A new miscellany of original poems, translations and imitations [T213947]

DMI number:

1503

Publication Date:

1740

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

T213947

Shelfmark:

Folger PR1215.H3a cage. Otago.

Full Title:

A NEW | MISCELLANY | OF ORIGINAL | POEMS, | TRANSLATIONS and IMITATIONS, | BY THE | Most EMINENT HANDS, | [i] VIZ. [/i] | [two columns] [column one] Mr. PRIOR. | Mr. POPE. | Mr. HUGHES. | Mr. MOORE. | Mr. AMHURST. [/column one] | [column two] Mr. HARCOURT. | Mr. CAMPBELL. | Lady MONTAGUE. | Mrs. CENTLIVRE. | Mrs. MANLEY, &c. [/column two] | [rule] | Now first Published from their Respective | MANUSCRIPTS. By ANTHONY HAMMOND, | Esq; With Several PIECES by Him in VERSE and PROSE. [rule] | Also some FAMILIAR LETTERS, by JOHN Earl of | ROCHESTER, never before Printed. | [rule] | The SECOND EDITION. | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for E. CURLL, at [i] Pope's-Head[/i], in [i]Rose-Street[/i], | [i]Covent-Garden.[/i] MDCCXL. Price [i] 5 s. [/i]

Place of Publication:

London

Format:

Octavo

Price:

5 s.

Pagination:

[10], 371, [1]

Bibliographic details:

Folger copy has writing on first page: "Frances Hammond | Her Book | 14 July 1762"

Comments:

ATTRIBUTIONS: Following A. H.'s claim to authorship in the preface, all unattributed poems in the collection have been assigned to him. pp. 17-26: prose ("Letters by the late Lord Rochester.") p. 37: poem in Italian (translation p. 38) pp. 55-61: prose ("The Character of Prince Frederick.") pp. 83-94: prose ("Considerations upon the Choice of a Speaker of the House of Commons...") p. 175: Latin poem (translated pp. 176-177) p. 197: Prose introduction to poem on pp. 198-200 ("A Speech to Westminster Abbey...") pp. 285-317: prose ("Some Account of the..Great Controversy in France..." and "Considerations Upon Corrupt Elections...") pp. 289, 290 are labeled 287, 288 pp. 306, 307 are labeled 206, 207

Other matter:

Front matter: engraving of "His Royal Highness, Frederick George, Prince of Wales. Born Jan. 30th 1705/6." [i]-[ii]: Preface [iii]-[vii]: Contents [vii]: Errata [ix]-[x]: List of "Books printed, published, and sold by H. SERJEANT, at the Star, without Temple Bar."

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Title:

A new miscellany of original poems, translations and imitations [T71421]

Publication Date:

1720

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T71421

Volume:

1 of 1

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Title:

A new miscellany of original poems, translations and imitations [N50036] [*IR*]

Publication Date:

1726

ESTC No:

N50036

Volume:

1 of 1

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Editor:

Anthony Hammond

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Printer:

Serjeant. Hoskins

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Publisher:

Edmund Curll

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Absolute (100%)

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Publisher:

Serjeant. Hoskins

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pp. [ix]-[x] are list of "BOOKS printed, published, and Sold by H. Serjeant, at the Star, without Temple Bar."

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Serjeant. Hoskins

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Speculation (10%)

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pp. [ix]-[x] are list of "BOOKS printed, published, and Sold by H. Serjeant, at the Star, without Temple Bar."

Content/Publication

First Line:

Too long abused by harsh disdain

Page No:

pp.1-2

Poem Title:

To His Mistress. The Resolve.

Attribution:

A.H.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In love's sharp warfare I have often proved

Page No:

p.3

Poem Title:

Doubt.

Attribution:

A.H.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Your bounden slave what should he do but tend

Page No:

pp.4-5

Poem Title:

The Happy Slave.

Attribution:

A.H.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Now in the dead of night his passion keeps

Page No:

pp.6-7

Poem Title:

A Midnight Thought. To Amynta.

Attribution:

A.H.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The wished for happy days and amorous nights

Page No:

pp.8-9

Poem Title:

To Cupid.

Attribution:

A.H.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hail to the light the day and thee my dear

Page No:

pp.10-11

Poem Title:

The Morning. To Amynta.

Attribution:

A.H.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Wissin and nature held a long contest

Page No:

pp.12-16

Poem Title:

To the Right Honourable The Countess Dowager of Devonshire, On a Piece of Wissin's; Whereon were all her Grandsons Painted.

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Hail sacred solitude in whose calm bay

Page No:

pp.27-30

Poem Title:

An Ode upon Solitude.

Attribution:

A.H.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Well fares that happy bird who now may boast

Page No:

p.31

Poem Title:

At Barcelona. 1711.

Attribution:

A.H.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Beauty and empire by indulgent heaven

Page No:

pp.32-33

Poem Title:

On the Queen of Spain, now Empress. Nov. 1711.

Attribution:

A.H.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Twas sacred light opened the glorious scene

Page No:

pp.34-35

Poem Title:

The Idea of Theresa.

Attribution:

A.H.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Farewell farewell ambitious cares

Page No:

p.36

Poem Title:

A Song.

Attribution:

A.H.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Crying and blushing thus fair Helen mourned

Page No:

p.38

Poem Title:

Or thus:

Attribution:

A.H.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In shame and tears thus the fair Helen mourned

Page No:

p.38

Poem Title:

Translated.

Attribution:

A.H.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

For shame be gone maids young and stale

Page No:

pp.39-54

Poem Title:

The Story of Cinyras and Myrrha, in Burlesque.

Attribution:

A.H.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A plain good man without deceit

Page No:

pp.62-63

Poem Title:

The Happy Man.

Attribution:

A.H.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Though nature here what most delights us yields

Page No:

pp.64-65

Poem Title:

To Astrea.

Attribution:

A.H.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When only by report I heard

Page No:

pp.66-67

Poem Title:

To Clara, Loving at first Sight.

Attribution:

A.H.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Musing I lay with hopeless love oppressed

Page No:

pp.68-70

Poem Title:

A Dream.

Attribution:

A.H.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Now my kind Iris tis your friendly part

Page No:

pp.71-72

Poem Title:

To Iris, With the foregoing Verses.

Attribution:

A.H.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Clara had your lovely face

Page No:

pp.73-74

Poem Title:

To Clara.

Attribution:

A.H.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The great the rich as well as I must own

Page No:

p.75

Poem Title:

Clara.

Attribution:

A.H.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

See the bright Clarinda walking

Page No:

pp.76-77

Poem Title:

A Song. On the Lady Eleanor Montague.

Attribution:

A.H.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Why can my eyes no object find no place

Page No:

pp.78-79

Poem Title:

To Amanda.

Attribution:

A.H.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tis done and now the mystic knot is tied

Page No:

pp.80-81

Poem Title:

On a Confirmation of Friendship, between **** and my self.

Attribution:

A.H.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Give me great God said I a little farm

Page No:

pp.95-101

Poem Title:

Verses Written in the Chiask at Pera overlooking Constantinople, December the 26th. 1718.

Attribution:

By a Lady.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tis long methinks since I began to love

Page No:

p.102

Poem Title:

The Hour of Despair. To Mira.

Attribution:

A.H.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here Damon feel my pulse and let me know

Page No:

pp.103-104

Poem Title:

The Disease.

Attribution:

A.H.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ask me to love no more

Page No:

p.105

Poem Title:

A Song. To Amintor.

Attribution:

A.H.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ah how her picture charms the eager sight

Page No:

pp.106-107

Poem Title:

Looking on Mira's Picture.

Attribution:

A.H.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Madam accept this present as your due

Page No:

pp.108-110

Poem Title:

To Mrs. Surman, going to Algier to be Married to Mr. Holden. Written at Mahon December 1714; with Waller's Poems.

Attribution:

A.H.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Great king of winds permit an humble swain

Page No:

pp.111-114

Poem Title:

Damon's Address to Boreas, upon Mrs. Surman's Arival in Minorca, requesting him to detain the Pacquet in the Harbour of Mahon.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Mr. Campbell

First Line:

To thee o prince who swayst the frozen north

Page No:

pp.115-118

Poem Title:

Thanks from Damon for answering his Request.

Attribution:

By the Same.

Attributed To:

Mr. Campbell

First Line:

Farewell fair saint let neither seas nor wind

Page No:

pp.119-120

Poem Title:

On the News of the Ship to carry away Mrs Surman to Algier.

Attribution:

By Major Fowke.

Attributed To:

Fowke||Thomas||Major

First Line:

Happy the youth in whom kind heaven has joined

Page No:

p.121

Poem Title:

To Major Fowke, on Reading the foregoing Lines

Attribution:

By the Honourable Captain Stewart.

Attributed To:

Captain Stewart

First Line:

The god of war sated at last with blood

Page No:

p.122

Poem Title:

Motto Upon the Peace made betwixt the Emperor and France, &c. at Ratstat, in the Year 1714.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Campbell.

Attributed To:

Mr. Campbell

First Line:

While vulgar souls their vulgar love pursue

Page No:

p.123

Poem Title:

Cloe to Artimesa.

Attribution:

A.H.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Now heaven born muse now touch the trembling strings

Page No:

pp.124-129

Poem Title:

The Return.

Attribution:

A.H.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Lucretia the empire of Rome did destroy

Page No:

p.130

Poem Title:

A Drinking Song, made Extempore.

Attribution:

By the Lady Withens.

Attributed To:

Lady Elizabeth Wythens

First Line:

Gold rules within and reigns without these doors

Page No:

p.131

Poem Title:

Said to be set up near the House of Commons.

Attribution:

A.H.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Madam | Your present of albisick paste

Page No:

pp.132-134

Poem Title:

To the Lady Marsham, upon sending Me some Almond Paste.

Attribution:

A.H.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Unhappy bird thy tragic fate

Page No:

pp.135-136

Poem Title:

Upon the Empress's Perroquet's being removed from setting on her Breast, and Dying afterwards by a Fall from the Balcony of the Palace in Barcelona.

Attribution:

By Mr. Campbell.

Attributed To:

Mr. Campbell

First Line:

Dear Moyle blessed youth whose forward wit pursues

Page No:

pp.137-139

Poem Title:

A Letter to Walter Moyle, Esq.; In the Year 1694.

Attribution:

A.H.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To you dear youth in these unpolished strains

Page No:

pp.140-143

Poem Title:

To Walter Moyle, Esq.;

Attribution:

By Mr. Charles Hopkins, In the Year 1609.

Attributed To:

Charles Hopkins

First Line:

As when a prophet feels the god retired

Page No:

pp.144-146

Poem Title:

To Anthony Hammond, Esq.;

Attribution:

By Mr. Charles Hopkins. In the Year 1694.

Attributed To:

Charles Hopkins

First Line:

Artist that underneath my table

Page No:

pp.147-149

Poem Title:

The Spider.

Attribution:

By an unknown Hand.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Be not too forward painter 'tis

Page No:

pp.150-153

Poem Title:

To the Painter preparing to draw Mrs. Mary Hammond, Sister to Sir William Hammond of St. Albans in Kent.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. James Shirley, In the Year 1634.

Attributed To:

James Shirley

First Line:

Welcome dear friend to fair Massilia's plain

Page No:

pp.154-158

Poem Title:

Damon and Strephon meeting at Marseilles.

Attribution:

A Dialogue, by Mr. Campbell.

Attributed To:

Mr. Campbell

First Line:

In youthful bloom did Verin die

Page No:

pp.159-161

Poem Title:

In Obitum Verini Michaelis. Ex Politiano.

Attribution:

Paraphrased by Mr. Campbell.

Attributed To:

Mr. Campbell

First Line:

In Minorca isle there is a lass

Page No:

pp.162-167

Poem Title:

The Minorcan Lovers, A Song Addressed to the Honourable Lieutenant Governor Kane.

Attribution:

By Mr. Campbell.

Attributed To:

Mr. Campbell

First Line:

Through various countries Albius we have ranged

Page No:

pp.168-174

Poem Title:

To Dr. Graham, at London. A Letter from Port-Mahon. 1713. In Imitation of the 11th Epist. of the 2d. Book of Horace.

Attribution:

A.H.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here bounteous nature largely has bestowed

Page No:

pp.176-177

Poem Title:

On the Island Majorca.

Attribution:

By Mr. Campbell

Attributed To:

Mr. Campbell

First Line:

Go doleful sheet to every street

Page No:

pp.178-189

Poem Title:

A Letter Sent by Sir John Suckling from France, deploring his sad Estate and Flight: With a Discovery of the Plot and Conspiracy, intended by him and his Adherents, against England.

Attribution:

by Sir John Suckling

Attributed To:

Sir John Suckling

First Line:

Whilst in my arms my dear Corinna lay

Page No:

p.190

Poem Title:

Corinna.

Attribution:

By a Person of Honour.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Oxford for all thy fops and smarts

Page No:

pp.191-192

Poem Title:

To J. M---E, Esq; Of Worcester-College, Oxon.

Attribution:

By Mrs. Manley.

Attributed To:

Delarivier Manley

First Line:

Whilst the sad heavens replenish Charwell's urns

Page No:

pp.193-196

Poem Title:

To Mrs. Manley. On the foregoing Stanzas.

Attribution:

By J. Moore, Esq;.

Attributed To:

Smythe||James Moore [alias Moore||James]

First Line:

Ye sacred seats ye venerable urns

Page No:

pp.198-200

Poem Title:

A Speech to Westminster Abbey, Occasioned by the Death of Mr. Addison.

Attribution:

By Mr. Sewell.

Attributed To:

George Sewell

First Line:

Long had my mind unknowing how to soar

Page No:

pp.201-207

Poem Title:

To the Right Honourable the Countess of Bristol.

Attribution:

By Mrs. Manley.

Attributed To:

Delarivier Manley

First Line:

Unhappy man who through successive years

Page No:

pp.208-218

Poem Title:

Reason, A Poem Written in the Year 1700.

Attribution:

By the Reverend Mr. Pomfret. Author of the Choice. But not inserted in any Edition of his Poems.

Attributed To:

John Pomfret

First Line:

Thus Kitty beautiful and young

Page No:

pp.219-221

Poem Title:

The Female Phaeton.

Attribution:

By Mr. Harcourt.

Attributed To:

Simon Harcourt

First Line:

When Kneller's works of various grace

Page No:

pp.222-225

Poem Title:

The Judgment of Venus.

Attribution:

By the same.

Attributed To:

Simon Harcourt

First Line:

If Celia has no secret I

Page No:

pp.226-227

Poem Title:

On Caelia's saying she had no Secret.

Attribution:

By Damon.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The tender boy in our cold country's chilled

Page No:

p.228

Poem Title:

Written in the Blank Leaf of Mrs. Manley's Tragedy, call'd, The Royal Mischief.

Attribution:

By Bevil Higgons, Esq;

Attributed To:

Bevil Higgons

First Line:

Of all the animals that move

Page No:

pp.229-234

Poem Title:

The Fly.

Attribution:

By an unknown Hand.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Learning is only useful when tis known

Page No:

pp.235-236

Poem Title:

Scire tuum nihil est nisi te scire hoc sciat alter.

Attribution:

By the same.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

This house is formed with art and wrought with pains

Page No:

p.237

Poem Title:

Epigram. On a Person of a small Fortune building a very fine House with a Burying-Place for Himself.

Attribution:

By the same.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Say for we seek him now thou heavenly maid

Page No:

pp.238-239

Poem Title:

Part of the Sixth Chapter of Solomon's Song Paraphrased.

Attribution:

By Mr. Morley.

Attributed To:

Mr. Morley

First Line:

Stay Phoebus blooming god of light

Page No:

pp.240-254

Poem Title:

Verses Presented to the Right Honourable the Marquess of Carmarthen, on his Marriage with the Lady Anne Seimour.

Attribution:

By Mr. Newcomb.

Attributed To:

Thomas Newcomb

First Line:

Ere there was yet a beam of day

Page No:

pp.255-256

Poem Title:

The Vision.

Attribution:

By Mr. Morley.

Attributed To:

Mr. Morley

First Line:

Oh gentle Hammond whilst a brother shines

Page No:

pp.257-260

Poem Title:

Clio's Picture. To Anthony Hammond Esq;

Attribution:

By Mrs. Fowke.

Attributed To:

Martha Sansom [nee Fowke]

First Line:

Disguise is what I little understand

Page No:

pp.261-263

Poem Title:

Thoughts To a Friend, On the Masquerades.

Attribution:

By the Same.

Attributed To:

Martha Sansom [nee Fowke]

First Line:

The love you dare but look I find

Page No:

pp.264-266

Poem Title:

To Cleon's Eyes.

Attribution:

By the same.

Attributed To:

Martha Sansom [nee Fowke]

First Line:

The shining murderers who stab my breast

Page No:

pp.267-268

Poem Title:

On Cleon's Letters, darlings of my Eyes. Where Clio's Life, and Death infolded lies.

Attribution:

By the same.

Attributed To:

Martha Sansom [nee Fowke]

First Line:

How shall I paint the pangs with which I part

Page No:

pp.269-271

Poem Title:

To these soft Lines what Name shall I impart, | But the last Message of a breaking Heart.

Attribution:

By the same.

Attributed To:

Martha Sansom [nee Fowke]

First Line:

By milk-white doves as drawn of old

Page No:

pp.272-273

Poem Title:

Venus Mistaken.

Attribution:

By an unknown Hand.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In beauty or wit

Page No:

pp.274-276

Poem Title:

Verses to the Lady Mary Wortley Montague.

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Harcourt so pleasing are thy lays

Page No:

pp.277-281

Poem Title:

To Mr. Harcourt. Occasioned by reading his Judgment of Venus.

Attribution:

A.H.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Apelles once took paint and pencil in hand

Page No:

pp.282-284

Poem Title:

The Judgment of Cloe.

Attribution:

By the same.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Long had our isle with ignorance been cursed

Page No:

pp.319-321

Poem Title:

Prologue to Othello revived. Spoken by Mr. Quin, at the Theatre in Lincoln's-Inn-Fields. March 12, 1719.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Moore.

Attributed To:

Smythe||James Moore [alias Moore||James]

First Line:

Tis true on canvas none can trace

Page No:

pp.322-323

Poem Title:

To the Duchess of Bolton, Upon seeing her Picture drawn unlike her.

Attribution:

By Mrs. Centlivre.

Attributed To:

Susanna Centlivre

First Line:

Nature to grace this happy day

Page No:

pp.324-325

Poem Title:

To the Earl of Warwick, On his Birth-Day.

Attribution:

By the same.

Attributed To:

Susanna Centlivre

First Line:

From a lonesome old house near Holbeach washway

Page No:

pp.326-330

Poem Title:

From the Country, To Mr. Rowe in Town. M. DCC. XVIII.

Attribution:

By the same.

Attributed To:

Susanna Centlivre

First Line:

Struck with a passion for unhappy Rowe

Page No:

pp.331-332

Poem Title:

To Mrs. Centlivre, At that Time dangerously Ill.

Attribution:

By Nic. Amhurst, Esq;

Attributed To:

Nicholas Amhurst

First Line:

In vain Orinda on my aid

Page No:

pp.333-334

Poem Title:

To Mrs. Centlivre. Upon her desiring him to Read and Correct a Poem.

Attribution:

By the Same.

Attributed To:

Nicholas Amhurst

First Line:

Young Strephon by his folded sheep

Page No:

pp.335-337

Poem Title:

A Song.

Attribution:

By Mr. Bedingfield.

Attributed To:

W. Bedingfield

First Line:

Daphne the beautiful and coy

Page No:

pp.338-340

Poem Title:

Apollo and Daphne.

Attribution:

By the Same.

Attributed To:

W. Bedingfield

First Line:

Fair rival to the god of day

Page No:

pp.341-342

Poem Title:

Beauty, An Ode.

Attribution:

By the Same.

Attributed To:

W. Bedingfield

First Line:

Behold where weeping Venus stands

Page No:

pp.343-345

Poem Title:

Venus and Adonis. An Ode.

Attribution:

By the same.

Attributed To:

W. Bedingfield

First Line:

To you dear friend who know my aching heart

Page No:

pp.346-352

Poem Title:

Epistle to a Friend.

Attribution:

By an unknown Hand.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tell me ye learned sages tell

Page No:

pp.353-354

Poem Title:

To Caroletta, On Kissing her Hand.

Attribution:

By the Same.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Let's live my Lesbia and let's love

Page No:

pp.355-356

Poem Title:

Translated from Catullus.

Attribution:

By the Same.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

No woman can with justice say

Page No:

p.357

Poem Title:

To Lesbia. Translated from Catullus.

Attribution:

By the Same.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

My Chloe vowed to me and said

Page No:

p.358

Poem Title:

On the Inconstancy of Female Love, Translated from Catullus.

Attribution:

By the Same.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Alas fair Chloe how can you

Page No:

pp.359-360

Poem Title:

To Cloe, Having the Tooth-ach.

Attribution:

By the Same.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Alas thou ribbon fair once bright once gay

Page No:

pp.361-362

Poem Title:

Upon a Ribbon, taken from a Lady, to make a Watch-String.

Attribution:

By the Same.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

You've often asked me of the fair

Page No:

pp.363-364

Poem Title:

The Coquette. To a Friend.

Attribution:

By the Same.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

See how those dropping monuments decay

Page No:

p.365-371

Poem Title:

A Monumental Ode. To the Memory of Mrs. Elizabeth Hughes. Late Wife of Edward Hughes, Esq; of Hertingford-Bury, in the County of Hertford, and Daughter of Richard Harrison, Esq; of Balls, in the same County. Obijt 15 Nov. M. DCC. XIV.

Attribution:

By John Hughes, Esq.

Attributed To:

John Hughes