(30 June 1685 – 4 December 1732 / Barnstaple, England)

poet John Gay

Poems of John Gay

1. A Ballad 4/20/2010
2. Acis and Galatea 4/20/2010
3. An Elegy on a Lap-dog 5/27/2001
4. Fable L: The Hare and Many Friends 5/27/2001
5. Fable XLII. The Juggler 4/20/2010
6. HE THAT TASTES WOMAN 5/23/2012
7. IF LAWYER'S HAND IS FEE'D 5/23/2012
8. If the Heart of a Man 5/23/2012
9. Ode to Adversity 4/20/2010
10. Rural Sports: A Georgic - Canto I. 4/20/2010
11. Rural Sports: A Georgic - Canto II. 4/20/2010
12. Songs from The Beggar’s Opera: Air IV-Cotillion 5/23/2012
13. Songs from The Beggar’s Opera: Air X-“Thomas, I Cannot' 5/23/2012
14. Songs from The Beggar’s Opera: Air XVI-“Over the Hills, and Far Away” 5/23/2012
15. Songs from The Beggar’s Opera: Air XXVII-“Green Sleeves” 5/23/2012
16. Sweet William's Farewell to Black-ey'd Susan: A Ballad 5/27/2001
17. The Beggar's Opera (excerpts) 1/1/2004
18. The Fan : A Poem. Book I. 4/20/2010
19. The Fan : A Poem. Book III. 4/20/2010
20. The Fan : A Poem. Book II. 4/20/2010

A Ballad

I.
'Twas when the seas were roaring
With hollow blasts of wind;
A damsel lay deploring,
All on a rock reclin'd.
Wide o'er the roaring billows
She cast a wistful look;
Her head was crown'd with willows,
That tremble o'er the brook.

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