMI 519; Foxon p. 45) (Page images digitized from a copy in the Bodleian Library [Harding C 3644].)
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Other works by Mary Barber
- Apollo's Edict. ()
- An Apology for my Son to his Master, for not bringing an Exercise on the Coronation Day. ()
- An Apology for the Clergy, who were present when the Minister of the Parish read Prayers and preach'd twice in one Day, at Tunbridge-Wells. Written at the Request of a Layman. ()
- An Apology to Dr. Clayton, Bishop of Killala, and his Lady, who had promis'd to dine with the Author. ()
- An Apology to the Earl of Orrery, Dr. Swift, and some others of my Friends, for falling into Tears before them, on my leaving Ireland. ()
- An Apology written for my Son to his Master, who had commanded him to write Verses on the Death of the late Lord —. ()
- An Apology written for my Son to the Reverend Mr. Sampson, who had invited some Friends to celebrate Lord Carteret's Birth-Day, at Mount-Carteret near Dublin; and desir'd my Son to write on that Occasion. ()
- By a Person of Quality. ()
- Conclusion of a Letter to the Rev. Mr. C—. ()
- The Earl's Answer, written extempore. ()
- An Epigram on the Battle of the Books. ()
- An Epigram on the same Occasion. ()
- An EPIGRAM. ()
- Epilogue to a Comedy acted at Bath, where the Dutchess of Ormond was present. ()
- An Epitaph on the late Lord Mount-Cashel. ()
- An Hymn to Sleep. Written when the Author was sick. ()
- An Invitation to Edward Walpole, Esq; upon hearing he was landed in Dublin. ()
- Jupiter and Fortune. A Fable. ()
- A Letter for my Son to one of his School-fellows, Son to Henry Rose, Esq; ()
- A Letter to a Friend, on Occasion of some Libels written against him. ()
- A Letter written for my Daughter to a Lady, who had presented her with a Cap. ()
- A Letter written for my Son to a young Gentleman, who was sent to be educated at the Jesuits College in Flanders. ()
- A Letter written from London to Mrs. Strangeways Horner, whom the Author had left the Day before at Tunbridge-Wells. Oct. 1730. ()
- News from St. James's. ()
- The Oak and its Branches. A Fable. Occasion'd by seeing a dead Oak beautifully encompass'd with Ivy. ()
- Occasion'd by reading the Memoirs of Anne of Austria, written by Madam de Motteville. Inscrib'd to the Right Honourable the Countess of Hertford. ()
- Occasion'd by seeing some Verses written by Mrs. Constantia Grierson, upon the Death of her Son. ()
- Occasion'd by seeing the Honourable — treat a Person of Merit with Insolence, who came to make a Request to her. ()
- On imagining a Friend had treated the Author with Indifference. ()
- On leaving Bath. ()
- On seeing an Officer's Widow distracted who had been driven to Despair, by a long and fruitless Sollicitation for the Arrears of her Pension. ()
- On seeing the Captives, lately redeem'd from Barbary by His Majesty. ()
- On sending my Son, as a Present, to Dr. Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, on his Birth-Day. ()
- On the Dutchess of Newcastle's Picture. ()
- On the Earl of Oxford and Mortimer's giving his Daughter in Marriage in Oxford-Chapel. ()
- The Peacock. A Fable. ()
- The Prodigy. A Letter to a Friend in the Country. ()
- The RECANTATION: To the same Lady. ()
- Reply to the foregoing Verses. ()
- The RESOLUTION. ()
- Sent as from a School-fellow to my Son Anno 1727. ()
- SINCERITY. A Poem. Occasion'd by a Friend's resenting some Advice I gave. ()
- SONG. (); Stella and Flavia. ()
- Spoken extempore, to the Right Honourable the Lady Barbara North, on her presenting the Author with a white Ribband at Tunbridge-Wells. ()
- To a Gentleman, who had abus'd Waller. ()
- To a Gentleman, who shew'd a fine Poem as his own. ()
- To a Gentleman, who took a very grave Friend of his, to visit one of quite a different Turn. ()
- To a Lady at Bath. ()
- To a Lady in the Spleen, whom the Author was desir'd to amuse. ()
- To a Lady who was libell'd. ()
- To a Lady, who commanded me to send her an Account in Verse, how I succeeded in my Subscription. ()
- To a Lady, who invited the Author into the Country. ()
- To a Lady, who valu'd herself on speaking her Mind in a blunt Manner, which she call'd being sincere. ()
- To Alexander Pope, Esq; Intreating him to write Verses to the Memory of Thomas, late Earl of Thanet. ()
- To Dr. Mead, on his Cape Wine. ()
- To Dr. Richard Helsham. Upon my Recovery from a dangerous Fit of Sickness. ()
- To her Grace the Dutchess of Manchester, and Lady Diana Spencer, now Dutchess of Bedford. The humble Petition of little Jemmy Pen, at Tunbridge-Wells. ()
- To her Grace the Dutchess of Portland, with the foregoing Lines. ()
- To his Excellency the Lord Carteret. Occasion'd by seeing a Poem, intitled, The Birth of Manly Virtue. ()
- To his Grace the Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, at the Camp before Philipsburgh. ()
- To his Grace the Duke of Chandos. ()
- To Lady H—r, who ask'd, Had the Author done writing Verses? ()
- To Mrs. Anne Donnellan, with the fourth Essay on MAN. ()
- To Mrs. Armine Cartwright, at Bath. ()
- To Mrs. CÆsar, at the Speaker's Lodgings at Bath. ()
- To Mrs. Frances-Arabella Kelly. ()
- To Mrs. Mary CÆsar, upon seeing her just after the Marriage of her Friend, the Lady Margaret Harley. ()
- To Mrs. Newans, encouraging her to draw Lady Killmorey's Picture. ()
- To Mrs. Putland. ()
- To Mrs. Strangeways Horner, with a Letter from my Son; wherein he desires me to accept his first Prize of Learning, conferr'd on him by the University of Dublin. ()
- To Mrs. S—. Written in my Sickness. ()
- To Mrs. — ()
- To Novella, on her saying deridingly, that a Lady of great Merit, and fine Address, was bred in the Old Way. An EPIGRAM. ()
- To Robert Barber Esq; Deputy to the Treasurer's Remembrancer in the Court of Exchequer, on his attending, whilst his Son repeated Gay's Fable of the Hare and Many Friends. ()
- To Sophronia. ()
- To the Honble. Miss Carteret, now Countess of Dysert. ()
- To the Honourable Mrs. Percival. ()
- To the Honourable Mrs. Spencer, on her removing from Windsor to Rookly in Hampshire. ()
- To the Reverend Dr. L—. Occasion'd by his Sermon for the Support of the Charity-Children at Tunbridge-Wells, where the Collection was small. ()
- To the Right Hon. the Earl of Orrery, on his Promise to sup with the Author. ()
- To the Right Honble. the Lady Dowager Torrington, with some Verses her Ladyship commanded me to send her. ()
- To the Right Honourable John Barber, Esq; Lord Mayor of London, on committing one of my Sons to his Care. ()
- To the Right Honourable John Earl of Orrery, at Bath, after the Death of the late Earl. ()
- To the Right Honourable the Earl of Thomond, at Bath; who charg'd the Author with making an Irish Bull. ()
- To the Right Honourable the Lady Elizabeth Brownlow, upon desiring me to send her some of my Poems. ()
- To the Right Honourable the Lady Elizabeth Germain, upon seeing her do a generous Action. Written as from the Person reliev'd. ()
- To the Right Honourable the Lady Kilmorey, with a Letter, which was written by the late Lady Roydon, of the Kingdom of Ireland, just before her Death. ()
- To the Right Honourable the Lady Sarah Cowper. Written when the Author was sick at Tunbridge-Wells. ()
- To the Rt. Hon. Charlotte Lady Conway, on her resolving to leave Bath. ()
- A True TALE. ()
- An unanswerable Apology for the Rich. ()
- Upon seeing a Raffle for Addison's Works unfill'd. ()
- Verses occasion'd by the Sickness of Mrs. Anne Donnellan. ()
- Verses sent to a Lady, who took Delight in ridiculing a Person of very weak Under-standing, whom she reliev'd from Want. ()
- The Widow Gordon's Petition To the Right Hon. the Lady Carteret. ()
- Written at Bath to a young Lady, who had just before given me a short Answer. ()
- Written at Camberwell, near London, in the Study of Mr. Wainwright, now Baron of the Exchequer in Ireland, where the Author accidentally din'd alone. ()
- Written at Dr. Mead's House in Ormond-Street, to Mrs. Mead. ()
- Written at Tunbridge-Wells, where the Author had, the Year before, been honour'd with the Acquaintance of Mrs. Strangeways Horner, who, after, went abroad on account of her Health. ()
- Written at Tunbridge-Wells. To the Right Honourable the Lady Barbara North, occasion'd by some of the Company's saying they would go to Faint-Fair, and act a Play. ()
- Written for a Gentlewoman in Distress. To her Grace Adelida, Dutchess of Shrewsbury. ()
- Written for my Son in his Sickness, to one of his School fellows. ()
- Written for my Son to his Master, on the Anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne. ()
- Written for my Son, and spoken by him at his first putting on Breeches. ()
- Written for my Son, and spoken by him at School to some of the Fellows of the College of Dublin, at a public Examination for Victors. ()
- Written for my Son, and spoken by him in School, upon his Master's first bringing in a Rod. ()
- Written for my Son, and spoken by him, at a public Examination for Victors. ()
- Written for my Son, in a Bible which was presented to him. ()
- Written for my Son, to Mr. Barry; occasion'd by the foregoing Verses. ()
- Written for my Son, to some of the Fellows of the College, who took care of the School in his Master's Absence. ()
- Written for my Son, upon Lady Santry's coming to School, to see her Son, and getting the Scholars a Play-Day. ()
- Written from Dublin, to a Lady in the Country. ()
- Written in the Conclusion of a Letter to Mr. Tickel, intreating him to recommend the Widow Gordon's Petition. ()
- Written upon the Rocks at Tunbridge, on seeing the Names of several Persons written there. ()
Other works by Jonathan Swift
- Apollo Outwitted. To the Honourable Mrs. FINCH, under her Name of Ardelia, ()
- BAUCIS AND PHILEMON. Imitated, From the Eighth Book of OVID. ()
- BOUNCE TO FOP. ()
- A DESCRIPTION OF A CITY SHOWER. October, 1710. ()
- THE DESCRIPTION OF A Salamander. Out of Pliny Nat. Hist. L. 10. C. 67 and L. 29 C. 4. ()
- A DESCRIPTION OF THE MORNING. April, 1709. ()
- A Grubstreet ELEGY On the supposed Death of PATRIGE THE Almanack-Maker. Anno. 1708. ()
- Lady B— B— finding in the Authors Room some Verses Unfinished, underwrit a Stanza of her own, with Railery upon him, which gave Occasion to this Ballade. August, 1702. ()
- To Mrs. BIDDY FLOYD. Anno. 1708. ()
- VERSES Wrote in a LADY'S Ivory Table-Book. Anno. 1698. ()
- V—'s HOUSE Built from the Ruins of White-Hall that was Burnt. Written, 1703. ()