A collection of poems in three volumes, by several hands [T115891] [Vol.3] [ECCO]

DMI number:

834

Publication Date:

1748

Volume Number:

3 of 3

ESTC number:

T115891

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW114327352

Shelfmark:

BOD Harding C 147

Full Title:

A | COLLECTION | OF | POEMS. | IN THREE VOLUMES. | BY | SEVERAL HANDS. | [ornament] | LONDON: Printed by J. HUGHS, | For R. DODSLEY at Tully's-Head in Pall-Mall. | M. DCCXLVIII.

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Miscellaneous collection

Format:

Octavo

Pagination:

[4],1-224, [1], 226-301, [1], 303-314, [1], 316-348

Bibliographic details:

2nd edition. Illustrations on p.225, 302, 315, 345.

Comments:

HALF-TITLE: [ornamental rule] | VOL. III. | The Second EDITION. | [ornamental rule] CONTENTS: Half-title; title-page; miscellaneous verses [pp.1-345]; table of contents [pp.346-348]

Other matter:

PREFATORY MATERIAL: Half-title; Title-page. END MATTER: Table of contents [pp.346-348].

References:

Case 458 (3)(b) Suarez, Michael F., ed., 'Robert Dodsley: A Collection of Poems by Several Hands'', (1997)

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Title:

A collection of poems by several hands, in three volumes [Vol.3] [T124507]

Publication Date:

1748

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T124507

Volume:

3 of 3

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Title:

A collection of poems in three volumes, by several hands [T115891] [Vol.1] [ECCO]

Publication Date:

1748

ESTC No:

T115891

Volume:

1 of 3

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Title:

A collection of poems in three volumes, by several hands [T115891] [Vol.2] [ECCO]

Publication Date:

1748

ESTC No:

T115891

Volume:

2 of 3

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Title:

A collection of poems by several hands, in four volumes [N27942]

Publication Date:

1749

ESTC No:

N27942

Volume:

4 of 4

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Volume from the same edition

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Title:

A collection of poems in three volumes, by several hands [T148949] [Vol. 3] [ECCO]

Publication Date:

1751

ESTC No:

T148949

Volume:

3 of 3

Relationship:

Another Edition of

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Printer:

J. Hughs

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Publisher:

Robert Dodsley

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Content/Publication

First Line:

Now had the son of Jove mature attained

Page No:

pp.1-12

Poem Title:

The Choice of Hercules. A Poem.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Briton the thunder of the wrath divine

Page No:

pp.12-17

Poem Title:

An Ode To the People of Great-Britain. In Imitation of the Sixth Ode of the Third Book of Horace. Written in 1746.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Where early Phoebus sheds his milder beams

Page No:

pp.17-37

Poem Title:

Psyche: Or, The Great Metamorphosis. A Poem, written in Imitation of Spencer.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hail liberty whose presence glads the abode

Page No:

pp.38-52

Poem Title:

Jovi Eleutherio. Or, an Offering to Liberty.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

From horrid mountains ever hid in snow

Page No:

pp.52-55

Poem Title:

An Epistle from a Swiss Officer, To His Friend at Rome.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

What sir a month and not one line afford

Page No:

pp.55-57

Poem Title:

Life burthensome because we know, not how to use it. An Epistle.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Few people know it yet dear sir tis true

Page No:

pp.58-61

Poem Title:

The Duty of Employing one's Self. An Epistle.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

No single rule's more frequently enjoined

Page No:

pp.61-64

Poem Title:

On Scribling against Genius. An Epistle.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The mimic's ductile features claim my lays

Page No:

pp.65-68

Poem Title:

The Mimick.

Attribution:

By the Rev. Mr. Pitt.

Attributed To:

Christopher Pitt

First Line:

When flourished with their state the Athenian name

Page No:

pp.69-83

Poem Title:

An Epistle from Florence. To T. A. Esq; Tutor to the Earl of P---. Written in the Year 1740.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Desponding artist talk no more

Page No:

pp.84-89

Poem Title:

The Beauties. An Epistle to Mr. Eckardt the Painter.

Attribution:

By the Same. [preceding poem unattributed]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Britons once more in annual joy we meet

Page No:

pp.90-92

Poem Title:

Epilogue to Tamerlane, On the Suppression of the Rebellion. Spoken by Mrs. Pritchard, in the Character of the Comick Muse, Nov. 4, 1746.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Too much my heart of beauty's power hath known

Page No:

pp.93-96

Poem Title:

The Resolution: An Elegy. Written in the Year 1742.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ye green-robed Dryads oft at dusky eve

Page No:

pp.97-106

Poem Title:

The Enthusiast: Or The Lover of Nature. A Poem.

Attribution:

By the Rev. Mr. Joseph Warton.

Attributed To:

Joseph Warton

First Line:

O parent of each lovely muse

Page No:

pp.107-112

Poem Title:

An Ode to Fancy.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. Joseph Warton]

Attributed To:

Joseph Warton

First Line:

Hail genial sun I feel thy powerful ray

Page No:

pp.113-114

Poem Title:

Stanzas written on taking the Air after a long Illness.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. Joseph Warton]

Attributed To:

Joseph Warton

First Line:

Twere well my friend for human kind

Page No:

pp.114-117

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.117-119

Poem Title:

Contentment.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. Duck].

Attributed To:

Stephen Duck

First Line:

Ah me is all our pleasure mixed with woe

Page No:

pp.119-125

Poem Title:

The Education of Achilles.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In days my lord when mother time

Page No:

pp.125-132

Poem Title:

An Epistle from S. J. Esq; in the Country, to the Right Hon. the Lord Lovelace in Town. Written in the Year 1735.

Attribution:

from S. J. Esq;

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whilst you dear maid over thousands born to reign

Page No:

pp.132-135

Poem Title:

To a Lady in Town, soon after her leaving the Country.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e., S. J. Esq]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The tuneful throng was ever beauty's care

Page No:

pp.136-137

Poem Title:

To the Right Hon. the Lady Margaret Cavendish Harley, presented with a Collection of Poems.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e., S. J. Esq]

Attributed To:

Soame Jenyns

First Line:

Too plain dear youth these tell-tale eyes

Page No:

pp.138-139

Poem Title:

Chloe to Strephon. A Song.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e., S. J. Esq]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

These trophies Stanhope of a lovely dame

Page No:

p.139

Poem Title:

To the Right Honourable the Earl of Chesterfield, on his being install'd Knight of the Garter.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e., S. J. Esq]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

With gifts like these the spoils of neighbouring shores

Page No:

pp.140-142

Poem Title:

To A Lady, Sent with a Present of Shells and Stones design'd for a Grotto.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e., S. J. Esq]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whilst well-wrote lines our wondering eyes command

Page No:

pp.142-144

Poem Title:

To A Lady. In answer to a Letter wrote in a very fine Hand.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e., S. J. Esq]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In the smooth dance to move with graceful mien

Page No:

pp.144-165

Poem Title:

The Art of Dancing. A Poem. Inscrib'd to the Rt. Hon. the Lady Fanny Fielding. Written in the Year 1730.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e., S. J. Esq]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Just broke from school pert impudent and raw

Page No:

pp.165-169

Poem Title:

The Modern Fine Gentleman. Written in the Year 1746.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. S. J.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thou whom nor honours wealth nor youth can spoil

Page No:

pp.169-176

Poem Title:

An Essay on Virtue. To the Honourable Philip Yorke, Esq;

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e., S. J. Esq]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thou whom to counsel is to praise

Page No:

pp.177-180

Poem Title:

The Female-Drum: Or, the Origin of Cards. A Tale. Address'd to the Honourable Miss Carpenter.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thou dearest youth who taught me first to know

Page No:

pp.181-183

Poem Title:

To Mr. Fox, written at Florence. In Imitation of Horace, Ode IV. Book 2.

Attribution:

By the late Lord H----y

Attributed To:

John Hervey

First Line:

Whilst in the fortunes of the gay and great

Page No:

pp.183-190

Poem Title:

To the Same. From Hampton-Court, 1731.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e., By the late Lord H----y]

Attributed To:

John Hervey

First Line:

If ever in thy sight I found favour Apollo

Page No:

pp.191-193

Poem Title:

The Poet's Prayer.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When the heart aches with anguish pines with grief

Page No:

pp.193-196

Poem Title:

An Epistle to a Lady.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As genius virtue reputation

Page No:

pp.196-198

Poem Title:

Genius, Virtue, and Reputation. A Fable. From Mons. De La Motte. Book V. Fable 6.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A grove there was by nature made

Page No:

pp.199-202

Poem Title:

Marriage A-La-Mode: Or, The Two Sparrows. A Fable. From Mons. De La Motte, Book IV. Fable 21.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Who by retirement to these sacred groves

Page No:

p.202

Poem Title:

An Inscription. [...] O Ye!

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The solitary bird of night

Page No:

pp.203-207

Poem Title:

Ode to Wisdom. By a Lady.

Attribution:

By a Lady.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In plaintive sounds that turned to woe

Page No:

pp.207-208

Poem Title:

To a Gentleman, On his intended to cut down a Grove, to enlarge his Prospect.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. a lady]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hail ever pleasing solitude

Page No:

pp.209-210

Poem Title:

Hymn on Solitude.

Attribution:

By the late James Thompson, Esq; Author of the Seasons.

Attributed To:

James Thomson

First Line:

Ethereal race inhabitants of air

Page No:

pp.211-212

Poem Title:

An Ode on Aeolus's Harp.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. James Thompson]

Attributed To:

James Thomson

First Line:

By Rufus' hall where Thames polluted flows

Page No:

p.213

Poem Title:

On the Report of a Wooden Bridge to be built at Westminster.

Attribution:

By the Same. [James Thomson]

Attributed To:

James Thomson

First Line:

Offspring of folly and of noise

Page No:

pp.214-224

Poem Title:

The Estimate of Life, In Three Parts. A Poem.

Attribution:

By John Gilbert Cooper Esq;

Attributed To:

John Gilbert Cooper

First Line:

Thou who shalt stop where Thames' translucent wave

Page No:

p.225

Poem Title:

On a Grotto near the Thames, at Twickenham, compos'd of Marbles, Spars and Minerals.

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Happy the babe whose natal hour

Page No:

pp.226-231

Poem Title:

The Pleasure of Poetry. An Ode.

Attribution:

By Mr. Vansittart.

Attributed To:

Robert Vansittart

First Line:

When tuneful Orpheus strove by moving strains

Page No:

pp.231-233

Poem Title:

The Power of Poetry.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In this small work all nature's wonders see

Page No:

pp.233-235

Poem Title:

To a Young Lady, with Fontenelle's Plurality of Worlds.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If truth can fix thy wavering heart

Page No:

pp.235-236

Poem Title:

Song. To Sylvia.

Attribution:

By D. G.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

O thou whose artless free born genius charms

Page No:

pp.236-237

Poem Title:

To the Author of the Farmer's Letters, which were written in Ireland in the Year of the Rebellion, by Henry Brooke, Esq; 1745.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. D. G]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

While here the poet paints the charms

Page No:

p.237

Poem Title:

Verses written in a Book call'd Fables for the Female Sex.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. D. G]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Arachne once as poets tell

Page No:

p.238

Poem Title:

Upon a Lady's Embroidery.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. D. G]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Untouched by love unmoved by wit

Page No:

p.238

Poem Title:

Verses written in Sylvia's Prior.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. D. G]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As doctor -- musing sate

Page No:

pp.239-240

Poem Title:

Death and the Doctor. Occasion'd by a Physician's lampooning a Friend of the Author.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. D. G]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The goddesses of wit and love

Page No:

p.241

Poem Title:

On the Right Side.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. D. G]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Though here my body lies interred

Page No:

p.241

Poem Title:

On the Left Side.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. D. G]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The court was met the prisoner brought

Page No:

pp.242-254

Poem Title:

The Trial of Selim the Persian, For divers High Crimes and Misdemeanors.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Deep in a forest's shadowy seat

Page No:

pp.255-265

Poem Title:

The Trophy, Being Six Cantatas To the Honour of his Royal Highness William, Duke of Cumberland; Expressing the just Sense of a grateful Nation [...] Set to Musick by Dr. Greene. 1746.

Attribution:

By -----

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A myrtle flourished mongst the flowers

Page No:

pp.265-268

Poem Title:

The Marriage of the Myrtle and the Yew. A Fable. To Delia, about to marry beneath herself. 1744.

Attribution:

By the Same. [preceding poem unattributed]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Bold was the irreligious hand

Page No:

pp.268-269

Poem Title:

On a Bay-Leaf, pluck'd from Virgil's Tomb, near Naples. 1736.

Attribution:

By the Same. [preceding poem unattributed]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The minutes the hours the days and the years

Page No:

pp.270-271

Poem Title:

To Chloe. Written on my Birth-Day, 1734.

Attribution:

By the Same. [preceding poem unattributed]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To silent groves where weeping yew

Page No:

pp.271-273

Poem Title:

A Song...Set to Musick by Dr. Greene.

Attribution:

By the Same. [preceding poem unattributed]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Yes yes my friend disguise it as you will

Page No:

pp.274-280

Poem Title:

Fashion: A Satire.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Nature and fortune blithe and gay

Page No:

pp.281-282

Poem Title:

Nature and Fortune To the Earl of Chesterfield.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Stanhope has gained one branch of fame

Page No:

p.283

Poem Title:

The Exception.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Can ease be consistent with state

Page No:

p.284

Poem Title:

To the Earl of Chesterfield.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Yes all my lord usurp fair honour's name

Page No:

pp.285-298

Poem Title:

Honour. A Poem... Inscribed to the Right Hon. the Lord Visc. Lonsdale.

Attribution:

By the Rev. Mr. Brown.

Attributed To:

John Brown

First Line:

Ye green haired nymphs whom Pan allows

Page No:

pp.298-301

Poem Title:

Ode to a Water-Nymph.

Attribution:

By Mr. Mason.

Attributed To:

William Mason

First Line:

Sorrowing I catch the reed and call the muse

Page No:

pp.303-314

Poem Title:

Musaeus: A Monody to the Memory of Mr. Pope, In Imitation of Milton's Lycidas.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. Mason]

Attributed To:

William Mason

First Line:

Fate gave the word the cruel arrow sped

Page No:

pp.[315]-337

Poem Title:

An Essay on Satire, occasioned by the Death of Mr. Pope.

Attribution:

By the Rev. Mr. Browne.

Attributed To:

John Brown

First Line:

In measured time | So heaven has willed together with their snows

Page No:

pp.337-343

Poem Title:

A Character of Mr. Pope's Writings. Being An Episode from the Poem call'd Sickness, B. II.

Attribution:

By the Rev. Mr. Thompson.

Attributed To:

William Thompson

First Line:

When dark oblivion in her sable cloak

Page No:

pp.344-345

Poem Title:

The Cave of Pope. A Prophecy.

Attribution:

By R--- D----.

Attributed To:

Robert Dodsley