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John Gay
30 June 1685 – 4 December 1732
Poetry Listing
Please Note: This list is not comprehensive, but is an ongoing work of the love of poetry.
Within this area you will be able to read, and give your thoughts on the poetry listed.
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| | Poem Title | First Lines | Period | # Lines | # Reads | | 1: | Ant In Office. | You tell me that my verse is rough, | | 106 | 216 | | 2: | Ape And Poultry. | Esteem is frequently misplaced, | | 99 | 208 | | 3: | Barleymow And Dunghill. | How many saucy beaux we meet | | 30 | 212 | | 4: | Butterfly And Snail. | All upstarts, insolent in place, | | 34 | 218 | | 5: | Cookmaid, Turnspit, And Ox. | Consider man in every sphere, | | 78 | 163 | | 6: | Council Of Horses. | A steed with mutiny inspired | | 44 | 214 | | 7: | Courtier And Proteus. | The country shelters the disgrace | | 50 | 177 | | 8: | Cupid, Hymen, And Plutus. | As Cupid, with his band of sprites, | | 24 | 181 | | 9: | Cur And Mastiff. | A sneaking cur caused much disaster | | 30 | 210 | | 10: | Cur, Horse, And Shepherd's Dog. | The lad of mediocre spirit | | 30 | 243 | | 11: | Dog And Fox. | My friend, the sophisticated tongue | | 80 | 270 | | 12: | Elephant And Bookseller. | The traveller whose undaunted soul | | 62 | 176 | | 13: | Farmer's Wife And Raven. | Why are those tears? Why droops your head? | | 38 | 173 | | 14: | Florist And Pig. | A florist - wit had run a rig - | | 30 | 237 | | 15: | Gay's Fables. Introduction. | Remote from cities dwelt a swain, | | 60 | 265 | | 16: | Hare And Many Friends. | Friendship, as love, is but a name, | | 48 | 203 | | 17: | Hound And Huntsman. | Seeing yourselves are wise, ye smile | | 34 | 224 | | 18: | Jove's Eagle, And Murmuring Beasts. | As Jove once on his judgment-seat, | | 40 | 230 | | 19: | Juggler And Vice. | A juggler once had travelled thorough | | 52 | 224 | | 20: | Lady And Wasp. | What stupid nonsense must the Beauty | | 42 | 202 | | 21: | Lion And Cub. | All men are fond of rule and place, | | 30 | 240 | | 22: | Lion, Fox, And Gander. | A lion, sick of pomp and state, | | 32 | 241 | | 23: | Lion, Tiger, And Traveller. | Accept, my Prince, the moral fable, | | 64 | 219 | | 24: | Man And Flea. | Nothing, methinks, is to be seen | | 40 | 232 | | 25: | Man, Cat, Dog, And Fly. | My native land, whose fertile ground | | 102 | 227 | | 26: | Miser And Plutus | The wind was high, the window shook, | | 42 | 227 | | 27: | Mother, Nurse, And Fairy. | Give me a son, grant me an heir! | | 36 | 210 | | 28: | Old Dame And Cats. | He who holds friendship with a knave, | | 32 | 270 | | 29: | Old Hen And Young Cock. | Once an old hen led forth her brood | | 36 | 255 | | 30: | Owl And Farmer. | An owl took, in a barn, a station | | 28 | 244 | | 31: | Owl, Swan, Cock, Spider, Ass, And Farmer. | Yes, I have seen your eyes maternal | | 114 | 197 | | 32: | Pan And Fortune. | No sooner was thy father's death | | 82 | 189 | | 33: | Philosopher And Pheasant. | A sage awakened by the dawn, | | 32 | 247 | | 34: | Pin And Needle. | A pin which long had done its duty, | | 42 | 224 | | 35: | Plutus, Cupid, And Time. | Of all the burthens mortals bear | | 118 | 194 | | 36: | Postscript. | The man of sense will read a work of note | | 220 | 209 | | 37: | Pythagoras And Countryman. | Pythagoras, at daybreak drawn | | 32 | 219 | | 38: | Rose And Poet. | I scorn the man who builds his fame | | 44 | 209 | | 39: | Shepherd's Dog And Wolf. | A hungry wolf had thinned the fold, | | 28 | 207 | | 40: | Sick Man And Angel. | Is there no hope?" the sick man said. | | 40 | 195 | | 41: | Squire And Cur. | Man, with integrity of heart, | | 14 | 211 | | 42: | Squire And Cur. | Man, with integrity of heart, | | 14 | 240 | | 43: | Squire And Cur. | Man, with integrity of heart, | | 14 | 229 | | 44: | Squire And Cur. | Man, with integrity of heart, | | 14 | 182 | | 45: | Squire And Cur. | Man, with integrity of heart, | | 14 | 197 | | 46: | Squire And Cur. | Man, with integrity of heart, | | 88 | 200 | | 47: | The Bear In A Boat. | Ah! my dear fellow, write the motto | | 84 | 250 | | 48: | The Bull And The Mastiff. | Deem you to train your son and heir, | | 30 | 206 | | 49: | The Countryman And Jupiter. | NOSCE TEIPSUM: look and spy, | | 104 | 214 | | 50: | The Court Of Death. | Once on a time, in solemn state, | | 40 | 226 | | 51: | The Degenerate Bees. | Though courts the practice disallow, | | 74 | 205 | | 52: | The Dying Fox. | A fox was dying, and he lay | | 36 | 211 | | 53: | The Father And Jupiter. | A man to Jupiter preferred | | 40 | 176 | | 54: | The Jackall, Leopard, And Beasts. | I grant these facts: corruption sways, | | 84 | 180 | | 55: | The Magpie And Her Brood. | How anxious is the pensive parents' thought, | | 72 | 212 | | 56: | The Mastiff. | Those who in quarrels interpose | | 32 | 219 | | 57: | The Monkey Who Had Seen The World. | A monkey, to reform the times, | | 46 | 211 | | 58: | The Owls And Sparrow. | Two pompous owls together sat | | 32 | 230 | | 59: | The Pack-Horse And The Carrier. | Begin, my lord, in early youth, | | 78 | 238 | | 60: | The Persian, The Sun, And The Cloud. | Lives there a bard for genius famed | | 32 | 224 | | 61: | The Ratcatcher And Cats. | The rats by night the mischief did, | | 38 | 188 | | 62: | The Raven, Sexton, And Worm. | My Laura, your rebukes are prudish; | | 132 | 227 | | 63: | The Scold And Parrot. | A husband said unto his wife: | | 32 | 253 | | 64: | The Setter And The Partridge. | The setting dog the stubble tried, | | 28 | 195 | | 65: | The Shaven And Shorn Goat. | Tis strange to see a new-launched fashion | | 44 | 178 | | 66: | The Spaniel And Chameleon. | A spaniel mightily well bred, | | 34 | 230 | | 67: | The Tamed Fawn. | A young stag in the brake was caught, | | 30 | 252 | | 68: | The Three Warnings: Mrs. Thrale. | The tree of deepest root is bound | | 57 | 191 | | 69: | The Town Mouse And The Country Mouse. | Our friend Dan Prior had, you know, | | 58 | 198 | | 70: | The Turkey And The Ant. | We blame the mote that dims the eye | | 32 | 197 | | 71: | The Turkey, Peacock, And Goose. | As specks appear on fields of snow, | | 36 | 184 | | 72: | The Two Monkeys. | The scholar, of his learning vain, | | 52 | 229 | | 73: | The Universal Apparition. | A rake who had, by pleasure stuffing, | | 42 | 220 | | 74: | The Unsatisfactory Painter. | Lest captious men suspect your story, | | 44 | 192 | | 75: | Vulture, Sparrow, And Birds. | Ere I begin I must premise | | 88 | 211 | | 76: | Wild Boar And Ram. | A sheep lay tethered, and her life | | 22 | 223 |
About:
John Gay was an English poet and dramatist. He is best remembered for The Beggar's Opera. The characters, including Captain Macheath and Polly Peachum, became household names.
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