"Yet are there some who think (but what a shame!) / Poor people's souls like pence of Birmingham, / Adulterated brass--base stuff--abhorr'd-- / That never can pass current with the Lord; / And think because of wealth they boast a store, / With ev'ry freedom they may treat the poor."
The Lousiad, An Heroi-Comic Poem
Published in four cantos. At least 28 entries in ESTC (1785, 1786, 1787, 1788, 1789, 1791, 1792, 1793, 1794, 1795, 1796).<br>
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See <u>The Lousiad: an Heroi-Comic Poem. Canto I. By Peter Pindar, Esq.</u> (London: J. Jarvis, 1785). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/N3079">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW109780196&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;<br>
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<u>The Lousiad. An Heroi-Comic Poem. Canto II. With an Engraving by an Eminent Artist. By Peter Pindar, Esq.</u> (London: G. Kearsley, 1787). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW117319064&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;<br>
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<u>The Lousiad, an Heroi-Comic Poem. Canto III. By Peter Pindar, Esquire. With an Engraving by an Eminent Artist</u> (London: J. Evans, 1791). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CB131390488&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;<br>
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<u>The Lousiad, an Heroi-Comic Poem. Canto IV. By Peter Pindar, Esq.</u> (London: H. D. Symonds, 1792). &lt;<a href="http://find.galegroup.com/ecco/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=ECCO&userGroupName=viva_uva&tabID=T001&docId=CW110411412&type=multipage&contentSet=ECCOArticles&version=1.0&docLevel=FASCIMILE">Link to ECCO</a>&gt;<br>
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Text from <u>The Works of Peter Pindar</u>, 4 vols. (London: Walker and Edwards, 1816). &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=IsJPAAAAcAAJ">Link to Volume I in Google Books</a>&gt;