A collection of poems in three volumes, by several hands [T148949] [Vol. 1] [ECCO]
- DMI number:
- 837
- Publication Date:
- 1751
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 3
- ESTC number:
- T148949
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW117291996
- 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. | [i]M DCC LI[/i]
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Miscellaneous collection
- Format:
- Octavo
- Pagination:
- [4], 1-2, [2], 5-341, [3]
- Bibliographic details:
- 3rd Edition PAGINATION: 139 as '193.
- Comments:
- HALF-TITLE: [ornamental rule] | VOL. I. | The Third EDITION | [ornamental rule] CONTENTS: Half-title; title-page; advertisement; miscellaneous verse; half-title 'A Poem...On the Prospect of Peace'; table of contents; advertisements.
- Other matter:
- PREFATORY MATTER: Advertisement [1-2] END MATTER: Table of contents [340-341]; Advertisement for 'Books printed for R. Dodsley' [3pp].
- References:
- Suarez, Michael F., ed., 'Robert Dodsley: A Collection of Poems by Several Hands', (1997)
- Title:
- A collection of poems by several hands, in three volumes [Vol.1] [T124507]
- Publication Date:
- 1748
- ESTC No:
- T124507
- Volume:
- 1 of 3
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- 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
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of poems in three volumes, by several hands [T148949] [Vol. 2] [ECCO]
- Publication Date:
- 1751
- ESTC No:
- T148949
- Volume:
- 2 of 3
- Relationship:
- Volume from the same edition
- Comments:
- 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:
- Volume from the same edition
- Comments:
- Printer:
- J. Hughs
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- Robert Dodsley
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Contending kings and fields of death too long
- Page No:
- pp.5-6
- Poem Title:
- To The Lord Privy-Seal.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Tickell.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- The haughty Gaul in ten campaigns overthrown
- Page No:
- pp.7-23
- Poem Title:
- A Poem. On The Prospect of Peace.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Tickell.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- If dumb too long the drooping muse hath stayed
- Page No:
- pp.24-28
- Poem Title:
- To the Right Honourable the Earl of Warwick, &c. On the Death of Mr. Addison.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Tickell]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- Of Leinster famed for maidens fair
- Page No:
- pp.28-32
- Poem Title:
- Colin and Lucy.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Tickell]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- As Mar his round one morning took
- Page No:
- pp.32-35
- Poem Title:
- An Imitation Of The Prophecy of Nereus. From Horace, Book III. Ode XXV.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Tickell]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- To Whitton's shades and Hounslow's airy plain
- Page No:
- pp.36-38
- Poem Title:
- To Sir Godfrey Kneller at his Country Seat.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Tickell]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- Of Marlborough's captains and Eugenio's friends
- Page No:
- pp.38-39
- Poem Title:
- On The Death of the Earl of Cadogan.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Tickell]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- Thou dome where Edward first enrolled
- Page No:
- pp.40-43
- Poem Title:
- An Ode Inscribed to the Right Honourable the Earl of Sunderland at Windsor.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Tickell]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- Where Kensington high over the neighbouring lands
- Page No:
- pp.43-62
- Poem Title:
- Kensington Garden.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Tickell]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- To thee dear rover and thy vanquished friends
- Page No:
- pp.63-70
- Poem Title:
- An Epistle from a Lady in England, To a Gentleman at Avignon.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Tickell]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- What can the British senate give
- Page No:
- pp.71-83
- Poem Title:
- The Female Reign, An Ode.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Cobb.
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Cobb
- First Line:
- Roxana from the court retiring late
- Page No:
- pp.84-86
- Poem Title:
- Six Town Eclogues... Monday. Roxana, or, The Drawing-Room.
- Attribution:
- By the Right Hon. L. M. W. M.
- Attributed To:
- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont]
- First Line:
- Thou who so many favours hast received
- Page No:
- pp.87-91
- Poem Title:
- Tuesday. St. James's Coffee-House.
- Attribution:
- By the Right Hon. L. M. W. M. [p.84]
- Attributed To:
- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont]
- First Line:
- No fair Dancinda no you strive in vain
- Page No:
- pp.91-94
- Poem Title:
- Wednesday. The Tete a Tete. Dancinda.
- Attribution:
- By the Right Hon. L. M. W. M. [p.84]
- Attributed To:
- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont]
- First Line:
- The basset table spread the tallier come
- Page No:
- pp.95-99
- Poem Title:
- Thursday. The Bassette-Table. Smilinda and Cardelia.
- Attribution:
- By the Right Hon. L. M. W. M. [p.84]
- Attributed To:
- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont]
- First Line:
- Now twenty springs had clothed the park with green
- Page No:
- pp.100-102
- Poem Title:
- Friday. The Toilette. Lydia.
- Attribution:
- By the Right Hon. L. M. W. M. [p.84]
- Attributed To:
- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont]
- First Line:
- The wretched Flavia on her couch reclined
- Page No:
- pp.103-106
- Poem Title:
- Saturday. The Small-Pox. Flavia.
- Attribution:
- By the Right Hon. L. M. W. M. [p.84]
- Attributed To:
- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont]
- First Line:
- Read lovely nymph and tremble not to read
- Page No:
- pp.107-111
- Poem Title:
- Epistle from Arthur Grey, the Footman, after his Condemnation for attempting a Rape.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. By the Right Hon. L. M. W. M. [p.84]]
- Attributed To:
- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont]
- First Line:
- At length by so much importunity pressed
- Page No:
- pp.111-113
- Poem Title:
- The Lover: A Ballad. To Mr. C----.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e., By the Right Hon. L. M. W. M. [p.84]]
- Attributed To:
- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont]
- First Line:
- Whilst thirst of praise and vain desire of fame
- Page No:
- p.113
- Poem Title:
- The Lady's Resolve. Written Extempore on a Window.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. By the Right Hon. L. M. W. M. [p.84]]
- Attributed To:
- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont]
- First Line:
- Whilst pretty fellows think a woman's fame
- Page No:
- p.114
- Poem Title:
- The Gentleman's Answer.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- How happy you who varied joys pursue
- Page No:
- pp.114-117
- Poem Title:
- An Epistle to Lord B---T.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. By the Right Hon. L. M. W. M. [p.84]]
- Attributed To:
- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont]
- First Line:
- What could luxurious woman wish for more
- Page No:
- pp.118-119
- Poem Title:
- Epilogue To Mary, Queen of Scots. Design'd to be spoken by Mrs Oldfield.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. By the Right Hon. L. M. W. M. [p.84]]
- Attributed To:
- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont]
- First Line:
- Why will Delia thus retire
- Page No:
- pp.120-121
- Poem Title:
- A Receipt to Cure the Vapour. Written to Lady J-----N.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. By the Right Hon. L. M. W. M. [p.84]]
- Attributed To:
- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont]
- First Line:
- This motley piece to you I send
- Page No:
- pp.122-152
- Poem Title:
- The Spleen. An Epistle to Mr C-- J--
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Matthew Green of the Custom-house.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Green
- First Line:
- Gil's history appears to me
- Page No:
- pp.152-153
- Poem Title:
- An Epigram, On the Reverend Mr. Laurence Echard's, and Bishop Gilbert Burnet's Histories.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Matthew Green]
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Green
- First Line:
- I lately saw what now I sing
- Page No:
- pp.153-155
- Poem Title:
- The Sparrow and Diamond. A Song.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Matthew Green]
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Green
- First Line:
- Jove for amusement quitted oft his skies
- Page No:
- pp.156-157
- Poem Title:
- Jove and Semele.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Matthew Green]
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Green
- First Line:
- When I first came to London I rambled about
- Page No:
- pp.158-159
- Poem Title:
- The Seeker.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Matthew Green]
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Green
- First Line:
- These sheets primeval doctrines yield
- Page No:
- pp.159-163
- Poem Title:
- On Barclay's Apology for the Quaker.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Matthew Green]
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Green
- First Line:
- Now had the archangel trumpet raised sublime
- Page No:
- pp.164-178
- Poem Title:
- Pre-Existence: A Poem, In Imitation of Milton.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Old Chiron to his pupil thus began
- Page No:
- pp.178-186
- Poem Title:
- Chiron to Achilles. A Poem.
- Attribution:
- By Hildebrand Jacob, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Hildebrand Jacob
- First Line:
- What am I how produced and for what end
- Page No:
- pp.186-191
- Poem Title:
- [Greek] Know Your Self.
- Attribution:
- By the late Dr. Arbuthnot.
- Attributed To:
- John Arbuthnot
- First Line:
- Though grief and fondness in my breast rebel
- Page No:
- pp.192-205
- Poem Title:
- London: A Poem, In Imitation of the Third Satire of Juvenal.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Samuel Johnson.
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Johnson
- First Line:
- When learning's triumph over her barbarous foes
- Page No:
- pp.206-208
- Poem Title:
- Prologue Spoken by Mr. Garrick, At the Opening of the Theatre in Drury-lane 1747.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Samuel Johnson]
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Johnson
- First Line:
- Yes you condemn those sages too refined
- Page No:
- pp.209-219
- Poem Title:
- Of Active and Retired Life, An Epistle to H. C. Esq;... Printed in the Year MDCCXXXV.
- Attribution:
- By William Melmoth, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Melmoth
- First Line:
- Silent nymph with curious eye
- Page No:
- pp.220-225
- Poem Title:
- Grongar Hill.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dyer.
- Attributed To:
- John Dyer
- First Line:
- Enough of Grongar and the shady dales
- Page No:
- pp.226-246
- Poem Title:
- The Ruins of Rome, A Poem.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. 'Mr Dyer']
- Attributed To:
- John Dyer
- First Line:
- Ah me full sorely is my heart forlorn
- Page No:
- pp.247-261
- Poem Title:
- The School-Mistress, A Poem. In Imitation of Spenser.
- Attribution:
- By William Shenstone, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Shenstone
- First Line:
- If to an human face sir James should draw
- Page No:
- pp.262-291
- Poem Title:
- The Art of Politicks, In Imitation of Horace's Art of Poetry.
- Attribution:
- By the Reverend Mr. Bramston.
- Attributed To:
- James Bramston
- First Line:
- Whoever he be that to a taste aspires
- Page No:
- pp.292-303
- Poem Title:
- The Man of Taste. Occasion'd by an Epistle Of Mr. Pope's on that Subject.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Bramston]
- Attributed To:
- James Bramston
- First Line:
- The art of converse how to soothe the soul
- Page No:
- pp.304-327
- Poem Title:
- An Essay on Conversation.
- Attribution:
- By Benjamin Stillingfleet.
- Attributed To:
- Benjamin Stillingfleet
- First Line:
- While lost to all his former mirth
- Page No:
- pp.327-329
- Poem Title:
- Ode, to a Lady. On the Death of Col. Charles Ross, in the Action at Fontenoy. Written May, 1745.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. W. Collins.
- Attributed To:
- William Collins
- First Line:
- How sleep the brave who sink to rest
- Page No:
- p.330
- Poem Title:
- Ode, Written in the same Year [i.e. 1745]
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. W. Collins]
- Attributed To:
- William Collins
- First Line:
- If aught of oaten stop or pastoral song
- Page No:
- pp.331-332
- Poem Title:
- Ode to Evening.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. W. Collins]
- Attributed To:
- William Collins
- First Line:
- A muse expiring who with earliest voice
- Page No:
- p.333
- Poem Title:
- Verses written on a Blank Leaf, By Lord Lansdown, when he presented his Works to the Queen, 1732.
- Attribution:
- By Lord Lansdown
- Attributed To:
- George Granville
- First Line:
- Asses milk half a pint take at seven or before
- Page No:
- pp.334-335
- Poem Title:
- Advice to a Lady in Autumn.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The gushing streams impetuous flow
- Page No:
- pp.335-336
- Poem Title:
- On a Lady's drinking the Bath-Waters.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Mistaken fair lay Sherlock by
- Page No:
- p.336
- Poem Title:
- Verses written in a Lady's Sherlock upon Death.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When Fanny blooming fair
- Page No:
- pp.337-338
- Poem Title:
- Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Whenever Chloe I begin
- Page No:
- pp.338-339
- Poem Title:
- Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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