A collection of poems, essays and epistles [T119421] [ecco]
- DMI number:
- 1117
- Publication Date:
- 1771
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- T119421
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW111993365
- Shelfmark:
- ECCO - Bod
- Full Title:
- A | COLLECTION | OF | POEMS, ESSAYS, | AND | EPISTLES. | CONTAINING | [2 cols] [col 1] ESSAY ON MAN. | UNIVERSAL PRAYER. | ELOISA TO ABELARD. | MESSIAH: A SACRED | ECLOGUE. | AN ODE ON SOLITUDE. | AN ESSAY ON CRITI- | CISM. | POEM ON THE LAST DAY. | AN ELEGY WRITTEN IN | A COUNTRY CHURCH-| YARD. [/col1] | [col2] HYMN TO ADVERSITY. | THE GRAVE. | THE HERMIT. | A NIGHT-PIECE ON | DEATH. | THE SPLENDID SHIL- | LING. | THE DESERTED VILLAGE. | THE TRAVELLER. | WITH ELEGIES, SONGS, | AND PIECES OF HU- | MOUR. [/col2] | BY | POPE, YOUNG, GRAY, BLAIR, | PARNELL, PHILIPS, GOLD- | SMITH AND SHENSTONE. | [rule] | The SECOND EDITION, with ADDITIONS. | [double rule] | DUBLIN: | Printed for T. ARMITAGE, in [i]Crampton-Court.[/i] | [short rule] | MDCCLXXI.
- Place of Publication:
- Dublin
- Genres:
- Collection of literary verse
- Format:
- Duodecimo
- Bibliographic details:
- Frontispiece. Several items have separate title pages.
- Title:
- A collection of poems, essays and epistles [T167515] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1770
- ESTC No:
- T167515
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of poems, essays and epistles [T167516] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1774
- ESTC No:
- T167516
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- Thomas Armitage
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Awake my St John leave all meaner things
- Page No:
- pp.9-18
- Poem Title:
- Essay on Man, In Four Epistles, To H. St. John, Lord Bolingbroke...Epistle I.
- Attribution:
- By Alexander Pope Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Know then thyself presume not god to scan
- Page No:
- pp.20-29
- Poem Title:
- Epistle II.
- Attribution:
- By Alexander Pope Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Here then we rest the universal cause
- Page No:
- pp.31-40
- Poem Title:
- Epistle III.
- Attribution:
- By Alexander Pope Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- O happiness our being's end and aim
- Page No:
- pp.43-55
- Poem Title:
- Epistle IV.
- Attribution:
- By Alexander Pope Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Father of all in every age
- Page No:
- pp.56-57
- Poem Title:
- The Universal Prayer. Deo Opt. Max.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In these deep solitudes and awful cells
- Page No:
- pp.61-72
- Poem Title:
- Eloisa To Abelard.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ye nymphs of Solyma begin the song
- Page No:
- pp.75-78
- Poem Title:
- Messiah, A Sacred Eclogue.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Happy the man whose wish and care
- Page No:
- p.79
- Poem Title:
- Ode on Solitude.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Tis hard to say if greater want of skill
- Page No:
- pp.85-107
- Poem Title:
- An Essay on Criticism.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Now let the atheist tremble thou alone
- Page No:
- [2pp.]
- Poem Title:
- Verses To The Author.
- Attribution:
- T. Wharton.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Warton
- First Line:
- And must it be as thou hast sung
- Page No:
- [2pp.]
- Poem Title:
- To Dr. Young, On His Last Day and Universal Passion.
- Attribution:
- J. Bancks.
- Attributed To:
- John Bancks [Banks]
- First Line:
- Madam | Here sacred truths in lofty numbers told
- Page No:
- [2pp.]
- Poem Title:
- To A Lady, With The Last Day.
- Attribution:
- T. Tristram.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tristram
- First Line:
- While others sing the fortune of the great
- Page No:
- pp.121-156
- Poem Title:
- The Last Day.
- Attribution:
- By Edward Young.
- Attributed To:
- Edward Young
- First Line:
- The curfew tolls the knell of parting day
- Page No:
- pp.159-163
- Poem Title:
- An Elegy, Written In A Country Church-Yard.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Gray.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Gray
- First Line:
- Daughter of Jove relentless power
- Page No:
- pp.163-164
- Poem Title:
- Hymn to Adversity.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Gray]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Gray
- First Line:
- Whilst some affect the sun and some the shade
- Page No:
- pp.167-191
- Poem Title:
- The Grave.
- Attribution:
- By Robert Blair.
- Attributed To:
- Robert Blair
- First Line:
- Far in a wild unknown to public view
- Page No:
- pp.195-202
- Poem Title:
- The Hermit.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Thomas Parnell.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Parnell
- First Line:
- By the blue taper's trembling light
- Page No:
- pp.203-205
- Poem Title:
- A Night-Piece on Death.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Thomas Parnell.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Parnell
- First Line:
- Happy the man who void of cares and strife
- Page No:
- pp.209-213
- Poem Title:
- The Splendid Shilling.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Philips.
- Attributed To:
- John Philips
- First Line:
- Sweet Auburn loveliest village of the plain
- Page No:
- pp.217-230
- Poem Title:
- The Deserted Village.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Goldsmith.
- Attributed To:
- Oliver Goldsmith
- First Line:
- Remote unfriended melancholy slow
- Page No:
- pp.233-246
- Poem Title:
- The Traveller.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Goldsmith.
- Attributed To:
- Oliver Goldsmith
- First Line:
- What beckoning ghost along the moonlight shade
- Page No:
- pp.247-249
- Poem Title:
- An Elegy, To the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Why mourns my friend why weeps his downcast eye
- Page No:
- pp.250-253
- Poem Title:
- An Elegy, Describing The sorrow of an ingenuous mind, on the melancholy event of a licentious amour.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ye shepherds so cheerful and gay
- Page No:
- pp.254-261
- Poem Title:
- A Pastoral Ballad, In Four Parts.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- How pleased within my native bowers
- Page No:
- p.262
- Poem Title:
- Song I. The Landscape.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ye gentle nymphs and generous dames
- Page No:
- pp.262-263
- Poem Title:
- Song II.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- On every tree in every plain
- Page No:
- pp.263-264
- Poem Title:
- Song III.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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