A collection of poems in six volumes. By several hands. [Vol 3] [T144724] [DUODECIMO]

DMI number:

1631

Publication Date:

1775

Volume Number:

3 of 6

ESTC number:

T144724

EEBO/ECCO link:

N/A

Shelfmark:

BL 11613.de.4

Full Title:

A | COLLECTION | OF | POEMS | IN SIX VOLUMES. | BY | SEVERAL HANDS. | [ornament] | LONDON: | Printed for J. DODSLEY, in PALL-MALL. | M DCC LXXV.

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Miscellaneous collection

Format:

Duodecimo

Bibliographic details:

HALF-TITLE: [ornamental rule] | A | COLLECTION of POEMS. | VOL. III. | [ornamental rule] BINDING: Gatherings C and L have been badly misbound. For the purposes of this record, the correct order has been reconstructed.

Comments:

PAGINATION: [2], [1]-52, 57-60, 53-56, 65-68, 61-64, 69-244, 249-252, 245-248, 257-260, 253-256, 261-335, [1] PLATES: p.286 (unsigned).

Other matter:

BACK MATTER: Index, p.333-335.

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1775

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T144724

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4 of 6

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1775

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A collection of poems in six volumes. By several hands. [Vol 6] [T144724] [DUODECIMO]

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1775

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T144724

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6 of 6

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Editor:

Robert Dodsley

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Comments:

Publisher:

James Dodsley

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Content/Publication

First Line:

Thou who shalt stop where Thames' translucent wave

Page No:

pp.[1]-2

Poem Title:

On A Grotto near the Thames, at Twickenham, Composed of Marbles, Spars, and Minerals.

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Hail ever pleasing solitude

Page No:

pp.2-3

Poem Title:

Hymn on Solitude.

Attribution:

By the late James Thomson, Esq; Author of the Seasons.

Attributed To:

James Thomson

First Line:

Ethereal race inhabitants of air

Page No:

pp.4-5

Poem Title:

An Ode on Aeolus's Harp.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. Thomson]

Attributed To:

James Thomson

First Line:

By Rufus' hall where Thames polluted flows

Page No:

pp.5-6

Poem Title:

On the Report of a Wooden Bridge to be built at Westminster.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. Thomson]

Attributed To:

James Thomson

First Line:

Now had the son of Jove mature attained

Page No:

pp.6-16

Poem Title:

The Choice of Hercules. A Poem.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Briton the thunder of the wrath divine

Page No:

pp.17-21

Poem Title:

An Ode To The People of Great Britain. In Imitation of the Sixth Ode of the Third Book of Horace. Written in 1746.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Where early Phoebus sheds his milder beams

Page No:

pp.21-38

Poem Title:

Psyche: Or, The Great Metamorphosis. A Poem, written in Imitation of Spenser.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hail liberty whose presence glads the abode

Page No:

pp.39-52

Poem Title:

Jovi Eleutherio. Or, An Offering to Liberty.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

From horrid mountains ever hid in snow

Page No:

pp.53-55

Poem Title:

An Epistle From A Swiss Officer to his Friend at Rome.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

What sir a month and not one line afford

Page No:

pp.56-58

Poem Title:

Life burthensome, because we know not how to use it. An Epistle.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Few people know it yet dear sir tis true

Page No:

pp.58-61

Poem Title:

The Duty of Employing one's Self. An Epistle.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

No single rule's more frequently enjoined

Page No:

pp.61-64

Poem Title:

On Scribling against Genius. An Epistle.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The mimic's ductile features claim my lays

Page No:

pp.65-68

Poem Title:

The Mimic.

Attribution:

By the Rev. Mr. Pitt.

Attributed To:

Christopher Pitt

First Line:

When flourished with their state the Athenian name

Page No:

pp.68-82

Poem Title:

An Epistle from Florence. To T. A. Esq; Tutor to the Earl of P--. Written in the Year 1740.

Attribution:

By the Honourable ----.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Desponding artist talk no more

Page No:

pp.82-88

Poem Title:

The Beauties. An Epistle to Mr. Eckhardt the Painter.

Attribution:

By the Same. [preceding poem unattributed]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Britons once more in annual joy we meet

Page No:

pp.88-90

Poem Title:

Epilogue to Tamerlane. On the Suppression of the Rebellion. Spoken by Mrs. Pritchard, in the Character of the Comic Muse, Nov. 4, 1756.

Attribution:

By the Same. [preceding poem unattributed]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ye green-robed Dryads oft at dusky eve

Page No:

pp.91-100

Poem Title:

The Enthusiast: Or The Lover of Nature. A Poem... Written in 1740.

Attribution:

By the Rev. Mr. Joseph Warton.

Attributed To:

Joseph Warton

First Line:

O parent of each lovely muse

Page No:

pp.100-105

Poem Title:

Ode to Fancy.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. Warton]

Attributed To:

Joseph Warton

First Line:

Hail genial sun I feel thy powerful ray

Page No:

pp.106-107

Poem Title:

Stanzas written on taking the Air after a long Illness.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. Warton]

Attributed To:

Joseph Warton

First Line:

Twere well my friend for human kind

Page No:

pp.107-110

Poem Title:

The Two Beavers. A Fable.

Attribution:

By the Rev. Mr. Duck.

Attributed To:

Stephen Duck

First Line:

Farewell aspiring thoughts no more

Page No:

pp.110-111

Poem Title:

Contentment.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. Duck]

Attributed To:

Stephen Duck

First Line:

Ah me is all our pleasure mixed with woe

Page No:

pp.112-116

Poem Title:

The Education of Achilles.

Attribution:

By Mr. Bedingfield.

Attributed To:

Robert Bedingfield

First Line:

In days my lord when mother time

Page No:

pp.117-123

Poem Title:

An Epistle from S. J. Esq; in the Country, to the Right Hon. the Lord Lovelace in Town. Written in the Year 1735.

Attribution:

from S. J. Esq;

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whilst you dear maid over thousands born to reign

Page No:

pp.124-127

Poem Title:

To a Lady in Town, soon after her leaving the Country.

Attribution:

By the same [i.e., S. J. Esq]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The tuneful throng was ever beauty's care

Page No:

pp.127-129

Poem Title:

To the Right Hon. the Lady Margaret Cavendish Harley, presented with a Collection of Poems.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e., S. J. Esq]

Attributed To:

Soame Jenyns

First Line:

Too plain dear youth these tell-tale eyes

Page No:

pp.129-130

Poem Title:

Chloe to Strephon. A Song.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. S. J. Esq;]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

These trophies Stanhope of the lovely dame

Page No:

p.130

Poem Title:

To the Right Honourable the Earl of Chesterfield, on his being installed Knight of the Garter.

Attribution:

By the Same [ie. S.J.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

With gifts like these the spoils of neighbouring shores

Page No:

pp.131-133

Poem Title:

To a Lady, sent with a Present of Shells and Stones designed for Grotto.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e., S. J. Esq]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whilst well-wrote lines our wondering eyes command

Page No:

pp.133-134

Poem Title:

To a Lady, in answer to a Letter wrote in a very fine Hand.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e., S. J. Esq]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In the smooth dance to move with graceful mien

Page No:

pp.135-155

Poem Title:

The Art of Dancing. A Poem. Inscribed to the Right Hon. the Lady Fanny Fielding. Written in the Year 1730.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. S. J. Esq]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Just broke from school pert impudent and raw

Page No:

pp.155-159

Poem Title:

The Modern Fine Gentleman. Written in the Year 1746.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. S. J. Esq;]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Skilled in each art that can adorn the fair

Page No:

pp.159-163

Poem Title:

The Modern Fine Lady.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thou whom nor honours wealth nor youth can spoil

Page No:

pp.163-170

Poem Title:

An Essay on Virtue. To the Honourable Philip Yorke, Esq; By the Same.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e., S. J. Esq]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thou whom to counsel is to praise

Page No:

pp.170-174

Poem Title:

The Female Drum: Or, The Origin of Cards. A Tale. Address'd to the Honourable Miss Carpenter.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thou dearest youth who taught me first to know

Page No:

pp.174-176

Poem Title:

To Mr. Fox, written at Florence. In mitation of Horace, Ode IV. Book 2.

Attribution:

By the Late Lord H----y.

Attributed To:

John Hervey

First Line:

Whilst in the fortunes of the gay and great

Page No:

pp.177-184

Poem Title:

To the Same. From Hampton-Court, 1731.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e., By the late Lord H----y]

Attributed To:

John Hervey

First Line:

If ever in thy sight I found favour Apollo

Page No:

pp.184-186

Poem Title:

The Poet's Prayer.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When the heart aches with anguish pines with grief

Page No:

pp.186-188

Poem Title:

An Epistle to a Lady.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As genius virtue reputation

Page No:

pp.189-191

Poem Title:

Genius, Virtue, and Reputation. A Fable. From Mons. De La Motte. Book V. Fable 6.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A grove there was by nature made

Page No:

pp.191-194

Poem Title:

Marriage A-La-Mode: Or, The Two Sparrows. A Fable. From Mons. De La Motte, Book IV. Fable 21.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Who by retirement to these sacred groves

Page No:

pp.194-195

Poem Title:

An inscription ... O YE.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The solitary bird of night

Page No:

pp.195-199

Poem Title:

Ode to Wisdom.

Attribution:

By a Lady.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In plaintive sounds that tuned to woe

Page No:

pp.199-200

Poem Title:

To a Gentleman, On his Intending to cut down a Grove to enlarge his Prospect.

Attribution:

By the Same [i.e. a Lady].

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Offspring of folly and of noise

Page No:

pp.201-211

Poem Title:

The Estimate of Life, In Three Parts. A Poem:

Attribution:

By John Gilbert Cooper, Esq;

Attributed To:

John Gilbert Cooper

First Line:

Happy the babe whose natal hour

Page No:

pp.212-216

Poem Title:

The Pleasure of Poetry. An Ode.

Attribution:

By Mr. Vansittart.

Attributed To:

Robert Vansittart

First Line:

When tuneful Orpheus strove by moving strains

Page No:

pp.217-218

Poem Title:

The Power of Poetry.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In this small work all nature's wonders see

Page No:

pp.219-220

Poem Title:

To a Young Lady, with Fontenelle's Plurality of Worlds.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If truth can fix thy wavering heart

Page No:

pp.220-221

Poem Title:

Song. To Sylvia.

Attribution:

By D. G.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

O thou whose artless free born genius charms

Page No:

pp.221-222

Poem Title:

To the Author of the Farmers Letters, which were written in Ireland in the Year of the Rebellion, by Henry Brooke, Esq; 1745.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. D. G.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

While here the poet paints the charms

Page No:

p.222

Poem Title:

Verses written in a Book, called, Fables for the Female Sex.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. D. G.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Arachne once as poets tell

Page No:

p.223

Poem Title:

Upon a Lady's Embroidery.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. D. G.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Untouched by love unmoved by wit

Page No:

p.223

Poem Title:

Verses written in Sylvia's Prior.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. D. G.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As doctor -- musing sate

Page No:

p.224

Poem Title:

Death and the Doctor. Occasioned by a Physician's lampooning a Friend of the Author.

Attribution:

By the Same [i.e. D. G.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The goddesses of wit and love

Page No:

p.225

Poem Title:

On the Right Side.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. D. G.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Though here my body lies interred

Page No:

p.226

Poem Title:

On the Left Side.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. D. G.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The court was met the prisoner brought

Page No:

pp.227-239

Poem Title:

The Trial of Selim the Persian, For divers High Crimes and Misdemeanours.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Deep in a forest's shadowy seat

Page No:

pp.239-249

Poem Title:

The Trophy: Being Six Cantatas To the Honour of his Royal Hgness the Duke of Cumberland; Expressing the just Sense of a grateful Nation [...] Set to Music by Dr. Greene. 1746.

Attribution:

By ----

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A myrtle flourished mongst the flowers

Page No:

pp.249-252

Poem Title:

The Marriage of the Myrtle and the Ewe. A Fable. To Delia, about to marry beneath herself. 1744.

Attribution:

By the Same. [preceding poem unattributed]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Bold was the irreligious hand

Page No:

pp.252-253

Poem Title:

On a Bay-Leaf, pluck'd from Virgil's Tomb near Naples. 1736.

Attribution:

By the Same. [preceding poem unattributed]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The minutes the hours the days and the years

Page No:

pp.254-255

Poem Title:

To Chloe. Written on my Birth-Day, 1734.

Attribution:

By the Same. [preceding poem unattributed]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To silent groves where weeping yew

Page No:

pp.255-257

Poem Title:

A Song... Set to Music by Dr. Greene.

Attribution:

By the Same. [preceding poem unattributed]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Yes yes my friend disguise it as you will

Page No:

pp.258-264

Poem Title:

Fashion: A Satire.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Nature and fortune blithe and gay

Page No:

pp.265-266

Poem Title:

Nature and Fortune. To the Earl of Chesterfield.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Stanhope has gained one branch of fame

Page No:

p.267

Poem Title:

The Exception.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Can ease be consistent with state

Page No:

p.268

Poem Title:

To the Earl of Chesterfield.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Yes all my lord usurp fair honour's fame

Page No:

pp.269-281

Poem Title:

Honour. A Poem... Inscribed to the Right Hon. the Lord Visc. Lonsdale.

Attribution:

By the Rev. Dr. Brown.

Attributed To:

John Brown

First Line:

Ye green haired nymphs whom Pan allows

Page No:

pp.281-284

Poem Title:

Ode to a Water-Nymph.

Attribution:

By Mr. Mason.

Attributed To:

William Mason

First Line:

Sorrowing I catch the reed and call the muse

Page No:

pp.287-298

Poem Title:

Musaeus: A Monody To The Memory of Mr. Pope. In Imitation of Milton's Lycidas.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. Mason]

Attributed To:

William Mason

First Line:

Fate gave the word the cruel arrow sped

Page No:

pp.299-323

Poem Title:

An Essay on Satire.

Attribution:

By John Brown, D. D.

Attributed To:

John Brown

First Line:

In measured time | So heaven has willed together with their snows

Page No:

pp.323-329

Poem Title:

A Character of Mr. Pope's Writings. Being An Episode from Poem call'd Sickness, Book II.

Attribution:

By the Rev. Mr. Thompson.

Attributed To:

William Thompson

First Line:

When dark oblivion in her sable cloak

Page No:

pp.330-331

Poem Title:

The Cave of Pope. A Prophecy.

Attribution:

By R-- D--.

Attributed To:

Not attributed