The poetical miscellany, consisting of great variety of odes, epistles, pastorals, tales, fables, epigrams &c. [vol 2] [T85564] [ecco]

DMI number:

867

Publication Date:

1754

Volume Number:

2 of 2

ESTC number:

T85564

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CW109524402

Shelfmark:

BL 11606.de.6

Full Title:

THE | Poetical Miscellany, | Consisting of great Variety of | [two columns] [col. 1]ODES, | EPISTLES, | PASTORALS,[/col. 1] [col. 2] TALES, | FABLES, | EPIGRAMS, &c,[/col2] | Many of which are Originals. | To which are added, | Some select Essays and Letters | in PROSE. | Never printed before. | [rule] | [i]By the[/i] AUTHOR [i]of the[/i] PROGRESS | [i]of[/i] PHYSICK. | [rule] | The SECOND VOLUME. | [rule] | [epigraph] | [double rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed and sold by R. WHITWORTH, at the [i]Feathers[/i], | in the [i]Poultry[/i]; J. WARCUS, at the [i]Indian-Queen[/i], | facing the [i]Mansion-House[/i]; W. HEARD, at the [i]Philo- | biblian Library, Piccadilly[/i]; and R. RICHARDS, the | Corner of [i]Barnard's Inn, Holborn[/i], 1754.

Epigraph:

Variety [i]we still pursue; | In[/i] Pleasure [i]seek for something[/i] New. | SWIFT. | [i]All that the[/i] Fair [i]approve is[/i] sweet, | [i]And all is [/i] Sense [i]that[/i] They [i]repeat.[/i]. | PRIOR.

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Miscellaneous collection

Format:

Octavo

Pagination:

[2], [1]-427, [1]

Bibliographic details:

Reissue with cancel title page of The Norfolk Poetical Miscellany (1744) T85536.

Comments:

Contents: Latin verse pp. 208-9; 230, 232, 234 (in parallel with English translation on pp. 231, 233, 235). 'Essays and letters. Never printed before' pp. 249-422; includes several verse quotations of 4 lines or longer, which have been added to the index. Several notes throughout the miscellany draw attention to the fact that versions of these poems were previously published in various newspapers and magazines.

Other matter:

End matter: Contents pp. 423-7.

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The Norfolk poetical miscellany [Vol 2] [ESTC T85536]

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1744

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T85536

Volume:

2 of 2

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The poetical miscellany, consisting of great variety of odes, epistles, pastorals, tales, fables, epigrams &c. [vol 1] [T85564]

Publication Date:

1754

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T85564

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1 of 2

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First Line:

While in thy verse such rival graces meet

Page No:

pp.1-2

Poem Title:

To the Author of the following Poem Occasion'd by reading the Second Edition of it, enlarged and improved.

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Not attributed

First Line:

For vain applause while others tune their lays

Page No:

p.2

Poem Title:

To the said Author. On concealing his Name.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Long ere physicians knew the healing art

Page No:

p.11-35.

Poem Title:

The Progress of Physic.

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First Line:

Friend to my verse ask me no more

Page No:

pp.36-45

Poem Title:

Fidelio to Machaon. An Epistle. Occasion'd by his desiring the Author to write a Poem on Health.

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First Line:

Favourite of Venus and the tuneful nine

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pp.46-49

Poem Title:

An Epistle to Lord H--y. Anno 1730.

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Not attributed

First Line:

The seven first years of life man's break of day

Page No:

pp.50-51

Poem Title:

Human Life.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Accept a miracle instead of wit

Page No:

p.52

Poem Title:

A Couplet. Extempore...at the Request of Lord Ch-d, who lent him his Pencil for that purpose.

Attribution:

By the Rev. Mr. -

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Not attributed

First Line:

Though cold as crystal chaste as Cynthia's beams

Page No:

p.53

Poem Title:

Extempore...Occasion'd by a Copy of Verses on a Lady, which the Author was desired to take for his Subject.

Attribution:

By the same hand [i.e. Rev. Mr. - ]

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Not attributed

First Line:

A sage philosopher called Ned

Page No:

pp.54-61

Poem Title:

Frank and Ned. A Tale.

Attribution:

By Mr. T--, Scholar of St. John's College, Oxon.

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Not attributed

First Line:

What are the falling rills the pendent shades

Page No:

p.62

Poem Title:

A Fragment, on Solitude.

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First Line:

How pleasant is love

Page No:

pp.63-64

Poem Title:

Secrecy in Love.

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First Line:

By custom doomed to folly sloth and ease

Page No:

pp.65-72

Poem Title:

An Epistle to Mr. Pope. Occasion'd by his Characters of Women.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Though plagued with algebraic lectures

Page No:

pp.73-78

Poem Title:

A Letter From a Young Gentleman at Oxford, to his Friend in London.

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First Line:

A late epistle having chose

Page No:

pp.79-82

Poem Title:

An Introduction to a Poetical Epistle.

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First Line:

I ask not wit nor beauty do I crave

Page No:

p.83

Poem Title:

The Wish.

Attribution:

By a Young Lady.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Nature perversely to thy wish has given

Page No:

p.84

Poem Title:

Answer.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Under this marble or under this sill

Page No:

p.85

Poem Title:

Mr. P-'s Epitaph on Himself.

Attribution:

Mr. P-

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Not attributed

First Line:

Since you dear doctor saved my life

Page No:

pp.86-90

Poem Title:

An Epistle to Sir H. S-e.

Attribution:

J. H.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Varia there's nothing here that's free

Page No:

pp.91-95

Poem Title:

To the Discontented. Imitated partly from Casimire. B. 4. Ode 15.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Thou caterpillar that devours

Page No:

pp.96-97

Poem Title:

The Caterpillar. A French Fable.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Dig a grave and dig it deep

Page No:

pp.98-99

Poem Title:

Occasion'd by the Death of the Author's only Son about six Years old.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Must that soft frame in dust be laid

Page No:

p.100

Poem Title:

On the Same.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Theron amongst his travels found

Page No:

pp.101-104

Poem Title:

The Vanity of Ambition.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Leaving the grammar for his play

Page No:

pp.105-109

Poem Title:

The Stilts.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

As I rummaging was

Page No:

pp.110-112

Poem Title:

The Hog and the Ass. A Fable.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Sound sound let distant worlds through endless ages know

Page No:

pp.113-115

Poem Title:

A Song. Compos'd for Seignora Strada, and intended for the Close of Dryden's Ode on St. Caecilia's Day. Set to Musick by Mr. Handel.

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First Line:

The wealthy fop with presents woos

Page No:

pp.116-119

Poem Title:

Polly Austin. A Song.

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First Line:

Tell me from whence fat headed Scot

Page No:

pp.120-121

Poem Title:

Verses Sent by Dr. W---nt--r, M. D. to Dr. Ch---yn--y, at Bath.

Attribution:

by Dr. W---nt--r, M. D.

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Not attributed

First Line:

My system doctor's all my own

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pp.122-123

Poem Title:

Answer.

Attribution:

By Dr. Ch--yn--y.

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Not attributed

First Line:

In vain my Chloe you suggest

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pp.124-126

Poem Title:

The Jealous Mistress. A Song.

Attribution:

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First Line:

While martial sounds and loftier strains proclaim

Page No:

pp.127-129

Poem Title:

On the Death of G-ge M--dd, Esq;

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

The fate of empires and the pomp of war

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pp.130-133

Poem Title:

Ovid Amor: Lib. I. Eleg. I. Imitated -- and Inscrib'd to Clarissa.

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First Line:

From grave lessons and dry philosophical rules

Page No:

pp.134-135

Poem Title:

The Promise. To Two Young Ladies.

Attribution:

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First Line:

The lively figure and the bold design

Page No:

pp.137-139

Poem Title:

An Epistle to a Friend.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

You little know the heart which you advise

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pp.140-141

Poem Title:

Sappho, to Delia. Who advis'd her not to spend so much Time in Publick Places.

Attribution:

Sappho

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Not attributed

First Line:

While every muse in lofty ode

Page No:

pp.142-144

Poem Title:

To Clarissa. On New-Year's Day, 1743.

Attribution:

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First Line:

A fly quite crank and debonair

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pp.145-147

Poem Title:

The Bald Man, and the Fly. Phaed. Fab. 3 Lib. 5.

Attribution:

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First Line:

It chanced two mules no matter whither

Page No:

pp.148-150

Poem Title:

The Mules, and the Highwaymen. Phaed. Lib. 2. Fab. 7.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

A man having got a most excellent hatchet

Page No:

pp.151-152

Poem Title:

The Man, and the Trees. Fab. 5. a M. Gudio.

Attribution:

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First Line:

The counsels of a friend Belinda hear

Page No:

pp.153-158

Poem Title:

Advice to Belinda.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Far distant from each object that refines

Page No:

pp.154-163

Poem Title:

To a Friend in the Country.

Attribution:

By an Officer in the Army.

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Not attributed

First Line:

See see dear friend the purple spring appear

Page No:

pp.164-168

Poem Title:

The Resurrection.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Two travellers as fame rehearses

Page No:

pp.169-172

Poem Title:

The Travellers and the Highwayman. Phaed. Lib. 5. Fab. 2.

Attribution:

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First Line:

A grasshopper who chirped and sung

Page No:

pp.173-178

Poem Title:

The Grasshopper and the Owl. Phaed. Lib. 3. Fab. 16.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Lord bless me what a weekly splutter

Page No:

p.179

Poem Title:

Written in a Lady's House-Book.

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First Line:

Near reverend Merton till of late there stood

Page No:

pp.180-184

Poem Title:

The Merton - Men of Taste. Occasion'd by the Destruction of Merton Walks. Anno 1719.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Life of loveliness forbear

Page No:

pp.185-186

Poem Title:

To a Lady -- in Tears for the Decay of her Beauty.

Attribution:

By her Husband.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Hail ancient book most venerable code

Page No:

pp.187-193

Poem Title:

The Horn-Book.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Isgrim one day intent to dine

Page No:

pp.194-195

Poem Title:

The Traveller and the Sheep.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

All pensive and sad and as grave as a cat

Page No:

pp.196-199

Poem Title:

A Song. On Miss Elizabeth F--r. In Imitation of Molly Mog, &c.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Tis well I long to be released

Page No:

pp.200-202

Poem Title:

A Sick-Bed Soliloquy.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

While I reflect thee over methinks I find

Page No:

pp.203-204

Poem Title:

To Mr. Thompson, Author of the Poems on the Four Seasons.

Attribution:

by Mr. Dennis

Attributed To:

John Dennis

First Line:

Dear Miss when next you do repair

Page No:

pp.205-206

Poem Title:

To a Young Lady, Desiring her to buy some Muslin for the Author.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Having nothing to do and the term at an end

Page No:

pp.210-212

Poem Title:

Thus Imitated.

Attribution:

By Tim Scribble, Esq;

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Be chaste ye scribblers modestly be dumb

Page No:

p.213

Poem Title:

Occasion'd by a Letter in a Journal, Intitled, The What-d-ye-call-it.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A cow and goat and simple ewe

Page No:

pp.214-216

Poem Title:

The Cow, the Goat, the Sheep and the Lion. Phaed. Fab. 5. Lib. I.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Jove quite tired out with a scold of a wife

Page No:

p.217

Poem Title:

The Scold.

Attribution:

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First Line:

The bridal cake you lately sent

Page No:

pp.218-221

Poem Title:

To Mrs. A. C-. Occasion'd by her sending the Author a Piece of Bride-Cake. Sept. 26, 1743.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

How many ways does artful Delia find

Page No:

p.222

Poem Title:

Occasion'd by a Poetical Apology from Delia, for not shewing the Author some Verses of her own Composing.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Poets had formerly not only bread

Page No:

p.223

Poem Title:

On the Monuments lately set up in Westminster-Abbey, to the Memory of famous Poets.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Poets of old with every genius blessed

Page No:

p.224

Poem Title:

Answer. In Promptu.

Attribution:

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First Line:

If giants sons of earth once vainly strove

Page No:

p.225

Poem Title:

On the White Standard being taken from the French, at the Battle of Dettingen. June 16, 1743. Motto. -- Sensere Gigantes.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Guardian of the British Isle

Page No:

pp.231-235

Poem Title:

The Fifth Ode of the Fourth Book of Horace. Imitated.

Attribution:

By the Author of the Progress of Physic.

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Not attributed

First Line:

The world may ask why Sappho should bestow

Page No:

p.236

Poem Title:

To Sappho, Who had complimented the Author in Verse, on his superior Genius for Poetry.

Attribution:

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First Line:

The poet's bays my honoured brow shall wear

Page No:

p.237

Poem Title:

To the Same, On her presenting the Author with a Crown of Laurel.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Long have I courted you in metre

Page No:

pp.238-240

Poem Title:

The Hint. Or the Author's last Shift. 1721.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Adieu ye loved Pierian train

Page No:

pp.241-248

Poem Title:

The Poet's Farewell to his Muse. A Poetical Dialogue.

Attribution:

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First Line:

For sure to die and go we know not where

Page No:

pp.273-274

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Shakespear. Meas. for Meas.

Attributed To:

William Shakespeare

First Line:

As fruits ungrateful to the planter's care

Page No:

p.289

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Pope. Essay on Man.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Tis thus the gods divide our mortal cares

Page No:

p.300

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Anon.

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Not attributed