To Mr. Glover, on the Poem of Leonidas.

Written in the year 1734,

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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,

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103, 104

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PINDAR,

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. iì,

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE

WILLIAM PIT T, Esq
Paymafter-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 inscribed by the Author;

Who is defirous that the Friendship,

With which they have for many Years honoured him,
And the fincere Affection and high Esteem,
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 ensuing Pieces

Shall make known the Name of

GILBERT WEST.