The second and third parts of the works of Mr Abraham Cowley. Now made English by several hands (Vol. II). [EEBO] [R2177]
- DMI number:
- 323
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- Publication Date:
- 1700
- Volume Number:
- 2 of 2
- ESTC number:
- R2177
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- EEBO Wing / 709:23
- Shelfmark:
- BL 631.l.220
- Full Title:
- [g]The Third Part[/g] | OF THE | WORKS | OF | Mr Abraham Cowley, | BEING | [g]his Six Book of Plants,[/g] | Never before Printed in English | [2 columns] [col. 1][i]Viz.[/i][/col. 1] [col. 2]The [i]First[/i] and [i]Second[/i] of HERBS. | The [i]Third[/i] and [i]Fourth[/i] of FLOWERS.[/i] | The [i]Fifth[/i] and [i]Sixth[/i] of TREES.[/col. 2] | [i]Now made[/i] English [i]by Several Hands.[/i] | [rule] | [i]With a Necessary[/i] INDEX. | [rule] | [g]The Second Edition.[/g] | [rule] | [i]LONDON[/i]: | Printed for CHARLES HARPER, at the [i]Flower-de-luce[/i] over-against | St.[i] Dunstan[/i]'s Church in [i]Fleet-street[/i]. M DCC.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Miscellany dominated by poet and Collection of translations/imitations
- Format:
- Folio
- Pagination:
- [20], 1-166, [2].
- Comments:
- PAGINATION: p.34 AND 76 misnumbered '43' and '67' respectively.
- Other matter:
- Prefatory matter: 'To his Grace Charles Duke of Somerset' (signed N. Tate) pp. [iii-v]; 'To the Reader' (signed N. Tate) pp. [vii-xi]; 'Author's Preface to his Two first Books of Plants' pp. [xiii-xviii]. End matter: Index [2pp.]
- Title:
- The second and third parts of the works of Mr Abraham Cowley. Now made English by several hands (Vol. I). [R2177]
- Publication Date:
- 1700
- ESTC No:
- R2177
- Volume:
- 1 of 2
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- The second and third parts of the works of Mr Abraham Cowley [Parts II and III] [ESTC R21164]
- Publication Date:
- 1689
- ESTC No:
- R21164
- Volume:
- 2 of 2
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- The third and last volume of the works of Mr Abraham Cowley [T133360]
- Publication Date:
- 1708
- ESTC No:
- T133360
- Volume:
- 3 of 3
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- The third and last volume of the works of Mr. Abraham Cowley [T133363]
- Publication Date:
- 1721
- ESTC No:
- T133363
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- The third and last volume of the works of Mr. Abraham Cowley [T133364]
- Publication Date:
- 1711
- ESTC No:
- T133364
- Volume:
- 3 of 3
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Author:
- Charles Harper
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- 'Printed for Charles Harper, at the Flower-de-luce over against S. Dunstan's Church in Fleet-street.'
- Dedicatee:
- Charles Seymour
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- 'To his Grace Charles Duke of Somerset.'
- Editor:
- Nahum Tate
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Dedication and 'To the Reader' signed by Tate.
- First Line:
- While through the world thy labours shine
- Page No:
- [1p]
- Poem Title:
- The Epitaph in the Frontispiece of this Book transcrib'd from the Author's Tomb in Westminster-Abby, attempted in English. Here under lies Abraham Cowley, The Pindar, Horace, and Virgil Of the English Nation.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Here passenger beneath this shed
- Page No:
- [1p]
- Poem Title:
- The Author's Epitaph upon himself yet alive, but withdrawn from the busie World to a Country-Life ; to be supposed written on his House.
- Attribution:
- 'The Author's Epitaph [i.e. Cowley] upon himself'
- Attributed To:
- Abraham Cowley
- First Line:
- More poetry you'll cry dost thou return
- Page No:
- [2pp]
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Collected under Cowley's name
- Attributed To:
- Abraham Cowley
- First Line:
- Life's lowest but far greatest sphere I sing
- Page No:
- pp.1-2
- Poem Title:
- Of Plants. Book I.
- Attribution:
- By J. O.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- To know my virtues briefly you in vain
- Page No:
- pp.2-4
- Poem Title:
- Betony.
- Attribution:
- By J. O.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I being the chief of all the hairy state
- Page No:
- pp.4-5
- Poem Title:
- Maiden-Hair or Venus-Hair.
- Attribution:
- By J. O.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Sage who by many virtues gainest renown
- Page No:
- pp.6-7
- Poem Title:
- Sage.
- Attribution:
- By J. O.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Hence cares my constant troublesome company
- Page No:
- pp.7-8
- Poem Title:
- Baum.
- Attribution:
- By J. O.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A malady there is that runs through all
- Page No:
- pp.8-9
- Poem Title:
- Scurvy-grass.
- Attribution:
- By J. O.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Thou neither leaf nor stalk nor root can'st show
- Page No:
- pp.9-10
- Poem Title:
- Dodder.
- Attribution:
- By J. O.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Among children I a baneful weed am thought
- Page No:
- pp.11-13
- Poem Title:
- Worme Wood.
- Attribution:
- By J. O.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- D'ye slight me cause a bog my belly feeds
- Page No:
- pp.13-15
- Poem Title:
- Water-Lily.
- Attribution:
- By J. O.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Me cruel nature when she made me gave
- Page No:
- pp.15-16
- Poem Title:
- Spleenwort or Miltwast.
- Attribution:
- By J. O.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Some thing your commendation you deserve
- Page No:
- pp.16-17
- Poem Title:
- Lettuce.
- Attribution:
- By J. O.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Eat me with bread and oil you'll never repine
- Page No:
- p.17
- Poem Title:
- Upon the same.
- Attribution:
- By J. O.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Enter sweet stranger to my eyes reveal
- Page No:
- pp.17-19
- Poem Title:
- Eye-Bright.
- Attribution:
- By J. O.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When I stand musing as I often do
- Page No:
- pp.19-20
- Poem Title:
- Winter-Cherries.
- Attribution:
- By J. O.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- To say the truth nature's too kind to thee
- Page No:
- pp.20-21
- Poem Title:
- Sun-Dew or Lust-Wort
- Attribution:
- By J. O.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The dropping bloody nose you gently bind
- Page No:
- p.21
- Poem Title:
- Sow-Bread.
- Attribution:
- By J. O.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Thy conquered ivy Bacchus now throw down
- Page No:
- p.21
- Poem Title:
- Upon the same.
- Attribution:
- By J. O.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In my fire that false gold the jaundice I
- Page No:
- pp.22-23
- Poem Title:
- Upon the same.
- Attribution:
- By J. O.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- My virtue dries all ulcerous running sores
- Page No:
- p.22
- Poem Title:
- Upon the same.
- Attribution:
- By J. O.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- See how with pride the groveling pot herb swells
- Page No:
- p.22
- Poem Title:
- Upon the same.
- Attribution:
- By J. O.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A lusty frog a duck swears is such meat
- Page No:
- p.23
- Poem Title:
- Ducks-Meat.
- Attribution:
- By J. O.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Daunian Arachne who spinst all the day
- Page No:
- pp.24-25
- Poem Title:
- Rosemary. Touching the Bite of the Tarantula.
- Attribution:
- By J. O.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Take my advice men and no riddles use
- Page No:
- pp.25-28
- Poem Title:
- Mint.
- Attribution:
- By J. O.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Welcome thrice welcome sacred mistletoe
- Page No:
- pp.28-29
- Poem Title:
- Misseltoe.
- Attribution:
- By J. O.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- See how the yellow gall the deluged eyes
- Page No:
- pp.29-30
- Poem Title:
- Celandine.
- Attribution:
- By J. O.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ten thousand blessings may the gods bestow
- Page No:
- pp.30-31
- Poem Title:
- Upon the same.
- Attribution:
- By J. O.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- You who in sacred wedlock coupled are
- Page No:
- pp.31-32
- Poem Title:
- Rocket.
- Attribution:
- By J. O.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Cybele's holy mysteries now begin
- Page No:
- pp.33-36
- Poem Title:
- Of Plants. Book II.
- Attribution:
- By J. O.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- After long cold grave matrons in this place
- Page No:
- pp.36-38
- Poem Title:
- Mugwort [the President, begins.]
- Attribution:
- By J. O.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- First Penny Royal to advance her fame
- Page No:
- pp.37-38
- Poem Title:
- Penny-Royal.
- Attribution:
- By J. O.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Dittany though cold winds her lips did close
- Page No:
- pp.38-40
- Poem Title:
- Dittany.
- Attribution:
- By J. O.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Next way-bred rose propped by her seven nerves
- Page No:
- pp.40-41
- Poem Title:
- Plantain or Way-bred
- Attribution:
- By J. O.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- You Cretan dittany who such poisons mix
- Page No:
- pp.41-43
- Poem Title:
- The Rose.
- Attribution:
- By J. O.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- That fate which frequently attends on all
- Page No:
- pp.43-46
- Poem Title:
- Laurel.
- Attribution:
- By J. O.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Green berries I and seed and flowers bear
- Page No:
- pp.46-49
- Poem Title:
- Birth-Wort.
- Attribution:
- By J. O.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Then Chian Mastick thus began said she
- Page No:
- pp.49-50
- Poem Title:
- The Mastick-Tree.
- Attribution:
- By J. O.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Thou wretched shrub in passionate tones said she
- Page No:
- pp.50-53
- Poem Title:
- Savin.
- Attribution:
- By J. O.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- If the green nation sister banish thee
- Page No:
- pp.53-54
- Poem Title:
- Mugwort [the President.]
- Attribution:
- By J. O.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- At last when myrrh had wiped her odorous tears
- Page No:
- pp.55-59
- Poem Title:
- Myrrh.
- Attribution:
- By J. O.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Now muse if ever now look brisk and gay
- Page No:
- pp.60-64
- Poem Title:
- Of Plants. Book III. Flora.
- Attribution:
- By C. Cleve.
- Attributed To:
- C. Cleve
- First Line:
- I mean not now my beauty to oppose
- Page No:
- pp.65-70
- Poem Title:
- Helleborus Niger, or Christmas-Flower.
- Attribution:
- By C. Cleve.
- Attributed To:
- C. Cleve
- First Line:
- The ram now ope the golden portal throws
- Page No:
- pp.70-71
- Poem Title:
- The Violet.
- Attribution:
- By C. Cleve.
- Attributed To:
- C. Cleve
- First Line:
- Great queen of flowers why is thy snowy breast
- Page No:
- pp.71-72
- Poem Title:
- Auricula Ursi. Bears-Ear.
- Attribution:
- By C. Cleve.
- Attributed To:
- C. Cleve
- First Line:
- What once I was a boy not ripened to a man
- Page No:
- pp.72-73
- Poem Title:
- The Daffadil, - Narcissus,
- Attribution:
- By C. Cleve.
- Attributed To:
- C. Cleve
- First Line:
- Thou gentle zephyr who didst flora wed
- Page No:
- pp.73-74
- Poem Title:
- Anemone, or Emonies.
- Attribution:
- By C. Cleve.
- Attributed To:
- C. Cleve
- First Line:
- With furious heats and unbecoming rage
- Page No:
- pp.74-75
- Poem Title:
- The Imperial Crown.
- Attribution:
- By C. Cleve.
- Attributed To:
- C. Cleve
- First Line:
- Somewhere in Horace if I don't forget
- Page No:
- pp.75-76
- Poem Title:
- The Tulip.
- Attribution:
- By C. Cleve.
- Attributed To:
- C. Cleve
- First Line:
- If empire is to beauty due
- Page No:
- pp.77-78
- Poem Title:
- Iris, or the Flower-De-Luce.
- Attribution:
- By C. Cleve.
- Attributed To:
- C. Cleve
- First Line:
- If the fond tulip swelled with pride
- Page No:
- pp.78-80
- Poem Title:
- Paeonia. The Peony.
- Attribution:
- By C. Cleve.
- Attributed To:
- C. Cleve
- First Line:
- And who can doubt my race says she
- Page No:
- pp.80-82
- Poem Title:
- The Rose.
- Attribution:
- By C. Cleve.
- Attributed To:
- C. Cleve
- First Line:
- Happy the man whom from ambition freed
- Page No:
- pp.83-92
- Poem Title:
- Of Plants. Book IV.
- Attribution:
- By N. Tate.
- Attributed To:
- Nahum Tate
- First Line:
- To find a name for me the gods took care
- Page No:
- pp.92-93
- Poem Title:
- Moly.
- Attribution:
- By N. Tate.
- Attributed To:
- Nahum Tate
- First Line:
- Homer I will not vain or careless call
- Page No:
- pp.93-95
- Poem Title:
- Flora.
- Attribution:
- By N. Tate.
- Attributed To:
- Nahum Tate
- First Line:
- Such as the lovely swan appears
- Page No:
- pp.96-97
- Poem Title:
- White---Lily.
- Attribution:
- By N. Tate.
- Attributed To:
- Nahum Tate
- First Line:
- O sleep the gentle ease of grief
- Page No:
- pp.97-99
- Poem Title:
- Poppy.
- Attribution:
- By N. Tate.
- Attributed To:
- Nahum Tate
- First Line:
- If by the rules of nature we proceed
- Page No:
- pp.99-100
- Poem Title:
- Sun-Flower.
- Attribution:
- By N. Tate.
- Attributed To:
- Nahum Tate
- First Line:
- How this pretender for no medicine good
- Page No:
- pp.100-101
- Poem Title:
- Gilly-Flower.
- Attribution:
- By N. Tate.
- Attributed To:
- Nahum Tate
- First Line:
- While others boast their proud original
- Page No:
- pp.101-102
- Poem Title:
- Saffron.
- Attribution:
- By N. Tate.
- Attributed To:
- Nahum Tate
- First Line:
- Amongst the miracles of ancient Rome
- Page No:
- pp.103-104
- Poem Title:
- Flora.
- Attribution:
- By N. Tate.
- Attributed To:
- Nahum Tate
- First Line:
- What can the puling rose or violet say
- Page No:
- p.103
- Poem Title:
- Amaranth, Flower-Gentle.
- Attribution:
- By N. Tate.
- Attributed To:
- Nahum Tate
- First Line:
- Let now my muse more lofty numbers bring
- Page No:
- pp.105-130
- Poem Title:
- Of Plants. Book V. Pomona
- Attribution:
- By N. Tate.
- Attributed To:
- Nahum Tate
- First Line:
- Cease oh my muse the soft delights to sing
- Page No:
- pp.131-166
- Poem Title:
- Of Plants. Book VI. Sylva.
- Attribution:
- By Mrs. A. Behn.
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
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