"The City Mouse and Country Mouse. A Fable." "To the Duke of Dorset, on his Birthday." "To Lady Elizabeth Germaine, on her Birthday." "To the Duchess of Dorset, on her Birthday." "The Lady and the Spider. A Fable." "To the Duchess of Leeds." "The Lion in Love. A Fable." "The Ant and Fly. A Fable." "Verses sent to Lady Charles Spencer." Besides these, an elegant poem on Gardening, ascribed to the same lady, and addressed to earl Temple, was printed in vol. i. of the New Foundling Hospital for Wit.] JOHN WEST, EARL DELAWARR, THE second earl of that ancient race, wrote several occasional copies of verses, with genuine humour and ease, but with neither affectation nor thirst of fame; and scarce any of them have been printed. One, on quitting his place of vice-chamberlain to the queen, on the death of his father, is in the Gent. Mag. for April 1776: it is also in Almon's third part of the New Foundling Hospital for Wit, 1769, under the title of "A Farewell to the Maids of Honour." A Ballad, published in the Gazetteer for March, 1761. In a catalogue of books I found mention of a lord Delawarr's "Relation of Virginia," printed in 1611. Thomas, lord Delawarr, was captain-general of that province; but I never saw the book, nor have any other evidence of his lordship being the author of it. 2 2 [See the article of Thomas, lord Delawarr, in vol. ii. of the present work.] "Farewell, my good lord Harcourt, too! What can, alas! your lordship do Alone among the maids? You soon must some assistance ask; "Great is the charge you have in care; Indeed, my pretty maidens fair, His situation's nice: As chamberlain we shall expect |