The Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, and Dorset [vol. I] [BL]

DMI number:

1480

Aliases

Works of Rochester, Roscommon, etc.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

Publication Date:

1756

Volume Number:

1 of 2

ESTC number:

N/A

EEBO/ECCO link:

N/A

Shelfmark:

BL 1568/4397

Full Title:

THE | WORKS | Of the EARLS of | ROCHESTER, | ROSCOMON, | AND | DORSET; | The DUKES of | DEVONSHIRE, | BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, &[i]c[/i]. | WITH | MEMOIRS of their LIVES. | [rule] | In TWO VOLUMES. | [rule] | With Additions, and adorned with Cuts. | [rule] | [i]GLASGOW:[/i] | Printed in the Year, M.DCC.L.VI.

Place of Publication:

Glasgow

Genres:

Miscellany associated with group of poets

Format:

Duodecimo

Pagination:

[2], [3]-168.

Bibliographic details:

ESTC indexes this volume as N35511, but it is a different setting and has different engravings. Vertical chain-lines: long duodecimo.

Comments:

Plates: Frontispiece, facing pages 30, 50, 129. All unsigned. These plates closely follow J. Clark's designs (see T95241). The plate facing p.50 is also in copy of N35511 at UTexas (on ECCO), where unlike here the page cue (p.58) matches position. In N35511 the plates follow follow Clark's designs but are inverted, suggesting that the engraver was working from prints (i.e. copying Clark's designs as printed straight onto a plate. In this volume the print at pages 30 and 50 are inverted, but that at p.129 is in the same orientation as Clark's in T95241. A possible explanation is a double inversion - N35511 copies Clark, the engraver for this volume copies that copy. This theory is supported by the similar shape of the shadow beneath the bed in the engraving 'The Disappointment' in N35511 and this volume, distinct from that in Clark's design.

Other matter:

Prefatory: 'Some Memoirs of the Earl of Rochester,' (pp.[3]-18); 'A Character of the Earl of Rochester By Mr. Wolsey' (pp.19-23); 'A Character of the Earl of Rochester By Mr. Wood' (pp.24-25); ''A Character of the Earl of Rochester By the Rev. Mr. Parsons' (pp.25-26); ''A Character of the Earl of Rochester By Dr. Burnet' (pp.27-29); Alexander Bendo's Speech (pp.30-37); 'A Short Character of King Charles II' (pp.39-42).

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Content/Publication

First Line:

As on his death bed gasping Strephon lay

Page No:

pp.43-44

Poem Title:

A Pastoral On The Death Of The Earl of Rochester.

Attribution:

By Mr. Flatman.

Attributed To:

Thomas Flatman

First Line:

Mourn mourn ye muses all your loss deplore

Page No:

pp.44-46

Poem Title:

On The Death Of The Earl of Rochester.

Attribution:

By Mrs. Behn

Attributed To:

Aphra Behn

First Line:

What words what sense what night-piece can express

Page No:

pp.47-49

Poem Title:

On The Death Of The Earl of Rochester.

Attribution:

By an Unknown Hand.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Were I who to my cost already am

Page No:

pp.50-56

Poem Title:

Satire against Man.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Well sir tis granted I said Dryden's rhymes

Page No:

pp.57-60

Poem Title:

Horace's Tenth Satire of the First Book imitated.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Must I with patience ever silent sit

Page No:

pp.60-61

Poem Title:

An Imitation of the First Satire of Juvenal.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Not Rome in all her splendour could compare

Page No:

pp.62-64

Poem Title:

Satire on the Times.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Preserved by wonder in the oak O Charles

Page No:

pp.64-66

Poem Title:

A Satire which the King took out of his Pocket.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

I rise at eleven I dine about two

Page No:

pp.66-67

Poem Title:

The Debauchee.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

In the isle of Great Britain long since famous known

Page No:

pp.67-8

Poem Title:

A Satire on the King for which he was banished the Court, and turned Mountebank.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

At five this morn when Phoebus raised his head

Page No:

pp.68-73

Poem Title:

Tunbridge-Wells A Satire.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Have you not in a chimney seen

Page No:

p.68

Poem Title:

The Maidenhead.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Have you not seen the raging stormy main

Page No:

p.74

Poem Title:

To all Curious Criticks and Admirers of Metre.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Since now my Sylvia is as kind as fair

Page No:

pp.74-78

Poem Title:

The Happy Night.

Attribution:

The late Duke of Buckingham was pleased to own himself the Author of this poem.

Attributed To:

John Sheffield

First Line:

Fruition was the question in debate

Page No:

pp.78-80

Poem Title:

The Imperfect Enjoyment.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name.

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Husband thou dull and unpitied miscreant

Page No:

pp.80-82

Poem Title:

A Satire against Marriage.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Chaste pious prudent Charles the second

Page No:

pp.82-87

Poem Title:

The Restoration: Or, The History of Insipids A Lampoon.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Clarendon had law and sense

Page No:

pp.88-89

Poem Title:

The Young Statesman. A Satire.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Where is he gone whom I adore

Page No:

p.88

Poem Title:

Song.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Pride lust ambition and the people's hate

Page No:

p.90

Poem Title:

On the Lord Chancellor Hyde.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Tis the Arabian bird alone

Page No:

p.90

Poem Title:

The Encouragement.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Gentle reproofs have long been tried in vain

Page No:

pp.91-92

Poem Title:

Prologue. Against the Disturbers of the Pit.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

O that I now could by some chymic art

Page No:

p.91

Poem Title:

The Wish.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

She was so exquisite a whore

Page No:

p.91

Poem Title:

Written under Nelly's Picture.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

When Shakespeare Jonson Fletcher ruled the stage

Page No:

pp.93-96

Poem Title:

In Defence of Satire.

Attribution:

By Sir Carr Scroope.

Attributed To:

Sir Carr Scrope

First Line:

A knight delights in hardy deeds of arms

Page No:

p.93

Poem Title:

Acrostick.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

To rack and torture thy unmeaning brain

Page No:

pp.96-97

Poem Title:

The Earl of Rochester's Answer to the foregoing Satire.

Attribution:

The Earl of Rochester's Answer

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Sternhold and Hopkins had great qualms

Page No:

p.97

Poem Title:

Spoken Extempore to a Country Clerk, after having heard him sing Psalms.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Of a great heroine I mean to tell

Page No:

pp.98-100

Poem Title:

A Panegyrick upon Nelly.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

In all humanity we crave

Page No:

pp.100-101

Poem Title:

The Commons Petition to King Charles II.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Methinks I see our mighty monarch stand

Page No:

pp.101-102

Poem Title:

The Royal Angler.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Methinks I see you newly risen

Page No:

pp.102-104

Poem Title:

Portsmouth's Looking-Glass.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

By heavens 'twas bravely done

Page No:

p.104

Poem Title:

Spoken Extempore upon receiving a Fall at Whitehall-Gate, by attempting to kiss the Dutchess of Cleveland as she was stepping out of her Chariot.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Let ancients boast no more

Page No:

pp.104-106

Poem Title:

Lais Junior: A Pindarick.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Nothing thou elder brother even to shade

Page No:

pp.106-108

Poem Title:

Upon Nothing.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Much wine had passed with grave discourse

Page No:

pp.108-112

Poem Title:

A Ramble in St. James's Park.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

How Tallboy K- P- S- P- did contend

Page No:

p.112

Poem Title:

The Argument.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name.

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Say heaven born muse for only thou can'st tell

Page No:

pp.112-116

Poem Title:

Bath Intrigues.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Thou mighty princess lovely queen of holes

Page No:

pp.117-118

Poem Title:

On the Charms of hidden Treasure. A Paradox.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Too long the wise commons have been in debate

Page No:

p.118

Poem Title:

On the Women of the Town.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Twas when the sable mantle of the night

Page No:

p.119

Poem Title:

A Dream.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Why dost thou shade thy lovely face O why

Page No:

pp.119-121

Poem Title:

To his Mistress.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Tell me abandoned miscreant prithee tell

Page No:

pp.121-123

Poem Title:

To the Author of a Play called Sodom.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Between Father Patrick and his highness of late

Page No:

pp.123-124

Poem Title:

His Highness's Conversion by Father Patrick.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Here lies our sovereign lord the king

Page No:

p.124

Poem Title:

The King's Epitaph.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

If Rome can pardon sins as Romans hold

Page No:

pp.124-125

Poem Title:

On Rome's Pardons.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Farewell false woman know I'll ever be

Page No:

p.125

Poem Title:

On a False Mistress.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

At the sight of my Phillis from every part

Page No:

p.126

Poem Title:

Song.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

My dear mistress had a heart

Page No:

pp.126-127

Poem Title:

Song.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Room room for a blade of the town

Page No:

pp.127-128

Poem Title:

Song.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

In a dark silent shady grove

Page No:

pp.128-129

Poem Title:

Et Caetera. A Song.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Insulting beauty you misspend

Page No:

p.128

Poem Title:

Song.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Naked she lay clasped in my longing arms

Page No:

pp.129-131

Poem Title:

The Disappointment.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

One day the amorous Lysander

Page No:

pp.131-135

Poem Title:

The Insensible.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Whilst happy I triumphant stood

Page No:

pp.135-138

Poem Title:

On a Juniper-Tree cut down to make Busks.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

What Timon does old age begin to approach

Page No:

pp.138-143

Poem Title:

The Rehearsal. A Satire.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

The heavens carouse each day a cup

Page No:

pp.143-144

Poem Title:

Anacreontic.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Since the sons of the muses grew numerous and loud

Page No:

pp.144-147

Poem Title:

A Session of the Poets.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

My goddess Lydia heavenly fair

Page No:

p.147

Poem Title:

A Lyrick Poem: In Imitation of Cornelius Gallius.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Sweet hyacinth my life my joy

Page No:

p.148

Poem Title:

Apollo's Grief, for having killed Hyacinth by Accident. An Imitation of Ovid.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Woman was made man's sovereignty to own

Page No:

pp.148-150

Poem Title:

Woman's Usurpation.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

How far they are deceived who hope in vain

Page No:

pp.150-151

Poem Title:

An Epistle from Ephelia to Bajazet, complaining of his Inconstancy.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Madam | If you're deceived it is not by my cheat

Page No:

pp.152-153

Poem Title:

A very Heroical Epistle, in Answer to Ephelia.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Dreaming last on Mrs Farley

Page No:

pp.154-156

Poem Title:

An Epistle from B. to E.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name. / 'B.' identified as 'Lord Buckhurst, afterwards Earl of Dorset' in note on p.153.

Attributed To:

Charles Sackville

John Wilmot

First Line:

As crafty harlots use to shrink

Page No:

pp.156-157

Poem Title:

E---'s Answer.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name / 'E.' identified as 'Mr. Etherege, afterwards Sir George Etherege' in note on p.153.

Attributed To:

Sir George Etherege

John Wilmot

First Line:

If I can guess the devil choke me

Page No:

pp.157-160

Poem Title:

The second Epistle from B. to E.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name / 'B.' identified as 'Lord Buckhurst, afterwards Earl of Dorset' in note on p.153.

Attributed To:

Charles Sackville

John Wilmot

First Line:

So soft and amorously you write

Page No:

pp.160-162

Poem Title:

E---'s Answer.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name / 'E.' identified as 'Mr. Etherege, afterwards Sir George Etherege' in note on p.153.

Attributed To:

Sir George Etherege

John Wilmot

First Line:

Tired with the noisome follies of the age

Page No:

pp.162-168

Poem Title:

Rochester's farewell.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot