The Works of the Right Honourable John Earl of Rochester [T94656]
- DMI number:
- 265
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- Publication Date:
- 1756
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- T94656
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CB127858217
- Shelfmark:
- BL C.131.b.5
- Full Title:
- THE | [red]WORKS[/red] | OF THE RIGHT HONOURABLE | JOHN | [red]EARL OF ROCHESTER:[/red] | CONTAINING | A GENUINE COLLECTION | OF ALL HIS | [red]POEMS[/red]. | Adorned with Cuts. | CAREFULLY CORRECTED. | [double rule] | MDCCLVI.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Collection of 17th century verse, Collection of erotic verse, and Miscellany dominated by poet
- Format:
- Duodecimo
- Pagination:
- pp. [8], [1]-251.
- Bibliographic details:
- Plates: frontispiece; engraving following pp. 190, 220.
- Other matter:
- Prefatory matter: Contents [3pp]; Memoirs of Rochester (addressed to Mazarin, signed Evremond) pp. [1]-20; Character of Rochester (by Mr. Wolsley) pp. 21-26; Character of Rochester (by Mr. Wood) pp. 26-28; Character of Rochester (by the Rev. Mr. Parsons) pp. 28-29; Character of Rochester (by Dr. Burnet) pp. 29-31; Alexander Bendo's speech pp. 32-42.
- Title:
- The miscellaneous works of the Right Honourable the late Earls of Rochester and Roscommon [Vol I] [T95468]
- Publication Date:
- 1707
- ESTC No:
- T95468
- Volume:
- 1 of 2
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- The miscellaneous works of the Right Honourable the late Earls of Rochester and Roscommon [Vol II] [T95468]
- Publication Date:
- 1707
- ESTC No:
- T95468
- Volume:
- 2 of 2
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- The Poetical Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, and Dorset; the Dukes of Devonshire and Buckinhamshire [Vol II] [T94654]
- Publication Date:
- 1739
- ESTC No:
- T94654
- Volume:
- 2 of 2
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- The Poetical Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, and Dorset; the dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire [Vol I] [T94654]
- Publication Date:
- 1739
- ESTC No:
- T94654
- Volume:
- 1 of 2
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, and Dorset, the Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire [Vol I] [T94653]
- Publication Date:
- 1731
- ESTC No:
- T94653
- Volume:
- 1 of 2
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, and Dorset, the Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire [Vol II] [T94653]
- Publication Date:
- 1731
- ESTC No:
- T94653
- Volume:
- 2 of 2
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, and Dorset: The Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire, &c [Vol II] [T95240]
- Publication Date:
- 1739
- ESTC No:
- T95240
- Volume:
- 2 of 2
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- The Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, and Dorset: The Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire, &c. [Vol I] [T146730]
- Publication Date:
- 1800
- ESTC No:
- T146730
- Volume:
- 1 of 2
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, and Dorset: The Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire, &c. [Vol I] [T95240]
- Publication Date:
- 1739
- ESTC No:
- T95240
- Volume:
- 1 of 2
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- The Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, and Dorset: The Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire, &c. [Vol II] [T146730]
- Publication Date:
- 1800
- ESTC No:
- T146730
- Volume:
- 2 of 2
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, Dorset [Vol I] [ECCO] [N25977]
- Publication Date:
- 1714
- ESTC No:
- N25977
- Volume:
- 1 of 2
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- The Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, Dorset [Vol I] [T94657]
- Publication Date:
- 1718
- ESTC No:
- T94657
- Volume:
- 1 of 2
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- The Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, Dorset [Vol II] [T94657]
- Publication Date:
- 1718
- ESTC No:
- T94657
- Volume:
- 2 of 2
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, Dorset [Vol. II] [ECCO] [N25977]
- Publication Date:
- 1714
- ESTC No:
- N25977
- Volume:
- 2 of 2
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, Dorset, the Duke of Devonshire [Vol II] [T152378]
- Publication Date:
- 1721
- ESTC No:
- T152378
- Volume:
- 2 of 2
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, Dorset, the Duke of Devonshire, &c. [Vol I] [T152378 ]
- Publication Date:
- 1721
- ESTC No:
- T152378
- Volume:
- 1 of 2
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- The Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, Dorset, the Duke of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire &c [Vol I] [T95242]
- Publication Date:
- 1752
- ESTC No:
- T95242
- Volume:
- 1 of 2
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- The Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscommon, Dorset, the Duke of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire &c [Vol II] [T95242]
- Publication Date:
- 1752
- ESTC No:
- T95242
- Volume:
- 2 of 2
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- The works of the Right Honourable the Earls of Rochester, and Roscommon... The Third Edition (1709) [N36008]
- Publication Date:
- 1709
- ESTC No:
- N36008
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- The works of the Right Honourable the late Earls of Rochester and Roscommon [Vol I] [T95392]
- Publication Date:
- 1709
- ESTC No:
- T95392
- Volume:
- 1 of 2
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- The Works of the Right Honourable the Late Earls of Rochester and Roscommon [Vol I]. [T94652]
- Publication Date:
- 1707
- ESTC No:
- T94652
- Volume:
- 1 of 2
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- The Works of the Right Honourable the Late Earls of Rochester and Roscommon [Vol II] [ECCO] [T94652]
- Publication Date:
- 1707
- ESTC No:
- T94652
- Volume:
- 2 of 2
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- The works of the Right Honourable the late Earls of Rochester and Roscommon [Vol II] [T95392]
- Publication Date:
- 1709
- ESTC No:
- T95392
- Volume:
- 2 of 2
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- The Poetical Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscomon and Dorset; the Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire, &c [Vol I] [T130333]
- Publication Date:
- 1757
- ESTC No:
- T130333
- Volume:
- 1 of 2
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- The Poetical Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscomon and Dorset; the Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire, &c. [Vol II] [T130333]
- Publication Date:
- 1757
- ESTC No:
- T130333
- Volume:
- 2 of 2
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscomon, and Dorset: the Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire &c. [Vol II] [T119718]
- Publication Date:
- 1777
- ESTC No:
- T119718
- Volume:
- 2 of 2
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- The works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscomon, and Dorset: the Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire, &c. [Vol I] [T119718]
- Publication Date:
- 1777
- ESTC No:
- T119718
- Volume:
- 1 of 2
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- The Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscomon, and Dorset; the Dukes of Devonshire, Buckinghamshire &c. [Vol I] [ECCO] [N35511]
- Publication Date:
- 1756
- ESTC No:
- N35511
- Volume:
- 1 of 2
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- First Line:
- As on his death bed gasping Strephon lay
- Page No:
- p.43
- Poem Title:
- On the death of the Earl of Rochester. A Pastoral.
- 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.51-58
- 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.58-62
- Poem Title:
- Horace's tenth Satire of the first book imitated.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- When Shakespeare Jonson Fletcher ruled the stage
- Page No:
- pp.63-66
- 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.67-68
- 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:
- Must I with patience ever silent sit
- Page No:
- pp.68-69
- 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.69-71
- 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.72-74
- 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.74-75
- Poem Title:
- The 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.76-82
- 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.82
- 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.83-87
- 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.87-89
- Poem Title:
- The imperfect Injoyment.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Husband thou dull unpitied miscreant
- Page No:
- pp.89-91
- 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.92-98
- 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.98-99
- 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.100-101
- Poem Title:
- On The Lord Chancellor Hyde.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Gentle reproofs have long been tried in vain
- Page No:
- pp.101-102
- Poem Title:
- Prologue Against the Disturbers of the Pit.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Of a great heroine I mean to tell
- Page No:
- pp.102-105
- Poem Title:
- A Panegyric upon Nelly.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Methinks I see our mighty monarch stand
- Page No:
- pp.105-107
- 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.107-109
- 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.109-111
- Poem Title:
- Lais Junior: A Pindaric.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Nothing thou elder brother even to shade
- Page No:
- pp.111-113
- 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.113-118
- 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.119
- 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.119-124
- 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.124-125
- 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.126
- 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.127
- 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.128-130
- 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.130-131
- 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.132-133
- Poem Title:
- His Highness's conversion by father Patrick.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- If Rome can pardon sins as Romans hold
- Page No:
- pp.133-134
- 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.134
- 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.135
- Poem Title:
- Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- My dear mistress had a heart
- Page No:
- p.136
- 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.136-137
- Poem Title:
- Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Sternhold and Hopkins had great qualms
- Page No:
- p.137
- 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.138
- Poem Title:
- Acrostick.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- By heavens 'twas bravely done
- Page No:
- p.138
- 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:
- Tis the Arabian bird alone
- Page No:
- p.138
- 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.139
- Poem Title:
- The king's Epitaph.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- In all humility we crave
- Page No:
- p.139
- 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:
- pp.139-140
- Poem Title:
- Anacreontic.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Insulting beauty you misspend
- Page No:
- pp.140-141
- Poem Title:
- Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- In a dark silent shady grove
- Page No:
- pp.141-142
- Poem Title:
- Et Caetera. A 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.141
- 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.141
- Poem Title:
- Written under Nelly's picture.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Naked she lay clasped in my longing arms
- Page No:
- pp.142-144
- Poem Title:
- The Disappointment.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- One day the amorous Lysander
- Page No:
- pp.145-150
- Poem Title:
- The Insensible.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Whilst happy I triumphant stood
- Page No:
- pp.150-153
- 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.153-159
- 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.159-162
- 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.163
- Poem Title:
- A Lyric. 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.164
- Poem Title:
- Apollo's Grief, for having killed Hyacinth by accident. An imitation by Ovid.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Where is he gone whom I adore
- Page No:
- pp.164-165
- 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.165-167
- 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:
- pp.167-168
- 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.167
- 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.168-169
- 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.170-171
- 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.172-174
- Poem Title:
- An epistle from B. to E.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- Charles SackvilleJohn Wilmot
- First Line:
- As crafty harlots use to shrink
- Page No:
- pp.174-176
- Poem Title:
- E---'s answer.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name / 'E---' identified as 'Mr. Etherege, afterwards Sir George Etherege' in note on p. 172.
- Attributed To:
- John WilmotSir George Etherege
- First Line:
- If I can guess the devil choke me
- Page No:
- pp.176-179
- 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. 172.
- Attributed To:
- Charles SackvilleJohn Wilmot
- First Line:
- So soft and amorously you write
- Page No:
- pp.179-182
- Poem Title:
- E---'s answer.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name / 'E---' identified as 'Mr. Etherege, afterwards Sir George Etherege' in note on p. 172.
- Attributed To:
- John WilmotSir George Etherege
- First Line:
- Tired with the noisome follies of the age
- Page No:
- pp.182-189
- Poem Title:
- Rochester's farewell.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- To Silvia's room I unsuspected stole
- Page No:
- pp.190-192
- Poem Title:
- The Discovery.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Such a sad tale prepare to hear
- Page No:
- pp.193-198
- Poem Title:
- Dildoides.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Butler, Author of Hudibras.
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Butler
- First Line:
- When nature once like Nile the -- overflows
- Page No:
- pp.198-210
- Poem Title:
- The Delights of Venus. From Meursius.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In a famous street near Whetstone's Park
- Page No:
- pp.211-213
- Poem Title:
- Lady Sandwich's Cabinet. A Ballad. To the Tune of An old man with a bed full of bones.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Worthy Sir | Though weaned from all those scandalous delights
- Page No:
- pp.213-214
- Poem Title:
- A Letter To a Friend.
- Attribution:
- By the Lord Rochester.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- No longer blame those on the banks of Nile
- Page No:
- pp.215-216
- Poem Title:
- Three Riddles.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A negro I but sprung from Northern climes
- Page No:
- p.216
- Poem Title:
- II.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- My mother's a man my father a cow
- Page No:
- pp.216-217
- Poem Title:
- III.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Was ever mortal man like me
- Page No:
- pp.217-219
- Poem Title:
- Lord Rochester against his Whore-Pipe.
- Attribution:
- Lord Rochester
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- For standing -- we kind nature thank
- Page No:
- pp.219-220
- Poem Title:
- An Interlude. The scene, A bed-chamber. Enter Tarsander and Swivanthe.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I love as well as others do
- Page No:
- p.220
- Poem Title:
- The mock Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Clasped in the arms of her I love
- Page No:
- pp.221-222
- Poem Title:
- The Enjoyment.
- Attribution:
- By the same [i.e. Otway]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Otway
- First Line:
- I did but look and love a while
- Page No:
- p.221
- Poem Title:
- The Inchantment.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Otway.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Otway
- First Line:
- Whilom in Oxford an old chuff did dwell
- Page No:
- pp.223-247
- Poem Title:
- The Miller's Tale. From Chaucer. Inscribed to N. Rowe, Esq;
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Samuel Cobb, Late of Trinity College in Cambridge.
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Cobb
- First Line:
- Silence coeval with eternity
- Page No:
- pp.247-249
- Poem Title:
- On Silence.
- Attribution:
- By Lord Rochester.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- While in the mall my Celia shone
- Page No:
- pp.249-250
- Poem Title:
- The Gnat.
- Attribution:
- By Aaron Hill, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Aaron Hill
- First Line:
- When fair Susannah in a cool retreat
- Page No:
- p.251
- Poem Title:
- Susannah And The Two Elders.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Cobb.
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Cobb
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