The British poets [N15724]
- DMI number:
- 1411
- Publication Date:
- 1777
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- N15724
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- n/a
- Shelfmark:
- Bod Vet A5 e.6300
- Full Title:
- THE | British POETS: | BEING | SELECT POEMS | BY | [3 columns] [col 1] ADDISON, | POPE, | PRIOR, | GOLDSMITH, | AKENSIDE, | GRAY, | MASON, | SHENSTONE, | WARTON, | PARNELL, [/col 1] | [col 2] GLOVER, | WALLER, | DRYDEN, | PHILIPS, | THOMSON, | SMOLLETT, | SWIFT, | LYTTLETON, | SPENCE, | BEATTIE, [/col 2] | [col 3] BLACKLOCK, | SCOTT, | GAY, | YOUNG, | MILTON, | SHAKESPEAR, | COLLINS, | WATTS, | BYRON, | ROWE. [/col 3] | [short rule] | [ornament] | [short rule] | LONDON: | Sold by B. LINTOT, A. MILLAR, R. TONSON, | D. MIDWINTER, and M. COOPER. | [short rule] | M,DCC,LXXVII.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Collection of literary verse
- Format:
- Duodecimo
- Pagination:
- [4], [5]-216 pp.
- Bibliographic details:
- Imprint is bogus: Lintot, Millar, Tonson, Midwinter and Cooper are all famous sellers of books - but all are all dead by 1777.
- Other matter:
- Prefatory matter: Advertisement [2pp.]
- Sold by:
- (Barnaby) Bernard Lintot [Lintott]
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Spuriously listed in imprint.
- Sold by:
- Andrew Millar
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Spuriously listed in imprint
- Sold by:
- Daniel II Midwinter
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Spuriously listed in imprint.
- Sold by:
- Mary Cooper
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Spuriously listed in imprint.
- Sold by:
- Richard Tonson
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Spuriously listed in imprint.
- First Line:
- Led by the jocund train of vernal hours
- Page No:
- pp.5-10
- Poem Title:
- The Tears of Old May-Day.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Gray.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Gray
- First Line:
- The curfew tolls the knell of parting day
- Page No:
- pp.11-16
- Poem Title:
- Elegy Written In A Country Church Yard.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Gray.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Gray
- First Line:
- Ye shepherds so cheerful and gay
- Page No:
- pp.17-25
- Poem Title:
- A Pastoral Ballad. In Four Parts.
- Attribution:
- By William Shenstone, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Shenstone
- First Line:
- The western sky was purpled over
- Page No:
- pp.25-27
- Poem Title:
- Nancy of the Vale. A Ballad.
- Attribution:
- By William Shenstone, Esq.
- Attributed To:
- William Shenstone
- First Line:
- Ah cease this kind persuasive strain
- Page No:
- pp.28-30
- Poem Title:
- Ode on Melancholy. To a Friend.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Mason.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- O parent of each lovely muse
- Page No:
- pp.31-35
- Poem Title:
- An Ode to Fancy.
- Attribution:
- By The Rev. Mr. Joseph Warton.
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Warton
- First Line:
- Ye sylvan scenes with artless beauty gay
- Page No:
- pp.36-37
- Poem Title:
- To Lucy. An Irregular Ode, Written at Wickham.
- Attribution:
- By Lord Lyttleton.
- Attributed To:
- George Lyttelton
- First Line:
- At length escaped from every human eye
- Page No:
- pp.38-48
- Poem Title:
- To The Memory of the same Lady, A Monody.
- Attribution:
- By Lord Lyttleton.
- Attributed To:
- George Lyttelton
- First Line:
- Made to engage all hearts and charm all eyes
- Page No:
- p.49
- Poem Title:
- Verses Making part of an Epitaph on the same Lady.
- Attribution:
- By Lord Lyttleton.
- Attributed To:
- George Lyttelton
- First Line:
- No foolish boy to virtuous fame
- Page No:
- pp.50-52
- Poem Title:
- Ode to a Friend, on the hazard of falling in Love.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Akenside.
- Attributed To:
- Mark Akenside
- First Line:
- Now had the son of Jove mature attained
- Page No:
- pp.53-63
- Poem Title:
- The Choice of Hercules: A Poem.
- Attribution:
- By the Rev. Mr. Spense.
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Spence
- First Line:
- If aught of oaten stop or pastoral song
- Page No:
- pp.64-65
- Poem Title:
- Ode to Evening.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. W. Collins.
- Attributed To:
- William Collins
- First Line:
- Hence vain deluding joys
- Page No:
- pp.66-69
- Poem Title:
- Ode to Wisdom.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Scott.
- Attributed To:
- James Scott
- First Line:
- Let others travel with incessant pain
- Page No:
- pp.70-74
- Poem Title:
- The Wish: an Elegy. To Urania.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Blacklock.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Blacklock
- First Line:
- O thou that gladdest the pensive breast
- Page No:
- pp.74-78
- Poem Title:
- Ode to Hope.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Beattie.
- Attributed To:
- James Beattie
- First Line:
- Far in a wild unknown to public view
- Page No:
- pp.79-88
- Poem Title:
- The Hermit.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Parnell.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Parnell
- First Line:
- Deign saint like tenant of the dale
- Page No:
- pp.89-95
- Poem Title:
- Edwin and Angelina.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Goldsmith.
- Attributed To:
- Oliver Goldsmith
- First Line:
- Soon as the morning trembles over the sky
- Page No:
- pp.96-101
- Poem Title:
- The Story of Lavinia.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Thomson.
- Attributed To:
- James Thomson
- First Line:
- Amid the van of Persia was a youth
- Page No:
- pp.102-117
- Poem Title:
- The Story of Teribazus and Ariana.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Glover.
- Attributed To:
- Richard Glover
- First Line:
- Tell me lovely loving pair
- Page No:
- pp.117-118
- Poem Title:
- On the Friendship between Sacharissa and Amoret.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Waller.
- Attributed To:
- Edmund Waller
- First Line:
- Once on a time a certain man was found
- Page No:
- pp.119-123
- Poem Title:
- The Pond.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Byron.
- Attributed To:
- John Byrom
- First Line:
- As it fell upon a day
- Page No:
- pp.124-126
- Poem Title:
- Sympathetic Love: Addressed to the Nightingale.
- Attribution:
- By Spakespeare [sic]
- Attributed To:
- William Shakespeare
- First Line:
- Whether amid the gloom of night I stray
- Page No:
- pp.126-128
- Poem Title:
- A Contemplation On Night.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Gay.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- First Line:
- From lofty themes from thoughts that soared on high
- Page No:
- pp.129-147
- Poem Title:
- The Force of Religion; Or, Vanquish'd Love.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Young.
- Attributed To:
- Edward Young
- First Line:
- Hence loathed melancholy
- Page No:
- pp.148-152
- Poem Title:
- L'Allegro.
- Attribution:
- By Milton.
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- First Line:
- Hence vain deluding joys
- Page No:
- pp.153-158
- Poem Title:
- Il Penseroso.
- Attribution:
- By Milton.
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- First Line:
- While from the skies the ruddy sun descends
- Page No:
- pp.159-161
- Poem Title:
- Love and Friendship: A Pastoral.
- Attribution:
- By Mrs. Elizabeth Singer.
- Attributed To:
- Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer]
- First Line:
- By Sylvia if thy charming self be meant
- Page No:
- pp.161-162
- Poem Title:
- To The Author Of The Foregoing Pastoral.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Prior.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- First Line:
- In ancient times as story tells
- Page No:
- pp.163-168
- Poem Title:
- Baucis and Philemon. Imitated from the eighth book of Ovid. Written about the year 1708.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Swift.
- Attributed To:
- Jonathan Swift
- First Line:
- On Leven's banks while free to rove
- Page No:
- pp.169-170
- Poem Title:
- Ode to Leven-Water.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Smollett.
- Attributed To:
- Tobias George Smollett
- First Line:
- While crowds of princes your deserts proclaim
- Page No:
- pp.170-185
- Poem Title:
- The Campaign. To the Duke of Marlborough.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Addison.
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Addison
- First Line:
- Happy the man who void of care and strife
- Page No:
- pp.186-191
- Poem Title:
- The Splendid Shilling: An Imitation of Milton.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Philips.
- Attributed To:
- John Philips
- First Line:
- Serene as light is Myron's soul
- Page No:
- pp.191-194
- Poem Title:
- The Happy Man.
- Attribution:
- By I. Watts, D. D.
- Attributed To:
- Isaac Watts
- First Line:
- Twas on a joyless and a gloomy morn
- Page No:
- pp.195-198
- Poem Title:
- On the Death of Amyntas. A Pastoral Elegy.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- First Line:
- In these deep solitudes and awful cells
- Page No:
- pp.198-210
- Poem Title:
- Eloisa to Abelard.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- The sceptics think 'twas long ago
- Page No:
- pp.211-215
- Poem Title:
- The Ladle.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Prior.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- First Line:
- This commoner has worth and parts
- Page No:
- pp.215-216
- Poem Title:
- Moral
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Prior.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
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