The Bee. A Collection of Choice Poems [Part I] [N32537]

DMI number:

387

Aliases

The Bee

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

Publication Date:

1715

Volume Number:

1 of 3

ESTC number:

N32537

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW111787759

Shelfmark:

BL 1507/1110

Full Title:

The Bee. | A | COLLECTION | OF | [i]CHOICE POEMS.[/i] | [rule] | Part I. | [rule] | [epigraph] | [ornament] | [rule] | [i]LONDON.[/i] | printed by [g]T. Ilive:[/g] sold by [i]S. Popping[/i], in | [i]Pater-noster-Row[/i]; and [i]A. Boulter[/i], at | [i]Temple-Bar.[/i] MDCCXV.

Epigraph:

[5 lines of Greek from 'Nonnus. Dionysiac. l. 5. v. 242.']

Place of Publication:

London

Format:

Duodecimo

Pagination:

[2], III-IV, 1-43, [1]

Bibliographic details:

Duodecimo in sixes

Other matter:

Prefatory matter: dedication to Thomas Tyrwhitt Esq pp. III-IV. Back matter: Index of Authors, p. 43; Index of Matters p. [44]; Advertisement p. [44].

References:

Case 282 (1)

Related Miscellanies

Title:

The Bee. A Collection of choice poems [Part III] [N32537] [ECCO]

Publication Date:

1715

ESTC No:

N32537

Volume:

3 of 3

Relationship:

Unknown

Comments:

Title:

The Bee. A Collection of choice poems [Part II] [N32537]

Publication Date:

1715

ESTC No:

N32537

Volume:

2 of 3

Relationship:

Unknown

Comments:

Related People

Dedicatee:

Thomas Tyrwhitt

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

'To Thomas Tyrwhitt, Esq'

Printer:

T. Ilive

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

'Printed by T. Ilive: sold by S. Popping, in Pater-noster-Row; and A. Boulter, at Temple-Bar.'

Sold by:

Anne Boulter

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

'Printed by T. Ilive: sold by S. Popping, in Pater-noster-Row; and A. Boulter, at Temple-Bar.'

Sold by:

S. Popping

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

'Printed by T. Ilive: sold by S. Popping, in Pater-noster-Row; and A. Boulter, at Temple-Bar.'

Content/Publication

First Line:

Why weeps my Sylvia prithee why

Page No:

pp.1-2

Poem Title:

The Amusement.

Attribution:

Tate ap. Poems. p. 34.

Attributed To:

Nahum Tate

First Line:

What though these ill times do go cross to our will

Page No:

pp.2-3

Poem Title:

The Cheerful Heart.

Attribution:

Brome. ap. Poems. part 2. song 31. p. 104

Attributed To:

Alexander Brome

First Line:

My time o ye muses was happily spent

Page No:

pp.3-5

Poem Title:

Colin's Pastoral.

Attribution:

“Colin’s Pastoral, by it’s Softness and Simplicity, seems to be Mr. Rowe’s (p.[44])

Attributed To:

Nicholas Rowe

First Line:

Despairing beside a clear stream

Page No:

pp.5-7

Poem Title:

Colin's Complaint.

Attribution:

Rowe. ap. Poems and Translations, by several Hands. Pemberton. 1714. p. 88.

Attributed To:

Nicholas Rowe

First Line:

From ripening hay diffusive odours rise

Page No:

pp.7-8

Poem Title:

Country-Dames.

Attribution:

Gay. ap. Rural Sports. p. 10.

Attributed To:

John Gay

First Line:

In the famed Cyprian isle a mountain stands

Page No:

pp.8-11

Poem Title:

The Court of Venus.

Attribution:

Eusden. from Claudian. de Nupt. Honor. v. 49. ap. Steel's Miscell. Poems p. 97.

Attributed To:

Laurence Eusden

First Line:

Had we but world enough and time

Page No:

pp.12-13

Poem Title:

To his Coy Mistress.

Attribution:

Marvell. ap. Misc. Poems. p. 19.

Attributed To:

Andrew Marvell

First Line:

When the fierce north wind with his airy forces

Page No:

pp.13-14

Poem Title:

The Day of Judgment.

Attribution:

Watts. ap. Horae Lyricae, book I. p. 82.

Attributed To:

Isaac Watts

First Line:

Miss Danae when fair and young

Page No:

pp.14-16

Poem Title:

An English Padlock.

Attribution:

Prior. ap. Poems. p. 79

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

How wisely nature did decree

Page No:

pp.16-18

Poem Title:

Eyes and Tears.

Attribution:

Marvell. ap. Misc. Poems, p. 8.

Attributed To:

Andrew Marvell

First Line:

Say mighty love and teach my song

Page No:

pp.18-19

Poem Title:

Few happy Matches.

Attribution:

Watts. ap. Hor. Lyr. book 2. p. 224, al. 173

Attributed To:

Isaac Watts

First Line:

Humbly sheweth | That I went to warm my self in Lady Betty's chamber because I was cold

Page No:

pp.20-22

Poem Title:

To their Excellencies &c. The humble Petition of Frances Harris, | who must starve, and die a Maid, if it miscarries.

Attribution:

Swift. ap. Baucis & Philemon. p. 8---12.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

While you my lord the rural shades admire

Page No:

pp.23-27

Poem Title:

A Letter from Italy to the Right Honourable Charles, Lord Hallifax.

Attribution:

Addison. 1701. p. 3---8

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

The sceptics think 'twas long ago

Page No:

pp.27-31

Poem Title:

The Ladle.

Attribution:

Prior. ap. Poems. p. 94.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

This commoner has worth and parts

Page No:

pp.31-32

Poem Title:

Moral.

Attribution:

Prior. ap. Poems. p. 94.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

First born of chaos who so fair didst come

Page No:

pp.32-35

Poem Title:

Hymn to the Light.

Attribution:

Cowley. ap. Verses written on several Occasions. p. 35.

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

The farmer's toil is done his cades mature

Page No:

pp.35-38

Poem Title:

Rural Jollities.

Attribution:

J. Philips ap. Cyder. p. 32.

Attributed To:

John Philips

First Line:

What all aspiring mortals have in view

Page No:

pp.39-41

Poem Title:

Solomon's Irony.

Attribution:

"Solomon’s Irony, by its Strength and Sublimity, [seems to be] Sir R. Blackmore’s" (p.[44]).

Attributed To:

Sir Richard Blackmore

First Line:

By what strong impulse anxious mortals strive

Page No:

pp.41-42

Poem Title:

Vain-Glory.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

What can be thought or said to set thee forth

Page No:

pp.42-42

Poem Title:

To Brome, on his Poems.

Attribution:

W. Paulet, to Mr. Alexander Brome, on his Poems. Elog. p. 2

Attributed To:

W. Paulet