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242   Catalogue of New Publications.

an antidote to the dangerous and spreading evils of infidelity, Arianism, and immorality. By the Rev. Charles De Coetlogon, A.B of Pembroke-hall, Cambridge. Small 12mo. IS. Harris.

Eight discourses, preached on or near the great festivals, in the cathedral church of Durham. To which is added, a letter to a young lady on sacrament, and on the evidence for the Christian religion. By the Hon and Rev. Spencer Cowper, D, D. Dean. 8vo 4S Brown.

The Influence of Christianity on civil society. A sermon preached at St. Mary's in Oxford, at the assizes, before the honorable Mr. Justice Nares Mr. Baron Eyre; and before the university on Thursday, March 4, 1773. By George Horne, D.D president of Magdalen college, and chaplain in ordinary to his Majesty. 8yo. 6d. Rivington.

A Sermon on bankruptcy, stopping payment, and the justice of paying our debts, preached at various churches in the city. By the Rev. William Scott, M.A morning preacher of St. Michael's, Woodstreet. Svo. IS. White.

POETRY.
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Town-Eclogues; I. The hangman, 2. the harlequins, 3. the street-walkers, 4. the undertakers. By the honorable Andrew Erskine. 410.IS. 6d. Cadell. 

Poems on several occasions. By J. Robertson. 12mo. 3s.bound. Davis. 

A specimen of Elegiac poetry. 4to IS. Becket.

Mufæ Seationianæ. A compleat collection of the Cambridge prize-poems, from the first institution of that premium, by the Rev. Mr. Thomas Seaton, in the year 1750, to the present time. To which are added two poems likewise written by Mr. Bally and Mr. Scott. Small 8vo. 3s. 6d. sewed. Johnson

Poems. By J.C. late of Trinity hall, Cambridge, 8vo. 1s. Kearsly.

The Register of Folly; or characters and incidents at Bath and the Hot-well, in a series of poetical epistles by an invalid. Small 8vo. writing paper. 2s. 6d. sewed. Printed for the author. Newbery. (fee p. 195).

Public Spirit; an ode, by Verovicenis Senescens. 4th. 1s. Baldwin.

The Tears of Cambria. A poem; Inscribed to the honourable society of Ancient Britons. 4to. 1s. 6d. Kearsly.

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The History of Lord Aimsworth, and the honourable Charles Hartford, Esq, in a series of letters. A novel in three vols. by the author of Doranda Catiby, and Ermina, or the fail recluse, 12mo. 9s. btl. Rofon.

The History of Lady Barton, A novel, in letters. By Mrs. Griffith. 3 vols 9s. bound. Davies.

The Self-Deceived; or the history of Lord Byron, 2 vols 12mo. 6s. bound. Noble.

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Observations upon lightning, and the method of securing buildings from its effects in a letter to Sir Charles Frederick, &c. &c. &c. By Benjamin Wilson, F.R.S. and Ac. Reg. Up. Soc. and others, 4to. 2s. 6d. L. Davis.

Animadversions on the use of broad wheels, and the preservation of the public roads. By J. Jacob, author of observations on the structure and draught of wheel-carriages, 4to 1s 6d. Dilly.

A new introduction to the knowledge and use of maps; rendered easy and familiar to any capacity; teaching those who are totally unacquainted with maps and geography, an ample knowledge of both in a few hours, without the assistance of a master, &c. &c. 3s. 6d. bound. Crowder.

A Drapier's address to the good people of England, upon the causes of the present dearness of provisions, &c. 8vo. 6d. Longman.

The utility of mobs; or necessity of beating up for volunteers. By a gentleman of the Inner Temple, 8vo. 1s. Allen.

Some brief remarks upon Mr. Jacob's treatise on wheel-carriages. By Daniel Bourn, 8vo. 1s. Crowder.

The question concerning literary property, determined by the court of King's Bench, on the 20th April 1769, in the cause between Andrew Millar and Robert Taylor; with the separate opinions of the four judges; and the reasons given by each, in support of his opinion, 4to. 4s. sewed. Tovey.

Letters from Lysander, or amusement for the good humoured, 8vo. 1s. 6d. Davis.

A Treatise on education, with a sketch of the author's method. By George Chapman, A.M. master of the grammar school of Dumfries, 12mo. 3s. bound. Cadell.

Of the origin and progress of Language. Vol. I 8vo. 6s. bound. Cadell.

A tour through Sicily and Malta; in a series of letters to William Beckford, Esq; of Somerly, in Suffolk. From P. Brydone, F.R.S. 2 vols. 8vo 12s. bound. Cadell.

A new system of military discipline, founded upon principle. By a general officer, 4to. Almon.

Observations on epidemic disorders, with remarks on nervous and malignant fevers. By J. Sims, M.D. 8vo. 5s. bd. Johnson.
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Poetical Essays for May, 1773.    243

Mr. URBAN,
THE enclosed poems were copied from the leaves of an old book brough from chandler's shop. If you think them worth preserving, perhaps some of your readers may direct to the author, who seems to have been of the 15th or 16th century, and no contemptible poet.
T. HERNE.

The INVITATION to CORINNA.
GET up! get up for shame! the blooming Morne
Upon her wings presents the God unshorne.
See how Aurora throwes her faire
Fresh-quilted colours through the aire:
Get up! Sweet slub-a bed, and see
The dew bespangled herbe and tree.
Each flower has wept, and bow'd toward the East,
Above an hour since, yet you're still undrest;
Nay, no so much as out of bed!
When all the birds have matins sey'd,
And sung their thankful hymns, 'tis sin,
Nay profanation to keep in,
Whenas a thousand virgins, on this day,
Sprint, sooner than the lark, to fetch in May.

Rife, and put on your foliage, and be seene
To come forth, like the spring time, fresh and
As sweet as Flora. Take no care (greene,
For jewels for your neck or haire;
Fear not, the spangled leaves will strew
Gems in abundance upon you.
Besides, the childhood of the day has kept,
Against you come, some Orient pearls unwept:
Come and receive them while the light
Hangs in the dew-locks of the night;
And Titan, on the eastern hill,
Retires himselfe, or else stands still,
Till you come forth. Wash, dress, be brief
in praying; [ing.
Few beads are best when we're goe a May-

Come, my Corinna! come: and comming marke [parke
How each field turns a grove, each grove a
Made green and trimm'd with trees; see how 
Devotion gives each house a bough
Or branch; each porch, each door, ere this,
An aik or tabernacle is,
Made up of whitehorn, neatly interwove,
As if here were those cooler shades of love.
Can such delights be in the street
And open fields, and we not see't!
Come, we'll abroad; and let's obay
The proclamation made for May,
And sin no more, as we have done, by staying,
But, my Corinna! come, let's goe a Maying.

There's not a budding boy or girl, this day,
But is got up, and gone to bring in May.
A deale of youth, ere this, are come
Back, and with whitehorn laden home.
Some have dispatch'd their cakes and creame
Before that we have left to dreame; [troth,
And some have wept, and woo'd and plighted
And chose their priest, ere we can cast of sloth.
Many, a greene gowne has been given,
Many a kisse both odde and even;
Many a glance, too, has been sent
From out the eye, love's firmament;
Many a jest told of the keyes betraying
This night, and locks pickt, yet we're not a Maying.
Come, let us goe while we are in our prime,
And take the harmlesse follie of the time.
We shall grow old a pace, and die
Before we know our liberty:
Our life is short; and our days ranne
As fast away as does the sunne.
And as a vapour, or a drop of raine,
Once lost, can ne'er be found againe;
So when or you or I are made
A fable, song, or fleeting shade,
All love, all liking, all delight,
Lies drown'd with us in endless night.
Then, while time serves, and we are but decaying,
Come, my Corinna! come, let's goe a Maying.

The CAPTIVATED BEE; or Little Filcher.
From the Same.
AS Julia once a slumb'ring lay,
It chanc'd a Bee did flie that way,
(After a dew, or dew-like show'r)
To tipple freely in a flow'r.
For some rich flower he took the lip
Of Julia, and began to sip;
But, when he felt the suckt from thence
Honey in the quintessence,
He drank so much he scarce could stir;
So Julia took the pilferer.
Being thus surprize'd, (as filchers use)
He thus began himself t'excuse:
"Sweet Lady flower! I never brought
Hither to you one thieving though;
But taking those rare lips of yours,
For gay, fresh, fragrant, luscious flowers,
I thought I might there take a taste,
Where so much sweetness ran at waste.
Besides, know this, I never sting
The flower that gives me nourishing;
But with a kisse, or thanks, repay
The honey that I bear away."
This said, he laid his little scrip
Oh honey 'fore her Ladyship,
And told her (as some tears did fall)
That that he took, and that was all:
At which she smil'd, and bade him goe,
And take his bag; but thus much know,
When next he came a pilf'ring so,
He should from her full lips derive
Honey enough to drown his hive.

Written after a D E B A U C H.
AGAIN the sanguinary tide is cool,
And rolls in gentle motion thro' my veins;
Again my thought its free excursion takes,
And once more abdicated Reason reigns.
Can the short joys resulting from the board
Which rude Intemperance delights to spread,
Can these compensate, for the ills to come,
The sick, weak stomach, and the aching head?

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