The virgin muse [T124513]

DMI number:

417

Aliases

Virgin Muse

Confidence:

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Evidence:

Publication Date:

1717

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

T124513

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW112113891

Shelfmark:

BOD 12 Theta 1745

Full Title:

[i]The Virgin Muse.[/i] | Being a Collection of | POEMS | From our most Celebrated | [i]ENGLISH POETS.[/i] | Designed for the Use of | [i]Young Gentlemen and Ladies[/i], | At SCHOOLS. | [rule] | To which are added | Some Copies of Verses never before | Printed: With [i]Notes[/i], and a [i]Large | Index[/i], explaining the [i]difficult Places[/i], | and all the [i]hard Words.[/i] | [rule] | By [i]JAMES GREENWOOD[/i], | Author of the [i]Essay towards a Practical English | Grammar[/i], and Teacher of a Boarding-School at | [i]Woodford[/i], in [i]Essex[/i]. | [rule] | [i]LONDON[/i]: Printed: And are to be sold by [i]T. Varnam[/i] | and [i]J. Osborne[/i] at the [i]Oxford Arms[/i] in [i]Lombard street, | R. Halsey[/i] in St. [i]Michael's[/i] Church-Porch, [i]J. Brother- | ton[/i] at the [i]Black Bull[/i] in [i]Cornhil[/i], and [i]Jonas Brown[/i] at | the [i]Black Swan[/i] without [i]Temple Bar[/i]. 1717.

Epigraph:

n/a

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Collection of educational texts and Collection aimed at children/young people

Format:

Duodecimo

Pagination:

[2], iii-xii, 1-220 pp.

Comments:

Contents: Latin verse pp. 50-51. MISPAGINATION: B4 is mis-signed B3. Plates: engraving facing title page.

Other matter:

Prefatory matter: Dedication to Emma Child, Susanna Child, Anne Child, Elizabeth Hillersdon, Elizabeth Godfrey, Anne Perry, Anne Milner, Elizabeth Lingard, and Judith Butler, signed James Greenwood (pp. iii-iv); Preface (pp. v-vi); Contents (pp. vii-xii); Advertisement (p. xii). Back matter: Notes explaining some difficult places pp. 175-182; Alphabetical index pp. 183-220; Advertisement p. 220.

References:

Case 304. See also chp. 4 in Chantel M. Lavoie, Collecting Women: Poetry and Lives, 1700-1780 (Bucknell University Press, 2009).

Related Miscellanies

Title:

The virgin muse [T124652]

Publication Date:

1722

ESTC No:

T124652

Volume:

None

Relationship:

Reissue

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Title:

The virgin muse [T118389]

Publication Date:

1731

ESTC No:

T118389

Volume:

1 of 1

Relationship:

Reissue

Comments:

Related People

Dedicatee:

Anne Child

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Dedicatee:

Anne Milner

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Dedicatee:

Anne Perry

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Dedicatee:

Elizabeth Godfrey

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Dedicatee:

Elizabeth Hillersdon

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Dedicatee:

Elizabeth Lingard

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Dedicatee:

Emma Child

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Dedicatee:

Judith Butler

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Dedicatee:

Susanna Child

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Editor:

James Greenwood

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Comments:

'By JAMES GREENWOOD, Author of the Essay towards a Practical English Grammar, and Teacher of a Boarding-School at Woodford, in Essex.'

Sold by:

J. Brotherton

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Absolute (100%)

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'Printed: And are to be sold by T. Varnam and J. Osborne at the Oxford Arms in Lombard street, R. Halsey in St. Michael's Church-Porch, J. Brotherton at the Black Bull in Cornhil, and Jonas Brown at the Black Swan without Temple Bar.'

Sold by:

J. Osborn

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Comments:

'Printed: And are to be sold by T. Varnam and J. Osborne at the Oxford Arms in Lombard street, R. Halsey in St. Michael's Church-Porch, J. Brotherton at the Black Bull in Cornhil, and Jonas Brown at the Black Swan without Temple Bar.'

Sold by:

Jonas Brown

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Absolute (100%)

Comments:

'Printed: And are to be sold by T. Varnam and J. Osborne at the Oxford Arms in Lombard street, R. Halsey in St. Michael's Church-Porch, J. Brotherton at the Black Bull in Cornhil, and Jonas Brown at the Black Swan without Temple Bar.'

Sold by:

R. Halsey

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Absolute (100%)

Comments:

'Printed: And are to be sold by T. Varnam and J. Osborne at the Oxford Arms in Lombard street, R. Halsey in St. Michael's Church-Porch, J. Brotherton at the Black Bull in Cornhil, and Jonas Brown at the Black Swan without Temple Bar.'

Sold by:

T Varnam

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Absolute (100%)

Comments:

'Printed: And are to be sold by T. Varnam and J. Osborne at the Oxford Arms in Lombard street, R. Halsey in St. Michael's Church-Porch, J. Brotherton at the Black Bull in Cornhil, and Jonas Brown at the Black Swan without Temple Bar.'

Content/Publication

First Line:

The things that make a virgin please

Page No:

p.1

Poem Title:

The Virgin.

Attribution:

Mrs. Philips

Attributed To:

Katherine Philips

First Line:

Virtue dear friend needs no defence

Page No:

p.2

Poem Title:

Virtue.

Attribution:

Earl of Roscommon

Attributed To:

Wentworth Dillon

First Line:

Such moving sounds from such a careless touch

Page No:

pp.3-4

Poem Title:

On my Lady Isabella playing on the Lute.

Attribution:

Waller

Attributed To:

Edmund Waller

First Line:

Thirsis a youth of the inspired train

Page No:

p.3

Poem Title:

The Story of Phoebus and Daphne applied.

Attribution:

'Mr. Waller'

Attributed To:

Edmund Waller

First Line:

Saul's royal house two beauteous daughters graced

Page No:

pp.4-5

Poem Title:

A Description of King Saul's two Daughters.

Attribution:

Mr. Cowley

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

If dearest friend it my good fate might be

Page No:

p.6

Poem Title:

In Imitation of Martial's Epigram, Si tecum mihi chare Martialis, &c. L. 5. Ep. 21.

Attribution:

Cowley

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

Chloris yourself you so excel

Page No:

pp.7-8

Poem Title:

To a Lady singing a Song of his Composing.

Attribution:

Waller

Attributed To:

Edmund Waller

First Line:

Such Helen was and who can blame the boy

Page No:

p.7

Poem Title:

Under a Lady's Picture.

Attribution:

Waller

Attributed To:

Edmund Waller

First Line:

While she pretends to make the graces known

Page No:

p.7

Poem Title:

Of a Lady who writ in Praise of Mira.

Attribution:

Waller

Attributed To:

Edmund Waller

First Line:

Tell me o tell what kind of thing is wit

Page No:

pp.8-10

Poem Title:

Ode. Of Wit.

Attribution:

Cowley

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

Alexis shunned his fellow swains

Page No:

pp.10-11

Poem Title:

The Despairing Shepherd.

Attribution:

Mr. Prior

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Awake awake my lyre

Page No:

p.12

Poem Title:

David's Song under Michal's Window.

Attribution:

Cowley

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

When Israel was from bondage led

Page No:

p.13

Poem Title:

Psalm 114.

Attribution:

Cowley

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

Ah happy grove dark and secure retreat

Page No:

pp.14-15

Poem Title:

The Grove.

Attribution:

By the Earl of Roscommon

Attributed To:

Wentworth Dillon

First Line:

And from the midst a monstrous man stepped out

Page No:

pp.15-16

Poem Title:

A Description of Goliah's [sic] marching out of the Philistian Army.

Attribution:

Cowley

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

O azure vaults o crystal sky

Page No:

pp.17-19

Poem Title:

A Paraphrase on the 148th Psalm.

Attribution:

By the Earl of Roscommon

Attributed To:

Wentworth Dillon

First Line:

A mighty pain to love it is

Page No:

pp.20-21

Poem Title:

Gold.

Attribution:

Cowley

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

I'll sing of heroes and of kings

Page No:

p.20

Poem Title:

Love.

Attribution:

Cowley

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

Death thou hast seen

Page No:

pp.21-22

Poem Title:

Of Death.

Attribution:

Milton Paradise Lost. l. XI

Attributed To:

John Milton

First Line:

Then from the mountain hewing timber tall

Page No:

p.22

Poem Title:

Noah's Ark.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

There lived as authors tell in days of yore

Page No:

pp.23-24

Poem Title:

The Poor Old Widow.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Meanwhile the south wind rose and with black wings

Page No:

p.23

Poem Title:

The Deluge; or, Noah's Flood.

Attribution:

Milton Paradise Lost, l. XI.

Attributed To:

John Milton

First Line:

For crowing loud the noble Chanticleer

Page No:

p.25

Poem Title:

The Cock.

Attribution:

Dryden from Chaucer's Cock and the Fox

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Thus and with trembling hopes of strange success

Page No:

pp.25-27

Poem Title:

The Combate of David and Goliah. [sic]

Attribution:

Cowley

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

Whilst on Septimius's panting breast

Page No:

pp.27-29

Poem Title:

Acme and Septimius.

Attribution:

Cowley from Catullus

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

Excellent Brutus of all human race

Page No:

pp.29-32

Poem Title:

Brutus.

Attribution:

By Mr. Cowley

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

Thus to Glaucus spake | Divine Sarpedon since he did not find

Page No:

pp.32-33

Poem Title:

Sarpedon's Speech to Glaucus.

Attribution:

Denham, from the 12th of Homer's Iliad.

Attributed To:

Sir John Denham

First Line:

The stag now conscious of his fatal growth

Page No:

pp.33-35

Poem Title:

The Hunting of the Stag.

Attribution:

Denham

Attributed To:

Sir John Denham

First Line:

Morpheus the humble god that dwells

Page No:

pp.35-36

Poem Title:

A Song.

Attribution:

Denham

Attributed To:

Sir John Denham

First Line:

Such is our pride our folly or our fate

Page No:

pp.36-37

Poem Title:

To Sir Richard Fanshaw, upon his Translation of Pastor Fido.

Attribution:

Denham

Attributed To:

Sir John Denham

First Line:

To whom thus Eve replied O thou for whom

Page No:

pp.38-39

Poem Title:

Eve of herself to Adam.

Attribution:

Milton l. 4

Attributed To:

John Milton

First Line:

God ended or I heard no more for now

Page No:

pp.40-43

Poem Title:

Adam's Account of the Creation of Eve, and their Marriage.

Attribution:

Milton, Lib. 8

Attributed To:

John Milton

First Line:

My eye descending from the hill surveys

Page No:

pp.43-44

Poem Title:

A Description of the River Thames.

Attribution:

Sir John Denham's, Cooper's Hill

Attributed To:

Sir John Denham

First Line:

As once the lion honey gave

Page No:

pp.44-45

Poem Title:

Of the Lady Mary Princess of Orange. In the year 1677.

Attribution:

Waller

Attributed To:

Edmund Waller

First Line:

Fear not my dear a flame can never die

Page No:

pp.46-47

Poem Title:

Constancy.

Attribution:

By Sir Charles Sedley

Attributed To:

Sir Charles Sedley

First Line:

How hardly I concealed my tears

Page No:

p.46

Poem Title:

Song.

Attribution:

By Mrs. Wharton

Attributed To:

Anne Wharton [nee Lee]

First Line:

Long our divided state

Page No:

pp.47-50

Poem Title:

An Ode in Memory of Her Majesty Queen Mary.

Attribution:

By a Person of Quality

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here traveller under this cot

Page No:

p.51

Poem Title:

Mr. Cowley's Epitaph on himself, yet Alive.

Attribution:

Mr. Cowley

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

Strephon O Strephon once the jolliest lad

Page No:

pp.52-53

Poem Title:

A Pastoral Dialogue.

Attribution:

By Sir Charles Sedley

Attributed To:

Sir Charles Sedley

First Line:

Hector though warned by an approaching cry

Page No:

pp.54-58

Poem Title:

The parting of Hector with his Princess Andromache, and only Son Astyanax, when he went upon his last Expedition, in which he was slain by Achilles. Done out of the Greek of Homer, Iliad. 6.

Attribution:

By Mr. Knightly Chetwood

Attributed To:

Knightly Chetwood

First Line:

The nymph that undoes me is fair and unkind

Page No:

p.58

Poem Title:

To Sylvia.

Attribution:

By Sir George Etherege

Attributed To:

Sir George Etherege

First Line:

However tis well that while mankind

Page No:

pp.58-60

Poem Title:

To the Honourable Charles Montague, Esq.

Attribution:

Mr. Prior

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Thus Achelous ends his audience hear

Page No:

pp.60-66

Poem Title:

Baucis and Philemon. Out of the Eighth Book of Ovid's Metamorphosis.

Attribution:

Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Not winds to voyages at sea

Page No:

pp.67-69

Poem Title:

The Resurrection.

Attribution:

Cowley

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

When into Lybia the young Grecian came

Page No:

pp.69-70

Poem Title:

To Mr. Waller.

Attribution:

By Mr. G. Granville

Attributed To:

George Granville

First Line:

An early plant which such a blossom bears

Page No:

p.69

Poem Title:

To Mr. G. Granville, on his Verses to the King.

Attribution:

By Mr Edmund Waller

Attributed To:

Edmund Waller

First Line:

In vain you tell your parting lover

Page No:

p.70

Poem Title:

Song.

Attribution:

Mr. Prior

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

What art thou spleen which every thing dost ape

Page No:

pp.71-75

Poem Title:

The Spleen; a Pindarique Ode.

Attribution:

By a Lady

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Beneath this gloomy shade

Page No:

pp.76-77

Poem Title:

The Despair.

Attribution:

Cowley

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

The youth whose fortune the vast globe obeyed

Page No:

pp.77-78

Poem Title:

On the late horrid Conspiracy.

Attribution:

By Mr. Stepney

Attributed To:

George Stepney

First Line:

Love when 'tis true needs not the aid

Page No:

p.78

Poem Title:

Indifference excus'd.

Attribution:

By Sir Charles Sedley

Attributed To:

Sir Charles Sedley

First Line:

When Aurelia first became

Page No:

pp.79-80

Poem Title:

A Song.

Attribution:

By Sir Charles Sedley

Attributed To:

Sir Charles Sedley

First Line:

They sung how God spoke out the world's vast ball

Page No:

pp.80-81

Poem Title:

The Prophet's Song.

Attribution:

Cowley, David. l. I

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

We allowed you beauty and we did submit

Page No:

pp.82-84

Poem Title:

Ode. On Orinda's Poems.

Attribution:

Cowley

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

Whilst Melchor to his harp with wondrous skill

Page No:

p.85

Poem Title:

Melchor's Song.

Attribution:

Cowley, Davideis

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

Well then I now do plainly see

Page No:

pp.86-87

Poem Title:

The Wish.

Attribution:

Cowley

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

Upon a couch of down in these abodes

Page No:

p.87

Poem Title:

The God of Sloth.

Attribution:

Dr Garth's Dispensary

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

Enough my muse of earthly things

Page No:

pp.88-90

Poem Title:

Christ's Passion. Taken out of a Greek Ode. Written by Mr. Masters of New-College in Oxford.

Attribution:

Cowley

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

As the chameleon who is known

Page No:

pp.90-91

Poem Title:

The Camelon. [sic]

Attribution:

Mr. Prior

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Pindar is imitable by none

Page No:

pp.92-93

Poem Title:

The Praise of Pindar. In Imitation of Horace his Second Ode, B. 4.

Attribution:

Cowley

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

As he lay in the plain his arm under his head

Page No:

p.94

Poem Title:

Song.

Attribution:

By a Person of Honour

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Inhuman Sacharissa not to love

Page No:

p.95

Poem Title:

On Reading Mr. Waller's Poems

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Waller whose happy genius could improve

Page No:

pp.95-96

Poem Title:

Written in a Lady's Waller.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Fair that you may truly know

Page No:

pp.96-98

Poem Title:

To Amoret.

Attribution:

Waller

Attributed To:

Edmund Waller

First Line:

Tell me lovely loving pair

Page No:

pp.98-99

Poem Title:

On the Friendship betwixt two Ladies.

Attribution:

Waller

Attributed To:

Edmund Waller

First Line:

In all her mazes nature's face they viewed

Page No:

pp.99-100

Poem Title:

Natural Philosophy.

Attribution:

Sir Samuel Garth's Dispensary

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

Strange that such horror and such grace

Page No:

pp.100-101

Poem Title:

To a fair Lady playing with a Snake.

Attribution:

Waller

Attributed To:

Edmund Waller

First Line:

Dear Thomas didst thou never pop

Page No:

pp.101-102

Poem Title:

A Simile, or Comparison.

Attribution:

Prior

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

His shop the gazing vulgar's eyes employs

Page No:

pp.102-103

Poem Title:

The Quack-Doctor.

Attribution:

Dr Garth's Dispensary

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

Tender Celia sat sighing

Page No:

pp.103-104

Poem Title:

These following Verses were made upon a Lady's accidentally killing her favourite Lap-Dog.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Madam I thank you for this visit now

Page No:

pp.104-107

Poem Title:

Against Scandal. A Dialogue between Two Ladies.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

For the dull world most honour pay to those

Page No:

p.107

Poem Title:

Credulity, or the Inconstancy of Mankind.

Attribution:

Garth

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

Nigh the recess of chaos and dull night

Page No:

pp.108-109

Poem Title:

The Infirmary, or Diseases.

Attribution:

Dr. Garth

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

Anger in hasty words or blows

Page No:

pp.109-111

Poem Title:

Of Love.

Attribution:

Waller

Attributed To:

Edmund Waller

First Line:

Ask me not friend what I approve or blame

Page No:

p.109

Poem Title:

To Sir Samuel Garth, on his Dispensary.

Attribution:

Colonel Codrington

Attributed To:

Christopher Codrington

First Line:

Three poets in three distant ages born

Page No:

p.111

Poem Title:

On Mr. Milton.

Attribution:

By Mr. Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Again God said let there be firmament

Page No:

pp.112-113

Poem Title:

Of the Firmament.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Let there be light said God and forthwith light

Page No:

p.112

Poem Title:

Creation of the World. Of Light.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

So high as heaved the tumid hills so low

Page No:

pp.113-114

Poem Title:

Of the Sea and Rivers.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The earth was formed but in the womb as yet

Page No:

p.113

Poem Title:

Of the dry Land.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

And saw that it was good and said let the earth

Page No:

pp.114-115

Poem Title:

Of the Herbs and Trees.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Again the almighty spake let there be lights

Page No:

pp.115-117

Poem Title:

Of the Sun, Moon, and Stars.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

And God said let the waters generate

Page No:

pp.117-118

Poem Title:

Of Fish.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Meanwhile the tepid caves and fens and shores

Page No:

pp.118-119

Poem Title:

Of the Birds.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The sixth and of creation last arose

Page No:

pp.119-120

Poem Title:

Of the Beasts.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

At once came forth whatever creeps the ground

Page No:

pp.120-121

Poem Title:

Of the Creeping Things.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

There wanted yet the master work the end

Page No:

pp.121-122

Poem Title:

Of Man.

Attribution:

Milton's Paradise Lost, Lib. 7.

Attributed To:

John Milton

First Line:

Go mighty prince and those great nations see

Page No:

pp.122-123

Poem Title:

To his Grace the Duke of Marlborough, upon his going into Germany.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Twas at the royal feast for Persia won

Page No:

pp.123-128

Poem Title:

Alexander's Feast; or the Power of Musick: An Ode, in Honour of St. Cecilia's Day.

Attribution:

By Mr. Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

He deals in destiny's dark counsels

Page No:

pp.128-129

Poem Title:

The Cunning Man, or Conjurer.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Disguised in all the mask of night

Page No:

pp.129-130

Poem Title:

Flight.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Samuel Butler

First Line:

Ye careful angels whom eternal fate

Page No:

pp.130-132

Poem Title:

Presented to the King, at his Arrival in Holland, after the Discovery of the Conspiracy, in 1696.

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Madam | I own impertinence a crime

Page No:

pp.133-135

Poem Title:

Love Verses.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Full in the midst of this created space

Page No:

pp.135-136

Poem Title:

The Palace of Fame.

Attribution:

Dryd. Ovid.

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

There is a tall long sided dame

Page No:

pp.136-137

Poem Title:

The Description of Fame.

Attribution:

Hudibras

Attributed To:

Samuel Butler

First Line:

O loss of sight of thee I most complain

Page No:

pp.137-139

Poem Title:

Sampson's Complaint on his Blindness.

Attribution:

Milton's Sampson Agonistes

Attributed To:

John Milton

First Line:

Ye virgin powers defend my heart

Page No:

p.139

Poem Title:

A Song.

Attribution:

By a lady

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Fairest of thy sex and best

Page No:

p.140

Poem Title:

A Song.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Flavia the least and slightest toy

Page No:

p.140

Poem Title:

Written in the Leaves of a Fan.

Attribution:

Dr. A---ry

Attributed To:

Francis Atterbury

First Line:

Fame the great ill from small beginnings grow

Page No:

p.141

Poem Title:

A Description of Fame.

Attribution:

Dryd. Virg.

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

While fame is young too weak to fly away

Page No:

p.142

Poem Title:

Of Fame.

Attribution:

Duke of Buckingham

Attributed To:

John Sheffield

First Line:

Hail holy light offspring of heaven first born

Page No:

pp.142-144

Poem Title:

On Light.

Attribution:

Milton Parad. lost, l. 3.

Attributed To:

John Milton

First Line:

The golden age was first when man yet new

Page No:

pp.144-145

Poem Title:

The Four Ages of the World. The Golden Age.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

But when good Saturn banished from above

Page No:

p.145

Poem Title:

The Silver Age.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To this came next in course the brazen age

Page No:

p.146

Poem Title:

The Brazen Age.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hard steel succeeded then

Page No:

pp.146-147

Poem Title:

The Iron Age.

Attribution:

Dryden from Ovid

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Midas the king as in his book appears

Page No:

pp.147-148

Poem Title:

The Story of Midas.

Attribution:

Dryden from Chaucer

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

How sacred and how innocent

Page No:

pp.148-151

Poem Title:

A Country Life.

Attribution:

Mrs Philips

Attributed To:

Katherine Philips

First Line:

How weak a star doth rule mankind

Page No:

pp.151-152

Poem Title:

Death.

Attribution:

Mrs Philips

Attributed To:

Katherine Philips

First Line:

Say mighty love and teach my song

Page No:

pp.152-154

Poem Title:

Few Happy Matches.

Attribution:

By the Reverend Mr. Wats

Attributed To:

Isaac Watts

First Line:

Why should our joys transform to pain

Page No:

pp.154-156

Poem Title:

The Indian Philosopher.

Attribution:

By the same Author [i.e. Watts]

Attributed To:

Isaac Watts

First Line:

Autumn succeeds a sober tepid age

Page No:

pp.157-158

Poem Title:

Autumn, or Fall of the Leaf.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Perceivest thou not the process of the year

Page No:

p.157

Poem Title:

The Four Seasons of the Year. Spring.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Proceeding onward whence the year began

Page No:

p.157

Poem Title:

Summer.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

There's no such thing as pleasure here

Page No:

pp.158-159

Poem Title:

Against Pleasure.

Attribution:

Mrs. Philips

Attributed To:

Katherine Philips

First Line:

Last winter creeps along with tardy pace

Page No:

p.158

Poem Title:

Winter.

Attribution:

Dryden from Ovid. Met. l. 15.

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

These are thy glorious works parent of good

Page No:

pp.159-161

Poem Title:

Adam's Prayer.

Attribution:

Milton's Paradise Lost, L. 5.

Attributed To:

John Milton

First Line:

In ancient times as story tells

Page No:

pp.161-166

Poem Title:

Baucis and Philemon. Imitated from the 8th Book of Ovid.

Attribution:

By Jonathan Swift, D. D.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

Carus by hardy Epicurus taught

Page No:

pp.166-168

Poem Title:

The Blessings of Religion.

Attribution:

Sir Richard Blackmore's Creation, L. 2

Attributed To:

Sir Richard Blackmore

First Line:

Just in the gate and in the jaws of hell

Page No:

p.169

Poem Title:

The Entrance into the Infernal Regions.

Attribution:

Dryden's Virgil

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

At length they came into a larger space

Page No:

pp.169-170

Poem Title:

A like Description from our celebrated Spencer

Attribution:

our celebrated Spencer

Attributed To:

Edmund Spenser

First Line:

Abroad in arms at home in studious kind

Page No:

pp.170-171

Poem Title:

Industry.

Attribution:

Spencer's Fairy Queen

Attributed To:

Edmund Spenser

First Line:

From whence returning sad and comfortless

Page No:

pp.171-172

Poem Title:

A Description of Despair.

Attribution:

Spencer, L. I.

Attributed To:

Edmund Spenser

First Line:

Ovyde among other thynges smale

Page No:

pp.172-173

Poem Title:

The Story of Midas.

Attribution:

As told by Geffrey Chaucer

Attributed To:

Geoffrey Chaucer

First Line:

A poor wydowe som dele ystept in age

Page No:

pp.173-174

Poem Title:

The Poor Old Widow.

Attribution:

as it was written by Geffrey Chaucer

Attributed To:

Geoffrey Chaucer