The Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscomon, and Dorset, the Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire &c. [Vol I] [N35509]
- DMI number:
- 1181
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- Publication Date:
- 1756
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 2
- ESTC number:
- N35509
- Shelfmark:
- McGILL YP.R58
- 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. | [double rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed in the Year, M.DCC.LVI.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Collection of 17th century verse and Miscellany associated with group of poets
- Format:
- Duodecimo
- Pagination:
- [1]-168pp.
- Bibliographic details:
- Plates: Frontispiece; engravings opposite p.30; p.50; p.68; p.129.
- Comments:
- Contents: Miscellany is split into sections: Poems by the Earl of Rochester in Volume I.
- Title:
- The Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscomon, and Dorset, the Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire &c. [Vol II] [N35509]
- Publication Date:
- 1756
- ESTC No:
- N35509
- Volume:
- 2 of 2
- Relationship:
- Volume from the same edition
- Comments:
- First Line:
- To rack and torture thy unmeaning brain
- Page No:
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- If I can guess the devil choke me
- Page No:
- Poem Title:
- The Second Epistle from B. to E.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- As on his death bed gasping Strephon lay
- Page No:
- pp.44-45
- 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.45-47
- 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.48-49
- 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.62-63
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- 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:
- p.66
- 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:
- p.67
- Poem Title:
- A Satire on the King, For which he was banished from 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 Critics 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:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- 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:
- 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:
- p.100
- 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:
- John Wilmot
- 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 White-hall-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.104-105
- 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.106-107
- 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 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.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 Highnes's Conversation 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 Pardon.
- 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 open 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 are they 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 night 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 p. 153.
- Attributed To:
- Charles SackvilleJohn 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
- Attributed To:
- 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
- Attributed To:
- 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
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