Gl24

1803

THE POETICAL WORKS

OF

DR. GOLDSMITH.

OT

OLIVER GOLDSMITH, M. B.

WITH AN ACCOUNT

OF

HIS LIFE AND WRITINGS.

PHILADELPHIA:

PUBLISHED BY ROBERT JOHNSON, NO. 2, NORTH

THIRD STREET.

!

Hubbard

CONTENTS.

Page

ACCOUNT of the Life and Writings of the

Author............

vii

The Traveller, a Poem....

3

The Deserted Village, a Poem.........

33

The Haunch of Venison, a Poetical Epistle....... 61

Retaliation, a Poem.......

71

A Letter addressed to the Printer of the St.

James's Chronicle........

89

The Hermit, a Ballad...........

91

The Double Transformation, a Tale................ 103

The Gift..............

....................... 109

The Logicians refuted.................................. 111

On a beautiful Youth struck blind by Lightning... 115

A new Simile, in the manner of Swift.............. 116

Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog........... 120

The Clown's Reply........

123

Stanzas on Woman.........

.................... 124

Description of an Author's Bed-chamber.......... 125

Mr. Boswell's Letter......

..... 127