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The oxford miscellany [ESTC N10627] [ECCO]

DMI number:
531
Publication Date:
1720
ESTC number:
N10627
EEBO/ECCO link:
CW124789914
Shelfmark:
ECCO
Full Title:
THE | [i]OXFORD[/i] Miscellany, | Consisting of | The following POEMS, | [i]VIZ.[/i] | I. [i]STREPHON[/i]'s Revenge: A Satire on the [i]Oxford[/i] | Toasts. | II. The Art of Beauty; dedicated to [i]Belinda[/i], a celebrated | [i]Oxford[/i] Beauty. | III. The [i]Oxford[/i] Critics, a Satire. | IV. Several Odes of [i]Horace, Martial[/i] and [i]Buchanan[/i] imitated. | To a Maiden Lady, who preferrs her Cat to all Mankind : | On the Power of Musick : On the Death of Dr. [i]Garth : | Flirtilla[/i], or the Coquet : The Maiden's Dream : Advice to | an arrogant Prude : To the Authors of the foregoing | Poem : The Adventure at the Masquerade, to Mrs. [i]B---[/i]. | On Mrs. [i]M---t[/i]'s being ill of a Fever : An Epistle to Sir | [i]R---St---e,[/i] occasion'd by the Eclipse : On the Lady [i]Doro- | thy Savile :[/i] The character of an happy Life : The Ar- | row, in imitation of Mr. [i]Prior[/i]'s Dove : On Pride. With | several other Odes, Satires, Songs and Translations. | V. Mr. [i]Pope[/i]'s Worms, and a new Song on the Masque- | rades. | VI. [i]EUBULUS Oxoniensis discipulis suis[/i]; being an | imitation of the celebrated [i]Qui Mihi[/i], in Praise of Drun- | kenness. | VII. The six days Adventures of [i]Philander[/i] and [i]Amaril- | lis[/i], a Novel. | [double rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for R. FRANCKLIN, at the [i]Sun[/i] in [i]Fleet- | street[/i]. 1720. | (Price Five Shillings.)
Place of Publication:
London
Genres:
Made-up miscellany
Format:
Octavo
Price:
Five shillings
Bibliographic details:
Consists of seven previously published works of poetry, issued with a collective titlepage. (1) Pamphlet 1: [i]STREPHON's Revenge[/i]: | A | SATIRE | ON THE | OXFORD Toasts. | [rule] | Inscrib'd to the Author of MERTON WALKS. | [rule] | [g]The Fourth Edition.[/g] | [rule] | [epigraph] | [rule] | [ornament] | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for R. FRANCKLIN, under T[i]om[/i]'s Coffee | House in [/i]Covent-Garden.[/i] 1724. | (Price One Shilling.) [63 pp. CHECK - 3 repeated leaves in ECCO - could affect count if not an ECCO error] ESTC T129063 (2) Pamphlet 2: THE | Art of Beauty: | A | POEM. | Humbly address'd to the | [i]OXFORD Toasts.[/i] | [rule] | [epigraph] | [rule] | [ornament] | [rule] | [i]LONDON[/i], Printed for R. FRANCKLIN at the | [i]Sun[/i] against St. [i]Dunstan[/i]'s Church in [i]Fleet-street[/i], and | at the [i]Court of Requests[/i]; and sold by J. BETTEN- | HAM in [i]Pater-noster Row.[/i] 1719. [21 pp. - CHECK - 1 repeated leaf - could affect count if not an ECCO error] ESTC T68937 (3) Pamphlet 3: THE | [i]OXFORD[/i] | CRITICKS. | A | SATIRE. | [rule] | [epigraph] | [rule] | [ornament] | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for J. ROBERTS, at the [i]Oxford-Arms[/i] in | [i]Warwick-Lane[/i], MDCCXIX. [24 pp. - CHECK - 4 repeated leaves - could affect count if not an ECCO error] ESTC N10639 (4) Pamphlet 4: no separate title page - poems collected under 'Miscellany Poems; &c.' [154 pp.] Collection appears to be N21996, 'Musapedia, or miscellany poems never before printed.' (5) Pamphlet 5: LOVE's INVENTION: | OR, THE | [i]Recreation in Vogue.[/i] | [rule] | An excellent new BALLAD upon the | MASQUERADES. | [rule] | To the tune of, [i]O! London is a fine Town[/i], &c. | [rule] | [epigraph] | [rule] | [ornament] | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for E. CURLL at the [i]Dial[/i] and [i]Bible[/i], and | R. FRANCKLIN at the [i]Sun[/i], against St. [i]Dunstan[/i]'s | Church in [i]Fleet-street[/i]. M.DCC.XVIII. [21 pp.] ESTC T127024 (6) Pamphlet 6: EUBULUS [i]Oxoniensis[/i] | DISCIPULIS SUIS. | BEING | An IMITATION | OF THE | Celebrated [i]QUI MIHI. | In Praise of[/i] DRUNKENNESS. | [rule] | In LATIN and ENGLISH. | [rule] | To which is prefixed, | Some Account of the Author, and the Publica- | tion of this Work. | [ornament] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for J. ROBERTS in [i]Warwick- | Lane.[/i] 1720. [22 pp.] ESTC T107206 (7) Pamphlet 7: THE | LOVER'S | WEEK: | OR, THE | [i]Six Days Adventures[/i] | OF | Philander [i]and[/i] Amaryllis. | [rule] | Written by a Young LADY. | [rule] | [epigraph] | [double rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for E. CURLL at the [i]Dial[/i] and [i]Bible,[/i] | and R. FRANCKLIN at the [i]Sun[/i], both over- | against St. [i]Dunstan[/i]'s Church in [i]Fleet-street.[/i] | M.DCC. XVIII. [64 pp. - CHECK - 2 repeated leaves - could affect count if not an ECCO error] ESTC T126577
Comments:
DATE: Includes 1724 title page from fourth edition of poem Strephon's Revenge; possible date for miscellany 1724, not 1720. PAGINATION: [1], Pamphlet 1: [2] iv-viii, [1]-54 [2]; Pamphlet 2: [1] v-viii, 9-22 [2]; Pamphlet 3: [7] [1]-17; Pamphlet 4: [iii]-iv, [1]-152; Pamphlet 5: [1] [3]-17, [18]-22; Pamphlet 6: [1] iii-viii, [1] 3-8, [1] 2-8; Pamphlet 7: [7] 1-56. CONTENTS: Pamphlet 6: Latin verse pp.3-8; Pamphlet 7: Prose narrative (contains verse) pp.1-56.
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Musapaedia or miscellany poems never before printed [2nd ed] [N10616]
Publication Date:
1719
ESTC No:
N10616
Volume:
1 of 1
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Title:
Musapaedia or miscellany poems never before printed [N21995] [ECCO]
Publication Date:
1719
ESTC No:
N21995
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Unknown
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Publisher:
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Content/Publication
First Line:
At length with vengeance bursts my raging vein
Page No:
p.1-48
Poem Title:
Strephon's Revenge: A Satire On The Oxford Toasts. Inscrib'd to the Author of Merton Walks.
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Not attributed
First Line:
When Strephon's verse before my eyes was laid
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p.49-51
Poem Title:
To Mrs. Jennings, upon her being concern'd at her Character in Strephon's Revenge.
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First Line:
Can indignation so much rage infuse
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p.51-52
Poem Title:
To Strephon.
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First Line:
While Strephon's verse with honest rage reproves
Page No:
p.52
Poem Title:
Advice to Caelia and Belinda.
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First Line:
Hail O Belinda flattered fair
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p.53
Poem Title:
Catullus. Elegy XLI. To Belinda.
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First Line:
Belinda swears by G-d her hair is black
Page No:
p.54
Poem Title:
Belinda defended.
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First Line:
Attend ye fair whilst anxious for your praise
Page No:
p.9-22
Poem Title:
The Art of Beauty: A Poem. Humbly address'd to the Oxford Toasts.
Attribution:
'J.B.' from 'Dedication' p.viii
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Not attributed
First Line:
In Oxford bards there are most sad ones
Page No:
p.1-17
Poem Title:
The Oxford Criticks. A Satire. To a Certain Reverend Doctor In The University Of Oxford.
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First Line:
Mecenas offspring of Hetrurian kings
Page No:
p.1-3
Poem Title:
The First Ode Of The First Book of Horace.
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First Line:
Where shall we fix our wonder or our praise
Page No:
p.4-5
Poem Title:
To the Right Honourable Sir Thomas Parker, on his being made Lord-Chief-Justice.
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First Line:
Happy's the man whose eyes can every grace
Page No:
p.6
Poem Title:
To Mrs. A------ H------n, Translated from Buchanan.
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First Line:
They tell me madam in your face
Page No:
p.6-9
Poem Title:
To a Married Lady who resembled Celia.
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First Line:
In love's no toil or we no toil can prove
Page No:
p.9
Poem Title:
[E. St. Aust. ('Ubi Amatur, non Laboratur')] Translated.
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First Line:
Young Strephon debonair and free
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p.10
Poem Title:
[A French Song ('Un Beaux Garcon d'un Air fort Doux')] Translated.
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First Line:
As in my cellar t' other day
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p.11
Poem Title:
[Another ('L'Autre jour Isabelle')] Translated.
Attribution:
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First Line:
The fair Eliza void of every pain
Page No:
p.12-16
Poem Title:
To a Maiden Lady who prefers her Cat to all Mankind. A Tale.
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First Line:
Let the proud victor flushed with conquest tell
Page No:
p.16-17
Poem Title:
To the Reverend Dr. Snape.
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First Line:
Come come harmonious sounds come sacred lyre
Page No:
p.17-19
Poem Title:
Sauli perturbatus Animus Musica lenitur: Or the Power of Musick.
Attribution:
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First Line:
Let Pope or Prior in immortal verse
Page No:
p.19-20
Poem Title:
The sixth Ode of the first Book of Horace, imitated to the King of Sweden. 1718.
Attribution:
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First Line:
Tell me Clio shall I sing
Page No:
p.21-22
Poem Title:
The twelfth Ode of the first Book of Horace. Beginning at Romulus post hos. &c.
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First Line:
Come companions come away
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p.23-25
Poem Title:
The thirtyseventh Ode of the first Book of Horace. On the Death of Cleopatra.
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First Line:
As Cupid sate musing one day near a grove
Page No:
p.25-26
Poem Title:
Song.
Attribution:
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First Line:
Behold the snow in pompous pride
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p.26-29
Poem Title:
Horace, Ode 9. Book I. imitated.
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First Line:
As oft in vain as he essayed to tell
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p.30
Poem Title:
On Mr. Pope's Translation of Homer.
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First Line:
Love Celia love for time will fly
Page No:
p.30-31
Poem Title:
To Caelia.
Attribution:
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First Line:
So death's ceremony now overpast
Page No:
p.31-33
Poem Title:
Occasioned by the Death of Dr. Garth.
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First Line:
In vain old Dipsas you'd asperse my fame
Page No:
p.33
Poem Title:
To an Old Bed-Maker, who had scandaliz'd Me; imitated from Buchanan.
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First Line:
I gave Calenus once a civil dun
Page No:
p.34
Poem Title:
Aulus and Calenus, imitated from Buchanan.
Attribution:
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First Line:
However tis well thus much we gain
Page No:
p.35-38
Poem Title:
On the Degrading of the late Duke of Ormond.
Attribution:
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First Line:
Puh that's affronting every muse
Page No:
p.39
Poem Title:
Extempore to a Lady, who ask'd some Verses on her Dog Toy.
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First Line:
Why charming Anne why so unkind
Page No:
p.39-44
Poem Title:
An Epistle to Mrs. Anne B----sc----n. Occasioned by her Hoop's being display'd on White-Hall Chappel Stairs. A. D. 1717.
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First Line:
What direful monster what unheard of muse
Page No:
p.45-46
Poem Title:
Flirtilla, or the Coquet.
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First Line:
One night extended on my downy bed
Page No:
p.47-49
Poem Title:
The Maiden's Dream.
Attribution:
By an Unknown Hand
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Not attributed
First Line:
Fools oft bedecked with gaudeous plumes we find
Page No:
p.50
Poem Title:
Ambitiosa recide Ornamenta.
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First Line:
Some sudden blast lifts up the swelling main
Page No:
p.51
Poem Title:
Varium & mutabile semper | Faemina----
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First Line:
The graces number we are told
Page No:
p.52-54
Poem Title:
On Mrs. M--- St---m and her Sister.
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First Line:
If ought within these lines appear
Page No:
p.55-57
Poem Title:
To Caelia. Love makes a Poet.
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First Line:
How happy is he born or taught
Page No:
p.57-58
Poem Title:
The Character of an Happy Life.
Attribution:
A Relique of Sir Philip Sidney
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Sir Philip Sidney
First Line:
Say matchless charmers what ill fated stars
Page No:
p.59-60
Poem Title:
To Two Ladies, who design'd to have call'd upon the Author to walk in the Park at 12 a Clock at Night.
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First Line:
Cease charming Flora to complain
Page No:
p.60-62
Poem Title:
To Flora, on Celia's leaving the Town.
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First Line:
In what soft language shall my thoughts get free
Page No:
p.63-68
Poem Title:
On the Death of her Husband.
Attribution:
By a Lady
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Not attributed
First Line:
Cease Plorabella cease those sighs and tears
Page No:
p.68-75
Poem Title:
The Answer.
Attribution:
By a Gentleman
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First Line:
O blessed departed youth whoever thou art
Page No:
p.76
Poem Title:
Occasion'd by seeing the Lady's foregoing Poem.
Attribution:
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First Line:
At last set free from love's sweet chains
Page No:
p.77-81
Poem Title:
To a Friend on the Anniversary of his Wedding Day.
Attribution:
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First Line:
If haughty Celia hopes to gain
Page No:
p.81-85
Poem Title:
Timely Advice to an Arrogant Prude.
Attribution:
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First Line:
Know busy fools that dare advise
Page No:
p.85-89
Poem Title:
To Two Gentlemen, reputed Authors of Timely Advice, &c.
Attribution:
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First Line:
Dispose of our satiric strains
Page No:
p.89-91
Poem Title:
A Recantation of Flirtilla, in Imitation of the sixteenth Ode of the first Book of Horace.
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First Line:
Who says that Corinna sells every thing lies
Page No:
p.91
Poem Title:
From Buchanan.
Attribution:
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First Line:
Well hast thou drawn fond youth in properest place
Page No:
p.92
Poem Title:
Occasioned by seeing some Verses on Celia, wrote on a Pane of Glass.
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First Line:
You oft Corinna ask me if you're fair
Page No:
p.92
Poem Title:
On Corinna, imitated from Buchanan.
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First Line:
Choose here what state you please pleasure the fields
Page No:
p.93-94
Poem Title:
E Metrodoro.
Attribution:
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First Line:
What state is't we should wish labour the fields
Page No:
p.93
Poem Title:
E Graeco Posidippi.
Attribution:
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First Line:
As oft with death or blindness they
Page No:
p.94-96
Poem Title:
On Caelia, imitated from Buchanan.
Attribution:
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First Line:
If you can leave your own park air
Page No:
p.97-100
Poem Title:
The fifth Epistle of Horace imitated. To a Gentleman at Westminster School. Written in 1717.
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First Line:
Through various scenes of soft delight
Page No:
p.101-102
Poem Title:
The Adventure at the Masquerade; upon Mrs. B.
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First Line:
Bend not to Ayres street Tom your way
Page No:
p.103-104
Poem Title:
The eleventh Ode of the first Book of Horace, imitated. To the Honourable Thomas M-rr--y, Esq;
Attribution:
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First Line:
What fatal news invades our wretched ears
Page No:
p.105-112
Poem Title:
On Mrs. M--------t's being dangerously Ill of a Fever.
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First Line:
Accept dear Hal and kindly use
Page No:
p.113-117
Poem Title:
To a Friend; With the aforegoing Copy. Footnotes throughout poem.
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First Line:
What heaven declared and all men did assert
Page No:
p.118
Poem Title:
An Epitaph on D-Scotus, who was bury'd alive.
Attribution:
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First Line:
You ask dear Will what we disdain
Page No:
p.118
Poem Title:
To a Friend. Martial Ep. 58. Lib. I.
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First Line:
Chloe has wit and sense at will
Page No:
p.119-121
Poem Title:
A Song...On Mrs. S--- T---.
Attribution:
By E--- S---
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First Line:
With awful care approach this sacred place
Page No:
p.122
Poem Title:
Written under Mrs. A---- H---n's Picture. Drawn by Mr. Verells.
Attribution:
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First Line:
Oft by the ladies I am asked
Page No:
p.123-124
Poem Title:
The Apology.
Attribution:
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First Line:
As to some great and wealthy lord
Page No:
p.124-126
Poem Title:
To Madam D---y; A Song. To the Tune of, I'll tell thee, Dick, &c.
Attribution:
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First Line:
He who could factions tame and peace restore
Page No:
p.126-127
Poem Title:
On the Right Honourable the Earl of Oxf---d's Enlargement from the Tower.
Attribution:
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First Line:
Whilst crazy W---n mongst the wits
Page No:
p.128-132
Poem Title:
An Epistle to Sir R---d St---le, occasion'd by the Eclypse.
Attribution:
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First Line:
Never puzzle thy noddle Dick Flams----d to know
Page No:
p.132-133
Poem Title:
The Moon; in Imitation of Buchanan.
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First Line:
Here matchless beauty matchless wit conspire
Page No:
p.133
Poem Title:
Upon Mrs. Anne M-----t.
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First Line:
I know not whether in Narcissus' glass
Page No:
p.134
Poem Title:
Corinna imitated from Buchanan.
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First Line:
The man that believed a rich handsome young widow
Page No:
p.134
Poem Title:
Penelope imitated from Buchanan.
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First Line:
Soon as the sun had joined his fiery steeds
Page No:
p.135-137
Poem Title:
Valentine's-Day.
Attribution:
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First Line:
Such rays she darts from her all-ruling eyes
Page No:
p.135
Poem Title:
On Mrs. M-----t, Extempore.
Attribution:
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First Line:
Lament ye nymphs be sad ye swains
Page No:
p.138-140
Poem Title:
On the Death of the Right Honourable the Lady Dorothy Saville, Daughter to the late Marquess of Hallifax.
Attribution:
By a Lady
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Not attributed
First Line:
Can nymphs lament or swains be sad
Page No:
p.140-142
Poem Title:
An Answer to Sylvia, in Imitation of the foregoing Poem.
Attribution:
By a Gentleman
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Not attributed
First Line:
Fruitless my friend you wreck your brain
Page No:
p.143-144
Poem Title:
Anacreontic, in Imitation of Horace; Ode 19. Book 3.
Attribution:
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First Line:
Young Cupid tired out with play
Page No:
p.145-147
Poem Title:
The Arrow; In Imitation of Mr. Prior's Dove.
Attribution:
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First Line:
Would man in his imagined greatness old
Page No:
p.148-152
Poem Title:
Against Pride.
Attribution:
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First Line:
O a masquerade's a fine place
Page No:
p.3-17
Poem Title:
An excellent New Ballad Upon The Masquerades. O! London is a fine Town, &c.
Attribution:
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First Line:
How much egregious Moore are we
Page No:
p.18-22
Poem Title:
To the Ingenious Mr. Moore, Author of the Celebrated Worm-Powder. Footnote.
Attribution:
By Mr. Pope
Attributed To:
Alexander Pope
First Line:
O son of Tydeus cease be wise and see
Page No:
p.19
Poem Title:
Apollo's Speech to Diomede.
Attribution:
Mr. Pope took this Hint from Homer, Book 5.
Attributed To:
Alexander Pope
First Line:
Thou chief companion of my cup
Page No:
p.1-8
Poem Title:
The Oxford Tutor's Advice To His Pupils.
Attribution:
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Not attributed
First Line:
In the same mould when sense and beauty meet
Page No:
[3pp.]
Poem Title:
To The Fair and Ingenious Author Of The Lover's Week.
Attribution:
Joseph Gay.
Attributed To:
Joseph Gay
First Line:
Thus Kitty beautiful and young
Page No:
p.55-56
Poem Title:
[No title]
Attribution:
written by Mr. Prior.
Attributed To:
Matthew Prior