The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, and Dorset: The Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire, &c. [Vol I] [T95240]

DMI number:

167

Aliases

Works of Rochester, Roscommon, etc.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

Publication Date:

1739

Volume Number:

1 of 2

ESTC number:

T95240

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW113403822

Shelfmark:

BOD Harding C 149. This has some leaves missing and has been checked against BOD Vet A4 f. 165 v. 1.

Full Title:

THE | WORKS | Of the EARLS of | ROCHESTER, | [i]ROSCOMON[/i], | AND | DORSET: | The DUKES of | DEVONSHIRE, | [i]BUCKINGHAMSHIRE[/i], &c. | WITH | MEMOIRS of their LIVES. | [rule] | In TWO VOLUMES. | [rule] | With ADDITIONS, and Adorned with CUTS. | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed in the YEAR, M.DCC.XXXIX. | (Price Five-Shillings.)

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Collection of 17th century verse and Miscellany associated with group of poets

Format:

Duodecimo

Price:

Five shillings

Pagination:

[2] iii-vi, [1]-216 pp. (not including plates)

Bibliographic details:

Plates: Frontispiece; and facing pp. 33; 58; 82; 164. BOD Harding C 149 has some leaves missing, e.g. pp. 81-82, 111-114.

Comments:

Attributions: Poems from p. 58 onwards are part of 'The Works of The Earl of Rochester' and have been described as 'Collected under Rochester's name'.

Other matter:

Prefatory matter: The contents pp.iii-vi; Memoirs of Rochester (from Evremond to Mazarin) pp.[1]-19; A character of Rochester (by Mr. Wolsley) pp.20-25; A character of Rochester (by Wood) pp. 26-27; A character of Rochester (by the Rev. Parsons) pp.28-29; A character of Rochester (by Dr. Burnet) pp.30-32; Alexander Bendo's Speech pp.33-42; A character of Charles II pp.43-48.

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Content/Publication

First Line:

As on his death bed gasping Strephon lay

Page No:

pp.49-50

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.51-54

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.55-57

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.58-66

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.67-71

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.72-73

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.74-76

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.77-80

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:

p.80

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.81-82

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:

Have you not in a chimney seen

Page No:

p.82

Poem Title:

The Maidenhead.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

At five this morn when Phoebus raised his head

Page No:

pp.83-89

Poem Title:

Tunbridge-Wells. A Satire.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Have you not seen the raging stormy main

Page No:

p.90

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.91-95

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.96-97

Poem Title:

The Imperfect Enjoyment.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Husband thou dull unpitied miscreant

Page No:

pp.98-100

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.101-108

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Where is he gone whom I adore

Page No:

p.108

Poem Title:

Song.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Clarendon had law and sense

Page No:

pp.109-110

Poem Title:

The Young Statesmen. A Satire.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Tis the Arabian bird alone

Page No:

p.110

Poem Title:

The Encouragement.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Pride lust ambition and the people's hate

Page No:

pp.111-112

Poem Title:

On the Lord Chancellor Hyde.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

O that I now could by some chymic art

Page No:

p.112

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.112

Poem Title:

Written under Nelly's Picture.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Gentle reproofs have long been tried in vain

Page No:

pp.113-114

Poem Title:

Prologue. Against the Disturbers of the Pit.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

A knight delights in hardy deeds of arms

Page No:

p.114

Poem Title:

Acrostick.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

When Shakespeare Jonson Fletcher ruled the stage

Page No:

pp.115-118

Poem Title:

In Defence of Satire.

Attribution:

By Sir Carr Scroope

Attributed To:

Sir Carr Scrope

First Line:

To rack and torture thy unmeaning brain

Page No:

pp.119-120

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.120

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.121-124

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:

p.124

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.125-126

Poem Title:

The Royal Angler.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Methinks I see you newly risen

Page No:

pp.127-129

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.129

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.130-131

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.132-134

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.135-140

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.141

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.141-146

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.147-148

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.149

Poem Title:

On the Women about Town.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Twas when the sable mantle of the night

Page No:

pp.149-150

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.150-152

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.153-154

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.155-156

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.156

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:

p.157

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.158

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.159

Poem Title:

Song.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

My dear mistress had a heart

Page No:

p.160

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:

p.161

Poem Title:

Song.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Insulting beauty you misspend

Page No:

p.162

Poem Title:

Song.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

In a dark silent shady grove

Page No:

p.163

Poem Title:

Et Caetera. A Song.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Naked she lay clasped in my longing arms

Page No:

pp.164-166

Poem Title:

The Disappointment.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

One day the amorous Lysander

Page No:

pp.167-172

Poem Title:

The Insensible.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Whilst happy I triumphant stood

Page No:

pp.173-176

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.177-183

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:

p.183

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.184-187

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.188

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.189

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.190-191

Poem Title:

Woman's Usurpation.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

How far are they deceived who hope in vain

Page No:

pp.192-193

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.194-196

Poem Title:

A very Heroical Epistle, in Answer to Ephelia.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Dreaming last night on Mrs Farley

Page No:

pp.197-199

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 p. 196.

Attributed To:

Charles Sackville

John Wilmot

First Line:

As crafty harlots use to shrink

Page No:

pp.199-201

Poem Title:

E----'s Answer.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

If I can guess the devil choke me

Page No:

pp.202-205

Poem Title:

The second Epistle from B. to E.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

So soft and amorously you write

Page No:

pp.205-208

Poem Title:

E------'s Answer.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Tired with the noisome follies of the age

Page No:

pp.209-216

Poem Title:

Rochester's farewell

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot