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INDEX/BCMSV/3984 1

1715

The final stanza of Alexander Pope's "Universal Prayer", urging praise of God, appended to James Merrick's "Benedicite"

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INDEX/BCMSV/1251

1703 or 1704 ?

Prayer to God as creator and source of reason, for inspiration, strength and comfort. Translated from Boethius, Consolation of Philosophy, III.9. Cf.

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INDEX/BCMSV/1302

1712 (published)

Extract from Alexander Pope's "Epistle to Miss Blount with the works of Voiture", praising the French writer's unconventional wit, humour and

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INDEX/BCMSV/1384

1712 (published)

Satire on the dullness and small literary ability of Elkanah Settle

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INDEX/BCMSV/1392

1718

Epitaph on Nicholas Rowe's monument in Westminster Abbey, praising him

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INDEX/BCMSV/1394

1712 (published)

On the place of silence in the history of the universe and in wordly affairs, generally praising it, imitating "Upon Nothing" by John Wilmot, Earl of

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INDEX/BCMSV/1398

1714

On a young woman (Teresa Blount) sad to exchange the flirtatious pleasures of London town, after the coronation of George I, for the monotony of the

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INDEX/BCMSV/1402

1718

Epitaph on John Hewet and Sarah Drew of Stanton Harcourt, two lovers killed

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INDEX/BCMSV/1456

1716 (published)

Facetious advice to young women on gaining good husbands by shunning

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INDEX/BCMSV/1505

1712 (published)

Religious poem joyfully anticipating the birth of Christ, based on passages

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INDEX/BCMSV/1541

1733 (published)

On the unity, interconnectedness and rightness of all of God's creation;

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INDEX/BCMSV/1542

1733 (published)

On civilized mankind's questioning of the laws of God's creation contrasted with the Indian's contentment with simple natural religion; extracted from

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INDEX/BCMSV/1670

1736 (published)

Religious poem, address to the soul at the point of death, anticipating heaven. The revised version of Alexander Pope's Christian adaptation of

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INDEX/BCMSV/2092

1720 ?

On the pleasant surroundings that men construct for themselves being only unsuccessful attempts to ward off life's cares and sorrows. Extracted and altered from a poem addressed to John Gay to form a response to Benjamin

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INDEX/BCMSV/2096

1727 (published)

In praise of a life of quiet country retirement, virtuous, happy and sufficient; the text is that of the 1727 version. Lacks some 7 lines where a portion of f.40 has been removed, perhaps for the sake of the indexed poem "To

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INDEX/BCMSV/2097

1727 (published)

On Ulysses (Odysseus) being recognised by his dog Argus on his return home,

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INDEX/BCMSV/2103

1718

Epitaph on John Hewet and Sarah Drew of Stanton Harcourt, two lovers killed

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INDEX/BCMSV/2174

1716 (published)

Facetious advice to young women on gaining good husbands by shunning

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INDEX/BCMSV/2348

1714

On a young woman (Teresa Blount) sad to exchange the flirtatious pleasures of London town, after the coronation of George I, for the monotony of the

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INDEX/BCMSV/2349

1714 (published)

Lightly satirical mock-heroic tale of the cutting off of a beautiful young society woman's lock of hair by an admiring lover. In five cantos. Appears to

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INDEX/BCMSV/2365

1717 (published)

Extract from Alexander Pope's translation of Homer's "Iliad", III.283-86,

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INDEX/BCMSV/2366

1718 (published)

Extract from Alexander Pope's translation of Homer's "Iliad", IV.156-57,

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INDEX/BCMSV/2516

1712 (published)

Extract from Alexander Pope's "Epistle to Miss Blount with the works of Voiture", praising the French writer's unconventional wit,

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INDEX/BCMSV/2518

1712 (published)

Religious poem joyfully anticipating the birth of Christ, based on passages from Isaiah; imitating Virgil's fourth Pastoral, or