A select collection of poems with notes biographical and historical [vol 3] [T93622] [ecco]

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1291

Publication Date:

1780

Volume Number:

3 of 8

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T93622

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Full Title:

A SELECT | COLLECTION | OF | POEMS: | WITH | NOTES, | BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL. | [rule] | THE THIRD VOLUME. | [rule] | LONDON: | PRINTED BY AND FOR J. NICHOLS, | RED LION PASSAGE, FLEET-STREET. | MDCCLXXX.

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London

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Octavo

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Frontispiece. Half title: J. NICHOLS'S | SELECT COLLECTION | OF POEMS. | VOLUME III.

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Back matter: Contents pp. 317-320.

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John Nichols

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Content/Publication

First Line:

A lady lived in former days

Page No:

pp.3-13

Poem Title:

The Eagle And The Robin.

Attribution:

By Dr, King, Of The Commons. Not Printed In His Works.

Attributed To:

William King

First Line:

One that had in her infant state

Page No:

pp.13-18

Poem Title:

Robin Red Breast, With The Beasts, An Old Cat's Prophecy; Taken out of an old copy of Verses supposed to be writ by John Lidgate a Monk of Bury.

Attribution:

By Dr. King. Not Printed In His Works.

Attributed To:

William King

First Line:

The tea was sipped Ocella gone

Page No:

pp.19-74

Poem Title:

Bibliotheca: A Poem. Occasioned By The Sight Of A Modern Library. With Some Very Useful Episodes And Digressions.

Attribution:

Probably By The Same [i.e. King] Note: This is ascribed to Dr. King upon conjecture only.

Attributed To:

William King

First Line:

To Windsor canon his well chosen friend

Page No:

pp.74-77

Poem Title:

Epistle To Mr. Goddard

Attribution:

Written By Dr. King, In The Character Of "The Review."

Attributed To:

William King

First Line:

From far Barbadoes on the western main

Page No:

p.77

Poem Title:

Receipt To Make A Sack-Posset.

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. King]

Attributed To:

William King

First Line:

Of oats decorticated take two pound

Page No:

p.77

Poem Title:

Receipt To Make An Oatmeal Pudding.

Attribution:

By Dr. King.

Attributed To:

William King

First Line:

Of all the delicates which Britons try

Page No:

pp.78-81

Poem Title:

Apple-Pye.

Attribution:

Probably By The Same [i.e. King] Footnote: This poem hath been claimed as Mr. Welsted's

Attributed To:

Leonard Welsted

William King

First Line:

His angle rod made of a sturdy oak

Page No:

p.78

Poem Title:

Upon A Giant's Angling.

Attribution:

By Dr. King.

Attributed To:

William King

First Line:

Cambray whilst of seraphic love you write

Page No:

pp.81-87

Poem Title:

The Charms Of Liberty: In Allusion To The Archbishop Of Cambray's Telemachus.

Attribution:

By W. Cavendish, Duke of Devonshire, 1707.

Attributed To:

William Cavendish

First Line:

Welcome thou glorious spring of light and heat

Page No:

p.87

Poem Title:

To The Returning Sun.

Attribution:

By J. H.

Attributed To:

John How

First Line:

Had she but lived in Cleopatra's age

Page No:

p.88

Poem Title:

On The Dutchess Of Portsmouth.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If righteous souls in their blessed mansions know

Page No:

pp.89-92

Poem Title:

The Dream...Occasioned By The Death Of Lady Seymour.

Attribution:

By Mr. J. Talbot.

Attributed To:

James Talbot

First Line:

Such were the last the sweetest notes that hung

Page No:

p.92

Poem Title:

Elegy...Occasioned By Reading And Transcribing Mr. Waller's "Poem of Divine Love" After His Death.

Attribution:

By Mr. Talbot.

Attributed To:

James Talbot

First Line:

Hence vain attempter of the good and great

Page No:

p.93

Poem Title:

Against Sloth: When The King Was At Oxford.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Arise great monarch see the joyful day

Page No:

pp.94-96

Poem Title:

Ode Sung Before King Charles II On New-Year's DAy.

Attribution:

By Mr. Jacob Allestry.

Attributed To:

Jacob Allestry

First Line:

What art thou love whence are those charms

Page No:

pp.96-97

Poem Title:

what Art Thou, Love?

Attribution:

By Mr. Allestry.

Attributed To:

Jacob Allestry

First Line:

Great sir | When last your royal brother blessed this place

Page No:

pp.97-99

Poem Title:

Verses And Pastorals. Spoken In The Theatre At Oxford, By Lord Savile and Mr. Cholmondeley.

Attribution:

Mr. Allestry had the chief hand...in making the Verses and Pastorals

Attributed To:

Jacob Allestry

First Line:

Thyrsis whom the gods inspire

Page No:

pp.100-104

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Mr. Allestry had the chief hand...in making the Verses and Pastorals

Attributed To:

Jacob Allestry

First Line:

With envy critics you'll this poem read

Page No:

p.105

Poem Title:

To A Person Of Honour, On His Incomparable Poem.

Attribution:

By Mr. Matthew Clifford.

Attributed To:

Mat. Clifford

First Line:

As when a bully draws his sword

Page No:

pp.106-107

Poem Title:

On The Same.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Wonder not sir that praises yet never due

Page No:

p.106

Poem Title:

On The Same

Attribution:

By The Lord Vaughan.

Attributed To:

John Vaughan

First Line:

Tis not in this as in the former age

Page No:

pp.107-108

Poem Title:

Prologue, Spoken At The Opening Of The Duke's New Play-House In Dorset-Garden.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As he lay in the plain his arm under his head

Page No:

p.109

Poem Title:

Song.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whilst Europe is alarmed with wars

Page No:

pp.109-110

Poem Title:

The Prisoner In The Tower. To The Lady M. C.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

See these two little brooks that slowly creep

Page No:

pp.110-111

Poem Title:

Love But One.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Flavia's eyes like fires suppressed

Page No:

pp.111-112

Poem Title:

Song On A Lady Indisposed.

Attribution:

By Mr. Bevil Higgons.

Attributed To:

Bevil Higgons

First Line:

Fortune exerts her utmost power for you

Page No:

p.113

Poem Title:

To A Lady, Who, Raffling For The King Of France's Picture, Flung The Highest Chances On The Dice.

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. Higgons]

Attributed To:

Bevil Higgons

First Line:

The Cyprian queen drawn by Apelles' hand

Page No:

p.113

Poem Title:

To Sir Godfrey Kneller, Drawing Lady Hyde's Picture.

Attribution:

By Mr. Higgons.

Attributed To:

Bevil Higgons

First Line:

The charming Sandwich would from cities fly

Page No:

p.114

Poem Title:

On Lady Sandwich's Being Stayed In Town By The Immoderate Rain.

Attribution:

By Mr. Higgons.

Attributed To:

Bevil Higgons

First Line:

Thy wit in vain the feeble critic gnaws

Page No:

p.114

Poem Title:

To Mr. Pope.

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. Higgons]

Attributed To:

Bevil Higgons

First Line:

Thy well known malice fretful envy cease

Page No:

pp.115-117

Poem Title:

Of The Immortality Of The Muses...Inscribed To Mr. Dryden.

Attribution:

By Henry Cromwell, Esq.

Attributed To:

Henry Cromwell

First Line:

In flowery fields in cool retreats

Page No:

pp.117-118

Poem Title:

Ode To Sylvia. In Imitation of Prior.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Begin my muse the dire adventure tell

Page No:

pp.118-144

Poem Title:

The Apparition...Occasioned By The Publication Of Tindal's Rights Of The Christian Church.

Attribution:

By Abel Evans, D. D.

Attributed To:

Abel Evans

First Line:

Thank heaven at last our wars are over

Page No:

pp.145-160

Poem Title:

Vertumnus, An Epistle; To Mr. Jacob Bobart, 1713.

Attribution:

By Dr. Evans.

Attributed To:

Abel Evans

First Line:

See sir here's the grand approach

Page No:

p.161

Poem Title:

On Blenheim House.

Attribution:

By Dr. Evans

Attributed To:

Abel Evans

First Line:

Under this stone reader survey

Page No:

p.161

Poem Title:

On Sir J. Vanbrugh; An Epigrammatical Epitaph

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. Evans]

Attributed To:

Abel Evans

First Line:

Had Marlborough's troops in Gaul no better fought

Page No:

p.162

Poem Title:

On The Same.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Others their wit on paper oft have shown

Page No:

p.162

Poem Title:

On A Learned Device On Blenheim Great Gate 'A Huge Lion Tearing A Cock In Pieces.'

Attribution:

By Dr. Evans.

Attributed To:

Abel Evans

First Line:

Ten thousand tailors with their length of line

Page No:

p.162

Poem Title:

On Dr. Tadlow.

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. Evans]

Attributed To:

Abel Evans

First Line:

Indulgent nature to each kind bestows

Page No:

p.163

Poem Title:

Dr. Conyers To Dr. Evans Bursar, On Cutting Down Some Fine College Trees.

Attribution:

Dr. Conyers

Attributed To:

Dr. Conyers

First Line:

Indulgent nature to each kind bestows

Page No:

p.163

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Dr. Tadlow

Attributed To:

Charles Tadlow

First Line:

My masters and friends and good people draw near

Page No:

pp.163-174

Poem Title:

On The Monument At London.

Attribution:

By Captain Radcliffe.

Attributed To:

Alexander Radcliffe

First Line:

When black with shades this mourning vault appears

Page No:

pp.166-167

Poem Title:

To The Memory Of A Fair Young Lady

Attribution:

By Dr. Yalden, 1697.

Attributed To:

Thomas Yalden

First Line:

All things were hush as when the drawers tread

Page No:

p.166

Poem Title:

Dryden's Desciption of Night Burlesqued.

Attribution:

By Capt. Radcliffe.

Attributed To:

Alexander Radcliffe

First Line:

For many unsuccessful years

Page No:

pp.168-164[i.e. 169]

Poem Title:

Advice To A Lover.

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. Yalden]

Attributed To:

Thomas Yalden

First Line:

Here lovely Myra you behold

Page No:

p.168

Poem Title:

To Myra; Written In Her Cleopatra.

Attribution:

By Dr. Yalden.

Attributed To:

Thomas Yalden

First Line:

As when by labouring stars new kingdoms rise

Page No:

pp.164 [i.e. 169]-172

Poem Title:

To The Earl Of Roscommon, On His Essay On Translated Verse,

Attribution:

By Dr. Chetwood

Attributed To:

Knightly Chetwood

First Line:

Let fond geographers now seek no more

Page No:

pp.173-175

Poem Title:

On The Marriage Of The Lady Mary With The Prince Of Orange.

Attribution:

By Dr. Chetwood.

Attributed To:

Knightly Chetwood

First Line:

Welcome thou friendly earnest of fourscore

Page No:

pp.175-176

Poem Title:

On The First Fit Of The Gout.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tis no hard matter to divine

Page No:

pp.177-178

Poem Title:

To Dr. Chetwood, When He Had The Gout.

Attribution:

By Dr. Waldren.

Attributed To:

Dr. Waldren

First Line:

Most profound | Since at a tavern I can't meet you

Page No:

pp.179-180

Poem Title:

Epistle From Dr. Waldren To Dr. Chetwood, On His Refusing To Take The Oaths.

Attribution:

Dr. Waldren

Attributed To:

Dr. Waldren

First Line:

Fie Celia tis silly to sigh thus in vain

Page No:

p.180

Poem Title:

To Celia.

Attribution:

By Dr. Waldren.

Attributed To:

Dr. Waldren

First Line:

Tell me some kind spirit tell

Page No:

pp.181-184

Poem Title:

An Essay Upon Death.

Attribution:

By Dr. Waldren.

Attributed To:

Dr. Waldren

First Line:

Bestrid an ant a pigmy great and tall

Page No:

p.185

Poem Title:

Epigram On A Pigmy's Death.

Attribution:

By Dr. Sprat; Not In His Works.

Attributed To:

Thomas Sprat

First Line:

Let Hymen on this happy day

Page No:

p.185

Poem Title:

Song, Made For A Wedding.

Attribution:

By Dr. Waldren.

Attributed To:

Dr. Waldren

First Line:

From the dark Stygian lake I come

Page No:

pp.186-187

Poem Title:

Marvel's Ghost.

Attribution:

By Captain John Ayloffe.

Attributed To:

John Ayloffe

First Line:

He that first said it knew the worth of wit

Page No:

pp.188-189

Poem Title:

On The Cambridge Commencement.

Attribution:

By Captain Ayloffe.

Attributed To:

John Ayloffe

First Line:

The lovely owner of this book

Page No:

p.190

Poem Title:

Written In A Lady's Waller.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Oft the reverend dotards cry

Page No:

pp.191-192

Poem Title:

Anacreon Imitated.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

You say you love repeat again

Page No:

p.191

Poem Title:

Song.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Oh how pleasant is it how sweet

Page No:

pp.192-193

Poem Title:

Anacreon Imitated.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Come fill it up and fill it high

Page No:

p.193

Poem Title:

Anacreon Imitated.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Pallas destructive to the Trojan line

Page No:

p.193

Poem Title:

Pallas.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

First let thy altars smoke with sacred fire

Page No:

pp.194-199

Poem Title:

Part Of Virgil's First Georgicks...Dedicated To Mr. Dryden.

Attribution:

Translated By Henry Sacheverell.

Attributed To:

Henry Sacheverell

First Line:

Tell me not I my time misspend

Page No:

pp.199-200

Poem Title:

Song.

Attribution:

By Sir John Eaton.

Attributed To:

Sir John Eaton

First Line:

Too late alas I must confess

Page No:

p.200

Poem Title:

Sir John Eaton Imitated

Attribution:

By John Earl Of Rochester.

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Come honest sexton take thy spade

Page No:

p.201

Poem Title:

The Passing-Bell

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Now heaven preserve our realm

Page No:

pp.202-205

Poem Title:

Ballad On A New Opera. 1658.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thou 'rt more inconstant than the wind or sea

Page No:

pp.205-207

Poem Title:

The Hypocrite...On the Lord Shatesbury. 1678.

Attribution:

By Mr. Caryll.

Attributed To:

John Caryll

First Line:

These forward roses spread an infant bloom

Page No:

pp.207-208

Poem Title:

On Seeing A Bank Of Primroses, In January, Covered With Snow.

Attribution:

By Mr. Thomas Foxton.

Attributed To:

Thomas Foxton

First Line:

This house and inhabitants both well agree

Page No:

p.208

Poem Title:

On The Castle Of Dublin

Attribution:

By Dr. Parnell. 1715.

Attributed To:

Thomas Parnell

First Line:

Is Viner dead and shall each muse become

Page No:

pp.209-212

Poem Title:

On The Death Of Mr. Viner.

Attribution:

By Dr. Parnell.

Attributed To:

Thomas Parnell

First Line:

The greatest gifts that nature does bestow

Page No:

p.212

Poem Title:

Epigram.

Attribution:

By Dr. Parnell.

Attributed To:

Thomas Parnell

First Line:

To stifle passion is no easy thing

Page No:

p.213

Poem Title:

Love In Disguise.

Attribution:

By Dr. Parnell.

Attributed To:

Thomas Parnell

First Line:

Oft have I seen a piece of art

Page No:

p.214

Poem Title:

Chloris Appearing In A Looking-Glass.

Attribution:

By Dr. Parnell.

Attributed To:

Thomas Parnell

First Line:

Art thou alive it cannot be

Page No:

pp.215-216

Poem Title:

On A Lady With Foul Breath.

Attribution:

By Dr. Parnell.

Attributed To:

Thomas Parnell

First Line:

Beauty rests not in one fixed place

Page No:

p.216

Poem Title:

On The Number Three.

Attribution:

By Dr. Parnell.

Attributed To:

Thomas Parnell

First Line:

I hate the vulgar with untuneful mind

Page No:

pp.217-236

Poem Title:

Essay On The Different Styles Of Poetry. To Henry Lord Viscount Bolingbroke.

Attribution:

By Dr. Parnell.

Attributed To:

Thomas Parnell

First Line:

Let that majestic pen that writes

Page No:

pp.237-261

Poem Title:

The Counter-Scuffle, 1670.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Of knights and squires of low degree

Page No:

pp.262-278

Poem Title:

The Counter-Rat.

Attribution:

Written By R. S.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I sing of angels not the heavenly choir

Page No:

pp.279-312

Poem Title:

The Church-Scuffle

Attribution:

By John Crowne.

Attributed To:

John Crowne

First Line:

The tender boy in our cold country's chilled

Page No:

p.312

Poem Title:

Lines...In The Blank Leaf Of "The Royal Mischief," A Tragedy, By Mrs. Manley.

Attribution:

By Mr. Higgons.

Attributed To:

Bevil Higgons

First Line:

When haughty monarchs their proud State expose

Page No:

pp.313-314

Poem Title:

Verses To The Queen And Prince, On Their Visiting Oxford, 1702. I. To The Queen, At Christ-Church. Spoken by Mr. Harcourt.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

And you auspicious prince our other Care

Page No:

pp.314-315

Poem Title:

II. To The Prince, At Christ-Church. Spoken By Mr. Cowslade.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

With love though rude we crowd this hallowed place

Page No:

p.315

Poem Title:

III. To The Queen, At Supper. By Mr. Finch.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Madam once more the obsequious muse

Page No:

p.316

Poem Title:

IV. To The Queen, Going To Bed. Spoken By Mr. Pulteney.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed