The Comic Miscellany. Vol. II. [ESTC N51175]

DMI number:

1629

Publication Date:

1756

Volume Number:

2 of 2

ESTC number:

N51175

Shelfmark:

Folger PR1101.C7 Cage v.2

Full Title:

THE | COMIC MISCELLANY, | CONTAINING, | [2 columns] [column 1] I. A Select COLLECTION | of only the best ENG- | LISH and SCOTCH | SONGS, with the | Names of the Au- | thors prefixed to | many of them. | II. Humourous and di- | verting TALES, in | Verse. | [/column 1] | [column 2] III. The most pointed | EPIGRAMS.| IV. EPITAPHS, serious | and ludicrous. | V. RIDDLES. | VI. BONS MOTS; or | the most celebrated | JESTS, and other | short Pieces of [i]Wit[/i] | and [i] Humour[/i]. [/column 2] VOL. II. | [ornament] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for M. COOPER, at the [i] Globe [/i] in [i] Pater-Noster Row [/i]. | [rule] | M. DCC. LVI.

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Collection of comic verse

Format:

Duodecimo

Bibliographic details:

Folger copy has book plate "I. Baker Holroyd Esq. | Sheffield Place Sussex" Couplet written on inside back cover of Folger copy: "The winning air, the wanton Trip, | The radiant Eye, the velvet Lip." -GS [from poem 6575]

Comments:

p. 1: Heading "Tales, &c." p. 121: Heading "Epigrams." p. 193. Heading "Epitaphs." and epigraph (poem id 13487) p. 224. Heading "Riddles." p. 255 Heading "Jests" followed by prose. Latin verse on pp. 187, 195, 196, 202, 203, 205, 207, 208, French verse on p. 214. Prose on pp. 195, 200, 203, 204, 213, 243, 244, 252, 255-318. Duplicate poems: - poem id 13740 appears twice in this miscellany: on p. 163 and p. 194. - poem id 24173 appears twice in this miscellany: on p. 209 and p. 213 Near-duplicate poems: - poem id 13514 appears on p. 174 and poem 19595 appears on p. 193. - poem id 24131 appears on p. 198 and poem id 24159 appears on p. 205

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Title:

The Comic Miscellany. Vol. I. [ESTC N51175]

Publication Date:

1756

ESTC No:

N51175

Volume:

1 of 2

Relationship:

Volume from the same edition

Comments:

Related People

Publisher:

Mary Cooper

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

BBTI

Content/Publication

First Line:

Hence loathed melancholy

Page No:

pp.1-5

Poem Title:

L'Allegro, or Mirth.

Attribution:

By Milton.

Attributed To:

John Milton

First Line:

O the great happiness which shepherds have

Page No:

pp.5-6

Poem Title:

The Happy Shepherd.

Attribution:

From Spenser's Fairy Queen.

Attributed To:

Edmund Spenser

First Line:

In every town where Thamis rolls his tide

Page No:

pp.7-8

Poem Title:

The Alley. In Imitation of Spenser.

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Happy the man who void of cares and strife

Page No:

pp.8-12

Poem Title:

The Splendid Shilling. In Imitation of Milton.

Attribution:

By Mr. John Philips.

Attributed To:

John Philips

First Line:

Ingenious L-- were a picture drawn

Page No:

pp.12-27

Poem Title:

The Art of Cookery. In Imitation of Horace's Art of Poetry.

Attribution:

By Dr. King.

Attributed To:

William King

First Line:

If Bellvill can his generous soul confine

Page No:

pp.28-29

Poem Title:

In Imitation of Horace's Invitation of Torquatus to Supper. Which is the Fifth Epistle to his First Book.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. Dr. King]

Attributed To:

William King

First Line:

Young Slouch the farmer had a jolly wife

Page No:

pp.29-31

Poem Title:

The Old Cheese.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e., Dr. King]

Attributed To:

William King

First Line:

Two neighbours Clod and Jolt would married be

Page No:

pp.31-32

Poem Title:

The Skillet.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. Dr. King]

Attributed To:

William King

First Line:

Tom Banks by native industry was taught

Page No:

pp.32-33

Poem Title:

The Fisherman.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. Dr. King]

Attributed To:

William King

First Line:

From London Paul the carrier coming down

Page No:

pp.33-34

Poem Title:

Little Mouths.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. Dr. King]

Attributed To:

William King

First Line:

There was a lad the unluckiest of his crew

Page No:

pp.34-35

Poem Title:

Hold Fast Below.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. Dr. King]

Attributed To:

William King

First Line:

A virtuoso had a mind to see

Page No:

pp.35-37

Poem Title:

The Incurious.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. Dr. King]

Attributed To:

William King

First Line:

The shepherd Paris bore the Spartan bride

Page No:

pp.37-39

Poem Title:

Daphnis and Chloe. A Pastoral.

Attribution:

By Mr. Dryden.

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Interred beneath this marble stone

Page No:

pp.40-41

Poem Title:

Sauntring Jack and Idle Joan.

Attribution:

By Mr Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Nell scolded in so loud a din

Page No:

pp.41-43

Poem Title:

A Quiet Life and a Good Name. To a Friend who married a Shrew.

Attribution:

By Dr. Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

The sceptics think 'twas long ago

Page No:

pp.43-47

Poem Title:

The Ladle, or the Triple Wish.

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

This commoner has worth and parts

Page No:

p.47

Poem Title:

Moral.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Corinna pride of Drury Lane

Page No:

pp.47-49

Poem Title:

A beautiful young Nymph going to Bed.

Attribution:

By Dr. Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

Beauty's a gaudy sign no more

Page No:

pp.50-51

Poem Title:

The Curious Maid.

Attribution:

By Hildebrand Jacob, Esq;

Attributed To:

Hildebrand Jacob

First Line:

Hans Carvel impotent and old

Page No:

pp.51-55

Poem Title:

Hans Carvel's Ring, or a Charm against Cuckoldom. A Tale. From La Fontaine.

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

It so befell a silly swain

Page No:

pp.55-56

Poem Title:

Phyllis; or the Progress of Love.

Attribution:

By Dr. Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

Desponding Phyllis was endued

Page No:

pp.56-59

Poem Title:

Phyllis; or the Progress of Love.

Attribution:

By Dr. Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

Beyond the fixed and settled rules

Page No:

pp.59-63

Poem Title:

Paulo Purganti and his Wife. A Tale.

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Of Chloe all the town has rung

Page No:

pp.63-71

Poem Title:

Strephon and Chloe. A Tale.

Attribution:

By Dr. Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

From public noise and factious strife

Page No:

pp.72-73

Poem Title:

To a Young Gentleman in Love. A Tale.

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Whilst men have these ambitious fancies

Page No:

p.73

Poem Title:

Moral.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

In Britain's isle and Arthur's days

Page No:

pp.74-79

Poem Title:

A Fairy Tale, in the antient English Style.

Attribution:

By Dr. Parnell.

Attributed To:

Thomas Parnell

First Line:

A monkey to reform the times

Page No:

pp.79-81

Poem Title:

The Monkey who had seen the World. A Fable.

Attribution:

By Mr. Gay.

Attributed To:

John Gay

First Line:

My meaning will be best unravelled

Page No:

pp.81-82

Poem Title:

Tim and the Fables.

Attribution:

By Dr Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

Parson tis false I'll never believe

Page No:

pp.82-83

Poem Title:

Frugal Advice to a Chaplain. Familiarized in the Manner of Dr. Swift.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In days my lord when mother time

Page No:

pp.83-88

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

At dead of night when rapt in sleep

Page No:

pp.84-85

Poem Title:

Song 121. Power of Love.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Twere well my friend for human kind

Page No:

pp.88-90

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.90-91

Poem Title:

Contentment.

Attribution:

[By the Same.]

Attributed To:

Stephen Duck

First Line:

Wisely O C- enjoy the present hour

Page No:

pp.91-92

Poem Title:

Sonnet.

Attribution:

By Mr. E---.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Nature and fortune blithe and gay

Page No:

pp.92-93

Poem Title:

Nature and Fortune. To the Earl of Chesterfield.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A rap at the door when forth from her chair

Page No:

pp.93-94

Poem Title:

A Modern Visit.

Attribution:

By S---me J--ny--ns, Esq;

Attributed To:

Soame Jenyns

First Line:

When the loud waves in mountains rise

Page No:

pp.94-95

Poem Title:

A Simile.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whenever I wive young Strephon cried

Page No:

pp.95-96

Poem Title:

The Spell.

Attribution:

By Geo. Stepney, Esq;

Attributed To:

George Stepney

First Line:

Blessed he that with a mighty hand

Page No:

pp.96-97

Poem Title:

On Content.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Let that majestic pen that writes

Page No:

pp.97-116

Poem Title:

The Counter Scuffle.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

O mother chave been a batchelour

Page No:

pp.116-118

Poem Title:

The West Country Batchelor's Complaint.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

What is this bugbear death that's worth our care

Page No:

p.118

Poem Title:

Sonnet. On Death.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

His angle rod made of a sturdy oak

Page No:

p.119

Poem Title:

Upon a Giant's Angling.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When the chill Charokoe blows

Page No:

p.119

Poem Title:

In Praise of Ale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Why will Delia thus retire

Page No:

p.120

Poem Title:

Receipt to cure the Vapours.

Attribution:

Written by Lady J---N.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Cried Strephon panting in Cosmelia's arms

Page No:

p.121

Poem Title:

III. The Rapture.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thou swearest thou'lt drink no more kind heaven send

Page No:

p.121

Poem Title:

II.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Chloe's picture was to Venus shown

Page No:

pp.121-122

Poem Title:

IV. Venus mistaken.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ancient Phyllis has young graces

Page No:

p.121

Poem Title:

I.

Attribution:

By Mr. Congreve, in the Double Dealer.

Attributed To:

William Congreve

First Line:

Anchises Paris and Adonis too

Page No:

p.122

Poem Title:

Spoken by Venus on seeing her Statue done by Praxyteles.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Miss for court service is quickly prepared

Page No:

p.122

Poem Title:

VII.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Very nicely thou layest on thy colours dear Nan

Page No:

p.122

Poem Title:

VIII.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Phyllis confessed her the father was rash

Page No:

p.122

Poem Title:

VI.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

But ancient poets thou admirest none

Page No:

p.123

Poem Title:

XII.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Seven times a day the just men sin

Page No:

p.123

Poem Title:

IX.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The Cyprian queen drawn by Apelles' hand

Page No:

p.123

Poem Title:

XI. To Sir Godfrey Kneller, drawing the Lady Hide's Picture.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Lupus has wrought hard all day

Page No:

p.123

Poem Title:

X.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

How blessed a life how short its date

Page No:

p.124

Poem Title:

XVII. On the Death of Mrs. B---s.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

M---- though he must abstain from meat

Page No:

p.124

Poem Title:

XV.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The expense in perfumes is a most vain sin

Page No:

p.124

Poem Title:

XVI.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thy eyes and eyebrows I could spare

Page No:

p.124

Poem Title:

XIII.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Says Richard to Joe thou art a very sad dog

Page No:

p.124

Poem Title:

XIV.

Attribution:

By Mr. Concanan.

Attributed To:

Matthew Concanen

First Line:

Hail happy bride for thou art truly blessed

Page No:

p.125

Poem Title:

XVIII. On the same Occasion. [i.e. the Death of Mrs. B---s.]

Attribution:

Written extempore by the Lady M. W. M.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

That all from Adam first begun

Page No:

p.125

Poem Title:

XIX. The Old Gentry.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

How ill the motion with the music suits

Page No:

p.125

Poem Title:

XX. Upon a Company of bad Dancers to good Musick.

Attribution:

By Ambrose Philips, Esq;

Attributed To:

Ambrose Philips

First Line:

Offspring of a tuneful sire

Page No:

p.126

Poem Title:

XXIV. To the Dutchess of Beaufort.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Old Orpheus played so well he moved old Nick

Page No:

p.126

Poem Title:

XXI. To a bad Fiddler.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whilst you are deaf to love you may

Page No:

p.126

Poem Title:

XXIII. In a Lady's Prayer-Book.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Flavia the least and slightest toy

Page No:

p.126

Poem Title:

XXII. Written in the Leaves of a Fan,

Attribution:

by Dr. Atterbury, late Bishop of Rochester.

Attributed To:

Francis Atterbury

First Line:

I owe says Metius much to Colon's care

Page No:

p.127

Poem Title:

XXVI.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

She first departed he for one day tried

Page No:

p.127

Poem Title:

XXX. On a Gentleman who died the Day after his Lady.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Sometimes to sense sometimes to nonsense leaning

Page No:

p.127

Poem Title:

XXVII. A Character.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thou art soft to touch charming to hear unseen

Page No:

p.127

Poem Title:

XXV.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Lesbia first I saw so heavenly fair

Page No:

p.127

Poem Title:

XXIX.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To John I owed great obligation

Page No:

p.127

Poem Title:

XXVIII.

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Baker and poet swell thy glorious name

Page No:

p.128

Poem Title:

XXXIV.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Chloe a coquet in her prime

Page No:

p.128

Poem Title:

XXXII. On the Marriage of an Old Maid.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I hate and yet I love thee too

Page No:

p.128

Poem Title:

XXXI.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Indulgent nature to each kind bestows

Page No:

p.128

Poem Title:

XXXIII. On the Bursar of St. John's College, Oxon, cutting down a fine Row of Trees.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Bright as the day and as the morning fair

Page No:

p.129

Poem Title:

XXXVI.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

By a Ravenna vintner once betrayed

Page No:

p.129

Poem Title:

XXXV. From Martial.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If beauteous Kitty boasts a charm

Page No:

p.129

Poem Title:

XXXVII.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Three poets in three distant ages born

Page No:

p.129

Poem Title:

XXXVIII. On Milton.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Among the fair that Hide Park Circus grace

Page No:

p.130

Poem Title:

XLIII.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Mendax 'tis said thou art such a liar grown

Page No:

p.130

Poem Title:

XLI.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Of two reliefs to ease a lovesick mind

Page No:

p.130

Poem Title:

XL.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

That speech surpasses force is no new whim

Page No:

p.130

Poem Title:

XXXIX. Lingua potentior armis.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ten months after Florimel happened to wed

Page No:

p.130

Poem Title:

XLII.

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

All nature's charms in Sunderland appear

Page No:

p.131

Poem Title:

XLVI. On Lady Sunderland.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Man and money a mutual friendship show

Page No:

p.131

Poem Title:

XLV.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Nature in pity has denied you shape

Page No:

p.131

Poem Title:

XLVII.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Paulus the famous quack renowned afar

Page No:

p.131

Poem Title:

XLVIII.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

You say you'll spend a thousand pound

Page No:

p.131

Poem Title:

XLIV. To a Fool going to travel.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Nature's chief gifts unequally are carved

Page No:

p.132

Poem Title:

LI.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Paula thou fain would'st marry me

Page No:

p.132

Poem Title:

LII.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

She's bent like a ninepence and would have been broken

Page No:

p.132

Poem Title:

XLIX. On a crooked, cross-grain'd Woman.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Those envious flakes came down in haste

Page No:

p.132

Poem Title:

L. On some Snow that melted on a Lady's Breast.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ye sons of verse transmit to fame

Page No:

p.132

Poem Title:

LIII. Upon a Lady, who finding her Pocket wet, pretended she had broke her Hartshorn Bottle in it.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Fair as the blushing grape she stands

Page No:

p.133

Poem Title:

LIV. On Mrs. Dashwood.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Seven wealthy towns contend for Homer dead

Page No:

p.133

Poem Title:

LVI. A Cure for Poetry.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Cornus proclaims aloud his wife's a whore

Page No:

p.133

Poem Title:

LVII.

Attribution:

By William Walsh, Esq;

Attributed To:

William Walsh

First Line:

Whilst maudlin whigs deplore their Cato's fate

Page No:

p.133

Poem Title:

LV. On a Lady who shed her Water at seeing the Tragedy of Cato.

Attribution:

By Nich. Rowe, Esq;

Attributed To:

Nicholas Rowe

First Line:

In church the prayer book and the fan displayed

Page No:

p.134

Poem Title:

LVIII.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thais her teeth are black and nought

Page No:

p.134

Poem Title:

LX.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ovid is the surest guide

Page No:

p.134

Poem Title:

LIX. Written in the blank Leaf of an Ovid.

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Phyllis the fairest of love's foes

Page No:

p.134

Poem Title:

LXI.

Attribution:

By the Earl of Dorset.

Attributed To:

Charles Sackville

First Line:

Could our first father at his toilsome plough

Page No:

p.135

Poem Title:

LXII. Adam pos'd.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tomorrow you will live you always cry

Page No:

p.135

Poem Title:

LXIV.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thy nags the leanest things alive

Page No:

p.135

Poem Title:

LXIII.

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Tell me Sileno why you fill

Page No:

p.136

Poem Title:

LXV. To a Jealous Husband.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Chloe new married looks at men no more

Page No:

p.136

Poem Title:

LXVI.

Attribution:

By William Walsh, Esq;

Attributed To:

William Walsh

First Line:

From her own native France as old Alison past

Page No:

p.136

Poem Title:

LXVII.

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

When Cupid did his grandsire Jove intreat

Page No:

p.137

Poem Title:

LXIX. On Mrs. Biddy Floyd.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Thomas calls his wife his half

Page No:

p.137

Poem Title:

LXVIII.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Vain the concern which you express

Page No:

pp.137-138

Poem Title:

LXX. To the Duke de Noailles.

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Ridway robbed Duncote of three hundred pound

Page No:

p.138

Poem Title:

LXXII. On a Robbery.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Who says that Giles and Joan at discord be

Page No:

p.138

Poem Title:

LXXI. On Giles and Joan.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Had she but lived in Cleopatra's age

Page No:

p.139

Poem Title:

LXXIII. On the Dutchess of Portsmouth's Picture.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

On his deathbed poor Lubin lies

Page No:

p.139

Poem Title:

LXXIV.

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

What a frail thing is beauty says baron le Cras

Page No:

p.139

Poem Title:

LXXV.

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Charinus 'twas my hap of late

Page No:

p.140

Poem Title:

LXXVI. To Charinus, an ugly Woman's Husband.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

That artful speck upon her face

Page No:

p.140

Poem Title:

LXXVII. Upon a Patch on a Lady's Face.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Great Bacchus born in thunder and in fire

Page No:

p.140

Poem Title:

LXXVIII. From the Greek.

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Argyle his praise when Southerne wrote

Page No:

p.141

Poem Title:

LXXIX. In Behalf of Mr. Southerne. To the Duke of Argyle.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Chloe brisk and gay appears

Page No:

p.141

Poem Title:

LXXX.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Loveless married lady Jenny

Page No:

p.141

Poem Title:

LXXXI.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Blessed be the princes who have fought

Page No:

p.142

Poem Title:

LXXXV.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

He who great Jove's artillery aped so well

Page No:

p.142

Poem Title:

LXXXII. To a Painter, drawing a Lady's Picture.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Your mistress that you follow whores still taxeth you

Page No:

p.142

Poem Title:

LXXXIII. A Self-Accuser.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Frank carves very ill yet will palm all the meats

Page No:

p.142

Poem Title:

LXXXIV.

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Mind but thy preaching T-- translate no further

Page No:

p.143

Poem Title:

LXXXIX. Advice to a late Translator of Virgil.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Oh what bosom but must yield

Page No:

p.143

Poem Title:

LXXXVII. To a Sempstress.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Go said old Lyce senseless lover go

Page No:

p.143

Poem Title:

LXXXVI.

Attribution:

By William Walsh, Esq;

Attributed To:

William Walsh

First Line:

When all the blandishments of life are gone

Page No:

p.143

Poem Title:

LXXXVIII. On Suicide. From Martial.

Attribution:

By Mr. Sewell.

Attributed To:

George Sewell

First Line:

Before her husband Lesbia calls me names

Page No:

p.144

Poem Title:

XCII.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Saturn and Sol and Luna chaste

Page No:

pp.144-145

Poem Title:

XCIII. De Die Martis & Die Veneris.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

So bright is thy beauty so charming thy song

Page No:

p.144

Poem Title:

XCI. On a handsome Woman with a fine Voice, but very covetous and proud.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Sylvia methinks you are unfit

Page No:

p.144

Poem Title:

XC.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Come Meg be quick and make the bed

Page No:

p.145

Poem Title:

XCIV.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Love is begot by fancy bred

Page No:

p.145

Poem Title:

XCVI.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The lofty arch his high ambition shows

Page No:

p.145

Poem Title:

XCV. On a high Arch, built over a small Stream by a certain Nobleman.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Lie Philo untouched on my peaceable shelf

Page No:

pp.145-146

Poem Title:

XCVII. To a Person who wrote ill, and spake worse against the Author.

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Coscus thou sayest my epigrams are long

Page No:

p.146

Poem Title:

C.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Leave off thy paint perfumes and youthful dress

Page No:

p.146

Poem Title:

XCIX.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Tadloe walks the streets the paviors cry

Page No:

p.146

Poem Title:

XCVIII.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

George came to the crown without striking a blow

Page No:

p.146

Poem Title:

CI.

Attribution:

By Ambrose Philips, Esq.

Attributed To:

Ambrose Philips

First Line:

Here lives a man who by relation

Page No:

p.147

Poem Title:

CIII. Written over a Gate.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In marriage are two happy things allowed

Page No:

p.147

Poem Title:

CII. Apology for Wedlock.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

How much are they deceived who vainly strive

Page No:

p.147

Poem Title:

CIV. Love and Jealousy.

Attribution:

By William Walsh, Esq.

Attributed To:

William Walsh

First Line:

How old may Phyllis be you ask

Page No:

p.148

Poem Title:

CVI. Phyllis's Age.

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

While faster than his costive brain indites

Page No:

p.148

Poem Title:

CV. Cacoethes Scribendi.

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

When Gammar Gurton first I knew

Page No:

p.149

Poem Title:

CIX. Martial, Lib. I. Epig. 20.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Your homely face Flippanta you disguise

Page No:

p.149

Poem Title:

CVIII. On a very homely Lady, that patch'd much.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thraso picks quarrels when he's drunk at night

Page No:

p.149

Poem Title:

CVII.

Attribution:

By William Walsh, Esq.

Attributed To:

William Walsh

First Line:

Whilst in the dark on thy soft hand I hung

Page No:

p.150

Poem Title:

CXII.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Rich Gripe does all his thoughts and cunning bend

Page No:

p.150

Poem Title:

CXI.

Attribution:

By William Walsh, Esq;

Attributed To:

William Walsh

First Line:

With what strange raptures would my soul be blessed

Page No:

p.150

Poem Title:

CX. Written in a Lady's Table Book.

Attribution:

By William Walsh, Esq;

Attributed To:

William Walsh

First Line:

This vain thing set up for a man

Page No:

p.151

Poem Title:

CXVII. Under the Picture of a Beau.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thou speakest always ill of me

Page No:

p.151

Poem Title:

CXIV.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Who can hide fire if it be uncovered light

Page No:

p.151

Poem Title:

CXIII. Love unconcealable.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Why do they say the goddess Fortune's blind

Page No:

p.151

Poem Title:

CXVI.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Women to cards may be compared we play

Page No:

p.151

Poem Title:

CXV.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Chloe's the wonder of her sex

Page No:

p.152

Poem Title:

CXIX.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Cosmelia's charms inspire my lays

Page No:

pp.152-153

Poem Title:

CXX. On an antient Lady, who painted.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thou saidst that I alone thy heart could move

Page No:

p.152

Poem Title:

CXVIII. To his false Mistress.

Attribution:

By William Walsh, Esq;

Attributed To:

William Walsh

First Line:

Half of your book is to an index grown

Page No:

p.153

Poem Title:

CXXIII. On a certain Writer.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

My love and I for kisses played

Page No:

p.153

Poem Title:

CXXIV.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

You ask dear Will what we disdain

Page No:

p.153

Poem Title:

CXXII. Mart. Epig. 58. Lib. I.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

You oft Corinna ask me if you're fair

Page No:

p.153

Poem Title:

CXXI. Imitated from Buchanan.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Nokes went he thought to Styles's wife to bed

Page No:

p.154

Poem Title:

CXXV. A Case to the Civilians.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

O rare Ben Jonson what a turncoat grown

Page No:

p.154

Poem Title:

CXXVIII. On Ben. Johnson's Bust, lately set up in Westminster-Abbey, with the Buttons on the wrong Side.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Susanna's fate with pity we behold

Page No:

p.154

Poem Title:

CXXVII. On the Picture of Susanna.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Pontius wished an edict might be passed

Page No:

p.154

Poem Title:

CXXVI.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Cornutus called his wife both whore and slut

Page No:

p.155

Poem Title:

CXXXIII.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

No cause nor client fat will Cheverill lease

Page No:

p.155

Poem Title:

CXXXII. On Cheverill the Lawyer.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Prithee is not Miss Chloe's a comical case

Page No:

p.155

Poem Title:

CXXX.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The golden hair that Galla wears

Page No:

p.155

Poem Title:

CXXIX.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To raise a lady's expectations high

Page No:

p.155

Poem Title:

CXXXI. On the Expulsion of a Member of the House of Commons, for an Attempt to bribe a Member of a Secret Committee.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A man of Wales betwixt St David's day and Easter

Page No:

p.156

Poem Title:

CXXXV. On a Welshman.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Chloe loves only me she vows

Page No:

p.156

Poem Title:

CXXVI.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Lightfingered Catch to keep his hands in ure

Page No:

p.156

Poem Title:

CXXXIV. Upon one stealing a Pound of Candles.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Did Celia's person and her mind agree

Page No:

p.157

Poem Title:

CXXXIX.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Now shame pursue my meddling sight

Page No:

pp.157-158

Poem Title:

CXL. On hearing an ugly Woman sing.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To love to live just the same meaning bear

Page No:

p.157

Poem Title:

CXXXVIII. For Love.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To love to perish the same meaning have

Page No:

p.157

Poem Title:

CXXXVIII. Against Love.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A Welshman coming late into an inn

Page No:

p.158

Poem Title:

CXLI. On a Welshman.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

M--l a poet why thou art merry

Page No:

p.158

Poem Title:

CXLII. On a bad Poet.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

What Crispulus is that in a new gown

Page No:

p.158

Poem Title:

CXLIII. On Coracine.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A bachelor would have a wife that's wise

Page No:

p.159

Poem Title:

CXLVI. In uxorem optatam.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A jealous merchant that a sailor met

Page No:

p.159

Poem Title:

CXLV. Tunc tua res agitur.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Since thou wouldst needs bewitched with some ill charms

Page No:

p.159

Poem Title:

CXLIV. To one marry'd to an old Man.

Attribution:

By Mr. Waller.

Attributed To:

Edmund Waller

First Line:

A justice walking over the frozen Thames

Page No:

p.160

Poem Title:

CXLVIII. In stolidum.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Let Rufus weep rejoice stand sit or walk

Page No:

p.160

Poem Title:

CXLVII. Martial. Lib. I. Epig. 69.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Chloe I confess my pain

Page No:

pp.160-161

Poem Title:

CL. The Cure of Love.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Yes every poet is a fool

Page No:

p.160

Poem Title:

CXLIX.

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

If death must come as oft as breath departs

Page No:

p.161

Poem Title:

CLII. Death made easy.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When I revolve this evanescent state

Page No:

p.161

Poem Title:

CLI. Written by a Gentleman, looking at himself in a Glass.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A chapel of the riding house is made

Page No:

p.161

Poem Title:

CLIII. On a Riding-house turn'd into a Chapel.

Attribution:

By Mr. Farquhar.

Attributed To:

George Farquhar

First Line:

Fair Ursly in a merry mood

Page No:

pp.162-163

Poem Title:

CLVI.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Olivia's gay but looks devout

Page No:

p.162

Poem Title:

CLV. The Pious Hypocrite.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I am unable yonder beggar cries

Page No:

p.162

Poem Title:

CLIV. A lame Beggar.

Attribution:

By Dr. Donne.

Attributed To:

John Donne

First Line:

Pox on it says time to Thomas Hearne

Page No:

p.163

Poem Title:

CLVIII. On Mr. Hearne, the great Antiquary.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As Chloe came into the room the other day

Page No:

p.163

Poem Title:

CLVII. A Lover's Anger.

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

My heart is proud your chains to wear

Page No:

p.164

Poem Title:

CLXI. To a Lady of Pleasure.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The lady who this resolution took

Page No:

p.164

Poem Title:

CLIX. A Lady wrote upon a Window some Verses, intimating her Design of never marrying; a Gentleman wrote these Lines underneath.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thou hast been wanton therefore it is meet

Page No:

p.164

Poem Title:

CLX. To his Quill.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

So sets the sun veiled with the shades of night

Page No:

p.165

Poem Title:

CLXII. On a Lady sleeping with her Face cover'd.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Some say that signior Bononcini

Page No:

p.165

Poem Title:

CLXIII. The Musical Contest.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whilst thirst of praise and vain desire of fame

Page No:

p.165

Poem Title:

CLXIV. The Lady's Resolve.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I sing the boy who gagged and bound

Page No:

p.166

Poem Title:

CLXVI. On a dumb Boy, very beautiful, and of great Quickness of Parts.

Attribution:

Written by a Lady.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whilst pretty fellows think a woman's fame

Page No:

p.166

Poem Title:

CLXV. The Gentleman's Answer.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Talk Strephon no more of what's honest or just

Page No:

p.167

Poem Title:

CLXVIII.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Are the guests of this house still doomed to be cheated

Page No:

p.167

Poem Title:

CLXVII. Written on the Window of the Deanery-House of St. Patrick in Dublin.

Attribution:

By Dr. Delany.

Attributed To:

Patrick Delany

First Line:

How shall I shake off cold despair

Page No:

p.168

Poem Title:

CLXIX. A Lover's Resolution.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Let Jove no more his Hebe boast

Page No:

p.168

Poem Title:

CLXX. Written at Brigadier S---'s over a Bowl of Punch, where Jupiter and Hebe are painted on the Ceiling.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To walk a mile a friend to see

Page No:

p.168

Poem Title:

CLXXI. Martial, Lib. 2. Epig. 5.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Cinna cries out I am not worth a groat

Page No:

p.169

Poem Title:

CLXXIII. Martial, Lib. 8. Epig. 19.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Varus invited me to sup of late

Page No:

p.169

Poem Title:

CLXXII. Martial, Lib. 4. Epig. 78.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whilst Butler needy wretch was still alive

Page No:

p.169

Poem Title:

CLXXIV. On setting up Mr. Butler's Monument in Westminster-Abbey.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

How capricious were nature and art to poor Nell

Page No:

p.169

Poem Title:

CLXXV.

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Accept a miracle instead of wit

Page No:

p.170

Poem Title:

CLXXVI. Written on a Glass by a Gentleman, who borrow'd the Earl of Chesterfield's Diamond-Pencil.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Belinda has such wondrous charms

Page No:

p.170

Poem Title:

CLXXVIII. On a famous Toast.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

We men have many faults

Page No:

p.170

Poem Title:

CLXXIX.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In a dark corner of the house

Page No:

p.170

Poem Title:

CLXXVII. The Loss.

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

John Dryden enemies had three

Page No:

p.171

Poem Title:

CLXXXI.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thou wilt fight if any man call Phoebe whore

Page No:

p.171

Poem Title:

CLXXX.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Fair Susan did her wif-hede well menteine

Page No:

p.171

Poem Title:

CLXXXII. In Chaucer's Style.

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Proud with the spoils of royal cully

Page No:

p.171

Poem Title:

CLXXXIII. On the Countess of Dorchester.

Attribution:

By the Earl of Dorset.

Attributed To:

Charles Sackville

First Line:

If youth and beauty fade my dear

Page No:

p.172

Poem Title:

CLXXXV.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tis a strange thing to think on

Page No:

p.172

Poem Title:

CLXXXIV. Written over a Bishop's Door.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Democritus dear droll revisit earth

Page No:

p.172

Poem Title:

CLXXXVI.

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Helen was just slipped into bed

Page No:

p.173

Poem Title:

CLXXXVIII. On the same. [i.e. The Eye-Brow]

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Her eyebrow box one morning lost

Page No:

p.173

Poem Title:

CLXXXVII. The Eye-Brow.

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Godolphin's easy and unpractised air

Page No:

p.174

Poem Title:

CXCII. On the Lady Harriot Godolphin.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I dreamed that buried in my fellow clay

Page No:

p.174

Poem Title:

CXCI.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Married 'tis well a mighty blessing

Page No:

p.174

Poem Title:

CXC. On a hasty Marriage.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The bravest hero and the brightest dame

Page No:

p.174

Poem Title:

CLXXXIX. On Lady Essex, who was a Dutch Woman.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A certain priest had hoarded up

Page No:

p.175

Poem Title:

CXCIII. The Robber robb'd.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Israel's daughters mourned their past offences

Page No:

p.175

Poem Title:

CXCIV.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Poor little pretty fluttering thing

Page No:

pp.175-176

Poem Title:

CXCV. The Emperor Adrian's Verses, to his Soul, imitated.

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Thy verses are eternal oh my friend

Page No:

p.176

Poem Title:

CXCVII. On a certain Poet.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

No no for my virginity

Page No:

p.176

Poem Title:

CXCVI. A True Maid.

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Venus take my votive glass

Page No:

p.176

Poem Title:

CXCVIII.* The Lady's Offering of her Looking Glass to Venus.

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

An opera like a pillory may be said

Page No:

p.177

Poem Title:

CCII.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If it be true celestial powers

Page No:

p.177

Poem Title:

CCI. The Lady's Wish.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Nigrelio leads a married life

Page No:

p.177

Poem Title:

CC. On Mr. Cornelius Marten, (a contented Cuckold.)

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Philemon with translations so doth fill us

Page No:

p.177

Poem Title:

CXCIX. On the Translation of Suetonius by Dr. Philemon Holland, who had translated several Authors.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Cowards fear to die but courage stout

Page No:

p.178

Poem Title:

CCV. Written by Sir Walter Raleigh, on the Snuff of a Candle, the Night before his Execution.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Cries Sylvia to a reverend dean

Page No:

p.178

Poem Title:

CCIV.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Jack eating rotten cheese did say

Page No:

p.178

Poem Title:

CCIII.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Physic each morn is T--t's care

Page No:

p.178

Poem Title:

CCVI.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To madness Swift bequeaths his whole estate

Page No:

p.178

Poem Title:

CCVII. On Dean Swift's building and endowing an Hospital for Lunaticks.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I've lost my mistress horse and wife

Page No:

p.179

Poem Title:

CCVIII. On Sir Marmaduke Wyvill's receiving three Letters by the same Post, advising of the Death of his Mistress, his Wife, and his Horse.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

One Prior and is this all the fame

Page No:

p.179

Poem Title:

CCIX. On reading the Words, One Prior, in Bishop Burnet's History of his own Time.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thou art fair we know it and maid 'tis true

Page No:

p.179

Poem Title:

CCXI.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

You beat your pate and fancy wit will come

Page No:

p.179

Poem Title:

CCX.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To curb ambition parsons preach

Page No:

p.180

Poem Title:

CCXIII.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If evils come not then our fears are vain

Page No:

p.180

Poem Title:

CCXV.

Attribution:

From Sir Thomas More.

Attributed To:

Sir Thomas More

First Line:

Circles are praised not that abound

Page No:

p.180

Poem Title:

CCXIV.

Attribution:

By Mr. Waller.

Attributed To:

Edmund Waller

First Line:

Dorinda's sparkling wit and eyes

Page No:

p.180

Poem Title:

CCXII.

Attribution:

By the Earl of Dorset.

Attributed To:

Charles Sackville

First Line:

In all thy humours whether grave or mellow

Page No:

p.181

Poem Title:

CCXX.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Kisses are prologues which forerun

Page No:

p.181

Poem Title:

CCXVII.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Treason does never prosper what's the reason

Page No:

p.181

Poem Title:

XXCVIII.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Deaf giddy helpless left alone

Page No:

p.181

Poem Title:

Dean Swift on his own Deafness.

Attribution:

Dean Swift

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

Of the body in the bread

Page No:

p.181

Poem Title:

CCXVI. Erasmus' Excuse to Sir Thomas More for detaining his Horse.

Attribution:

Erasmus

Attributed To:

Desiderius Erasmus

First Line:

A bawd a bawd where is this scoundrel poet

Page No:

pp.182-183

Poem Title:

CCXXIV. On a Quarrel between Mr. Fielding and Mrs. Clive, on his intending her the Part of a Bawd, in his Play called the Wedding-Day.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A haughty courtier meeting in the streets

Page No:

p.182

Poem Title:

CCXXI.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

From flower to flower with eager pains

Page No:

p.182

Poem Title:

CCXXII. On a Bee, stifled in Honey.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Who seeks to please all men each way

Page No:

p.182

Poem Title:

CCXXIII.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As nature H----y's clay was blending

Page No:

p.183

Poem Title:

CCXXVIII. The Pin.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Dear Pope though you have I have not the temerity

Page No:

p.183

Poem Title:

CCXXVI. In Answer to the Foregoing.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Don't boast prithee Cibber so much of thy state

Page No:

p.183

Poem Title:

CCXXVII. The Buffoon.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Quoth Cibber to Pope though in verse you foreclose

Page No:

p.183

Poem Title:

CCXXV. On Cibber's Declaration that he would have the last Word with Mr. Pope.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In Flavia's eyes is every grace

Page No:

p.184

Poem Title:

CCXXXI. On Miss Eleanor Ambrose, a celebrated Beauty in Dublin.

Attribution:

By the E--l of C--st--r--d.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Never dare draw me without reason shown

Page No:

p.184

Poem Title:

CCXXIX. Motto for a Sword.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Says W-k-n to C-tt-n I thought my lord G--r

Page No:

p.184

Poem Title:

CCXXX.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Flavia's a name a deal too free

Page No:

p.185

Poem Title:

CXXXII. Answer.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thanks for this miracle for it is no less

Page No:

p.185

Poem Title:

CCXXXIII. Grace after Meat; spoken extempore by a Gentleman at the Table of a Miser, who, once in his Life, made a sumptuous Entertainment.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whoever with curious eye has ranged

Page No:

pp.185-186

Poem Title:

CCXXXIV. The Monkies. To our modern Beaux.

Attribution:

By Mr. M--rr--k.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Dan's evil genius in a trice

Page No:

p.186

Poem Title:

CCXXXV.

Attribution:

By Dr. Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

When you with high dutch heeren dine

Page No:

p.187

Poem Title:

CCXXXIX. Upon this Passage in Scaligeriana:

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Lesbia forever on me rails

Page No:

p.187

Poem Title:

CCXXXVIII.

Attribution:

By Dr. Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

When fair Susannah in a cool retreat

Page No:

p.188

Poem Title:

CCXLI. Susannah, and the Two Elders.

Attribution:

By Mr. Cobb.

Attributed To:

Samuel Cobb

First Line:

Pope Quin who damns all churches but his own

Page No:

p.188

Poem Title:

CCXL. On Quin's comparing Garrick to Whitfield, and saying, the People that were madding after him, would return to the old Church, meaning himself.

Attribution:

By Mr. G---ck.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

Famed stream by whose retentive force we're taught

Page No:

p.189

Poem Title:

CCXLIV. On a silly talkative Lady, at the Hot Well at Bristol.

Attribution:

By the Hon. T. H--y, Esq;

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Poor when in youth now worn with feeble age

Page No:

p.189

Poem Title:

CCXLII. Translated from Buchanan. Beginning Pauper eram Juvenis, &c.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When you before an image kneeling down

Page No:

p.189

Poem Title:

CCXLIII. On a Papist's praying to the Statue of a Saint.

Attribution:

From Buchanan.

Attributed To:

George Buchanan

First Line:

One prompt physician like a sculler plies

Page No:

p.190

Poem Title:

CCXLV. The Advantage of having two Physicians.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

My very good lord tis a very hard task

Page No:

p.190

Poem Title:

CCXLVI. Dean Swift being sent for by the Lord Carteret, then Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and being made to wait in the Council-Chamber alone, wrote with a Diamond on the Window,

Attribution:

Dean Swift

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

Under this hedge in stormy weather

Page No:

p.190

Poem Title:

CCXLVII. A Marriage Certificate.

Attribution:

By Dean Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

My very good dean there's few who come here

Page No:

p.190

Poem Title:

My Lord coming soon after into the Room, wrote under it thus:

Attribution:

My Lord [i.e. Carteret]

Attributed To:

John Carteret

First Line:

Hence ye deluding subtle painted foes

Page No:

p.191

Poem Title:

CCL. On Cards.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Oh cried Arsenia long in wedlock blessed

Page No:

p.191

Poem Title:

CCXLVIII. Woman's Resolution.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The hermit's solace in his cell

Page No:

p.191

Poem Title:

CCXLIX. What is Thought?

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Quite worn to the stumps in a piteous condition

Page No:

p.192

Poem Title:

The Petition of Justice Bodens's Horse, to his Grace the Duke of Newcastle.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A pleasing subject first with care provide

Page No:

p.192

Poem Title:

CCLII. A Receipt to make an Epigram.

Attribution:

By Lord Hervey.

Attributed To:

John Hervey

First Line:

A monster in a course of vice grown old

Page No:

p.193

Poem Title:

Post funcra virtus.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I dreamed that buried in my fellow clay

Page No:

p.193

Poem Title:

1. On a Nobleman's Tombstone at Woodford-Wells.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here old John Randal lies

Page No:

p.194

Poem Title:

7. From a Tomb-Stone in Warwickshire.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Johnnie Carnegie lies here

Page No:

p.194

Poem Title:

6. From a Tomb-Stone in Scotland.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Take heed o good traveller and do not tread hard

Page No:

p.194

Poem Title:

3. On a large fat Physician.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Courtiers and heralds by your leave

Page No:

p.194

Poem Title:

5. Prior's. By himself.

Attribution:

By himself. [i.e. Prior.]

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Here lies our sovereign lord the king

Page No:

p.194

Poem Title:

2. On King Charles II.

Attribution:

By Lord Rochester.

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Beneath in the dust

Page No:

p.195

Poem Title:

8. On Nell Bachelor, the Pye-Woman at Oxford.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies R C believe it who can

Page No:

p.195

Poem Title:

Thus Translated [i.e. preceding Latin prose "10. In Rippon Church-Yard"]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

My sledge and hammer both declined

Page No:

p.195

Poem Title:

11. On a Black Smith.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Who killed Kildare who dared Kildare to kill

Page No:

p.195

Poem Title:

9. On the Earl of Kildare.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lie I must

Page No:

p.196

Poem Title:

15. In Wells Church-Yard.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies in a dyke

Page No:

p.196

Poem Title:

Translated thus [i.e. preceding Latin verse, "14. On Richard Dyke, a Grave-digger."]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here ligs mess Andrew Gray

Page No:

pp.196-197

Poem Title:

16. In Glasgow Church-Yard, in Scotland.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Musician and physician eke

Page No:

p.196

Poem Title:

Thus English'd [i.e. Latin verse preceding, "12. On John Langton."]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies John Duke of Marlborough

Page No:

p.196

Poem Title:

13. When the late Dutchess of Marlborough offered a considerable Reward to him that should write the best Epitaph on the Duke; Dr. Evans of Oxford, by Way of Humour, sent her the following Lines.

Attribution:

Dr. Evans

Attributed To:

Abel Evans

First Line:

Come let us rejoice merry boys at his fall

Page No:

p.197

Poem Title:

18. On the Parson of the Parish.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

God works wonders now and then

Page No:

p.197

Poem Title:

23.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies Anne Carter

Page No:

p.197

Poem Title:

19. On a Collar-maker's Wife.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies John Pye

Page No:

p.197

Poem Title:

22.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies the body of Sir John Guise

Page No:

p.197

Poem Title:

17.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies the wife of Master Ford

Page No:

p.197

Poem Title:

21.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Old time and Stephen now are even

Page No:

p.197

Poem Title:

20. On Stephen, the Fidler.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies father Sparges

Page No:

p.198

Poem Title:

27. On a Miser.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies John Trott by trade a bum

Page No:

p.198

Poem Title:

29. On a Bailiff.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies old Thomas Freeman

Page No:

p.198

Poem Title:

On one deaf and blind.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies Randolph Peter

Page No:

p.198

Poem Title:

24. On Peter Randolph.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies the body of Thomas Small

Page No:

p.198

Poem Title:

26.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies the collier Jenkin Dashes

Page No:

p.198

Poem Title:

30.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Lie heavy on him earth for he

Page No:

p.198

Poem Title:

25. On Sir John Vanburgh.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ten in the hundred lies here ingraved

Page No:

p.198

Poem Title:

28. Another.

Attribution:

By Shakespear.

Attributed To:

William Shakespeare

First Line:

Death throws me here beneath this stone

Page No:

p.199

Poem Title:

On Sir Tho. Parkins, the great Wrestler.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here Cornlay lies in cold clay clad

Page No:

p.199

Poem Title:

37.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies Dr Evans

Page No:

p.199

Poem Title:

32.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies John Brown a man of few words

Page No:

p.199

Poem Title:

38.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies my wife and there let her lie

Page No:

p.199

Poem Title:

34.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The lord saw good

Page No:

p.199

Poem Title:

33.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

O reader if thou canst read

Page No:

p.199

Poem Title:

35. On P. P. the famous Parish Clerk.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To the memory of Signior Fido

Page No:

p.200

Poem Title:

In Stow Gardens.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

This grave o grief hath swallowed up with wide and open mouth

Page No:

pp.201-202

Poem Title:

1. On Richard Brooke.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Beneath this steane lies our dear child

Page No:

p.202

Poem Title:

3. In a Church-Yard in Wiltshire.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Famed father Adams learned to high degree

Page No:

p.202

Poem Title:

Which was thus translated by an English Gentleman. [i.e. preceding Latin verse "5. In St. Caecilia's Church at Rome."]

Attribution:

By an English Gentleman.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies a piece of christ a star in dust

Page No:

p.202

Poem Title:

2. On Anne Green, a Quaker, in Ramsbury.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Under this stone lies here

Page No:

p.202

Poem Title:

4.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Alas no more I could survive

Page No:

p.203

Poem Title:

8.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

He died of a quinsy

Page No:

p.203

Poem Title:

7. On a Dr. of Divinity at Binsy near Oxford.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lie three knights grandfather father and son

Page No:

p.203

Poem Title:

9.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies Catherine Anne and Mary Riggs

Page No:

p.203

Poem Title:

Thus English'd [i.e. preceding Latin verse "6. In a Church-Yard in Bedfordshire."]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hic jacet Tom Shorthose sine tomb sine sheets sine riches

Page No:

p.203

Poem Title:

11. In St. Alban's Church-Yard.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

This was a man who labouring hard did break his neck in twain

Page No:

p.203

Poem Title:

Thus translated. [i.e. preceding Latin verse, "10."]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As the earth the earth doth cover

Page No:

p.204

Poem Title:

14. On Captain Thomas Stone. At St. Mary's, Rotherhithe.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lieth Humphrey Gosling of London vintner

Page No:

p.204

Poem Title:

15. At St. John Baptist's, at Westminster.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lieth Walter Garden come out of the west

Page No:

p.204

Poem Title:

Ibid. [i.e. At St. John Baptist's, at Westminster.]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here the earthly part of William Benson lies

Page No:

p.204

Poem Title:

On Mr. Benson, a Linen-Draper. At St. Olave's.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whoever treadeth on this stone

Page No:

p.204

Poem Title:

18. At St. Dunstan's, Stepney.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies the body of Daniel Saul

Page No:

p.205

Poem Title:

Ibid. [i.e. At St. Dunstan's, Stepney.]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lieth Catherine Pettyman

Page No:

p.205

Poem Title:

22. In St. Bennet's Sherehog.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Jesu that suffered bitter passion and pain

Page No:

pp.205-206

Poem Title:

24. In All-hallows the Less, Thames-Street.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

My father and mother and I died all in one year

Page No:

p.205

Poem Title:

At Heddington.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Our Holt alas has stint his hold

Page No:

p.205

Poem Title:

23. On Christopher Holt. (All-hallows Staining, Mark-Lane.)

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Sickness and death shook hands and vowed to kill

Page No:

p.206

Poem Title:

On Sir Thomas Fleetwood, in Lewkner Church, 1625.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Underneath here

Page No:

p.206

Poem Title:

27.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

With diligence and trust most exemplary

Page No:

p.206

Poem Title:

26.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies out little baby Nancy

Page No:

p.207

Poem Title:

Translated thus. [i.e. preceding Latin verse "29. H.S.E."

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here Thomas Saffin lies interred ah why

Page No:

p.207

Poem Title:

28. At St. Dunstan's, Stepney.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

His painful skillful travels reached as far

Page No:

p.207

Poem Title:

30. On Mr. Martin Pringe, Merchant. At St. Stephen's, Bristol.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies the body of John a Treen

Page No:

p.208

Poem Title:

31.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

What we have been and what we are

Page No:

p.208

Poem Title:

Paraphras'd in English [i.e. preceding Latin verse "32."]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

William Newbury lies here still

Page No:

p.208

Poem Title:

Thus English'd [i.e. preceding Latin verse "33. On a Drawer at the Bell at Edmonton, who lost his Life by taking too much Pilla Cochia, administer'd by the Cook-Maid."

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies honest William Dawe

Page No:

p.209

Poem Title:

35.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies old Hare

Page No:

pp.209-210

Poem Title:

37. On Joseph Hare, a Sexton.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lieth wrapped in clay

Page No:

p.209

Poem Title:

34. At St. Michael's, Crooked-lane.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I John Bell of Crakehill lies under this stein

Page No:

p.209

Poem Title:

36. In Topliff Church-Yard in Yorkshire.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies a horse beneath this stone

Page No:

pp.210-211

Poem Title:

38. On a Stumbling Horse.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The goddesses of wit and love

Page No:

p.212

Poem Title:

On the Right Side.

Attribution:

By D---d G---k, Esq.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Though here my body lies interred

Page No:

pp.212-213

Poem Title:

On the Left Side.

Attribution:

By D--d G---k, Esq.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies a round woman who thought mighty odd

Page No:

p.213

Poem Title:

41. (Of By-Words.)

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Alderman Jones locked up in a box

Page No:

p.214

Poem Title:

44. On Alderman Jones.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies a proof that wit can never be

Page No:

p.214

Poem Title:

45. On Mrs. Apharra Bhen.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies the son here lies the mother

Page No:

p.214

Poem Title:

In English thus: [translation of preceding French verse "47. In a Church-Yard at Marle in France."]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Of Carthage great I was a stone

Page No:

p.214

Poem Title:

43. On a Stone in the Wall of Stepney Church.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

What I gave I have

Page No:

p.214

Poem Title:

46. On Thomas Ravenscroft.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Farewell vain world I've known enough of thee

Page No:

p.215

Poem Title:

51. On a Person unknown.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies a reverend Givan priest

Page No:

p.215

Poem Title:

48. On John Pettigrew, Minister at Givan near Glasgow, Scotland.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lieth one was born and cried

Page No:

p.215

Poem Title:

49. On a Person unknown.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Jesus Christ both god and man

Page No:

p.215

Poem Title:

50. On Sir ---- Jernagan.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Under this stone lies William Prynne

Page No:

pp.215-216

Poem Title:

52. On Mr. William Prynne,

Attribution:

by Mr. Samuel Butler.

Attributed To:

Samuel Butler

First Line:

Behold in me the life of man

Page No:

p.216

Poem Title:

53. On Mr. Richard Middleton, who died at 18 Years of Age.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies my poor wife without bed or blanket

Page No:

p.216

Poem Title:

55. On a Person unknown.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies the lord have mercy on her

Page No:

p.216

Poem Title:

57. On a Person unknown.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lieth Thomas Brown

Page No:

p.216

Poem Title:

56. On Thomas Brown, at Newport in Bucks.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Live to die for die you must

Page No:

p.216

Poem Title:

58. On Thomas Hearne, in St. Andrew's, London.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Under this stone

Page No:

p.216

Poem Title:

54. On Mr. John Knapton, at Norwich.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Grass smoke a flower a vapour shade a span

Page No:

p.217

Poem Title:

59. On Francis Breton, in St. Pancras.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies Tom Hicks's body

Page No:

p.217

Poem Title:

61. On Tom Hicks, in Coventry, Warwickshire.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In this marble casket lies

Page No:

p.217

Poem Title:

60. On a Child.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Under this stone

Page No:

pp.217-219

Poem Title:

62. On Samuel Smith, Ordinary of Newgate.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

He lived one hundred and five

Page No:

p.219

Poem Title:

63. On Stephen Rumbold, at Brightwell in Oxfordshire. Born Feb. 1582.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies a maid not full sixteen

Page No:

p.219

Poem Title:

64. On a Young Lady.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies Penelope Lady Rich

Page No:

p.219

Poem Title:

65. On the Countess of Warwick.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies the body of a beauteous maid

Page No:

pp.219-220

Poem Title:

66. On a very chaste Maid.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Bybax the drunkard while he lived would say

Page No:

p.220

Poem Title:

68. On a Drunkard.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies puried under these stones

Page No:

p.220

Poem Title:

69. On a Welchman.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hic jacet ille qui centies et mille

Page No:

p.220

Poem Title:

70. On a Couple who often quarrelled.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Beneath this stone

Page No:

p.220

Poem Title:

67. On Mrs. Creswell.

Attribution:

By the Earl of Rochester.

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Here lies Jobson the D--'s godson

Page No:

p.221

Poem Title:

73. On ---- Jobson, at Bath, Somersetshire.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies Rundal Peter

Page No:

p.221

Poem Title:

74. On Peter Rundal, at Oriel College, Oxon.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies the author of the apparition

Page No:

p.221

Poem Title:

75. On Dr. Evans, who wrote a Poem call'd the Apparition.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Let earth take earth the devil his sins again

Page No:

p.221

Poem Title:

72. On John Beatie at Montrose in Scotland.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Today is mine tomorrow yours may be

Page No:

p.221

Poem Title:

71. On John Stewart in the Chapel-Yard at Inverness, Scotland.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Come Alecto and lend me thy torch

Page No:

p.222

Poem Title:

78. On John Skelton, Poet Laureat.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Death came to John

Page No:

p.222

Poem Title:

80. On one nam'd* John.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies the body of all fours

Page No:

p.222

Poem Title:

77. On a Gamester.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lieth one that was born and cried

Page No:

p.222

Poem Title:

79. From Camden's Remains, on the Author of the Humourist.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Through Christ I'm not inferior

Page No:

p.222

Poem Title:

76. On Thomas Rymour, Maltman, at Cupar, in Scotland.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Beneath this silent stone is laid

Page No:

p.223

Poem Title:

82.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies honest Stephen with Mary his bride

Page No:

p.223

Poem Title:

81.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Bred in the womb of mother earth

Page No:

pp.224-225

Poem Title:

II.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

From heaven at first with Lucifer I fell

Page No:

p.224

Poem Title:

I.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I lived before the flood yet still am young

Page No:

p.225

Poem Title:

III.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Before creating nature willed

Page No:

pp.226-227

Poem Title:

V.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Though kings and princes my acquaintance be

Page No:

p.226

Poem Title:

IV.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In youth exalted high in air

Page No:

pp.227-228

Poem Title:

VI.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

So capricious am I that if monarchs should offer

Page No:

p.228

Poem Title:

VII.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Begotten and born and dying with noise

Page No:

p.229

Poem Title:

IX.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I with borrowed silver shine

Page No:

p.229

Poem Title:

VIII.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

From heaven I fall though from earth I begin

Page No:

p.230

Poem Title:

XI.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I'm up and down and round about

Page No:

pp.230-231

Poem Title:

XII.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

There is a gate we know full well

Page No:

p.230

Poem Title:

X.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I am jet black as you may see

Page No:

p.231

Poem Title:

XIII.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

All of us in one you'll find

Page No:

pp.232-233

Poem Title:

XVI.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ever eating never cloying

Page No:

p.232

Poem Title:

XIV.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

We are little airy creatures

Page No:

p.232

Poem Title:

XV.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When on my bosom thy bright eyes

Page No:

pp.233-234

Poem Title:

XVII. Fontinella to Florinda.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Never speaking still awake

Page No:

p.234

Poem Title:

XVIII.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Most things by me do rise and fall

Page No:

p.235

Poem Title:

XIX.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Through the close covert of the shady grove

Page No:

pp.235-237

Poem Title:

XXI.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

We are little brethren twain

Page No:

p.235

Poem Title:

XX.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Torn from the fruitful spot on which I grew

Page No:

pp.237-238

Poem Title:

XXI.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

My size is large my shape's uncouth

Page No:

pp.238-239

Poem Title:

XXIII.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

By birth I am a slave yet can give you a crown

Page No:

pp.239-240

Poem Title:

XXIV.

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Resolve me Chloe what is this

Page No:

pp.240-241

Poem Title:

XXV.

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Ah Strephon how can you despise

Page No:

pp.241-242

Poem Title:

XXVI.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Deprived of root and branch and rind

Page No:

p.242

Poem Title:

XXVII.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Come hither and behold the fruits

Page No:

pp.244-246

Poem Title:

XXIX. The Gulph of all human Possessions.

Attribution:

By Dr. Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

Though I alas a prisoner be

Page No:

pp.246-247

Poem Title:

XXX.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. Dr. Swift.]

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

All ruling tyrant of the earth

Page No:

pp.247-248

Poem Title:

XXXI.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. Dr. Swift.]

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

Because I am by nature blind

Page No:

pp.248-249

Poem Title:

XXXII.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. Dr. Swift]

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

By something formed I nothing am

Page No:

pp.249-250

Poem Title:

XXXIII. Sent by a young Lady to a young Gentleman.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Your riddle's meaning if I guess

Page No:

pp.250-251

Poem Title:

XXXIV. The Gentleman's Answer to the preceding Riddle.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Of twice five brethren in Arabia born

Page No:

p.251

Poem Title:

XXXV.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A thing I am esteemed by all

Page No:

pp.252-253

Poem Title:

XXXVIII.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Behold the Lilliputian throng

Page No:

p.252

Poem Title:

XXXVII.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

From the womb of the earth

Page No:

pp.253-254

Poem Title:

XXXIX.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The sweet lovely graces

Page No:

p.254

Poem Title:

XL.

Attribution:

By Mr. Herbert.

Attributed To:

Mr. Herbert