The Caledoniad. A Collection of Poems, written chiefly by Scottish Authors. [Vol 1] [T130687] [ECCO]
- DMI number:
- 1252
- Publication Date:
- 1775
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 3
- ESTC number:
- T130687
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW3313073966
- Full Title:
- THE | CALEDONIAD. | A | COLLECTION | OF | POEMS, | WRITTEN CHIEFLY BY | SCOTTISH AUTHORS. | [Rule] | [Epigraph 1] | [Epigraph 2] | [Rule] | VOL. I. | [Rule] | LONDON: | PRINTED by W. HAY; | And sold at his Shop, next to the Academy of Artists, | near Exeter Exchange, Strand. | [Short rule] | MDCCLXXV.
- Epigraph:
- Epigraph 1: Marmora Messala findit caprificus, et audax | Dimidios Crispi mulio ridet equos: | At chartis nec furta nocent, et secula profunt: | Solaque non norunt haec monumenta mori. MARTIAL, B. x. Ep. 2. Epigraph 2: Statues may moulder; and the Clown, unbred, | Scoff at young Ammon's horse without his head: | But finish'd Writings Theft and Time defy; | The only Monuments which cannot die. HAY.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Collection of Scottish verse
- Format:
- Octavo
- Other matter:
- Errata, 1p. Preface, pp.i-ii. Index to Vol. I, pp.171-175.
- Publisher:
- William Hay
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Philander like an happy thoughtless swain
- Page No:
- pp.1-3
- Poem Title:
- The Secret.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- O cheerfulness celestial Queen
- Page No:
- pp.3-7
- Poem Title:
- Address to Chearfulness.
- Attribution:
- By a young Gentleman.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I'll sing you a song
- Page No:
- pp.7-10
- Poem Title:
- A Song, On the Officers of Lord ----'s Regiment. [Tune, Free and Accepted Mason.]
- Attribution:
- By an Officer.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When here o colonel first we came
- Page No:
- pp.10-11
- Poem Title:
- A Paraphrase of Arno's Vale, made at Breda, and addressed to Colonel S----
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. an Officer.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I care not ye gods for the breath of a name
- Page No:
- pp.11-12
- Poem Title:
- The Wish.
- Attribution:
- By a Gentleman.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Accept dear Percy from your long known friend
- Page No:
- p.13
- Poem Title:
- To the Right Honourable Lord Algernon Percy: On his marriage.
- Attribution:
- By a Gentleman.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Hail harvest come and with thee plenty bring
- Page No:
- pp.14-17
- Poem Title:
- An Ode to Plenty and Harvest.
- Attribution:
- By an Officer.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Could I with poems purchase an estate
- Page No:
- pp.17-18
- Poem Title:
- The Complaint.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. an Officer.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- It fell about the month of June
- Page No:
- p.19
- Poem Title:
- A Paraphrase of the first four Verses of Barbara Allen. Made on Lord D----'s regiment receiving orders to march from Maestrecht to Sas van Ghent, in Dutch Flanders.
- Attribution:
- By Sir R--t M--y K--h.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- By Sas's sickly streams we sat
- Page No:
- pp.20-21
- Poem Title:
- A Paraphrase of the CXXXVIIth Psalm, made at Sas van Ghent, when the regiment was very sickly.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Sir R--t M--y K--h.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- From writing odes and all such tricks
- Page No:
- pp.21-23
- Poem Title:
- The Caution.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Sir R--t M--y K--h.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Dear minister my landard stile
- Page No:
- pp.23-25
- Poem Title:
- A Letter written to the Parson at Lisle, from Sas van Ghent.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Sir R--t M--y K--h.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- By the side of the slow running Zoom
- Page No:
- pp.25-28
- Poem Title:
- A Paraphrase of Colin's Complaint. Made at Bergen-op-zoom, March 1752, at the Reduction that happened at that time.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Sir R--t M--y K--h.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The prince made me a grenadier
- Page No:
- p.28
- Poem Title:
- A Song, Made on the same occasion.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Sir R--t M--y K--h.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- To you great lords I make my just complaint
- Page No:
- pp.29-30
- Poem Title:
- The lamentable Situation of the pensioned Officers. [...] To the States General.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Sir R--t M--y K--h.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- With indignation and with fury fraught
- Page No:
- p.29
- Poem Title:
- The lamentable Situation of the pensioned Officers [...] Invocation.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Sir R--t M--y K--h.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- From Bergen's walls with recent bloodshed stained
- Page No:
- pp.30-31
- Poem Title:
- A Letter to Captain D---s at Amesbury, from Bergen-op-zoom, July 1952.
- Attribution:
- K---h.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Say would you have me still love on
- Page No:
- pp.31-33
- Poem Title:
- A Translation of Voltaire's Stanzas on Old Age.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. K---h]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- With reverence great and due submission
- Page No:
- pp.33-34
- Poem Title:
- A Drinking Pass to Lieutenant R---t D---s. Addressed to Sir George C---n, Bart.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. K---h]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Bleak roared the blast and horror's giant form
- Page No:
- pp.35-37
- Poem Title:
- Danae's Lamentation over her son Perseus, sleeping in a Chest, whilst exposed to a Storm at Sea. (From the Original of Simonides.)
- Attribution:
- R. W.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- John Dow is dead and gane to rest
- Page No:
- pp.39-42
- Poem Title:
- An Elegy, on John Dow, commonly called Colonel Dow; who died at Crieff, November 1774, without making any material blank in God's creation.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. J----y
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Paoli the second to make people stare
- Page No:
- pp.42-45
- Poem Title:
- On reading a Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland.
- Attribution:
- By Miss B---ce.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Pallas dear nymph bids you be kind
- Page No:
- pp.45-46
- Poem Title:
- To Miss S---ge, sent by a Young Gentleman.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Miss B---ce.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- As murmuring Thames came gliding by
- Page No:
- pp.46-47
- Poem Title:
- Verses by Miss B---ce, on hearing Somerset House was ordered to be taken down.
- Attribution:
- by Miss B---ce,
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Why came you back to me ah cruel swain
- Page No:
- pp.47-49
- Poem Title:
- An Epistle to a Young Gentleman.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Miss B---ce.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Whilst you are frolicking amongst plays and balls
- Page No:
- pp.49-50
- Poem Title:
- An Epistle to a Friend.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Miss B---ce.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Oh hear me all ye powers above
- Page No:
- pp.50-51
- Poem Title:
- An Invocation to the Muses.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Miss B---ce.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- True happiness and peace of mind
- Page No:
- pp.51-53
- Poem Title:
- The Vision.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Miss B---ce.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- To you my friend I will my sorrow tell
- Page No:
- pp.53-54
- Poem Title:
- An Epistle from the Country in Winter.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Miss B---ce.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ha now the tyrant rage of winter's gone
- Page No:
- p.55
- Poem Title:
- An Epistle from the Country in the Spring.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Miss B---ce.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- If ever o Hymen I add to thy tribe
- Page No:
- pp.56-57
- Poem Title:
- A Song.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Miss B---ce.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Would you behold the wonder of our age
- Page No:
- p.57
- Poem Title:
- An Acrostick.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Miss B---ce.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A bumper yes may for a while
- Page No:
- pp.58-59
- Poem Title:
- Verses inscribed to a Young gentleman, who lov'd drinking too well.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Miss B---ce.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Why do you thus mistaken youth
- Page No:
- p.58
- Poem Title:
- A Reproof to a Young Man.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Miss B---ce.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I the other day received your letter
- Page No:
- pp.59-60
- Poem Title:
- A Scotch Epistle.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Miss B---ce.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In garret high there lives a swain
- Page No:
- p.61
- Poem Title:
- Verses addressed to a Young Gentleman, who would be a Poet.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Miss B---ce.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Of all trades I know
- Page No:
- pp.61-62
- Poem Title:
- A serious Advice to the same Poet.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Miss B---ce.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- One day a young bard
- Page No:
- pp.62-63
- Poem Title:
- On a poor Genius.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Miss B---ce.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- You'll wonder to find
- Page No:
- pp.63-64
- Poem Title:
- To a Lady upon her Son turning Poet after a Fit of Sickness.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Miss B---ce.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Goddess of Dulness I implore
- Page No:
- pp.64-65
- Poem Title:
- Song. [...] Invocation.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Miss B---ce.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- This young man inclined to the ways of Old Nick
- Page No:
- pp.65-67
- Poem Title:
- The Life and Conversion of a Young Gentleman.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Miss B---ce.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- What means the dullness of this place
- Page No:
- p.65
- Poem Title:
- Song. [p.64]
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Miss B---ce, p. 64]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The doctrine of grace
- Page No:
- p.67
- Poem Title:
- Verses.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Miss B---ce.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Though faith's the root
- Page No:
- p.68
- Poem Title:
- Epigram.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Miss B---ce.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Two names in Great Britain all Whigs do approve
- Page No:
- p.68
- Poem Title:
- Another.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Miss B---ce.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- What one Sharp did of old as in history you'll find
- Page No:
- p.68
- Poem Title:
- A Rebuse.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Miss B---ce.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The busy clamorous city's sunk in rest
- Page No:
- pp.69-72
- Poem Title:
- An Epistle.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Miss B---ce.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- What on stages in streets gives the vulgar delight
- Page No:
- p.69
- Poem Title:
- Another.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Miss B---ce.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Laurus was nature's masterpiece begun
- Page No:
- pp.72-73
- Poem Title:
- A Poem.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Miss B---ce.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ah that the Almighty from eternal thought
- Page No:
- pp.73-74
- Poem Title:
- Verses.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Miss B---ce.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Near Eden side there is a hero known
- Page No:
- pp.74-77
- Poem Title:
- A Genuine Account of Capt. R.-- G.-- B--, in the Days of his Youth, in an Epistle to a Young Gentleman.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Miss B---ce.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Your lordship's letter we have read
- Page No:
- p.77
- Poem Title:
- Addressed to Lord B----n, when he wrote a Character of himself in the News-papers, by Way of a Letter, when he wanted to be made One of the Sixteen Peers for Scotland.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Miss B---ce.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I've prayed and threatened yet tis all in vain
- Page No:
- pp.78-80
- Poem Title:
- Mr. M---n Answer to Miss B---e Card.
- Attribution:
- Mr. M---n
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- To Mr M--n Miss B--ce presents
- Page No:
- p.78
- Poem Title:
- A Card.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Miss B---ce.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Dear sir when I received your letter
- Page No:
- pp.80-82
- Poem Title:
- An Epistle.
- Attribution:
- By Miss B--ce.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When nature formed thee for a wit
- Page No:
- pp.82-83
- Poem Title:
- Verses Extempore, to a Poet.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Miss B---ce.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- How shall I thank thee noble dame
- Page No:
- pp.83-84
- Poem Title:
- An Epistle written Extempore, on receiving a Letter from the Honourable Mrs. G.----
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Miss B---ce.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Bleak Winter's gone Favonian gales
- Page No:
- pp.84-85
- Poem Title:
- Horace, Book I, Ode IV.
- Attribution:
- By the Rev. Mr. R--t W--r.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Learn hence dear youth the brainless crowds to shun
- Page No:
- pp.85-86
- Poem Title:
- An Advice to a Young Gentleman.
- Attribution:
- By a Young Gentleman.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- No longer will i ask her love
- Page No:
- pp.86-87
- Poem Title:
- Verses sent to Miss R--y M--n, of G--k, Renfrewshire.
- Attribution:
- Fidelio.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Infinite great majestic God
- Page No:
- pp.87-88
- Poem Title:
- Verses written by a Young Lady, aged Thirteen, on viewing a Ship-wreck.
- Attribution:
- A.-- M.--
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Long since I bade the muse farewell
- Page No:
- pp.89-91
- Poem Title:
- To Miss M--- M---n, of Greenock, An amiable Young Lady, unfortunately the Cousin of the Fashionable Daughter.
- Attribution:
- Fidelio.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Stop mortal frail collect your thought
- Page No:
- pp.91-96
- Poem Title:
- A Rhapsody on a Huge Hog's Head, written in 1761. Being a Satirical Essay on a certain tippling Society.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. W. T--d.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- To prove a vacuum in thy brain
- Page No:
- pp.96-101
- Poem Title:
- A familiar Epistle to Mr. N---k, on reading his New History of London. Written in 1773.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. H--y
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Of old a grave ass paced in pomp
- Page No:
- p.102
- Poem Title:
- A Fable.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. by Mr. H--y.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Sons of mysterious Faust and famous Koster
- Page No:
- pp.103-104
- Poem Title:
- Verses on reading Mr. Russell's Character and Genius of Women, and Sir John Dalrymple his Appendix to State Papers.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. by Mr. H--y.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The prodigal son when in brothels he danced
- Page No:
- p.105
- Poem Title:
- A Card, with the Book of Common Prayer, sent to a young Rake, after a whole Night's debauch, in dancing and drinking.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. by Mr. H--y.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Fine paintings fine trees there's little else in it
- Page No:
- pp.106-107
- Poem Title:
- On reading the celebrated Trip to Paris.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. by Mr. H--y.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In truth my lord your steward's feast
- Page No:
- pp.107-108
- Poem Title:
- On the Feast of the Sons of the Clergy. (Written in 1774.) To L----d N-----.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. by Mr. H--y.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Abstracting my friends
- Page No:
- pp.108-109
- Poem Title:
- To the Abstractors of the Acts of Parliament, in the News-papers, in 1773.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. by Mr. H--y.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When the trees are all bare not a leaf to be seen
- Page No:
- pp.109-111
- Poem Title:
- The Wish.
- Attribution:
- By a Gentleman.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- While others sing the heroes glorious fate
- Page No:
- pp.111-113
- Poem Title:
- An elegy on the Death of an amiable Young Lady. Written in 1761.
- Attribution:
- By J-- B-- Esq.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- While you in nature's works explore
- Page No:
- pp.113-115
- Poem Title:
- Lycidas to Menalcas.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. by J-- B-- Esq.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Oh what meaneth my sorrowful heart
- Page No:
- pp.115-116
- Poem Title:
- An Ode to an Inconstant.
- Attribution:
- By a Gentleman. [...] H.-- G.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- One night as I walked by the side of a mill
- Page No:
- pp.116-118
- Poem Title:
- The Conversation.
- Attribution:
- By Miss B--e.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Now twilight from the mountain brow descends
- Page No:
- pp.118-119
- Poem Title:
- An Invocation to the Evening Star.
- Attribution:
- By the same. [i.e. by Miss B--ce]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Dear Bob who midst soft rural scenes
- Page No:
- pp.119-125
- Poem Title:
- Carmen Capillare: Or, the Wig Poem.
- Attribution:
- By a Young Gentleman.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Dear Bob | Enraptured with your rural sport
- Page No:
- pp.125-127
- Poem Title:
- An Epistle.
- Attribution:
- By the Author of the Carmen Capillare.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- While Clio pondering over thy lines I roll
- Page No:
- pp.127-129
- Poem Title:
- By Lady Mary ---- on reading some Verses, written by an amiable young Lady.
- Attribution:
- By Lady Mary ----
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Dim as the fleeting visions of the night
- Page No:
- pp.129-130
- Poem Title:
- The Cell of Solitude.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Ogilvie.
- Attributed To:
- John Ogilvie
- First Line:
- A man that's neither high nor low
- Page No:
- pp.130-131
- Poem Title:
- The Choice.
- Attribution:
- by A Lady.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Tis truth with deference to the college
- Page No:
- pp.131-132
- Poem Title:
- The News-Paper.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. ----.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Great Shakespeare's works octavos quartos folios
- Page No:
- pp.133-134
- Poem Title:
- On Shakespeare.
- Attribution:
- By a Bookseller.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- O formed to please without the force of art
- Page No:
- pp.134-136
- Poem Title:
- Verses by a Lady, on a young Gentleman's going abroad.
- Attribution:
- by a Lady.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Far from the cares or glories that await
- Page No:
- pp.137-139
- Poem Title:
- Humanity.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A thick twisted brake in the time of a storm
- Page No:
- p.137
- Poem Title:
- The Sheep and the Bramble-bush.
- Attribution:
- by Mr. Cunningham.
- Attributed To:
- John Cunningham
- First Line:
- Where Tweed's fair plains in liberal beauty lie
- Page No:
- pp.139-151
- Poem Title:
- Genius and Valour. A Pastoral Poem;
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Langhorne.
- Attributed To:
- John Langhorne
- First Line:
- Hail gentle maid hail rosy bosomed spring
- Page No:
- pp.151-153
- Poem Title:
- Address to Spring. Written in 1762.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. H.----
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- To wed or not to wed that is the question
- Page No:
- pp.154-155
- Poem Title:
- The Bachelor's Soliloquy. In imitation of the celebrated Soliloquy of Hamlet.
- Attribution:
- By G-- D-- Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Philander could my pen rehearse
- Page No:
- pp.155-160
- Poem Title:
- A Monody, in Praise of Virtue. [...] Addressed to Mr. H.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Mac----ne, in 1774.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- What power what genius will the muse
- Page No:
- pp.160-170
- Poem Title:
- Ode to Fortitude.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. R--l.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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