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Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/6364

175- or 176- ?

Witty 'tete a tete' between the poet and Venus, in which the the poet asks about the possibility of perfection in a woman ('Perfection's right epitome'); and Venus replies that only one woman is perfect, and unites all of womankind's virtues -

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INDEX/BCMSV/6365

175- or 176- ?

Witty, epigrammatical lines satirising the greed of bishops

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/6366

175- to 176- ?

Poetic epistle sent from Damon to his beloved, Cloe, accompanying the gift of an 'essence bottle'; the poem consists of a series of witty suggestions as to why Cloe will not need (will even 'disdain') this gift

Index:
INDEX/BCMSV/6367

175- or 176- ?

Quasi-pastoral love poem: Celia, Corinna and Phyllis all possess beauty and particular charms, but also particular flaws; only Chloe combines all their charms, and has no flaws.

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INDEX/BCMSV/6368

175 or 176- ?

Witty lines which playfully indict the female addressee for the 'deceitfully' disarming beauty of her embroidery

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INDEX/BCMSV/6370

175- or 176- ?

Verse addressed to a grieving lady whose dog has recently died; the poet mocks the inappropriate extent of her emotion, reminding her that death, the great leveller, must finally come to all

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INDEX/BCMSV/6371

175- or 176- ?

Epigram mocking a woman grieving for her dead dog. Cf. BCMSV 6370

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INDEX/BCMSV/6372

175- or 176- ?

Poem ironically juxtaposing the putative constancy of women with the transience of all other earthly things. Said to be an imitation of Chaucer.

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INDEX/BCMSV/6373

175- or 176- ?

Light-hearted epistolary poem, directed to a lady/lover, concerning the Deputy Chaplain of the Tower of London; the name 'Uti' is asterisked in the poem, which has the corresponding subscription below the poem: 'Revd: Mr Utrecht Featherstonhaugh,

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INDEX/BCMSV/6374

175- or 176- ?

Occasional lyric, in which the poet imagines nature sympathizing with his own sadness as he says goodbye to a young lady, and shedding tears in the form of rain

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INDEX/BCMSV/6375

175- or 176- ?

Brief, epigrammatic lyric enjoining a woman to be consistent in her behaviour, and to offer her hand only if she is also signalling love

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INDEX/BCMSV/6376

175- or 176- ?

Poet playfully suggests that instead of playing a diamond, he wishes his partner had played a heart (with the obvious pun)