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A collection of poems in two volumes. By several hands [vol 2] [N27941] [ecco]

DMI number:
781
Publication Date:
1751
Volume Number:
2 of 2
ESTC number:
N27941
EEBO/ECCO link:
CW116533482
Shelfmark:
ECCO - Bod
Full Title:
A | COLLECTION | OF | POEMS | IN TWO VOLUMES. | BY | SEVERAL HANDS. | [ornament] | DUBLIN: | Printed for P. WILSON, J. EXSHAW, J. ESDALL, | R. JAMES, S. PRICE, and M. WILLIAMSON. | M,DCC,LI.
Place of Publication:
Dublin
Genres:
Collection of literary verse
Format:
Duodecimo
Bibliographic details:
Half title: [i]DODSLEY[/i]'s | COLLECTION. | VOL. II. | The THIRD EDITION. Several sections have separate title pages.
Other matter:
Prefatory matter: Contents [2pp]; Advertisement [2pp]
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A collection of poems in two volumes. By several hands [vol 1] [N27941] [ecco]
Publication Date:
1751
ESTC No:
N27941
Volume:
1 of 2
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First Line:
Now had the son of Jove mature attained
Page No:
pp.1-11
Poem Title:
The Choice of Hercules. A Poem.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Ah me is all our pleasure mixed with woe
Page No:
pp.11-16
Poem Title:
The Education of Achilles.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
In days my lord when mother time
Page No:
pp.16-22
Poem Title:
An Epistle from S. J. Esq; in the Country to the Right Hon. the Lord Lovelace in Town. Written in the Year 1735.
Attribution:
from S. J. Esq;
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Too plain dear youth these tell-tale eyes
Page No:
pp.23-24
Poem Title:
Chloe to Strephon. A Song.
Attribution:
By the Same [i.e. S. J.]
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Just broke from school pert impudent and raw
Page No:
pp.24-28
Poem Title:
The Modern Fine Gentleman. Written in the Year 1746.
Attribution:
By the Same [i.e. S. J.]
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
The art of converse how to soothe the soul
Page No:
pp.28-49
Poem Title:
An Essay on Conversation.
Attribution:
By Benjamin Stillingfleet.
Attributed To:
Benjamin Stillingfleet
First Line:
Thou who shalt stop where Thames' translucent wave
Page No:
pp.49-50
Poem Title:
On a Grotto near the Thames, at Twickenham. Compos'd of Marbles, Spars and Minerals.
Attribution:
By Mr. Pope.
Attributed To:
Alexander Pope
First Line:
If truth can fix thy wavering heart
Page No:
pp.50-51
Poem Title:
Song. To Sylvia.
Attribution:
By David Garrick, Esq;
Attributed To:
David Garrick
First Line:
O thou whose artless free born genius charms
Page No:
p.51
Poem Title:
To the Author of the Farmer's Letters, which were written in Ireland in the Year of the Rebellion, by Henry Brooke, Esq; 1745.
Attribution:
By the Same [i.e. Garrick]
Attributed To:
David Garrick
First Line:
Untouched by love unmoved by wit
Page No:
p.52
Poem Title:
Verses Written in Sylvia's Prior.
Attribution:
By the Same. [i. e. Garrick]
Attributed To:
David Garrick
First Line:
While here the poet paints the charms
Page No:
p.52
Poem Title:
Verses written in a Book call'd Fables for the Female Sex.
Attribution:
By the Same [i. e. Garrick]
Attributed To:
David Garrick
First Line:
Arachne once as poets tell
Page No:
p.53
Poem Title:
Upon a Lady's Embroidery.
Attribution:
By the Same. [i.e. Garrick]
Attributed To:
David Garrick
First Line:
As doctor -- musing sate
Page No:
pp.53-54
Poem Title:
Death and the Doctor. Occasion'd by a Physician's lampooning a Friend of the Author.
Attribution:
By the Same [i.e. Garrick]
Attributed To:
David Garrick
First Line:
The goddess of wit and love
Page No:
p.55
Poem Title:
On the Right Side.
Attribution:
By the Same [i.e. Garrick]
Attributed To:
David Garrick
First Line:
The court was met the prisoner brought
Page No:
pp.56-68
Poem Title:
The Trial of Selim the Persian, For divers High Crimes and Misdemeanors.
Attribution:
By Mr. Edward Moore.
Attributed To:
Edward Moore
First Line:
Though here my body lies interred
Page No:
p.56
Poem Title:
On the Left Side.
Attribution:
By the Same [i.e. Garrick]
Attributed To:
David Garrick
First Line:
A myrtle flourished mongst the flowers
Page No:
pp.69-71
Poem Title:
The Marriage of the Myrtle and the Yew. A Fable. To Delia, about to marry beneath herself. 1744.
Attribution:
By --.
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Bold was the irreligious hand
Page No:
pp.71-73
Poem Title:
On a Bay-Leaf, pluck'd from Virgil's Tomb, near Naples. 1736.
Attribution:
By the Same [preceding poem unattributed]
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
The minutes the hours the days and the years
Page No:
pp.73-74
Poem Title:
To Chloe. Written on my Birth-Day, 1734.
Attribution:
By the Same. [preceding poem unattributed]
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Stanhope has gained one branch of fame
Page No:
pp.74-75
Poem Title:
The Exception.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Yes all my lord usurp fair honour's name
Page No:
pp.76-88
Poem Title:
Honour. A Poem...Inscribed to the Rt. Hon. the Lord Visc. Lonsdale.
Attribution:
By the Rev. Mr. Brown.
Attributed To:
John Brown
First Line:
Ye green haired nymphs whom Pan allows
Page No:
pp.89-91
Poem Title:
Ode to a Water Nymph.
Attribution:
By Mr. Mason.
Attributed To:
William Mason
First Line:
Sorrowing I catch the reed and call the muse
Page No:
pp.92-102
Poem Title:
Musaeus: A Monody to the Memory of Mr. Pope, In Imitation of Milton's Lycidas.
Attribution:
By the Same. [i.e. Mason]
Attributed To:
William Mason
First Line:
Fate gave the word the cruel arrow sped
Page No:
pp.103-123
Poem Title:
An Essay on Satire, occasion'd by the Death of Mr. Pope.
Attribution:
By the Rev. Mr. Browne.
Attributed To:
John Brown
First Line:
In measured time | So heaven has willed together with their snows
Page No:
pp.124-130
Poem Title:
A Character of Mr. Pope's Writings. Being An Episode from the Poem call'd Sickness, B. II.
Attribution:
By the Rev. Mr. Thomson.
Attributed To:
William Thompson
First Line:
When dark oblivion in her sable cloak
Page No:
pp.130-131
Poem Title:
The Cave of Pope. A Prophecy.
Attribution:
By Mr. Robert Dodsley.
Attributed To:
Robert Dodsley
First Line:
Thy sable bed no pompous heralds raise
Page No:
pp.132-133
Poem Title:
To the Memory of The Rev. James Wilson, M. A. Curate of St. Peter's Dublin.
Attribution:
By Mr. Brooke.
Attributed To:
Henry Brooke
First Line:
Shall boasted pomp the high imperial name
Page No:
pp.133-134
Poem Title:
To The Memory of Colonel Henry Clements, Who was Killed at the Action near Tournay in May 1745.
Attribution:
By the Same [i. e. Brooke]
Attributed To:
Henry Brooke
First Line:
The solitary bird of night
Page No:
pp. 134-138
Poem Title:
Ode to Wisdom.
Attribution:
By a Lady.
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
In plaintive sounds that turned to woe
Page No:
pp.138-139
Poem Title:
To the Gentleman, On his intended to cut down a Grove to enlarge his Prospect.
Attribution:
By the Same [i.e. a lady]
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Where early Phoebus sheds his milder beams
Page No:
pp.140-157
Poem Title:
Psyche: Or, The Great Metamorphosis. A Poem, written in Imitation of Spenser.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Whilst you Athenia with assiduous toil
Page No:
pp.158-163
Poem Title:
The Female Right to Literature. In a Letter to a young Lady from Florence.
Attribution:
By ---
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Great Homer's birth seven rival cities claim
Page No:
p.164
Poem Title:
On Shakespeare's Monument at Stratford upon Avon.
Attribution:
By the Same [preceding poem unattributed]
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
When fair Serena first I knew
Page No:
pp.164-165
Poem Title:
A Song.
Attribution:
By the Same [preceding poem unattributed]
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
The potent lord that this bright villa planned
Page No:
p.165
Poem Title:
Chiswick.
Attribution:
By the Same. [preceding poem unattributed]
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Thanks Chloe thy coquetting art
Page No:
pp.166-169
Poem Title:
The Indifferent. From the Italian of Metastasio.
Attribution:
By the Same. [preceding poem unattributed]
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
When flourished with their state the Athenian name
Page No:
pp.169-183
Poem Title:
An Epistle from Florence. To T. A. Esq; Tutor to the Earl of P------. Written in the Year 1740.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Happy the babe whose natal hour
Page No:
pp.183-187
Poem Title:
The Pleasure of Poetry. An Ode.
Attribution:
By Mr. Vansittart.
Attributed To:
Robert Vansittart
First Line:
Farewell that liberty our fathers gave
Page No:
pp.193-194
Poem Title:
Love-Elegies. On his falling in Love with Neaera. Elegy I.
Attribution:
By Mr. Hammond.
Attributed To:
James Hammond
First Line:
Adieu ye walls that guard my cruel fair
Page No:
pp.195-196
Poem Title:
Unable to satisfy the covetous temper of Neaera, he intends to make a campaign, and try, if possible, to forget her. Elegy II.
Attribution:
By Mr. Hammond.
Attributed To:
James Hammond
First Line:
Should Jove descend in floods of liquid ore
Page No:
pp.196-197
Poem Title:
He upbraids and threatens the avarice of Neaera, and resolves to quit her. Elegy III.
Attribution:
By Mr. Hammond.
Attributed To:
James Hammond
First Line:
While calm you sit beneath your secret shade
Page No:
pp.197-199
Poem Title:
To his Friend written under the Confinement of a long Indisposition. Elegy IV.
Attribution:
By Mr. Hammond.
Attributed To:
James Hammond
First Line:
With wine more wine deceive thy master's care
Page No:
pp.199-201
Poem Title:
The Lover is at first introduced speaking to his Servant, he afterwards addresses himself to his Mistress, and at last there is a supposed Interview between them. Elegy V.
Attribution:
By Mr. Hammond.
Attributed To:
James Hammond
First Line:
Thousands would seek the lasting peace of death
Page No:
pp.201-203
Poem Title:
He adjures Delia to pity him by their friendship with Celia who was lately dead. Elegy VI.
Attribution:
By Mr. Hammond.
Attributed To:
James Hammond
First Line:
Now Delia breathes in woods the fragrant air
Page No:
pp.203-204
Poem Title:
On Delia's being in the country where he supposes she stays to see the harvest. Elegy VII.
Attribution:
By Mr. Hammond.
Attributed To:
James Hammond
First Line:
Ah what avails thy lover's pious care
Page No:
p.205
Poem Title:
He despairs that he shall ever possess Delia. Elegy VIII.
Attribution:
By Mr. Hammond.
Attributed To:
James Hammond
First Line:
He who could first two gentle hearts unbind
Page No:
pp.206-207
Poem Title:
He has lost Delia. Elegy IX.
Attribution:
By Mr. Hammond.
Attributed To:
James Hammond
First Line:
This day which saw my Delia's beauty rise
Page No:
p.208
Poem Title:
On Delia's Birth-day. Elegy X.
Attribution:
By Mr. Hammond.
Attributed To:
James Hammond
First Line:
The man who sharpened first the warlike steel
Page No:
pp.209-210
Poem Title:
Against lovers going to war, in which he philosophically prefers love and Delia to the more serious vanities of the world. Elegy XI.
Attribution:
By Mr. Hammond.
Attributed To:
James Hammond
First Line:
No second love shall ever my heart surprize
Page No:
pp.210-211
Poem Title:
To Delia. Elegy XII.
Attribution:
By Mr. Hammond.
Attributed To:
James Hammond
First Line:
Let others boast their heaps of shining gold
Page No:
pp.211-215
Poem Title:
We imagines himself married to Delia, and that content with each other they are retired into the country. Elegy XIII.
Attribution:
By Mr. Hammond.
Attributed To:
James Hammond
First Line:
What scenes of bliss my raptured fancy framed
Page No:
pp.215-216
Poem Title:
To Delia. Elegy XIV.
Attribution:
By Mr. Hammond.
Attributed To:
James Hammond
First Line:
Oh formed alike to serve us and to please
Page No:
pp.217-218
Poem Title:
To Mr. George Grenville. Elegy XV.
Attribution:
By Mr. Hammond.
Attributed To:
James Hammond
First Line:
Thou for whose view these numbers are designed
Page No:
pp.219-236
Poem Title:
The Battle of the Sexes. A Poem.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Amid the garden's fragrance laid
Page No:
pp.239-241
Poem Title:
Odes on Several Subjects. Ode I. Allusion to Horace.
Attribution:
By Dr. Akinside.
Attributed To:
Mark Akenside
First Line:
The radiant ruler of the year
Page No:
pp.241-244
Poem Title:
Ode II. On the Winter-Solstoce. M.D.CCXL.
Attribution:
By Dr. Akinside.
Attributed To:
Mark Akenside
First Line:
O fly tis dire suspicion's mien
Page No:
pp.245-247
Poem Title:
Ode III. Against Suspicion.
Attribution:
By Dr. Akinside.
Attributed To:
Mark Akenside
First Line:
Indeed my Phaedria if to find
Page No:
pp.247-249
Poem Title:
Ode IV. To a Gentleman whose Mistress had married an Old Man.
Attribution:
By Dr. Akinside.
Attributed To:
Mark Akenside
First Line:
How thick the shades of evening close
Page No:
pp.250-255
Poem Title:
Ode V. Hymn to Chearfulness, The Author Sick.
Attribution:
By Dr. Akinside.
Attributed To:
Mark Akenside
First Line:
Queen of my songs harmonious maid
Page No:
pp.256-257
Poem Title:
Ode VI. On the Absence of the Poetic Inclination.
Attribution:
By Dr. Akinside.
Attributed To:
Mark Akenside
First Line:
No foolish boy to virtuous fame
Page No:
pp.257-259
Poem Title:
Ode VII. To a Friend, on the Hazard of falling in Love.
Attribution:
By Dr. Akinside.
Attributed To:
Mark Akenside
First Line:
Adieu to Leyden's lonely bound
Page No:
pp.260-263
Poem Title:
Ode VIII. On leaving Holland.
Attribution:
By Dr. Akinside.
Attributed To:
Mark Akenside
First Line:
Thou silent power whose balmy sway
Page No:
pp.263-265
Poem Title:
Ode IX. To Sleep.
Attribution:
By Dr. Akinside.
Attributed To:
Mark Akenside
First Line:
Once more I join the Thespian choir
Page No:
pp.265-269
Poem Title:
Ode X. On Lyric Poetry.
Attribution:
By Dr. Akinside.
Attributed To:
Mark Akenside
First Line:
The curfew tolls the knell of parting day
Page No:
pp.270-274
Poem Title:
An Elegy written in a Country Church Yard.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Nymph of the fount from whose auspicious urn
Page No:
pp.275-292
Poem Title:
An Hymn To The Nymph of Bristol Spring.
Attribution:
By Mr. W. Whitehead.
Attributed To:
William Whitehead
First Line:
Hence clamour loving joy be gone
Page No:
pp.293-295
Poem Title:
A Solemn Dirge, Sacred to the Memory of his Royal Highness Frederick Prince of Wales: As it was sung by Mr. Lowe, Miss Burchell, and others, at Vaux-Hall, London.
Attribution:
Written by Mr. Smart. The Music compos'd by Mr. Worgan, M. B.
Attributed To:
Christopher Smart