To Mr. Glover, on the Poem of Leonidas.

Written in the year 1734,

Page 98

To William Pitt, Efq; on his lofing his Commif-

fion, in the Year 1736,

Prologue to Thomfon's Coriolanus, fpoken by

Mr. Quin,

Epilogue to Lillo's Elmerick,

Infcriptions at Hagley,

100

101

O DE S

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PIND AR,

WITH SEVERAL OTHER

PIECES IN VERSE,

TRANSLATED FROM THE GREEK.

TO WHICH ARE ADDED

*ORIGINAL POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS.

By GILBERT WEST, Efq; LL. D.

"Res antiquæ laudis & artis Ingredior, fanctos aufus recludere fontes."

VIRG. Georg. ii.

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

WILLIAM PIT T, Esq. Paymaster-General of his Majefty's Forces,

One of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council;

And to the HONOURABLE

SIR GEORGE LYTTELTON, BART. One of the Lords Commiffioners of the Treasury;

THESE POEMS

Are infcribed by the Author;

Who is defirous that the Friendship,

With which they have for many Years honoured him,
And the fincere Affection and high Efteem,
Which he hath conceived for them,
From a long and intimate Knowledge

of their Worth and Virtue,

May be known

Wherever the Publication of the enfuing Pieces

Shall make known the Name of

GILBERT WEST.