The muse's mirrour: being a collection of poems [vol 2] [N10300] [ecco]

DMI number:

1379

Publication Date:

1778

Volume Number:

2 of 2

ESTC number:

N10300

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW109546733

Shelfmark:

ECCO - Bod

Full Title:

THE | [g]MUSE'S MIRROUR.[/g] | BEING | A COLLECTION | OF | POEMS, | BY | [3 columns] [col 1] Mr. Gray | Churchill | Colman | Wilkes | Lloyd | Thornton | Garrick | Anstey | Jernyngham | C. Denis | Sir C. H. Williams | Mr. Mason | Sheridan [/col1] | [col2] Dr. Goldsmith | Mr. Kelly | W. Whitehead | W. Wotu | Rev. P. Stockdale | Ogilvie | Laur. Sterne | Mr. Cunningham | Lord Palmerston | Lord Carlisle. | Hon. C. Fox | Hon. C. Townsend | Hon. Mr. Erskine [/col2] | [col3] Dean Berkley | Capt. Thompson | Mr. P. Whitehead | S. Jenyns | Schomberg | McMillan | Rev. G. Caswall | Mrs Montague | Lennox | Greville | Carter | Miss Moore | Aikin, &c. &c. | [rule] | VOL II. | [rule] | LONDON: | Printed for ROBERT BALDWIN, Paternoster Row. | M,DCC,LXXVIII.

Place of Publication:

London

Format:

Octavo

Bibliographic details:

Half title: THE | [g]MUSE'S MIRROUR.[/g] | VOL. II.

Comments:

Despite the lengthy list of illustrious authors on the title page, this collection seems to be dominated by the work of Edward Thompson. Contents: Latin verse p. 233, 240.

Other matter:

Back matter: Contents pp. 273-278; Errata [1p.]

Related Miscellanies

Title:

The Muse's Mirrour. Being a Collection of Poems [vol I] [ECCO] [ESTC N10300]

Publication Date:

1778

ESTC No:

N10300

Volume:

1 of 2

Relationship:

Volume from the same edition

Comments:

Title:

The muse's mirrour: being a collection of poems [vol 2] [T124632] [ecco]

Publication Date:

1783

ESTC No:

T124632

Volume:

2 of 2

Relationship:

Reissue

Comments:

Related People

Publisher:

Robert I Baldwin

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Content/Publication

First Line:

In this dear George we both agree

Page No:

pp.1-4

Poem Title:

Washing Week. To Capt. George Thompson

Attribution:

by Capt. E. Thompson, Kew, May 25, 1765.

Attributed To:

Edward Thompson

First Line:

As late I strayed by Thames' translucent stream

Page No:

pp.4-6

Poem Title:

Albany. A Monody to the memory of a virtuous Youth, drowned in the Thames.

Attribution:

E. Thompson.

Attributed To:

Edward Thompson

First Line:

Platonic love a pretty name

Page No:

pp.6-7

Poem Title:

Platonic Love. A Jeu D'Esprit:

Attribution:

Amator

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ah fortune wilt thou never smile

Page No:

pp.8-9

Poem Title:

Ode.

Attribution:

Alexis.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Though of detested death the form you wear

Page No:

p.10

Poem Title:

[In Somnum. From the Poemata Anglorum. ('Somne levis! quanquam certissimo mortis imago')] Imitated.

Attribution:

R. B.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Twixt Death and Schomberg the other day

Page No:

p.11

Poem Title:

Death and the Doctor...To Dr. Schomberg, of Bath.

Attribution:

By P. W. Esq.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Historians from Norway their wonders have told

Page No:

pp.12-13

Poem Title:

The Torpid Lover. A new Ballad.

Attribution:

By Miss E. S.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

By sacred eloquence the pulpit strives

Page No:

p.14

Poem Title:

On seeing Mr. Foote's Playing of the Cozeners.

Attribution:

T. L.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Over the proud tomb let martial banners wave

Page No:

pp.14-15

Poem Title:

Epitaph in a Country Church-yard.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When favourite bodies sleep within their graves

Page No:

p.15

Poem Title:

On seeing Mr. Garrick every night at the Theatre.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Are we to credit the report

Page No:

pp.16-19

Poem Title:

On a much talk'd of Marriage. To Miss --, of -- --.

Attribution:

O. P. Q.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Within this lone dismantled bower

Page No:

pp.20-21

Poem Title:

Reflection. An Elegy.

Attribution:

Benevolus.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Be hushed ye sweet birds and forbear your shrill note

Page No:

p.22

Poem Title:

A Sonnet. On seeing Delia asleep.

Attribution:

J. C.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

O mighty fame

Page No:

pp.23-27

Poem Title:

Fame: An Ode.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

How sweet a torment tis to love

Page No:

p.27

Poem Title:

Love. A Jeu D'Esprit.

Attribution:

T. W. W.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Sweetest warbler of the wood

Page No:

pp.28-29

Poem Title:

Ode to the Lark.

Attribution:

By the Author of The Cave of Morar.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thou bed in which I first began

Page No:

pp.29-30

Poem Title:

Address of the Author to his Bed.

Attribution:

R. B.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Miss Billy shines in low grimace

Page No:

pp.31-32

Poem Title:

On a Fribble, who mimick'd the Ladies.

Attribution:

H. I.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Seest thou that monument there Waller lies

Page No:

p.33-43 [i.e. 34]

Poem Title:

Verses, Written upon the Wall of an Inn, opposite the Church-Yard. at Beaconsfield.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When daring Blood first planned to steal the crown

Page No:

p.33

Poem Title:

Epigram, On a Woman, in the Habit of a Priest, Stealing the George from Sir George Warren, At Court on the Queen's Birth Day.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If great Northumberland is laid in dust

Page No:

p.43 [i.e. 34]

Poem Title:

On Dryden's Bust being thrown down at the burial of the Dutchess of Northumberland.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here sleeps what once was beauty once was grace

Page No:

p.35

Poem Title:

On Abigail Drummond, daughter to Robert, Archbishop of York, who lived, alas! only 16 years; this last duty is paid her

Attribution:

By Mr. Mason.

Attributed To:

William Mason

First Line:

When first I saw thee Mahon at the play

Page No:

p.36

Poem Title:

Lines address'd to Mrs Mahon.

Attribution:

Geodle.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I lately thought no man alive

Page No:

pp.36-39

Poem Title:

A Jeu D'Esprit. To Sir Joshua Reynolds and Co.

Attribution:

By the Dean of Derry.

Attributed To:

Thomas Barnard

First Line:

Why what in the name of old Nick can he mean

Page No:

p.39

Poem Title:

Written in America, on General Gage's fourth Paragraph against Immorality

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

All you who set sail for the land of delight

Page No:

pp.40-41

Poem Title:

A Song

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When her dear portrait was to A--r shown

Page No:

p.41

Poem Title:

An Epigram, On seeing Lady A-----r's Picture.

Attribution:

Kitty Carmine.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tell me the meaning you who can

Page No:

p.42

Poem Title:

Upon seeing Mr. Taylor's pictures of Bath, and hearing a Connoisseur swear that "they were finely painted for a Gentleman."

Attribution:

By Mr. Garrick.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

To form a fair one all complete

Page No:

pp.43-44

Poem Title:

An Accomplish'd Woman.

Attribution:

By Capt. R-----.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Why seems so dull the approach of spring

Page No:

pp.45-46

Poem Title:

Elegy on the death of the late Rev. E. K.

Attribution:

Amicus.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Yes Polly tis at length to plain

Page No:

pp.46-47

Poem Title:

An Ode, To Miss S---r, of York Buildings.

Attribution:

E. M.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Blessed with a form of heavenly frame

Page No:

pp.48-54

Poem Title:

Epistle I. Lais. Aristaenetus to Philocalus.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Sheridan, and others.

Attributed To:

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

First Line:

In a snug little court as I stood the other day

Page No:

pp.55-56

Poem Title:

Epistle II. The Pleasing Constraint.

Attribution:

By the same [i.e. Sheridan]

Attributed To:

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

First Line:

As Hippias the other day and I

Page No:

pp.57-61

Poem Title:

Epistle. IV. The Experiment. Philochorus to Polyaenus.

Attribution:

By the same [i.e. Sheridan]

Attributed To:

Richard Brinsley Sheridan

First Line:

Late as upon the rocky strand

Page No:

pp.61-64

Poem Title:

Epistle VII. The Disappointment. Cyrtion to Dictys.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A lady thus her maid addressed

Page No:

pp.65-67

Poem Title:

Epistle XI. The Artful Maid. Philostratus to Euagoras.

Attribution:

By the same.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hither ye travellers who have known

Page No:

pp.67-74

Poem Title:

Epistle XII. The Enraptured Lover. Euhemerus to Leucippus.

Attribution:

By the same.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Fortune my friend I've often thought

Page No:

pp.74-80

Poem Title:

Epistle XIII. The Sagacious Doctor. Eutychobulus to Acestodorus.

Attribution:

By the same

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In secret pining thus I sighed

Page No:

pp.80-81

Poem Title:

Epistle XVI. The Bashful Lover. Lamprias to Philippides.

Attribution:

By the same.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Yes she is cold oh how severely cold

Page No:

pp.82-83

Poem Title:

Epistle XVII. The Haughty Beauty. Xenopeithes to Demaretus.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Daughter of heaven aurora rise

Page No:

pp.84-85

Poem Title:

Hymn to the Morning.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The melting strain bright maid give over

Page No:

p.84

Poem Title:

An Epigram, To Miss Polly Tempest, singing.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The pang that wounds the tortured breast

Page No:

pp.86-78[i.e. 87]

Poem Title:

Amor vincit omnia, & nos cedamus amori. Virgil.

Attribution:

Reklawttaye.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To the god Janus shepherds raise a shrine

Page No:

p.78 [i.e. 87]-89

Poem Title:

A Pastoral Hymn to Janus, MDCCLXII. Written upon a supposition that her Majesty's Birth-day was in the month of January.

Attribution:

J. Cunningham.

Attributed To:

John Cunningham

First Line:

From the grand tour through Paris Florence Rome

Page No:

p.89

Poem Title:

The Modern Traveller.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Accept sweet maid each scene that Shakespeare drew

Page No:

pp.90-94

Poem Title:

Verses to a young Lady with the New Edition of Shakespeare by Dr. Johnson and Mr. Steevens.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To Richmond and Peterborough Matt gave his letters

Page No:

p.94

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Long hast thou friend been absent from thy soil

Page No:

pp.95-101

Poem Title:

"Mr. Pope's welcome from Greece," a copy of verses written by Mr. Gay, upon Mr. Pope's having finished his translation of Homer's Iliad.

Attribution:

Mr. Gay.

Attributed To:

John Gay

First Line:

Hail bright invention by whose friendly aid

Page No:

pp.102-106

Poem Title:

Reflections on a Clean Shirt.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Undaunted chief to Britain dear

Page No:

p.106

Poem Title:

To General Conway on his being made Secretary of State.

Attribution:

F.-

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A strolling player as story tells

Page No:

pp.107-110

Poem Title:

The Strolling Player. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Beaumont distinguished by the liberal mind

Page No:

p.111

Poem Title:

To M. Elie de Beaumont, Counsellor before the Parliament of Paris, on his generous defence of John Calas.

Attribution:

By Mr. Langhorne.

Attributed To:

John Langhorne

First Line:

Had paving London streets in taste

Page No:

p.112

Poem Title:

On the Scotch Pavement.

Attribution:

F--.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

We now shall find the longitude

Page No:

p.112

Poem Title:

Epigram, On a Lady who was troubled with St. Vetus's dance.

Attribution:

T. Harrison.

Attributed To:

T. Harrison

First Line:

Pensive I lay even from the dead of night

Page No:

pp.113-114

Poem Title:

An Elegy on a Tallow Candle.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thy parents have desired me

Page No:

p.114

Poem Title:

Epitaph found in a Country Church, on a Young Woman.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Since folly's sons usurped the throne

Page No:

pp.115-116

Poem Title:

A Sonnet Occasioned by the present encouragement of Operas.

Attribution:

J. N.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

No wonder that Daphne shunned Phoebus' embrace

Page No:

p.115

Poem Title:

Epigram on Miss ----, occasioned by her wearing patches.

Attribution:

G. Caswal.

Attributed To:

G. Caswal

First Line:

Hail black November in whose foggy rear

Page No:

p.117

Poem Title:

On the 30th of November, being St. Andrew's day and the Birth-day of the Princess Dowager of Wales. 1765.

Attribution:

Florus.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ah what a death of patrons in this age

Page No:

p.117

Poem Title:

On seeing Mr. Lloyd's Opera inscribed to Mr. Colman.

Attribution:

C. Churchill.

Attributed To:

Charles Churchill

First Line:

Welcome great prince unto this land

Page No:

pp.118-120

Poem Title:

To the Prince of Orange, 1677.

Attribution:

By Edmund Waller of Beaconsfield.

Attributed To:

Edmund Waller

First Line:

Be'st thou chaste or be'st thou fair

Page No:

pp.120-121

Poem Title:

To the Lucretia of Witney.

Attribution:

E.T.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Nay Doll quoth Roger now you're caught

Page No:

pp.121-122

Poem Title:

An Epigram

Attribution:

Musarum Amicus

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Though Chloe possesses a form

Page No:

pp.122-123

Poem Title:

A Song.

Attribution:

By H. Kelly.

Attributed To:

Hugh Kelly

First Line:

Now famed Martinico has crowned us with bays

Page No:

pp.123-124

Poem Title:

The Poetical Moralist.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. Kelly]

Attributed To:

Hugh Kelly

First Line:

Sad sickening scene creation's light

Page No:

pp.124-126

Poem Title:

A Thunder Storm.

Attribution:

J. Hope.

Attributed To:

J. Hope

First Line:

Would you engage the lovely fair

Page No:

pp.126-127

Poem Title:

To his Son

Attribution:

By the late Lord Chesterfield.

Attributed To:

Philip Dormer Stanhope

First Line:

What I am going to bequeath

Page No:

pp.127-129

Poem Title:

The underwritten Lines are copied from the original Will of the late Nathaniel Lloyd Esq. who died a few weeks since at his seat in Twickenham, in Middlesex.

Attribution:

Nathaniel Lloyd

Attributed To:

Nathaniel Lloyd

First Line:

The nymph I choose to make me blessed

Page No:

pp.129-131

Poem Title:

The Characteristics of a Good Wife.

Attribution:

Musarum Amicus.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies my wife here let her lie

Page No:

p.131

Poem Title:

Epitaph intended by Mr. Dryden for his Wife.

Attribution:

Mr. Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Hail happy bride for thou art truly blessed

Page No:

p.132

Poem Title:

An Elegy on Mrs. Bowes

Attribution:

By Lady M. W. Montague.

Attributed To:

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont]

First Line:

Chloe her thoughts has so expressed

Page No:

p.133

Poem Title:

On Lady Mary Wortley Montague's Verses upon the death of Mrs. Bowes.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Though every one knows

Page No:

pp.133-134

Poem Title:

The Answer to Lady Mary's Verses on Mrs. Bowes.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tell me ye sons of Phoebus what is this

Page No:

pp.134-135

Poem Title:

On Good Humour.

Attribution:

By the late Lord Lyttelton.

Attributed To:

George Lyttelton

First Line:

Resolved to visit far a distant friend

Page No:

pp.135-136

Poem Title:

The Stage Coach. In imitation of Mr. Bourn's Usus Quadrigarum.

Attribution:

Ignavum Pecus.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

With a mind quite at ease in the evening of life

Page No:

pp.137-138

Poem Title:

Copy of a Will found in the house of an old Batchelor lately deceas'd

Attribution:

Liber.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When earth yawned wide to swallow ancient Rome

Page No:

p.138

Poem Title:

Comparison between Felton and Curtius.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The lord have mercy on us all

Page No:

pp.139-143

Poem Title:

The Tim Whisky, A Journey to Oxford. To Capt. G. T. at Cave, 1765.

Attribution:

By Capt. E. T--n.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Celestial maid receive this prayer

Page No:

pp.143-144

Poem Title:

Hymn. To Prosperity.

Attribution:

By Miss Sally Carter.

Attributed To:

Sally Carter

First Line:

When Orpheus touched the trembling string

Page No:

p.145

Poem Title:

Tunbridge Verses. To Miss Frederick singing and playing on the Harpsichord.

Attribution:

By Mr. Charles Fox.

Attributed To:

Charles James Fox

First Line:

Along the turfy heath cool blows the gale

Page No:

pp.146-147

Poem Title:

Morning Twilight. Written at the Season.

Attribution:

W. P.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Adieu my fair this hapless day

Page No:

pp.147-149

Poem Title:

The Parting: Le Partenza. From Metastasio.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Oft had I heard as if in fairy dream

Page No:

pp.149-150

Poem Title:

Sonnet. To Mr. Warton, on his Poems.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Come thou goddess fair and free

Page No:

pp.150-151

Poem Title:

Rhapsody to Taste, On seeing the Dutchess of Devonshire in full Dress.

Attribution:

By Lord C--.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

With every hope a vessel sails away

Page No:

pp.152-153

Poem Title:

The following address to the Public was spoken by Mrs. Barry the first time she appeared on the Stage after the death of her Husband, and before the Tragedy of Douglas.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Garrick.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

What swarms of crows in black array

Page No:

pp.153-154

Poem Title:

The following Poem was taken from an old Manuscript dated 1649. On seeing a large number of Crows flying about the highest part of the great Tower of York Minster.

Attribution:

Poco.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here Vulcan husband to the queen of love

Page No:

pp.154-155

Poem Title:

Toasts. To Mrs. Lacy.

Attribution:

E. T.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Yes sure tis here that pride that folly reigns

Page No:

pp.155-157

Poem Title:

The Censure of the World. An Elegy.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ye peers ye pimps by passion tossed

Page No:

pp.157-162

Poem Title:

The Contrast, a Vision. Addressed to Lord St--nl--y.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

So you see by the papers at last my boy Ned

Page No:

pp.162-164

Poem Title:

An Epistle from a Midshipman in the Navy to his Messmate, on the Admiralty order for the alteration of the Captains Uniform.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hence sheepish diffidence

Page No:

pp.164-171

Poem Title:

The Garrulous Man, A Parody upon L'Allegro of Milton, Addressed to Mr. and Mrs. Miller.

Attribution:

By Mr. Schomberg Jun.

Attributed To:

Ralph Schomberg

First Line:

Ye classics pray talk not of beauties of yore

Page No:

pp.171-172

Poem Title:

The Nymph of the Hill. Inscribed to Miss Pierce, of Richmond.

Attribution:

Written by Capt. Thompson, and set to Musick by Mr. Hooke.

Attributed To:

Edward Thompson

First Line:

As with affection fond a mother views

Page No:

pp.173-174

Poem Title:

On Providence. From the Italian of Filicaia. "Qual Madre i figlii," &c. Translation.

Attribution:

S.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As Delia sat near Belmont's chair

Page No:

pp.174-175

Poem Title:

The Delicate Compliance.

Attribution:

By H. Kelly.

Attributed To:

Hugh Kelly

First Line:

In heaven bright maid that bliss receive

Page No:

pp.175-176

Poem Title:

Ode to Humanity.

Attribution:

By the same [i.e. Kelly]

Attributed To:

Hugh Kelly

First Line:

The cloth removed twas ten at night

Page No:

pp.177-178

Poem Title:

The Silent Conversation.

Attribution:

By the same [i.e. Kelly]

Attributed To:

Hugh Kelly

First Line:

Though other bards whom genius warms

Page No:

pp.178-180

Poem Title:

Sally Hayes.

Attribution:

By the same [i.e. Kelly]

Attributed To:

Hugh Kelly

First Line:

At day's early dawn a gay butterfly spied

Page No:

pp.180-181

Poem Title:

The Rose and the Butterfly. A Fable, initated from La Motte.

Attribution:

By Mr. Cunningham.

Attributed To:

John Cunningham

First Line:

Ye gods what a passion is love

Page No:

pp.182-183

Poem Title:

Love prov'd Lunacy.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thanks nice for thy treacherous arts

Page No:

pp.184-188

Poem Title:

Liberty: La Liberta. Newly translated from Metastasio.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

All powerful fancy dear delusive maid

Page No:

pp.188-190

Poem Title:

To Fancy.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

How chill blows in autumn the gale

Page No:

pp.190-191

Poem Title:

The Red-Breast.

Attribution:

T. N.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

While over my head this laurel woven bower

Page No:

pp.192-196

Poem Title:

Elegy. Written in the Garden of a Friend.

Attribution:

By W. Mason, A. M.

Attributed To:

William Mason

First Line:

In vain Maria do you strive

Page No:

p.196

Poem Title:

On seeing a faded Rose in a nosegay, worn by Mrs. B- at Ranelagh.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Such havock of mortality

Page No:

p.197

Poem Title:

[Additional lines to the poem of the Ghost]

Attribution:

Mr. Charles Churchill

Attributed To:

Charles Churchill

First Line:

Whiffle who knows not Whiffle's name

Page No:

p.197

Poem Title:

Additional lines to the poem of the Ghost.

Attribution:

Mr Charles Churchill.

Attributed To:

Charles Churchill

First Line:

Woty of Comus long the favourite guest

Page No:

pp.198-199

Poem Title:

Lines inscribed to Capt. E. Thompson, and Mr. W. Woty

Attribution:

By the Rev. Mr. Percival Stockdale.

Attributed To:

Percival Stockdale

First Line:

Poet renowned in every age

Page No:

p.198

Poem Title:

[Written and translated by Mr. Garrick, upon Mr. Jennings declaring an intention to give an edition of Shakespeare. In Shakespearium. ('Felix poeta in oevo proximo')] Imitated.

Attribution:

by Mr. Garrick

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

Tis strange cries Eugenio that Roscius the great

Page No:

p.199

Poem Title:

The Wonder: An Epigram.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If sensibility absorbed in woe

Page No:

pp.200-211

Poem Title:

An Elegy; Occasioned by the death of a Lady's Linnet.

Attribution:

By Mr. Percival Stockdale.

Attributed To:

Percival Stockdale

First Line:

Gentle tender beauteous belle

Page No:

pp.211-212

Poem Title:

From a Sailor on ship-board, to his Mistress. Written on board the Bellona in January 1762.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The death of faithful Dobbin I deplore

Page No:

pp.213-214

Poem Title:

An Elegy on the death of Dobbin, the Butter-woman's Horse.

Attribution:

By Mr. Fowkes.

Attributed To:

Francis Fawkes

First Line:

Her voice is as clear as the stream

Page No:

p.215

Poem Title:

A Female Character.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hic jacet England's glory wisdom wit

Page No:

p.215

Poem Title:

On Mr. Pitt being pensioned and becoming a Peer in 1761.

Attribution:

E. T.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Says a beau to a lady pray name if you can

Page No:

p.215

Poem Title:

An Epigram.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As long as tender sentiment shall please

Page No:

pp.216-217

Poem Title:

Stanzas. Addressed to Mr. Jackson.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ah what a weary race my feet have run

Page No:

pp.217-218

Poem Title:

Ode to the River Lodon.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Britannia was sick for a doctor they sent

Page No:

pp.218-219

Poem Title:

The State Quacks.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Closely pent in thickset arbour

Page No:

pp.219-222

Poem Title:

Colin and Jenny: A Song.

Attribution:

By Miss E----, of Pittodry.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

At thieves I bark at lovers wag my tail

Page No:

p.222

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Mr. Wilkes

Attributed To:

John Wilkes

First Line:

Adieu sweet bard to each fine feeling true

Page No:

p.223

Poem Title:

To the Memory of Dr. Goldsmith.

Attribution:

By W. Woty.

Attributed To:

William Woty

First Line:

Though love like a monkey had long played his tricks

Page No:

p.224

Poem Title:

Song.

Attribution:

By Hugh Kelly.

Attributed To:

Hugh Kelly

First Line:

Fair Kitty beautiful and young

Page No:

p.225

Poem Title:

Extempore on the death of the Dutchess of Queensberry.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Wrapped in the shade where meditation lies

Page No:

pp.226-230

Poem Title:

Meditation: An Elegy.

Attribution:

By Hugh Kelly.

Attributed To:

Hugh Kelly

First Line:

What friendly ray in pity dressed

Page No:

pp.230-231

Poem Title:

The Injured Husband. Said to be lately written by a man of fashion.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When equal charms in different colours dressed

Page No:

p.231

Poem Title:

On two lovely and loving Sisters.

Attribution:

By Aaron Hill.

Attributed To:

Aaron Hill

First Line:

Hark the loud tuning horn bids the sportsman prepare

Page No:

p.232

Poem Title:

The Sportsman: A Sonnet.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Let ladies born to high estate

Page No:

pp.234-236

Poem Title:

Rhymes, with a present of Ribbands, to ----, of Cornwall.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whence comes it that in Clara's face

Page No:

p.236

Poem Title:

The Rose and Lilly.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies the prop and glory of his race

Page No:

pp.237-238

Poem Title:

An Epitaph in the Church-yard at Newington, in Oxfordshire...Henry Dunch, Esq.

Attribution:

By Waller.

Attributed To:

Edmund Waller

First Line:

Three lovely nymphs contending for the prize

Page No:

p.238

Poem Title:

The Rival Beauties. From Rufinus.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When such the feelings of the human heart

Page No:

pp.239-240

Poem Title:

On the death of the Rev. Mr. Eccles -- Author of "The Man of Feeling" --- who was drowned in attempting to save a youth in the river in Dolmead.

Attribution:

E. T.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Goddess over me diffuse thy influence

Page No:

pp.241-243

Poem Title:

Ode to Memory.

Attribution:

By W. Woty.

Attributed To:

William Woty

First Line:

Death since thy reign began could thou ever say

Page No:

p.244

Poem Title:

Epitaph on Lady Cocklaw.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Yet still one bliss one glory I forbear

Page No:

pp.245-247

Poem Title:

Characters of Mr. Granville (Nephew to Lord Landsdowne) and of William Harrison, Esq.

Attribution:

from an epistle of Dr. Young's not yet inserted among his works.

Attributed To:

Edward Young

First Line:

Folly and ignorance by chance or fate

Page No:

p.248

Poem Title:

A Fable.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Long on the stage thou playedst thy part

Page No:

p.248

Poem Title:

Epitaph on Mr. Burton, Comedian.

Attribution:

By Capt. E. Thompson.

Attributed To:

Edward Thompson

First Line:

Tis past ah calm thy cares to rest

Page No:

pp.249-251

Poem Title:

The death of Alico, an African slave, condemned for rebellion, in Jamaica, 1762.

Attribution:

By Bryant Edwards, Esq. of Jamaica.

Attributed To:

Bryant Edwards

First Line:

O clear that cruel doubting brow

Page No:

pp.251-252

Poem Title:

Ode. To Miss ******.

Attribution:

By the same [i.e. Edwards]

Attributed To:

Bryant Edwards

First Line:

Beneath lies interred

Page No:

pp.252-253

Poem Title:

Epitaph on a dead Parrot thrown down a Necessary.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Old Homer has sung to a very fine tune-o

Page No:

pp.253-254

Poem Title:

To a Lady who lately published in the News-papers a poem of Miss Carter's, pretending it to be her own.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

While nature slumbers in the shade

Page No:

pp.254-257

Poem Title:

Karn-Brae, a Druid Ode.

Attribution:

By J. W*****t.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Well I remember on that crowded day

Page No:

p.257

Poem Title:

Upon the largest Jewel's dropping out of his Majesty's Crown on his Coronation.

Attribution:

N.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hail lovely babe pure as thy natal morn

Page No:

p.258

Poem Title:

A little Monody. To the memory of a natural child which died a few days after the birth---Oct. 13, 1772.

Attribution:

By Capt. E. Thompson.

Attributed To:

Edward Thompson

First Line:

Upon a wild and thymy heath

Page No:

p.259

Poem Title:

The Lass of Tylgarsely. Inscribed to Mrs. Lacey, 1775.

Attribution:

E. T.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Look round thee man observe the planets roll

Page No:

p.260

Poem Title:

Ordo mundi probat Deum. The order of the world proves that there is a God.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Clara I yield deserved contempt I meet

Page No:

p.261

Poem Title:

Lines Addressed To A Lady.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whoever thou art by fate or fortune led

Page No:

p.262

Poem Title:

To the memory of Mrs. Deborah Thompson.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Of thy betters say nothing ill

Page No:

p.262

Poem Title:

The following is a Monkish distich, found somewhere in an old Abbey

Attribution:

Translated by Dr. Burton, late headmaster of Winchester College

Attributed To:

Dr. Burton

First Line:

A quarrel once as story goes

Page No:

pp.263-267

Poem Title:

The Miracle: a true Tale.

Attribution:

By C. Denis.

Attributed To:

Charles Denis

First Line:

Whether sailor or not for a moment avast

Page No:

p.267

Poem Title:

Epitaph to the memory of Capt. Thomas Male, who died on the Coast of Guinea in 1771, a gallant Sea Officer, and an honest man.

Attribution:

By Capt. E. Thompson.

Attributed To:

Edward Thompson

First Line:

Still let my Hurd a smile of candour lend

Page No:

p.268

Poem Title:

To the Right Rev. the Bishop of Litchfield and Coventry, Preceptor to the Prince of Wales and Bishop of Osnaburg.

Attribution:

Sonnet by the Author of Caractus. (Accompanying that Poem.) // W. Mason.

Attributed To:

William Mason

First Line:

Beneath this stone Charles Denis lies

Page No:

p.269

Poem Title:

Epitaph to the memory of Mr. Charles Denis---author of a Volume of Fables, and many ingenious translations of Fontain

Attribution:

By Capt. E. Thompson, June 1772.

Attributed To:

Edward Thompson

First Line:

What turned of fifty and endeavour

Page No:

pp.270-271

Poem Title:

To Lesbia. Imitated from Rosseau.

Attribution:

By Mr. C. Denis.

Attributed To:

Charles Denis

First Line:

Hail silver moon whose cheerful radiance warms

Page No:

p.271

Poem Title:

An Impromptu. Walking by Moonlight

Attribution:

E. T.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

While pompous monuments adorn these tombs

Page No:

p.272

Poem Title:

To the memory of the celebrated Henry Fielding, who is interred without a monumental stone in the Factory burial ground at Lisbon, round which is planted many Cypress Trees.

Attribution:

By Capt. E. Thompson.

Attributed To:

Edward Thompson