The minor poets or the works of the most celebrated authors [vol 2] [N6033] [ecco]
- DMI number:
- 794
- Publication Date:
- 1751
- Volume Number:
- 2 of 2
- ESTC number:
- N6033
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW117173056
- Shelfmark:
- BL RB23.a.6334
- Full Title:
- THE | MINOR POETS: | OR, THE | WORKS | OF THE MOST | Celebrated AUTHORS, | Of whose WRITING there are but | small Remains, [i]Viz[/i]. | [2 columns] [col1] The Earl of ROSCOMMON, | The Earl of DORSET, | The Earl of HALLIFAX, | Sir SAMUEL GARTH, | GEORGE STEPNEY, Esq; [/col1] | [col2]WILLIAM WALSH, Esq; | THOMAS TICKELL, Esq; | THOMAS SPRAT, Bishop | of [i]Rochester[/i]. [/col2] | VOLUME SECOND. | [i]DUBLIN:[/i] | Printed for P. WILSON, J. EXSHAW, J. ESDALL, | R. JAMES, S. PRICE, and M. WILLIAMSON. | [short rule] | M DCC LI.
- Place of Publication:
- Dublin
- Genres:
- Collection of 17th century verse and Collection of literary verse
- Format:
- Duodecimo
- Pagination:
- [14], [13]-359, [1] (p.358 mispaginated '158').
- Bibliographic details:
- Sections have separate title pages: p. 1: [rule] THE | WORKS | OF | WILLIAM WALSH, [i]Esq[/i]; | [rule] p. 3: [rule] LETTERS | AND | POEMS, | AMOROUS [i]and[/i] GALLANT. [rule] p. 91: [ornamental rule] | A | DIALOGUE | Concerning | WOMEN, | [i]Being a Defence of the[/i] SEX: | WRITTEN TO | [i]EUGENIA[/i]. | [ornamental rule] p. 183: [ornamental rule] | THE | WORKS | OF | THOMAS TICKELL, [i]Esq;[/i] | [ornamental rule] p. 187: [ornamental rule] | A | POEM, | To His EXCELLENCY the | LORD [i]PRIVY-SEAL, | ON THE | PROSPECT [i]of[/i] PEACE. | [rule] | [epigraph] | [ornamental rule] p. 245: [ornamental rule] | THE | FIRST BOOK | OF | [i]HOMER[/i]'s ILIAD. [ornamental rule] p. 303: [rule] POEMS | BY | [i]Dr.[/i] SPRAT, [i]Bishop of[/i] ROCHESTER. | [rule] p. ? [rule] | THE | PLAGUE [i]of[/i] ATHENS, | Which happen'd in the | [i]Second Year[/i] of the [i]Peloponnesian War[/i]. | First describ'd in [i]Greek[/i] by THUCYDIDES; | Then in [i]Latin[/i] by LUCRETIUS. | [rule]
- Comments:
- Contents: prose pp. 5-32; 34-41; 93-147; 162-180; prose dialogue pp. 148-162 Contents pages of individual sections: Contents of Walsh's works pp. 181-2; Contents of Tickell's works, p. 302; Contents of Sprat's works, p. 360.
- Other matter:
- Preface to the Letters and Poems first printed in 1692 (sigs.A3r-A6r)
- Title:
- The minor poets or the works of the most celebrated authors [vol 1] [N6033]
- Publication Date:
- 1751
- ESTC No:
- N6033
- Volume:
- 1 of 2
- Relationship:
- Volume from the same edition
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- J. Esdall
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- J. Exshaw
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- M. Williamson
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- Peter. Wilson
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- R. James
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- S. Price
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Of Marlborough's captains and Eugenio's friends
- Page No:
- pp.279-280
- Poem Title:
- On the Death of the Earl of Cadogan.
- Attribution:
- Thomas Tickell, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- a just coherence made
- Page No:
- sig. A5v
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- My Lord Mulgrave.
- Attributed To:
- John Sheffield
- First Line:
- If streaming blood my fatal letter stain
- Page No:
- p.27
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Near Covent Garden theatre where you know
- Page No:
- pp.32-34
- Poem Title:
- On the Author of A Dialogue concerning Women, pretended to be writ in Defence of the Sex.
- Attribution:
- William Walsh, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Walsh
- First Line:
- Bless us said I what mighty hero's here
- Page No:
- p.35
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Go little book and to the world impart
- Page No:
- p.42
- Poem Title:
- To his Book.
- Attribution:
- William Walsh, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Walsh
- First Line:
- Let the dull merchant curse his angry fate
- Page No:
- p.43
- Poem Title:
- Elegy. The unrewarded Lover.
- Attribution:
- William Walsh, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Walsh
- First Line:
- With what strange raptures would my soul be blessed
- Page No:
- pp.43-44
- Poem Title:
- Epigram. Written in a Lady's Table-Book.
- Attribution:
- William Walsh, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Walsh
- First Line:
- While those bright eyes subdue wherever you will
- Page No:
- pp.44-45
- Poem Title:
- Elegy. The Power of Verse. To his Mistress.
- Attribution:
- William Walsh, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Walsh
- First Line:
- Who could more happy who more blest could live
- Page No:
- pp.45-47
- Poem Title:
- Jealousy.
- Attribution:
- William Walsh, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Walsh
- First Line:
- What has this bugbear death that's worth our care
- Page No:
- pp.48-49
- Poem Title:
- Sonnet. Death.
- Attribution:
- William Walsh, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Walsh
- First Line:
- What tortures can there be in hell
- Page No:
- p.48
- Poem Title:
- Cure of Jealousy.
- Attribution:
- William Walsh, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Walsh
- First Line:
- Celia your tricks will now no longer pass
- Page No:
- pp.49-50
- Poem Title:
- Elegy. To his false Mistress.
- Attribution:
- William Walsh, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Walsh
- First Line:
- What fury does disturb my rest
- Page No:
- p.51
- Poem Title:
- Upon the same Occasion.
- Attribution:
- William Walsh, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Walsh
- First Line:
- When I see the bright nymph who my heart does enthral
- Page No:
- pp.51-52
- Poem Title:
- The Antidote.
- Attribution:
- William Walsh, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Walsh
- First Line:
- Celia too late you would repent
- Page No:
- pp.52-53
- Poem Title:
- Upon a Favour offer'd.
- Attribution:
- William Walsh, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Walsh
- First Line:
- Be gone ye sighs be gone ye tears
- Page No:
- p.53
- Poem Title:
- The Reconcilement.
- Attribution:
- William Walsh, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Walsh
- First Line:
- Value thy self fond youth no more
- Page No:
- pp.54-55
- Poem Title:
- Dialogue between a Lover and his Friend. (Irregular Verses).
- Attribution:
- William Walsh, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Walsh
- First Line:
- Go said old Lyce senseless lover go
- Page No:
- p.55
- Poem Title:
- Epigram. Lyce.
- Attribution:
- William Walsh, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Walsh
- First Line:
- In what sad pomp the mournful charmer lies
- Page No:
- pp.55-56
- Poem Title:
- The fair Mourner.
- Attribution:
- William Walsh, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Walsh
- First Line:
- How much are they deceived who vainly strive
- Page No:
- p.56
- Poem Title:
- Epigram. Love and Jealousy.
- Attribution:
- William Walsh, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Walsh
- First Line:
- Thou saidst that I alone thy heart could move
- Page No:
- p.56
- Poem Title:
- Epigram. To his false Mistress.
- Attribution:
- William Walsh, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Walsh
- First Line:
- I know Celinda I have born too long
- Page No:
- pp.57-58
- Poem Title:
- Elegy, upon quitting his Mistress.
- Attribution:
- William Walsh, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Walsh
- First Line:
- Is there a pious pleasure that proceeds
- Page No:
- p.57
- Poem Title:
- Elegy. The Petition. (In Imitation of Catullus).
- Attribution:
- William Walsh, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Walsh
- First Line:
- Yes all the world must sure agree
- Page No:
- pp.58-59
- Poem Title:
- To his Mistress, against Marriage.
- Attribution:
- William Walsh, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Walsh
- First Line:
- Chloe new married looks on men no more
- Page No:
- p.59
- Poem Title:
- Epigram. Chloe.
- Attribution:
- William Walsh, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Walsh
- First Line:
- Cornus proclaims aloud his wife's a whore
- Page No:
- p.59
- Poem Title:
- Epigram. Cornus.
- Attribution:
- William Walsh, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Walsh
- First Line:
- Thraso picks quarrels when he's drunk at night
- Page No:
- pp.59-60
- Poem Title:
- Epigram. Thraso.
- Attribution:
- William Walsh, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Walsh
- First Line:
- Ah Celia where are now the charms
- Page No:
- pp.60-61
- Poem Title:
- To Celia, upon some Alterations in her Face.
- Attribution:
- William Walsh, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Walsh
- First Line:
- Rich Gripe does all his thoughts and cunning bend
- Page No:
- p.60
- Poem Title:
- Epigram. Gripe and Shifter.
- Attribution:
- William Walsh, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Walsh
- First Line:
- All hail ye fields where constant peace attends
- Page No:
- pp.61-63
- Poem Title:
- The Retirement.
- Attribution:
- William Walsh, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Walsh
- First Line:
- Distracted with care
- Page No:
- pp.63-64
- Poem Title:
- The Despairing Lover.
- Attribution:
- William Walsh, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Walsh
- First Line:
- Of all the torments all the cares
- Page No:
- p.64
- Poem Title:
- Song.
- Attribution:
- William Walsh, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Walsh
- First Line:
- Phillis we not grieve that nature
- Page No:
- pp.64-65
- Poem Title:
- A Song to Phillis.
- Attribution:
- William Walsh, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Walsh
- First Line:
- When slaves their liberty require
- Page No:
- p.65
- Poem Title:
- Phillis's Resolution.
- Attribution:
- William Walsh, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Walsh
- First Line:
- Madam I cannot but congratulate
- Page No:
- pp.66-67
- Poem Title:
- An Epistle to a Lady who had resolv'd against Marriage.
- Attribution:
- William Walsh, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Walsh
- First Line:
- The dismal regions which no sun beholds
- Page No:
- p.67
- Poem Title:
- Clelia to Urania. An Ode.
- Attribution:
- William Walsh, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Walsh
- First Line:
- Sicilian muse my humble voice inspire
- Page No:
- pp.68-70
- Poem Title:
- Pastoral Eclogues. Eclogue I.
- Attribution:
- William Walsh, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Walsh
- First Line:
- Though Celia's born to be adored
- Page No:
- p.68
- Poem Title:
- Song.
- Attribution:
- William Walsh, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Walsh
- First Line:
- Thyrsis the gayest one of all the swains
- Page No:
- pp.70-72
- Poem Title:
- Eclogue II. Galatea.
- Attribution:
- William Walsh, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Walsh
- First Line:
- Arise O Phosphorus and bring the day
- Page No:
- pp.73-75
- Poem Title:
- Eclogue III. Damon. (Taken from the Eighth Eclogue of Virgil.)
- Attribution:
- William Walsh, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Walsh
- First Line:
- Strephon and Damon's flocks together fed
- Page No:
- pp.75-77
- Poem Title:
- Eclogue IV. Lycon.
- Attribution:
- William Walsh, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Walsh
- First Line:
- Ye gentle swains who pass your days and nights
- Page No:
- pp.78-81
- Poem Title:
- Eclogue V. Delia, Lamenting the Death of Mrs. Tempest, who died upon the Day of the great Storm.
- Attribution:
- William Walsh, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Walsh
- First Line:
- The man that's resolute and just
- Page No:
- pp.82-84
- Poem Title:
- Horace, Ode III. Book III. Imitated, 1705.
- Attribution:
- William Walsh, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Walsh
- First Line:
- Sicilian muse begin a loftier flight
- Page No:
- pp.85-89
- Poem Title:
- The Golden Age Restored, 1703. An Imitation of the Fourth Eclogue of Virgil: Supposed to have been taken from a Sibylline-Prophecy.
- Attribution:
- William Walsh, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Walsh
- First Line:
- Wit like tierce claret when it begins to pall
- Page No:
- p.119
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Dorset.
- Attributed To:
- Charles Sackville
- First Line:
- When conquering death shall ravish from their eyes
- Page No:
- p.156
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In courts licentious and a shameless stage
- Page No:
- pp.185-186
- Poem Title:
- To the Supposed Author of the Spectator.
- Attribution:
- Thomas Tickell, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- Contending kings and fields of death too long
- Page No:
- pp.189-190
- Poem Title:
- To the Lord Privy-Seal.
- Attribution:
- Thomas Tickell, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- The haughty Gaul in ten campaigns overthrown
- Page No:
- pp.191-204
- Poem Title:
- A Poem on the Prospect of Peace.
- Attribution:
- Thomas Tickell, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- The opera first Italian masters taught
- Page No:
- pp.204-206
- Poem Title:
- To Mr. Addison on his Opera of Rosamond.
- Attribution:
- Thomas Tickell, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- Too long has love engrossed Britannia's stage
- Page No:
- pp.206-207
- Poem Title:
- To the same on his Tragedy of Cato.
- Attribution:
- Thomas Tickell, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- When Brunswick first appeared each honest heart
- Page No:
- pp.208-212
- Poem Title:
- The Royal Progress.
- Attribution:
- Thomas Tickell, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- As Mar his round one morning took
- Page No:
- pp.212-215
- Poem Title:
- An Imitation of the Prophecy of Nereus. From Horace. Book I. Ode XV.
- Attribution:
- Thomas Tickell, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- To thee dear rover and thy vanquished friends
- Page No:
- pp.215-220
- Poem Title:
- An Epistle from a Lady in England to a Gentleman at Avignon.
- Attribution:
- Thomas Tickell, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- Fair daughter once of Windsor's woods
- Page No:
- pp.221-222
- Poem Title:
- An Ode, occasion'd by his Excellency the Earl of Stanhope's Voyage to France.
- Attribution:
- Thomas Tickell, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- What kings henceforth shall reign what states be free
- Page No:
- pp.222-223
- Poem Title:
- Prologue to the University of Oxford.
- Attribution:
- Thomas Tickell, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- Can this be he could Charles the good the great
- Page No:
- pp.224-226
- Poem Title:
- Thoughts occasioned by the Sight of an original Picture of King Charles I. taken at the Time of his Trial. Inscribed to George Clarke, Esq;
- Attribution:
- Thomas Tickell, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- Horses and hounds their care their various race
- Page No:
- pp.226-230
- Poem Title:
- A Fragment of a Poem on Hunting.
- Attribution:
- Thomas Tickell, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- I am cried Apollo when Daphne he wooed
- Page No:
- p.231
- Poem Title:
- To Apollo making Love. From Monsieur Fontenelle.
- Attribution:
- Thomas Tickell, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- Much had I heard of fair Francelia's name
- Page No:
- pp.231-232
- Poem Title:
- The fatal Curiosity.
- Attribution:
- Thomas Tickell, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- Lavish of wit and bold appear the lines
- Page No:
- pp.232-233
- Poem Title:
- To a Lady; with a Description of the Phoenix.
- Attribution:
- Thomas Tickell, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- In utmost ocean lies a lovely isle
- Page No:
- pp.233-237
- Poem Title:
- A Description of the Phoenix: From Claudian.
- Attribution:
- Thomas Tickell, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- The greatest swain that treads the Arcadian grove
- Page No:
- p.237
- Poem Title:
- Verses to Mrs. Lowther on her Marriage. From Menage.
- Attribution:
- Thomas Tickell, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- The fragrant painting of our flowery fields
- Page No:
- p.238
- Poem Title:
- To a Lady; with a Present on Flowers.
- Attribution:
- Thomas Tickell, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- As Damon Chloe's painted form surveyed
- Page No:
- p.239
- Poem Title:
- On a Lady's Picture: To Gilfred Lawson, Esq;
- Attribution:
- Thomas Tickell, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- Their ancient friends as now they nearer drew
- Page No:
- pp.240-243
- Poem Title:
- Part of the Fourth Book of Lucan.
- Attribution:
- Thomas Tickell, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- Achilles fatal wrath whence discord rose
- Page No:
- pp.245-271
- Poem Title:
- The First Book of the Iliad.
- Attribution:
- Thomas Tickell, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- If dumb too long the drooping muse hath stayed
- Page No:
- pp.272-275
- Poem Title:
- To the Earl of Warwick, on the Death of Mr. Addison.
- Attribution:
- Thomas Tickell, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- Of Leinster famed for maidens fair
- Page No:
- pp.275-277
- Poem Title:
- Colin and Lucy. A Ballad.
- Attribution:
- Thomas Tickell, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- To Whitton's shades and Hounslow's airy plain
- Page No:
- pp.277-279
- Poem Title:
- To Sir Godfrey Kneller, at his Country Seat.
- Attribution:
- Thomas Tickell, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- Thou dome where Edward first enrolled
- Page No:
- pp.280-282
- Poem Title:
- An Ode inscribed to the Earl of Sunderland at Windsor.
- Attribution:
- Thomas Tickell, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- Where Kensington high over the neighbouring lands
- Page No:
- pp.282-297
- Poem Title:
- Kensington Garden.
- Attribution:
- Thomas Tickell, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- Hail ancient book most venerable code
- Page No:
- pp.298-301
- Poem Title:
- A Poem in Praise of the Horn-Book, Written under a fit of the Gout.
- Attribution:
- Thomas Tickell, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- Tis true great name thou art secure
- Page No:
- pp.307-317
- Poem Title:
- To the happy Memory of the late Lord Protector.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Sprat, Bishop of Rochester.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Sprat
- First Line:
- Your book our old knight errants fame revives
- Page No:
- pp.317-318
- Poem Title:
- To a Person of Honour, (Mr. Edward Howard) upon his Incomparable Incomprehensible Poem, intituled the British Princes.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Sprat, Bishop of Rochester.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Sprat
- First Line:
- Sweet stream that dost with equal pace
- Page No:
- pp.318-319
- Poem Title:
- On his Mistress Drown'd.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Sprat, Bishop of Rochester.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Sprat
- First Line:
- Unhappy man by nature made to sway
- Page No:
- pp.330-351
- Poem Title:
- The Plague of Athens.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Sprat, Bishop of Rochester.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Sprat
- First Line:
- Let all this meaner rout of books stand by
- Page No:
- pp.351-359
- Poem Title:
- Upon the Poems of the English Ovid, Anacreon, Pindar and Virgil, Abraham Cowley, in Imitation of his own Pindarick Odes.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Sprat, Bishop of Rochester.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Sprat
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