A choice collection of poetry by the most ingenious men of the age [vol 1] [T124643] [ECCO]

DMI number:

658

Publication Date:

1738

Volume Number:

1 of 2

ESTC number:

T124643

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW110841222

Shelfmark:

ECCO - Bod

Full Title:

A | Choice Collection | OF | POETRY, | BY THE | Most Ingenious Men of the Age. | CONTAINING, | [two columns] [column 1] POEMS, | PROLOGUES, | EPILOGUES, [/column 1] | [column 2] EPIGRAMS, | EPITAPHS, | SONGS &c. [/column 2] | Being in Number | One Hundred and Fifty compleat | PIECES. | [double rule] | Most carefully collected from | ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPTS, | BY | [i]JOSEPH YARROW[/i], Comedian. | [double rule] | [epigraph] | [double rule] | [i]YORK:[/i] | Printed by A. STAPLES, in [i]Coney-Street,[/i] and Sold by | the Collector of the POEMS. | [short rule] | MDCCXXXVIII.

Epigraph:

[i]Nil tam difficile quod non solertia vincat.[/i]

Place of Publication:

York

Genres:

Subscription Miscellany

Format:

Octavo

Bibliographic details:

Title page in red and black.

Comments:

PLATES: frontispiece. GENRE: edited collection. CONTENTS: Non-verse epitaph attributed to Arbuthnot, pp. 93-5. QUERY: ADD GENRE?

Other matter:

Dedication addressed to 'Gentlemen and Ladies' signed 'Jos. Yarrow' [2pp.]; list of subscribers [10pp.].

References:

Case 417 (1).

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Title:

A choice collection of poetry by the most ingenious men of the age [vol II] [T124643] [ECCO]

Publication Date:

1738

ESTC No:

T124643

Volume:

2 of 2

Relationship:

Volume from the same edition

Comments:

Related People

Editor:

Joseph Yarrow

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Printer:

Alexander Staples

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Content/Publication

First Line:

Ladies I'm come if not engaged elsewhere

Page No:

pp.9-10

Poem Title:

A Prologue to the Careless Husband

Attribution:

Written by a Person of Quality and spoke by Mr. Yarrow.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

While Veny skips on Delia's knee

Page No:

pp.11-12

Poem Title:

The Lap-Dog.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Vario no more thy sacred skill prophane

Page No:

pp.12-13

Poem Title:

Advice to Vario the Painter, after the Battle of Blenheim

Attribution:

Wrote by a Prisoner in Ludgate.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The gods with friendship seldom mortals bless

Page No:

p.14

Poem Title:

Wrote Extempore...after seeing the Fair Penitent.

Attribution:

by my Worthy Friend, Mr. Grunwin

Attributed To:

Mr. Grunwin

First Line:

We to this place where once we came of old

Page No:

pp.15-16

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Beaux Stratagem, spoke by Mr. Yarrow, in the Character of Archer.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Players and poets ever were designed

Page No:

pp.16-17

Poem Title:

Prologue spoken by Mr. Yarrow, at the Opening of the New Theatre at Lincoln.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

How many graces are there Colin cried

Page No:

p.17

Poem Title:

On the Duke of Marlborough's Four Daughters.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Oh lead me where my darling lies

Page No:

p.18

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

By a Gentleman, whose Misfortune it was, to lose his only Daughter by the Small-Pox, at five Years of Age.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here in this grave

Page No:

p.19

Poem Title:

Epitaph on Theo. Cave, Esq, in the Chancel at Barrow upon Stowre.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lieth inhumed

Page No:

p.19

Poem Title:

On a Rigid Parent.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Death soonest comes

Page No:

p.20

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

By the same Hand.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Dublin thy own dear joy and grief lies here

Page No:

p.20

Poem Title:

Epitaph on Mr. Thomas Elrington, who died July 22, 1732.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If the innocent are favourites of heaven

Page No:

p.20

Poem Title:

An Epitaph.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Fashioned alike by nature and by art

Page No:

p.21

Poem Title:

On the Death of Mrs. Oldfield.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

O lamb of god which sin didst take away

Page No:

pp.21-22

Poem Title:

In Memory of William Lamb, on a Brass Plate fix'd on a Pillar in St. Augustine's Church, are several Poems, which conclude thus:

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Oldfield lies here retired undressed

Page No:

p.21

Poem Title:

Another.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Kind Katherine kissed her husband with these words

Page No:

p.22

Poem Title:

Epigram.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Time stays for no man

Page No:

p.22

Poem Title:

An Epitaph.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Death at a cobbler's door oft made a stand

Page No:

p.23

Poem Title:

Epitaph on a Cobler.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In softest strains Parnassian virgins mourn

Page No:

p.23

Poem Title:

On the Death of Mr. Wilks.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

So fair so young so innocent so sweet

Page No:

p.23

Poem Title:

Epitaph on Mrs. Margaret Paston, of Barningham, in Norfolk.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Approach ye wise of soul with awe divine

Page No:

pp.24-25

Poem Title:

Design'd for the Monument of Sir Isaac Newton.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

More than his name were less twould seem to fear

Page No:

p.25

Poem Title:

Sir Isaac Newton.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

My sledge and hammer lie declined

Page No:

p.25

Poem Title:

Epitaph on a Blacksmith.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Reader if thou canst read at all thou'lt find

Page No:

p.26

Poem Title:

Epitaph on a Lady's Lap-Dog.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

It so befell a silly swain

Page No:

pp.27-28

Poem Title:

The Peasant in Search of his Heifer.

Attribution:

By Mr. Congreve.

Attributed To:

William Congreve

First Line:

Oh be thou blessed with all that heaven can send

Page No:

p.27

Poem Title:

The Wish, to a young Lady on her Birth-Day

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

A noncon parson preaching in a pulpit

Page No:

p.29

Poem Title:

An Epigram.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As over the Hellespont great Jove

Page No:

p.29

Poem Title:

On Dr. Bull.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

An epigram by a schoolboy writ

Page No:

p.30

Poem Title:

Another.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

What though they call me sober ass

Page No:

pp.30-31

Poem Title:

Wrote Extempore; A Burlesque on the fine Lady's Life

Attribution:

By Mr. Leveridge.

Attributed To:

Richard Leveridge

First Line:

I now no more shall grieve

Page No:

pp.31-32

Poem Title:

An Epilogical Song for Penelope.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Much meat does gluttony produce

Page No:

pp.32-33

Poem Title:

An Epigram on Tobacco.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Five hundred pounds too small a boon

Page No:

p.33

Poem Title:

An Epigram.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Mapp at the play her presence did afford

Page No:

p.33

Poem Title:

Epigram.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Closed are those eyes that beamed seraphic fire

Page No:

pp.34-35

Poem Title:

Epitaph on a young Lady

Attribution:

By Richard Savage, Esq;

Attributed To:

Richard Savage

First Line:

Busy curious thirsty fly

Page No:

p.34

Poem Title:

On a Fly settling on his Cup.

Attribution:

By Mr. Cowley.

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

Here Chloe lies

Page No:

p.35

Poem Title:

An Epitaph.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Peculiar blessings bear the shortest date

Page No:

p.35

Poem Title:

On a Child.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

See how the just the virtuous and the strong

Page No:

p.36

Poem Title:

Another.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Virtue and beauty here doth lie

Page No:

p.36

Poem Title:

Another

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

He who in impious times undaunted stood

Page No:

pp.36-37

Poem Title:

Epitaph on the Monument of the Marquis of Winchester

Attribution:

By Mr. Dryden.

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Here lies old Sare worn out with care

Page No:

p.37

Poem Title:

Upon a Country Sexton.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Below this marble monument is laid

Page No:

pp.38-39

Poem Title:

Epitaph...on a young Lady's Tomb at Bath.

Attribution:

By John Dryden, Esq;

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Through all the world thrives villainy and woe

Page No:

p.39

Poem Title:

Another.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies honest Stephen with Mary his bride

Page No:

p.40

Poem Title:

A Whitechapple Epitaph.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

O last and best of Scots who didst maintain

Page No:

p.40

Poem Title:

Epitaph on Dundee.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Beneath this silent stone is laid

Page No:

p.41

Poem Title:

Epitaph on a Talkative old Maid.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

One charming bird to paradise is flown

Page No:

p.41

Poem Title:

In Memory of William Bird, aged Four Years and a Half.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Good friend for Jesus sake forbear

Page No:

p.42

Poem Title:

On Shakespear's Tomb at Stratford upon Avon.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Stay passenger why goest thou by so fast

Page No:

p.42

Poem Title:

Under his Bust. Ivdicio pylivm, genio socratem, arte maronem, terra tegit, populus maerit, olympvs habet.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I dreamed when buried by my fellow clay

Page No:

p.43

Poem Title:

The Beaux Dream.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

No joy I in these peaceful shades can find

Page No:

p.43

Poem Title:

The Complaint.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In Pope's melodious verse the graces smile

Page No:

p.44

Poem Title:

The Judgment of Apollo, on the Controversy between Mr. Pope and Mr. Theobald.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

How vain sir knight is they affected rage

Page No:

p.45

Poem Title:

An Epigram.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When dressed in laurel wreaths you shine

Page No:

p.45

Poem Title:

To a Lady, on her incomparable Poems.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Some boast of Alexander and some of Hercules

Page No:

pp.46-47

Poem Title:

A Song, sung by Mr. Yarrow, in the Character of Serjeant Kite.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tis an opinion that has stood the test

Page No:

p.46

Poem Title:

An Epilogue.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

From Hereford the jovial crew departed

Page No:

pp.47-48

Poem Title:

An Epilogue...occasion'd by meeting a Company of Strolers on the Road.

Attribution:

made by a Gentleman of Hereford

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Foolish women fly men's charms

Page No:

p.48

Poem Title:

The Caution.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Could gold immortalize a man

Page No:

p.49

Poem Title:

The Vanity of Riches.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Behold the skilful artist's hand

Page No:

pp.50-51

Poem Title:

To a Young Lady weeping.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Woman thoughtless giddy creature

Page No:

p.50

Poem Title:

The Declaimer.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Celia thou fairest of the fair

Page No:

p.52

Poem Title:

To Caelia, drest as a Beau.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

For thee sweet month the groves green liveries wear

Page No:

p.52

Poem Title:

The Pleasantness of May,

Attribution:

describ'd by Mr. Dryden.

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Belinda see from yonder flowers

Page No:

p.53

Poem Title:

An excuse for matching a Kiss.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Noble generous great and good

Page No:

pp.53-54

Poem Title:

A Hue and Cry after a Stray Lover.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Gentles of old pert prologues led the way

Page No:

pp.54-56

Poem Title:

A Prologue design'd to be spoke.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A man so various that he seemed to be

Page No:

p.54

Poem Title:

An Inconstant Man

Attribution:

describ'd by Mr. Dryden.

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Reeking I came out of my mother's womb

Page No:

p.56

Poem Title:

The Cold and Hot Waters at the Bath

Attribution:

By the D. of W--n.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The one may affect a man's noddle

Page No:

p.57

Poem Title:

A Riddle. What is the Difference between a Nine-Pin Bowl, and a Woman's Breast? Solution.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thus Adam went when from the garden driven

Page No:

p.57

Poem Title:

On his being turn'd out of Kensington Gardens, by the D. of B--d, who remained with the D. of Lo--n.

Attribution:

Sir W-- Y--g

Attributed To:

Sir William Yonge

First Line:

The beauteous scene of aged mountains

Page No:

pp.58-59

Poem Title:

On Pleasure.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As in the cool of early day

Page No:

p.58

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

By John G--y, Esq;

Attributed To:

John Gay

First Line:

Chloe a coquet in her prime

Page No:

p.59

Poem Title:

On the Marriage of an Old Maid.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Happy the man whose wish and care

Page No:

pp.59-60

Poem Title:

Ode on Solitude

Attribution:

by Mr. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Cosmelia's charms inspire my lays

Page No:

pp.60-61

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

By a Person of Quality.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here's a health to Kate

Page No:

p.61

Poem Title:

Rhime to Lisbon

Attribution:

By the same Hand [i.e. Rochester]

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Sternhold and Hopkins had great qualms

Page No:

p.61

Poem Title:

Spoke by the E. of Rochester, extempore, to a Parish Clerk.

Attribution:

E. of Rochester.

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Our guard upon the royal side

Page No:

p.62

Poem Title:

Epigram on a Golden Medal.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

This peaceful tomb does now contain

Page No:

pp.62-63

Poem Title:

Epitaph on a Gentleman and his Son.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When slaves their liberty require

Page No:

pp.63-64

Poem Title:

Philip's Resolution.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Where Drake first found there last he lost his fame

Page No:

p.63

Poem Title:

On Sir Francis Drake.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

You surgeons of London who puzzle your pates

Page No:

p.64

Poem Title:

A Song.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

O rare Ben Jonson what a turncoat grown

Page No:

p.65

Poem Title:

On Ben. Johnson's Bust, with the Buttons on the wrong Side.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Reader consider well how poor a span

Page No:

p.65

Poem Title:

In Memory of Capt. Thomas Chevers.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Reader thou mayst forbear to put thine eyes

Page No:

pp.65-66

Poem Title:

In Memory of John Wight.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

On earth he truly lived old Adam's heir

Page No:

pp.66-67

Poem Title:

On John Rose, late Chief Gardener to King Charles II.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To say an angel here doth lie

Page No:

p.66

Poem Title:

In Memory of Mary Angel.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A true dissenter here does lie indeed

Page No:

pp.67-68

Poem Title:

An Epitaph.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Stay bachelor if you have wit

Page No:

p.67

Poem Title:

Epitaph on a Man and his Wife.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Fair marble tell to future days

Page No:

p.68

Poem Title:

On Two Twin Sisters, who died at the same Time, and buried in one Grave.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ten in the hundred

Page No:

p.68

Poem Title:

Epitaph

Attribution:

By Shakespear.

Attributed To:

William Shakespeare

First Line:

Here lies More no more is he

Page No:

p.69

Poem Title:

An Epitaph....English'd.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If heaven be pleased when sinners cease to sin

Page No:

p.69

Poem Title:

Coleman's Epitaph.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

While Polly charms the present age

Page No:

p.69

Poem Title:

On Miss Fenton, on her playing Polly.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When once too potent flesh and blood

Page No:

p.70

Poem Title:

The Mad Dog.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When the packed audience from their posts retired

Page No:

p.70

Poem Title:

The Sixth Night.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Sure heaven's unerring voice decreed of old

Page No:

p.71

Poem Title:

An Epigram on the prosperous Reigns of Queen Elizabeth and Queen Anne.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

While Butler needy wretch was still alive

Page No:

pp.71-72

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

With Celia's locks while wanton zephyrs play

Page No:

p.71

Poem Title:

Extempore

Attribution:

By Mr E. D.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Cries Celia to a reverend dean

Page No:

p.72

Poem Title:

An Epigram.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies the lyric who with tale and song

Page No:

p.72

Poem Title:

On Tom Durfey.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Felled by death's surer hatchet here lies Sprong

Page No:

p.73

Poem Title:

On John Sprong, Master-Carpenter to the late Lord Chancellor King, at Oakham in Surry, who died Nov. 17, 1736, aged 60.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

With grateful humble heart devoid of fear

Page No:

pp.73-74

Poem Title:

An Epilogue spoken by Miss Robinson.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ah hah sir Coll is that the way

Page No:

pp.74-76

Poem Title:

Upon Colley Cib-r, Esq;

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thus for the alps whose heads are crowned with snow

Page No:

p.76

Poem Title:

On a Lady in Mourning.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Why envious time will you fly so fast

Page No:

p.76

Poem Title:

Complaint against Time.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I went to see my dear but she

Page No:

pp.77-78

Poem Title:

The Visit.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Sure heaven will be propitious to our prayers

Page No:

p.77

Poem Title:

On seeing Cynthia at Church.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When nymphs were coy and love could not prevail

Page No:

p.78

Poem Title:

To a Lady on her Parrot.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Beauty to the agreeable must give way

Page No:

p.79

Poem Title:

The Agreeable preferr'd to Beauty.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ye happy swains whose hearts are free

Page No:

pp.79-80

Poem Title:

The Advice.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Dear life dear angel your too charming dear

Page No:

p.80

Poem Title:

Address'd to a Lady who was his Mistress.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Who would in love to women gain his point

Page No:

pp.80-81

Poem Title:

The Way to be successful in our Love to Women.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Cupid the sliest rogue alive

Page No:

pp.81-82

Poem Title:

The Comparison.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Celia was coy and hard to win

Page No:

p.82

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

By Mr. Mountford.

Attributed To:

William Mountfort

First Line:

The stage as all things nature's laws obey

Page No:

pp.82-83

Poem Title:

On the Stage

Attribution:

By Mr. Savage.

Attributed To:

Richard Savage

First Line:

I'm high church nor low church nor tory nor whig

Page No:

pp.83-84

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

By Hen. Stonecastle, Esq;

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Nature's chief gifts unequally are carved

Page No:

p.83

Poem Title:

An Epigram.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To this sad shrine whoever thou art draw near

Page No:

p.84

Poem Title:

An Epitaph.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Half clothed and dirty does the miser go

Page No:

p.85

Poem Title:

Extempore.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Most gracious heaven upon the earth looked down

Page No:

p.85

Poem Title:

On the Death of Queen Mary.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When that the wounded marble tells

Page No:

pp.85-86

Poem Title:

On Mr. Congreve.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If language could our grateful thoughts express

Page No:

pp.86-87

Poem Title:

The following Epilogue...was spoke by Mr. Cibber, junior, 1729.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Carey.

Attributed To:

Henry Carey

First Line:

Honour in sieges or in battles carved

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p.87

Poem Title:

To Lewis XIV. King of France, on his extravagant Rejoicings, at the same Time his Kingdom labouring under a great Famine.

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First Line:

Algernon Sidney fills this tomb

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p.88

Poem Title:

An Epitaph.

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First Line:

At Dryden's tomb inscribed with Sh--d's name

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pp.88-89

Poem Title:

On the Old Bust, with a sour Air, on Mr. Dryden's Monument.

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First Line:

At Delphos' shrine one did a doubt propound

Page No:

p.89

Poem Title:

On Mr. Spencer.

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First Line:

Reader attend and if thine eye let fall

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pp.90-91

Poem Title:

On the Death of Lady Betty Mansel.

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First Line:

Renowned Spenser lie a thought more nigh

Page No:

p.90

Poem Title:

On Shakespear.

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First Line:

Of gentle blood his parents only treasure

Page No:

p.91

Poem Title:

On a young Gentleman.

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First Line:

Here sweetness lies and innocence whose breath

Page No:

p.92

Poem Title:

On a young Lady.

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First Line:

In all thy humours whether grave or mellow

Page No:

p.92

Poem Title:

Translated from Martial.

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First Line:

Underneath this marble stone

Page No:

p.92

Poem Title:

Millington's Epitaph, the famous Auctioneer.

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First Line:

Do pious marble let thy readers know

Page No:

p.93

Poem Title:

Michael Draiton's Epitaph.

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First Line:

Time darks the sky time brings the day

Page No:

p.93

Poem Title:

On Time.

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First Line:

As Damon who had hardly sped

Page No:

pp.95-96

Poem Title:

On Marriage.

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First Line:

The miser fasts becasue he will not eat

Page No:

p.95

Poem Title:

On Six Sorts of People who keep Fasts.

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First Line:

The bright Miranda is the nymph I prize

Page No:

p.97

Poem Title:

To the Beautiful Miranda.

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First Line:

In Sylvia every grace

Page No:

p.98

Poem Title:

The Favourite.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Pity or innocence or death's decree

Page No:

p.98

Poem Title:

The Distress'd Lover.

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First Line:

In sleep dissolved upon my bed

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p.99

Poem Title:

The Disappointment.

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First Line:

Stop passenger until my life you read

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pp.100-101

Poem Title:

An Epitaph on Margaret Scot, at Dunkeld in Scotland, Febr. 26, 1728.

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First Line:

Underneath this marble hearse

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p.100

Poem Title:

On the Countess Dowager of Pembroke.

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First Line:

Underneath this stone doth lie

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p.100

Poem Title:

Ben. Johnson.

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First Line:

Thou happy creature art secure

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p.101

Poem Title:

On the Death of a Lady's Dog.

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First Line:

An elderly lady whose bulky squat figure

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p.102

Poem Title:

An Epigram.

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First Line:

To fire the generous soul in virtue's cause

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p.102

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Spanish Fryar, spoke by Mr. Yarrow.

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First Line:

At midnight when the fever raged

Page No:

pp.104-105

Poem Title:

An Ode.

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