Samuel Bowden Poems

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1.
The Alphabet In Verse: For The Use Of Children

At early dawn of day arise,
Bless first the Ruler of the skys,
Cleanse, wash, and comb, and every day
Dress, read, or work before you play.
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2.
To A Beautiful Young Lady

Possest with such resistless charms,
Why should you covet other arms?
Why any foreign aid explore,
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3.
On The Death Of An Only Child

Ungentle Death with fatal dart,
Has pierc'd young Phillis to the heart.
Tyrannic death that wou'd not spare
The wise, the witty, and the fair.
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4.
On The Death Of Miss Goldney

Inscrib'd to Mrs. S--K

Fair and unspotted, to the realms of light
Accomplish'd Flavia takes her silent flight:
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5.
On The Death Of Mr. John Smith, Clothier,

Novemrer 1745

Much like the fabrick of my trade,
Death has dissolv'd the human thread.
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6.

Long unresolv'd, my Lord, you knew not how
To save the prospect, and preserve the bough;
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7.
Superstition: A Tale

As zealous pilgrims, far and near,
Inspir'd by superstitious fear,
Flock to Loretto's sacred shrine,
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8.
A Description Of Chedder-Cliffs: And Part Of Mendip-Hills

near Wells, In Somersetshire.
Nemorosa juga, et scopulosi vertice colles.
Hinc atque hinc vastæ rupes.
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9.
A Farewel To The Country

By a LADY

How shall the Muse, distress'd in numbers, tell
The pain she feels at this sad word-farewel?
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10.
A Rebus On The Author's Name

What was chiefly in use before guns were invented,
And the place of retreat for wild beasts under ground,
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