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An excerpt from the poem "To Mr. Pope," by Thomas Parnell, is presented.

An excerpt from the poem "An Essay on the Different Styles of Poetry," by Thomas Parnell, is presented.

The article presents an untitled song by Thomas Parnell. First Line: When thy beauty appears; Last Line: But still be a woman to you.

The poem "Song," by Tobias George Smollett is presented. First Line: Let the nymph still avoid and be deaf to the swain, Last Line: His tale is all tenderness, rapture, and love.

The poem "The Bard," by Thomas Gray is presented. First Line: 'Ruin seize thee, ruthless King! Last Line: Deep in the roaring tide, he plunged to endless night.

The poem "Ode to Blue-Eyed Ann," by Tobias George Smollett is presented. First Line: When the rough north forgets to howl, Last Line: I'll tear my Nanny from my heart.

The poem "Advice: A Satire," by Tobias George Smollett is presented. First Line: -–-–Sed podice levi; Last Line: And long to quit the inhospitable shore.

The poem "Ode to Independence," by Tobias George Smollett is presented. First Line: Thy spirit, Independence! let me share, Last Line: Propitious power! my patron and my pride!

The poem "Reproof: A Satire," by Tobias George Smollett is presented. First Line: Howe'er I turn, or wheresoe'er I tread, Last Line: That nibble round, I pity and defy.

The poem "Love Elegy: In Imitation of Tibullus," by Tobias George Smollett is presented. First Line: Where now are all my flattering dreams of joy? Last Line: And bid the turf lie easy on my breast?

The poem "An Allegory on Man," by Thomas Parnell is presented. First Line: A thoughtful being, long and spare, Last Line: The Soul flies sooner back to me.

The poem "Ode to Leven Water," by Tobias George Smollett is presented. First Line: On Leven's banks, while free to rove, Last Line: The blessings they enjoy to guard.

The poem "Ode to Sleep," by Tobias George Smollett is presented. First Line: Soft Sleep, profoundly pleasing power, Last Line: And genial Art's refulgent ray.

The poem "Ode to Mirth," by Tobias George Smollett is presented. First Line: Parent of joy! heart-easing Mirth! Last Line: That pours his purple stream.

The poem "Burlesque Ode," by Tobias George Smollett is presented. First Line: Where wast thou, wittol Ward, when hapless fate; Last Line: Oh! woe is me! alack! and well a-day!

The article presents the life and works of poet Tobias George Smollett. Smollett is a great writer as novelist, physician, historian, dramatist and politician apart from being a poet. It notes that he was anxious in prosecuting his profession in medicine. It points out that he was the editor of the "Critical Review" and published the "Compendium of Voyages" in 1757. He is regarded a great original in the field of fiction.

The poem "Verses on a Young Lady Playing on a Harpsichord and Singing," by Tobias George Smollett is presented. First Line: When Sappho struck the quivering wire, Last Line: Nor dash'd on rocks her tender frame.

The poem "The Tears of Scotland: Written in the Year 1746," by Tobias George Smollett is presented. First Line: Mourn, hapless Caledonia! mourn; Last Line: Thy banish'd peace, thy laurels torn!

The poem "Hymn to Adversity," by Thomas Gray is presented. First Line: Daughter of Jove, relentless Power, Last Line: What others are to feel, and know myself a Man.

The poem "Epitaph on Mrs Jane Clarke," by Thomas Gray is presented. First Line: Lo! where this silent marble weeps, Last Line: With life, with memory, and with love.

The poem "An Imitation of Some French Verses," by Thomas Parnell is presented. First Line: Relentless Time! destroying power; Last Line: In health, 'tis only ease.

The poem "Gray on Himself," by Thomas Gray is presented. First Line: Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune, Last Line: But left church and state to Charles Townshend and Squire.

The poem "Translation from Statius," by Thomas Gray is presented. First Line: Third in the labours of the disc came on, Last Line: And calm'd the terrors of his claws in gold.

The poem "Stanzas, Suggested by a View of the Seat and Ruins at Kingsgate, in Kent 1766," by Thomas Gray is presented. First Line: Old, and abandon'd by each venal friend, Last Line: And foxes stunk and litter'd in St Paul's.'

The poem "On a Distant Prospect of Eton College," by Thomas Gray is presented. First Line: Daughter of Jove, relentless Power, Last Line: What others are to feel, and know myself a Man.

The poem "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard," by Thomas Gray is presented. First Line: The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, Last Line: The bosom of his Father and his God.

The poem "A Long Story," by Thomas Gray is presented. First Line: In Britain's isle, no matter where, Last Line: And keep my lady from her rubbers.

The poem "For Music," by Thomas Gray is presented. First Line: 'Hence, avaunt! ('tis holy ground,) Last Line: And gilds the horrors of the deep.'

The poem "The Triumph of Owen: A Fragment from the Welsh," by Thomas Gray is presented. First Line: Owen's praise demands my song, Last Line: Despair and honourable Death.

The poem "The Death of Hoel," by Thomas Gray is presented. First Line: Had I but the torrent's might, Last Line: That live to weep and sing their fall.

The poem "The Descent of Odin," by Thomas Gray is presented. First Line: Uprose the King of Men with speed, Last Line: Sinks the fabric of the world.

The poem "The Fatal Sisters," by Thomas Gray is presented. First Line: Now the storm begins to lower, Last Line: Hurry, hurry, to the field.

The poem "On the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a China Tub of Gold Fishes," by Thomas Gray is presented. First Line: 'Twas on a lofty vase's side, Last Line: Nor all that glisters gold.

The poem "The Progress of Poesy," by Thomas Gray is presented. First Line: Awake, Aeolian lyre! awake, Last Line: Beneath the good how far-–but far above the great.

The poem "The Hermit," by Thomas Parnell is presented. First Line: Far in a wild, unknown to public view, Last Line: And pass'd a life of piety and peace.

The poem "A Hymn to Contentment," by Thomas Parnell is presented. First Line: Lovely, lasting peace of mind! Last Line: Or own the next begun in this!

The poem "A Night-Piece on Death," by Thomas Parnell is presented. First Line: By the blue taper's trembling light, Last Line: And mingle with the blaze of day!'

The poem "On the Spring," by Thomas Gray is presented. First Line: Lo! where the rosy-bosom'd Hours, Last Line: We frolic while 'tis May.

A biography of poet Thomas Gray is presented. He was born on December 26, 1716 in Cornhill, London, England and studied at Pembroke College. It adds that Gray was the fifth of twelve children and the only one that survived. He reportedly dreamed of being universally accomplished and a minutely learned man. It adds that Gray was famous for his scholarship and not for his letters and minor poems.

The poem "The Book-Worm," by Thomas Parnell is presented. First Line: Come hither, boy, we'll hunt to-day The book-worm, ravening beast of prey! Last Line: Go mourn the grand ally you lose!'

The poem "A Fairy Tale, in the Ancient English Style," by Thomas Parnell is presented. First Line: In Britain's isle and Arthur's days, Last Line: Upon the unworthy mind.

The poem "The Flies: An Eclogue," by Thomas Parnell is presented. First Line: When the river cows for coolness stand. Last Line: Heard the mayor's speech, and fell to sing again.

The poem "Health: An Eclogue," by Thomas Parnell is presented. First Line: Now early shepherds o'er the meadow pass, Last Line: When the next comes, I'll charm thee thus again.

The poem "To Mr Pope," by Thomas Parnell is presented. First Line: To praise, yet still with due respect to praise, Last Line: Show my own love, though not increase his fame.