The Caledoniad. A Collection of Poems, written chiefly by Scottish Authors. [Vol 2] [T130687] [ECCO]

DMI number:

1257

Publication Date:

1775

Volume Number:

2 of 3

ESTC number:

T130687

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW3313074146

Full Title:

THE | CALEDONIAD. | A | COLLECTION | OF | POEMS, | WRITTEN CHIEFLY BY | SCOTTISH AUTHORS. | [Rule] | [Epigraph 1] | [Epigraph 2] | [Rule] | VOL. II. | [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

Format:

Octavo

Other matter:

Index to Vol. II. 3pp.

Related People

Publisher:

William Hay

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Content/Publication

First Line:

O thou that fondly means to read

Page No:

pp.[1]-2

Poem Title:

Proemium.

Attribution:

By Scoto Britannus.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Grieved a scribbling friend to lose

Page No:

pp.2-5

Poem Title:

On Reading a late Tour, A Fragment.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Why is extensive wealth bestowed on men

Page No:

pp.6-10

Poem Title:

On Riches.

Attribution:

By Mr. St----son.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hail tragic bard still while esteem remains

Page No:

pp.10-13

Poem Title:

To the Author of Douglas and Agis. [...] Written in the Year 1758.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. by Mr. St----son.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hail aged remains of what thou once hast been

Page No:

pp.13-18

Poem Title:

On the Ruins of an Old Elm.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. by Mr. St----son.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Accept these lines my brother and my friend

Page No:

pp.18-21

Poem Title:

On Harmony. [...] Inscribed to his Brother.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. by Mr. St----son.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Str-n condemned to love of gain

Page No:

pp.21-27

Poem Title:

The Monopolist.

Attribution:

By Mr. S----n.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A bard whose laurel never dies

Page No:

pp.28-38

Poem Title:

Agathocles, A Living Character.

Attribution:

By Mr. S--on.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The Perse out of Northumberlande

Page No:

pp.38-49

Poem Title:

The Complaint of Scotland: Or The Huntes of Chevet; Commonly called Chevy Chase.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The thistle and the rose

Page No:

p.50

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Quhen Merch with variand winds was overpast

Page No:

pp.50-59

Poem Title:

A Poem in Honour of Margaret, Daughter to Henry the VII. of England, Queen to James the IV. King of Scots

Attribution:

By Mr. W. Dunbar.

Attributed To:

William Dunbar

First Line:

Quhen silver Diane full of beims bricht

Page No:

pp.59-73

Poem Title:

Vertue and Vyce. A Poem, addrest to James V. King of Scots.

Attribution:

By the famous Dr. John Bellentyne, Archdean of Murray.

Attributed To:

John Bellenden

First Line:

Richt as the stern of day began to schyne

Page No:

pp.74-86

Poem Title:

The Goldin Terge.

Attribution:

By Mr. Dunbar.

Attributed To:

William Dunbar

First Line:

Hard by the grassy margin of a stream

Page No:

pp.87-89

Poem Title:

On the Death of Mr. Allan Ramsey. [...] Written in the Year 1758.

Attribution:

By Mr. S--on.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A story reached my ears some days ago

Page No:

pp.89-90

Poem Title:

A Tale of a Beau and a Barber.

Attribution:

By Pennycuick.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pennecuik

First Line:

Sir though your grace hath put good order

Page No:

pp.90-96

Poem Title:

A Supplication, [...] To the King's Grace, In Contemption of Side Tails, and muzzled Faces.

Attribution:

By Sir David Lindsay, of the Movel.

Attributed To:

Sir David Lyndsay [Lindsay]

First Line:

Robin sat on the gude grene hill

Page No:

pp.96-102

Poem Title:

Robyn and Makyne, A Pastoral.

Attribution:

By Robert Henryson.

Attributed To:

Robert Henryson

First Line:

Our pleasance heir is all vain glory

Page No:

pp.102-108

Poem Title:

On the Uncertainty of LIfe and fear of Death, or a Lament for the Loss of the Poets.

Attribution:

By Mr. William Dunbar.

Attributed To:

William Dunbar

First Line:

Bedoun the bents of Banquo brae

Page No:

pp.109-123

Poem Title:

The Vision. Compylit in Latin be a most lernit Clerk, in tyme of our Hairship and Opression, Anno 1300, and translatit in 1524.

Attribution:

By Mr. Archibald Scott.

Attributed To:

Archibald Scott

First Line:

Come inspiration from thy vernal bower

Page No:

pp.123-126

Poem Title:

Retirement.

Attribution:

By Mr. R. Fergusson.

Attributed To:

Robert Fergusson

First Line:

O dainty Davy we have read

Page No:

pp.126-127

Poem Title:

To an Apothecary's Apprentice, attempting Dogrel without the least knowledge of Orthography, Prosody, or Syntax.

Attribution:

By J. H. Esq;

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

No choirine warblers flutter in the sky

Page No:

pp.128-129

Poem Title:

Conscience: An Elegy.

Attribution:

By Mr. Fergusson.

Attributed To:

Robert Fergusson

First Line:

Tis said of widow maid and wife

Page No:

pp.129-132

Poem Title:

Female Honour.

Attribution:

Written by J. H.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

All powerful gold at whose full crowded shrine

Page No:

pp.132-133

Poem Title:

Gold.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. by J. H.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

For rural virtues and for native skies

Page No:

pp.134-136

Poem Title:

On a Country Life.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. G.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I envy not the proud their wealth

Page No:

pp.136-137

Poem Title:

An Ode.

Attribution:

By Mr. S---s.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

At Hallowmas whan nights grow lang

Page No:

pp.137-141

Poem Title:

Hallow-Fair.

Attribution:

By Mr. Fergusson.

Attributed To:

Robert Fergusson

First Line:

Wanwordy crazy dinsome thing

Page No:

pp.142-144

Poem Title:

To the Tron-Kirk Bell.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. Fergusson]

Attributed To:

Robert Fergusson

First Line:

The billows of life are suppressed

Page No:

pp.144-147

Poem Title:

Damon to his Friends. A Ballad.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. Mr. Fergusson.]

Attributed To:

Robert Fergusson

First Line:

Ye few whose feeling hearts are never estranged

Page No:

pp.147-151

Poem Title:

The Canongate Play-House in Ruins. A Burlesque Poem.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. by Mr. Fergusson.]

Attributed To:

Robert Fergusson

First Line:

Alas poor Thom how oft with merry heart

Page No:

p.151

Poem Title:

On the Death of Mr. Thomas Lancashire, Comedian.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. Fergusson.]

Attributed To:

Robert Fergusson

First Line:

Mourn ye heighlands and mourn ye leighlands

Page No:

pp.152-155

Poem Title:

The Battle of Corichie on the Hill of Fair. Fought Oct. 28 1562.

Attribution:

By Mr. Forbes.

Attributed To:

Robert Forbes

First Line:

Stately stept he east the wa

Page No:

pp.156-170

Poem Title:

Hardyknute, a Fragment

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Indulgent to this one desire

Page No:

pp.170-173

Poem Title:

Verses on some late English Poets.

Attribution:

By a Gentleman.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Some fock like bees full glegly rin

Page No:

pp.174-178

Poem Title:

Hame Content. A Satire.

Attribution:

By Mr. Fergusson.

Attributed To:

Robert Fergusson

First Line:

In July month ae bonny morn

Page No:

pp.178-185

Poem Title:

Leithraces.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. Fergusson.]

Attributed To:

Robert Fergusson

First Line:

Art thou disgusted at the world

Page No:

pp.185-188

Poem Title:

The Invitation.

Attribution:

By Alexander Roberston, of Struan, Esq.

Attributed To:

Robertson||Alexander||of Struan

First Line:

Almighty three who guard the just

Page No:

p.188

Poem Title:

Their Prayer for Prosperity.

Attribution:

Alexander Robertson, of Struan, Esq. [p. 185]

Attributed To:

Robertson||Alexander||of Struan

First Line:

Blush not to court a common dame

Page No:

pp.188-189

Poem Title:

An Ode [...] To Mr. J---.

Attribution:

By the Same. (i.e. Alexander Roberston, of Struan)

Attributed To:

Robertson||Alexander||of Struan

First Line:

Hold wretch who dost pretend to know

Page No:

pp.189-191

Poem Title:

Mutual Love, The greatest Blessing upon Earth.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. by Alexander Roberston, of Struan)

Attributed To:

Robertson||Alexander||of Struan

First Line:

In ancient times it is related

Page No:

pp.191-193

Poem Title:

The Ass and the Hare. A Fable.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. by Alexander Roberston, of Struan)

Attributed To:

Robertson||Alexander||of Struan

First Line:

Plague on the race of politicians

Page No:

pp.194-196

Poem Title:

The Carless Good-Fellow. A Song. To the tune of Ne parlez plus de Politique.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. by Alexander Roberston, of Struan)

Attributed To:

Robertson||Alexander||of Struan

First Line:

I send you here a man of God

Page No:

pp.197-199

Poem Title:

A Letter to Lord James Murray, on an invitation sent by his Grace to St--n to be at his hunting; sent with Padua, a rakish Clergyman, attended by an old woman leading a leish of greyhounds.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. by Alexander Roberston, of Struan)

Attributed To:

Robertson||Alexander||of Struan

First Line:

In vain my friend you would desire

Page No:

pp.199-202

Poem Title:

A Poem, Written at Orleans, in answer to a Friend that desired him to write on a Love-Subject.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. by Alexander Roberston, of Struan)

Attributed To:

Robertson||Alexander||of Struan

First Line:

Once sung thy friend in his well meaning strain

Page No:

pp.202-204

Poem Title:

A Poem, On Struan's intending to leave a Country-Life, and go to Court.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. by Alexander Roberston, of Struan]

Attributed To:

Robertson||Alexander||of Struan

First Line:

Bold is the attempt in these licentious times

Page No:

pp.205-225

Poem Title:

The Demagogue.

Attribution:

By Mr. Faulkner, Author of the Shipwreck, Ode to the Duke of York, &c.

Attributed To:

William Falconer

First Line:

Approach stern winter in thy gloomy dress

Page No:

pp.226-230

Poem Title:

Infidelity. Addressed to Captain W--m M--n, Father of the Fashionable Daughter.

Attribution:

Sophronia.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Not all the drops which Lethe holds

Page No:

pp.230-232

Poem Title:

Verses sent to Miss Susanah S---w, of Lowestoft, on returning the Tragedy of Alonzo, which she had lent the Author of them to read.

Attribution:

Fidelio.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The sun behind yon western hill descends

Page No:

pp.232-236

Poem Title:

A Pastoral.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed