The select poems of Dr Akenside, Mr Gray, Mr Mason, W. Shenstone Esq; Mess. Wartons, Ld Lyttleton [etc] [N21761] [ecco]
- DMI number:
- 1356
- Publication Date:
- 1762
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- N21761
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CB129338058
- Shelfmark:
- ECCO - Bod
- Full Title:
- THE | SELECT POEMS | OF | [two cols] [col 1] Dr AKENSIDE, | Mr GRAY, | Mr MASON, | W. SHENSTONE Esq; | Mess. WARTONS, [/col 1] | [col 2] Ld LYTTLETON, | Mr DYER, | Mr BEATTIE, | Mr BLACKLOCK, | Mr SCOTT, - ETC. [col 2] | [epigraph] | EDINBURGH: | PRINTED BY G. MARTIN & J. WOTHERSPOON: | For W. RUSSEL. | Sold by KINCAID & BELL, HAMILTON & BALFOUR, | W. GORDON, and W. GRAY. | MDCCLXII.
- Epigraph:
- [i]Cedite, Romani scriptores! cedite, Graii[/i]
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh
- Format:
- Duodecimo
- Other matter:
- Prefatory matter: Advertisement [2pp.]; Contents [2pp.]
- Author:
- W. Gray
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Printer:
- G Martin
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Printer:
- J Wotherspoon
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- W. Russel
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Sold by:
- Gavin Hamilton
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Sold by:
- John Balfour
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Sold by:
- Kincaid and Bell
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Sold by:
- W. Gordon
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Awake aeolian lyre awake
- Page No:
- pp.1-5
- Poem Title:
- Ode
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Gray.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Gray
- First Line:
- Ruin seize thee ruthless king
- Page No:
- pp.6-12
- Poem Title:
- Ode.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Gray.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Gray
- First Line:
- Led by the jocund train of vernal hours
- Page No:
- pp.12-17
- Poem Title:
- The Tears of Old May-Day.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Gray.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Gray
- First Line:
- Daughter of Jove relentless power
- Page No:
- pp.17-19
- Poem Title:
- Hymn To Adversity.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Gray.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Gray
- First Line:
- The curfew tolls the knell of parting day
- Page No:
- pp.19-25
- Poem Title:
- Elegy Written In A Country Church Yard.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Gray.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Gray
- First Line:
- Ye shepherds so cheerful and gay
- Page No:
- pp.25-33
- Poem Title:
- A Pastoral Ballad, In Four Parts.
- Attribution:
- By William Shenstone, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Shenstone
- First Line:
- Ah me full sorely is my heart forlorn
- Page No:
- pp.34-46
- Poem Title:
- The School-Mistress, A Poem, In the Manner of Spenser.
- Attribution:
- By William Shenstone, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Shenstone
- First Line:
- The western sky was purpled over
- Page No:
- pp.46-48
- Poem Title:
- Nancy of the Vale. A Ballad.
- Attribution:
- By William Shenstone, Esq.
- Attributed To:
- William Shenstone
- First Line:
- Shepherd wouldst thou here obtain
- Page No:
- pp.49-51
- Poem Title:
- Inscription near a Sheep-Cote.
- Attribution:
- By William Shenstone, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Shenstone
- First Line:
- Go tuneful bird that gladdest the skies
- Page No:
- p.51
- Poem Title:
- The Sky-Lark.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ah cease this kind persuasive strain
- Page No:
- pp.52-54
- Poem Title:
- Ode on Melancholy. To A Friend.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Mason.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ye green haired nymphs whom Pan allows
- Page No:
- pp.54-57
- Poem Title:
- Ode to a Water-Nymph.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Mason.
- Attributed To:
- William Mason
- First Line:
- Hark heard you not yon footstep dread
- Page No:
- pp.57-59
- Poem Title:
- Ode.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Mason.
- Attributed To:
- William Mason
- First Line:
- Sorrowing I catch the reed and call the muse
- Page No:
- pp.60-70
- Poem Title:
- Musaeus: A Monody, To The Memory Of Mr. Pope. In Imitation of Milton's Lycidas.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Mason.
- Attributed To:
- William Mason
- First Line:
- O parent of each lovely muse
- Page No:
- pp.71-76
- Poem Title:
- An Ode to Fancy.
- Attribution:
- By the Rev. Mr Joseph Warton.
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Warton
- First Line:
- Ye green-robed Dryads oft at dusky eve
- Page No:
- pp.77-86
- Poem Title:
- The Enthusiast: Or, The Lover of Nature. A Poem.
- Attribution:
- By the Rev. Mr. Joseph Warton.
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Warton
- First Line:
- Ye sylvan scenes with artless beauty gay
- Page No:
- pp.86-87
- Poem Title:
- To Lucy. An Irregular Ode, Written at Wickham.
- Attribution:
- By Lord Lyttleton.
- Attributed To:
- George Lyttelton
- First Line:
- At length escaped from every human eye
- Page No:
- pp.88-99
- Poem Title:
- To The Memory Of the same Lady, A Monody.
- Attribution:
- By Lord Lyttleton.
- Attributed To:
- George Lyttelton
- First Line:
- Made to engage all hearts and charm all eyes
- Page No:
- p.99
- Poem Title:
- Verses Making part of an Epitaph on the same Lady.
- Attribution:
- By Lord Lyttleton.
- Attributed To:
- George Lyttelton
- First Line:
- Silent nymph with curious eye
- Page No:
- pp.100-105
- Poem Title:
- Grongar Hill.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dyer.
- Attributed To:
- John Dyer
- First Line:
- Once more I join the Thespian choir
- Page No:
- pp.105-110
- Poem Title:
- Ode on Lyric Poetry.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Akenside.
- Attributed To:
- Mark Akenside
- First Line:
- The radiant ruler of the year
- Page No:
- pp.110-114
- Poem Title:
- Ode on the Winter-Solstice.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Akenside.
- Attributed To:
- Mark Akenside
- First Line:
- No foolish boy to virtuous fame
- Page No:
- pp.114-116
- Poem Title:
- Ode to a Friend, on the hazard of falling in Love.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Akenside.
- Attributed To:
- Mark Akenside
- First Line:
- Now had the son of Jove mature attained
- Page No:
- pp.117-127
- Poem Title:
- The Choice of Hercules: A Poem,
- Attribution:
- By the Rev. Mr. Spense.
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Spence
- First Line:
- Mother of musings contemplation sage
- Page No:
- pp.127-138
- Poem Title:
- The Pleasures of Melancholy.
- Attribution:
- By the Rev. Mr. Thomas Warton.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Warton
- First Line:
- If aught of oaten stop or pastoral song
- Page No:
- pp.138-140
- Poem Title:
- Ode to Evening.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. W. Collins.
- Attributed To:
- William Collins
- First Line:
- I came great bard to gaze upon thy shrine
- Page No:
- pp.140-145
- Poem Title:
- Virgil's Tomb. Naples 1741.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- What time the jocund rosy bosomed hours
- Page No:
- pp.145-152
- Poem Title:
- The Tomb of Shkespeare: [sic] A Vision.
- Attribution:
- By John Gilbert Cooper, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- John Gilbert Cooper
- First Line:
- Sweet bird whose gently warbling lay
- Page No:
- pp.152-154
- Poem Title:
- Elegy on the Death of a Linnet.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Beneath an aged oak's embowering shade
- Page No:
- pp.155-159
- Poem Title:
- Cynthia, an Elegaic Poem.
- Attribution:
- By T. P***cy.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Led by thee muse my step pervades
- Page No:
- pp.159-163
- Poem Title:
- Ode to Sculpture.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Scott.
- Attributed To:
- James Scott
- First Line:
- Hence vain deluding joys
- Page No:
- pp.163-166
- Poem Title:
- Ode to Wisdom.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Scott.
- Attributed To:
- James Scott
- First Line:
- Let others travel with incessant pain
- Page No:
- pp.167-171
- Poem Title:
- The Wish: An Elegy. To Urania.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Blacklock.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Blacklock
- First Line:
- Since robbed of all that charmed my view
- Page No:
- pp.171-173
- Poem Title:
- A Song.
- Attribution:
- By Mr Blacklock.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Blacklock
- First Line:
- Hence sage mysterious law
- Page No:
- pp.174-180
- Poem Title:
- Vacation.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Memory be still why throng upon the thought
- Page No:
- pp.181-190
- Poem Title:
- The Triumph of Melancholy.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Beattie.
- Attributed To:
- James Beattie
- First Line:
- O thou that gladdest the pensive breast
- Page No:
- pp.190-194
- Poem Title:
- Ode to Hope.
- Attribution:
- By Mr Beattie.
- Attributed To:
- James Beattie
- First Line:
- Peace heaven descended maid whose powerful voice
- Page No:
- pp.195-200
- Poem Title:
- Ode to Peace.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Beattie.
- Attributed To:
- James Beattie
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