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.]
- 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:
- Publisher:
- Robert Urie
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- 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
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