Selected writings of the laureate dunces, Nahum Tate (laureate 1692-1715), Laurence Eusden (1718-1730), and Colley Cibber (1730-1757) Book

	Acknowledgements
	Introduction	1
	On the Sacred Memory Of Our Late Sovereign, With A Congratulation to his present Majesty	32
	On a deform'd Old Bawd, designing to have her Picture drawn	37
	Mausolaeum: A Funeral Poem On Our Late Gracious Sovereign Queen Mary, Of Blessed Memory	38
	The Anniversary Ode For The Fourth Of Dec. 1697, His Majesty's Birth-Day	49
	Ode To New-Year's Day 1697-8; Set To Musick By Dr. Blow	51
	Panacea: A Poem upon Tea	53
	An Ode upon the Assembling of the New Parliament (1702)	76
	Britannia's Prayer for the Queen	79
	The Song for the New Year 1708	81
	The Song for Her Majesty's Birthday 1710-11	83
	The Muse's memorial of the Right Honourable the Earl of Oxford	86
	The Triumph of Peace	97
	A Congratulatory Poem on Her Majesties Happy Recovery	103
	A Poem on the Death of Our Late Most Gracious Sovereign, Queen Anne	110
	To a Lady, that wept at the hearing Cato read	122
	A Letter To Mr. Addison, On The King's Accession To The Throne	125
	A Poem on the Marriage of His Grace the Duke of Newcastle	136
	To Her Royal Highness on the Birth of a Prince	145
	An Ode for the New-Year	147
	An Ode for the Birthday, 1721, as it was sung before the King	150
	An Ode for the Birth-Day	152
	The Origin of the Knights of the Bath	155
	A Poem, Sacred to the Immortal Memory of the late King [George I]	159
	A Poem, on the Happy Succession and Coronation of His Present Majesty [George II]	167
	A Poem on the Death of our Late Soveraign Lady, Queen Mary	178
	The Epilogue to The Careless Husband	181
	Venus and Adonis; A Masque	183
	Ode for New-Year's Day	189
	Ode humbly inscrib'd to the Poet Laureat	191
	The Poet Laureat's Ode for New-Year's-Day burlesqu'd	193
	On His Majesty's Birth-Day, Oct. 30	195
	Ode for New-Year's-Day 1732	197
	The Laureat's Answer to the Poets	199
	The Blind Boy	200
	The Epilogue to The Old Batchelor [from The Egotist, or Colley upon Cibber]	201
	On Miss B--ks and Miss H--	202
	Mr. Colley Cibber's Epitaph on Mr. Pope	204
	Gratitude. A Pastoral	205
	An Ode, presented to their Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales	209
	On Poverty	210
	On Royal Benevolence. Most humbly Inscribed to Her Majesty, Queen Caroline	213
	The Thresher's Labour	216
	Bibliography	224
	Index	228