The Christian poet. A miscellany of divine poems, all written by the late Mr. Secretary Addison, &c. [ESTC T99282]
- DMI number:
- 691
- Publication Date:
- 1728
- ESTC number:
- T99282
- Shelfmark:
- BOD Vet. A4 e. 432
- Full Title:
- THE | CHRISTIAN POET. | A | MISCELLANY | OF | [i]Divine POEMS[/i], | All written by the late | Mr. Secretary ADDISON, [i]&c. | VIZ.[/i] | [2 columns] [column 1] I. On the RESURRECTION. | II. On the WORKS of the | CREATION. | III. On the MERCIES of | GOD. | IV. A HYMN composed in | his Sickness. [/column 1] [column 2] V. A THANKSGIVING for | Deliverances from [i]Imminent | Dangers.[/i] | VI. For RESIGNATION to | the [i]Divine Will.[/i] | With MEMOIRS of Mr. | [i]Addison[/i]'s Life and Writings. [/column 2] | [rule] | [epigraph] | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for E. CURLL in the [i]Strand.[/i] | M.DCC.XX.VIII. (Price 4 [i]s.[/i])
- Epigraph:
- [i]All that[/i] WE [i]know of[/i] THOSE [i]Above, | Is, that They[i] SING, [i]and that They[/i] LOVE. | WALLER.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Collection of religious verse, Made-up miscellany, and Miscellany dominated by poet
- Format:
- Octavo
- Pagination:
- [1-5] 6-24, 1-16 [4] 1-60, 1-32, [i-iii] iv-viii [1]-80, [1]-16
- Bibliographic details:
- Case notes that contents of individual copies of this made-up miscellany vary widely; contents and order of BOD copy differ from Yale copy listed in Case, esp. in that BOD but not Yale miscellany includes E. Curll's 1732 miscellany, 'Poems. By William Bowman, M.A. Vicar of Dewsbury in Yorkshire' pp.1-80. Separate title page p.[i]: POEMS. | [rule] | [i]By[/i] WILLIAM BOWMAN, M.A. | [i]VICAR of[/i] Dewsbury [i]in[/i] Yorkshire. | [rule] | [i]Men' moveat cimex Pantilius? aut crucier, quod | Vellicet absentem Demetrius? aut quod ineptus | Fannius Hermogenis laedat conviva Tigelli? | Plotius, & Varius, Mecaenas, Virgiliusque, | Valgius, & probet haec Octavius optimus, atque | Fuscus; & haec utinam Viscorum laudet uterque.[/i] | HOR. [i]Sat.[/i] x. | [rule] | The SECOND EDITION Corrected. | [rule] | [ornament] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for E. CURLL, in [i]Burleigh-Street[/i] in the | [i]Strand.[/i] 1732. Price 1 s. [i]6 d.[/i] Followed by preface 'To the Reader' pp. [iii]-viii.
- Comments:
- PLATES: Plate facing title page, plate facing title page of attached miscellany 'Christus Patiens' CONTENTS: pp.1-32 (fourth section of miscellany) consist of 'Memoirs of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq;' which includes verse excerpts from Addison's 'A Letter from Italy, To the Right Honourable Charles Lord Hallifax' pp.5-6; 'The Campaign Poem, To His Grace the Duke of Marlborough' p.8; and 'To Sir Godfrey Kneller, On His Picture of the King' pp.25-27. Miscellany with Bowman's Poems contains Latin verse pp.77-80.
- Other matter:
- BACK MATTER: Publisher's booklist pp.1-16.
- References:
- Case 348
- Title:
- The Altar of Love [ESTC N16438]
- Publication Date:
- 1731
- ESTC No:
- N16438
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- The Altar of Love: [Harding C 105] [N16438]
- Publication Date:
- 1731
- ESTC No:
- N16438
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- Edmund Curll
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- The pencil's glowing lines and vast command
- Page No:
- p.5-12
- Poem Title:
- The Resurrection, A Poem.
- Attribution:
- N. Amhurst (Preface)
- Attributed To:
- Nicholas Amhurst
- First Line:
- The spacious firmament on high
- Page No:
- p.12-13
- Poem Title:
- On the Works of the Creation.
- Attribution:
- Mr. Secretary Addison (title page)
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Addison
- First Line:
- When all thy mercies O my God
- Page No:
- p.14-16
- Poem Title:
- On the Mercies of God.
- Attribution:
- Mr. Secretary Addison (title page)
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Addison
- First Line:
- When rising from the bed of death
- Page No:
- p.17-18
- Poem Title:
- A Hymn composed in Sickness.
- Attribution:
- Mr. Secretary Addison (title page)
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Addison
- First Line:
- How are thy servants blessed O lord
- Page No:
- p.18-20
- Poem Title:
- A Thanksgiving for Deliverances from Imminent Dangers.
- Attribution:
- Mr. Secretary Addison (title page)
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Addison
- First Line:
- The lord my pasture shall prepare
- Page No:
- p.21-22
- Poem Title:
- For Resignation to the Divine Will.
- Attribution:
- Mr. Secretary Addison (title page)
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Addison
- First Line:
- In that blessed day from every part the just
- Page No:
- p.23-24
- Poem Title:
- On the Knowledge of our Friends in Heaven.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Rowe.
- Attributed To:
- Nicholas Rowe
- First Line:
- Adieu ye toyish reeds that once could please
- Page No:
- p.1-16
- Poem Title:
- The Last Epiphany. A Pindarick Ode.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Warwick to whom is due alone
- Page No:
- p.13-15
- Poem Title:
- [No title]
- Attribution:
- by Mr. Tickell
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- Let others swell their mercenary lays
- Page No:
- p.1-60
- Poem Title:
- The Sufferings of Christ. An Heroic Poem.
- Attribution:
- By Mr Beckingham (title page)
- Attributed To:
- Charles Beckingham
- First Line:
- Ah me what means these tumults in my breast
- Page No:
- p.18-25
- Poem Title:
- The Lover.
- Attribution:
- By William Bowman, M.A. (title page)
- Attributed To:
- William Bowman
- First Line:
- Alas no drug no medicine ever was found
- Page No:
- p.61-66
- Poem Title:
- A Pastoral in Imitation of Virgil's Alexis.
- Attribution:
- By William Bowman, M.A. (title page)
- Attributed To:
- William Bowman
- First Line:
- Hail dreary shades hail melancholy gloom
- Page No:
- pp.26-56
- Poem Title:
- Night. In Imitation of Milton.
- Attribution:
- By William Bowman, M.A. (title page)
- Attributed To:
- William Bowman
- First Line:
- Illustrious Townshend born of noble blood
- Page No:
- p.56-58
- Poem Title:
- Horace, Ode I. Book I. Imitated.
- Attribution:
- By William Bowman, M.A. (title page)
- Attributed To:
- William Bowman
- First Line:
- Phoebus what does thy poet ask
- Page No:
- pp.59-61
- Poem Title:
- Horace, Ode 31. Book 1.
- Attribution:
- By William Bowman, M.A. (title page)
- Attributed To:
- William Bowman
- First Line:
- Shall Cooper's Hill in lofty numbers rise
- Page No:
- p.1-17
- Poem Title:
- Jesus Grove. Inscrib'd to a Lady.
- Attribution:
- By William Bowman, M.A. (title page)
- Attributed To:
- William Bowman
- First Line:
- Assist me gentle god of love
- Page No:
- p.66-67
- Poem Title:
- A Love Song.
- Attribution:
- By William Bowman, M.A. (title page)
- Attributed To:
- William Bowman
- First Line:
- Cursed be the time I left my peaceful gloom
- Page No:
- pp.70-73
- Poem Title:
- Part of the Third Chapter of Job Paraphrased.
- Attribution:
- By William Bowman, M.A. (title page)
- Attributed To:
- William Bowman
- First Line:
- Has not the Lord a stated time decreed
- Page No:
- p.74-76
- Poem Title:
- Part of the 7th Chapter of Job Paraphrased. An Imitation of Milton's Stile.
- Attribution:
- By William Bowman, M.A. (title page)
- Attributed To:
- William Bowman
- First Line:
- To Heaven I will direct my pious prayers
- Page No:
- p.67-70
- Poem Title:
- The 77th Psalm Paraphrased.
- Attribution:
- By William Bowman, M.A. (title page)
- Attributed To:
- William Bowman
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