Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin: Comprising the Celebrated Political and Satirical Poems, of the Rt. Hons. G. Canning, John Hookham Frere, W. Pitt, the Marquis Wellesley, G. Ellis, W. Gifford, the Earl of Carlisle, and Others.
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Poetry of the Anti-Jacobin: Comprising the Celebrated Political and Satirical Poems, of the Rt. Hons. G. Canning, John Hookham Frere, W. Pitt, the Marquis Wellesley, G. Ellis, W. Gifford, the Earl of Carlisle, and Others.
English poetry; France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Poetry; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1789-1820
Canning, C.
The Soldier’s Friend 38 Frere, C.
Ellis, B.
[By _Canning_ and _Frere_ only.]
Sonnet to Liberty. 39 Lord Carlisle, B.
Quintessence of all the Dactylics that ever 41 Canning, B.
were, or ever will be, written Gifford, W.
Latin Verses, written immediately after the 43 Marq. Wellesley, U.
Revolution of the Fourth of September
Translation of the above 45 Frere, B.
[PEARCE, in his _Memoirs of the Marquis Wellesley_, gives the credit of
this translation to the sixth EARL of CARLISLE.]
The Choice; imitated from _The Battle of
Sabla_, in Carlyle’s Specimens of Arabian 48 G. Ellis, B.
Poetry
The Duke and the Taxing Man 52 Bar. Macdonald, C.,
B.
Epigram on the Paris Loan, called the Loan 54 Frere, B.
upon England
[Not claimed by _Frere_.]
Ode to Anarchy 55 Lord Morpeth, B.
Song, recommended to be sung at all
_convivial_ meetings convened for the 58 Frere, B.
purpose of opposing the Assessed Tax Bill
[By _Canning_, _Ellis_, and _Frere_.]
Lines written at the close of the year 1797 61
Translation of the New Song of _The Army of 63
England_
Epistle to the Editors of _The 68
Anti-Jacobin_
[This _Epistle_ is now known to have been written by the HON. WM. LAMB,
(afterwards second VISCOUNT MELBOURNE, and Prime Minister). He was then
only in his nineteenth year.]
To the Author of the _Epistle to the 71 Canning, C.
Editors of the Anti-Jacobin_ Hammond, B.
Ode to Lord Moira 78 G. Ellis, C., B.
A Bit of an Ode to Mr. Fox 83 G. Ellis, C.
Frere, B.
Acme and Septimius; or, the Happy Union. 88 G. Ellis, C.
[_Mr. Fox’s Birth-Day_] 90
To the Author of the Anti-Jacobin 95 Mr. Bragge,
afterwards Bathurst.
Lines written under the Bust of Charles Fox 99 Frere, B.
at the Crown and Anchor
Lines written by a Traveller at Czarco-zelo
under the Bust of a certain Orator, once 99 G. Ellis, B.
placed between those of Demosthenes and
Cicero
[JAS. BOSWELL, jun., asserts, on the authority of the nephew of the
great statesman, that the above lines were written by PITT. This is not
improbable: see Note on page 101.]
Canning, C.
The Progress of Man. Didactic Poem 102 Gifford, W.
Frere, B.
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