Poems by John Gay
The Shepherd's Week : Monday; or the Squabble
... " Cuddy. Answer, thou carle, and judge this riddle right, ...
The Fan : A Poem. Book I.
... Pins, paints, a flattering glass, and black-lead combs ...
Trivia ; or, the Art of Walking the Streets of London : Book II.
... Butcher's, whose hands are dy'd with blood's foul stain, ...
The Shepherd's Week : Friday; or, The Dirge
... Grubbinol. Ah Bumkinet! since thou from hence wert gone, ...
The Fan : A Poem. Book III.
... O'er the smooth lake with fruitless tears he grieves, ...
Ode to Adversity
... To her they vow their truth, and are again believ'd ...
Songs from The Beggars Opera: Air IV-Cotillion
... Youths the season made for joys, ...
To a Young Lady, With Some Lampreys
... The man who meant to heat your blood, ...
Songs from The Beggars Opera: Air XVI-Over the Hills, and Far Away
... Act I, Scene xiii, Air XVIOver the Hills, and Far Away ...
Songs from The Beggars Opera: Air X-Thomas, I Cannot"
... For seized in the port the vessels lost ...
Songs from The Beggars Opera: Air XXVII-Green Sleeves
... Act III, Scene xiii, Air XXVIIGreen Sleeves ...
Rural Sports: A Georgic - Canto I.
... Furs, pearls, and plumes, the glittering thing displays, ...
Fable XLII. The Juggler
... She shakes the dice, the boards she knocks, &emsp ...
The Fan : A Poem. Book II.
... When groves could please, and when you lov'd the plain, ...
The Shepherd's Week : Wednesday; or, The Dumps
... " Farewell, ye woods, ye meads, ye streams that flow: ...
