The union: or select scots and english poems [T25436]

DMI number:

861

Publication Date:

1796

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

T25436

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW113596596

Shelfmark:

BL 11643.aa.54.(2)

Full Title:

THE | UNION; | OR, | SELECT | SCOTS and ENGLISH | POEMS. | [rule] | A NEW EDITION. | [rule] | [epigraph] | [double rule] | OXFORD | Printed, for [i]W. Dawson[/i] and [i]Co.[/i]; and [i]E. Newbury[/i], St. Paul's | Church Yard, LONDON. | [short rule] | M.DCC.XCVI.

Epigraph:

[i]--Dubiam facientia carmina palman.[/i] JUV.

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Genres:

Collection of literary verse and Collection of Scottish verse

Format:

Octavo

Pagination:

[2], iii-viii, 1-152

Other matter:

Prefatory matter: Preface pp. iii-vi; Contents pp. vii-viii.

References:

D. Nichol Smith 'Thomas Warton's Miscellany: The Union' Review of English Studies os-XIX 75 (1943) 263-275.

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Publication Date:

1766

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T124512

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T126168

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Publication Date:

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T133850

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The union: or select scots and english poems [T142331] [ecco]

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The union: or select scots and english poems [T8389] [ecco]

Publication Date:

1753

ESTC No:

T8389

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1 of 1

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Related People

Author:

Thomas Warton

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Warton identified as editor in ESTC and ODNB.

Publisher:

Elizabeth Newbery

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Publisher:

William Dawson

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Content/Publication

First Line:

When March with varying winds was overpast

Page No:

pp.1-9

Poem Title:

A Poem, In Honour Of Margaret Daughter To Henry VII. Of England, Queen To James IV. King Of Scots.

Attribution:

By William Dunbar.

Attributed To:

William Dunbar

First Line:

Oblivion wraps not in her silent shade

Page No:

pp.10-12

Poem Title:

Verses On The Death Of Queen Caroline.

Attribution:

By Mr. Shipley.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Shipley

First Line:

At once to raise our reverence and delight

Page No:

pp.13-23

Poem Title:

The Genealogy of Christ, As It Is Represented On The East Window of Winchester Coll. Chapel.

Attribution:

Written At Winton School, By Dr. Lowthe.

Attributed To:

Robert Lowth

First Line:

Fair morn ascends fresh zephyrs breath

Page No:

pp.24-27

Poem Title:

A Fragment.

Attribution:

By Mr. Mallet.

Attributed To:

David Mallet

First Line:

The prince of all the feathered kind

Page No:

pp.28-30

Poem Title:

The Eagle And Robin Red-Breast. A Fable.

Attribution:

By Mr. Archibald Scott.

Attributed To:

Archibald Scott

First Line:

O parent of each lovely muse

Page No:

pp.31-36

Poem Title:

Ode To Fancy.

Attribution:

By the Rev. Mr. Joseph Warton.

Attributed To:

Joseph Warton

First Line:

Hail meek eyed maiden clad in sober grey

Page No:

pp.37-38

Poem Title:

Ode To Evening.

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. Joseph Warton]

Attributed To:

Joseph Warton

First Line:

If aught of oaten stop or pastoral song

Page No:

pp.39-41

Poem Title:

Ode To Evening.

Attribution:

By Mr. William Collins.

Attributed To:

William Collins

First Line:

Far from her hallowed grot where mildly bright

Page No:

pp.42-46

Poem Title:

Isis. An Elegy.

Attribution:

Written By Mr. Mason Of Cambridge, 1748.

Attributed To:

William Mason

First Line:

On closing flowers when genial gales diffuse

Page No:

pp.47-56

Poem Title:

The Triumph Of Isis. Occasioned By The Foregoing Poem.

Attribution:

By Mr. Thomas Warton, of Oxford.

Attributed To:

Thomas Warton

First Line:

Let others boast their heaps of shining gold

Page No:

pp.57-61

Poem Title:

A Love Elegy.

Attribution:

By Mr. Hammond.

Attributed To:

James Hammond

First Line:

Mourn hapless Caledonia mourn

Page No:

pp.62-64

Poem Title:

The Tears Of Scotland. Written In The Year MDCCXLVI.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The curfew tolls the knell of parting day

Page No:

pp.65-69

Poem Title:

An Elegy. Written In A Country ChurcT125713h Yard.

Attribution:

By Mr. Grey [contents page]

Attributed To:

Thomas Gray

First Line:

Little I whilom deemed my artless zeal

Page No:

pp.70-74

Poem Title:

On The Death Of Frederic Prince of Wales. Written At Paris,

Attribution:

By David Lord Viscount Stormont, Of Ch. Ch. Oxon.

Attributed To:

David Murray

First Line:

Twas on the evening of that gloomy day

Page No:

pp.75-80

Poem Title:

On The Same.

Attribution:

By Mr. James Clitherow of All Souls Coll.

Attributed To:

James Clitheroe

First Line:

Hence iron sceptred winter haste

Page No:

pp.81-93

Poem Title:

Ode On The Approach Of Summer.

Attribution:

By A Gentleman Formerly Of The Universbty [sic] Of Aberdeen.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As late I strove Lucilla's lip to kiss

Page No:

pp.94-95

Poem Title:

A Pastoral In The Manner of Spencer. From Theocritus. Idyll. XX.

Attribution:

By The Same. [i.e. Gentleman Formerly Of The University Of Aberdeen]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The graces sought in yonder stream

Page No:

p.96

Poem Title:

Inscribed On A Beautiful Grotto Near The Water.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Where now are all my flattering dreams of joy

Page No:

pp.97-98

Poem Title:

Love Elegy.

Attribution:

By Mr. Smollet.

Attributed To:

Tobias George Smollett

First Line:

Balm of my cares sweet solace of my toils

Page No:

pp.99-104

Poem Title:

A Panegyric On Oxford Ale.

Attribution:

By a Gentleman of Trinity Coll.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When now mature in classic knowledge

Page No:

pp.105-108

Poem Title:

The Progress of Discontent.

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. Gentleman of Trinity Coll.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

This goodly frame what virtue so approves

Page No:

pp.109-112

Poem Title:

Ode To Arthur Onslow, Esq.

Attribution:

This elegant Poem was written by a Gentleman well known in the Learned World, as a token of gratitude for favours conferred on his father, during the last war, whose character he has therein assumed.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Declare if heavenly wisdom bless thy tongue

Page No:

pp.113-115

Poem Title:

Job, Chapter XXXIX.

Attribution:

By a Gentleman of Oxford.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In yonder grave a druid lies

Page No:

pp.116-118

Poem Title:

Ode On The Death of Mr. Thomson...The Scene of the following Stanzas Is supposed to lie on the Thames, Near Richmond.

Attribution:

By Mr. Collins.

Attributed To:

William Collins

First Line:

The doleful dumps I sing and tearful woes

Page No:

pp.119-124

Poem Title:

The Child Birth. In The Manner Of Gay.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

What fears what terrors does thy gift create

Page No:

p.125

Poem Title:

On A Lady's Presenting A Sprig Of Myrtle To A Gentleman.

Attribution:

By Mr. Hammond.

Attributed To:

James Hammond

First Line:

In this small work all nature's wonders see

Page No:

pp.126-127

Poem Title:

To A Young Lady With Fontenelle's Plurality of Worlds.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hail eldest of the monthly train

Page No:

p.128

Poem Title:

Ode On The Fifth Of December, Being the Birth-Day of a very beautiful Young Lady.

Attribution:

By Mr. Christopher Smart.

Attributed To:

Christopher Smart

First Line:

In the kalendies of januarie

Page No:

pp.129-131

Poem Title:

Part Of The Prologue To Sir David Lyndesay's Dream. Written in the Reign of King James V.

Attribution:

Sir David Lyndesay

Attributed To:

Sir David Lyndsay [Lindsay]

First Line:

Stately stept he east the wa

Page No:

pp.132-146

Poem Title:

Hardyknute. A Fragment.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Once more I join the Thespian choir

Page No:

pp.147-152

Poem Title:

Ode On Lyric Poetry.

Attribution:

By Dr. Akenside.

Attributed To:

Mark Akenside