The Caledonian Miscellany ... By Allan Ramsay; and other eminent Northern Bards. 2nd ed. [T62598]
- DMI number:
- 630
- Publication Date:
- 1762
- ESTC number:
- T62598
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW113415538
- Shelfmark:
- BL 1078.f.29
- Full Title:
- THE | [red]Caledonian Miscellany.[/red] | CONSISTING OF | SELECT [i]and much[/i] APPROV'D | [red]PASTORALS,[/red] | CHOICE | FABLES [i]and[/i] TALES, | WITH OTHER | [red]OCCASIONAL POEMS.[/red] | By ALLAN RAMSAY; and other eminent | Northern Bards. | [i]NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE:[/i] | Printed for THOMAS SLACK, 1762.
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle
- Genres:
- Miscellany associated with group of poets
- Format:
- Duodecimo
- Pagination:
- [4], [1]-59, [1] (p.9 is mispaginated '6').
- Bibliographic details:
- FORMAT: Duodecimo in sixes.
- Comments:
- 'Advertisement' by 'The Editor' claims that the miscellany meets taste for poetry 'in the North-British Dialect', and that several of the poems have previously appeared 'in the Works of one of the most eminent Northern Bards' (Ramsay). Omits the last 2 poems in the 1740(?) edition (including a poem critical of the Act of Union). The prose 'Adventures of a Farthing', present in 1st ed., is also omitted.
- Other matter:
- PREFATORY: Contents (1p.); Advertisement signed by the editor (1p.). BACK MATTER: List of works recently published (1p.).
- Title:
- The Caledonian Miscellany ... By Allan Ramsay; and other eminent Northern Bards [ECCO] [T64190]
- Publication Date:
- 1740
- ESTC No:
- T64190
- Volume:
- None
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- Thomas Slack
- 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 am I 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.6-11 [i.e. pp.9-11]
- Poem Title:
- Richy and Sandy, a Pastoral on the Death of Joseph 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 Bashful Shepherd. A Pastoral. In the Cumberland Dialect.
- Attribution:
- By J. Ralph
- Attributed To:
- Josiah Relph
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