So water trembling in a polish'd vase,
Reflects the beam that plays upon its face,
The sportive light, uncertain where it falls,
Now strikes the roof, now flashes on the walls.

L O N D ON:
Printed for J. Johnson, No. 72, St. Paul's Church Yard,

M, D C C, I XXXVII I.

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THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE

UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

CO N T E N T S.

TABLE TALK

Progress of Error

Truth

299

Expoftulation

Hope

Charity

Conversation

212

Retirement

258

The Doves

A Fable

302

A Comparison

304

Verses supposed to be written by Alexander

Selkirk, during his solitary. Abode in the

Ifand of Juan Fernandes

: 305

On the Promotion of EDWARD THURLOW, .

Esq. to the Lord High Chancellorship of England 309

Ode to Peace

Human Frailty

The Modern Patriot

310

311