The Works of Horace in English by Mr. Duncombe, Sen. J. Duncombe, M.A. and Other Hands [Vol 2] [T52758] [ECCO]
- DMI number:
- 931
- Publication Date:
- 1767
- Volume Number:
- 2 of 4
- ESTC number:
- T52758
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW3313613841
- Full Title:
- THE | WORKS of HORACE, | In ENGLISH VERSE, | BY | Mr. DUNCOMBE, Sen. J. DUNCOMBE, M. A. | And OTHER HANDS. | With NOTES HISTORICAL and CRITICAL. | THE SECOND EDITION. | To which are added, | Many IMITATIONS, now first published. | Vol. II B.III. Ode. 4. | [Plate] | [i]S D. inv. et. del. A. Walker. Sculp.[/i] | VOLUME II. | LONDON, Printed for B. White, in Fleet-street; | T. BECKET, and P. A. DE HONDT, in the Strand; and | W. NICOLL, in St. Paul's Church-yard. MDCCLXVII.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Format:
- Duodecimo
- Bibliographic details:
- [Title pages]
- Other matter:
- Index/Table of Contents: pp.i-iv Dedication 1p. Postscript. pp.333-336
- Editor:
- John Duncombe
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Editor:
- William Duncombe
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- Peter Abraham De Hondt
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- Thomas Becket
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- W. Nicoll
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- I hate the vulgar a licentious throng
- Page No:
- p.1
- Poem Title:
- The Third Book of the Odes of Horace. Prologue.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Kings rule their flocks with awful sway
- Page No:
- pp.1-3
- Poem Title:
- Ode I. Inscribed to John Duncombe, Esq; of Stocks, in the County of Hertford, the Translator's Brother.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. W. Duncombe.
- Attributed To:
- William Duncombe
- First Line:
- I hate the common herd hence ye profane
- Page No:
- pp.7-9
- Poem Title:
- The Same Ode Imitated.
- Attribution:
- By Barton Booth, Esq.
- Attributed To:
- Barton Booth
- First Line:
- The youth my friends robust in war
- Page No:
- pp.9-10
- Poem Title:
- Ode II. To his Friends.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. J. Duncombe.
- Attributed To:
- John Duncombe
- First Line:
- The man resolved and firmly just
- Page No:
- pp.12-14
- Poem Title:
- Ode IIi.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. J. Duncombe.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The man that's resolute and just
- Page No:
- pp.17-21
- Poem Title:
- The Same Ode Imitated.
- Attribution:
- By William Walsh, Esq.
- Attributed To:
- William Walsh
- First Line:
- Descend thou sweetest of the tuneful train
- Page No:
- pp.21-25
- Poem Title:
- Ode IV. To Calliope.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. J. Duncombe.
- Attributed To:
- John Duncombe
- First Line:
- O liberty to Britain's favoured land
- Page No:
- pp.32-36
- Poem Title:
- The Same Ode Imitated. To Liberty.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. J. Duncombe.
- Attributed To:
- John Duncombe
- First Line:
- We own the sovereign power of Jove
- Page No:
- pp.37-39
- Poem Title:
- Ode V.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. J. Duncombe.
- Attributed To:
- John Duncombe
- First Line:
- Those ills your ancestors have done
- Page No:
- pp.45-48
- Poem Title:
- Ode VI. To the Roman People.
- Attribution:
- By Wentworth, Earl of Roscommon.
- Attributed To:
- Wentworth Dillon
- First Line:
- Briton the thunder of the wrath divine
- Page No:
- pp.51-56
- Poem Title:
- The Same Ode Imitated, To the People of Great Britain.
- Attribution:
- Dr. Robert Lowth, Prebendary of Durham.
- Attributed To:
- Robert Lowth
- First Line:
- Say why does fair Asterie mourn
- Page No:
- pp.57-59
- Poem Title:
- Ode VII. To Asterie.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Duncombe, Senior.
- Attributed To:
- William Duncombe
- First Line:
- Weep not o peerless wife in vain
- Page No:
- pp.60-62
- Poem Title:
- The Same Ode Imitated. To Mrs. ---- ----.
- Attribution:
- By another Hand.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In Greek and Roman writings skilled
- Page No:
- pp.62-63
- Poem Title:
- Ode VIII. To Maecenas.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Duncombe, sen.
- Attributed To:
- William Duncombe
- First Line:
- Whilst I was fond and you were kind
- Page No:
- pp.68-69
- Poem Title:
- Ode IX. A Dialogue between Horace and Lydia.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Francis Atterbury, Late Lord Bishop of Rochester.
- Attributed To:
- Francis Atterbury
- First Line:
- Celia when I alone was blessed
- Page No:
- pp.71-72
- Poem Title:
- The Same Ode Imitated.
- Attribution:
- By another Hand.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Did Lyce drink at Tanais' head
- Page No:
- pp.73-74
- Poem Title:
- Ode X. To Lyce.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Duncombe, sen.
- Attributed To:
- William Duncombe
- First Line:
- Hermes by whom Amphion's song
- Page No:
- pp.75-77
- Poem Title:
- Ode XI. To Mercury.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Duncombe, sen.
- Attributed To:
- William Duncombe
- First Line:
- Wretched the girl forbid to prove
- Page No:
- p.80
- Poem Title:
- Ode XII. To Neobule.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Nymph of the spring whose waves surpass
- Page No:
- p.82-83
- Poem Title:
- Ode XIII. To the Nymph presiding over the Blandusian Fountain.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. J. Duncombe.
- Attributed To:
- John Duncombe
- First Line:
- O thou whose nip the trivial strain
- Page No:
- pp.85-86
- Poem Title:
- The Same Ode Imitated. To the Pen, employed in writing Sermons.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. J. Duncombe.
- Attributed To:
- John Duncombe
- First Line:
- Caesar like Hercules in Spain
- Page No:
- pp.86-87
- Poem Title:
- Ode XIV. On the Return of Augustus from Spain.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Duncombe, sen.
- Attributed To:
- William Duncombe
- First Line:
- Thou wife of Ibycus the poor
- Page No:
- pp.90-91
- Poem Title:
- Ode XV. To Chloris.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Within a brazen tower immured
- Page No:
- pp.92-94
- Poem Title:
- Ode XVI. To Maecenas.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. J. Duncombe.
- Attributed To:
- John Duncombe
- First Line:
- Danae inclosed in towers of brass
- Page No:
- pp.98-100
- Poem Title:
- The Same Ode Imitated.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Samuel Say.
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Say
- First Line:
- Aelius whose noble lineage springs
- Page No:
- pp.101-102
- Poem Title:
- Ode XVII. To Aelius Lamia.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Duncombe, sen.
- Attributed To:
- William Duncombe
- First Line:
- Faunus still fond to chase the train
- Page No:
- p.104
- Poem Title:
- Ode XVIII. To Faunus.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Duncombe, sen.
- Attributed To:
- William Duncombe
- First Line:
- With needless search the years you trace
- Page No:
- pp.107-108
- Poem Title:
- Ode XIX. To Telephus.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. J. Duncombe.
- Attributed To:
- John Duncombe
- First Line:
- How from the lioness you bear
- Page No:
- p.112
- Poem Title:
- Ode XX. To Pyrrhus.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Duncombe, sen.
- Attributed To:
- William Duncombe
- First Line:
- With me coeval in the year
- Page No:
- pp.114-115
- Poem Title:
- Ode XXI. To his Cask. Inscribed to George Jeffreys, Esq.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Duncombe, sen.
- Attributed To:
- William Duncombe
- First Line:
- Of woods and mountains guardian-maid
- Page No:
- p.119
- Poem Title:
- Ode XXII. To Diana.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- If each new moon my rustic maid
- Page No:
- pp.120-121
- Poem Title:
- Ode XXIII. To Phidyle.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Duncombe, sen.
- Attributed To:
- William Duncombe
- First Line:
- Though India's stores your wealth excelled
- Page No:
- pp.125-127
- Poem Title:
- Ode XXIV.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. J. Duncombe.
- Attributed To:
- John Duncombe
- First Line:
- Could you Golconda's treasures gain
- Page No:
- pp.134-136
- Poem Title:
- The Same Ode Imitated.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. J. Duncombe.
- Attributed To:
- John Duncombe
- First Line:
- Whither Bacchus wouldst thou bear me
- Page No:
- pp.136-137
- Poem Title:
- Ode XXV. To Bacchus.
- Attribution:
- By another Hand.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Whither on the muse's pinion
- Page No:
- pp.140-141
- Poem Title:
- The Same Ode Imitated. To The Rev. Mr. Hirst, F. R. S. Chaplain to his Majesty's Ship the Lenox.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. J. Duncombe.
- Attributed To:
- John Duncombe
- First Line:
- Fit for the girls in Venus' cause
- Page No:
- pp.141-142
- Poem Title:
- Ode XXVI. To Venus.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Whenever the wicked roam abroad
- Page No:
- pp.144-147
- Poem Title:
- Ode XXVII. To Galatea, Setting out for Brundusium, in order to embark for Greece.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Duncombe, sen.
- Attributed To:
- William Duncombe
- First Line:
- What honours Lyde shall we pay
- Page No:
- p.164
- Poem Title:
- Ode XXVIII. To Lyde.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Descended of an ancient line
- Page No:
- pp.166-170
- Poem Title:
- Ode XXIX. To Maecenas.
- Attribution:
- By John Dryden, Esq.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- First Line:
- A monument on stable base
- Page No:
- p.174
- Poem Title:
- Ode XXX.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Tis done I tower to that degree
- Page No:
- pp.177-178
- Poem Title:
- The Same Ode Imitated.
- Attribution:
- By a Batchelor of Arts.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- O spare me Venus goddess spare
- Page No:
- pp.183-185
- Poem Title:
- Ode I. To Venus.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Duncombe sen.
- Attributed To:
- William Duncombe
- First Line:
- Venus callst thou once more to arms
- Page No:
- pp.186-190
- Poem Title:
- The Same Ode Imitated. Inscribed to The Right Hon. Hugh Lord Polwarth, now Earl of Marchemont.
- Attribution:
- By William Hamilton, Esq.
- Attributed To:
- William of Bangour Hamilton
- First Line:
- Whoever with impious hand essays
- Page No:
- pp.196-197
- Poem Title:
- Part of the Same Ode Imitated. To the Rev. Dr. Douglas, now Canon of Windsor.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. J. Duncombe.
- Attributed To:
- John Duncombe
- First Line:
- He on whose birth the lyric queen
- Page No:
- pp.198-199
- Poem Title:
- Ode III. To his Muse.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Francis Atterbury, late Lord Bishop of Rochester.
- Attributed To:
- Francis Atterbury
- First Line:
- Whoever to studious leisure trained
- Page No:
- pp.199-200
- Poem Title:
- The Same Ode Imitated.
- Attribution:
- By a fellow of College.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- As Jove's imperial bird to whom the sway
- Page No:
- pp.201-203
- Poem Title:
- Ode IV. The Praises of Drusus and Tiberius.
- Attribution:
- By George Jeffres, Esq.
- Attributed To:
- George Jeffreys
- First Line:
- As western Orellana king of floods
- Page No:
- pp.208-211
- Poem Title:
- The Same Ode Imitated. On the Conquest of Louisbourg, Quebec, and all Canada, By the Generals Amherst and Wolfe.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. J. Duncombe.
- Attributed To:
- John Duncombe
- First Line:
- O born when stars auspicious smiled
- Page No:
- pp.212-213
- Poem Title:
- Ode V. To Augustus Caesar.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Duncombe, sen.
- Attributed To:
- William Duncombe
- First Line:
- Guardian of Britain come away
- Page No:
- pp.217-219
- Poem Title:
- The Same Ode Imitated. To his Majesty.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. J. Duncombe.
- Attributed To:
- John Duncombe
- First Line:
- O Phoebus whose unerring darts
- Page No:
- pp.219-221
- Poem Title:
- Ode VI. To Apollo.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. J. Duncombe.
- Attributed To:
- John Duncombe
- First Line:
- The snow is melted see the ground
- Page No:
- pp.226-227
- Poem Title:
- Ode VII. To Manlius Lucius Torquatus.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Duncombe, sen.
- Attributed To:
- William Duncombe
- First Line:
- Could I Parrhasius' works command
- Page No:
- pp.229-230
- Poem Title:
- Ode VIII. Inscribed to J. P. Shard, Esq.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Duncombe, sen.
- Attributed To:
- William Duncombe
- First Line:
- Did but kind fate to me impart
- Page No:
- pp.231-233
- Poem Title:
- The Same Ode Imitated. To the Right Hon. Philip Lord Viscount Royston, now Earl of Hardwicke.
- Attribution:
- By Soame Jenyns, Esq.
- Attributed To:
- Soame Jenyns
- First Line:
- Think not my Lollius that the song
- Page No:
- pp.233-236
- Poem Title:
- Ode IX. To Lollius. Inscribed to the Memory of Sir John Barnard.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Duncombe, sen.
- Attributed To:
- William Duncombe
- First Line:
- Think not my Lord these strains shall die
- Page No:
- pp.239-240
- Poem Title:
- The Same Ode Imitated. To the Right Hon. John Earl of Corke.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. J. Duncombe.
- Attributed To:
- John Duncombe
- First Line:
- Blessed as thou art with beauty's arms
- Page No:
- pp.240-241
- Poem Title:
- Ode X. To Ligurina.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. J. M.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- My vault exults a cask to hold
- Page No:
- pp.241-242
- Poem Title:
- Ode XI. To Phyllis.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The spring's companions Thracian gales
- Page No:
- pp.243-245
- Poem Title:
- Ode XII. To Virgil.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Duncombe, sen.
- Attributed To:
- William Duncombe
- First Line:
- Observe how calmly warm my friend
- Page No:
- pp.246-247
- Poem Title:
- The Same Ode Imitated. To Charles Pratt, Esq; Now Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Whalley, late Fellow of King's College, Cambridge.
- Attributed To:
- John Whalley
- First Line:
- Lyce at length my vows are heard
- Page No:
- pp.248-249
- Poem Title:
- Ode XIII. To Lyce.
- Attribution:
- By Richard Roderick, Esq.
- Attributed To:
- Richard Roderick
- First Line:
- How shall the senate how the people's care
- Page No:
- pp.250-252
- Poem Title:
- Ode XIV. To Augustus Caesar.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Duncombe, sen.
- Attributed To:
- William Duncombe
- First Line:
- How shall Voltaire's recording lay
- Page No:
- pp.259-262
- Poem Title:
- The Same Ode Imitated. To his Majesty the King of Prussia.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. J. Duncombe.
- Attributed To:
- John Duncombe
- First Line:
- To sing of wars when I aspire
- Page No:
- pp.262-263
- Poem Title:
- Ode XV. To Augustus Caesar.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Duncombe, sen.
- Attributed To:
- William Duncombe
- First Line:
- When stretched beneath the beechen shade
- Page No:
- pp.268-270
- Poem Title:
- The Same Ode Imitated. To his Majesty.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. J. Duncombe.
- Attributed To:
- John Duncombe
- First Line:
- You in Liburnian barks my friend
- Page No:
- pp.275-276
- Poem Title:
- Ode I. To Maecenas.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. J. Duncombe.
- Attributed To:
- John Duncombe
- First Line:
- Blessed as our sires of old is he
- Page No:
- pp.278-280
- Poem Title:
- Ode II. The Praises of a Country Life.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. J. Duncombe.
- Attributed To:
- John Duncombe
- First Line:
- Thrice happy who free from ambition and pride
- Page No:
- pp.281-284
- Poem Title:
- The Same Ode Imitated. On the late Earl of Granville's taking the Seals.
- Attribution:
- By Isaac Hawkins Browne, Esq.
- Attributed To:
- Isaac Hawkins Browne
- First Line:
- Should impious sons in future times
- Page No:
- pp.284-285
- Poem Title:
- Ode III. To Maecenas.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When wolves no longer lambs pursue
- Page No:
- pp.285-286
- Poem Title:
- Ode IV. To a Military Tribune, who had been a Slave.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- But by the gods in heaven whose sway
- Page No:
- pp.287-292
- Poem Title:
- Ode V. On Canidia.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Duncombe, sen.
- Attributed To:
- William Duncombe
- First Line:
- Why barkst thou at the harmless guest
- Page No:
- pp.294-295
- Poem Title:
- Ode VI. To Cassius Severus.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Say ye vile race what frenzy draws
- Page No:
- p.296
- Poem Title:
- Ode VII. To the Roman People.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. J. Duncombe.
- Attributed To:
- John Duncombe
- First Line:
- Say daring clans what false alarms
- Page No:
- pp.298-299
- Poem Title:
- The Same Ode Imitated. To the Scotch Highlanders.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. J. Duncombe.
- Attributed To:
- John Duncombe
- First Line:
- When in large draughts of hoarded wine
- Page No:
- pp.299-301
- Poem Title:
- Ode IX. To Maecenas. On Octavius's naval Victory at Actium.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. J. Duncombe.
- Attributed To:
- John Duncombe
- First Line:
- Say veteran friend beloved remain
- Page No:
- pp.303-305
- Poem Title:
- The Same Ode Imitated. To Colonel Richard King. On Sir Edward Hawke's Victory over the French Fleet off Belleisle.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. J. Duncombe.
- Attributed To:
- John Duncombe
- First Line:
- In an unlucky hour the ship
- Page No:
- pp.305-306
- Poem Title:
- Ode X. On Maevius.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ah Pettius I no more indite
- Page No:
- pp.307-308
- Poem Title:
- Ode XI. To Pettius.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. J. Duncombe.
- Attributed To:
- John Duncombe
- First Line:
- See gathering clouds obscure the sky
- Page No:
- pp.309-310
- Poem Title:
- Ode XIII. To a Friend.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. J. Duncombe.
- Attributed To:
- John Duncombe
- First Line:
- I grieve to hear you oft enquire
- Page No:
- p.312
- Poem Title:
- Ode XIV. Maecenas.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I hear my friend you oft enquire
- Page No:
- pp.313-314
- Poem Title:
- The Same Ode Imitated. To Miss B----ws.
- Attribution:
- By Mrs. J. Duncombe.
- Attributed To:
- Susanna Duncombe [née Highmore]
- First Line:
- Twas night and Cynthia with her starry train
- Page No:
- pp.314-315
- Poem Title:
- Ode XV. To Neaera.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A second age in wars we waste away
- Page No:
- pp.316-318
- Poem Title:
- Ode XVI. To the Roman People.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. J. Duncombe
- Attributed To:
- John Duncombe
- First Line:
- At length thy powerful arts I own
- Page No:
- pp.320-322
- Poem Title:
- Ode XVII. To Canidia.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Why do thy prayers thus stun my ear
- Page No:
- pp.323-324
- Poem Title:
- Ode XVIII. Canidia's Answer.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Phoebus and Cynthia over the chase
- Page No:
- pp.325-328
- Poem Title:
- The Secular Ode.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Duncombe sen.
- Attributed To:
- William Duncombe
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