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A select collection of modern poems moral and philosophical [T62266]

DMI number:
743
Publication Date:
1759
ESTC number:
T62266
EEBO/ECCO link:
CW111366601
Shelfmark:
BL - 1489.r.8
Full Title:
A SELECT | COLLECTION | OF | MODERN POEMS, | MORAL and PHILOSOPHICAL. | By the most EMINENT HANDS. | THE THIRD EDITION. | [epigraph] | GLASGOW: | Printed for ROBERT URIE, | MDCCLIX.
Epigraph:
[i]Perpetua semper dignissima vita[/i]. | LUCRET. I. iii.
Place of Publication:
Glasgow
Genres:
Collection of 17th century verse, Collection of religious verse, Collection including prose, and Collection including drama
Format:
Duodecimo
Pagination:
[i]-iv, [2], 7-207pp.
Bibliographic details:
Some items have separate title pages.
Comments:
Miscellaneous prose: pp. 7-9; 70; 78. Attributions: from contents page.
Other matter:
Prefatory matter: Contents page [2pp.]
Related Miscellanies
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 [ESTC N21693]
Publication Date:
1763
ESTC No:
N21693
Volume:
1 of 1
Relationship:
Another Edition of
Comments:
Related People
Publisher:
Robert Urie
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Content/Publication
First Line:
Before the starry threshold of Jove's court
Page No:
pp.5-43
Poem Title:
A Mask Presented at Ludlow-Castle, 1634.
Attribution:
Milton. [contents page]
Attributed To:
John Milton
First Line:
Yet once more O ye laurels and once more
Page No:
pp.44-50
Poem Title:
Lycidas.
Attribution:
Milton. [contents page]
Attributed To:
John Milton
First Line:
Hence loathed melancholy
Page No:
pp.51-55
Poem Title:
L' Allegro.
Attribution:
Milton. [contents page]
Attributed To:
John Milton
First Line:
Hence vain deluding joys
Page No:
pp.56-61
Poem Title:
Il Penseroso.
Attribution:
Milton. [contents page]
Attributed To:
John Milton
First Line:
Now the bright morning star day's harbinger
Page No:
p.62
Poem Title:
Song. On May Morning.
Attribution:
Milton. [contents page]
Attributed To:
John Milton
First Line:
Cyriac this three years day these eyes though clear
Page No:
p.63
Poem Title:
A Sonnet. To Cyriac Skinner.
Attribution:
Milton. [contents page]
Attributed To:
John Milton
First Line:
Man foolish man
Page No:
pp.64-67
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:
Prior. [contents page]
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:
Hughes. [contents page]
Attributed To:
John Hughes
First Line:
I leave mortality's low sphere
Page No:
pp.77-85
Poem Title:
The Ecstacy.
Attribution:
Hughes. [contents page]
Attributed To:
John Hughes
First Line:
Whether amid the gloom of night I stray
Page No:
pp.86-88
Poem Title:
A Contemplation on Night.
Attribution:
Gay. [contents page]
Attributed To:
John Gay
First Line:
Ere the foundations of the world were laid
Page No:
pp.89-90
Poem Title:
A Thought on Eternity.
Attribution:
Gay. [contents page]
Attributed To:
John Gay
First Line:
The lord my pasture shall prepare
Page No:
pp.91-92
Poem Title:
Hymns. Hymn I
Attribution:
Addison. [contents page]
Attributed To:
Joseph Addison
First Line:
When all thy mercies O my God
Page No:
pp.93-94
Poem Title:
Hymn II.
Attribution:
Addison. [contents page]
Attributed To:
Joseph Addison
First Line:
The spacious firmament on high
Page No:
p.95
Poem Title:
Hymn III.
Attribution:
Addison. [contents page]
Attributed To:
Joseph Addison
First Line:
How are thy servants blessed O lord
Page No:
pp.96-97
Poem Title:
Hymn IV.
Attribution:
Addison. [contents page]
Attributed To:
Joseph Addison
First Line:
When rising from the bed of death
Page No:
p.98
Poem Title:
Hymn V.
Attribution:
Addison. [contents page]
Attributed To:
Joseph Addison
First Line:
While you my lord the rural shades admire
Page No:
pp.99-105
Poem Title:
A Letter from Italy, To the Right Honourable Charles Lord Halifax. In the Year MDCCI.
Attribution:
Addison. [contents page]
Attributed To:
Joseph Addison
First Line:
Cecilia whose exalted hymns
Page No:
pp.106-108
Poem Title:
A Song. For St. Cecilia's Day at Oxford.
Attribution:
Addison. [contents page]
Attributed To:
Joseph Addison
First Line:
Twas at the royal feast for Persia won
Page No:
pp.109-115
Poem Title:
Alexander's Feast; or the Power of Music. An Ode in Honour of St. Cecilia's Day.
Attribution:
Dryden. [contents page]
Attributed To:
John Dryden
First Line:
O harmony to thee we sing
Page No:
pp.116-120
Poem Title:
A Hymn to Harmony. In Honour of St. Cecilia's Day, MDCCI.
Attribution:
Congreve. [contents page]
Attributed To:
William Congreve
First Line:
Descend ye nine descend and sing
Page No:
pp.121-125
Poem Title:
Ode for Music on St. Cecilia's Day.
Attribution:
Pope. [contents page]
Attributed To:
Alexander Pope
First Line:
Vital spark of heavenly flame
Page No:
p.126
Poem Title:
The Dying Christian to his Soul. Ode.
Attribution:
Pope. [contents page]
Attributed To:
Alexander Pope
First Line:
Happy the man whose wish and care
Page No:
p.127
Poem Title:
Ode on Solitude.
Attribution:
Pope. [contents page]
Attributed To:
Alexander Pope
First Line:
Father of all in every age
Page No:
p.128-130
Poem Title:
The Universal Prayer. D. O. M.
Attribution:
Pope. [contents page]
Attributed To:
Alexander Pope
First Line:
What am I how produced and for what end
Page No:
pp.131-135
Poem Title:
[Greek] Know Yourself.
Attribution:
Arbuthnot. [contents page]
Attributed To:
John Arbuthnot
First Line:
By the blue taper's trembling light
Page No:
pp.136-139
Poem Title:
A Night-Piece on Death.
Attribution:
Parnell. [contents page]
Attributed To:
Thomas Parnell
First Line:
Lovely lasting peace of mind
Page No:
pp.140-142
Poem Title:
A Hymn to Contentment.
Attribution:
Parnell. [contents page]
Attributed To:
Thomas Parnell
First Line:
Far in a wild unknown to public view
Page No:
pp.143-151
Poem Title:
The Hermit.
Attribution:
Parnell. [contents page]
Attributed To:
Thomas Parnell
First Line:
Of Leinster famed for maidens fair
Page No:
pp.152-154
Poem Title:
Colin and Lucy.
Attribution:
Tickel. [contents page]
Attributed To:
Thomas Tickell
First Line:
Twas at the silent solemn hour
Page No:
pp.155-157
Poem Title:
William and Margaret.
Attribution:
Mallet. [contents page]
Attributed To:
David Mallet
First Line:
This motley piece to you I send
Page No:
pp.158-182
Poem Title:
The Spleen. An Epistle to Mr. C.J.
Attribution:
Green. [contents page]
Attributed To:
Matthew Green
First Line:
The solitary bird of night
Page No:
pp.183-186
Poem Title:
Ode to Wisdom.
Attribution:
By a Lady.
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
These as they change almighty father these
Page No:
pp.187-190
Poem Title:
Hymn on the Seasons.
Attribution:
Thomson. [contents page]
Attributed To:
James Thomson
First Line:
Hail mildly pleasing solitude
Page No:
pp.191-192
Poem Title:
Hymn on Solitude.
Attribution:
Thomson. [contents page]
Attributed To:
James Thomson
First Line:
Arise my soul on wings seraphic rise
Page No:
pp.193-198
Poem Title:
An Hymn to the Supreme Being. In Imitation of the civ Psalm.
Attribution:
Blacklock. [contents page]
Attributed To:
Thomas Blacklock
First Line:
Hail source of transport ever new
Page No:
pp.199-200
Poem Title:
An Hymn to Benevolence.
Attribution:
Blacklock. [contents page]
Attributed To:
Thomas Blacklock
First Line:
False wisdom fly with all thy owls
Page No:
pp.201-205
Poem Title:
On the Refinements in Metaphysical Philosophy: An Ode.
Attribution:
Blacklock. [contents page]
Attributed To:
Thomas Blacklock
First Line:
My anxious soul is tore with doubtful strife
Page No:
pp.206-207
Poem Title:
A Soliloquy in Imitation of Hamlet.
Attribution:
Hamilton. [contents page]
Attributed To:
William of Bangour Hamilton