Wit & Eloquence [ESTC R232221]
- DMI number:
- 1734
- Publication Date:
- 1697
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- R232221
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2003&res_id=xri:eebo&rft_id=xri:eebo:citation:99897868
- Shelfmark:
- EEBO
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Collection including prose and Collection of educational texts
- Format:
- Duodecimo
- Comments:
- With an added title page, engraved: Wit & eloquence or the secretary’s vade mecum.
- Other matter:
- PREFATORY MATTER: 1) 'The Preface to the Reader.' pp. A2r-v.
- References:
- NCBEL
- Publisher:
- R. Clavill
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- C Well met fair Sylvia on the dewy plain
- Page No:
- pp. 54-6
- Poem Title:
- Coridon and Sylvia; a Pastoral Dialogue.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Poor fool you now are made a harlot's prize
- Page No:
- p. 58
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I take you at your word and urge no more
- Page No:
- p. 61
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Thus will I pluck his feathers till he's bare
- Page No:
- p. 67
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Well you have heard my sighs heard me complain
- Page No:
- pp. 67-8
- Poem Title:
- She will at last. | A Dialogue between Doris and Camilla.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In hopes so pant upon your snowy breast
- Page No:
- p. 73
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- D | Dear child you are but young what make you then
- Page No:
- pp. 75-7
- Poem Title:
- Innocent Love. | A Dialogue between Doria and Faunia.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I must feign love and this old bell-dam court
- Page No:
- p. 75
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Never fear it by this kiss I'll surely come
- Page No:
- p. 86
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- If thou wouldst have me still love on
- Page No:
- p. 92
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- How quickly are love's pleasures gone
- Page No:
- p. 93
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Lo now his bloody banner is displayed
- Page No:
- p. 93
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- If there be any in this multitude
- Page No:
- p. 100
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When most we love and think our wish is near
- Page No:
- pp. 111-2
- Poem Title:
- First Upon Love's Inconstancy.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Since Sylvia is resolved and still remains
- Page No:
- pp. 112-4
- Poem Title:
- Love's Cure; or, the proud Lady stripp'd of | her Charms. A Poem.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Much I endured my patience long oppressed
- Page No:
- pp. 114-6
- Poem Title:
- The Complaining Lover to his False and Cruel | Mistress. A Poem.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In antient mountains stands whose friendly shade
- Page No:
- pp. 116-8
- Poem Title:
- The Lively Description of the Bower of Love. | A Poem.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Fair golden age not because rivers purled
- Page No:
- pp. 119-21
- Poem Title:
- Love's Golden Age. A Poem.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Kind night and day both nature's offsprings are
- Page No:
- pp. 121-4
- Poem Title:
- Conjectures on the Loves of Night and Day. | A Poem.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Alas retired farewell beloved light
- Page No:
- pp. 124-6
- Poem Title:
- On the Sun's Retiring, and Winter's Approach. | A Poem.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- No more let teeming earth's kind bosom yield
- Page No:
- pp. 126-8
- Poem Title:
- The Mournful Lover, on the Death of his | Fair and Vertuous Mistress. | A Poem.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- One day the amorous Philander
- Page No:
- pp. 128-133
- Poem Title:
- Love made Impotent; or, The Disappointment. | A Poem.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- There is a tax which must be paid to fate
- Page No:
- pp. 133-4
- Poem Title:
- In Contempt of Worldly Vanity. | A Poem.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Each lover thinks the object of his flame
- Page No:
- p. 134
- Poem Title:
- Man Deceived; or, Seeming Beauty. | A Poem.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The happy day when first I gazed on you
- Page No:
- pp. 135-6
- Poem Title:
- A Love-Poem, in Commendation of a Beau- | tiful Lady, &c.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ah now you are kind you now have made me blessed
- Page No:
- p. 139
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Madam as Cynthia amongst the vanquished stars
- Page No:
- p. 139
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Madam you are the nation's boast and pride
- Page No:
- p. 139
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Madam I'm serious pray believe tis true
- Page No:
- p. 140
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Once beauteous maid I fancied I was free
- Page No:
- p. 140
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Art here is useless nature decks her face
- Page No:
- p. 146
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Esteemed by all and you deserve it too
- Page No:
- p. 146.
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Madam your beauties represent the skies
- Page No:
- p. 146
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I'm called unconstant and offensive too
- Page No:
- p. 147
- Poem Title:
- Enigma I.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Practise no more your subtle arts but be
- Page No:
- p. 147
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I'm by a gentle breathing first begun
- Page No:
- p. 148
- Poem Title:
- Enigma II.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- My parents from the earth aspiring high
- Page No:
- p. 148
- Poem Title:
- Enigma III.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Mark when the evenings cooler wings
- Page No:
- pp. 149-50
- Poem Title:
- True Love.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- So when the beauteous soul prepares her way
- Page No:
- pp. 150-1
- Poem Title:
- To his Mistress, on her parting from him.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- How quickly are love's pleasures gone
- Page No:
- pp. 151-2
- Poem Title:
- The Debauchee.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ambition is the saint to which you pray
- Page No:
- pp. 152
- Poem Title:
- Epigram II.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Fair is your face an oily tongue you have
- Page No:
- p. 152
- Poem Title:
- Epigram I.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Dressed like an angel you appear your breast
- Page No:
- p. 153
- Poem Title:
- Epigram V.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- If when I'm under cut beard's dangerous hands
- Page No:
- p.153
- Poem Title:
- Epigram III.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Though thou dost cassia breath and foreign gums
- Page No:
- p. 153
- Poem Title:
- Epigram IV.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Cloris why all this scorn some say you are pained
- Page No:
- p. 154
- Poem Title:
- Epigram VI.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Good sir what makes you strut I pray whence come ye
- Page No:
- p. 154
- Poem Title:
- Epigram VIII.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Sir by your rigling gate and jaunty mode
- Page No:
- p. 154
- Poem Title:
- Epigram VII.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I love to madness rave to enjoy
- Page No:
- pp. 155-6
- Poem Title:
- The Distracted Lover. A Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Beauty like kingdoms not for one was made
- Page No:
- p. 156
- Poem Title:
- On Beauty. A Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When Sol descended to the deep
- Page No:
- pp. 156-7
- Poem Title:
- Stolen Joys. A Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Bully | make room for a bully or I'll your bones rattle
- Page No:
- pp. 157-8
- Poem Title:
- The Bully. A Song, in Two Parts.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A curse upon the faithless maid
- Page No:
- p. 158
- Poem Title:
- Coyness reproov'd. A pleasant Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Now I'm resolved to love no more
- Page No:
- p. 159
- Poem Title:
- The Gallant's Resolution. A pleasant Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- No never hope I'll change my mind
- Page No:
- p. 160
- Poem Title:
- The Cautious Fair One. A Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The danger is over is over the danger is over
- Page No:
- pp. 160-1
- Poem Title:
- Love's Combat; or, The Bashful Bride. | A pleasant Song, much in Vogue.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I cannot sigh and wish alone
- Page No:
- p. 161
- Poem Title:
- Passion Discovered. A Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Unconstant that word strikes me more
- Page No:
- pp. 161-2
- Poem Title:
- The Unconstant. A Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- You whom cruel Sylvia charms
- Page No:
- pp. 162-3
- Poem Title:
- The Soldier's Advice. A Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Celia's fond too long I've loved her
- Page No:
- p. 163
- Poem Title:
- Celia's Fondness. A Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Come happy nymph adored by all
- Page No:
- pp. 163-4
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- What cruel pains Corrinda takes
- Page No:
- pp. 164-5
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Long have I wished to know what tis to love
- Page No:
- pp. 165-6
- Poem Title:
- The Indifferent Lover; or, He would, but cannot.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ah happy flower pride of all
- Page No:
- pp. 166-7
- Poem Title:
- A Song upon seeing a Pink in his Mistress's Bosom.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- E'er Phillis with her looks did kill
- Page No:
- p. 167
- Poem Title:
- The Captive. A New Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Sawney is a bonny bonny lad
- Page No:
- pp. 167-8
- Poem Title:
- A Scotch Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Young I am and yet unskilled
- Page No:
- p. 168
- Poem Title:
- Innocent Love's Imitation. A Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- He leaves he slights he slights his precious rest
- Page No:
- p. 169
- Poem Title:
- A Song sung before the King.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Well now great love I plainly see
- Page No:
- pp. 169-70
- Poem Title:
- On Love. A Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Never any Parthian bow
- Page No:
- pp. 170-1
- Poem Title:
- The Wounded Lover. A Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Banish my Lydia these sad thoughts
- Page No:
- p. 171
- Poem Title:
- Melancholy Lydia. A Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- It is not the silver nor gold of it self
- Page No:
- pp. 171-2
- Poem Title:
- The Power of Wealth. A Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Farewell my useless scrip
- Page No:
- pp. 173-4
- Poem Title:
- The Separation. A Pastoral Song; by a Shepherdess.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Floria whilst your tuneful sound
- Page No:
- p. 174
- Poem Title:
- A Song made on a Lady, upon her fine Singing.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Go perjured man and if thou ever return
- Page No:
- p. 175
- Poem Title:
- The Injur'd Lady. A Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Hark brave boys the cannons roar
- Page No:
- pp. 175-6
- Poem Title:
- A Martial Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- No no no no I n--ver can love thee less
- Page No:
- p. 177
- Poem Title:
- The Infacinated Lover. A Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- There's not a swain on the plain
- Page No:
- p. 177
- Poem Title:
- The Complaint. A Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Come fill up a bumper to Bacchus
- Page No:
- p. 178
- Poem Title:
- A Catch.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Heroic mars heroic mars what almighty charms
- Page No:
- p. 178
- Poem Title:
- A Defiance to Love; or, The Soldier's Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- All own the young Sylv'a is fatally fair
- Page No:
- p. 179
- Poem Title:
- He's pleas'd at last. A Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ye pretty birds that cherp and sing
- Page No:
- pp. 179-80
- Poem Title:
- Love's Rapture. A new Play-house Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In vain Melissa we defend
- Page No:
- pp. 180-1
- Poem Title:
- The Amorous Lover. A new Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Scrape scrape no more your beardless chins
- Page No:
- p. 181
- Poem Title:
- The Young Las's Advice. A new Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- D The world is full of hurry
- Page No:
- p. 182
- Poem Title:
- A Song in Two Parts, by Doron and Celia.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Despair despair no more
- Page No:
- p. 183
- Poem Title:
- The Lover's Encouragement. A new Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Welcome sweet peace approach the wishing isle
- Page No:
- pp. 183-4
- Poem Title:
- A Call to Peace. A new Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Come all you young lovers and listen to me
- Page No:
- pp. 184-5
- Poem Title:
- Advice to Lovers, A new Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Hark how the groves and hills re sound
- Page No:
- pp. 185-6
- Poem Title:
- Love's Prospect. A new Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Young charming Phillis has an air
- Page No:
- p. 185
- Poem Title:
- The Crafty Jilt. A new Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Go naughty man you fain would win my heart
- Page No:
- pp. 186-7
- Poem Title:
- The Cautious Maid. A new Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Come fill up a bumper to Bacchus
- Page No:
- pp. 187-8
- Poem Title:
- The Jovial Lads. A new Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- What can the gaudy world afford
- Page No:
- p. 187
- Poem Title:
- The Better Choice. A new Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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