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Verse in English from Eighteenth-Century Ireland Verse in English from Eighteenth-Century Ireland edited by Andrew Carpenter CORK UNIVERSITY PRESS CONTENTS' Introduction 1 A Note on the Texts 34 Part I: 1687-1725 Six poems from the Williamite wars, 1687-91 Lilliburlero 37 A Cruel and Bloody DECLARATION .... 39 from: The Irish Hudibras or, Fingallian Prince 42 The Irishmen's Prayers to St. Patrick ... 49 Epitaph on the Duke of Grafton 51 An Irish Song 53 Nahum Tate (1652-1698-1715) from: Panacea: A Poem upon Tea 54 Song of the Angels at the Nativity of Our Blessed Saviour 56 John Toland (1670-1700-1722) from: Clito: a Poem on the Force of Eloquence 58 William King (1663-1704-1712) from: Mully of Mountown 61 George Farquhar (1678-1707-1707) To a Gentleman who had his Pocket Pick'd ... 65 An Epigram on the Riding-House in Dublin, made into a Chappel 66 William Congreve (1670-1710-1729) Doris 67 Thomas Parnell (1679-1713-1718) To 70 On the Castle of Dublin, Anno 1715 71 Bacchus or the Drunken Metamorphosis 72 Mary Monck (c.1678-1715-1715) An Elegie on a Favourite Dog 75 A Tale 76 l. Authors (except Swift and members of his circle, whose work is grouped together in Part II) are normally listed chronologically by the publication date of the earliest of their poems included in this anthology, or by its composition date if this is known to be significantly earlier, or by the date of the poet's death if the poetry was published posthumously. Three dates are given for each author whose works are listed chronologically: birth, date of publication of first work in this anthology, and death. Vll James Ward (1691-1718-1736) from: Phoenix Park 77 The Smock Race at Finglas 79 Morrough O'Connor (fl. 1719-40) An Eclogue in Imitation of the first Eclogue of Virgil 83 Matthew Concanen (1701-1720-1749) from: A Match at Football... 90 Anonymous poems current 1710-25 from: The Signior in Fashion 99 A Petition to the Ladies of DUBLIN ... by the Old WASH-WOMEN 101 from: The Cavalcade: A Poem On the RIDING the FRANCHISES 103 An Irish Wedding between Dick and Moll 107 The Irish Absentee's new Litany 112 The Humble Petition of a Beautiful Young Lady To the Reverend Doctor B-rk—y 115 from: Hesperi-neso-graphia: or, A Description of the Western Isle 116 The Royal Black Bird 126 Nicholas Browne (c.1699-1722-1734) from: The North Country Wedding 128 Mary Davys (1674-1725-1732) from: The Modern Poet 135 Ambrose Philips (1674-1725-1749) To Miss Georgiana 138 Namby Pamby ... [a response by Henry Carey, (d.1743)] 140 Part II: Swift and his Irish contemporaries (1713-45) Jonathan Smedley (c.1672-1713-1729) Verses fix'd on the Cathedral Door ... 145 An Epistle to his Grace the Duke of Grafton ... 147 Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) His Grace's Answer to Jonathan 151 To Charles Ford Esqr. on his Birth-day ... 153 Esther Johnson (1681-1728) To Dr Swift on his Birth-day ... 158 vui Jonathan Swift Stella at Wood-Park ... 160 Thomas Sheridan (1687-1738) A Description of Doctor Delany's Villa 164 Patrick Delany (c.1685-1768) An Epistle to His Excellency John Lord Carteret, &c. 166 Jonathan Swift An Epistle upon an Epistle from a certain Doctor... 170 A LIBEL on D[octor] D[elany] and a Certain Great Lord 174 Jonathan Swift, Patrick Delany, Thomas Sheridan and others Riddles, street cries and other short verses 182 Thomas Sheridan To the Dean, when in England, in 1726 187 A True and Faithful Inventory ... 189 Jonathan Swift Mary the Cook-Maid's Letter to Dr Sheridan 190 A Pastoral Dialogue ... 192 Mary Barber (c.1685-1728-1755) An Unanswerable Apology for the Rich 194 To Mrs Frances-Arabella Kelly 195 The Recantation: to the same Lady 196 Matthew Pilkington (1701-1731-1774) The Invitation: To Doctor Delany at Delville, MDCCCIX 197 Anacreon Paraphras'd, Ode viii 199 Laetitia Pilkington (c.1708-1732-1750) The Petition of the Birds 201 Constantia Grierson (c.1705-1732-1732) To Miss Laetitia Van Lewen 203 from: Lines to an unnamed Lady 205 William Dunkin (c.1709-1734-1765) ; from: The Parson's Revels 207 A Receipt for Making a Doctor 214 On the Omission of the Words Dei Gratia in the late Coinage ... 220 IX Jonathan Swift A Character, Panegyric, and Description of the LEGION CLUB ... 222 James Arbuckle (C.1700-1745-C.1747) On Swift's leaving his Fortune to Build a Mad-House 231 Part III: 1735-60 Henry Brooke (c.1703-1735-1783) from: Universal Beauty 235 Anonymous poems from the 1730s and 1740s The Kerry Cavalcade ... 241 from: The Upper Gallery 244 An Elegy on the much lamented Death of... all the Potatoes ... 248 James Sterling (1701-1737-1763) from: A Friend in Need is a Friend in Deed 253 Wetenhall Wilkes (fl. 1737, d.1751) from: The Humours of the Black Dog 260 Robert Nugent, Earl Nugent (1702-1740-1788) Epistle to Pollio, from the Hills of Howth in Ireland 265 John, Earl of Orrery (1707-1741-1762) from: The First Ode of the First Book of Horace Imitated ... 268 John Winstanley (1677-1742-1750) Miss Betty's Singing-Bird 271 Upon Daisy, being brought back from New Park to Stoneybatter 273 The Poet's Lamentation for the loss of his Cat... 275 To the Revd Mr on his Drinking Sea-Water 277 Laurence Whyte (C.1683-1742-C.1753) A POETICAL Description of Mr. NEAL'S new Musick-Hall... 278 from: The Parting Cup or The HUMOURS of Deoch an Doruis ... 281 James Eyre Weekes (C.1720-1743-C.1754) from: The Intrigues of Jove: a Ballad 296 Two Poems 297 Sir Arthur Dawson (1698-1749-1775) Bumpers,' Squire Jones 299 Anonymous songs and poems from the 1750s Drinking Song 302 On Deborah Perkins of the county of Wicklow 303 The Clerk's Song 304 TIT for TAT, or the Rater rated 305 On the Spaw at Castle-connel, in the County of Limerick 307 A New Ballad on the Hot-Wells at Mallow 309 The Rakes of Mallow 310 ScewBall 312 Thomas Mozeen (fl.1750, d. 1768) A Description of a Fox-Chase 314 An Invitation to OWEN BRAY'S at Laughlin's town 317 Thomas Newburgh (c.1695-1758-1779) The BEAU WALK, in STEPHEN'S GREEN 319 Samuel Whyte (1733-1758-1811) from: A Familiar Epistle to J.H. Esq; near Killarney 320 Art Mac Cumhaidh (c.1715-1760-1773) Tagra an Da Theampall ('The Disputation of the Two Churches') 323 Liam Inglis (1709-1760-1778) Do Tharlaigh Inne Orm (T met yesterday ...') 327 Part IV: 1760-90 Dorothea Dubois (1728-1764-1774) The Amazonian Gift 331 Song 332 from: A True Tale 333 Anonymous poems from the 1760s Description of Dublin 338 The Rakes of Stony Batter 339 The May Bush 340 Olivia Elder (fl. 1769-80) from: To Mrs D.C.H., an account of the Author's manner of spending her time 343 XI Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1770-1774) from: The Deserted Village 347 Song (from She Stoops to Conquer) 355 Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1771-1816) Lines by a Lady of Fashion 356 Song (from The School for Scandal) 357 Gerald Fitzgerald (1740-1773-1819) from: The Academick Sportsman 359 Mary Shackleton (1758-1774-1826) The Welcome to Liberty 364 On the Murder of a Cat 366 To Sarah Shackleton on her beating me with the bed-stick ... 368 William Preston (1753-1776-1807) from: An heroic Epistle from Donna Teresa Pinna y Ruiz 369 Lady Clare (c. 1755-1776-1844) Motto inscribed on the bottom of chamber-pots beside a portrait of Richard Twiss 375 Turlogh Carolan (1670-1738); translated by Joseph Cooper Walker in 1776 Carolan's Receipt 376 Elizabeth Ryves (c.1750-1777-1797) Ode to Sensibility 377 James Delacourt or De-La-Cour (1709-1778-1781) In praise of a Negress 378 George Sackville Cotter (1755-1778-1831) from: Epistles from Swanlinbar 379 Gorges Edmond Howard (1715-1782-1786) The Modem Lass in High Dress in MDCCLVI 383 Eoghan Rua 6 Suilleabhain (c.1748-1782-1784) Letter to Father Fitzgerald 385 XII Chapbook verse of the 1780s Connelly's Ale: a new song 387 The Connaughtman's Visit to DUBLIN 388 The Maiden's Resolution, or an Answer to the Farmer's Son 393 The Sailor Dear 393 The Coughing Old Man 395 A Drop of Dram 396 Corporal Casey 398 Darby O'Gallagher, or the Answer to Morgan Rattler 399 The New Dhooraling 400 Hush Cat from under the Table 402 Anonymous verse from newspapers and books of the 1780s Description of a Country Assizes 405 The Agent's Downfall: a new ballad 408 Description of an Unfortunate Woman of the Town 410 The Lord Mayor's Ball 412 A New Song 414 Advertisement Extraordinary 416 Garry Own Naugh Glora, or The Limerick Rakes 417 Anonymous Irish/English poems from the 1780s The Rake's Frolick or Stauka an Varaga 420 The Answer to Stauka an Vauraga 423 Pleardca an Bhrdthar: A New Song called the Friar's Jigg ... 425 John Taylor (fl. 1787) On a Beef's being stole which was promis'd to the AUTHOR 428 Four Dublin underworld poems from the 1780s De Night afore Larry was stretch'd 430 Luke Caffrey's Kilmainham Minit 434 A New Song call'd Luke Caffrey's Gost 437 Lord Altham's Bull 442 Brian Merriman (c.1749-1789-1805) from: The Midnight Court (translated in 1789 by Denis Woulfe) 446 Charlotte Brooke (c.1740-1789-1793) Song for Gracey Nugent (translated from the Irish of Carolan) 453 Thomas Dawson Lawrence (C.1730-1789-C.1810) Epitaph on an orphan beggar child 455 Xlll PartV: 1790-1805 L.
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