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Title: Song [When o'er the mind (index)]
Author: Forrest, Theodosius
Attribution: T.F. (title page)
Date(s): 175- ?
Manuscript: Lt 64
Contents: Song on the need to have sensible expectations of the beloved, rather than hoping for the ideal of perfection which love produces in the mind
Title: The modish patch, occasiond by the large patches worn by the ladies 1757
Author: Forrest, Theodosius
Attribution: T.F. (title page)
Date(s): 1757 (title)
Manuscript: Lt 64
Contents: Satirical comment on the fashion for wearing large patches on the face, as if to cover large sores placed there as punishment for women's unkind behaviour towards men
Title: The insensible
Author: Forrest, Theodosius
Attribution: T.F. (title page)
Date(s): 175- ?
Manuscript: Lt 64
Contents: On the indifference of his beloved and of the ink with which he writes, with the result that he regains his heart
Title: To Belinda
Author: Forrest, Theodosius
Attribution: T.F. (title page)
Date(s): 175- ?
Manuscript: Lt 64
Contents: On his beloved's choice of another man, lamenting the loss of time and effort spent in trying to win her love, but testifying to the worth of the man chosen
Title: Song in Dioclesian
Author: Forrest, Theodosius
Attribution: T.F. (title page)
Date(s): 1758 ?
Manuscript: Lt 64
Contents: Song requesting happiness in love, perhaps sung in the 1758 revival of the dramatic opera 'The Prophetess, or, The History of Dioclesian'
Title: Ditto [Song in Dioclesian]
Author: Forrest, Theodosius
Attribution: T.F. (title page)
Date(s): 1758 ?
Manuscript: Lt 64
Contents: A song of reconciliation in peacetime, after the end of war, perhaps sung in the 1758 revival of the dramatic opera 'The Prophetess, or, The History of Dioclesian'
Title: Say soft content [index]
Author: Forrest, Theodosius
Attribution: T.F. (title page)
Date(s): 175- ?
Manuscript: Lt 64
Contents: On the journey necessary to find contentment, eventually located in his beloved's breast
Title: Song in Dioclesian
Author: Forrest, Theodosius
Attribution: T.F. (title page)
Date(s): 1758 ?
Manuscript: Lt 64
Contents: On the passionate desire for revenge produced by jealousy in love, perhaps sung in the 1758 revival of the dramatic opera 'The Prophetess, or, The History of Dioclesian'
Title: In Jovial Crew [I'm in love with Kate (index)]
Author: Forrest, Theodosius
Attribution: T.F. (title page)
Date(s): 1760 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 64
Contents: On the progression of a love affair, a song performed in an adaptation of Richard Brome's play 'The Jovial Crew', printed in 1760
Title: [Latin epigraph]; Extempore at the Crown at Egham
Author: Forrest, Theodosius
Attribution: T.F. (title page)
Date(s): 175- or 176- ?
Manuscript: Lt 64
Contents: Humorous reflection on the passage of time and its effects on youth and beauty
Title: Voi amante [When a lover does discover (index)]
Author: Forrest, Theodosius
Attribution: T.F. (title page)
Date(s): 175- or 176- ?
Manuscript: Lt 64
Contents: On the problems faced by lovers who believe in the apparent encouragement given by their beloved
Title: Verses to [Miss K] [index]
Author: Forrest, Theodosius
Attribution: T.F. (title page)
Date(s): 175- or 176- ?
Manuscript: Lt 64
Contents: Defending someone whose motives have been misinterpreted