A new collection of poems on several occasions by Mr. Prior, and others [T144876]

DMI number:

524

Publication Date:

1725

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

T144876

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW112885047

Shelfmark:

BOD Harding C 2472

Full Title:

A | NEW COLLECTION | OF | POEMS | ON | [i]Several Occasions.[/i] | B Y | Mr. PRIOR, and Others. | [rule] | Adorned with CUTS. | [rule] | [ornament] | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for THO. OSBORNE, in [i]Gray's-Inn,[/i] | near the [i]Walks[/i], MDCCXXV.

Place of Publication:

London

Format:

Duodecimo

Bibliographic details:

Illustrative plates throughout. Sometimes the pagination is carried across the unnumbered plates, at other times it is not. A plate appears to have been misplaced, or moved, as the (second series of) pagination stops at p.38, recommencing at 42, but with only one page unnumbered between, where there should be three. The register is similarly interrupted (only five leaves in gathering E) and there is a stub between p.42 and p.43. This stub has some printed material visible at the edge. There are also 2 stubs between 12 and 13 - these are from the plate at front and the dedication. It looks as if old printed material is being used - probably unused title pages printed singly for reissues - large bold type and rules are visible on what would have been the reverse of the sheet used to print the dedication. PLATES: Engraved portrait facing title page signed 'J. Clark sculp. 1722'; Illustrative plates by Vandergulcht preceding p.1 (second series of pagination); on p. 26; between p.92 and 93.

Comments:

PAGINATION: [6], [1]-27, [28], 29-30, [31], 32. [2], [1]-23, [24-27], 28-38, [1], 42-108, [109-111], 112-129. [7], [1]-34, [2] MISCELLANY GENRE: Posthumous miscellany. MISCELLANY CONTENTS: The prose tract 'The Hind and the Panther Transvers'd to The Story of The Country-Mouse, and The City-Mouse.' follows p.129, with separate title page and pagination; register is continuous.

Other matter:

PREFATORY MATERIAL: Dedication to Sir Henry Hussey, Bart., signed 'Philo-Musis', unpaginated; 'Some Memoirs of the Life of the Author' pp.1-4; 'A True Copy of Mr. Prior's Last Will and Testament: Drawn up by Himself', pp.5-14; poems on Prior's death pp.15-27; 'Postscript' pp. 28-30; poem to the editor, pp.31-32. Contents are at the end of the volume, unpaginated and pasted in as a single leaf.

Related Miscellanies

Title:

Poems on several occasions, by Matthew Prior [2nd. edition] [T75647]

Publication Date:

1727

ESTC No:

T75647

Volume:

3

Relationship:

Unknown

Comments:

Related People

Dedicatee:

Henry Hussey

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Engraver:

Gerard Vandergucht

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

'G. V. de Gucht fecit' on engraving following 'To the Editor', on p.[26], and following p.92

Engraver:

J Clarke

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

'J. Clark sculpt' on engraving facing frontispiece.

Publisher:

Thomas Osborne

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

'Printed for Tho. Osborne'

Content/Publication

First Line:

Heralds and statesmen by your leave

Page No:

p.27

Poem Title:

Epitaph Extempore.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Matt Prior and we must submit

Page No:

pp.15-18

Poem Title:

Threnus: Or, Stanzas on the Death of Mr. Prior.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Let tears no more lament the dead in vain

Page No:

pp.[31]-32

Poem Title:

To the Editor, On the Publication of some of Mr. Prior's Posthumous Pieces.

Attribution:

W. Pattison.

Attributed To:

William Pattison

First Line:

Behind an unfrequented glade

Page No:

pp.1-23

Poem Title:

The Turtle and the Sparrow. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I sing not old Jason who travelled through Greece

Page No:

pp.27-38

Poem Title:

Down-Hall; a Ballad.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When crowding folks with strange ill faces

Page No:

pp.39-44

Poem Title:

An Epistle to Fleetwood Sheppard, Esq; Written Anno. 1689.

Attribution:

Collected under 'Some Pieces, Written by Mr. Prior, Ommitted in the Folio Edition of his Poems, and Others by Him since published', contents.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

How long deluded Albion wilt thou lie

Page No:

pp.45-61

Poem Title:

An Ode, In imitation of the Second Ode of the Third Book of Horace. Written 1692.

Attribution:

Collected under 'Some Pieces, Written by Mr Prior', contents.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Madam | Since Anna visited the muses' seat

Page No:

pp.62-63

Poem Title:

Verses Spoken to the Lady Henrietta-Cavendish Holles Harley, In the Library of St. John's College, Cambridge, November the 9th, An. 1719.

Attribution:

'Some Pieces, Written by Mr Prior', contents.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

What would my humble comrades have me say

Page No:

pp.64-65

Poem Title:

Prologue to the Orphan. Represented by some of the Westminster-Scholars at Hickford's Dancing-Room, the 2d of February, 1720. Spoken by the Lord Duplin, who Acted Cordelio.

Attribution:

'Some Pieces, Written by Mr Prior', contents.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

It has always been thought discreet

Page No:

pp.66-71

Poem Title:

The Conversation, A Tale.

Attribution:

'Some Pieces, Written by Mr Prior' T144983, contents.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Fast by the banks of Cam was Colin bred

Page No:

pp.72-77

Poem Title:

Colin's Mistakes.Written in Imitation of Spenser's Style

Attribution:

'Some Pieces, Written by Mr Prior', contents.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Wissin and nature held a long contest

Page No:

pp.78-81

Poem Title:

To the Right Honourable the Countess Dowager of Devonshire, On A Piece of Wissin's; Wherein were all her Grandson's Painted.

Attribution:

Collected under 'Some Pieces, Written by Mr Prior', contents.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Thus Kitty beautiful and young

Page No:

pp.82-84

Poem Title:

The Female Phaeton.

Attribution:

Collected under 'Some Pieces, Written by Mr Prior', contents

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

When Kneller's works of various grace

Page No:

pp.85-88

Poem Title:

The Judgement of Venus.

Attribution:

Collected under 'Some Pieces, Written by Mr Prior'

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Whilst I am scorched with hot desire

Page No:

p.89

Poem Title:

Song.

Attribution:

Collected under 'Some Pieces, Written by Mr Prior', contents

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Beauty's a gaudy sign no more

Page No:

pp.90-93

Poem Title:

The Curious Maid: A Tale. In Imitation of Mr. Prior

Attribution:

By Hildebrand Jacob, Esq;

Attributed To:

Hildebrand Jacob

First Line:

Ye wise philosophers explain

Page No:

pp.94-108

Poem Title:

The Bubble: A Tale.

Attribution:

By Dean Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

As Phoebus darted forth a milder ray

Page No:

pp.[109]-115

Poem Title:

The Nightingale.

Attribution:

'Advertisement' signed 'W. Pattison.' p.[110]; 'By Mr. Pattison', contents.

Attributed To:

William Pattison

First Line:

Where the fair Paphian goddess keeps her court

Page No:

pp.116-123

Poem Title:

The Court of Venus. From Claudian.

Attribution:

By the Same [i.e. Pattison.]

Attributed To:

William Pattison

First Line:

Incensed the raging prophet thus replies

Page No:

pp.124-129

Poem Title:

The Story of Orpheus and Eurydice. Translated from Virgil's Fourth Book of the Georgics.

Attribution:

'By the Same' (i.e. William Pattison)

Attributed To:

Not attributed