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Thomas Parnell was an Anglo-Irish poet and clergyman who was a friend of both Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift. He was the son of Thomas Parnell of Maryborough, Queen's County now Port Laoise, County Laoise}, a prosperous landowner who had been a loyal supporter of Cromwell during the English Civil War and moved to Ireland after the restoration of the monarchy. Thomas was educated at Trinity College, Dublin and collated archdeacon of Clogher in 1705. He however spent much of his time in London, where he participated with Pope, Swift and others in the Scriblerus Club, contributing to The Spectator and aiding Pope in his translation of The Iliad. He was also one of the so-called "Graveyard poets": his 'A Night-Piece on Death,' widely considered the first "Graveyard School" poem, was published posthumously in Poems on Several Occasions, collected and edited by Alexander Pope and is thought by some scholars to have been published in December of 1721 (although dated in 1722 on its title page, the year accepted by The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature; see 1721 in poetry, 1722 in poetry). It is said of his poetry 'it was in keeping with his character, easy and pleasing, ennunciating the common places with felicity and grace.

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A Night-piece on Death
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The Hermit
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Jac: Faber Stapul: By J: Scaliger. 223 Views
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Habakkuk
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Oft Have I Read That Innocence Retreats 158 Views
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As Celia With Her Sparrow Playd
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Love In Disguise
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Deborah
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Jonah
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Since Bearing Of A Gentle Mind
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The Judgment Of Paris
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Phillis I Long Yr Powr Have Ownd 129 Views
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A Beavy Of The Fair & Gay
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In Biddy's Cheeks Ye Roses Blow
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O Tell If Any Fate You See
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I Lookd & In A Moment Run 126 Views
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Now Kind Now Coy Wth How Much Change
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On A Certain Poets Judgement Between Mr Pope & Mr Philips Don In An Italian Air 126 Views
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Satyr I. A Letter To A Friend. On Poets.
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The Horse & Olive Or Warr & Peace
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Ye Wives Who Scold & Fishes Sell
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Once Pope Under Jevais Resolvd To Adventure 122 Views
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When Ore My Temples Balmy Vapours Rise
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Health, An Eclogue
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On The Castle Of Dublin, Anno 1715 118 Views
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Ps: 116
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Satyr IV. The Pretty Gentleman
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Song II
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A Dream
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Hannah
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Scriblerian Epigrams 111 Views
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A Hymn for Evening
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Satyr II. To T:--- M.---y. On Law.
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Epigram
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Meditation Before Sacrament
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On Ye Bishop Of Meaths Death
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Solomon
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A Desire To Praise
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On Happiness In This Life
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Untitled Fragment
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Hesiod: or, The Rise of Woman
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A Hymn for Noon
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On The Number Three
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Ps 67
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Song: When Thy Beauty Appears
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A Tavern feast
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Homer's Battle Of The Frogs And Mice. Book II
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The Convert's Love
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An Elegy, To an Old Beauty
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Satyr IX. The State Of Love Imitated Fm An Elegy Of Mons:r Desportes
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The Vigil Of Venus
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Moses
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To A Young Lady, On Her Translation Of The Story Of Phoebus And Daphne, From Ovid
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A Hymn for Morning
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On Ye Queens Death
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Epigram. On A Ladys Lace Shown For A Favour
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My Days Have Been So Wondrous Free
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Ps: 113
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Anacreontick I
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Satyr VI. The Spleen
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On The Death Of Mr. Viner
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Anacreontick II
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An Allegory On Man
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Song
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An Essay On The Different Stiles Of Poetry
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To Mr Brown On His Book Against T---
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Chloris Appearing In A Looking Glass
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Concerning Resolution
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On Mr Pope Drawing D: Swifts Picture 74 Views
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The Hint Fm French
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The Soul In Sorrow
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Piety: Or, The Vision
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Thou Gaudy Idle World Adieu
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A Parody Of Donec Gratus Eram In A dialogue Between M--- & His Wife
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To ------
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An Eclogue
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Fragmentary Ending Of A Poem II
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On Dr. Brown's Death
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Prop: 2, L: 11 E: Quicunque &c
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Homer's Battle Of The Frogs And Mice. Book III
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On Bishop Burnet's Being Set On Fire In His Closet
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Dr. Parnel To Dr. Swift, On His Birth-day, November 30th, MDCCXIII
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On Mrs. Ar: F: Leaving London
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Out Of Greek 60 Views
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51 Psalm
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A Divine Pastorall
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A Song
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Metr: Boetius 1s 1 Quisquis Comp
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David
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On Mr Colliers Essay On The Stage
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The Horse And The Olive: Or, War And Peace
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Fragmentary Ending Of A Poem I
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Satyr III. Virtue
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The Flies. An Eclogue.
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A Riddle
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Satyr V. Verse
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The Third Satire Of Dr. John Donne
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On Ye Plott Against King William
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The Happy Man
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Caius Rubrius Urbanus Romae In Domo Lud: Matthæi. E Grutero
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On Queen Anne's Peace, Anno 1713
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Song: My Days Have Been So Wondrous Free
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A Fairy Tale In The Ancient English Style
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By Simon Vallambert. Erasmus 50 Views
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For Philip Ridgate Esq.
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A Hymn to Contentment
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Martial 46 Views
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The Book-Worm
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Hezekiah
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An Epitaph Desird On One Wheeler 40 Views
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On Sr Charles Porter The Chancellours Death
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Young Philomela's Powrfull Dart
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An Imitation Of Some French Verses
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On ------ Embroydring
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Three Verse Passages From A Prose Meditation
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The Way To Happiness
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To Mistress ------ 35 Views
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On Content
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On Platina Prosperus Spiriteus
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A Hymn to Contentment
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To Mr. Pope
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Bacchus: Or, The Vines Of Lesbos
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On A Lady With A Foul Breath
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On Divine Love By Meditating On The Wounds Of Christ
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The Ecstasy
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Hark The Thundring Drums Inviting
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After The French Manner 27 Views
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A Impromptu Like Martial 25 Views
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On The Trust 24 Views
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