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3. To Mr. Addiſon, occaſioned by the news of the victory obtained over the Rebels in Scotland, by his Grace the Duke of Argyle.

4. To Lady Catherine Manners.

5. The Lovers Parting.

6. The Retreat.

7. An Epiſtle from a Half-pay Officer in the Country, to his Friend in Town.

8. Upon Religious Solitude; occaſioned by reading the Inſcription on the Tomb of Caſimir King of Poland, who abdicated his Crown, and ſpent the remainder of his life in the Abbey of St. Germains, near Paris, where he lies interred.

9. A Paſtoral in Imitation of Virgil’s Second Eclogue.

10. The 2d, 3d, and 4th Elegies of the Fourth Book of Tibullus.

11. Elegy. Sylvia to Amintor, in Imitation of Ovid. Alter Sylvia is enjoyed, ſhe gives this Advice to her ſex.

Truſt not the ſlight defence of female pride,
Nor in your boaſted honour much confide;
So ſtill the motion, and ſo ſmooth the dart,
It ſteals unfelt into the heedleſs heart.

A Prologue to the Tragedy of Sir Walter Raleigh, and an Epilogue to Mr. Southern’s Spartan Dame. In the former he has the following beautiful lines on Ambition;

Ambition