A select collection of modern poems [ESTC N21693]
- DMI number:
- 752
- Publication Date:
- 1763
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- N21693
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW116582849
- Shelfmark:
- BOD - (OC) 280 o.777
- Full Title:
- A SELECT | COLLECTION | OF | MODERN POEMS, | By the most EMINENT HANDS, | [i]VIZ.[/i] | [2 columns] [column 1] MILTON. | Mr PRIOR. | Mr HUGHES. | Mr ADDISON. | Mr DRYDEN. | Mr CONGREVE. | Mr GREEN. [/column 1] | [column 2] Mr GAY. | Mr POPE. | Dr ARBUTHNOT. | Dr PARNELL. | Mr TICKELL. | Lord LANSDOWNE. | Mr BLACKLOCK, &c. [/column 2] | [epigraph] | EDINBURGH: | Printed by A. DONALDSON and J. REID. | For ALEXANDER DONALDSON, and sold at his | shops in [i]London[/i] and [i]Edinburgh[/i]. | MDCCLXIII.
- Epigraph:
- [i]Perpetua semper dignissima vita.[/i] LUCRET.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh
- Genres:
- Collection of 17th century verse and Collection of religious verse
- Format:
- Octavo
- Pagination:
- i-iv, [1]-216
- Comments:
- Some attributions taken from contents page. Miscellaneous prose: pp. 26, 33, 186-187, 192.
- Other matter:
- Contents page: [2pp.]
- Title:
- A select collection of modern poems [ESTC T53676]
- Publication Date:
- 1744
- ESTC No:
- T53676
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- A select collection of modern poems [N21691]
- Publication Date:
- 1750
- ESTC No:
- N21691
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- A select collection of modern poems moral and philosophical [T62266]
- Publication Date:
- 1759
- ESTC No:
- T62266
- Volume:
- None
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Printer:
- Alexander Donaldson
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Printer:
- J. Reid
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- Alexander Donaldson
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Yet once more O ye laurels and once more
- Page No:
- pp.1-7
- Poem Title:
- Lycidas.
- Attribution:
- By Milton.
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- First Line:
- Hence loathed melancholy
- Page No:
- pp.8-13
- Poem Title:
- L' Allegro.
- Attribution:
- By Milton.
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- First Line:
- Hence vain deluding joys
- Page No:
- pp.13-19
- Poem Title:
- Il Penseroso.
- Attribution:
- By Milton.
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- First Line:
- Cyriac this three years day these eyes though clear
- Page No:
- pp.19-20
- Poem Title:
- A Sonnet. To Cyriac Skinner.
- Attribution:
- By Milton.
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- First Line:
- Now the bright morning star day's harbinger
- Page No:
- p.19
- Poem Title:
- Song. On May morning.
- Attribution:
- By Milton.
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- First Line:
- Man foolish man
- Page No:
- pp.20-24
- Poem Title:
- An Ode On Exod. iii. 14. I am that I am. Written 1688, as an Exercise at St John's College, Cambridge.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Prior.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- First Line:
- O muse unfeigned o true celestial fire
- Page No:
- pp.25-32
- Poem Title:
- An Ode to the Creator of the World.
- Attribution:
- By Mr Hughes.
- Attributed To:
- John Hughes
- First Line:
- I leave mortality's low sphere
- Page No:
- pp.33-42
- Poem Title:
- The Ecstasy. An Ode.
- Attribution:
- By Mr Hughes.
- Attributed To:
- John Hughes
- First Line:
- Cecilia whose exalted hymns
- Page No:
- pp.42-44
- Poem Title:
- A Song. For St Cecilia's Day at Oxford.
- Attribution:
- By Mr Addison.
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Addison
- First Line:
- While you my lord the rural shades admire
- Page No:
- pp.45-51
- Poem Title:
- A Letter from Italy, To the Right Honourable Charles Lord Halifax. In the year MDCCI.
- Attribution:
- By Mr Addison.
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Addison
- First Line:
- Twas at the royal feast for Persia won
- Page No:
- pp.51-58
- Poem Title:
- Alexander's Feast; or, the Power of Music. An Ode, in honour of St. Cecilia's Day.
- Attribution:
- By Mr Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- First Line:
- O harmony to thee we sing
- Page No:
- pp.58-63
- Poem Title:
- A Hymn to Harmony. In honour of St. Cecilia's Day, MDCCI.
- Attribution:
- Mr Congreve.
- Attributed To:
- William Congreve
- First Line:
- Whether amid the gloom of night I stray
- Page No:
- pp.64-66
- Poem Title:
- A Contemplation on Night.
- Attribution:
- By Mr Gay.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- First Line:
- Ere the foundations of the world were laid
- Page No:
- pp.66-67
- Poem Title:
- A Thought on Eternity.
- Attribution:
- By Mr Gay.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- First Line:
- Descend ye nine descend and sing
- Page No:
- pp.67-72
- Poem Title:
- Ode for Music on St Cecilia's Day.
- Attribution:
- By Mr Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Vital spark of heavenly flame
- Page No:
- p.73
- Poem Title:
- The Dying Christian to his Soul. An Ode.
- Attribution:
- By Mr Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Happy the man whose wish and care
- Page No:
- p.74
- Poem Title:
- Ode on Solitude.
- Attribution:
- By Mr Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Father of all in every age
- Page No:
- pp.75-76
- Poem Title:
- The Universal Prayer. Deo. Opt. Max.
- Attribution:
- By Mr Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- What am I how produced and for what end
- Page No:
- pp.77-81
- Poem Title:
- [Greek] Know Yourself.
- Attribution:
- By Dr Arbuthnot.
- Attributed To:
- John Arbuthnot
- First Line:
- By the blue taper's trembling light
- Page No:
- pp.82-85
- Poem Title:
- A Night-Piece on Death.
- Attribution:
- By Dr Parnell.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Parnell
- First Line:
- Lovely lasting peace of mind
- Page No:
- pp.85-88
- Poem Title:
- A Hymn to Contentment.
- Attribution:
- By Dr Parnell.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Parnell
- First Line:
- Far in a wild unknown to public view
- Page No:
- pp.88-96
- Poem Title:
- The Hermit.
- Attribution:
- By Dr Parnell.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Parnell
- First Line:
- Of Leinster famed for maidens fair
- Page No:
- pp.96-99
- Poem Title:
- Colin and Lucy.
- Attribution:
- By Mr Tickell.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- As when some image of a charming face
- Page No:
- pp.100-110
- Poem Title:
- Essay Upon unnatural flights in Poetry.
- Attribution:
- By Lord Lansdowne.
- Attributed To:
- George Granville
- First Line:
- This motley piece to you I send
- Page No:
- pp.111-139
- Poem Title:
- The Spleen. An Epistle to Mr C.J.
- Attribution:
- By Mr Green.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Green
- First Line:
- The solitary bird of night
- Page No:
- pp.139-142
- Poem Title:
- Ode to Wisdom. From Clarissa.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The lord my pasture shall prepare
- Page No:
- p.143
- Poem Title:
- Hymns. Hymn I.
- Attribution:
- By Mr Addison.
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Addison
- First Line:
- When all thy mercies O my God
- Page No:
- pp.144-146
- Poem Title:
- Hymn II.
- Attribution:
- By Mr Addison.
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Addison
- First Line:
- The spacious firmament on high
- Page No:
- pp.146-147
- Poem Title:
- Hymn III.
- Attribution:
- By Mr Addison.
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Addison
- First Line:
- How are thy servants blessed O lord
- Page No:
- pp.147-149
- Poem Title:
- Hymn IV.
- Attribution:
- By Mr Addison.
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Addison
- First Line:
- When rising from the bed of death
- Page No:
- pp.149-150
- Poem Title:
- Hymn V.
- Attribution:
- By Mr Addison.
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Addison
- First Line:
- Thou rising sun whose gladsome ray
- Page No:
- pp.150-151
- Poem Title:
- Odes. Ode I.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Haste my reindeer and let us nimbly go
- Page No:
- pp.152-153
- Poem Title:
- Ode II.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- My time o ye muses was happily spent
- Page No:
- pp.153-156
- Poem Title:
- Ode III.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- As when in Sharon's field the blushing rose
- Page No:
- pp.156-160
- Poem Title:
- The Second Chapter of Solomon's Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- My son the instruction that my words impart
- Page No:
- pp.160-162
- Poem Title:
- The Seventh Chapter of the Proverbs.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- These as they change almighty father these
- Page No:
- pp.163-167
- Poem Title:
- Hymn on the Seasons.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Hail mildly pleasing solitude
- Page No:
- pp.167-169
- Poem Title:
- Hymn on Solitude.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Arise my soul on wings seraphic rise
- Page No:
- pp.169-175
- Poem Title:
- An Hymn to the Supreme Being. In imitation of the 104th Psalm.
- Attribution:
- Blacklock.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Blacklock
- First Line:
- Hail source of transport ever new
- Page No:
- pp.176-178
- Poem Title:
- An Hymn to Benevolence.
- Attribution:
- Blacklock.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Blacklock
- First Line:
- False wisdom fly with all thy owls
- Page No:
- pp.178-183
- Poem Title:
- On the Refinements in Metaphysical Philosophy. An Ode.
- Attribution:
- Blacklock.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Blacklock
- First Line:
- My anxious soul is tore with doubtful strife
- Page No:
- pp.184-185
- Poem Title:
- A Soliloquy, in Imitation of Hamlet.
- Attribution:
- Hamilton.
- Attributed To:
- William of Bangour Hamilton
- First Line:
- Far in the windings of a vale
- Page No:
- pp.186-191
- Poem Title:
- Edwin and Emma.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In these deep solitudes and awful cells
- Page No:
- pp.192-204
- Poem Title:
- Eloisa to Abelard.
- Attribution:
- Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Ah why this boding start this sudden pain
- Page No:
- pp.205-216
- Poem Title:
- Abelard to Eloisa.
- Attribution:
- Cawthorne.
- Attributed To:
- James Cawthorn
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