The Poetical Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscomon and Dorset; the Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire, &c [Vol I] [T130333]

DMI number:

290

Aliases

Works of Rochester, Roscommon, etc.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

Publication Date:

1757

Volume Number:

1 of 2

ESTC number:

T130333

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW112527564

Shelfmark:

BL 1508/1661

Full Title:

The POETICAL | WORKS | Of the EARLS of | ROCHESTER, | ROSCOMON, | AND | DORSET; | The DUKES of | DEVONSHIRE, | BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, &c. | WITH | MEMOIRS of their LIVES. | [rule] | In TWO VOLUMES. | [rule] | Adorn'd with a New Set of CUTS. | [rule] | LONDON: | Printed in the Year M.DCC.LVII. Price 5s.

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Collection of 17th century verse and Miscellany associated with group of poets

Format:

Duodecimo

Price:

5 s.

Pagination:

pp. [2], [iii]-lxxii, [1]-168.

Bibliographic details:

British Library copy is missing pp.155-158. This volume is in a bad condition generally so the pages were probably lost accidentally.

Comments:

CONTENTS: Miscellany is split into sections: (1) Poems by Several Hands on the Death of the Earl of Rochester pp. lxiv-lxxii. (2) The Works of the Earl of Rochester pp. 1-168. PLATES: Frontispiece and engravings (unsigned) following pp. xliv, lxxii, 26.

Other matter:

Prefatory matter: Character of Rochester (by Evremond to Mazarin) pp. [iii]-xxvii; Character of Rochester (by Wolsey) pp. xxviii-xxxv; Character of Rochester (by Mr. Wood) pp. xxxvi-xxxvii; Character of Rochester (by Rev. Mr. Parsons) pp. xxxviii-xxxix; Character of Rochester (by Dr. Burnet) pp. xl-xliii; Alexander Bendo's Speech pp. xliv-lv; Short Character of Charles II pp. lvi-lxiii.

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Content/Publication

First Line:

What words what sense what night-piece can express

Page No:

pp.lxx-lxxii

Poem Title:

On The Death Of The Earl of Rochester.

Attribution:

By an Unknown Hand

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As on his death bed gasping Strephon lay

Page No:

pp.lxiv-lxv

Poem Title:

A Pastoral.

Attribution:

By Mr. Flatman

Attributed To:

Thomas Flatman

First Line:

Mourn mourn ye muses all your loss deplore

Page No:

pp.lxvi-lxix

Poem Title:

On The Death Of The Earl of Rochester.

Attribution:

By Mrs. Behn

Attributed To:

Aphra Behn

First Line:

Were I who to my cost already am

Page No:

pp.1-9

Poem Title:

Satire against Man.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Well sir tis granted I said Dryden's rhymes

Page No:

pp.10-14

Poem Title:

Horace's Tenth Satire of the First Book imitated.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Must I with patience ever silent sit

Page No:

pp.15-16

Poem Title:

An Imitation of the First Satire of Juvenal.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Not Rome in all her splendour could compare

Page No:

pp.17-19

Poem Title:

Satire on the Times.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Preserved by wonder in the oak O Charles

Page No:

pp.20-23

Poem Title:

A Satire Which the King took out of his Pocket.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

In the isle of Great Britain long since famous known

Page No:

pp.24-25

Poem Title:

The Satire on the King, for which he was banished the Court; and turned Mountebank.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

At five this morn when Phoebus raised his head

Page No:

pp.26-32

Poem Title:

Tunbridge-Wells. A Satire.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Have you not seen the raging stormy main

Page No:

p.33

Poem Title:

To all Curious Criticks and Admirers of Metre.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Since now my Sylvia is as kind as fair

Page No:

pp.34-38

Poem Title:

The Happy Night.

Attribution:

The late Duke of Buckinghamshire was pleased to own himself the Author of this Poem.

Attributed To:

John Sheffield

First Line:

Fruition was the question in debate

Page No:

pp.39-40

Poem Title:

The Imperfect Injoyment.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Husband thou dull unpitied miscreant

Page No:

pp.41-43

Poem Title:

A Satire against Marriage.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Chaste pious prudent Charles the second

Page No:

pp.44-51

Poem Title:

The Restauration: Or, The History of Insipids. A Lampoon.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Clarendon had law and sense

Page No:

pp.52-53

Poem Title:

The Young Statesmen: A Satire.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Pride lust ambition and the people's hate

Page No:

pp.54-55

Poem Title:

On The Lord Chancellor Hyde.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Gentle reproofs have long been tried in vain

Page No:

pp.56-57

Poem Title:

Prologue Against the Disturbers of the Pit.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

When Shakespeare Jonson Fletcher ruled the stage

Page No:

pp.58-61

Poem Title:

In Defence of Satire.

Attribution:

By Sir Carr Scroope

Attributed To:

Sir Carr Scrope

First Line:

To rack and torture thy unmeaning brain

Page No:

pp.62-63

Poem Title:

The Earl of Rochester's Answer To The Foregoing Satire.

Attribution:

The Earl of Rochester's Answer

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Of a great heroine I mean to tell

Page No:

pp.64-67

Poem Title:

A Panegyrick upon Nelly.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Methinks I see our mighty monarch stand

Page No:

pp.68-69

Poem Title:

The Royal Angler.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Methinks I see you newly risen

Page No:

pp.70-72

Poem Title:

Portsmouth's Looking Glass.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Let ancients boast no more

Page No:

pp.73-74

Poem Title:

Lais Junior: A Pindaric.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Nothing thou elder brother even to shade

Page No:

pp.75-77

Poem Title:

Upon Nothing.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Much wine had passed with grave discourse

Page No:

pp.78-83

Poem Title:

A Ramble in St. James's Park.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

How Tallboy K- P- S- P- did contend

Page No:

p.84

Poem Title:

The Argument.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Say heaven born muse for only thou can'st tell

Page No:

pp.84-89

Poem Title:

Bath Intrigues.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Thou mighty princess lovely queen of holes

Page No:

pp.90-91

Poem Title:

On The Charms of Hidden Treasure. A Paradox.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Too long the wise commons have been in debate

Page No:

p.92

Poem Title:

On The Women about Town.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Twas when the sable mantle of the night

Page No:

p.93

Poem Title:

A Dream.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Why dost thou shade thy lovely face O why

Page No:

pp.94-96

Poem Title:

To his Mistress.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Tell me abandoned miscreant prithee tell

Page No:

pp.97-98

Poem Title:

To the Author of a Play, called Sodom.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Between Father Patrick and his highness of late

Page No:

pp.99-100

Poem Title:

His Highness's Conversion by Father Patrick.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

If Rome can pardon sins as Romans hold

Page No:

p.101

Poem Title:

On Rome's Pardons.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Farewell false woman know I'll ever be

Page No:

p.102

Poem Title:

On a False Mistress.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

At the sight of my Phillis from every part

Page No:

p.103

Poem Title:

Song.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

My dear mistress had a heart

Page No:

p.104

Poem Title:

Song.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Room room for a blade of the town

Page No:

p.105

Poem Title:

Song.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

By heavens 'twas bravely done

Page No:

p.106

Poem Title:

Spoken Extempore, upon receiving a Fall at Whitehall-Gate, by attempting to kiss the Dutchess of Cleveland, as she was stepping out of her Chariot.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Sternhold and Hopkins had great qualms

Page No:

p.106

Poem Title:

Spoken Extempore to a Country Clerk after having heard him Sing Psalms.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

A knight delights in hardy deeds of arms

Page No:

p.107

Poem Title:

Acrostick.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Tis the Arabian bird alone

Page No:

p.107

Poem Title:

The Encouragement.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Here lies our sovereign lord the king

Page No:

p.108

Poem Title:

The King's Epitaph.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

In all humility we crave

Page No:

p.108

Poem Title:

The Commons Petition to King Charles II.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

The heavens carouse each day a cup

Page No:

p.109

Poem Title:

Anacreontic.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Insulting beauty you mispend

Page No:

p.110

Poem Title:

Song

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

O that I now could by some chymic art

Page No:

p.111

Poem Title:

The Wish.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

She was so exquisite a whore

Page No:

p.111

Poem Title:

Written under Nelly's Picture.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

In a dark silent shady grove

Page No:

p.112

Poem Title:

Et Caetera: A Song.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Naked she lay clasped in my longing arms

Page No:

pp.113-115

Poem Title:

The Disappointment.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

One day the amorous Lysander

Page No:

pp.116-121

Poem Title:

The Insensible.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Whilst happy I triumphant stood

Page No:

pp.122-125

Poem Title:

On a Juniper-Tree cut down to make Busks.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

What Timon does old age begin to approach

Page No:

pp.126-132

Poem Title:

The Rehearsal. A Satire.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Since the sons of the muses grew numerous and loud

Page No:

pp.133-136

Poem Title:

A Session of the Poets.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

My goddess Lydia heavenly fair

Page No:

p.137

Poem Title:

A Lyric. In Imitation of Cornelius Gallus.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Sweet hyacinth my life my joy

Page No:

p.138

Poem Title:

Apollo's Grief, For Having Killed Hyacinth by Accident. An Imitation of Ovid.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Where is he gone whom I adore

Page No:

p.139

Poem Title:

Song.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Woman was made man's sovereignty to own

Page No:

pp.140-141

Poem Title:

Woman's Usurpation.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

I rise at eleven I dine about two

Page No:

p.142

Poem Title:

The Debauchee.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Have you not in a chimney seen

Page No:

p.143

Poem Title:

The Maidenhead.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

How far are they deceived who hope in vain

Page No:

pp.144-145

Poem Title:

An Epistle from Ephelia to Bajazet, complaining of his Inconstancy.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Madam | If you're deceived it is not by my cheat

Page No:

pp.146-148

Poem Title:

A very Heroical Epistle in Answer to Ephelia.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Dreaming last night on Mrs Farley

Page No:

pp.149-151

Poem Title:

An Epistle from B. to E.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name / 'B.' identified as 'Lord Buckhurst, afterwards Earl of Dorset' in note on p.148.

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

Charles Sackville

First Line:

As crafty harlots use to shrink

Page No:

pp.151-153

Poem Title:

E------'s Answer.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name / 'E-----' identified as 'Mr. Etherege, afterwards Sir George Etherege' in note on p.148.

Attributed To:

Sir George Etherege

John Wilmot

First Line:

If I can guess the devil choke me

Page No:

p.154

Poem Title:

The Second Epistle from B. to E.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name / 'B.' identified as 'Lord Buckhurst, afterwards Earl of Dorset' in note on p.148.

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

Charles Sackville

First Line:

So soft and amorously you write

Page No:

p.[???]-160

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tired with the noisome follies of the age

Page No:

pp.161-168

Poem Title:

Rochester's Farwell.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot