The Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, Dorset [Vol I] [T94657]

DMI number:

258

Aliases

Works of Rochester, Roscommon, etc.

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

Publication Date:

1718

Volume Number:

1 of 2

ESTC number:

T94657

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW116576209

Shelfmark:

BL C.131.b.2

Full Title:

THE | WORKS | Of the EARLS of | ROCHESTER, | [i]ROSCOMON[/i], | DORSET, [i]&c[/i]. | [rule] | In TWO VOLUMES. | [rule] | Adorn'd with CUTS. | [rule] | [ornament] | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed in the Year M.DCC.XVIII. | Price [i]5 s.[/i]

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

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

Format:

Duodecimo

Price:

5 s.

Pagination:

pp. i-lxx; pp. 1-168.

Comments:

PLATES: frontispiece (engraved by Vandergucht) and engravings (designed by La Vergne, engraved by Vandergucht) facing pp. xl, lxx, 1, 26, 114. Page cues suggest plates were made for this edition. Attributions: All works following the heading on p. 1 (The Works of the Earl of Rochester) have been treated as attributed to Rochester, and are described as 'Collected under Rochester's name'.

Other matter:

Prefatory matter: Memoirs of Rochester (by Evremond in a letter to Mazarin) pp. i-xxiii; A character of Rochester (by Mr. Wolsely) pp. xxiv-xxx; A character of Rochester (by Anthony a Wood) pp. xxxi-xxxiii; A character of Rochester (by the Rev. Mr. Parsons) pp.xxxiv-xxxv; A character of Rochester (by Dr. Burnet) pp. xxxvi-xxxix; Alexander Bendo's speech pp. xl-l; A short character of Charles II. pp. li-lix.

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Related People

Engraver:

Gerard Vandergucht

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Plates signed 'M. V.dr Gucht Scul:'

Engraver:

P. La Vergne

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Plates signed 'P. la Vergne In.'

Content/Publication

First Line:

What words what sense what night-piece can express

Page No:

pp.lxvii-lxx

Poem Title:

On The Death Of The Earl of Rochester.

Attribution:

By an unknown Hand

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As on his death bed gasping Strephon lay

Page No:

pp.lx-lxi

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.lxii-lxvi

Poem Title:

On The Death Of the late Earl of Rochester.

Attribution:

By Mrs. Behn

Attributed To:

Aphra Behn

First Line:

Were I who to my cost already am

Page No:

pp.1-9

Poem Title:

A 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.10-14

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.15-16

Poem Title:

The first Satire of Juvenal, imitated.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Not Rome in all her splendour could compare

Page No:

pp.17-19

Poem Title:

A Satire upon the Times.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Preserved by wonder in an oak great Charles

Page No:

pp.20-23

Poem Title:

A Satire which the King took out of his Pocket.

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.24-25

Poem Title:

A Satire on the King, for which he was banish'd the Court, and afterwards set up in Tower-street, for an Italian 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.26-32

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.33

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.34-39

Poem Title:

The happy Night

Attribution:

The Duke of Buckingham has lately been pleas'd to own this Poem.

Attributed To:

John Sheffield

First Line:

Fruition was the question in debate

Page No:

pp.40-41

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.42-44

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.45-52

Poem Title:

The Restauration; 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.53-54

Poem Title:

The Young Statesmen. A Satire.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Pride lust ambition and the people's hate

Page No:

pp.55-56

Poem Title:

On the Lord Chancellor H---.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Gentle reproofs have long been tried in vain

Page No:

pp.57-58

Poem Title:

Prologue. Against the Disturbers of the Pit.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

When Shakespeare Jonson Fletcher ruled the stage

Page No:

pp.59-62

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.63-64

Poem Title:

The Earl of Rochester's Answer to the Defence of Satire, written by Sir C. Scroop.

Attribution:

The Earl of Rochester's Answer

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Of a great heroine I mean to tell

Page No:

pp.65-68

Poem Title:

A Panegyrick upon Nelly.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Methinks I see our mighty monarch stand

Page No:

pp.69-70

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.71-73

Poem Title:

Portsmouth's Looking-Glass.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Let ancients boast no more

Page No:

pp.74-75

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.76-78

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.79-84

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.85

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.85-90

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.91-92

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.93

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:

p.94

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.95-97

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.98-99

Poem Title:

To the Author of a Play call'd Sodom.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Betwixt Father Patrick and his highness of late

Page No:

pp.100-101

Poem Title:

The Dispute.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

If Rome can pardon sins as papists hold

Page No:

p.102

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.103

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.104

Poem Title:

Song.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

My dear mistress had a heart

Page No:

p.105

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.106

Poem Title:

Song.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

By heavens 'twas bravely done

Page No:

p.107

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:

Sternhold and Hopkins had great qualms

Page No:

p.107

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:

A knight delights in hardy deeds of arms

Page No:

p.108

Poem Title:

Acrostick.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Tis the Arabian bird alone

Page No:

p.108

Poem Title:

The Encouragement.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Here lies our sovereign lord the king

Page No:

p.109

Poem Title:

The King's Epitaph.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

In all humanity we crave

Page No:

p.109

Poem Title:

The Commons Petition to King Charles II.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

The heavens carouse each day a cup

Page No:

p.110

Poem Title:

Anacreontic.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Insulting beauty you misspend

Page No:

p.111

Poem Title:

Song.

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:

In a dark silent shady grove

Page No:

p.113

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.114-116

Poem Title:

The Disappointment.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

One day the amorous Lysander

Page No:

pp.117-122

Poem Title:

The Insensible.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Whilst happy I triumphant stood

Page No:

pp.123-126

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.127-133

Poem Title:

The Rehearsal. A Satire.

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.134-137

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.138

Poem Title:

A Lyrick Poem, in Imitation of Cornelius Gallus.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Sweet hyacinth my life my joy

Page No:

p.139

Poem Title:

Apollo's Grief, for having kill'd Hyacinth by Accident. In Imitation of Ovid.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Where is he gone whom I adore

Page No:

p.140

Poem Title:

Song.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Woman was made man's sovereignty to own

Page No:

pp.141-142

Poem Title:

Woman's Usurpation.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Have you not in a chimney seen

Page No:

p.143

Poem Title:

The Maidenhead.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

I rise at eleven I dine about two

Page No:

p.143

Poem Title:

The Debauchee.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

How far are they deceived who hope in vain

Page No:

pp.144-146

Poem Title:

An Epistle from Ephelia to Bajazet.

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.146-148

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.149-151

Poem Title:

An Epistle from B. to Mr. E.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

Charles Sackville

John Wilmot

First Line:

As crafty harlots use to shrink

Page No:

pp.151-153

Poem Title:

Mr. 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.154-157

Poem Title:

The second Epistle from B. to Mr. E.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

So soft and amorously you write

Page No:

pp.157-160

Poem Title:

Mr. 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.161-168

Poem Title:

Rochester's Farewell.

Attribution:

Collected under Rochester's name

Attributed To:

John Wilmot