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INDEX/BCMSV/706

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Religious poem, praising God and lamenting Adam's desire for knowledge which

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INDEX/BCMSV/707

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Anticipating the physical and other changes that old age will bring but (with God's help) finding reassurance that practising reason and virtue can

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INDEX/BCMSV/708

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A series of character portraits of opposing virtuous and vicious types in

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INDEX/BCMSV/709

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Autobiographical account of the earthquake that badly damaged Smyrna, in Asia Minor, in 1688, lamenting the death of several friends; in the form of advice

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INDEX/BCMSV/710

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Reflections on his life and unhappy captivity, supposedly spoken by a now

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INDEX/BCMSV/711

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On virtue being the surest guard against danger, and on the constancy of love

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INDEX/BCMSV/712

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Forthright declaration against the bonds of marriage, preferring the freedom

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INDEX/BCMSV/713

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Elegiac lament, praising and giving thanks for the lives of the author's

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INDEX/BCMSV/714

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Translation of Horace's "Carmen seculare", praising and petitioning the gods

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INDEX/BCMSV/715

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Extravagant elegiac pastoral lament on the death of Mary II, mainly in the form of an address to 'Strephon' by personifications of the spirit, or

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INDEX/BCMSV/716

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Reflections on the order in the natural world, contrasting it with man's unruly behaviour and preoccupation with power, leading to war and misery. Ends with praise of the dedicatee (who must be Susan Armyne, Lady Belasyse)

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INDEX/BCMSV/717

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On human mortality and the the inevitability of death. Translated from