The flowery Path of Poetry but ill accords with the thorny Mazes of the Law ; in the one I have wandered with rapture from Infancy, and I have endeavoured to grace the other with a simple but lasting Ornament-Integrity of Heart. Believe me, Sir, Your obliged humble Servant, CHARLES SNART. Newark, January 1, 1807. CONTENTS ? 1 Verses in Answer to a scurrilous Paper.. 4 from the English Chronicle 5 fields of Fontenoy 6 Damon and Sylvia 6 Damon and Chloe 7 Hope 7 The Year 8 Sonnet to Mrs. G. .... 11 Impromptu on a Tax upon Spirits 11 Epitaph on Dr. Johnson 12 Epigram ... 12 Song 12 Maria’s Evening Service 13 Sonnet to Mrs. Smith .. 14 Sonnet ... 15 .... 17 To Mary 28 Invocation to Health 30 An old Ballad 32 Sonnet to Mr. Jackson 3+ Translation of Fenelon's Ode to Solitude 34 A Persian Song 36 Sonnet to Hope 39 The Vain Attempt. 39 Ode to Sleep 41 Epitaph on W. Shenstone, Esq. 42 on a Sportsman 43 on Lord Aubrey Beauclerk 44 on a Horse ..... on Nicholas Rowe, Esq. ...... 45 on Mrs. Wr-n 46 David's Lamentation • 47 Castles in the Air..... 50 The Field of Battle. 52 The Birch 54 Verses by R. B. Sheridan, Esq......... 57 Epitaph 60 Epitaph by Bishop Lowth on his Daughter 61 .. 44 |