A collection of the most esteemed pieces of poetry [T124631] [ecco]

DMI number:

1073

Publication Date:

1767

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

T124631

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW112218138

Shelfmark:

ECCO - Bod

Full Title:

A | COLLECTION | OF THE | Most esteemed PIECES of POETRY, | That have appeared for several YEARS. | WITH | VARIETY OF ORIGINALS, | By the Late MOSES MENDEZ, Esq; | And other Contributors to DODSLEY's COLLECTION. | TYo which this is intended as a SUPPLEMENT | [engraving] | LONDON: | Printed for Richardsonand Urquhart, under the Royal Exchange. | MDCCLXVII.

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Collection of literary verse

Format:

Octavo

Other matter:

Prefatory matter: Advertisement [1p]; Contents [4pp.]

References:

Harold Forster, Supplements to Dodsley's Collection of Poems (Oxford Bibliographical Society, Occasional Publication No. 15, 1980).

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Title:

A collection of the most esteemed pieces of poetry [T144726] [ecco]

Publication Date:

1770

ESTC No:

T144726

Volume:

1 of 1

Relationship:

Another Edition of

Comments:

Related People

Publisher:

Leonard Urquhart

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Publisher:

William Richardson

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Content/Publication

First Line:

The midnight clock has tolled and hark the bell

Page No:

pp.1-6

Poem Title:

An Elegy, On the Death of a Lady. Written in 1760.

Attribution:

By William Mason, M. A.

Attributed To:

William Mason

First Line:

Ye persian maids attend your poet's lays

Page No:

pp.7-10

Poem Title:

Eclogue I. Selim; Or, The Shepherd's Moral. Scene, A Valley near Bagdat. Time, The Morning.

Attribution:

By Mr. William Collins.

Attributed To:

William Collins

First Line:

In silent horror over the boundless waste

Page No:

pp.11-14

Poem Title:

Eclogue II. Hassan; Or, The Camel Driver. Scene, The Desert. Time, Mid-day.

Attribution:

By Mr. William Collins.

Attributed To:

William Collins

First Line:

In Georgia's land where Tefflis' towers are seen

Page No:

pp.15-17

Poem Title:

Eclogue III. Abra; Or, The Georgian Sultana. Scene, A Forest. Time, The Evening.

Attribution:

By Mr. William Collins.

Attributed To:

William Collins

First Line:

In fair Circassia where to love inclined

Page No:

pp.18-21

Poem Title:

Eclogue IV. Agib and Secander; Or, The Fugitives. Scene, A Mountain in Circassia. Time, Midnight.

Attribution:

By Mr. William Collins.

Attributed To:

William Collins

First Line:

Thou to whom the world unknown

Page No:

pp.21-24

Poem Title:

An Ode to Fear.

Attribution:

By the Same [i.e. Collins]

Attributed To:

William Collins

First Line:

When music heavenly maid was young

Page No:

pp.24-28

Poem Title:

The Passions, An Ode for Music.

Attribution:

By the Same [i.e. Collins]

Attributed To:

William Collins

First Line:

Good friend forbear the world will say tis spite

Page No:

pp.29-41

Poem Title:

Every Man The Architect of his own Fortune: Or The Art of Rising in the Church. A Satyre...A Dialogue betwixt a Poet and his Friend

Attribution:

By Mr. Scott, of Trinity-College, Cambridge.

Attributed To:

James Scott

First Line:

Hence from my sight unfeeling sage

Page No:

pp.42-46

Poem Title:

To Pleasure. An Ode.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. Scott]

Attributed To:

James Scott

First Line:

Whence come these dismal sounds that fill our ears

Page No:

pp.47-54

Poem Title:

Albin and the Daughter of Mey. An old tale, translated from the Irish.

Attribution:

By the late Mr. Jerom Stone.

Attributed To:

Jerome [Jeremiah] Stone

First Line:

Turn gentle hermit of the dale

Page No:

pp.55-61

Poem Title:

Edwin and Angelina. A Ballad.

Attribution:

By Dr. Goldsmith.

Attributed To:

Oliver Goldsmith

First Line:

The wealthy cit grown old in trade

Page No:

pp.62-66

Poem Title:

The Cit's Country-Box, 1757.

Attribution:

By Robert Lloyd, A. M.

Attributed To:

Robert Lloyd

First Line:

Acting dear Thornton its perfection draws

Page No:

pp.67-76

Poem Title:

The Actor. Addressed to Bonnell Thornton, Esq;

Attribution:

By the Same [i.e. Lloyd]

Attributed To:

Robert Lloyd

First Line:

Twas at the silent solemn hour

Page No:

pp.77-80

Poem Title:

William and Margaret.

Attribution:

By David Mallet, Esq;

Attributed To:

David Mallet

First Line:

Fair morn ascends soft zephyrs wing

Page No:

pp.81-84

Poem Title:

A Fragment.

Attribution:

By the Same [i.e. Mallet]

Attributed To:

David Mallet

First Line:

The god in whose gay train appear

Page No:

pp.84-91

Poem Title:

Zephir: or, the Stratagem.

Attribution:

By the Same [i.e. Mallet]

Attributed To:

David Mallet

First Line:

Far in the windings of a vale

Page No:

pp.92-96

Poem Title:

Edwin and Emma.

Attribution:

By the Same [i.e. Mallet]

Attributed To:

David Mallet

First Line:

Oft I've implored the gods in vain

Page No:

pp.96-99

Poem Title:

A Prayer for Indifference.

Attribution:

By Mrs. Greville.

Attributed To:

Frances Greville [nee Macartney]

First Line:

Again the royal streamers play

Page No:

pp.99-106

Poem Title:

Ode on the Duke of York's second Departure from England, as Rear Admiral.

Attribution:

By the Author of the Shipwreck.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

How blithe the flowery graces of the spring

Page No:

pp.107-110

Poem Title:

To Sickness; An Elegy.

Attribution:

By Mr. Delap.

Attributed To:

John Delap

First Line:

Britons rouse to deeds of death

Page No:

pp.110-115

Poem Title:

Verses to the People of England 1758.

Attribution:

By Wil. Whitehead, Esq; Poet Laureat.

Attributed To:

William Whitehead

First Line:

Health to the bard in Leasowes' happy groves

Page No:

pp.115-117

Poem Title:

To William Shenstone, Esq; The Production of Half an Hour's Leisure.

Attribution:

Cotswouldia

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When the nymphs were contending for beauty and fame

Page No:

p.117

Poem Title:

A Song. Written to a Lady.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Oh formed by nature and refined by art

Page No:

pp.118-121

Poem Title:

To a Lady before Marriage.

Attribution:

By the late Ingenious Mr. Tickel. Not published in his Works.

Attributed To:

Thomas Tickell

First Line:

An old trite proverb let me quote

Page No:

pp.121-123

Poem Title:

Prologue upon Prologues.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Garrick.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

Hush let me search before I speak aloud

Page No:

pp.123-125

Poem Title:

Mr. Foote's Address to the Public, After a Prosecution against him for a Libel.

Attribution:

Mr. Foote

Attributed To:

Samuel Foote

First Line:

Time was when poets played through the game

Page No:

pp.125-129

Poem Title:

Extracted From Mr. W. Whitehead's Charge to the Poets.

Attribution:

Mr. W. Whitehead

Attributed To:

William Whitehead

First Line:

In Aesop's days when trees could speak

Page No:

pp.129-131

Poem Title:

The Elm and Vine. A Fable. Inscribed to a Lady who expressed a great aversion to Marriage.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Too long by some fatality misled

Page No:

pp.131-132

Poem Title:

Prologue To The Englishman At Bordeaux. Performed since the conclusion of the peace, with universal applause, at Paris.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The anxious struggle happily overpast

Page No:

pp.132-133

Poem Title:

Epilogue.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Be dumb be dumb ye inharmonious sounds

Page No:

pp.134-138

Poem Title:

An Ode on St. Caecilia's Day.

Attribution:

By Bonnel Thornton, Esq.

Attributed To:

Bonnell Thornton

First Line:

Well may they Wentworth call thee young

Page No:

pp.139-140

Poem Title:

Advice to the Marquis of Rockingham, upon a late Occasion.

Attribution:

Written in 1765, by an Old Courtier.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thanks Nice to thy treacherous art

Page No:

pp.140-144

Poem Title:

Liberty. La Liberta. Newly translated from Metastasio.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The north east wind did briskly blow

Page No:

pp.144-147

Poem Title:

Bryan and Pereene. A West Indian Ballad

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Come live with me and be my love

Page No:

pp.147-148

Poem Title:

The Passionate Shepherd To His Love. An Old Ballad.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

My mind to me a kingdom is

Page No:

pp.148-150

Poem Title:

My Mind To Me A Kingdom Is. An Old Ballad.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

It chanced of late a shepherd swain

Page No:

pp.150-152

Poem Title:

Cupid's Pastime. An Old Sonnet.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Away let naught to love displeasing

Page No:

pp.153-154

Poem Title:

Winifreda.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As near Porto Bello lying

Page No:

pp.154-157

Poem Title:

Admiral Hosier's Ghost.

Attribution:

By Mr. Glover, Author of Leonides.

Attributed To:

Richard Glover

First Line:

Shall I wasting in despair

Page No:

pp.158-159

Poem Title:

The Shepherd's Resolution. An Old Ballad.

Attribution:

By George Wither.

Attributed To:

George Wither

First Line:

Hence away you syrens leave me

Page No:

pp.159-162

Poem Title:

The Stedfast Shepherd.

Attribution:

By the Same [i.e. Wither]

Attributed To:

George Wither

First Line:

Though the seasons must alter ah yet let me find

Page No:

pp.162-165

Poem Title:

Autumn.

Attribution:

By Mr. Brerewood.

Attributed To:

Thomas Brerewood

First Line:

For once ye critics let the sportive muse

Page No:

pp.165-167

Poem Title:

The Pin.

Attribution:

By Mr. Woty.

Attributed To:

William Woty

First Line:

To please the fair what different ways

Page No:

pp.167-170

Poem Title:

A Present To A Young Lady With A Pair Of Stockings.

Attribution:

By --, Fellow of -- Cambridge.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Sir I've long waited in my turn to have

Page No:

pp.170-174

Poem Title:

A Dialogue Between A Poet And His Servant.

Attribution:

By the Late Mr. Christ. Pitt.

Attributed To:

Christopher Pitt

First Line:

A country vicar in his homely house

Page No:

pp.175-177

Poem Title:

Parody on the City and Country Mouse.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

By love too long deprived of rest

Page No:

pp.177-180

Poem Title:

The Recantation. An Ode.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ye green-haired nymphs whom Pan allows

Page No:

pp.180-183

Poem Title:

Verses Written Upon A Pedestal Beneath A Row Of Elms In A Meadow Near Richmond Ferry, Belonging To Richard Owen Cambridge, Esq; Sept. MDCCLX.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Sweet are the banks when spring perfumes

Page No:

pp.183-184

Poem Title:

Song.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To lift the low the proud depress

Page No:

pp.184-190

Poem Title:

The Lady and the Linnet. A Tale. Addressed to a Friend

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As late over Britain's chalky coasts

Page No:

pp.191-194

Poem Title:

The Genius of Britain. An Iambic Ode. Written in MDCCLVI.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

My pipe sounds a cheerfuller note

Page No:

pp.195-196

Poem Title:

Hope. A Pastoral Ballad.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thanks to thee nymph whose powerful hand

Page No:

pp.196-197

Poem Title:

Ode To Sensibility.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Dan Petrarch of old it has often been said

Page No:

p.198

Poem Title:

Petrarch And Laura. An Epigrammatic Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

What though thou comest in sable mantle clad

Page No:

pp.199-201

Poem Title:

To Winter.

Attribution:

By Mr. Woty.

Attributed To:

William Woty

First Line:

O take o keep me ever blessed domains

Page No:

pp.202-207

Poem Title:

An Epistle of M. De Voltaire, Upon his Arrival at his Estate Near The Lake of Geneva, In March, MDCCLV. From the French.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Behold my fair wherever we rove

Page No:

p.208

Poem Title:

The Winter's Walk.

Attribution:

By Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.

Attributed To:

Samuel Johnson

First Line:

Amidst the more important toils of state

Page No:

pp.209-213

Poem Title:

The Poor Man's Prayer. Addressed to Lord Chatham.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Philips whose touch harmonious could remove

Page No:

p.209

Poem Title:

Epitaph On Claudius Phillips.

Attribution:

By the Same [i.e. Johnson]

Attributed To:

Samuel Johnson

First Line:

If beauty's fairest form and each bright charm

Page No:

p.214

Poem Title:

An Epitaph,

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Caleb Smith upon his Wife.

Attributed To:

Caleb Smith

First Line:

You ask why in that garland fair

Page No:

p.215

Poem Title:

Verses...upon Mr. Dodsley's publishing 2 vols. of Poesm by several hands, in which an Ode, called, The Regions of Terror and Pity, (wrote by Mr. Dodsley) was not inserted.

Attribution:

Written by Richard Berenger, Esq;

Attributed To:

Richard Berenger [Beranger]

First Line:

Yes yes my friend my heart I own

Page No:

p.216

Poem Title:

Mr. Dodsley's Answer.

Attribution:

Dodsley

Attributed To:

Robert Dodsley

First Line:

Should I ever become parson for so I'm inclined

Page No:

pp.217-218

Poem Title:

The Wish.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Shall Pope sing his flames

Page No:

pp.219-221

Poem Title:

A Song.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When envy saw yon gothic structure rise

Page No:

pp.223-224

Poem Title:

On Mr. Walpole's House At Strawberry Hill.

Attribution:

By Miss M--.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I am cried Apollo when Daphne he wooed

Page No:

p.225

Poem Title:

To Apollo Making Love. Fron Monsieur Fontenelle.

Attribution:

By Thomas Tickell, Esq;

Attributed To:

Thomas Tickell

First Line:

Mistaken fair one check thy fancy's flight

Page No:

p.225

Poem Title:

To the Authoress of some Lines on Strawberry-Hill.

Attribution:

By the Hon. Horace Walpole.

Attributed To:

Horace Walpole

First Line:

Deformed in dust now Turnus pressed the ground

Page No:

pp.229-256

Poem Title:

The Thirteenth Book of Virgil.

Attribution:

By Moses Mendes, Esq.

Attributed To:

Moses Mendez

First Line:

Dear Sir | By the lyre of Apollo the locks of the muses

Page No:

pp.257-264

Poem Title:

The Author's Account of his Journey to Ireland. To Mr. John Ellis.

Attribution:

By the late Moses Mendes, Esq;

Attributed To:

Moses Mendez

First Line:

Dear Sir | Your kind itinerary letter

Page No:

pp.264-266

Poem Title:

The Answer.

Attribution:

Mr. John Ellis

Attributed To:

John Ellis

First Line:

The sons of man by various passions led

Page No:

pp.267-273

Poem Title:

To Mr. S. Tucker.

Attribution:

By Mr. Mendes.

Attributed To:

Moses Mendez

First Line:

The radiant ruler of the year

Page No:

pp.274-278

Poem Title:

On The Winter Solstice. M.D.CC.XL.

Attribution:

By Dr. Akenside.

Attributed To:

Mark Akenside

First Line:

Why Celia is your spreading waist

Page No:

pp.278-281

Poem Title:

The Poet And His Patron.

Attribution:

By Mr. Moore.

Attributed To:

Edward Moore

First Line:

Duty demands the parent's voice

Page No:

pp.281-284

Poem Title:

The Wolf, Sheep, and Lamb.

Attribution:

By the Same [i.e. Moore]

Attributed To:

Edward Moore

First Line:

Mourn hapless Caledonia mourn

Page No:

pp.285-287

Poem Title:

The Tears of Scotland. Written In The Year MDCCXLVI.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When rough Helvetia's hardy sons obey

Page No:

pp.288-290

Poem Title:

Caesar's Dream, Before his Invasion of Britain.

Attribution:

By Mr. Langhorne.

Attributed To:

John Langhorne

First Line:

The prince of all the feathered kind

Page No:

pp.291-293

Poem Title:

The Eagle and Robin Red-Breast. A Fable.

Attribution:

By Mr. Archibald Scott.

Attributed To:

Archibald Scott

First Line:

Far from her hallowed grot where mildly bright

Page No:

pp.294-298

Poem Title:

Isis. An Elegy.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Mason of Cambridge, 1748.

Attributed To:

William Mason

First Line:

With each perfection dawning on her mind

Page No:

pp.299-305

Poem Title:

The Nun. An Elegy.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Say cruel Iris pretty rake

Page No:

pp.305-306

Poem Title:

The Gift: To Iris.

Attribution:

By Dr. Goldsmith.

Attributed To:

Oliver Goldsmith

First Line:

Oh thou who dwellst upon the bough

Page No:

pp.306-307

Poem Title:

The Rookery.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Grown old and grown stupid you just think me fit

Page No:

pp.308-309

Poem Title:

A Receipt how to make L'Eau de Vie...Written at the Desire of a Lady.

Attribution:

By the late Mr. Charles King.

Attributed To:

Charles King

First Line:

In the barn the tenant cock

Page No:

pp.310-311

Poem Title:

Morning.

Attribution:

By Mr. Cunningham.

Attributed To:

John Cunningham

First Line:

Fervid on the glittering flood

Page No:

pp.312-313

Poem Title:

Noon.

Attribution:

By Mr. Cunningham.

Attributed To:

John Cunningham

First Line:

Over the heath the heifer strays

Page No:

pp.314-315

Poem Title:

Evening.

Attribution:

By Mr. Cunningham.

Attributed To:

John Cunningham

First Line:

Over moorlands and mountains rude barren and bare

Page No:

pp.316-317

Poem Title:

Content: A Pastoral.

Attribution:

By the Same [i.e. Cunningham]

Attributed To:

John Cunningham

First Line:

Come shepherds we'll follow the hearse

Page No:

pp.317-319

Poem Title:

Corydon: A Pastoral. To the Memory of William Shenstone, Esq;

Attribution:

By the Same [i.e. Cunningham]

Attributed To:

John Cunningham

First Line:

Lightsome as conveyed by sparrows

Page No:

pp.319-320

Poem Title:

Melody.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. Cunningham]

Attributed To:

John Cunningham