The poetaster: containing, original poems and songs [T42691]

DMI number:

641

Publication Date:

1726

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

T42691

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW110838270

Shelfmark:

BL - 11774.aaa.9(6)

Full Title:

THE | POETASTER: | CONTAINING, | [i]Original[/i] Poems, | [i]And[/i] SONGS. | [rule] | [i]Never before Printed.[/i] | [rule] | [ornament] | [rule] | [i]DUBLIN:[/i] | Printed by S. POWELL, for RICHARD | NORRIS, Bookseller, at the Corner of | [i]Crane-Lane[/i] in [i]Essex-street[/i], 1726.

Place of Publication:

Dublin

Format:

Octavo

Pagination:

[5], [6]-27, [1]pp.

Bibliographic details:

MS annotation on title page: "Jane Worth"

Other matter:

PREFATORY MATERIAL: Preface (1pp.); Contents (1pp.) Back Matter: Advertisement (1p.)

Related People

Publisher:

Richard Norris

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Printer:

S. Powell

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

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Content/Publication

First Line:

Away ambition with thy gaudy trains

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pp.5-6

Poem Title:

Against Ambition.

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First Line:

Ambition noble great desire

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pp.6-7

Poem Title:

For the Same [i.e. against ambition].

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First Line:

Men of low souls in lower fortunes run

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p.7

Poem Title:

On the Commonalty.

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First Line:

Ye gentle winds propitious gales

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pp.7-8

Poem Title:

The Wish.

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First Line:

My bed which once the softest seat of rest

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pp.8-9

Poem Title:

The Uneasiness of Love: In Imitation of Shakespear.

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First Line:

If in thy youth such wondrous wit appears

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p.9

Poem Title:

To a very young Lady.

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First Line:

In vain will songs of old from hence declare

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p.10

Poem Title:

To Silvia.

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First Line:

That life's unhappy with content not blessed

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pp.10-12

Poem Title:

On a Retired Life.

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First Line:

Coy Delia why must I pursue

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pp.12-13

Poem Title:

To Delia, complaining of her Cruelty. A Song.

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First Line:

Thus when by fortune and by man disgraced

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pp.13-14

Poem Title:

To Silvia: In Imitation of Shakespear.

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First Line:

In vain I visit both the poles

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p.14

Poem Title:

Writ at the Cape of Good-Hope.

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First Line:

After long tumbling on my bed

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pp.15-16

Poem Title:

To Myra.

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First Line:

As each peculiar deity is praised

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p.17

Poem Title:

On a Heathen Pagod.

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First Line:

Ye gentle seraphs who the virtuous guard

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p.17

Poem Title:

To Silvia.

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First Line:

I own fair maid that I deserve the least

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p.18

Poem Title:

To the Same.

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First Line:

O was thy constancy but like thy face

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pp.18-19

Poem Title:

To Myra: In Imitation of Shakespear.

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First Line:

Your private malice I wish scorn could see

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pp.19-20

Poem Title:

To Messalina.

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First Line:

Must gold still conquer gold alone subdue

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p.21

Poem Title:

To Myra.

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First Line:

To say from whence the hidden cause does rise

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pp.21-22

Poem Title:

To Orontes.

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First Line:

Tell me loved Phillis tell me why

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pp.22-23

Poem Title:

To Phyllis. A Song.

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First Line:

If all that know Belinda now admire

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pp.23-24

Poem Title:

To a Lady, playing on a Base-Viol.

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First Line:

Can you not Silvia in my eyes

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pp.24-25

Poem Title:

To Silvia.

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First Line:

Phillis buxom young and gay

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pp.25-26

Poem Title:

To Phillis. A Song.

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First Line:

The winged fancies of the learned quill

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pp.26-27

Poem Title:

On the Pleasures of a Country Life.

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