The Caledonian Miscellany ... By Allan Ramsay; and other eminent Northern Bards [ECCO] [T64190]
- DMI number:
- 628
- Publication Date:
- 1740
- ESTC number:
- T64190
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW113283795
- Shelfmark:
- ECCO - Bod
- Full Title:
- [ornamental border around text] THE | Caledonian Miscellany. | CONSISTING OF | SELECT [i]and much[/i] APPROVED | PASTORALS, | CHOICE | FABLES [i]and[/i] TALES, | WITH OTHER | OCCASIONAL POEMS. | By ALLAN RAMSAY ; and other eminent | Northern Bards. | TO WHICH IS ADDED | THE ADVENTURES OF A FARTHING; | Or, the HUMOURS of LOW-LIFE. | [ornamental rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for WILLIAM GAY, Bookseller. | Newcastle.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Collection of Scottish verse
- Format:
- Duodecimo
- Comments:
- MISCELLANY GENRE: Collection of pastorals and fables by Ramsay and other Scottish writers. CONTENTS: Contents (1p.); 'Advertisement' from editor (1p.); poetic miscellany pp.[1]-60; prose 'Adventures of a Farthing' pp.61-67. OTHER NOTES: Most poems are by Ramsay but not directly attributed in the text. The 'advertisement' by 'The Editor' says that miscellany responds to taste for poetry 'in the North British Dialect', and that 'several' of the pieces have already appeared 'in the works of one of the most eminent Northern Bards' (i.e. Ramsay). Date of publication is approximate. Owner's name, dated 1783(?), on tp of ECCO copy.
- References:
- Martin, 363 (ESTC).
- Title:
- The Caledonian Miscellany ... By Allan Ramsay; and other eminent Northern Bards. 2nd ed. [T62598]
- Publication Date:
- 1762
- ESTC No:
- T62598
- Volume:
- None
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- William Gay
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Stand critic and before ye read
- Page No:
- pp.[1]-2
- Poem Title:
- The Critic.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- My easy friends since ye think fit
- Page No:
- pp.2-4
- Poem Title:
- On Wit.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- O dool and I am forced to die
- Page No:
- pp.4-8
- Poem Title:
- The last Speech of a wretched Miser.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- What gars thee look sae dowf dear Sandy say
- Page No:
- pp.9-11
- Poem Title:
- Richy and Sandy, a Pastoral on the Death of Joeseph [sic] Addison, Esq.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Come Wattie while our hirsels feed thegither
- Page No:
- pp.11-18
- Poem Title:
- Gibbie and Wattie: Twa Shepherds. A Pastoral on the Death of Alexander Maben, Organ-maker in Edinburgh.
- Attribution:
- By Tho. Blair
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Blair
- First Line:
- Be-south our channel where tis common
- Page No:
- pp.19-20
- Poem Title:
- Tit for Tat.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Me anes three beauties did surround
- Page No:
- p.19
- Poem Title:
- Spoken to three Young Ladies, who would have me determine which of them was the bonniest.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Now lend your lugs ye benders fine
- Page No:
- pp.20-28
- Poem Title:
- The Monk and the Miller's Wife: A Tale.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The sun just over the hills was peeping
- Page No:
- pp.28-31
- Poem Title:
- The Lure: A Tale.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ae day a clock wad brag a dial
- Page No:
- pp.31-32
- Poem Title:
- The Clock and Dial.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A nymph with ilka beauty graced
- Page No:
- pp.32-33
- Poem Title:
- The Lovely Lass and the Mirror.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Anes Jove by ae great act of grace
- Page No:
- pp.33-34
- Poem Title:
- Jupiter's Lottery.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Phoenix the first the Arabian lord
- Page No:
- pp.34-36
- Poem Title:
- The Phoenix and Owl.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Short syne there was a wretched miser
- Page No:
- pp.36-38
- Poem Title:
- The Miser and Minos.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The ape and leopard beasts for show
- Page No:
- pp.38-39
- Poem Title:
- The Ape and the Leopard.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Upon a time a solemn ass
- Page No:
- pp.39-40
- Poem Title:
- The Ass and Brock.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The lion and the tiger maintained
- Page No:
- pp.40-41
- Poem Title:
- The Fox and Rat.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A pensy ant right trig and clean
- Page No:
- pp.41-43
- Poem Title:
- The Caterpillar and the Ant.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Twa cats anes on a cheese did light
- Page No:
- pp.43-44
- Poem Title:
- The twa Cats and the Cheese.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Twa travellers as they were a walking
- Page No:
- pp.44-45
- Poem Title:
- The Cameleon.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Beneath a tree ae shining day
- Page No:
- pp.45-47
- Poem Title:
- The twa Lizards.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The gods coost out as story gaes
- Page No:
- pp.47-50
- Poem Title:
- Mercury in Quest of Peace.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Fed by a living spring a rill
- Page No:
- p.50
- Poem Title:
- The Spring and the Syke.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- At market anes I watna how
- Page No:
- p.51
- Poem Title:
- The Daft Bargain. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In borrows-town there was a fair
- Page No:
- pp.51-52
- Poem Title:
- The twa Cut-Purses. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Robert the good by a' the swains revered
- Page No:
- pp.52-56
- Poem Title:
- Robert, Richy and Sandy: A Pastoral on the Death of Matthew Prior, Esq.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When welcome rain the weary reapers drove
- Page No:
- pp.57-59
- Poem Title:
- Harvest; or the Bahsful [sic] Shepherd. A Pastoral. In the Cumberland Dialect.
- Attribution:
- By J. Ralph
- Attributed To:
- Josiah Relph
- First Line:
- Stop passenger until my life you read
- Page No:
- pp.59-60
- Poem Title:
- The Epitaph of Margaret Scott, Duchess of Buccleugh, who died in the Town of Dalkeith, Feb. 9, 1738.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- He that is down needs fear no fall
- Page No:
- p.60
- Poem Title:
- [No title].
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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