A select collection of modern poems [ESTC T53676]
- DMI number:
- 740
- Publication Date:
- 1744
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- T53676
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW109761300
- Shelfmark:
- BOD M. adds. 111 f.7
- Full Title:
- A SELECT | COLLECTION | OF | MODERN POEMS. | [rule] | By the most EMINENT HANDS; | [rule] | [i]VIZ.[/i] | [2 columns] [column 1] MILTON. | Mr. PRIOR. | Mr. HUGHES. | Mr. ADDISON. | Mr. DRYDEN. [/column 1] | [column 2] Mr. CONGREVE. | Mr. GAY. | Mr. POPE. | Dr. PARNEL. | Lord LANSDOWNE. [/column2] | [rule] | [epigraph] | [rule] | [i]GLASGOW:[/i] | Printed by R. URIE and COMPANY: | For J. GILMOUR, opposite [i]Gibson's-Land, | Salt-mercat.[/i] | [rule] | MDCCXLIV.
- Epigraph:
- [i]Perpetua semper dignissima vita.[/i] | Lucret. L 3.
- Place of Publication:
- Glasgow
- Genres:
- Collection of 17th century verse, Collection of literary verse, Collection including prose, and Collection including drama
- Format:
- Octavo
- Pagination:
- [6] 7-144 pp.
- Bibliographic details:
- Several items have separate title pages.
- Comments:
- Miscellaneous prose: pp. 7-9, 68, 76
- Other matter:
- Prefatory matter: List of books printed for J. Gilmour [1p.]; Contents page [2pp.]
- Title:
- A select collection of modern poems [ESTC N21693]
- Publication Date:
- 1763
- ESTC No:
- N21693
- 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:
- Robert Urie
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- J. Gilmour
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Before the starry threshold of Jove's court
- Page No:
- pp.5-44
- Poem Title:
- A Mask Presented at Ludlow-Castle, 1634.
- Attribution:
- By Milton [contents page]
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- First Line:
- Yet once more O ye laurels and once more
- Page No:
- pp.45-51
- Poem Title:
- Lycidas.
- Attribution:
- By Milton [contents page]
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- First Line:
- Hence loathed melancholy
- Page No:
- pp.52-56
- Poem Title:
- L' Allegro.
- Attribution:
- By Milton [contents page]
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- First Line:
- Hence vain deluding joys
- Page No:
- pp.57-62
- Poem Title:
- Il Penseroso.
- Attribution:
- By Milton [contents page]
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- First Line:
- Man foolish man
- Page No:
- pp.63-66
- Poem Title:
- An Ode On Exod. iii. 14. I am that I am. Written 1688, as an Excercise at St. John's College, Cambridge.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Prior. [contents page]
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- First Line:
- O muse unfeigned o true celestial fire
- Page No:
- pp.67-74
- Poem Title:
- An Ode to the Creator of the World.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Hughes. [contents page]
- Attributed To:
- John Hughes
- First Line:
- I leave mortality's low sphere
- Page No:
- pp.75-83
- Poem Title:
- The Ecstacy.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Hughes. [contents page]
- Attributed To:
- John Hughes
- First Line:
- Cecilia whose exalted hymns
- Page No:
- pp.84-86
- Poem Title:
- A Song for St. Cecilia's Day at Oxford.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Addison. [contents page]
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Addison
- First Line:
- While you my lord the rural shades admire
- Page No:
- pp.87-93
- Poem Title:
- A Letter from Italy, To the Right Honourable Charles Lord Halifax. In the Year MDCCI.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Addison. [contents page]
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Addison
- First Line:
- Twas at the royal feast for Persia won
- Page No:
- pp.94-100
- Poem Title:
- Alexander's Feast; or the Power of Musick. An Ode, In Honour of St. Cecilia's Day.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dryden. [contents page]
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- First Line:
- O harmony to thee we sing
- Page No:
- pp.101-105
- Poem Title:
- A Hymn to Harmony. In Honour of St. Cecilia's Day, MDCCI.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Congreve. [contents page]
- Attributed To:
- William Congreve
- First Line:
- Whether amid the gloom of night I stray
- Page No:
- pp.106-108
- Poem Title:
- A Contemplation on Night.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Gay. [contents page]
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- First Line:
- Ere the foundations of the world were laid
- Page No:
- pp.109-110
- Poem Title:
- A Thought on Eternity.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Gay. [contents page]
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- First Line:
- Descend ye nine descend and sing
- Page No:
- pp.111-115
- Poem Title:
- Ode for Music on St. Cecilia's Day.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Pope. [contents page]
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Vital spark of heavenly flame
- Page No:
- p.116
- Poem Title:
- The Dying Christian to his Soul, Ode.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Pope. [contents page]
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Happy the man whose wish and care
- Page No:
- p.117
- Poem Title:
- Ode on Solitude.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Pope. [contents page]
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- By the blue taper's trembling light
- Page No:
- pp.118-121
- Poem Title:
- A Night-Piece on Death.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Parnel. [contents page]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Parnell
- First Line:
- Lovely lasting peace of mind
- Page No:
- pp.122-124
- Poem Title:
- A Hymn to Contentment.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Parnel. [contents page]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Parnell
- First Line:
- Far in a wild unknown to public view
- Page No:
- pp.125-133
- Poem Title:
- The Hermit.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Parnel. [contents page]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Parnell
- First Line:
- As when some image of a charming face
- Page No:
- pp.134-144
- Poem Title:
- Essay Upon unnatural flights in Poetry.
- Attribution:
- Lord Lansdowne. [contents page]
- Attributed To:
- George Granville
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