A new miscellany: being a collection of pieces of poetry from Bath, Tunbridge, Oxford, Epsom [N20426]
- DMI number:
- 563
- Publication Date:
- 1725
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- N20426
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- Not in ECCO
- Shelfmark:
- BOD G Pamph. 1278 (38)
- Full Title:
- A NEW | MISCELLANY: | BEING A | COLLECTION | Of PIECES of | POETRY, | FROM | [i]BATH, TUNBRIDGE, OXFORD, EPSOM,[/i] | and other Places, in the Year 1725. | [rule] | Written chiefly by Persons of QUALITY. | [rule] | To which is added, | [i]Grongar Hill[/i], a POEM. | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for T. WARNER, in [i]Pater-Noster-Row[/i]. | Price One Shilling.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Format:
- Octavo
- Price:
- 1 s.
- Pagination:
- [6], 1-90.
- Bibliographic details:
- Octavo in fours.
- Comments:
- MISCELLANY GENRE: Provincial poetry.
- Other matter:
- PREFATORY MATERIAL: Preface (2pp.); Contents (2pp.)
- References:
- Case, 335.
- Author:
- T. Warner
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Please muse presumptuous you attempt in vain
- Page No:
- pp.1-4
- Poem Title:
- The Court Ladies.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- While the fair circle heedless I surveyed
- Page No:
- pp.4-5
- Poem Title:
- Upon seeing the Honourable Mrs. M----y H----we at the Play-House.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- As cupid tired with many a prank
- Page No:
- pp.5-8
- Poem Title:
- The Thief, on Miss J-l--na H--we.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When first the omnipotent did life bestow
- Page No:
- pp.9-12
- Poem Title:
- On the E-- of P-mbr--k's marrying Miss H---we.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- While you in one continued scene of joy
- Page No:
- pp.12-13
- Poem Title:
- To Corinna.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Juno had grandeur but not easy grace
- Page No:
- p.14
- Poem Title:
- On the Countess of H-rtf-rd.
- Attribution:
- L.E.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Thus Sylla's country hall is crowned
- Page No:
- p.14
- Poem Title:
- On Sylla's Pictures at his Country Seat.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- All hail propitious day whose wished return
- Page No:
- pp.15-16
- Poem Title:
- On the 26th of August, Sir R-b-t W-lp-le's Birth-Day.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- To you my lord by whom that order's worn
- Page No:
- pp.16-17
- Poem Title:
- The Panegyric; at Tunbridge, 1724. On Citizens.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A pampered hern of lofty mien and state
- Page No:
- pp.18-19
- Poem Title:
- The Hern, a Tale, Oxon. 1725, &c. On Miss -----
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Shall sister Hall then wedded be
- Page No:
- pp.20-28
- Poem Title:
- Belinda's Resolves, Oxon. 1725.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- That hoary head in these few lines is sung
- Page No:
- pp.28-31
- Poem Title:
- On Dr. ----- Oxford, 1724.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A youth there was possessed with every charm
- Page No:
- pp.32-37
- Poem Title:
- The Story of Inkle and Yarico, taken out of the eleventh Spectator.
- Attribution:
- By a Lady
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- If yet thou any memory retain
- Page No:
- pp.38-41
- Poem Title:
- An Epistle from Yarico to Inkle, after he had sold her for a Slave.
- Attribution:
- By a Lady
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Prometheus as old stories say
- Page No:
- pp.41-45
- Poem Title:
- China.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- How have I heard the fair lament
- Page No:
- pp.45-47
- Poem Title:
- The Cause of Inconstancy.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Where storks unless the fates deceive appear
- Page No:
- pp.48-49
- Poem Title:
- The Arrival of the Storks: Or, the Overthrow of two Monarchies. Written at the Bath.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Latest thou came most perfect work of all
- Page No:
- pp.50-51
- Poem Title:
- To Miss M-reton, in Milton's Stile.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Hail sacred ship who art more richly fraught
- Page No:
- p.52
- Poem Title:
- On Lady R-ss, on Ship-board.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- O fairest mass of every female grace
- Page No:
- pp.52-54
- Poem Title:
- To Lady R-s, long indispos'd at Bath.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Pride of thy sex and wonder of this spring
- Page No:
- pp.54-55
- Poem Title:
- To Lady S-dl-y at Bath, May 1725.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- How various ways has beauty to surprise
- Page No:
- pp.55-56
- Poem Title:
- On Several Ladies.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Belinda with affected mien
- Page No:
- pp.56-57
- Poem Title:
- The two Rival Sisters. Miss J--s.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Unthinking swain dost thou pretend to tease
- Page No:
- p.57
- Poem Title:
- The Answer.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Fairest how little rational is he
- Page No:
- p.58
- Poem Title:
- On Mr. J--r--s denying Lady S-----ly a Breakfast.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Let other monarchs with laborious pain
- Page No:
- pp.59-60
- Poem Title:
- On Mr. N-sh at Bath.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Well for mankind had adam been so dull
- Page No:
- p.59
- Poem Title:
- Numps. --- Another of the same.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Enough of time I have now spent in vain
- Page No:
- p.61
- Poem Title:
- Farewel to the Bath, or the Dismission of Captain W-bb.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Save me ye powers from a high-flown wife
- Page No:
- pp.61-62
- Poem Title:
- The Prayer.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Here the stern patriot and the gentle bride
- Page No:
- p.62
- Poem Title:
- Found written on a Card at Harrison's.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Doting Silenus in decline of life
- Page No:
- pp.63-65
- Poem Title:
- Corydon's Advice to Julia. On Mrs. B-----.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Thrice happy toy whose gales delight the fair
- Page No:
- p.63
- Poem Title:
- On Miss P-n M-rt-n's Fan.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Restore sweet Amoret some pitying power
- Page No:
- pp.65-66
- Poem Title:
- On Lord ----- and a young Lady.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Fair sweet and young receive this friendly strain
- Page No:
- pp.66-67
- Poem Title:
- Advice to Amando.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Whatever she does or wheresoever she moves
- Page No:
- pp.67-68
- Poem Title:
- Upon Miss Ell-n P--ce.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Emilia needs no art to make her shine
- Page No:
- p.68
- Poem Title:
- On Miss K--ty Ed---n.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- To Bath Dorinda for her health repairs
- Page No:
- pp.68-65
- Poem Title:
- Dorinda, Or, The City Wife. On Mrs. J----
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Stella and Flavia every hour
- Page No:
- p.70
- Poem Title:
- On the Dut----s of Q---- and her Sister.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I ask not wit nor beauty do I crave
- Page No:
- p.71
- Poem Title:
- The humble Wish
- Attribution:
- by Mrs. B-ll M-rt-n
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Nature perversely to your wish has given
- Page No:
- pp.71-72
- Poem Title:
- The Answer
- Attribution:
- by Mr. H-rv-y, Son to the Lord B---
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- My very good coll I lost wife and child
- Page No:
- pp.72-73
- Poem Title:
- On Captain ---- The Country Knight.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Entombed here lies sweet smiling Nan
- Page No:
- p.72
- Poem Title:
- Epitaph on Mrs. A. J----s
- Attribution:
- by the same [i.e. Mr. H-rv-y]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Hervey
- First Line:
- In vain long parchment pedigrees adorn
- Page No:
- pp.73-74
- Poem Title:
- The Resentment, or Triumvirate. Inscrib'd to a Lord and two Ladies, at Bath.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ashamed indeed as who would not to pass
- Page No:
- p.75
- Poem Title:
- A Fable. To L--d H--, at Bath.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Lesbi the subject of my endless song
- Page No:
- pp.76-78
- Poem Title:
- On Mrs. M. B. at Bath.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Her face was so charming I looked and I loved
- Page No:
- p.78
- Poem Title:
- The Cause of Inconstancy.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Unhappy Bro--s curse the ball
- Page No:
- p.79-80
- Poem Title:
- On a Gentleman spilling a Dish of Chocolate. (Bath, 1725.)
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Silent nymph with curious eye
- Page No:
- pp.80-90
- Poem Title:
- Grongar Hill. A Poem.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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