THE

MISCELLANEOUS WORKS

OF

OLIVER GOLDSMITH, M. B.

A NEW EDITION, IN FOUR VOLUMES.

TO WHICH IS PREFIXED

SOME ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE AND WRITINGS.

VOLUME II.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR RICHARDSON & Co.; SHARPE & SON; BALDWYN & co. ;
W. BAYNES & SON; G. OFFER : W. ROBINSON & SONS, LIVERPOOL :
BARCLAY; LAWSON ; AND BURDEKIN, YORK : WHYTE & CO. AND
P. BROWN, EDINBURGH: ALSO GRIFFIN & co. anD WYLIE, GLASGOW.

1821.

CONTENTS

OF THE

SECOND VOLUME.

MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.

Prologue by Laberius,

....

The Double Transformation,

New Simile in the manner of Swift,

Description of an Author's Bedchamber,

The Hermit. A Ballad,

An Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog,

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

The Traveller; or, a Prospect of Society,

The Deserted Village,

The Gift,

Epitaph on Dr Parnell,

Page

3

5

9

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12

13

24

26

27

45

62

63

64

66

Epilogue to the Comedy of the Sisters,

Epilogue spoken by Mrs Bulkley and Miss Catley,.

Epilogue intended for Mrs Bulkley,

The Haunch of Venison,

Song from the Oratorio of the Captivity,

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Retaliation,

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