Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries; Member of the Royal Irish Academy 2.
Author of the Life of Goldsmith, Life of Burke, etc. etc.

IN FOUR VOLUMES.

VOL. IV.

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CONTENTS

OF THE

FOURTH VOLUME.

POEMS.

THE TRAVELLER; OR A PROSPECT OF SOCIETY,

THE HERMIT; A BALLAD,

THE DESERTED VILLAGE,

THE HAUNCH OF VENISON; A POETICAL EPISTLE TO LORD CLARE,

THE CAPTIVITY; AN ORATORIO. [Now printed from the original MS.

in Goldsmith's handwriting,]

RETALIATION,

The Clown's Reply,

MISCELLANEOUS PIECES.

Prologue, written and spoken by the Poet Laberius, a Roman Knight,

whom Cæsar forced upon the stage. Preserved by Macrobius,

The Logicians Refuted. In Imitation of Dean Swift,

Epigram on a Beautiful Youth, struck blind by Lightning,

Stanzas on the taking of Quebec, and death of General Wolfe,

59511

126

129

ib.

An Elegy on the Glory of her Sex, Mrs. Mary Blaize,

Description of an Author's Bed-chamber,

Song. "O Memory! thou fond deceiver!"

Song.

The Wretch condemn'd with Life to part,"

The Double Transformation. A Tale,

136

Verses, in Reply to an Invitation to Dinner at Sir George Baker's.

[Now first printed,]

148

Epitaph on Dr. Parnell,

150

Epilogue to the Comedy of "The Good-Natured Man,”

ib.

Threnodia Augustalis; sacred to the Memory of Her Royal Highness,

the Princess Dowager of Wales,

156

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,"

Epilogue to the Comedy of "She Stoops to Conquer;" intended to be

spoken by Mrs. Bulkley and Miss Catley,

166

Song. "Ah me! when shall I marry me?"

Epilogue; spoken by Mr. Lee Lewes, in the Character of Harlequin,

SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER; OR THE MISTAKES OF A NIGHT. A

COMEDY,

SCENE FROM THE GRUMBLER; A FARCE. [Now first printed,]

357