Eighteenth-Century Poetry

David Fairer is Professor of Eighteenth-Century English Literature at the University of Leeds, UK. His most recent book, Organising Poetry: The Coleridge Circle 1790-1798 (2009) traces the development of English poetry during the 1790s, building on the concerns of his previous comprehensive study, English Poetry of the Eighteenth Century, 1700-1789 (2003). He is also the author of The Poetry of Alexander Pope (1989) and Pope’s Imagination (1984), and editor of The Correspondence of Thomas Warton (1995) and Pope: New Contexts (1990). Christine Gerrard is the Barbara Scott Fellow and Tutor in English at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, UK. She has recently edited volume 1 of The Complete Correspondence of Samuel Richardson: Correspondence with Aaron Hill and the Hill Family (2013) which follows on from her literary biography Aaron Hill: The Muses' Projector, 1685-1750 (2003).  She is the editor of A Companion to Eighteenth-Century Poetry (Wiley Blackwell, 2006) and the author of The Patriot Opposition to Walpole: Politics, Poetry, and National Myth, 1725–1742 (1994).

• Selected Contents by Theme xi Alphabetical List of Authors xxiChronology of Events and Poetic Landmarks xxiiIntroduction xxvPreface to Third Edition xxviiPreface to Second Edition xxixEditorial Procedures xxxText xxxiAcknowledgements xxxiiJohn Pomfret (1667–1702) 1The Choice 1John Philips (1676–1709) 6The Splendid Shilling 6Sarah Fyge Egerton (1670–1723) 11The Liberty 11On my leaving London 13To One who said I must not Love 14The Emulation 15Isaac Watts (1674–1748) 17The Adventurous Muse 17Ambrose Philips (1674–1749) 20A Winter-Piece 20Anne Finch (1661–1720) 22The Spleen 22Upon the Hurricane 26A Nocturnal Rêverie 33The Tree 35To the Nightingale 36A Sigh 37To a Friend, in Praise of the Invention of Writing Letters 37Glass 38The Agreeable 39To Mr Pope, in answer to a Copy of Verses 40John Gay (1685–1732) 42Friday; or, The Dirge 43Trivia, Book II 47The Man and the Flea 62Thomas Parnell (1679–1718) 64An Elegy, To an Old Beauty 64A Night-Piece on Death 66Oft have I read 68Matthew Prior (1664–1721) 70For His own Epitaph 71An Epitaph 72The Lady’s Looking-Glass 73Non Pareil 74On a Pretty Madwoman 75True Statesmen 76Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) 78A Description of the Morning 79A Description of a City Shower 80Stella’s Birthday, 1719 81Stella’s Birthday, 1721 82Stella’s Birthday, 1727 84A Satirical Elegy On the Death of a late Famous General 86The Lady’s Dressing Room 87A Beautiful Young Nymph Going to Bed 91Strephon and Chloe 93Verses on the Death of Dr Swift 100Alexander Pope (1688–1744) 114Windsor-Forest 115The Rape of the Lock 126Eloisa to Abelard 145To Richard Boyle, Earl of Burlington 154An Epistle to a Lady 160The First Satire of the Second Book of Horace Imitated 167An Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot 172An Essay on Man. Epistle I 183The Dunciad, 1743, Book I 192Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689–1762) 204Saturday. The Small-Pox 205Epistle from Arthur Gray the Footman 208Epistle from Mrs Y[onge] to her Husband 210The Lover: A Ballad 213An Epistle to Lord Bathurst 214Verses Address’d to the Imitator of Horace (with Lord Hervey) 216The Dean’s Provocation for Writing the Lady’s Dressing-Room 219Verses on Self-Murder 222A Hymn to the Moon 223Aaron Hill (1685–1750) 224Bellaria, at her Spinnet 224Whitehall Stairs 226The Singing-Bird 227Alone, in an Inn, at Southampton 229Richard Savage (c.1697–1743) 231The Bastard 231Unconstant 234Martha Fowke (1689–1736) 236The Innocent Inconstant 236The Invitation from a Country Cottage 237On Lady Chudleigh 238Clio’s Picture 239On being charged with Writing incorrectly 241A Letter to my Love.—All alone, past 12, in the Dumps 242James Thomson (1700–1748) 245Winter. A Poem (1726) 246Spring 256John Dyer (1699–1757) 283Grongar Hill 283The Fleece, Book III 287Stephen Duck (1705?–1756) 304The Thresher’s Labour 305Mary Collier (1688?–1762) 312The Woman’s Labour 312Sarah Dixon (1671–1765) 318Strephon to the River 318The Return’d Heart 319To the Muse 319From a Sheet of Gilt Paper. To Cloe 321Lines Occasion’d by the Burning of some Letters 323Mary Barber (c.1685–1755) 324To a Lady, who commanded me to send her an Account in Verse, how I succeeded in my Subscription 324Written for my Son, and Spoken by him at his first putting on Breeches 328The Conclusion of a Letter to the Rev. Mr C– 330Mehetabel Wright (1697–1750) 332To an Infant Expiring the Second Day of its Birth 332Wedlock: A Satire 333Address to Her Husband 334Anne Ingram (c.1696–1764) 337An Epistle to Mr Pope. By a Lady. Occasioned by his Characters of Women 337viii Contents (Short Titles)Samuel Johnson (1709–1784) 341London 341The Vanity of Human Wishes 350On the Death of Dr Robert Levet 359Mary Jones (1707–1778) 361An Epistle To Lady Bowyer 361Of Desire. An Epistle to the Hon. Miss Lovelace 364Elegy, On a favourite Dog, suppos’d to be poison’d 368After the Small Pox 370Mary Leapor (1722–1746) 372Dorinda at Her Glass 372An Epistle to a Lady 375The Enquiry 377Man the Monarch 379An Epistle to Artemisia 381Upon her Play being returned to her, stained with Claret 385Crumble-Hall 386Mira’s Picture 391Soto. A Character 393Mark Akenside (1721–1770) 395The Pleasures of Imagination, 1744, Book I 395Thomas Gray (1716–1771) 412Ode on the Spring 413Sonnet on the Death of Richard West 414Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College 415Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat 417Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard 419The Progress of Poesy 423The Bard 428William Collins (1721–1759) 433A Song from Shakespeare’s Cymbeline 433Ode on the Poetical Character 435Ode to Fear 437Ode to Evening 440Ode to Liberty 441The Passions. An Ode for Music 446Ode on the Death of Mr Thomson 449Joseph Warton (1722–1800) 452The Enthusiast: Or The Lover of Nature 452Ode to Evening 459The Dying Indian 460Thomas Warton (1728–1790) 462The Pleasures of Melancholy 462Ode written at Vale-Royal Abbey in Cheshire 470Sonnet: To the River Lodon 472Prologue on the Old Winchester Playhouse, over the butcher’s shambles 473Verses on Sir Joshua Reynolds’s Painted Window 474Robert Lloyd (1733–1764) 478The Cit’s Country Box 478Shakespeare: An Epistle to Mr Garrick 482Charles Churchill (1731–1764) 487Night 487Christopher Smart (1722–1771) 497‘My Cat Jeoffry’ 498A Song to David 500On a Bed of Guernsey Lilies 517James Macpherson (1736–1796) 519Fragments of Ancient Poetry: 7 and 8 519Thomas Chatterton (1752–1770) 523Mynstrelles Songe 523‘Stay, curyous traveller’ 525An Excelente Balade of Charitie 526Oliver Goldsmith (1730?–1774) 530The Deserted Village 530George Crabbe (1754–1832) 541The Village, Book I 541Ann Yearsley (1753–1806) 550To Stella; on a Visit to Mrs Montagu 551On Mrs Montagu 552Clifton Hill 554To Indifference 561To Mr ****, an Unlettered Poet 562Robert Burns (1759–1796) 565The Rigs o’ Barley 566To a Mouse 567To a Louse 568Holy Willie’s Prayer 570Tam o’ Shanter 573A Man’s a Man for a’ That 578Anna Seward (1742–1809) 581Sonnet. To Honora Sneyd 581Sonnet. To the Poppy 582Colebrooke Dale 582Anna Laetitia Barbauld (1743–1825) 586Corsica 586The Mouse’s Petition 592A Summer Evening’s Meditation 594To Mr Barbauld 597The Rights of Woman 598To a little invisible Being 599Washing-Day 600To Mr Coleridge 603William Cowper (1731–1800) 605‘Hatred and Vengeance’ 606The Poplar-Field 606Epitaph on a Hare 607The Task, Book I 609The Negro’s Complaint 627Yardley Oak 629On the Ice-islands 634The Cast-away 635Mary Robinson (1758–1800) 638London’s Summer Morning 638The Poet’s Garret 639The Birth-day 641Bibliography 644Index of Titles and First Lines 650Selected Contents by Theme1 WOMEN’S ROLE IN SOCIETYSarah Fyge Egerton, The Liberty 11The Emulation 15Anne Finch, The Spleen 22To Mr Pope, in answer to a Copy of Verses 40Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock 126An Epistle to a Lady 160Martha Fowke, On Lady Chudleigh 238Mary Collier, The Woman’s Labour 312Mary Barber, The Conclusion of a Letter to the Rev. Mr C– 330Anne Ingram, An Epistle to Mr Pope 337Mary Jones, Of Desire 364Mary Leapor, Man the Monarch 379Anna Laetitia Barbauld, The Rights of Woman 598Washing-Day 6002 BEAUTY AND VANITYAnne Finch, The Agreeable 39Thomas Parnell, An Elegy, To an Old Beauty 64Jonathan Swift, Stella’s Birthday, 1719 81Stella’s Birthday, 1721 82The Lady’s Dressing Room 87A Beautiful Young Nymph Going to Bed 91Strephon and Chloe, 1–38 93Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock, 1:121–48, 2:1–28 126An Epistle to a Lady 160Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Saturday. The Small-Pox 205Martha Fowke, Clio’s Picture 239Anne Ingram, An Epistle to Mr Pope 337Samuel Johnson, The Vanity of Human Wishes, 319–44 350Mary Jones, After the Small Pox 370Mary Leapor, Dorinda at Her Glass 372Mira’s Picture 391Mark Akenside, The Pleasures of Imagination, 1:271–387 395Robert Burns, To a Louse 568Anna Seward, Sonnet. To the Poppy 5823 LOVE AND COURTSHIPSarah Fyge Egerton, To One who said I must not Love 14Anne Finch, A Sigh 37Matthew Prior, The Lady’s Looking-Glass 73Alexander Pope, Eloisa to Abelard 145Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Epistle from Arthur Gray the Footman 210The Lover: A Ballad 213Aaron Hill, Whitehall Stairs 226Richard Savage, Unconstant 234Martha Fowke, The Innocent Inconstant 236A Letter to my Love 242James Thomson, Spring, 582–630, 983–1112 256Sarah Dixon, Strephon to the River 318The Return’d Heart 319From a Sheet of Gilt Paper. To Cloe 321Lines occasion’d by the Burning of some Letters 323Robert Burns, The Rigs o’ Barley 566Anna Laetitia Barbauld, To Mr Barbauld 5974 MARRIAGEMatthew Prior, An Epitaph 72Jonathan Swift, Strephon and Chloe 93Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Epistle from Mrs Y[onge] to her Husband 210Aaron Hill, Alone, in an Inn, at Southampton 229James Thomson, Spring, 1113–76. 256Mary Barber, The Conclusion of a Letter to the Rev. Mr C– 330Mehetabel Wright, Wedlock: A Satire 333Address to Her Husband 334Robert Lloyd, The Cit’s Country Box 478Anna Laetitia Barbauld, To Mr Barbauld 5975 MOTHERS AND CHILDRENMary Collier, The Woman’s Labour, 105–20 312Mary Barber, Written for my Son, and Spoken by him at his first putting on Breeches 328The Conclusion of a Letter to the Rev. Mr C– 330Mehetabel Wright, To an Infant Expiring the Second Day of its Birth 332Ann Yearsley, Clifton Hill, 67–92 554Anna Laetitia Barbauld, To a little invisible Being 599Washing-Day 6006 HUMANS AND ANIMALSAnne Finch, To the Nightingale 36John Gay, The Man and the Flea 62Alexander Pope, Windsor-Forest, 43–164 115An Essay on Man, 1:77–90, 173–246 183Aaron Hill, The Singing-Bird 227James Thomson, Winter. A Poem, 216–52 246Spring, 336–442 256Mary Jones, Elegy, On a Favourite Dog, suppos’d to be poison’d 368Thomas Gray, Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat 417Thomas Warton, Prologue on the Old Winchester Playhouse 473Christopher Smart, ‘my Cat Jeoffry’ 498Robert Burns, To a Mouse 567To a Louse 568Anna Laetitia Barbauld, The Mouse’s Petition 592William Cowper, Epitaph on a Hare 607Selected Contents by Theme xiii7 THE NATURAL WORLDAmbrose Philips, A Winter-Piece 20Anne Finch, Upon the Hurricane 26A Nocturnal Rêverie 33The Tree 35Alexander Pope, Windsor-Forest 115James Thomson, Winter. A Poem 246Spring 256John Dyer, Grongar Hill 283Mary Leapor, The Enquiry 377Thomas Gray, Ode on the Spring 413William Collins, Ode to Evening 440Joseph Warton, The Enthusiast: Or The Lover of Nature 452Ode to Evening 459Thomas Warton, Ode written at Vale-Royal Abbey in Cheshire 470Thomas Chatterton, An Excelente Balade of Charitie 526Ann Yearsley, Clifton Hill 554Anna Seward, Colebrooke Dale 582William Cowper, The Poplar-Field 606The Task, 1:103–454 609Yardley Oak 629On the Ice-islands 6348 URBAN LIFEJohn Philips, The Splendid Shilling 6John Gay, Trivia, Book II 47Jonathan Swift, A Description of the Morning 79A Description of a City Shower 80Alexander Pope, The Dunciad, 1743, Book I 192Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Saturday. The Small-Pox 205Aaron Hill, Whitehall Stairs 226John Dyer, The Fleece, 3:224–348 287Samuel Johnson, London 341Thomas Warton, Prologue on the Old Winchester Playhouse 473Anna Seward, Colebrooke Dale, 44–73 582William Cowper, The Task, 1:678–774 609Mary Robinson, London’s Summer Morning 638The Poet’s Garret 639The Birth-day 6419 HOUSES AND GARDENSJohn Pomfret, The Choice 1Alexander Pope, Epistle to Burlington 154Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, An Epistle to Lord Bathurst 214James Thomson, Spring, 904–62 256Samuel Johnson, London, 194–223 341Mary Leapor, Crumble-Hall 386Robert Lloyd, The Cit’s Country Box 478William Cowper, The Task, 1:210–51 60910 RURAL LIFE AND LABOURJohn Gay, Friday; or, The Dirge 43Thomas Parnell, Oft have I read 68Martha Fowke, The Invitation from a Country Cottage 237John Dyer, The Fleece, Book III 287Stephen Duck, The Thresher’s Labour 305Mary Collier, The Woman’s Labour 312Mary Leapor, Crumble-Hall 386Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard 419Oliver Goldsmith, The Deserted Village 530George Crabbe, The Village, Book I 541Ann Yearsley, Clifton Hill 554Robert Burns, To a Mouse 56711 SOCIAL CHANGEAnne Finch, Upon the Hurricane 26Mary Leapor, Crumble-Hall 386Robert Lloyd, The Cit’s Country Box 478Oliver Goldsmith, The Deserted Village 530George Crabbe, The Village, Book I 541Thomas Chatterton, An Excelente Balade of Charitie 526Robert Burns, A Man’s a Man for a’ That 578Anna Seward, Colebrooke Dale 582William Cowper, The Negro’s Complaint 627Mary Robinson, The Birth-day 64112 NOCTURNAL MEDITATIONAnne Finch, A Nocturnal Rêverie 33Thomas Parnell, A Night-Piece on Death 66Alexander Pope, Eloisa to Abelard 145Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, A Hymn to the Moon 223Martha Fowke, A Letter to my Love 242Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard 419William Collins, Ode to Evening 440Joseph Warton, The Enthusiast: Or The Lover of Nature, 200–32 452Ode to Evening 459Thomas Warton, The Pleasures of Melancholy 462Ode written at Vale-Royal Abbey in Cheshire 470Charles Churchill, Night 487Anna Laetitia Barbauld, A Summer Evening’s Meditation 59413 THE ROLE OF THE POETIsaac Watts, The Adventurous Muse 17Anne Finch, To the Nightingale 36To Mr Pope, in answer to a Copy of Verses 40Jonathan Swift, Verses on the Death of Dr Swift 100Selected Contents by Theme xvAlexander Pope, The First Satire of the Second Book of Horace Imitated 167An Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot 172The Dunciad, 1743, Book I 192Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Verses Address’d to the Imitator of Horace 216Aaron Hill, The Singing-Bird 227Martha Fowke, On Lady Chudleigh 238On being charged with Writing incorrectly 241Sarah Dixon, To the Muse 319Mary Barber, To a Lady 324Mary Leapor, An Epistle to Artemisia 381Thomas Gray, The Progress of Poesy 423The Bard 428William Collins, Ode on the Poetical Character 435Ode on the Death of Mr Thomson 449Joseph Warton, The Enthusiast: Or The Lover of Nature 452Robert Lloyd, Shakespeare: An Epistle to Mr Garrick 482Ann Yearsley, To Mr ****, an Unlettered Poet 562Anna Laetitia Barbauld, To Mr Coleridge 603Mary Robinson, The Poet’s Garret 63914 LITERARY PATRONAGE AND THE ECONOMICS OF AUTHORSHIPJohn Philips, The Splendid Shilling 6Alexander Pope, The First Satire of the Second Book of Horace Imitated 167An Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot 172The Dunciad, 1743, Book I 192Mary Barber, To a Lady 324Samuel Johnson, London 341The Vanity of Human Wishes, 73–90 350Mary Jones, An Epistle to Lady Bowyer 361Mary Leapor, An Epistle to Artemisia 381Upon her Play being returned to her, stained with Claret 385Mary Robinson, The Poet’s Garret 63915 AUTOBIOGRAPHYSarah Fyge Egerton, The Liberty 11On my leaving London 13To One who said I must not Love 14Anne Finch, The Spleen 22Matthew Prior, For His own Epitaph 71Jonathan Swift, Verses on the Death of Dr Swift 100Alexander Pope, An Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot 172Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Verses on Self-Murder 222Richard Savage, The Bastard 231Martha Fowke, A Letter to my Love 242Stephen Duck, The Thresher’s Labour 305Mary Collier, The Woman’s Labour 312Sarah Dixon, To the Muse 319Mehetabel Wright, Address to Her Husband 334Mary Jones, An Epistle to Lady Bowyer 361Mary Leapor, An Epistle to a Lady 375An Epistle to Artemisia 381Mira’s Picture 391Thomas Gray, Sonnet on the Death of Richard West 414Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard 419Thomas Warton, Sonnet: To the River Lodon 472Ann Yearsley, To Stella; on a Visit to Mrs Montagu 551On Mrs Montagu 552To Indifference 561Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Washing-Day 600William Cowper, The Task, 1:103–80 60916 RECOVERING THE PASTAlexander Pope, Windsor-Forest 115Aaron Hill, Alone, in an Inn, at Southampton 229John Dyer, Grongar Hill 283Mary Leapor, Crumble-Hall 386Thomas Gray, Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College 415The Progress of Poesy 423The Bard 428William Collins, Ode to Liberty 441Thomas Warton, Ode written at Vale-Royal Abbey in Cheshire 470Verses on Sir Joshua Reynolds’s Painted Window 474James Macpherson, Fragments of Ancient Poetry: 7 and 8 519Thomas Chatterton, Mynstrelles Songe 523‘Stay, curyous traveller’ 525An Excelente Balade of Charitie 526Oliver Goldsmith, The Deserted Village 530Anna Seward, Colebrooke Dale 58217 CONTEMPLATING DEATHJohn Gay, Friday; or, The Dirge 43Thomas Parnell, A Night-Piece on Death 66Matthew Prior, For His own Epitaph 71An Epitaph 72Jonathan Swift, A Satirical Elegy On the Death of a late Famous General 86Verses on the Death of Dr Swift 100Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Verses on Self-Murder 222Aaron Hill, Alone, in an Inn, at Southampton 229Martha Fowke, On Lady Chudleigh 238Mehetabel Wright, To an Infant Expiring the Second Day of its Birth 332Samuel Johnson, The Vanity of Human Wishes 350On the Death of Dr Robert Levet 359Mary Jones, Elegy, On a Favourite Dog, suppos’d to be poison’d 368Thomas Gray, Sonnet on the Death of Richard West 414Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat 417Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard 419William Collins, A Song from Shakespeare’s Cymbeline 433Ode on the Death of Mr Thomson 449Joseph Warton, The Dying Indian 460Thomas Chatterton, Mynstrelles Songe 523Ann Yearsley, Clifton Hill, 73–92 554Anna Laetitia Barbauld, The Mouse’s Petition 592William Cowper, ‘Hatred and vengeance’ 606Epitaph on a Hare 607The Cast-away 63518 MADNESSAnne Finch, The Spleen 22Matthew Prior, On a Pretty Madwoman 75James Thomson, Spring, 1004–1112 256William Collins, Ode to Fear 437Ann Yearsley, Clifton Hill, 206–96 554To Indifference 561William Cowper, The Task, 1:534–56 60919 VISIONSIsaac Watts, The Adventurous Muse 17Thomas Parnell, A Night-Piece on Death 66Alexander Pope, The Rape of the Lock, Canto IV 126Eloisa to Abelard 145Aaron Hill, Bellaria, at her Spinnet 224Martha Fowke, A Letter to my Love 242James Thomson, Winter. A Poem, 253–300 246Mary Leapor, The Enquiry 377Mark Akenside, The Pleasures of Imagination, 1:151–221 395Thomas Gray, Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College 415The Bard 428William Collins, Ode on the Poetical Character 435Ode to Fear 437The Passions. An Ode for Music 446Joseph Warton, The Enthusiast: Or The Lover of Nature, 180–252 452Thomas Warton, The Pleasures of Melancholy 462Christopher Smart, A Song to David 500Anna Laetitia Barbauld, A Summer Evening’s Meditation 594To Mr Coleridge 60320 THE IMAGINATIONAnne Finch, The Spleen 22Jonathan Swift, The Lady’s Dressing Room 87Aaron Hill, Alone, in an Inn, at Southampton 229James Thomson, Spring, 443–79 256Mark Akenside, The Pleasures of Imagination, Book I 395William Collins, Ode on the Poetical Character 435xviii Selected Contents by ThemeThomas Warton, Ode written at Vale-Royal Abbey in Cheshire 470Verses on Sir Joshua Reynolds’s Painted Window 47421 LIBERTYSarah Fyge Egerton, The Liberty 11Anne Finch, A Nocturnal Rêverie 33Aaron Hill, The Singing-Bird 227Richard Savage, The Bastard 231Sarah Dixon, Lines occasion’d by the Burning of some Letters 323Thomas Gray, Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College 415William Collins, Ode to Liberty 441Charles Churchill, Night 487Robert Burns, A Man’s a Man for a’ That 578Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Corsica 586William Cowper, The Negro’s Complaint 62722 GOD IN NATUREAnne Finch, Upon the Hurricane 26John Gay, The Man and the Flea 62Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man, Epistle I 183James Thomson, Winter. A Poem 246Spring, 556–71, 849–903 256Mary Leapor, The Enquiry 377Mark Akenside, The Pleasures of Imagination, 1:56–78 395Christopher Smart, A Song to David 500On a Bed of Guernsey Lilies 517Anna Laetitia Barbauld, A Summer Evening’s Meditation 59423 WEALTH AND POVERTYJohn Philips, The Splendid Shilling 6Alexander Pope, Epistle to Burlington 154Martha Fowke, The Invitation from a Country Cottage 237Stephen Duck, The Thresher’s Labour 305Mary Collier, The Woman’s Labour 312Samuel Johnson, London 341The Vanity of Human Wishes, 21–8 350Robert Lloyd, The Cit’s Country Box 478Thomas Chatterton, An Excelente Balade of Charitie 526Oliver Goldsmith, The Deserted Village 530George Crabbe, The Village, Book I 541Robert Burns, A Man’s a Man for a’ That 578Mary Robinson, The Poet’s Garret 639The Birth-day 64124 ART AND NATUREAnne Finch, Glass 38Jonathan Swift, A Beautiful Young Nymph Going to Bed 91Alexander Pope, Epistle to Burlington 154Selected Contents by Theme xixLady Mary Wortley Montagu, An Epistle to Lord Bathurst 214Martha Fowke, The Invitation from a Country Cottage 237Clio’s Picture 239Mary Barber, Written for my Son, and Spoken by him at his first putting on Breeches 328Joseph Warton, The Enthusiast: Or The Lover of Nature 452Thomas Warton, Verses on Sir Joshua Reynolds’s Painted Window 474Robert Lloyd, The Cit’s Country Box 478William Cowper, The Task, 1:409–35 60925 PORTRAITSAnne Finch, The Agreeable 39Matthew Prior, An Epitaph 72Non Pareil 74Jonathan Swift, A Satirical Elegy On the Death of a late Famous General 86A Beautiful Young Nymph Going to Bed 91Verses on the Death of Dr Swift, 307–484 100Alexander Pope, An Epistle to a Lady 160An Epistle to Dr Arbuthnot, 193–214, 305–33 172The Dunciad, 1743, 1:107–46 192Aaron Hill, Bellaria, at her Spinnet 224Richard Savage, Unconstant 234Martha Fowke, The Innocent Inconstant 236On Lady Chudleigh 238Clio’s Picture 239Samuel Johnson, The Vanity of Human Wishes, 99–120, 191–222 350On the Death of Dr Robert Levet 359Mary Jones, Of Desire, 35–118 364Mary Leapor, An Epistle to Artemisia 381Mira’s Picture 391Soto. A Character 393Christopher Smart, ‘My Cat Jeoffry’ 498Oliver Goldsmith, The Deserted Village, 189–218 530George Crabbe, The Village, 1:184–227, 276–319 541Ann Yearsley, Clifton Hill, 206–96 554Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Corsica, 107–32 586William Cowper, The Task, 1:534–56, 633–77 60926 MUSICAnne Finch, To the Nightingale 36Aaron Hill, Bellaria, at her Spinnet 224Mark Akenside, The Pleasures of Imagination, 1:109–38 395Thomas Gray, The Progress of Poesy 423William Collins, The Passions. An Ode for Music 44627 LETTERSAnne Finch, To a Friend, in Praise of the Invention of Writing Letters 37Alexander Pope, Eloisa to Abelard 145Epistle to Burlington 154An Epistle to a Lady 160xx Selected Contents by ThemeLady Mary Wortley Montagu, Epistle from Arthur Gray the Footman 208Epistle from Mrs Y[onge] to her Husband 210An Epistle to Lord Bathurst 214Martha Fowke, A Letter to my Love 242Sarah Dixon, From a Sheet of Gilt Paper. To Cloe 321Lines occasion’d by the Burning of some Letters 323Mary Barber, The Conclusion of a Letter to the Rev. Mr C– 330Mary Jones, An Epistle to Lady Bowyer 361Of Desire 364Mary Leapor, An Epistle to a Lady 375An Epistle to Artemisia 381Robert Lloyd, Shakespeare: An Epistle to Mr Garrick 48228 POLITICS, POWER, AND THE STATEAnne Finch, Upon the Hurricane 26Matthew Prior, True Statesmen 76Jonathan Swift, A Satirical Elegy On the Death of a late Famous General 86Verses on the Death of Dr Swift, 299–484 100Alexander Pope, Windsor-Forest 115Samuel Johnson, London 341Thomas Gray, The Bard 428William Collins, Ode to Liberty 441Charles Churchill, Night 487Oliver Goldsmith, The Deserted Village 530Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Corsica 586William Cowper, The Negro’s Complaint 62729 LYRICAnne Finch, A Sigh 37Matthew Prior, Non Pareil 74Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, A Hymn to the Moon 223William Collins, A Song from Shakespeare’s Cymbeline 433Thomas Chatterton, Mynstrelles Songe 523Robert Burns, The Rigs o’ Barley 566

Fairer and Gerrard s third edition of Eighteenth-Century Poetry: An Annotated Anthology is simply the one and only anthology to use when teaching 18 th-Century British Poetry. The selections are judicious but wide-ranging, offering readers the traditional canonical figures as well as newly-recuperated poets, both male and female. The annotations are superbly informative and authoritative. Bravissimo! John Richetti, University of Pennsylvania