The Poetical Calendar. Vol. VIII. For August. [T146609]

DMI number:

1033

Publication Date:

1763

Volume Number:

8 of 12

ESTC number:

T146609 [vol VIII]

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW113915733

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. | Written and Selected | By FRANCIS FAWKES, M. A. | And WILLIAM WOTY. | IN TWELVE VOLUMES. | THE SECOND EDITION. | 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: p. 73 includes "To Oliver Cromwell. On the Same Subject," Latin version of poem "Translated by the Same" immediately preceding. p. 100 includes "V. In the Same. A Translation," Italian version of poem "IV. In Milton's Alcove" immediately preceding. p. 104. "VIII. At the End of the Canal in the Middle of the Garden," poem in Italian. pp. 113-114 include "XV. On a Mount," poem in Latin. p. 120 includes "Inscription in a Summer-House," Latin verse translated on same page. p. 123: Table of Contents

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The Poetical Calendar. Vol. III. For March. [T146609]

Publication Date:

1764

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T146609 [vol III]

Volume:

3 of 12

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The Poetical Calendar. Vol. IV. For April. [T146609]

Publication Date:

1763

ESTC No:

T146609 [vol IV]

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4 of 12

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The Poetical Calendar. Vol. V. For May. [T146609]

Publication Date:

1763

ESTC No:

T146609 [vol V]

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5 of 12

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Title:

The Poetical Calendar. Vol. IX. For September. [T146609]

Publication Date:

1763

ESTC No:

T146609 [vol IX]

Volume:

9 of 12

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Editor:

Francis Fawkes

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Absolute (100%)

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Editor:

William Woty

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Printer:

Dryden II Leach

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BBTI

Publisher:

John Coote

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Content/Publication

First Line:

The garden blooms with vegetable gold

Page No:

pp.1-2

Poem Title:

August. An Ode.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Now Delia breathes in woods the fragrant air

Page No:

pp.3-4

Poem Title:

Elegy, on Delia's Being in the Country, Where He Supposes She Stays to See the Harvest.

Attribution:

By the Late Mr. Hammond.

Attributed To:

James Hammond

First Line:

When in full pride autumnal fields appear

Page No:

pp.5-6

Poem Title:

The Mulberry Garden

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hail Phillis brighter than a morning sky

Page No:

pp.7-10

Poem Title:

The Month of August. *A Pastoral. Sylvanus, a Courtier. Phillis, a Country Maid.

Attribution:

"This poem was wrote by mrs. Leapor."

Attributed To:

Mary Leapor

First Line:

Virtue and fame the other day

Page No:

pp.11-12

Poem Title:

Virtue and Fame. To the Countess of Egremont.

Attribution:

By Lord L___N.

Attributed To:

George Lyttelton

First Line:

Fame heard with pleasure straight replied

Page No:

p.13

Poem Title:

Addition Extempore to the Verses on Lady Egremont.

Attribution:

By the Earl of H___ke.

Attributed To:

Philip Yorke

First Line:

Methought I saw before my feet

Page No:

pp.14-15

Poem Title:

Lord L____'s Letter to the Earl of H___ke, Occasioned by the Foregoing Verses.

Attribution:

Lord L--

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Kind companion of my youth

Page No:

p.16

Poem Title:

Verses Sent by Lord Melcombe to Dr. Young, Not Long Before His Lordship's Death.

Attribution:

Sent by Lord Melcombe

Attributed To:

George Bubb Dodington

First Line:

The muses were on Pindus met

Page No:

pp.17-18

Poem Title:

The Muses, Mercury, and Fame.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Frail glass thou bearest my name as well as I

Page No:

p.18

Poem Title:

Wrote by a Lady on a Glass, Under Her Name

Attribution:

By a Lady.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hail pensive virgin ever hail

Page No:

p.19

Poem Title:

Ode to Solitude

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The opening east now streaks a ruddy ray

Page No:

pp.20-23

Poem Title:

Elegy I. Morning.

Attribution:

By Mr. Stephen Panting

Attributed To:

Stephen Panting

First Line:

High in the zenith of his wide domain

Page No:

pp.24-27

Poem Title:

Elegy II. Noon.

Attribution:

By Mr. Stephen Panting.

Attributed To:

Stephen Panting

First Line:

The broad sun verging on the close of day

Page No:

pp.28-30

Poem Title:

Elegy III. Evening.

Attribution:

By Mr. Stephen Panting.

Attributed To:

Stephen Panting

First Line:

Sol rolls no more his beamy car on high

Page No:

pp.31-34

Poem Title:

Elegy IV. Midnight.

Attribution:

By Mr. Stephen Panting.

Attributed To:

Stephen Panting

First Line:

Of happiness terrestrial and the source

Page No:

pp.35-44

Poem Title:

Wine. A Poem.

Attribution:

By the Late Mr. Gay.

Attributed To:

John Gay

First Line:

Sing sing o muse the dire contested fray

Page No:

pp.45-48

Poem Title:

The Gymnasiad. An Epic Poem. Book I.

Attribution:

By Mr. P.W.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

First to the fight advanced the charioteer

Page No:

pp.49-52

Poem Title:

The Gymnasiad. An Epic Poem. Book II.

Attribution:

By Mr. P.W.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Full in the centre now they fix in form

Page No:

pp.53-57

Poem Title:

The Gymnasiad. An Epic Poem. Book III.

Attribution:

By Mr. P.W.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Little bird with bosom red

Page No:

p.58

Poem Title:

To a Redbreast.

Attribution:

By Mr. Langhorne.

Attributed To:

John Langhorne

First Line:

The stars obscured from view retire

Page No:

pp.59-61

Poem Title:

Ode on the Birth of Miss E.W.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Dark was the night and dreary was the cell

Page No:

pp.62-64

Poem Title:

On the Death of Miss W.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Great God thy judgments are supremely right

Page No:

p.65

Poem Title:

Barreaux's Celebrated Sonnet, Grand Dieu! Tes Jugemens, &c. Translated.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Close thine eyes and sleep secure

Page No:

p.66

Poem Title:

On a Quiet Conscience.

Attribution:

By King Charles I.

Attributed To:

Charles I

First Line:

Fair mirror of foul times whose fragile sheen

Page No:

p.67

Poem Title:

A Sonnet, Upon Occasion of the Plague in London, Lately Found on a Glass Window at Chalfont, in Buckinghamshire, Where Milton Resided During the Continuance of that Calamity.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When in your language I unskilled address

Page No:

p.68

Poem Title:

A Fragment of Milton. From the Italian.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

O thou the wonder of the present age

Page No:

p.69

Poem Title:

To Mr. John Milton, on his Poem Entitled Paradise Lost.

Attribution:

F.C. 1680

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Milton's forfeit life was in debate

Page No:

p.70

Poem Title:

On Bentley's Emendations of Milton.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If Greece with so much mirth did entertain

Page No:

pp.71-72

Poem Title:

On the Peace Concluded Betwixt Oliver Cromwell, and the States of Holland, in MDCLIV.

Attribution:

By the Celebrated Mr. Locke.

Attributed To:

John Locke

First Line:

A peaceful sway the great Augustus bore

Page No:

p.73

Poem Title:

To Oliver Cromwell. On the Same Subject. [i.e. Peace Between Britain and Holland] Translated by the Same.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. Locke]

Attributed To:

John Locke

First Line:

Flavia the least and slightest toy

Page No:

p.74

Poem Title:

On a Fan.

Attribution:

By Bishop Atterbury.

Attributed To:

Francis Atterbury

First Line:

While I was fond and you were kind

Page No:

pp.75-76

Poem Title:

The Ninth Ode of Horace, Book III. A Dialogue Between Horace and Lydia.

Attribution:

Translated by the Same. [i.e. Bishop Atterbury]

Attributed To:

Francis Atterbury

First Line:

He on whose birth the lyric queen

Page No:

pp.76-77

Poem Title:

The Third Ode of Horace, Book IV. To His Muse.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. Bishop Atterbury]

Attributed To:

Francis Atterbury

First Line:

Thus on the banks of Seine

Page No:

p.78

Poem Title:

In His Banishment.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. Bishop Atterbury]

Attributed To:

Francis Atterbury

First Line:

Thus where the Seine through realms of slavery strays

Page No:

p.78

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. Bishop Atterbury]

Attributed To:

Francis Atterbury

First Line:

His foes when dead great Atterbury lay

Page No:

p.79

Poem Title:

An Epigram, on Refusing Bishop Atterbury a Public Funeral.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Throw an apple up a hill

Page No:

pp.80-82

Poem Title:

The Force of Love. Preserv'd from an old manuscript.

Attribution:

By Mr. Abraham Cowley.

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

When snows descend and robe the fields

Page No:

pp.83-84

Poem Title:

Imitation of Theocritus.

Attribution:

By the Late Mr. James Hervey.

Attributed To:

James Hervey

First Line:

Child of the summer charming rose

Page No:

p.84

Poem Title:

Imitated from Casimir.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. the Late Mr. James Hervey]

Attributed To:

James Hervey

First Line:

Since all the downward tracts of time

Page No:

p.85

Poem Title:

Juvenal Imitated.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. the Late Mr. James Hervey]

Attributed To:

James Hervey

First Line:

Tell me from whom fat headed Scot

Page No:

p.86

Poem Title:

Dr. Wynter to Dr. Cheyne

Attribution:

Dr. Wynter

Attributed To:

John Wynter

First Line:

My system doctor is my own

Page No:

p.87

Poem Title:

Dr. Cheyne to Dr. Wynter.

Attribution:

Dr. Cheyne

Attributed To:

George Cheyne

First Line:

Amidst these venerable drear remains

Page No:

pp.88-90

Poem Title:

An Elegy, Written Among the Ruins of a Nobleman's Seat in Cornwall.

Attribution:

By Mr. Moore.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Since you dear doctor saved my life

Page No:

pp.91-93

Poem Title:

T.H. to Sir Hans Sloane.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hinton old friend accept from me

Page No:

pp.94-95

Poem Title:

J. Bramston to Captain Hinton

Attribution:

J. Bramston

Attributed To:

James Bramston

First Line:

What shall the causeless curse of fools control

Page No:

p.96

Poem Title:

A Thought from Marcus Antoninus.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Lo here the place for contemplation made

Page No:

p.97

Poem Title:

In Il Spenseroso. On Spenser's Faerie Queene.

Attribution:

By William Thompson, M.A. Late Fellow of Queen's College, Oxon.

Attributed To:

William Thompson

First Line:

At large beneath this floating foliage laid

Page No:

p.98

Poem Title:

In the Same. [i.e. Il Spenseroso] On Spenser's Shepherd's Calendar.

Attribution:

By William Thompson, M.A. Late Fellow of Queen's College, Oxon.

Attributed To:

William Thompson

First Line:

By yon hills with morning spread

Page No:

p.99

Poem Title:

III. In Shakespear's Walk.

Attribution:

By William Thompson, M.A. Late Fellow of Queen's College, Oxon.

Attributed To:

William Thompson

First Line:

Here mighty Milton in the blaze of noon

Page No:

p.100

Poem Title:

IV. In Milton's Alcove.

Attribution:

By William Thompson, M.A. Late Fellow of Queen's College, Oxon.

Attributed To:

William Thompson

First Line:

O skilled thy every reader's breast to warm

Page No:

pp.101-102

Poem Title:

VI. On Laurel Hill, at the End of the Garden. To Mr. Pope.

Attribution:

By William Thompson, M.A. Late Fellow of Queen's College, Oxon.

Attributed To:

William Thompson

First Line:

Who is this thilke old bard which wonneth here

Page No:

p.103

Poem Title:

VII. In Chaucer's Boure.

Attribution:

By William Thompson, M.A. Late Fellow of Queen's College, Oxon.

Attributed To:

William Thompson

First Line:

Hail happy garden happy groves

Page No:

p.105

Poem Title:

IX. In the Same. [i.e. Canal in the Middle of the Garden.] A Translation.

Attribution:

By William Thompson, M.A. Late Fellow of Queen's College, Oxon.

Attributed To:

William Thompson

First Line:

From busy scenes with peace alone retired

Page No:

pp.106-107

Poem Title:

X. In the Same. [i.e. Canal in the Middle of the Garden.]

Attribution:

By William Thompson, M.A. Late Fellow of Queen's College, Oxon.

Attributed To:

William Thompson

First Line:

What pleasing form commands the lifted eye

Page No:

pp.108-109

Poem Title:

XI. In Golden Grove.

Attribution:

By William Thompson, M.A. Late Fellow of Queen's College, Oxon.

Attributed To:

William Thompson

First Line:

Shall poets dignify my walks and bowers

Page No:

pp.110-111

Poem Title:

XII. In Cowley's Shade.

Attribution:

By William Thompson, M.A. Late Fellow of Queen's College, Oxon.

Attributed To:

William Thompson

First Line:

Just to thy genius to thy virtues just

Page No:

p.112

Poem Title:

XIII. On the Mount Under Mr. Addison's Picture.

Attribution:

By William Thompson, M.A. Late Fellow of Queen's College, Oxon.

Attributed To:

William Thompson

First Line:

The blissful scenes which Virgil's pencil drew

Page No:

p.113

Poem Title:

XIV. Another, Underneath.

Attribution:

By William Thompson, M.A. Late Fellow of Queen's College, Oxon.

Attributed To:

William Thompson

First Line:

Here Maro rests beneath the fragrant shade

Page No:

p.114

Poem Title:

XVI. Under His Eclogues and Georgics, by the Cascade.

Attribution:

By William Thompson, M.A. Late Fellow of Queen's College, Oxon.

Attributed To:

William Thompson

First Line:

Bring hither friend o hither bring

Page No:

pp.115-116

Poem Title:

XVII. Beneath a Vine, Under a Picture of Horace.

Attribution:

By William Thompson, M.A. Late Fellow of Queen's College, Oxon.

Attributed To:

William Thompson

First Line:

Lo Thomson deigns to grace the bower I made

Page No:

p.117

Poem Title:

XVIII. Over Thomson's Seasons.

Attribution:

By William Thompson, M.A. Late Fellow of Queen's College, Oxon.

Attributed To:

William Thompson

First Line:

If he who first the apple sung the fruit

Page No:

p.118

Poem Title:

XIX. In the Midst of an Apple-Tree, Over Mr. Philips' Cyder.

Attribution:

By William Thompson, M.A. Late Fellow of Queen's College, Oxon.

Attributed To:

William Thompson

First Line:

Beneath an awful gloom a night of shade

Page No:

p.119

Poem Title:

XX. Over Young's Night Thoughts.

Attribution:

By William Thompson, M.A. Late Fellow of Queen's College, Oxon.

Attributed To:

William Thompson

First Line:

Not wrapped in smoky London's sulphurous clouds

Page No:

p.120

Poem Title:

Inscription in a Summer-House Belonging to the Late Gilbert West, Esq. at Wickham in Kent.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. West.

Attributed To:

Gilbert West

First Line:

Lo where this silent marble weeps

Page No:

p.121

Poem Title:

An Epitaph in a Country Church-Yard in Kent.

Attribution:

By the Celebrated Mr. G___.

Attributed To:

Thomas Gray

First Line:

While George in sorrow bows his laurelled head

Page No:

p.122

Poem Title:

Epitaph on General Wolfe, in the Church of Westerham in Kent.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed