The Venture [T180600] [ecco]

DMI number:

61

Publication Date:

1731

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

T180600

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW115650953

Shelfmark:

BOD Harding C 3072

Full Title:

THE | [i]VENTURE:[/i] | BEING A | COLLECTION | OF | POEMS | ON | Several Occasions. | [rule] | [epigraph] | [rule] | [ornament] | [double rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for J. PENN, in [i]Westminster-Hall.[/i] | [short rule] | M. DCC. XXXI. [Pr. 1 [i]s[/i] 6 [i]d.[/i]

Epigraph:

[i]Aude aliquid si vis esse aliquis.[/i] JUV.

Place of Publication:

London

Format:

Octavo

Price:

1 s 6d

Pagination:

0

Other matter:

Prefatory matter: Contents, pp. iii-iv.

Related People

Publisher:

J. Penn

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Printed for J. Penn, in Westminster-Hall.

Content/Publication

First Line:

When Phoebus' beams refulgent splendors show

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pp.1-2

Poem Title:

The Introduction.

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Immortal goddess heavenly fair

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pp.3-4

Poem Title:

To the Paphian Deity. A Song.

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First Line:

Stay gentle boy oh stay thy dart

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pp.4-5

Poem Title:

Myrtilla's Answer.

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First Line:

The plan of Ptolemy and Ticho's scheme

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p.5

Poem Title:

An Encomium upon Sir Isaac Newton.

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First Line:

Since in every degree

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pp.6-7

Poem Title:

A Comfort to Cuckolds.

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First Line:

I mean not sad treason or scandal to sing

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pp.8-10

Poem Title:

The Duel.

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First Line:

Minutest insect of the skipping race

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pp.11-12

Poem Title:

On a Flea.

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First Line:

All over th' extended sea when wanton gales

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pp.12-14

Poem Title:

Thetys.

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First Line:

O god of love propitious boy

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p.15

Poem Title:

To Venus and Cupid. A Song.

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First Line:

Hail Indian plant to ancient times unknown

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p.16

Poem Title:

On Tobacco.

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First Line:

Oh thou whose works through all devouring time

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pp.16-18

Poem Title:

On Homer.

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First Line:

Where ugliness in pride's combined

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pp.18-19

Poem Title:

The Composition of an Old Maid.

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First Line:

Here underneath an infant lies

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p.19

Poem Title:

On the Death of an Infant.

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First Line:

Great Pallas born of Jove's immortal brain

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pp.20-22

Poem Title:

Minerva.

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First Line:

Since you dear doctor saved my life

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pp.22-24

Poem Title:

An Epistolary Letter from J. H. to Sir Hans Sloane.

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J. H.

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First Line:

Where zephyrs play and cooing doves

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p.25

Poem Title:

A Song.

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First Line:

Attend ye nymphs and humble swains

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pp.26-28

Poem Title:

On Clavinna's Falsehood.

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First Line:

Go faithless organ to deceive thy trust

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p.26

Poem Title:

Occasioned by the Old Organ's being pulled down in Westminster-Abby.

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First Line:

Hail sacred day for thought most glorious theme

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p.28

Poem Title:

Upon Christmas-Day.

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First Line:

When hunger's sauce and bellies chime

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pp.29-32

Poem Title:

Ceres.

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All materials are the same

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p.32-33

Poem Title:

To my Coy Caelia.

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First Line:

When Lydia loved the warbling choir

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pp.34-35

Poem Title:

A Song.

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First Line:

Let Hymen's joys auspicious crown the year

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p.35

Poem Title:

To a Friend on his Marriage. Sent on New-Year's Day.

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First Line:

Of wonders daily do I read

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p.36

Poem Title:

A Whim.

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First Line:

A warrener of Middlesex

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pp.37-39

Poem Title:

The Fable of the Warrener, Ferrets, and Conies.

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First Line:

You may perhaps sirs ask the reason

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pp.39-42

Poem Title:

Prosperine.

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First Line:

Bellona calls then cleanse your warlike arms

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p.43

Poem Title:

To a Captain Married.

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First Line:

When first my Chloe's heart was moved

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pp.43-44

Poem Title:

On Chloe's Love.

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First Line:

Old Zoilus the grave at dame Critice bore

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pp.45-48

Poem Title:

The Sessions of the Critics.

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First Line:

Come tell me Strephon tell me why

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pp.49-50

Poem Title:

To a Friend, grown melancholy on being slighted by his Mistress.

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First Line:

Thou son of Bacchus and the Cyprian dame

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p.50

Poem Title:

To Hymen.

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First Line:

On summons of my muse t' appear

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pp.51-54

Poem Title:

Venus.

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First Line:

When Saturn was pursued by angry Jove

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p.54

Poem Title:

On Saturn's Banishment.

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First Line:

When gloomy souls with cares are pressed

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p.55

Poem Title:

On Love and Musick.

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First Line:

A nymph with peerless charms I once adored

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p.56

Poem Title:

To my False Lesbia.

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First Line:

Estate bequeathed not got with toil

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p.57

Poem Title:

The Happy Life.

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First Line:

Assist my muse to sing in powerful strains

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pp.58-60

Poem Title:

On a Cat.

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