The Poetical Calendar. Vol. II. For February. [T146608]

DMI number:

986

Publication Date:

1763

Volume Number:

2 of 12

ESTC number:

T146608 [vol II]

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW3313694182

Full Title:

THE | POETICAL CALENDAR. | CONTAINING | A COLLECTION | Of scarce and valuable | PIECES OF POETRY: | With Variety of | ORIGINALS AND TRANSLATIONS, | BY THE MOST EMINENT HANDS. | Intended as a Supplement to | MR. DODSLEY'S COLLECTION. | Written and Selected | By FRANCIS FAWKES, M. A. | And WILLIAM WOTY. | IN TWELVE VOLUMES. | LONDON: | Printed by DRYDEN LEACH; | For J. COOTE, at the King's Arms, in Pater-noster-Row. | MDCCLXIII.

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Collection of literary verse and Periodical miscellany

Format:

Octavo

Comments:

Contents listed at end of volume, pp. v-vi.

Related Miscellanies

Title:

The Poetical Calendar. Containing a collection of scarce and valuable pieces of poetry: With variety of originals and translations, by the most eminent hands. [T146608]

Publication Date:

1763

ESTC No:

T146608 [vol I]

Volume:

1 of 12

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Title:

The Poetical Calendar. Vol. III. For March. [T146608] [gb]

Publication Date:

1763

ESTC No:

T146608 [vol III]

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3 of 12

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The Poetical Calendar. Vol. IV. For April. [T146608] [gb]

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1763

ESTC No:

T146608 [vol IV]

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4 of 12

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Title:

The Poetical Calendar. Vol. IX. For September. [T146608] [gb]

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1763

ESTC No:

T146608 [vol IX]

Volume:

9 of 12

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Title:

The Poetical Calendar. Vol. V. For May. [T146608] [gb]

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1763

ESTC No:

T146608 [vol V]

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5 of 12

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Title:

The Poetical Calendar. Vol. VI. For June. [T146608]

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1763

ESTC No:

T146608 [vol VI]

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6 of 12

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The Poetical Calendar. Vol. VII. For July. [T146608]

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1763

ESTC No:

T146608 [vol VII]

Volume:

7 of 12

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Title:

The Poetical Calendar. Vol. X. For October. [T146608]

Publication Date:

1763

ESTC No:

T146608 [vol X]

Volume:

10 of 12

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Title:

The Poetical Calendar. Vol. XI. For November. [T146608]

Publication Date:

1763

ESTC No:

T146608 [vol XI]

Volume:

11 of 12

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Title:

The Poetical Calendar. Vol. XII. For December. [T146608]

Publication Date:

1763

ESTC No:

T146608 [vol XII]

Volume:

12 of 12

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Related People

Editor:

Francis Fawkes

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Editor:

William Woty

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

William Woty (bap. 1732, d. 1791): doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/30006

Printer:

Dryden II Leach

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

BBTI

Publisher:

John Coote

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Absolute (100%)

Comments:

BBTI

Content/Publication

First Line:

With wreath of yellow crocus bound

Page No:

pp.1-2

Poem Title:

Ode to February

Attribution:

W.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Over nature's fresh bosom by verdure unbound

Page No:

pp.3-4

Poem Title:

Stanzas Occasioned by the Forwardness of the Spring

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Again the circling sun in Pisces rides

Page No:

pp.5-6

Poem Title:

Spring. Addressed to Myra.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Last of the dreary winter's train

Page No:

p.7

Poem Title:

On the First of February. Being the Birth-Day of a Beautiful Young Lady.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Now ice forming winter is melted away

Page No:

p.8

Poem Title:

Horace, Ode IV. Book I. Imitated.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

From earth's low prospects and deceitful aims

Page No:

pp.9-48

Poem Title:

Deity. A Poem.

Attribution:

By the late Mr. Samuel Boyse.

Attributed To:

Samuel Boyse

First Line:

Struck with religious awe and solemn dread

Page No:

pp.49-52

Poem Title:

A Soliloquy. Written in a Country Church-Yard.

Attribution:

By The Rev. Mr. Moore, of Cornwall.

Attributed To:

Anthony Moore

First Line:

Come live with me and be my love

Page No:

pp.53-54

Poem Title:

The Shepherd's Invitation. A Song.

Attribution:

By Christopher Marloe

Attributed To:

Christopher Marlowe

First Line:

If all the world and love were young

Page No:

pp.55-56

Poem Title:

The Nymph's Answer

Attribution:

By Sir Walter Raleigh.

Attributed To:

Sir Walter Ralegh [Raleigh]

First Line:

Shall I like an hermit dwell

Page No:

pp.57-58

Poem Title:

A Poem.

Attribution:

By Sir W. Raleigh.

Attributed To:

Sir Walter Ralegh [Raleigh]

First Line:

Come live with me and be my dear

Page No:

pp.59-60

Poem Title:

In Imitation of Marloe.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To Amaryllis lovely nymph I speed

Page No:

pp.61-64

Poem Title:

Amaryllis: Or the Third Idyllium of Theocritus.

Attribution:

Translated by F.F.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As Cupid the slyest young wanton alive

Page No:

p.65

Poem Title:

The Honey-Stealer; or The XIXth Idyllium of Theocritus.

Attribution:

Translated by F.F.

Attributed To:

Francis Fawkes

First Line:

What tranquil road unvexed by strife

Page No:

p.66

Poem Title:

Against Life: From the Greek of Posidippus.

Attribution:

F.F.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Mankind may rove unvexed by strife

Page No:

p.67

Poem Title:

For Life: From the Greek of Metrodorus.

Attribution:

F.F.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The world's a bubble and the life of man

Page No:

pp.68-69

Poem Title:

A Parody on the Epigram of Podisippus.

Attribution:

By Francis, Lord Verulam.

Attributed To:

Sir Francis Bacon

First Line:

Fallen are thy locks for woeful winter hoar

Page No:

p.70

Poem Title:

A Passage from Petronius, Translated.

Attribution:

F.F.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ye female artisans who grind the corn

Page No:

p.71

Poem Title:

Antipater's Greek Epigram, on the Invention of Water-Mills, Translated.

Attribution:

C.S.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I whom thou seest begirt with towering oaks

Page No:

p.72

Poem Title:

Lucian's Greek Epigram, Inscribed on a Column Erected in a Piece of Land, That had Been Often Bought and Sold; Imitated.

Attribution:

C.S.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Best of painters show thy art

Page No:

pp.73-74

Poem Title:

Anacreon, Ode XXVIII. Imitated.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Down by the brook which glides through yonder vale

Page No:

pp.75-78

Poem Title:

Robin. A Pastoral Elegy.

Attribution:

By Captain John Dobson.

Attributed To:

John Dobson

First Line:

See Daphne see the sun with purer light

Page No:

pp.79-80

Poem Title:

To Daphne*. On Valentine's Day. *Miss M____o

Attribution:

By William Duncombe, Esquire.

Attributed To:

William Duncombe

First Line:

So stream the sorrows that embalm the brave

Page No:

pp.81-85

Poem Title:

On the Death of King George II. And the Inauguration of His Present Majesty.

Attribution:

By Thomas Warton, M.A. Poetry - Professor at Oxford.

Attributed To:

Thomas Warton

First Line:

At length the imperious lord of war

Page No:

pp.86-88

Poem Title:

Ode for the New Year, MDCCLXIII.

Attribution:

By W. Whitehead, Esq. Poet Laureat [sic].

Attributed To:

William Whitehead

First Line:

Ah what avails the lengthening mead

Page No:

pp.89-91

Poem Title:

The Man of Sorrow.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Yes to the sages be it told

Page No:

pp.92-94

Poem Title:

The Man of Pleasure.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ye sordid wretches chained to rules

Page No:

pp.95-96

Poem Title:

The Bacchanalian

Attribution:

W.W.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A knight we read though authors clash

Page No:

pp.97-99

Poem Title:

The Adventurer and the Treasure. A Fable.

Attribution:

By Mr. Charles Denis.

Attributed To:

Charles Denis

First Line:

A Persian monarch one of those

Page No:

pp.100-101

Poem Title:

The Conqueror and the Old Woman. A Fable.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. Mr. Charles Denis.]

Attributed To:

Charles Denis

First Line:

Amongst the gods a contest rose

Page No:

pp.102-105

Poem Title:

Peace. A Fable.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. Mr. Charles Denis.]

Attributed To:

Charles Denis

First Line:

Charming Annetta but that I'm forbid

Page No:

pp.106-109

Poem Title:

Mercury and the Shades. To Miss M____.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. Mr. Charles Denis.]

Attributed To:

Charles Denis

First Line:

Poets and painters flock together

Page No:

pp.110-112

Poem Title:

The Connoisseurs. A Fable.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. Mr. Charles Denis.]

Attributed To:

Charles Denis

First Line:

The dewy morn her saffron mantle spreads

Page No:

pp.113-115

Poem Title:

Love Elegy.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When greatness claims or merit gives

Page No:

pp.116-118

Poem Title:

Verses, Occasioned by the Death of Mrs. Oldfield.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

At Dryden's tomb inscribed with Sh--d's name

Page No:

p.119

Poem Title:

On the Old Bust, with a Sour Air, on Mr. Dryden's Monument, in Westminster-Abbey.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Friend to my life and parent of my youth

Page No:

pp.120-122

Poem Title:

On the Birth-Day of the Late Stephen Poynth, Esq.

Attribution:

Written by a Young Gentleman, When at School.

Attributed To:

Not attributed