The sports of the muses. Or a minute's mirth for any hour of the day [vol I] [T85787] [ecco]
- DMI number:
- 836
- Publication Date:
- 1752
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 2
- ESTC number:
- T85787
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW114771435
- Shelfmark:
- ECCO - Bod
- Full Title:
- THE | SPORTS of the MUSES. | OR A | MINUTE's MIRTH | For any HOUR of the DAY. | Containing a Select COLLECTION of only the best | and most approved ENGLISH and SCOTCH SONGS, | BALLADS and TALES; and of the most in-| genious and diverting EPIGRAMS, EPITAPHS, | RIDDLES, BON MOTS, and other short Pieces | of Wit and Humour, by our most celebtated | Poets, [i]viz.[/i] | [three columns] [col1] SPENSER, | SHAKESPEAR, | JOHNSON, | MILTON, | DRYDEN, | COWLEY, | WALLER, [/col1] | [col2] ROCHESTER, | ROSCOMMON, | BUCKINGHAM, | CONGREVE, | ADDISON, | STEELE, | PRIOR, [/col2] | [col3] GAY, | PARNELL, | PHILIPS, | SWIFT, | POPE, | CHE--F--D, | L--Y--N, [/col3] | And Others, whose Names are here prefixed to the | several Pieces of which they are the Authors. | VOL. I. | [engraved ornament] | LONDON Printed: And Sold by M. Cooper, 1752.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Collection of 16th century verse, Collection of 17th century verse, and Collection of songs
- Format:
- Duodecimo
- Comments:
- Contents: Songs, pp. 1-288; Scots Songs, pp. 289-336.
- Other matter:
- Prefatory matter: Advertisement [2pp.]
- Title:
- The sports of the muses. Or a minute's mirth for any hour of the day [vol II] [T85787] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1752
- ESTC No:
- T85787
- Volume:
- 2 of 2
- Relationship:
- Volume from the same edition
- Comments:
- Sold by:
- Mary Cooper
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Come live with me and be my love
- Page No:
- p.1
- Poem Title:
- Song 1.
- Attribution:
- By Christopher Marlow.
- Attributed To:
- Christopher Marlowe
- First Line:
- If all the world and love were young
- Page No:
- p.2
- Poem Title:
- Song 2. In Answer to the preceding.
- Attribution:
- By Sir Walter Ralegh.
- Attributed To:
- Sir Walter Ralegh [Raleigh]
- First Line:
- Come live with me and be my love
- Page No:
- pp.2-3
- Poem Title:
- Song 3. The Bait; in Imitation of Marlow.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Donne.
- Attributed To:
- John Donne
- First Line:
- Passions are likened best to floods and streams
- Page No:
- pp.3-4
- Poem Title:
- Song 4. The Silent Lover.
- Attribution:
- By Sir Walter Ralegh.
- Attributed To:
- Sir Walter Ralegh [Raleigh]
- First Line:
- This day dame nature seems in love
- Page No:
- pp.4-5
- Poem Title:
- Song 5. The Spring. By Sir Hen. Wotton.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Sir Henry Wotton
- First Line:
- Poor poets oft with silly painters join
- Page No:
- pp.5-6
- Poem Title:
- Song 6. The true Picture of Love.
- Attribution:
- By Sir Philip Sidney.
- Attributed To:
- Sir Philip Sidney
- First Line:
- Happy insect what can be
- Page No:
- pp.6-7
- Poem Title:
- Song 7. The Grashopper.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Cowley.
- Attributed To:
- Abraham Cowley
- First Line:
- Amoret the milky way
- Page No:
- p.7
- Poem Title:
- Song 8. To Amoret.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Waller.
- Attributed To:
- Edmund Waller
- First Line:
- Peace babbling muse
- Page No:
- p.8
- Poem Title:
- Song 9.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Waller.
- Attributed To:
- Edmund Waller
- First Line:
- Phyllis why should we delay
- Page No:
- p.8
- Poem Title:
- Song 10.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Waller.
- Attributed To:
- Edmund Waller
- First Line:
- Take oh take those lips away
- Page No:
- p.9
- Poem Title:
- Song 12.
- Attribution:
- By Shakespeare, in Measure for Measure.
- Attributed To:
- William Shakespeare
- First Line:
- Under the greenwood tree
- Page No:
- pp.9-10
- Poem Title:
- Song 13.
- Attribution:
- By Shakespeare, in As you like it.
- Attributed To:
- William Shakespeare
- First Line:
- While I listen to thy voice
- Page No:
- p.9
- Poem Title:
- Song 11.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Waller.
- Attributed To:
- Edmund Waller
- First Line:
- In youth when I did love did love
- Page No:
- p.10
- Poem Title:
- Song 14.
- Attribution:
- By Shakespeare, the Clowns in Hamlet.
- Attributed To:
- William Shakespeare
- First Line:
- Go and catch a falling star
- Page No:
- pp.10-11
- Poem Title:
- Song 15.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Donne.
- Attributed To:
- John Donne
- First Line:
- How charming Phillis is how fair
- Page No:
- p.11
- Poem Title:
- Song 16.
- Attribution:
- By Sir Geo. Etherege, in the Man of Mode.
- Attributed To:
- Sir George Etherege
- First Line:
- To little or no purpose I spent many days
- Page No:
- p.11
- Poem Title:
- Song 17.
- Attribution:
- By Sir Geo. Etherege, in She wou'd if she cou'd.
- Attributed To:
- Sir George Etherege
- First Line:
- Let not love on me bestow
- Page No:
- p.12
- Poem Title:
- Song 19.
- Attribution:
- By Sir Richard Steele, in the Funeral.
- Attributed To:
- Sir Richard Steele
- First Line:
- When gentle Parthenissa walks
- Page No:
- pp.12-13
- Poem Title:
- Song 20.
- Attribution:
- By Sir Richard Steele, in the Tender Husband.
- Attributed To:
- Sir Richard Steele
- First Line:
- Ye happy swains whose hearts are free
- Page No:
- p.12
- Poem Title:
- Song 18.
- Attribution:
- By Sir Geo. Etherege.
- Attributed To:
- Sir George Etherege
- First Line:
- Since the day of poor man
- Page No:
- p.13
- Poem Title:
- Song 21.
- Attribution:
- By Sir Richard Steele, in the Lying Lover.
- Attributed To:
- Sir Richard Steele
- First Line:
- Not angel dwells above
- Page No:
- p.13
- Poem Title:
- Song 22.
- Attribution:
- By Sir John Vanburgh. in the Provok'd Wife.
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Vanbrugh
- First Line:
- Oh I'll have a husband ay marry
- Page No:
- p.14
- Poem Title:
- Song 23. In the Provok'd Husband.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- What though they call me country lass
- Page No:
- pp.14-15
- Poem Title:
- Song 24. In the Provok'd Husband.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Have ye seen the morning sky
- Page No:
- pp.15-16
- Poem Title:
- Song 25. The Happy Swain.
- Attribution:
- By Amb. Philips, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Ambrose Philips
- First Line:
- From White's and Will's
- Page No:
- p.16
- Poem Title:
- Song 26.
- Attribution:
- By Amb. Philips, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Ambrose Philips
- First Line:
- Little siren of the stage
- Page No:
- p.16
- Poem Title:
- Song 27...To Signora Cuzzoni.
- Attribution:
- By Amb. Philips, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Ambrose Philips
- First Line:
- From harmony from heavenly harmony
- Page No:
- pp.17-18
- Poem Title:
- Song 28. For St Cecilia's Day.
- Attribution:
- By Mr Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- First Line:
- A choir of bright beauties in spring did appear
- Page No:
- p.19
- Poem Title:
- Song 29.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- First Line:
- Chloe found Amyntas lying
- Page No:
- pp.19-20
- Poem Title:
- Song 30.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- First Line:
- The night her blackest sables wore
- Page No:
- pp.20-21
- Poem Title:
- Song 31.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I looked and I sighed and I wish I could speak
- Page No:
- pp. 21-22
- Poem Title:
- Song 33.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Congreve.
- Attributed To:
- William Congreve
- First Line:
- Thus Damon knocked at Celia's door
- Page No:
- p.21
- Poem Title:
- Song 32.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Farquhar, in the Constant Couple.
- Attributed To:
- George Farquhar
- First Line:
- Your hay is mowed and your corn reaped
- Page No:
- p.22
- Poem Title:
- Song 34. sung by Comus and the three Peasants, in Dryden's King Arthur.
- Attribution:
- Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- First Line:
- I lately saw what now I sing
- Page No:
- pp.23-24
- Poem Title:
- Song 35.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Matthew Green, of the Custom-House.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Green
- First Line:
- The heavy hours are almost past
- Page No:
- pp.24-25
- Poem Title:
- Song 35.
- Attribution:
- By Geo. Ly--tl--n, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- George Lyttelton
- First Line:
- On Thames's bank a gentle youth
- Page No:
- pp.25-26
- Poem Title:
- Song 38. On a Lady's pleading Want of Time.
- Attribution:
- By Geo. Ly--tl--n, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- George Lyttelton
- First Line:
- Say Myra why is gentle love
- Page No:
- p.25
- Poem Title:
- Song 37.
- Attribution:
- By Geo. Ly--tl--n, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- George Lyttelton
- First Line:
- If truth can fix thy wavering heart
- Page No:
- pp.26-27
- Poem Title:
- Song 40.
- Attribution:
- By D--d G--k, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Too plain dear youth these tell-tale eyes
- Page No:
- p.26
- Poem Title:
- Song 39.
- Attribution:
- By S--me J--y--ns, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Oh the charming month of may
- Page No:
- pp.27-28
- Poem Title:
- Song 41.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Winter thy cruelty extend
- Page No:
- pp.28-29
- Poem Title:
- Song 42...On a young Lady who sung finely, and was afraid of a Cold.
- Attribution:
- By the Earl of Roscommon.
- Attributed To:
- Wentworth Dillon
- First Line:
- If those who live in shepherd's bower
- Page No:
- pp.29-30
- Poem Title:
- Song 44. In Alfred.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Thomson and Mr. Mallet.
- Attributed To:
- James ThomsonDavid Mallet
- First Line:
- I am cried Apollo when Daphne he wooed
- Page No:
- p.29
- Poem Title:
- Song 43. Apollo making Love, from Fontinelle.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Tickell.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- Come let us now resolve at last
- Page No:
- pp.30-31
- Poem Title:
- Song 46.
- Attribution:
- By the Duke of Buckingham.
- Attributed To:
- John Sheffield
- First Line:
- Grave fops my envy now beget
- Page No:
- p.30
- Poem Title:
- Song 45.
- Attribution:
- By the Duke of Buckingham.
- Attributed To:
- John Sheffield
- First Line:
- I am a man of war and might
- Page No:
- pp.31-32
- Poem Title:
- Song 48.
- Attribution:
- By Sir John Suckling.
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Suckling
- First Line:
- Morpheus the humble god that dwells
- Page No:
- p.31
- Poem Title:
- Song 47.
- Attribution:
- By Sir John Denham.
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Denham
- First Line:
- I prithee send me back my heart
- Page No:
- p.32
- Poem Title:
- Song 49.
- Attribution:
- By Sir John Suckling.
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Suckling
- First Line:
- Of thee kind boy I ask no red and white
- Page No:
- pp.32-33
- Poem Title:
- Song 50.
- Attribution:
- By Sir John Suckling.
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Suckling
- First Line:
- In harmony would you excel
- Page No:
- pp.33-34
- Poem Title:
- Song 51.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Swift.
- Attributed To:
- Jonathan Swift
- First Line:
- If I live to be old for I find I go down
- Page No:
- pp.34-37
- Poem Title:
- Song 52. The Wish.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Domestic bird whom wintry blasts
- Page No:
- p.37
- Poem Title:
- Song 53. Invitation to a Robin Red-Breast.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Thirsis a young and amorous Swain
- Page No:
- pp.38-39
- Poem Title:
- Song 55.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Parnell.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Parnell
- First Line:
- When thy beauty appears
- Page No:
- p.38
- Poem Title:
- Song 54.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Parnell.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Parnell
- First Line:
- Fools they are the only nation
- Page No:
- p.39
- Poem Title:
- Song 56.
- Attribution:
- By Ben. Johnson, in Volpone.
- Attributed To:
- Benjamin Jonson
- First Line:
- Still to be neat still to be dressed
- Page No:
- p.39
- Poem Title:
- Song 57.
- Attribution:
- By Ben. Johnson, in Epicaene.
- Attributed To:
- Benjamin Jonson
- First Line:
- Yes I'm in love I feel it now
- Page No:
- p.40
- Poem Title:
- Song 58.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Whitehead.
- Attributed To:
- William Whitehead
- First Line:
- Sweet are the charms of her I love
- Page No:
- pp.40-41
- Poem Title:
- Song 59.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Booth.
- Attributed To:
- Barton Booth
- First Line:
- Cupid god of pleasing anguish
- Page No:
- p.41
- Poem Title:
- Song 60.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Whilst I gaze on Chloe trembling
- Page No:
- pp.41-42
- Poem Title:
- Song 61.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Alexis shunned his fellow swains
- Page No:
- pp.42-43
- Poem Title:
- Song 62.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Prior.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- First Line:
- As Cynthia late within the grove
- Page No:
- pp.43-44
- Poem Title:
- Song 63. The Shepherd comforted.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Blessed as the immortal Gods is he
- Page No:
- p.44
- Poem Title:
- Song 64.
- Attribution:
- By Amb. Philips, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Ambrose Philips
- First Line:
- As I saw fair Chloe walk alone
- Page No:
- pp.45-46
- Poem Title:
- Song 67.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Love thou art the best of human joys
- Page No:
- p.45
- Poem Title:
- Song 66.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Would you taste the noontide air
- Page No:
- p.45
- Poem Title:
- Song 65. In Milton's Comus.
- Attribution:
- Milton.
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- First Line:
- Selinda sure's the brightest thing
- Page No:
- p.46
- Poem Title:
- Song 69.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- May the ambitious ever find
- Page No:
- p.46
- Poem Title:
- Song 68.
- Attribution:
- By the Earl of Dorset.
- Attributed To:
- Charles Sackville
- First Line:
- My goddess Lydia heavenly fair
- Page No:
- pp.47-48
- Poem Title:
- Song 71.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ye virgin powers defend my heart
- Page No:
- p.47
- Poem Title:
- Song 70.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Shall I wasting in despair
- Page No:
- pp.48-49
- Poem Title:
- Song 73.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Why we love and why we hate
- Page No:
- p.48
- Poem Title:
- Song 72.
- Attribution:
- By Amb. Philips, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Ambrose Philips
- First Line:
- Oh happy happy grove
- Page No:
- p.49
- Poem Title:
- Song 74.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When bright Aurelia tripped the plain
- Page No:
- pp.49-50
- Poem Title:
- Song 75.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Belinda with affected mien
- Page No:
- p.50
- Poem Title:
- Song 76.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- We all to conquering beauty bow
- Page No:
- pp.51-52
- Poem Title:
- Song 78.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- While silently I loved nor dared
- Page No:
- p.51
- Poem Title:
- Song 77.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Nature so tender to Chloe has shown
- Page No:
- p.52
- Poem Title:
- Song 80. The Indifferent.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Stella and Flavia every hour
- Page No:
- p.52
- Poem Title:
- Song 78.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Waft me some soft and cooling breeze
- Page No:
- p.53
- Poem Title:
- Song 81. The Midsummer Wish.
- Attribution:
- By the Author of the Fair Circassian.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- See see my Seraphina comes
- Page No:
- p.54
- Poem Title:
- Song 83. Three Nymphs, &c.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The shepherd Adonis
- Page No:
- pp.54-55
- Poem Title:
- Song 84.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- See see she wakes Sabina wakes
- Page No:
- p.54
- Poem Title:
- Song 82. The Morning Salutation.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Congreve.
- Attributed To:
- William Congreve
- First Line:
- One evening as I lay
- Page No:
- pp.56-57
- Poem Title:
- Song 86.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Woman thoughtless giddy creature
- Page No:
- p.56
- Poem Title:
- Song 85
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Baker.
- Attributed To:
- Henry Baker
- First Line:
- As Chloris full of harmless thought
- Page No:
- p.58
- Poem Title:
- Song 87. Lucky Minute.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Chloe blushed and frowned and swore
- Page No:
- p.58
- Poem Title:
- Song 88.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Farewell thou false Philander
- Page No:
- p.59
- Poem Title:
- Song 89. False Philander.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Gently touch the warbling lyre
- Page No:
- p.59
- Poem Title:
- Song 90. Geminiani's Minuet.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Bradley.
- Attributed To:
- Arthur Bradley
- First Line:
- Gently stir and blow the fire
- Page No:
- p.60
- Poem Title:
- Song 91. In Ridicule of the preceeding.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The play of love is now begun
- Page No:
- pp.60-61
- Poem Title:
- Song 92. The Play of Love.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Remember Damon you did tell
- Page No:
- pp.61-62
- Poem Title:
- Song 93. The Irish Howl.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- As Amoret and Phillis sat
- Page No:
- p.62
- Poem Title:
- Song 94.
- Attribution:
- In Sir Geo. Etherege's Man of Mode.
- Attributed To:
- Sir George Etherege
- First Line:
- You may cease to complain
- Page No:
- pp.63-64
- Poem Title:
- Song 95.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Despairing beside a clear stream
- Page No:
- pp.64-65
- Poem Title:
- Song 96. Colin's Complaint.
- Attribution:
- By Nich. Rowe, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Nicholas Rowe
- First Line:
- My days have been so wondrous free
- Page No:
- pp.65-66
- Poem Title:
- Song 97.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Parnell.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Parnell
- First Line:
- As Celia in her garden strayed
- Page No:
- pp.66-67
- Poem Title:
- Song 98.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Would fate to me Belinda give
- Page No:
- p.67
- Poem Title:
- Song 99.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- All in the downs the fleet was moored
- Page No:
- pp.67-69
- Poem Title:
- Song 100. William and Susan.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Gay
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- First Line:
- Chloe be wise no more perplex me
- Page No:
- p.69
- Poem Title:
- Song 101.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When Fanny blooming fair
- Page No:
- pp.69-70
- Poem Title:
- Song 102.
- Attribution:
- By the Earl of Ch--t--rf--d.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Twas when the seas were roaring
- Page No:
- pp.70-71
- Poem Title:
- Song 103.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Gay, in the What d'ye call it.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- First Line:
- Vain Belinda are your wiles
- Page No:
- p.71
- Poem Title:
- Song 104. In the Temple Beau.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Thus Kitty beautiful and young
- Page No:
- pp.72-73
- Poem Title:
- Song 106.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Why will Florella when I gaze
- Page No:
- p.72
- Poem Title:
- Song 105.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Budgell.
- Attributed To:
- Eustace Budgell
- First Line:
- Twas at the silent midnight hour | When all were fast asleep
- Page No:
- pp.73-75
- Poem Title:
- Song 107. Margaret's Ghost.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Mallet.
- Attributed To:
- David Mallet
- First Line:
- On a bank of flowers in a summer's day
- Page No:
- pp.75-76
- Poem Title:
- Song 108.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Theobald.
- Attributed To:
- Lewis Theobald
- First Line:
- My time o ye muses was happily spent
- Page No:
- pp.76-78
- Poem Title:
- Song 109.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- From native stalk the provence rose
- Page No:
- p.78
- Poem Title:
- Song 110.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- It is not Celia in our power
- Page No:
- p.79
- Poem Title:
- Song 112.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The night was still the air serene
- Page No:
- p.79
- Poem Title:
- Song 111.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Farewell the world and mortal cares
- Page No:
- p.80
- Poem Title:
- Song 113.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- She that would gain a constant lover
- Page No:
- p.80
- Poem Title:
- Song 114.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Love's a dream of mighty treasure
- Page No:
- p.81
- Poem Title:
- Song 116.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Others false tongues can you believe
- Page No:
- pp.81-82
- Poem Title:
- Song 117.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Go tell Amyntas gentle swain
- Page No:
- p.81
- Poem Title:
- Song 115.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- First Line:
- Dear Chloe whilst thus beyond measure
- Page No:
- pp.82-83
- Poem Title:
- Song 119.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The charms of bright beauty so powerful are
- Page No:
- p.82
- Poem Title:
- Song 118.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Dear Chloe attend
- Page No:
- pp.83-84
- Poem Title:
- Song 120.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- At dead of night when rapt in sleep
- Page No:
- pp.84-85
- Poem Title:
- Song 121. Power of Love.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ten years like Troy my stubborn heart
- Page No:
- p.85
- Poem Title:
- Song 122.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Can love be controlled by advice
- Page No:
- pp.85-86
- Poem Title:
- Song 123. In Gay's Beggar's Opera.
- Attribution:
- Gay
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- First Line:
- Say lovely dream where couldst thou find
- Page No:
- p.86
- Poem Title:
- Song 124.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Virgins are like the fair flower in its lustre
- Page No:
- pp.86-87
- Poem Title:
- Song 125. In Gay's Beggar's Opera.
- Attribution:
- Gay
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- First Line:
- When Cynthia saw Bathsheba's charms
- Page No:
- p.87
- Poem Title:
- Song 126.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When Molly smiles beneath her cow
- Page No:
- p.87
- Poem Title:
- Song 127.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Damon if you will believe me
- Page No:
- p.88
- Poem Title:
- Song 128.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Can then a look create a thought
- Page No:
- p.88
- Poem Title:
- Song 129.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Booth.
- Attributed To:
- Barton Booth
- First Line:
- Ye nymphs and ye swains from the groves and the plains
- Page No:
- pp.89-90
- Poem Title:
- Song 131.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Whenever Chloe I begin
- Page No:
- p.89
- Poem Title:
- Song 130.
- Attribution:
- By the E. of Ch---t--rf---d.
- Attributed To:
- Philip Dormer Stanhope
- First Line:
- I am a poor shepherd undone
- Page No:
- p.90
- Poem Title:
- Song 132.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Blow blow thou winter wind
- Page No:
- p.91
- Poem Title:
- Song 134.
- Attribution:
- By Shakespear.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- How court Dorinda who the devil
- Page No:
- p.91
- Poem Title:
- Song 133.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The lass that would know how to manage a man
- Page No:
- pp.91-92
- Poem Title:
- Song 135.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Concanon.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Concanen
- First Line:
- To charming Celia's arms I flew
- Page No:
- pp.92-93
- Poem Title:
- Song 136.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- What though I am a country lass
- Page No:
- pp.93-94
- Poem Title:
- Song 138.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The wanton god that pierces hearts
- Page No:
- p.93
- Poem Title:
- Song 137. In Milton's Comus.
- Attribution:
- Milton
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- First Line:
- Since you will needs my heart possess
- Page No:
- pp.94-95
- Poem Title:
- Song 139
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Sure never was dog so wretched as I
- Page No:
- pp.95-96
- Poem Title:
- Song 141.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A curse attends that woman's love
- Page No:
- p.95
- Poem Title:
- Song 140. In Gay's Beggar's Opera.
- Attribution:
- Gay
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- First Line:
- Come and listen to my ditty
- Page No:
- pp.96-97
- Poem Title:
- Song 142. The Sailor's Complaint.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I love thee by heavens I cannot say more
- Page No:
- pp.97-98
- Poem Title:
- Song 143.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Concanen.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Concanen
- First Line:
- Fair Iris and her swain
- Page No:
- pp.98-99
- Poem Title:
- Song 144.
- Attribution:
- By Dryden, in Amphytrion.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- First Line:
- That man who for life
- Page No:
- pp.99-100
- Poem Title:
- Song 146.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Tell me no more I am deceived
- Page No:
- p.99
- Poem Title:
- Song 145.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Congreve.
- Attributed To:
- William Congreve
- First Line:
- As archers and fiddlers who cunningly know
- Page No:
- pp.100-101
- Poem Title:
- Song 148.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The man who for life
- Page No:
- p.100
- Poem Title:
- Song 147.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ask not the cause why sullen spring
- Page No:
- p.101
- Poem Title:
- Song 149.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Have you not seen the morning sun
- Page No:
- pp.102-103
- Poem Title:
- Song 151.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Young virgins love pleasure
- Page No:
- p.102
- Poem Title:
- Song 150. In the Beggar's Wedding.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- O gentle sleep to thee alone
- Page No:
- p.103
- Poem Title:
- Song 152.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- On a bank beside a willow
- Page No:
- pp.103-104
- Poem Title:
- Song 153.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- First Line:
- Now the bright morning star day's harbinger
- Page No:
- p.104
- Poem Title:
- Song 154. On May Morning.
- Attribution:
- By Milton.
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- First Line:
- Behold the winter disappears
- Page No:
- p.105
- Poem Title:
- Song 155.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- For many unsuccessful years
- Page No:
- pp.105-106
- Poem Title:
- Song 156.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Yalden.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Yalden
- First Line:
- Though Flavia to my warm desire
- Page No:
- p.106
- Poem Title:
- Song 157.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I smile at love and all its arts
- Page No:
- pp.106-107
- Poem Title:
- Song 158. By Sir John Vanbrugh, in the Relapse.
- Attribution:
- By Sir John Vanbrugh, in the Relapse.
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Vanbrugh
- First Line:
- From rosy bowers where sleeps the god of love
- Page No:
- pp.107-108
- Poem Title:
- Song 159.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- No more think me false
- Page No:
- pp.108-109
- Poem Title:
- Song 160.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Pretty parrot say when I was away
- Page No:
- pp.109-110
- Poem Title:
- Song 162.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A nymph and a swain to Apollo once prayed
- Page No:
- p.109
- Poem Title:
- Song 161.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Congreve, in Love for Love.
- Attributed To:
- William Congreve
- First Line:
- When Chloe we ply
- Page No:
- p1p.110-111
- Poem Title:
- Song 163.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Prithee Billy be not so silly
- Page No:
- p.111
- Poem Title:
- Song 164.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Why Celia should you so much strive
- Page No:
- pp.111-112
- Poem Title:
- Song 165.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- One April morn when from the sea
- Page No:
- p.112
- Poem Title:
- Song 166.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Pious Selinda goes to prayers
- Page No:
- pp.112-113
- Poem Title:
- Song 167.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Congreve.
- Attributed To:
- William Congreve
- First Line:
- Mistaken fair lay Sherlock by
- Page No:
- p.113
- Poem Title:
- Song 168.
- Attribution:
- By the Earl of Ch--t--rf---d.
- Attributed To:
- Philip Dormer Stanhope
- First Line:
- Help me each harmonious grove
- Page No:
- pp.113-114
- Poem Title:
- Song 169.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Arthur Bradley.
- Attributed To:
- Arthur Bradley
- First Line:
- Alas when charming Sylvia's gone
- Page No:
- p.114
- Poem Title:
- Song 170.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- One night when all the village slept
- Page No:
- pp.114-115
- Poem Title:
- Song 171.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Over the mountains
- Page No:
- pp.115-116
- Poem Title:
- Song 172.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- What woman could do I have tried to be free
- Page No:
- pp.116-117
- Poem Title:
- Song 173. In Cibber's Love in a Riddle.
- Attribution:
- Cibber.
- Attributed To:
- Colley Cibber
- First Line:
- Bright as Phoebe in her glory
- Page No:
- pp.117-118
- Poem Title:
- Song 176.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- How hard is the fate of all womankind
- Page No:
- p.117
- Poem Title:
- Song 175.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The men of pleasure
- Page No:
- p.117
- Poem Title:
- Song 174.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Come from the groves each goddess
- Page No:
- pp.118-119
- Poem Title:
- Song 178.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- You little blind deceiver go
- Page No:
- p.118
- Poem Title:
- Song 177.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- And canst thou leave thy Nancy
- Page No:
- pp.119-120
- Poem Title:
- Song 179. [A Two-Part Song.]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When daisies pied and violets blue
- Page No:
- p.120
- Poem Title:
- Song 180. Spring.
- Attribution:
- By Shakespeare, in Love's Labour lost.
- Attributed To:
- William Shakespeare
- First Line:
- When icicles hang by the wall
- Page No:
- pp.120-121
- Poem Title:
- Song 181. Winter.
- Attribution:
- By Shakespear, in Love's Labour lost.
- Attributed To:
- William Shakespeare
- First Line:
- The youth whom I to save would die
- Page No:
- pp.121-122
- Poem Title:
- Song 184.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Man may escape from rope and gun
- Page No:
- p.121
- Poem Title:
- Song 183. In Gay's Beggar's Opera.
- Attribution:
- Gay
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- First Line:
- Were I laid on Greenland's coast
- Page No:
- p.121
- Poem Title:
- Song 182. In Gay's Beggar's Opera.
- Attribution:
- Gay
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- First Line:
- Custom prevailing so long mongst the great
- Page No:
- pp.122-123
- Poem Title:
- Song 187
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- How cruel are the traitors
- Page No:
- p.122
- Poem Title:
- Song 186. In Gay's Beggar's Opera.
- Attribution:
- Gay.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- First Line:
- Youth's the season made for joy
- Page No:
- p.122
- Poem Title:
- Song 185. In Gay's Beggar's Opera.
- Attribution:
- Gay.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- First Line:
- Of all the girls in our town
- Page No:
- p.123
- Poem Title:
- Song 188.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ye minutes swiftly move
- Page No:
- p.123
- Poem Title:
- Song 190.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- If love the virgin's heart invade
- Page No:
- p.123
- Poem Title:
- Song 189. In Gay's Beggar's Opera.
- Attribution:
- Gay.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- First Line:
- Come cheer up your hearts
- Page No:
- pp.124-126
- Poem Title:
- Song 192.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Fill me a bowl a mighty bowl
- Page No:
- p.124
- Poem Title:
- Song 191.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Here's a health to the king and a lasting peace
- Page No:
- pp.126-127
- Poem Title:
- Song 193.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Gay Bacchus liking Estcourt's wine
- Page No:
- pp.127-129
- Poem Title:
- Song 194.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Parnell.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Parnell
- First Line:
- Diogenes surly and proud
- Page No:
- pp.129-131
- Poem Title:
- Song 196
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- If any so wise is
- Page No:
- pp.133-134
- Poem Title:
- Song 198.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Vulcan contrive me such a cup
- Page No:
- p.133
- Poem Title:
- Song 197.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Twas in the land of cyder
- Page No:
- pp.134-135
- Poem Title:
- Song 200.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- We'll drink and we'll never have done boys
- Page No:
- p.134
- Poem Title:
- Song 199.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Be gone old care I prithee begone from me
- Page No:
- pp.135-136
- Poem Title:
- Song 201.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Why Lycidas should man be vain
- Page No:
- p.136
- Poem Title:
- Song 202.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Freedom is a real treasure
- Page No:
- p.136
- Poem Title:
- Song 203.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Wolseley.
- Attributed To:
- Robert Wolseley
- First Line:
- Ambition never me seduced
- Page No:
- p.137
- Poem Title:
- Song 204.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Tis woman that seduces all mankind
- Page No:
- pp.137-138
- Poem Title:
- Song 205. In Gay's Beggar's Opera.
- Attribution:
- Gay.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- First Line:
- A lovely lass to a friar came
- Page No:
- p.138
- Poem Title:
- Song 206.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Transporting are the solid joys
- Page No:
- p.138
- Poem Title:
- Song 207.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Blow on ye winds descend soft rains
- Page No:
- p.139
- Poem Title:
- Song 209.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Let ambition fire thy mind
- Page No:
- p.139
- Poem Title:
- Song 208.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A cobbler there was and he lived in a stall
- Page No:
- pp.140-141
- Poem Title:
- Song 211.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Of all the simple things we do
- Page No:
- p.140
- Poem Title:
- Song 210
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Whilst the town's brim full of folly
- Page No:
- p.141
- Poem Title:
- Song 212.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Come follow follow me
- Page No:
- pp.142-143
- Poem Title:
- Song 214.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I have been in love and in debt and in drink
- Page No:
- p.142
- Poem Title:
- Song 213.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Who has ever been at Paris must needs know the grave
- Page No:
- pp.143-145
- Poem Title:
- Song 215. The Thief and the Cordelier.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Prior.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- First Line:
- The stone that all things turns at will
- Page No:
- pp.145-146
- Poem Title:
- Song 216.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Forth from my dark and dismal cell
- Page No:
- pp.146-147
- Poem Title:
- Song 217.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I know I'm no poet my song it will show it
- Page No:
- pp.147-149
- Poem Title:
- Song 218
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- All the world's in strife and hurry
- Page No:
- pp.149-150
- Poem Title:
- Song 219
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I'll sing you a song that was never in print
- Page No:
- pp.150-151
- Poem Title:
- Song 220.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I am in truth
- Page No:
- pp.151-152
- Poem Title:
- Song 221.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- How much egregious Moore are we
- Page No:
- pp.152-153
- Poem Title:
- Song 222. The Worm.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- How pleasant a sailor's life passes
- Page No:
- pp.153-154
- Poem Title:
- In Perseus and Andromeda.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- No glory I covet no riches I want
- Page No:
- p.154
- Poem Title:
- Song 224.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Some hoist up fortune to the skies
- Page No:
- pp.154-155
- Poem Title:
- Song 225.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Not Eden's Garden did disdain
- Page No:
- p.155
- Poem Title:
- Song 227.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- There were three lads in our town
- Page No:
- p.155
- Poem Title:
- Song 226. In the Play call'd Wit without Money.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Go vind the vicar of Taunton Dean
- Page No:
- pp.156-157
- Poem Title:
- Song 228.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Fair Venus they say
- Page No:
- pp.157-158
- Poem Title:
- Song 229
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Happy is a country life
- Page No:
- p.159
- Poem Title:
- Song 230.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In pimps and politicians
- Page No:
- p.159
- Poem Title:
- Song 231
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A soldier and a sailor
- Page No:
- pp.159-160
- Poem Title:
- Song 232
- Attribution:
- Mr. Congreve's Love for Love.
- Attributed To:
- William Congreve
- First Line:
- Come hither my country squire
- Page No:
- pp.160-161
- Poem Title:
- Song 233.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Why should we that ambition call
- Page No:
- pp.161-162
- Poem Title:
- Song 234.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- My passion is as mustard strong
- Page No:
- pp.162-163
- Poem Title:
- Song 235.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- That all men are beggars we plainly may see
- Page No:
- pp.164-165
- Poem Title:
- Song 236.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Amongst the pure ones all
- Page No:
- pp.165-166
- Poem Title:
- Song 237.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A maid is like the golden ore
- Page No:
- p.166
- Poem Title:
- Song 239. In Gay's Beggar's Opera.
- Attribution:
- Gay
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- First Line:
- If any wench Venus' girdle wear
- Page No:
- p.166
- Poem Title:
- Song 238. In Gay's Beggar's Opera.
- Attribution:
- Gay
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- First Line:
- Genius of England from the pleasant bower of bliss
- Page No:
- p.167
- Poem Title:
- Song 240.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I said to my heart between sleeping and waking
- Page No:
- pp.167-168
- Poem Title:
- Song 241.
- Attribution:
- By a Person of Quality.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Apollo once finding fair Daphne alone
- Page No:
- pp.168-169
- Poem Title:
- Song 242.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The pride of every grove I chose
- Page No:
- pp.169-170
- Poem Title:
- Song 243.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Prior.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- First Line:
- Of all the girls that are so smart
- Page No:
- pp.170-172
- Poem Title:
- Song 244.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Oh love if a god thou wilt be
- Page No:
- pp.172-173
- Poem Title:
- Song 245.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Oh London is a fine town and a gallant city
- Page No:
- pp.173-183
- Poem Title:
- Song 246.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Of all the girls that ever were seen
- Page No:
- pp.177-178
- Poem Title:
- Song 247.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Swift.
- Attributed To:
- Jonathan Swift
- First Line:
- When as corruption hence did go
- Page No:
- pp.178-180
- Poem Title:
- Song 248.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Swift.
- Attributed To:
- Jonathan Swift
- First Line:
- Of all the things beneath the sun
- Page No:
- pp.180-181
- Poem Title:
- Song 249.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- God prosper long from being broke
- Page No:
- pp.181-184
- Poem Title:
- Song 250.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The sun was sunk beneath the hill
- Page No:
- p.185
- Poem Title:
- Song 251.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Says my uncle I pray now discover
- Page No:
- p.186
- Poem Title:
- Song 252.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Swift.
- Attributed To:
- Jonathan Swift
- First Line:
- Young Corydon and Phillis
- Page No:
- pp.187-188
- Poem Title:
- Song 253.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Young I am and yet unskilled
- Page No:
- p.188
- Poem Title:
- Song 254.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- First Line:
- To all you ladies now at land
- Page No:
- pp.189-190
- Poem Title:
- Song 255.
- Attribution:
- By the Earl of Dorset.
- Attributed To:
- Charles Sackville
- First Line:
- The charms of Florimel
- Page No:
- pp.190-191
- Poem Title:
- Song 256.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- At noon in a sultry summer's day
- Page No:
- pp.191-192
- Poem Title:
- Song 257.
- Attribution:
- By the Earl of Dorset.
- Attributed To:
- Charles Sackville
- First Line:
- To lordlings proud I tune my song
- Page No:
- pp.192-196
- Poem Title:
- Song 258.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Swift, Mr. Pope, and Dr. Arbuthnot.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander PopeJonathan Swift
- First Line:
- Last Sunday at St James's prayers
- Page No:
- pp.196-197
- Poem Title:
- Song 259.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Apollo I will not implore
- Page No:
- pp.197-199
- Poem Title:
- Song 260.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A dean and prebendary
- Page No:
- pp.199-200
- Poem Title:
- Song 261.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Say lovely Sylvia lewd and fair
- Page No:
- pp.200-201
- Poem Title:
- Song 262.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ah bright Belinda hither fly
- Page No:
- p.201
- Poem Title:
- Song 263.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ye sons of the platter give ear
- Page No:
- pp.201-203
- Poem Title:
- Song 264.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Some liken man to brittle glass
- Page No:
- pp.204-205
- Poem Title:
- Song 266.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Why cruel creature why so bent
- Page No:
- p.204
- Poem Title:
- Song 265.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- By the mole on your bubbies so round and so white
- Page No:
- p.205
- Poem Title:
- Song 267.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Here are people and sports
- Page No:
- pp.205-206
- Poem Title:
- Song 268.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Would you have a young virgin of fifteen years
- Page No:
- pp.206-207
- Poem Title:
- Song 269.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A very pretty fancy and brave gallante show
- Page No:
- pp.207-208
- Poem Title:
- Song 270.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I'll tell thee Dick where I have been
- Page No:
- pp.208-212
- Poem Title:
- Song 271.
- Attribution:
- By Sir John Suckling.
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Suckling
- First Line:
- Listen all I pray to the words I've to say
- Page No:
- pp.212-213
- Poem Title:
- Song 272
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ah how sweet it is to love
- Page No:
- p.214
- Poem Title:
- Song 273.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Upon Clarinda's panting breast
- Page No:
- pp.214-215
- Poem Title:
- Song 274.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- How blessed are beggar lasses
- Page No:
- pp.215-216
- Poem Title:
- Song 276. In the Beggar's Wedding.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Tobacco's but an indian weed
- Page No:
- p.215
- Poem Title:
- Song 275.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- How cruel is a parent's care
- Page No:
- pp.216-217
- Poem Title:
- Song 277.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Some sing Molly Mog of the rose
- Page No:
- p.217
- Poem Title:
- Song 278.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When first I sought fair Celia's love
- Page No:
- p.218
- Poem Title:
- Song 279.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Tell me Dorinda why so gay
- Page No:
- pp.218-219
- Poem Title:
- Song 280...on the Countess of Dorchester.
- Attribution:
- By the Earl of Dorset.
- Attributed To:
- Charles Sackville
- First Line:
- Why so cold and why so coy
- Page No:
- pp.219-220
- Poem Title:
- Song 282.
- Attribution:
- In Sir John Vanbrugh's Aesop.
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Vanbrugh
- First Line:
- Love's an idle childish passion
- Page No:
- p.219
- Poem Title:
- Song 281.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Baker.
- Attributed To:
- Henry Baker
- First Line:
- Of Anna's charms let others tell
- Page No:
- pp.220-221
- Poem Title:
- Song 283.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Baker.
- Attributed To:
- Henry Baker
- First Line:
- In good king Charles's golden days
- Page No:
- pp.221-223
- Poem Title:
- Song 284.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- With an old song made by an old ancient pate
- Page No:
- pp.223-225
- Poem Title:
- Song 285.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Sylvia the fair in the bloom of fifteen
- Page No:
- pp.225-226
- Poem Title:
- Song 286.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- First Line:
- Young Roger came tapping at Dolly's window
- Page No:
- pp.226-227
- Poem Title:
- Song 287.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- If love be a fault and in me thought a crime
- Page No:
- p.227
- Poem Title:
- Song 288.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- How brimful of nothing's the life of a beau
- Page No:
- p.228
- Poem Title:
- Song 289.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Tis not your wealth my dear
- Page No:
- p.228
- Poem Title:
- Song 290.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A certain presbyterian pair
- Page No:
- p.229
- Poem Title:
- Song 291.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Chaste Lucretia when you left me
- Page No:
- pp.229-230
- Poem Title:
- Song 29 .
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Damon asked me but once and I faintly denied
- Page No:
- pp.230-231
- Poem Title:
- Song 294.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Love's a gentle generous passion
- Page No:
- p.230
- Poem Title:
- Song 293.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Sabina in the dead of night
- Page No:
- p.231
- Poem Title:
- Song 295.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- What dire misfortune hath befell
- Page No:
- pp.232-233
- Poem Title:
- Song 297.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Methinks the poor town has been troubled too long
- Page No:
- p.232
- Poem Title:
- Song 296.
- Attribution:
- By the Earl of Dorset.
- Attributed To:
- Charles Sackville
- First Line:
- Sooner than I'll my love forego
- Page No:
- p.233
- Poem Title:
- Song 298.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Why so pale and wan fond lover
- Page No:
- pp.233-234
- Poem Title:
- Song 299.
- Attribution:
- By Sir John Suckling in Aglaura.
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Suckling
- First Line:
- A wig that's full
- Page No:
- pp.234-235
- Poem Title:
- Song 300.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Pursuing beauty men descry
- Page No:
- p.235
- Poem Title:
- Song 301.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Oh what a plague is love
- Page No:
- pp.236-238
- Poem Title:
- Song 302.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Oh where's the plague in love
- Page No:
- pp.238-240
- Poem Title:
- Song 303.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. A. Bradley.
- Attributed To:
- Arthur Bradley
- First Line:
- Happy the man whose wish and care
- Page No:
- p.241
- Poem Title:
- Song 304.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- O my little Punchinello
- Page No:
- pp.241-242
- Poem Title:
- Song 305.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Mothers through too much pride or love
- Page No:
- pp.242-243
- Poem Title:
- Song 306.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ye winds to whom Collin complains
- Page No:
- pp.243-245
- Poem Title:
- Song 308.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- If the heart of a man is depressed with cares
- Page No:
- p.243
- Poem Title:
- Song 307.
- Attribution:
- In Gay's Beggar's Opera.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- First Line:
- On every hill in every grove
- Page No:
- pp.245-246
- Poem Title:
- Song 309.
- Attribution:
- In Milton's Comus.
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- First Line:
- As Damon late with Chloe sat
- Page No:
- pp.246-247
- Poem Title:
- Song 311.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- By dimpled brook and fountain brim
- Page No:
- p.246
- Poem Title:
- Song 310.
- Attribution:
- In Milton's Comus.
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- First Line:
- At the close of the day
- Page No:
- pp.248-249
- Poem Title:
- Song 313.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Gay.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- First Line:
- Daphnis stood pensive in the shade
- Page No:
- pp.248-249
- Poem Title:
- Song 313.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Gay.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- First Line:
- I heard much talk of Oxford town
- Page No:
- pp.250-253
- Poem Title:
- Song 314.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- There was an old woman and she had a son
- Page No:
- pp.253-254
- Poem Title:
- Song 315.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Of Leinster famed for maidens fair
- Page No:
- pp.254-256
- Poem Title:
- Song 316...Colin and Lucy.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Tickell.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- Give ear you sons of Britain
- Page No:
- pp.256-259
- Poem Title:
- Song 317.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Estcourt.
- Attributed To:
- Richard Estcourt
- First Line:
- The story of king Arthur old
- Page No:
- pp.259-269
- Poem Title:
- Song 318.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Old stories tell how Hercules
- Page No:
- pp.269-274
- Poem Title:
- Song 319.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Phillis for shame let us improve
- Page No:
- p.274
- Poem Title:
- Song 320.
- Attribution:
- By the Earl of Dorset.
- Attributed To:
- Charles Sackville
- First Line:
- Pray listen to my story well
- Page No:
- pp.275-276
- Poem Title:
- Song 321.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- There was a friar a walking a walking
- Page No:
- pp.276-277
- Poem Title:
- Song 323.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When first I laid siege to my Chloris
- Page No:
- p.276
- Poem Title:
- Song 322.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- All attendants apart
- Page No:
- pp.277-278
- Poem Title:
- Song 324.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- There was a fair maid of Islington
- Page No:
- pp.278-279
- Poem Title:
- Song 325.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Of a noble race was Shinkin
- Page No:
- pp.279-280
- Poem Title:
- Song 327.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Three children sliding on the ice
- Page No:
- p.279
- Poem Title:
- Song 326.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When dearest I but think of thee
- Page No:
- p.281
- Poem Title:
- Song 330.
- Attribution:
- By Sir John Suckling.
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Suckling
- First Line:
- Tis now since I sat down before
- Page No:
- pp.282-283
- Poem Title:
- Song 331.
- Attribution:
- By Sir John Suckling.
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Suckling
- First Line:
- Honest lover whosoever
- Page No:
- pp.283-284
- Poem Title:
- Song 332.
- Attribution:
- By Sir John Suckling.
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Suckling
- First Line:
- Come my fairest learn of me
- Page No:
- pp.284-285
- Poem Title:
- Song 333.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Old Saturn that drone of a god
- Page No:
- pp.285-286
- Poem Title:
- Song 334.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- As tippling John was jogging on
- Page No:
- pp.286-287
- Poem Title:
- Song 335. Sung in the Provk'd Wife.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Fluttering spread thy purple pinions
- Page No:
- pp.287-288
- Poem Title:
- Song 336. A Love Song in the Modern Taste.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Swift.
- Attributed To:
- Jonathan Swift
- First Line:
- The lass of Peatie's mill
- Page No:
- pp.289-290
- Poem Title:
- Song 337.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- What beauties does Flora disclose
- Page No:
- p.290
- Poem Title:
- Song 338.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- As early I walked on the first of sweet May
- Page No:
- pp.291-292
- Poem Title:
- Song 339.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Happy's the love which meets return
- Page No:
- pp.292-293
- Poem Title:
- Song 340.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A lass that was loaden with care
- Page No:
- pp.293-294
- Poem Title:
- Song 342.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The smiling morn and breathing spring
- Page No:
- p.293
- Poem Title:
- Song 341.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- O Bessy Bell and Mary Gray
- Page No:
- pp.294-295
- Poem Title:
- Song 343.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In April when primroses paint the sweet plain
- Page No:
- p.295
- Poem Title:
- Song 344.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- By smooth winding Tay a swain was reclining
- Page No:
- p.296
- Poem Title:
- Song 345.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Of race divine thou needs must be
- Page No:
- pp.296-297
- Poem Title:
- Song 346.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The last time I came over the moor
- Page No:
- pp.297-298
- Poem Title:
- Song 347.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- By a murmuring stream a fair shepherdess lay
- Page No:
- pp.298-299
- Poem Title:
- Song 348.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- As walking forth to view the plain
- Page No:
- pp.299-300
- Poem Title:
- Song 349.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Hear me ye nymphs and every swain
- Page No:
- pp.300-301
- Poem Title:
- Song 350.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Love's goddess in a myrtle grove
- Page No:
- pp.301-302
- Poem Title:
- Song 351.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Devil take the war that hurried Willy from me
- Page No:
- pp.302-303
- Poem Title:
- Song 352.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- John Anderson my jo
- Page No:
- pp.303-304
- Poem Title:
- Song 353.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Twas within a furlong of Edinburgh town
- Page No:
- pp.304-305
- Poem Title:
- Song 354.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- How sweetly smells the simmer green
- Page No:
- pp.305-306
- Poem Title:
- Song 355.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Jocky met with Jenny fair
- Page No:
- pp.306-308
- Poem Title:
- Song 356.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- What numbers shall the muse repeat
- Page No:
- pp.308-309
- Poem Title:
- Song 357.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Farewel to Lochaber and farewel my Jean
- Page No:
- p.309
- Poem Title:
- Song 358.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- How blyth ilk morn was I to see
- Page No:
- pp.309-310
- Poem Title:
- Song 359.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The lowland lads think they are fine
- Page No:
- p.311
- Poem Title:
- Song 360.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- At Polwart on the green
- Page No:
- p.312
- Poem Title:
- Song 361.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- O waly waly up the bank
- Page No:
- pp.312-313
- Poem Title:
- Song 362.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The collier has a daughter
- Page No:
- pp.314-315
- Poem Title:
- Song 364.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- While some for pleasure pawn their health
- Page No:
- p.314
- Poem Title:
- Song 363.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When first these blooming charms I spied
- Page No:
- pp.315-316
- Poem Title:
- Song 365.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Gin ye meet a bonny lassie
- Page No:
- pp.316-317
- Poem Title:
- Song 366.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- My Patie is a lover gay
- Page No:
- p.317
- Poem Title:
- Song 367.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Leave kindred and friends sweet Betty
- Page No:
- p.318
- Poem Title:
- Song 368.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ye shepherds and nymphs that adorn the gay plain
- Page No:
- pp.318-319
- Poem Title:
- Song 369.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Now wat ye wha I met yestreen
- Page No:
- pp.319-320
- Poem Title:
- Song 370.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- My Minny's ay glowran over me
- Page No:
- p.320
- Poem Title:
- Song 371.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In winter when the rain rained cauld
- Page No:
- pp.321-322
- Poem Title:
- Song 372.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Beneath a green shade I fand a fair maid
- Page No:
- pp.322-323
- Poem Title:
- Song 373.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Bright Cythia's power divinely great
- Page No:
- p.323
- Poem Title:
- Song 374.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Dumbarton's drums beat bonny o
- Page No:
- p.324
- Poem Title:
- Song 375.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- My sweetest May let love incline thee
- Page No:
- p.325
- Poem Title:
- Song 376.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ye gales that gently wave the sea
- Page No:
- p.325
- Poem Title:
- Song 376.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- With broken words and down cast eyes
- Page No:
- pp.326-327
- Poem Title:
- Song 378.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The pawky auld carle came over the lee
- Page No:
- pp.327-329
- Poem Title:
- Song 379.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The widow can bake and the widow can brew
- Page No:
- p.329
- Poem Title:
- Song 380.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When innocent pastime our pleasure did crown
- Page No:
- pp.330-331
- Poem Title:
- Song 381.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Harken and I will tell you how
- Page No:
- pp.331-333
- Poem Title:
- Song 381.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The lawland maids gang trig and fine
- Page No:
- pp.333-334
- Poem Title:
- Song 383.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- My soul is ravished with delight
- Page No:
- pp.334-335
- Poem Title:
- Song 384.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- As from a rock past all relief
- Page No:
- p.335
- Poem Title:
- Song 385.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- With tuneful pipe and merry glee
- Page No:
- p.336
- Poem Title:
- Song 386.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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