The Muse in a moral humour: being a collection of tales, fables, pastorals, by Several Hands. [Vol II] [ECCO] [ESTC T130696]

DMI number:

896

Publication Date:

1758

Volume Number:

2 of 2

ESTC number:

T130696

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW3315433624

Full Title:

THE | Muse in a Moral Humour: | BEING, A | COLLECTION | Of Agreeable and Instructive | TALES, FABLES, | PASTORALS, [i]&c.[/i] | By SEVERAL HANDS. | [Rule] | VOL. II. | [Rule] | [Ornament] | [Double rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for FRANCIS NOBLE, at [i]Otway's Head,[/i] | in [i]King-Street, Covent-Garden[/i] ; | AND | JOHN NOBLE, at [i]Dryden's Head,[/i] in [i]St. Martin's- | Court,[/i] near [i]Leicester-square.[/i] | M DCC LVIII.

Place of Publication:

London

Format:

Duodecimo

Price:

3 Shillings

Bibliographic details:

Note, p. 242: 'The first Volume of this Work may be had alone, Price 3s. or the two Volumes, uniformly bound, at 6s.'

Other matter:

End matter: Advertisement: Books lately printed for F. and J. Noble. [2p]

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Publisher:

Francis Noble

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Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Publisher:

John Noble

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

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Content/Publication

First Line:

Since language never can describe my pain

Page No:

pp.1-8

Poem Title:

Monimia to Philocles: An Epistle from a Lady in France, to Mr. L----, a Gentleman at London, who had debauched her.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Though down the bed where Miro lay

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pp.8-11

Poem Title:

The Fatal Inquisitor. A Tale.

Attribution:

By J--- G---.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A northern pair we waive the name

Page No:

pp.12-14

Poem Title:

The Power of Innocence. A Tale.

Attribution:

By C--- G--- H---.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Oppressed with grief thus wandering in the shade

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pp.15-18

Poem Title:

On the Death of a Sister, 1757.

Attribution:

By T--- B--- B---rr.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Ye virgin train an artless dame inspire

Page No:

pp.19-24

Poem Title:

Inkle and Yarico. A Tale.

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First Line:

Ha not a breath of wind no gentle breeze

Page No:

pp.24-26

Poem Title:

An Enthusiasm: Occasion'd by walking through a Church-yard.

Attribution:

Written by a young Gentleman, for an Exercise, in the 18th Year of his Life.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Ere that the flood with unresisted sway

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pp.27-36

Poem Title:

Shalum and Hilpa: Or, The Antediluvian Novel.

Attribution:

By Mr. Price.

Attributed To:

Henry Price

First Line:

What gives the maiden blush its loveliest dye

Page No:

pp.37-46

Poem Title:

Beauty: Or, the Art of Charming.

Attribution:

By Mr. Dodsley.

Attributed To:

Robert Dodsley

First Line:

The counsel of a friend Belinda hear

Page No:

pp.46-49

Poem Title:

Advice to a Young Lady.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Phoebus obliquely shot his feeble ray

Page No:

pp.50-53

Poem Title:

A Pastoral Dialogue. Address'd to a Young Lady.

Attribution:

By R---. G---.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Twas in the blooming month of cheerful May

Page No:

pp.53-55

Poem Title:

The Rose and the Butterfly. A Fable.

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Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In my dark cell low prostrate on the ground

Page No:

pp.56-62

Poem Title:

Abelard to Eloisa.

Attribution:

By Mrs. Madan.

Attributed To:

Judith Madan [nee Cowper]

First Line:

Dear Peggy since the single state

Page No:

pp.62-65

Poem Title:

A Young Lady's Advice to one lately Married.

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Not attributed

First Line:

The village cock with piercing notes

Page No:

pp.66-69

Poem Title:

A Morning Rhapsody.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Happy the maid whose soul serene and chaste

Page No:

pp.70-73

Poem Title:

Advice to the Fair Sex.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hail Phillis brighter than a morning sky

Page No:

pp.74-77

Poem Title:

The Month of August.

Attribution:

By Mrs. Leapor.

Attributed To:

Mary Leapor

First Line:

Nothing dear madam nothing is more true

Page No:

pp.77-81

Poem Title:

Essay on Happiness.

Attribution:

By Mrs. Leapor.

Attributed To:

Mary Leapor

First Line:

To Artemisia tis to her we sing

Page No:

pp.81-85

Poem Title:

Essay on Friendship.

Attribution:

By Mrs. Leapor.

Attributed To:

Mary Leapor

First Line:

Strephon the sprightly and the gay

Page No:

pp.86-92

Poem Title:

The Mistaken Lover.

Attribution:

By Mrs. Leapor.

Attributed To:

Mary Leapor

First Line:

Celia and I to share the vernal gales

Page No:

pp.92-109

Poem Title:

The Rival Brothers.

Attribution:

By Mrs. Leapor.

Attributed To:

Mary Leapor

First Line:

Constantia now a saint was heavenly fair

Page No:

pp.110-128

Poem Title:

Father Francis and Sister Constance. From a Story in the Spectator.

Attribution:

By George Jeffreys, Esq;

Attributed To:

George Jeffreys

First Line:

Where proud Augusta rears her hundred spires

Page No:

pp.128-136

Poem Title:

The Lunatic. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Your grief Philintus all your pungent care

Page No:

pp.137-147

Poem Title:

Abelard to Philintus. An Epistle.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Unkindly leaving the delightful plains

Page No:

pp.148-156

Poem Title:

Love and Resentment: A Pastoral.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Though gloomy thoughts disturbed my anxious breast

Page No:

pp.157-178

Poem Title:

Love triumphant over Reason. A Vision.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

While pining anguish wild despair

Page No:

pp.178-182

Poem Title:

On the Death of a beloved Wife.

Attribution:

Written by her Husband upon her Coffin.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Why under covert of this beechen shade

Page No:

pp.182-186

Poem Title:

Rosalinda. A Pastoral.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A tender miss whom mother's care

Page No:

pp.186-190

Poem Title:

Miss and the Butterfly. A Fable.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Close by a stream whose flowery bank might give

Page No:

pp.190-195

Poem Title:

The Parting of Sireno and Diana.

Attribution:

English'd by Sir Car. Scrope

Attributed To:

Sir Carr Scrope

First Line:

By fops addressed by beaux admired

Page No:

pp.195-197

Poem Title:

Kitty's Wedding.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Close by the entrance of the woodland plain

Page No:

pp.197-203

Poem Title:

The British Swain. In Five Pastorals. Pastoral I. The Charm.

Attribution:

By W. Dawson.

Attributed To:

William Dawson

First Line:

Beneath a shady wood at break of day

Page No:

pp.204-210

Poem Title:

The British Swain. Pastoral II. The Plaint.

Attribution:

By W. Dawson. [p. 197]

Attributed To:

William Dawson

First Line:

I sing the carols of two blithesome swains

Page No:

pp.211-215

Poem Title:

The British Swain. Pastoral III. The Brawl.

Attribution:

By W. Dawson. [p. 197]

Attributed To:

William Dawson

First Line:

Where gangst thou Grubbinol what into town

Page No:

pp.216-220

Poem Title:

The British Swain. Pastoral IV. The Matin.

Attribution:

By W. Dawson. [p. 197]

Attributed To:

William Dawson

First Line:

To close the prospect of the grassy plains

Page No:

pp.221-224

Poem Title:

The British Swain. Pastoral V. The Moan.

Attribution:

By W. Dawson. [p. 197]

Attributed To:

William Dawson

First Line:

Happy the man to whom kind heaven

Page No:

pp.225-228

Poem Title:

Rural Happiness.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The nymph who walks the public streets

Page No:

pp.229-231

Poem Title:

The Spider and the Bee. A Fable.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To friends when absent is remembrance due

Page No:

pp.231-237

Poem Title:

Evening; or, the Exclamation.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

How calm the evening see the falling day

Page No:

pp.238-242

Poem Title:

Daphnis and Lycidas. A Pastoral.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed