A select collection of modern poems [N21691]
- DMI number:
- 737
- Publication Date:
- 1750
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- N21691
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CB130548092
- Shelfmark:
- BL - 1578/3774
- 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. [/column 1] | [column 2] Mr. GAY. | Mr. POPE. | Dr. ARBUTHNOT. | Dr. PARNELL. | Mr. TICKEL. | Lord LANSDOWNE, &c. [/column 2] | [rule] | THE SECOND EDITION. | [rule] | [epigraph] | [double rule] | [i]GLASGOW:[/i] | Printed by R. URIE: | For J. GILMOUR, opposite [i]Gibson's-Land, | Salt-mercat.[/i] MDCCL.
- Epigraph:
- [i]Perpetua semper dignissima vita.[/i] | Lucret. I. 3.
- Place of Publication:
- Glasgow
- Genres:
- Collection including prose and Collection including drama
- Format:
- Octavo
- Pagination:
- [1]-207, [1]pp.
- Bibliographic details:
- Some items have separate title pages.
- Comments:
- Some attributions taken from contents page Miscellaneous prose, pp. 7-9, 70, 78
- Other matter:
- Contents [2pp.]; 'Books Printed for J. Gilmour' [1p]
- 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 [ESTC N21693]
- Publication Date:
- 1763
- ESTC No:
- N21693
- 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:
- Confident (50%)
- 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
- 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.
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- First Line:
- Hence loathed melancholy
- Page No:
- pp.52-56
- Poem Title:
- L' Allegro.
- Attribution:
- By Milton
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- First Line:
- Hence vain deluding joys
- Page No:
- pp.57-62
- Poem Title:
- Il Penseroso.
- Attribution:
- By Milton.
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- First Line:
- Now the bright morning star day's harbinger
- Page No:
- p.63
- Poem Title:
- Song. On May Morning.
- Attribution:
- By Milton.
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- First Line:
- Cyriac this three years day these eyes though clear
- Page No:
- p.64
- Poem Title:
- A Sonnet. To Cyriac Skinner.
- Attribution:
- By Milton.
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- First Line:
- Man foolish man
- Page No:
- pp.65-68
- 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.69-76
- 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.77-85
- Poem Title:
- The Ecstacy.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Hughes
- Attributed To:
- John Hughes
- First Line:
- Cecilia whose exalted hymns
- Page No:
- pp.86-88
- 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.89-95
- 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.96-102
- 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.103-107
- Poem Title:
- A Hymn to Harmony. In Honour of St. Cecilia's Day, MDCCI.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Congreve.
- Attributed To:
- William Congreve
- First Line:
- Whether amid the gloom of night I stray
- Page No:
- pp.108-110
- 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.111-112
- 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.113-117
- 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.118
- Poem Title:
- The Dying Christian to his Soul. Ode.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Happy the man whose wish and care
- Page No:
- p.119
- Poem Title:
- Ode on Solitude.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Father of all in every age
- Page No:
- pp.120-121
- Poem Title:
- The Universal Prayer. D. O. M.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- What am I how produced and for what end
- Page No:
- pp.122-126
- Poem Title:
- [Greek] Know Your Self.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Arbuthnot.
- Attributed To:
- John Arbuthnot
- First Line:
- By the blue taper's trembling light
- Page No:
- pp.127-130
- 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.131-133
- 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.134-142
- Poem Title:
- The Hermit.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Parnell.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Parnell
- First Line:
- Of Leinster famed for maidens fair
- Page No:
- pp.143-145
- Poem Title:
- Colin and Lucy.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Tickel.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- As when some image of a charming face
- Page No:
- pp.146-156
- 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.157-181
- Poem Title:
- The Spleen. An Epistle to Mr. C.J.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The solitary bird of night
- Page No:
- pp.182-185
- Poem Title:
- Ode to Wisdom.
- Attribution:
- By a Lady.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The lord my pasture shall prepare
- Page No:
- pp.186-187
- 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.188-189
- Poem Title:
- Hymn II.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Addison.
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Addison
- First Line:
- The spacious firmament on high
- Page No:
- p.190
- Poem Title:
- Hymn III.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Addison.
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Addison
- First Line:
- How are thy servants blessed O lord
- Page No:
- pp.191-192
- Poem Title:
- Hymn IV.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Addison.
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Addison
- First Line:
- When rising from the bed of death
- Page No:
- p.193
- Poem Title:
- Hymn V.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Addison.
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Addison
- First Line:
- Thou rising sun whose gladsome ray
- Page No:
- pp.194-195
- Poem Title:
- Odes. Ode I.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Haste my reindeer and let us nimbly go
- Page No:
- pp.196-197
- Poem Title:
- Ode II.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- My time o ye muses was happily spent
- Page No:
- pp.198-200
- Poem Title:
- Ode III.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- As when in Sharon's field the blushing rose
- Page No:
- pp.201-204
- 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.205-207
- Poem Title:
- The Seventh Chapter of the Proverbs.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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