A collection of poems volume the third. By several hands [ECCO] [T221753]

DMI number:

963

Publication Date:

1755

ESTC number:

T221753

EEBO/ECCO link:

CB130190970

Shelfmark:

ECCO - Birmingham University Library

Full Title:

A | COLLECTION | OF | POEMS | VOLUME THE THIRD. | BY | SEVERAL HANDS.| [ornament] | DUBLIN: | Printed for BRICE EDMOND, Bookseller, at | [i]Addison's[/i] Head, in [i]Dame-street.[/i] | MDCCLV.

Place of Publication:

Dublin

Genres:

Collection of literary verse

Format:

Unknown

Pagination:

[7pp.] [1]-264 [265-273], 274-294, 297-298, 295-296, 301-302, 299-300, 303-308.

Bibliographic details:

HALF-TITLE: [i]DODSLEY'[/i]s | COLLECTION. | VOL. III. | The THIRD EDITION. Query: check page ordering sheet O: in the ECCO copy pp. 295-302 appear in a muddled order. Is this a printing error?

Comments:

Piracy of T115892 Prose section entitled "A Letter to the Author" signed by W. Brownrigg. pp. 291-293.

Other matter:

Prefatory matter: Prose advertisement [1p.]; list of books printed and sold by Brice Edmond[1p.]; contents [4pp.]

Related People

Publisher:

Brice Edmond

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Content/Publication

First Line:

Daughter of Jove relentless power

Page No:

pp.1-2

Poem Title:

Hymn to Adversity.

Attribution:

By Mr. Gray.

Attributed To:

Thomas Gray

First Line:

O goodly discipline from heaven y-sprong

Page No:

pp.3-40

Poem Title:

Education. A Poem: in Two Cantos. Written in Imitation of the Style and Manner of Spenser's Fairy-Queen. Inscribed to Lady Langham, Widow of Sir John Langham.

Attribution:

By Gilbert West, Esq;

Attributed To:

Gilbert West

First Line:

Genius of Penshurst old

Page No:

pp.41-50

Poem Title:

Penshurst. Inscribed to William Perry, Esq; and The Honble Mrs. Elizabeth Perry.

Attribution:

By the late Mr F. Coventry.

Attributed To:

Francis Coventry

First Line:

Ye distant realms that hold my friend

Page No:

pp.51-53

Poem Title:

To a Friend in Wales.

Attribution:

By the Same. [ie. the late Mr. F. Coventry]

Attributed To:

Francis Coventry

First Line:

To fair Fidele's grassy tomb

Page No:

pp.53-54

Poem Title:

A Song from Shakespear's Cymbeline. Sung by Guiderus and Arviragus over Fidele, supposed to be dead.

Attribution:

By Mr. William Collins.

Attributed To:

William Collins

First Line:

Skilled in each art that can adorn the fair

Page No:

pp.54-57

Poem Title:

The Modern Fine Lady.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Since language never can describe my pain

Page No:

pp.58-64

Poem Title:

Epistles In the Manner of Ovid. Monimia to Philocles.

Attribution:

By the late Lord Hervey.

Attributed To:

John Hervey

First Line:

Ere death these closing eyes for ever shade

Page No:

pp.65-68

Poem Title:

Flora to Pompey.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. the late Lord Hervey]

Attributed To:

John Hervey

First Line:

I came great bard to gaze upon thy shrine

Page No:

pp.69-73

Poem Title:

Virgil's Tomb. Naples, 1741.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hard is the heart that never knew to love

Page No:

pp.74-103

Poem Title:

The Squire of Dames. A Poem. In Spenser's Stile.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Let observation with extensive view

Page No:

pp.104-116

Poem Title:

The Vanity of Human Wishes. The Tenth Satire of Juvenal, Imitated

Attribution:

By Samuel Johnson.

Attributed To:

Samuel Johnson

First Line:

Though grief and fondness in my breast rebel

Page No:

pp.117-125

Poem Title:

London: A Poem. In Imitation of the Third Satire of Juvenal.

Attribution:

By the Same. [ie. Johnson]

Attributed To:

Samuel Johnson

First Line:

Led by the jocund train of vernal hours

Page No:

pp.126-131

Poem Title:

The Tears of Old May-Day

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ye belles and ye flirts and ye pert little things

Page No:

pp.131-132

Poem Title:

Song for Ranelagh.

Attribution:

By Mr. Whitehead.

Attributed To:

William Whitehead

First Line:

Ye works of god on him alone

Page No:

pp.132-138

Poem Title:

The Benedicite Paraphrased.

Attribution:

By the Rev. Mr. Merrick.

Attributed To:

James Merrick

First Line:

Fancy whose delusions vain

Page No:

pp.139-143

Poem Title:

An Ode to Fancy.

Attribution:

By the Same [ie. the Rev. Mr. Merrick]

Attributed To:

James Merrick

First Line:

Whoever with curious eye has ranged

Page No:

pp.143-144

Poem Title:

The Monkies, a Tale.

Attribution:

By the Same. [ie. the Rev. Mr. Merrick]

Attributed To:

James Merrick

First Line:

These Paeta death's relentless hand

Page No:

p.145

Poem Title:

[An Epitaph ('Quae te sub tenera raperunt, Paeta, juventa')] Thus Translated.

Attribution:

By the Same. [ie. Rev. Mr. Merrick]

Attributed To:

James Merrick

First Line:

Tarn how delighted wind thy willowed waves

Page No:

pp.146-147

Poem Title:

Verses Written at Montauban in France, 1750.

Attribution:

By the Rev. Mr. Joseph Warton.

Attributed To:

Joseph Warton

First Line:

When Cortez' furious legions flew

Page No:

pp.147-148

Poem Title:

The Revenge of America.

Attribution:

By the Same [ie. Joseph Warton]

Attributed To:

Joseph Warton

First Line:

Albion exult thy sons a voice divine have heard

Page No:

pp.148-150

Poem Title:

Ode occasion'd by Reading Mr. West's Translation of Pindar.

Attribution:

By the Same [ie. Joseph Warton]

Attributed To:

Joseph Warton

First Line:

Mother of musings contemplation sage

Page No:

pp.151-161

Poem Title:

The Pleasures of Melancholy. Written in the Year 1745.

Attribution:

By the Rev. Mr. Thomas Warton.

Attributed To:

Thomas Warton

First Line:

When late the trees were stripped by winter pale

Page No:

p.161

Poem Title:

On Bathing. A Sonnet.

Attribution:

By the Same [ie. Thomas Warton]

Attributed To:

Thomas Warton

First Line:

As by some tyrant's stern command

Page No:

pp.162-165

Poem Title:

The Lawyer's Farewel [sic] to his Muse. Written in the Year 1744.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

O thou who labourst in this rugged mine

Page No:

p.165

Poem Title:

By Miss Cooper, (now Mrs. Madden) in her Brother's Coke upon Littleton.

Attribution:

Miss Cooper, (now Mrs. Madden)

Attributed To:

Judith Madan [nee Cowper]

First Line:

O solitude romantic maid

Page No:

pp.166-174

Poem Title:

Solitude. An Ode.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Grant me gods a little seat

Page No:

pp.175-177

Poem Title:

A Little Wish.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When now mature in classic knowledge

Page No:

pp.177-181

Poem Title:

The Progress of Discontent. A Poem. Written at Oxford in the Year 1746.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Dear Chloe while the busy crowd

Page No:

pp.182-185

Poem Title:

The Fire-side.

Attribution:

By Dr. Cotton.

Attributed To:

Nathaniel Cotton

First Line:

Tomorrow didst thou say

Page No:

pp.185-186

Poem Title:

To-morrow.

Attribution:

By the Same [ie. Dr. Cotton]

Attributed To:

Nathaniel Cotton

First Line:

Ne gay attire ne marble hall

Page No:

pp.187-188

Poem Title:

Father Francis's Prayer. Written in Lord Westmorland's Hermitage.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Fairest flower all flowers excelling

Page No:

p.187

Poem Title:

To a Child of Five Years old.

Attribution:

By the Same [ie. Dr. Cotton]

Attributed To:

Nathaniel Cotton

First Line:

Beneath these moss grown roots this rustic cell

Page No:

p.188

Poem Title:

An Inscription on the Cell.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Sweet bird that singst on yonder spray

Page No:

pp.188-189

Poem Title:

An Inscription in the Cell.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here all thy active fires diffuse

Page No:

pp.189-193

Poem Title:

An Ode Performed in the Senate-House at Cambridge July 1, 1749. At the Installation of his Grace Thomas Holles Duke of Newcastle, Chancellor of the University.

Attribution:

By Mr. Mason, Fellow of Pembroke-Hall. Set to Musice by Mr. Boyce, Composer to his Majesty.

Attributed To:

William Mason

First Line:

Yes magic lyre now all complete

Page No:

pp.194-195

Poem Title:

Ode to an Aeolus's Harp. Sent to Miss Shepheard.

Attribution:

By the Same. [ie. Mason]

Attributed To:

William Mason

First Line:

Far from her hallowed grot where mildly bright

Page No:

pp.195-199

Poem Title:

Isis. An Elegy. Written in the Year 1748

Attribution:

By Mr. Mason.

Attributed To:

William Mason

First Line:

Health to thee thy votary owes

Page No:

pp.200-202

Poem Title:

Ode to Health.

Attribution:

By Mr. Duncombe, Fellow of Corpus Christi Col. Cambridge.

Attributed To:

John Duncombe

First Line:

Bright god of day whose genial power

Page No:

pp.202-204

Poem Title:

A Vernal Ode. Sent to his Grace the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, March 12, 1754.

Attribution:

By Francis Fawkes, A.M.

Attributed To:

Francis Fawkes

First Line:

Yet once more glorious god of day

Page No:

pp.204-205

Poem Title:

An Autumnal Ode.

Attribution:

By the Same [ie. Francis Fawkes]

Attributed To:

Francis Fawkes

First Line:

Erst in Cythera's sacred shade

Page No:

pp.206-207

Poem Title:

Captain Cupid.

Attribution:

By the same [ie. Francis Fawkes]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The mariner when first he sails

Page No:

pp.207-209

Poem Title:

Ode on Ambition.

Attribution:

By the same. [ie. Francis Fawkes]

Attributed To:

Francis Fawkes

First Line:

Gilding with brighter beams the vernal skies

Page No:

pp.209-214

Poem Title:

Ode to Fancy.

Attribution:

By the Same. [ie. Francis Fawkes]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

My dear companion and my faithful friend

Page No:

pp.214-216

Poem Title:

An Address to his Elbow-chair, new cloath'd.

Attribution:

By the late Wm. Somervile, Esq; Author of the Chace.

Attributed To:

William Somervile

First Line:

As over Asteria's fields I rove

Page No:

p.216

Poem Title:

Song.

Attribution:

By the Same [ie. Somervile]

Attributed To:

William Somervile

First Line:

How long shall tyrant custom bind

Page No:

pp.217-218

Poem Title:

Ode to a Friend wounded in a Duel.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The busy cares of day are done

Page No:

pp.219-221

Poem Title:

Ode to Night.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The winds were loud the clouds deep hung

Page No:

pp.221-223

Poem Title:

Written upon leaving a Friend's House in Wales.

Attribution:

By the Rev. Dr. M.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Reflecting on thy worth methinks I find

Page No:

p.223

Poem Title:

Dennis to Mr. Thomson, Who had procured him a Benefit Night.

Attribution:

Dennis

Attributed To:

John Dennis

First Line:

To you whose groves protect the feathered choirs

Page No:

pp.224-227

Poem Title:

The Goldfinches. An Elegy.

Attribution:

By Mr. Jago.

Attributed To:

Richard Jago

First Line:

The sun had chased the mountain snow

Page No:

pp.227-231

Poem Title:

The Blackbirds. An Elegy.

Attribution:

By the Same. [ie. Mr. Jago]

Attributed To:

Richard Jago

First Line:

An open heart a generous mind

Page No:

pp.231-232

Poem Title:

The Rake.

Attribution:

By a Lady in New England.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Let sages with superfluous pains

Page No:

pp.232-234

Poem Title:

Flowers.

Attribution:

By Anthony Whistler, Esq;

Attributed To:

Anthony Whistler

First Line:

While Strephon thus you tease one

Page No:

pp.234-235

Poem Title:

Song.

Attribution:

By the Same [i.e. Anthony Whistler]

Attributed To:

Anthony Whistler

First Line:

Lo the rich casket's mimic dome

Page No:

pp.235-238

Poem Title:

The Cabinet. Or, Verses on Roman Medals. To Mr. W.

Attribution:

By Mr. Greaves.

Attributed To:

Richard Graves

First Line:

Welcome to Baiae's streams ye sons of spleen

Page No:

p.238-239

Poem Title:

Panacea: Or, The Grand Restorative.

Attribution:

By the Same. [ie. Mr. Greaves]

Attributed To:

Richard Graves

First Line:

In ancient times some hundred winters past

Page No:

pp.239-240

Poem Title:

The Heroines, or Modern Memoirs.

Attribution:

By the Same. [ie. Mr. Greaves]

Attributed To:

Richard Graves

First Line:

Survey my fair that lucid stream

Page No:

pp.240-241

Poem Title:

Ode to a Young Lady, Somewhat too sollicitous about her manner of expression.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

O memory celestial maid

Page No:

pp.241-243

Poem Title:

Ode to Memory. 1748.

Attribution:

By William Shenstone, Esq;

Attributed To:

William Shenstone

First Line:

Will you hear how once repining

Page No:

pp.244-246

Poem Title:

The Princess Elizabeth: A Ballad alluding to a Story recorded of her, when she was a Prisoner at Woodstock 1554.

Attribution:

By the Same [ie. Shenstone]

Attributed To:

William Shenstone

First Line:

How blithely passed the summer's day

Page No:

pp.246-249

Poem Title:

Verses written towards the close of the Year 1748. to Wm. Lyttelton, Esq;

Attribution:

By the Same. [ie. Shenstone]

Attributed To:

William Shenstone

First Line:

In a vale fringed with woodland where grottos abound

Page No:

pp.249-250

Poem Title:

I.

Attribution:

By the Same [ie. Shenstone]

Attributed To:

William Shenstone

First Line:

Ye birds for whom I reared the grove

Page No:

p.250

Poem Title:

II. Daphne's Visit.

Attribution:

By the Same [p. 249; ie. Shenstone]

Attributed To:

William Shenstone

First Line:

See Flavia see that budding rose

Page No:

p.251

Poem Title:

III. The Rose-Bud.

Attribution:

By the Same [p. 249; ie. Shenstone]

Attributed To:

William Shenstone

First Line:

Adieu ye jovial youths who join

Page No:

p.252

Poem Title:

IV. Written in a Collection of Bacchanalian Songs.

Attribution:

By the Same [p. 249; ie. Shenstone]

Attributed To:

William Shenstone

First Line:

Yes these are the scenes where with Iris I strayed

Page No:

pp.252-253

Poem Title:

V. Imitated from the French.

Attribution:

By the Same [p. 249; ie. Shenstone]

Attributed To:

William Shenstone

First Line:

Here in cool grot and mossy cell

Page No:

pp.253-254

Poem Title:

I. On a Root-House.

Attribution:

By the Same [ie. Shenstone]

Attributed To:

William Shenstone

First Line:

O let me haunt this peaceful shade

Page No:

pp.254-255

Poem Title:

II. In a shady Valley, near a running Water.

Attribution:

By the Same [p. 253; ie. Shenstone]

Attributed To:

William Shenstone

First Line:

O you that bathe in courtly blysse

Page No:

pp.255-256

Poem Title:

III. On a small Building in the Gothick Taste.

Attribution:

By the Same [p. 253; ie. Shenstone]

Attributed To:

William Shenstone

First Line:

Ye shepherds so cheerful and gay

Page No:

pp.256-264

Poem Title:

A Pastoral Ballad, in Four Parts. Written 1743.

Attribution:

By the Same [ie. Shenstone]

Attributed To:

William Shenstone

First Line:

Welcome to light adventurous pair

Page No:

pp.265-291

Poem Title:

To Two Ladies At their Return from Viewing The Mines near Whitehaven.

Attribution:

John Dalton D.D.

Attributed To:

John Dalton

First Line:

When stately structures Lowther grace

Page No:

pp.294-297

Poem Title:

Some Thoughts on Building and Planting, to Sir James Lowther, of Lowther-Hall, Bart.

Attribution:

John Dalton D. D. [from title page to "A Descriptive Poem", p. 265]

Attributed To:

John Dalton

First Line:

If aught of oaten stop or pastoral song

Page No:

pp.298-299

Poem Title:

Ode to Evening.

Attribution:

By Mr. William Collins.

Attributed To:

William Collins

First Line:

What time the jocund rosy bosomed hours

Page No:

pp.300-307

Poem Title:

The Tomb of Shakespear. A Vision.

Attribution:

By John Gilbert Cooper, Esq;

Attributed To:

John Gilbert Cooper

First Line:

Twas ere the morn her spicy fragrance shed

Page No:

pp.307-308

Poem Title:

Apollo's Complaint. Addressed to Ierne.

Attribution:

By Mr. John Bowden.

Attributed To:

John Bowden