A select collection of poems with notes biographical and historical [vol 4] [T93622] [ecco]

DMI number:

1292

Publication Date:

1780

Volume Number:

4 of 8

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CW115281962

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ECCO - EFL

Full Title:

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

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London

Genres:

Collection of literary verse

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Octavo

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

Comments:

Contents: Latin verse p. 114.

Other matter:

Back matter: Additional remarks and corrections pp. 347-358; Contents pp. 357-364.

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Content/Publication

First Line:

The days of man are doomed to pain and strife

Page No:

pp.1-12

Poem Title:

The Procession: On The Funeral Of Queen Mary.

Attribution:

By Mr. Steele. 1695

Attributed To:

Sir Richard Steele

First Line:

Should Addison's immortal verse

Page No:

pp.13-14

Poem Title:

Horace, Book I. Ode VI. Applied To The Duke Of Marlborough.

Attribution:

By Mr. Steele.

Attributed To:

Sir Richard Steele

First Line:

When pleasure's falling to the low delight

Page No:

pp.14-17

Poem Title:

To Mr. Congreve; Occasioned By His "Way Of The World"

Attribution:

By Mr. Steele

Attributed To:

Sir Richard Steele

First Line:

When my bright consort now nor wife nor maid

Page No:

p.18

Poem Title:

Epigram From Martial.

Attribution:

By Mr. Steele.

Attributed To:

Sir Richard Steele

First Line:

Nat Lee for buskins famed would often say

Page No:

pp.19-20

Poem Title:

Prologue To "Lucius," A Tragedy By Mrs. Manley.

Attribution:

By Sir Richard Steele.

Attributed To:

Sir Richard Steele

First Line:

Till row I own by partial kindness swayed

Page No:

pp.20-21

Poem Title:

To Captain Steele, On His Poetry.

Attribution:

By Mr. Thomas Bishop.

Attributed To:

Thomas Bishop

First Line:

Pity fair charmer of my soul those cares

Page No:

pp.21-22

Poem Title:

To His Mistress.

Attribution:

Mr. Bishop

Attributed To:

Thomas Bishop

First Line:

Pardon fair maid that to congratulate

Page No:

p.22

Poem Title:

To A Lady, Who, In The Late Storm, Just Left Her Chamber Before A Chimney Fell On The Bed Where She Lay.

Attribution:

Mr. Bishop.

Attributed To:

Thomas Bishop

First Line:

Away deluding fiend thy counsels cease

Page No:

pp.23-24

Poem Title:

Verses...On Reading "Mr. G's Apology For Self-Murther."

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. Bishop]

Attributed To:

Thomas Bishop

First Line:

O thou supreme whose universal sway

Page No:

p.23

Poem Title:

On An Ensuing Storm.

Attribution:

By Mr. Bishop.

Attributed To:

Thomas Bishop

First Line:

At last th'uneasy chain is broke

Page No:

pp.25-26

Poem Title:

The Cure

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. Bishop]

Attributed To:

Thomas Bishop

First Line:

When wit and charming beauty meet

Page No:

p.25

Poem Title:

Song

Attribution:

By Mr. Bishop

Attributed To:

Thomas Bishop

First Line:

So looks the smiling face of day

Page No:

p.27

Poem Title:

On Cloe's Patches.

Attribution:

By Mr. Bishop.

Attributed To:

Thomas Bishop

First Line:

Ah happy mask that often lies

Page No:

p.28

Poem Title:

On Her Mask

Attribution:

By Mr. Bishop.

Attributed To:

Thomas Bishop

First Line:

Cecilia charming saint we raise

Page No:

pp.28-30

Poem Title:

Ode To St. Cecilia

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. Bishop]

Attributed To:

Thomas Bishop

First Line:

Pardon great duke if Britain's style delights

Page No:

pp.31-32

Poem Title:

To The Duke Of Marlborough.

Attribution:

By An Anonymous Author, From Steele's Collection.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Since the hills all around us do penance in snow

Page No:

pp.33-36

Poem Title:

Horace, Book I. Ode IX.

Attribution:

Imitated By Mr. Fenton.

Attributed To:

Elijah Fenton

First Line:

Let's live my dear like lovers too

Page No:

p.36

Poem Title:

Catullus, Epig. V.

Attribution:

Translated By Mr. Fenton.

Attributed To:

Elijah Fenton

First Line:

Happy the man who all his days does pass

Page No:

pp.37-38

Poem Title:

Claudian's Old Man Of Verona.

Attribution:

By Mr. Fenton.

Attributed To:

Elijah Fenton

First Line:

Would you my friend in little room express

Page No:

pp.38-39

Poem Title:

Martial, Lib. X. Epig. XLVII.

Attribution:

By Mr. Fenton.

Attributed To:

Elijah Fenton

First Line:

An honest mind to virtue's precepts true

Page No:

pp.39-42

Poem Title:

Horace, Book III. Ode III.

Attribution:

By Mr. Fenton.

Attributed To:

Elijah Fenton

First Line:

Milo's from home and Milo being gone

Page No:

p.42

Poem Title:

Epigram, Out Of Martial.

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. Fenton]

Attributed To:

Elijah Fenton

First Line:

See Sylvia see this new blown rose

Page No:

p.42

Poem Title:

The Rose

Attribution:

By Mr. Fenton.

Attributed To:

Elijah Fenton

First Line:

The man that's resolute and just

Page No:

pp.43-45

Poem Title:

Ode... In Imitation of Horace.

Attribution:

By Mr. Fenton

Attributed To:

Elijah Fenton

First Line:

Our hopes like towering falcons aim

Page No:

p.46

Poem Title:

To The Hon. Charles Montague. A Fragment.

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Fair Sylvia cease to blame my youth

Page No:

p.47

Poem Title:

Apology To A Lady, Who Told Me, I Could Not Love Her Heartily, Because I Had Loved Others...In Imitation Of Mr. Waller.

Attribution:

Probably By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

For many unsuccessful years

Page No:

p.48

Poem Title:

Against Modesty In Love.

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

One night unhappy Celadon

Page No:

p.49

Poem Title:

On A Young Lady's Going To Town In The Spring.

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. Prior]

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

A lady once so stories say

Page No:

pp.50-53

Poem Title:

When The Cat Is Away, The Mice May Play. A Fable, Inscribed To Dr. Swift.

Attribution:

Probably By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

A widow kept a favourite cat

Page No:

pp.53-55

Poem Title:

The Widow And Her Cat; A Fable.

Attribution:

by Prior or Swift

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

Matthew Prior

First Line:

The welcome sun with long expected light

Page No:

pp.55-62

Poem Title:

The Wreck. A Satire.

Attribution:

By James Gardiner, B. A.

Attributed To:

James Gardiner

First Line:

Ormond's glory Marlborough's arms

Page No:

pp.62-63

Poem Title:

Ode

Attribution:

By Mr. Smith.

Attributed To:

Edmund Smith

First Line:

Music soft charm of heaven and earth

Page No:

pp.64-66

Poem Title:

Ode In Praise Of Music. Composed By Mr. Charles King, In Five Parts, For The Degree Of Batchelor Of Music; Performed At The Theatre In Oxford, On Friday The Eleventh Of July, 1707.

Attribution:

Possibly Written By Mr. Smith.

Attributed To:

Edmund Smith

First Line:

Oft have I laughed at love's fond pain

Page No:

pp.66-67

Poem Title:

Love's Conquest.

Attribution:

By Mr. J. Jackson.

Attributed To:

J. Jackson

First Line:

When I tell Chloe how I love her

Page No:

pp.67-68

Poem Title:

The Contrary Agreement

Attribution:

By Mr. Jackson.

Attributed To:

J. Jackson

First Line:

Behold this bright and lovely piece

Page No:

p.68

Poem Title:

Under A Lady's Picture.

Attribution:

By Mr. Jackson.

Attributed To:

J. Jackson

First Line:

Come self reflecting thought

Page No:

pp.68-69

Poem Title:

Essay On A First Principle Of Des Cartes, "I Think, Therefore I Am."

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. Jackson]

Attributed To:

J. Jackson

First Line:

Since Spartan heroes were so dull

Page No:

p.70

Poem Title:

Song.

Attribution:

By Col. Henningham.

Attributed To:

Coll. Henningham

First Line:

He that in love would still prevail

Page No:

pp.70-72

Poem Title:

The Indifferent. A Song. To The Tune of Lalerida.

Attribution:

By The Earl Of Orrery.

Attributed To:

Charles Boyle

First Line:

As Cupid roguishly one day

Page No:

pp.72-73

Poem Title:

Song. Set By Mr. Weldon. Done From Anacreon.

Attribution:

By Mr. Boyle Footnote: '...possibly by Henry Boyle, afterwards lord Carleton.'

Attributed To:

Henry Boyle

First Line:

Gentle zephyr come away

Page No:

p.73

Poem Title:

Ode On The Spring.

Attribution:

Anonymous; From Steele's Collection.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Be gone our nation's pleasure and reproach

Page No:

pp.74-75

Poem Title:

On Nicolini's Leaving The Stage.

Attribution:

From The Same. [i.e. Anonymous; From Steele's Collection]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In church the prayer book and the fan displayed

Page No:

p.74

Poem Title:

To Belinda.

Attribution:

Anonymous; From Steele's Collection.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Nature in pity has denied you shape

Page No:

p.74

Poem Title:

To Flavia.

Attribution:

From The Same [i.e. Anonymous; From Steele's Collection]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Can you count the silver lights

Page No:

p.75

Poem Title:

Imitation Of A French Author.

Attribution:

Anonymous: From Steele's Collection.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Could he whom my dissembled rigour grieves

Page No:

pp.76-77

Poem Title:

A Soliloquy Out Of Italian.

Attribution:

By The Same Writer [preceding poem unattributed]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Gentle air thou breath of lovers

Page No:

p.76

Poem Title:

A Sigh. From Steele's Collection.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Mars the Lemnian darts surveyed

Page No:

pp.77-78

Poem Title:

Anacreon, Ode XLV. From Steele's Collection.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The muses frolicsome and gay

Page No:

p.78

Poem Title:

Anacreon, Ode XXX.

Attribution:

Anonymous; From Steele's Collection.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Let these soft lines my kindest thoughts convey

Page No:

pp.79-83

Poem Title:

Mary Queen Of France, To Charles Brandon Duke of Suffolk.

Attribution:

Anonymous; From Steele's Collection

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As Cippus in the trembling stream surveyed

Page No:

pp.84-85

Poem Title:

The Story Of Cippus.

Attribution:

By The Same Writer [preceding poem uattributed]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ye gentle loves and soft desires

Page No:

p.86

Poem Title:

The Lover's Prayer

Attribution:

Anonymous; From Steele's Collection.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Now thus it is when tender virgins burn

Page No:

pp.87-88

Poem Title:

Woman.

Attribution:

From The Same [i.e. Anonymous; From Steele's Collection]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In vain O heavenly maid do I peruse

Page No:

pp.88-89

Poem Title:

Verses Sent To A Lady, With The Tragedy Of Cato.

Attribution:

Anonymous; From Steele's Collection.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When wintery blasts and ruffling storms expire

Page No:

pp.89-91

Poem Title:

The Spring.

Attribution:

From The Same [i.e. Anonymous; From Steele's Collection]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As Venus once Latona's daughter spied

Page No:

p.91

Poem Title:

From Sannazarius.

Attribution:

Anonymous: From Steele's Collection.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

So fair a semblance of so fair a face

Page No:

p.92

Poem Title:

To A Painter, On His Drawing A Lady's Picture.

Attribution:

Anonymous; From Steele's Collection.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Strephon the young the loveliest swain

Page No:

pp.92-93

Poem Title:

Song.

Attribution:

From The Same [i.e. Anonymous; From Steele's Collection]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The nine fair daughters of immortal Jove

Page No:

pp.93-94

Poem Title:

Bion Imitated.

Attribution:

From The Same [i.e. Anonymous; From Steele's Collection]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

O thou who in thine early bloom of youth

Page No:

pp.94-95

Poem Title:

To Aristus, In Imitation Of A Sonnet Of Milton.

Attribution:

Anonymous; From Steele's Collection.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

At length Britannia rescued from thy fears

Page No:

pp.96-97

Poem Title:

Prologue, Spoken By Mr. Wilks, At The Opening Of The Theatre Royal, The Day After His Majesty's Public Entry.

Attribution:

Anonymous; From Steele's Collection.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Safety attend the ship that brings

Page No:

pp.97-98

Poem Title:

Ode On His Majesty's Return.

Attribution:

From The Same Collection.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Grown old in rhyme twere barbarous to discard

Page No:

pp.99-100

Poem Title:

Prologue...Designed For Mr. D'Urfey's Last Play.

Attribution:

Written By Several Hands.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A wretch long tortured with disdain

Page No:

p.100

Poem Title:

Love's Relief.

Attribution:

Anonymous; From Steele's Collection.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whilst on their wings the gentle zephyrs bear

Page No:

pp.101-110

Poem Title:

St. Julian's Prayer. Imitated From La Fontaine.

Attribution:

Anonymous; From Steele's Collection.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

What mean these wonders can such beams of light

Page No:

pp.111-112

Poem Title:

On A Beautiful Lady With Cataracts In Both Eyes.

Attribution:

By A Gentleman Who Has An Impediment In His Speech. Anonymous; From Steele's Collection.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

How long will Cynthia own no flame

Page No:

p.112

Poem Title:

Song.

Attribution:

Anonymous; From Steele's Collection.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

No more severely kind affect

Page No:

pp.113-114

Poem Title:

To A Jealous Mistress.

Attribution:

Anonymous; From Steele's Collection.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To enjoy your life in happiness

Page No:

pp.115-116

Poem Title:

Martial, Lib. X. Ep. XLVII. Imitated.

Attribution:

By The Same Writer [preceding poem unattributed]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

While through the flowery meads glad Isis strayed

Page No:

p.115

Poem Title:

Thames And Isis. In Imitation Of The Preceding Poem. 1708.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In vain old Dipsas you'd asperse my fame

Page No:

p.116

Poem Title:

To An Old Bed-Maker. Who Had Scandalized Me. Imitated From Buchanan.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Phillis the young the fair the gay

Page No:

p.116

Poem Title:

Song.

Attribution:

By The Same Writer [preceding poem unattributed]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Immortal Venus to whose name

Page No:

pp.117-118

Poem Title:

Hymn To Venus, From The Greek Of Sappho.

Attribution:

Anonymous; From Steele's Collection.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Long have the writers of this warlike age

Page No:

pp.118-119

Poem Title:

To Mr. Ambrose Philips, On His Distrest Mother.

Attribution:

Anonymous; From Steele's Collection.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I know your passion friend and well approve

Page No:

pp.119-120

Poem Title:

Epistle To D--.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Daughters of Salem and ye virgin throng

Page No:

pp.120-122

Poem Title:

Solomon's Song. Chap. IV.

Attribution:

Footnote: 'This beautiful poem is inserted by Mr. Croxall, in "The Fair Circassian." He was probably the writer of it.'

Attributed To:

Samuel Croxall

First Line:

Is Britain rescued from th' Italian chain

Page No:

pp.123-124

Poem Title:

To Mr. Addison, On His Cato. From The Same Collection.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

So fair a form with such devotion joined

Page No:

p.123

Poem Title:

Written In A Lady's Prayer-Book.

Attribution:

Anonymous; From Steele's Collection.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

O sacred bards O all ye tuneful throng

Page No:

pp.124-126

Poem Title:

On The Happy Disappointment Of The French Invasion, In Favour Of The Pretended Prince Of Wales, 1707. From The Same Collection.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Those envious flakes came down in haste

Page No:

p.124

Poem Title:

On Some Snow That Melted On A Lady's Breast.

Attribution:

Anonymous; From Steele's Collection.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whoever in a mean abode presumes

Page No:

pp.126-127

Poem Title:

On A Tobacco-Box.

Attribution:

Anonymous; From Steele's Collection.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Why will Florella while I gaze

Page No:

pp.127-128

Poem Title:

Song.

Attribution:

Anonymous; From Steele's Collection.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Long had I known the soft enchanting wiles

Page No:

pp.128-130

Poem Title:

Verses...On A Lady Who Is The Most Beautiful And Witty When She Is Angry.

Attribution:

By Mr. Eusden.

Attributed To:

Laurence Eusden

First Line:

My lord | To you when public grief implored your aid

Page No:

pp.131-134

Poem Title:

To Charles Lord Halifaz. Occasioned By Translating Into Latin Two Poems By His Lordship And Mr. Stepney.

Attribution:

By Mr. Eusden.

Attributed To:

Laurence Eusden

First Line:

Hail British fair ones who in silence sit

Page No:

pp.134-143

Poem Title:

Written...and Spoken At A Cambridge Commencement

Attribution:

By Mr. Eusden.

Attributed To:

Laurence Eusden

First Line:

In the famed Cyprian isle a mountain stands

Page No:

pp.143-147

Poem Title:

Claudian's Court Of Venus.

Attribution:

By Mr. Eusden.

Attributed To:

Laurence Eusden

First Line:

Cease cease fair nymph to lavish precious tears

Page No:

pp.148-150

Poem Title:

Pluto's Speech To Prosperine. From Claudian

Attribution:

By Mr. Eusden.

Attributed To:

Laurence Eusden

First Line:

You ask my friend how I can Delia prize

Page No:

pp.150-151

Poem Title:

To Mr. -- -- --

Attribution:

By Mr. Eusden.

Attributed To:

Laurence Eusden

First Line:

At last is granted what we wished for long

Page No:

pp.152-155

Poem Title:

To The Author Of The Tatler.

Attribution:

By Mr. Eusden.

Attributed To:

Laurence Eusden

First Line:

If ever grief could perfect form improve

Page No:

pp.155-157

Poem Title:

To A Lady, Who Wept At Hearing Cato Read.

Attribution:

Mr. Eusden.

Attributed To:

Laurence Eusden

First Line:

Look here ye pedants who deserve that name

Page No:

p.157

Poem Title:

Verses...On The Spectator's Critique Of Milton.

Attribution:

By Mr. Eusden.

Attributed To:

Laurence Eusden

First Line:

Greece thus embroiled and arms around prepared

Page No:

pp.158-161

Poem Title:

Book IV. 246.

Attribution:

By Mr. Eusden.

Attributed To:

Laurence Eusden

First Line:

Fame now the important secret had betrayed

Page No:

pp.161-163

Poem Title:

Book IV. 309.

Attribution:

By Mr. Eusden.

Attributed To:

Laurence Eusden

First Line:

Our wit till Cowley did its lustre raise

Page No:

pp.163-166

Poem Title:

On The Death of Cowley, And His Burial In Westminster Abbey.

Attribution:

By Roger Earl of Orrery.

Attributed To:

Roger Boyle

First Line:

Here lies William de Valence

Page No:

pp.167-177

Poem Title:

Description Of The Tombs In Westminster-Abbey.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Health to my friend who loves the town so well

Page No:

pp.177-179

Poem Title:

From J. S. To C. S. Horace, Book I. Epist. X.

Attribution:

From J. S.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Various his subjects yet they jointly warm

Page No:

p.179

Poem Title:

Epigram On Waller.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

From a warm clime and generous soil

Page No:

pp.180-181

Poem Title:

To Mrs M. M. With A Bough Of An Orange Tree.

Attribution:

Mr. Harrison

Attributed To:

William Harrison

First Line:

I feel O laudanum thy power divine

Page No:

p.181

Poem Title:

In Praise Of Laudanum.

Attribution:

By Mr. Harrison.

Attributed To:

William Harrison

First Line:

And is Miss Tabby from the world retired

Page No:

p.182

Poem Title:

On The Death Of A Lady's Cat.

Attribution:

By The Same. [i.e. Harrison]

Attributed To:

William Harrison

First Line:

Florella when those eyes I see

Page No:

p.182

Poem Title:

To A Very Young Lady.

Attribution:

By Mr. Harrison.

Attributed To:

William Harrison

First Line:

Hail sacred muse and vocal shell

Page No:

pp.183-185

Poem Title:

The Passion Of Sappho.

Attribution:

By Mr. Harrison.

Attributed To:

William Harrison

First Line:

When the hot sun with scorching beams does shine

Page No:

pp.186-188

Poem Title:

Prologue.

Attribution:

By Mr. Joseph Haines.

Attributed To:

Joseph Haines

First Line:

Loaded with muff and nose adorned with snush

Page No:

pp.189-192

Poem Title:

Epilogue...Spoken By Mr. Bowman, Mimicking A Beau.

Attribution:

By Mr. Haines.

Attributed To:

Joseph Haines

First Line:

Once more our London muses pleased repair

Page No:

pp.191-192

Poem Title:

Prologue At Oxford. Spoken By Mr. Betterton, 1703. From Oxford And Cambridge Miscellany.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Madam permit me here to own

Page No:

pp.192-193

Poem Title:

Verses To A Lady, On Drawing Me For Her Valetne [sic]. From The Oxford And Cambridge Miscellany.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When men of infamy to grandeur soar

Page No:

p.193

Poem Title:

Epigram.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Speak grief for long the mournful strains have hung

Page No:

pp.194-195

Poem Title:

On The Death Of A Lady, From The Oxford And Cambridge Miscellany.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Upon the banks which famed Euphrates laves

Page No:

pp.195-196

Poem Title:

Paraphrase On Psalm CXXXVII.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I would be what I am nor fondly crave

Page No:

pp.196-198

Poem Title:

The Choice. On Reading A Line In Pomfret.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Victorious prince formed for supreme command

Page No:

pp.198-199

Poem Title:

Aesop To The King.

Attribution:

By Dr. Yalden.

Attributed To:

Thomas Yalden

First Line:

A river insolent with pride

Page No:

pp.199-201

Poem Title:

Fable The First. The River And The Fountains.

Attribution:

By Dr. Yalden.

Attributed To:

Thomas Yalden

First Line:

A mighty lion heretofore

Page No:

pp.201-203

Poem Title:

Fable II. The Lion's Treaty Of Partition.

Attribution:

By Dr. Yalden.

Attributed To:

Thomas Yalden

First Line:

A wealthy matron now grown old

Page No:

pp.203-204

Poem Title:

Fable III. The Blind Woman And Her Doctors.

Attribution:

By Dr. Yalden.

Attributed To:

Thomas Yalden

First Line:

Five satyrs of the woodland sort

Page No:

pp.205-206

Poem Title:

Fable IV. The Satyrs' Address.

Attribution:

By Dr. Yalden.

Attributed To:

Thomas Yalden

First Line:

There dwelt a farmer in the west

Page No:

pp.206-208

Poem Title:

Fable V. The Farmer And His Dog.

Attribution:

By Dr. Yalden.

Attributed To:

Thomas Yalden

First Line:

Ren an old poacher after game

Page No:

pp.208-209

Poem Title:

Fable VI. The Fox And Bramble.

Attribution:

By Dr. Yalden.

Attributed To:

Thomas Yalden

First Line:

A needy weasel heretofore

Page No:

pp.209-211

Poem Title:

Fable VII. The Fox And Weazle. To The Late Honourable The Commisioners Of The Prize Office.

Attribution:

By Dr. Yalden.

Attributed To:

Thomas Yalden

First Line:

A saucy buffle headed owl

Page No:

pp.211-213

Poem Title:

Fable VIII. An Owl And The Sun.

Attribution:

By Dr. Yalden.

Attributed To:

Thomas Yalden

First Line:

As out at sea a ruffling gale it blew

Page No:

pp.213-214

Poem Title:

Fable IX. The Sea And The Banks.

Attribution:

By Dr. Yalden.

Attributed To:

Thomas Yalden

First Line:

A tuneful nightingale whose warbling throat

Page No:

pp.215-216

Poem Title:

Fable X. The Nightingale And Cuckow.

Attribution:

By Dr. Yalden.

Attributed To:

Thomas Yalden

First Line:

The sun and wind one day fell out

Page No:

pp.216-218

Poem Title:

Fable XI. The Sun And The Wind.

Attribution:

By Dr. Yalden.

Attributed To:

Thomas Yalden

First Line:

A lion generous and brave

Page No:

pp.218-219

Poem Title:

Fable XII. The Boar And Forest.

Attribution:

By Dr. Yalden.

Attributed To:

Thomas Yalden

First Line:

As crafty Reynard strove to swim

Page No:

pp.220-221

Poem Title:

Fable XIII. The Fox and Flies.

Attribution:

By Dr. Yalden.

Attributed To:

Thomas Yalden

First Line:

There lived a quack in high repute

Page No:

pp.221-223

Poem Title:

Fable XIV. The Bear And Mountebank.

Attribution:

By Dr. Yalden.

Attributed To:

Thomas Yalden

First Line:

A vulture old and feeble grown

Page No:

pp.223-225

Poem Title:

Fable XV. The Peacock Proclaimed King.

Attribution:

By Dr. Yalden.

Attributed To:

Thomas Yalden

First Line:

A sage laconic truly wise

Page No:

pp.225-226

Poem Title:

Fable XVI. A Laconic Condemned.

Attribution:

By Dr. Yalden.

Attributed To:

Thomas Yalden

First Line:

Long have we safe time's envious fury scorned

Page No:

pp.226-228

Poem Title:

The Reverend Dr. Bentley, On Opening Trinity College Chapel.

Attribution:

By Mr. Eusden.

Attributed To:

Laurence Eusden

First Line:

As in a starry night the lonely swain

Page No:

pp.229-232

Poem Title:

On The Duke Of Marlborough's Victory At Audenard, Just After The Loss Of Ghent And Bruges.

Attribution:

By Mr. Eusden.

Attributed To:

Laurence Eusden

First Line:

From things considered with a stricter view

Page No:

pp.232-233

Poem Title:

Medea, Act IV. Last Chorus. From The Greek Of Euripides.

Attribution:

By Mr. Eusden.

Attributed To:

Laurence Eusden

First Line:

Sing muse the conscious torch whose nightly flame

Page No:

pp.234-249

Poem Title:

Hero And Leander. From The Greek.

Attribution:

By Mr. Eusden.

Attributed To:

Laurence Eusden

First Line:

A milk white rogue immortal and unhanged

Page No:

pp.249-250

Poem Title:

The Courtier, A Fable.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Is it true that souls their bodies do survive

Page No:

pp.251-253

Poem Title:

Seneca's Troas. Act II. Chorus.

Attribution:

By Mr. John Glanvill.

Attributed To:

John Glanvill

First Line:

When happy Strephon's too prevailing charms

Page No:

pp.253-254

Poem Title:

Horace, Book I. Ode XIII.

Attribution:

By Mr. Glanvill.

Attributed To:

John Glanvill

First Line:

When Chloe by your slave pursued

Page No:

pp.254-255

Poem Title:

Horace, Book I. Ode XXIII.

Attribution:

By Mr. Glanvill.

Attributed To:

John Glanvill

First Line:

Urge me no more to write of martial things

Page No:

pp.255-256

Poem Title:

Horace, Book II. Ode XII.

Attribution:

By Mr. Glanvill.

Attributed To:

John Glanvill

First Line:

So the long absent winter sun

Page No:

pp.257-258

Poem Title:

A Short Visit.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Impatient with desire at last

Page No:

p.257

Poem Title:

Song.

Attribution:

By Mr. Glanvill.

Attributed To:

John Glanvill

First Line:

Thou shepherd whose intentive eye

Page No:

pp.258-260

Poem Title:

The Enquiry After His Mistress.

Attribution:

By Mr. Horatio Townshend.

Attributed To:

Horatio Townsend

First Line:

The poet whose too flattering hopes aspire

Page No:

pp.260-261

Poem Title:

The Praise Of Pindar. From Horace, Book IV. Ode II.

Attribution:

By Mr. Townshend.

Attributed To:

Horatio Townsend

First Line:

As one that's from a tedious voyage come

Page No:

pp.261-272

Poem Title:

The Voyage.

Attribution:

By Dr. Samuel Woodford.

Attributed To:

Samuel Woodford

First Line:

Amidst the nymphs the glory of the flood

Page No:

pp.272-274

Poem Title:

On Mrs. E. Montague's Blushing In The Cross-Bath.

Attribution:

By Mr. Flatman.

Attributed To:

Thomas Flatman

First Line:

Of English tipple and the potent grain

Page No:

pp.274-281

Poem Title:

Cerealia...An Imitation Of Milton, 1706.

Attribution:

By J. Philips.

Attributed To:

John Philips

First Line:

Come fill me a glass fill it high

Page No:

pp.281-282

Poem Title:

Bachanalian Song.

Attribution:

By Mr. Philips.

Attributed To:

John Philips

First Line:

Ah cruel hand that could such power employ

Page No:

pp.283-287

Poem Title:

On A Lady's Picture.

Attribution:

By Dr. Broome, Not Printed In His Poems.

Attributed To:

William Broome

First Line:

Why lovely babe does slumber seal your eyes

Page No:

pp.287-288

Poem Title:

On The Birth-Day Of Mr. Robert Trefusis; Being Three Years Old, March 22, 1710-11.

Attribution:

By Dr. Broome.

Attributed To:

William Broome

First Line:

What woes must such an equal union bring

Page No:

p.288

Poem Title:

To A Gentleman Of Seventy, Who Married A Lady Of Sixteen.

Attribution:

By Dr. Broome; Not Among His Poems.

Attributed To:

William Broome

First Line:

Dear friend | I hear that you of late are grown

Page No:

pp.289-293

Poem Title:

Epistle To Mr. B--.

Attribution:

By Mr. Francis Knapp.

Attributed To:

Francis Knapp

First Line:

As in a shipwreck some poor sailor tossed

Page No:

pp.293-296

Poem Title:

On The Happiness Of A Retired Life. ... Sent To His Father From Italy.

Attribution:

By Mr. Charles Dryden.

Attributed To:

Charles Dryden

First Line:

The reigning fair on polished crystal shine

Page No:

pp.296-297

Poem Title:

Upon The Toasts Of The Hanover Club.

Attribution:

By A. Philips; Not Printed In His Poems.

Attributed To:

Ambrose Philips

First Line:

Heroic youth in whom a warlike grace

Page No:

pp.298-299

Poem Title:

Written At Hanover, Upon The Marriage Contracted, But Not Then Consumated, Between The Princess Sophia And The Prince Royal Of Prussia.

Attribution:

Anonymous; From Steele's Collection.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

So bright is thy beauty so charming thy song

Page No:

p.299

Poem Title:

Epigram On Mrs. Tofts, A Handsome Woman With a Fine Voice, But Very Covetous And Proud.

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope; Not Printed In His Works.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

What god what genius did the pencil move

Page No:

p.300

Poem Title:

To Sir Godfrey Kneller, On His Painting For Me The Statues Of Apollo, Venus, And Hercules.

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope; Not Printed In His Works.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

When generous Dido in disguise caressed

Page No:

pp.301-303

Poem Title:

Verses Presented To A Lady, With a Drawing (By The Author) Of Cupid

Attribution:

By Mr. Hughes; Not In His Works

Attributed To:

John Hughes

First Line:

To purchase kingdoms and to buy renown

Page No:

pp.303-305

Poem Title:

Ode To King William, On His Successes In Ireland.

Attribution:

By Jonathan Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

In harmony would you excel

Page No:

p.305-306

Poem Title:

Cantata

Attribution:

By Dr. Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

On Britain Europe's safety lies

Page No:

p.306

Poem Title:

Epigram Extempore

Attribution:

By Dr. Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

Should some famed hand in this fantastic age

Page No:

pp.307-310

Poem Title:

Fragments Of A Rhapsody On The Art Of Preaching.

Attribution:

By Mr. Christopher Pitt.

Attributed To:

Christopher Pitt

First Line:

If Dodington will condescend

Page No:

pp.310-311

Poem Title:

Invitation To The Right Hon. Geo. Doddington, In Allusion To Horace, Book I. Ep. V.

Attribution:

Mr. C. Pitt.

Attributed To:

Christopher Pitt

First Line:

Among the well bred natives of our isle

Page No:

pp.311-312

Poem Title:

To My Brother. Mr. Chr. Pitt, On His Having A Fitt of The Gout.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Good Halifax and pious Wharton cry

Page No:

p.313

Poem Title:

On The Church.

Attribution:

Anonymous; From Dr. Z. Grey's MSS.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Few words are best I wish you well

Page No:

p.313

Poem Title:

Verses...To Mr. C. St. James's Place. London, October 22.

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

All the materials are the same

Page No:

p.314

Poem Title:

Verses...From Dr. Grey's MSS.

Attribution:

By Lord Halifax.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Corydon beneath a willow

Page No:

p.314

Poem Title:

Song

Attribution:

By The Earl of Dorset. Not Printed In His Poems.

Attributed To:

Charles Sackville

First Line:

As victors lose the troubles they sustain

Page No:

pp.315-316

Poem Title:

To King James II. 1684-5. On The Death Of King Charles II.

Attribution:

By Mr. Stepney; Not In His Poems.

Attributed To:

George Stepney

First Line:

Where bold and graceful soars secure of fame

Page No:

pp.316-318

Poem Title:

On Queen Caroline's Rebuilding The Lodgings Of The Black Prince, And Henry V. At Queen's College, Oxford.

Attribution:

By Mr. Tickell; Not In His Works.

Attributed To:

Thomas Tickell

First Line:

As Persians stretch their votive arms

Page No:

p.318

Poem Title:

Song

Attribution:

By The Earl of Gainsborough

Attributed To:

Baptist Noel

First Line:

Fair nymph ascend to beauty's throne

Page No:

p.319

Poem Title:

Stanzas To Lady Sunderland, At Tunbridge-Wells, 1712.

Attribution:

By Dr. Watts; Not In His Poems.

Attributed To:

Isaac Watts

First Line:

A dreadful pest swift as infectious air

Page No:

pp.320-321

Poem Title:

Description of Fame, In Imitation Of Virgil, Aen. IV.

Attribution:

By Mr. Milbourne.

Attributed To:

Luke Milbourne

First Line:

Long had I wandered from the muses seat

Page No:

pp.321-332

Poem Title:

Almahide, An Ode.

Attribution:

By Mr. Henry St. John, Afterwards Lord Bolingbroke. First Printed In 1701.

Attributed To:

Henry St John

First Line:

An ancient poet will appear tonight

Page No:

pp.333-334

Poem Title:

Prologue To Altemira, A Tragedy, By Roger Earl of Orrery

Attribution:

Written By Mr. St. John.

Attributed To:

Henry St John

First Line:

How hard's the poet's task in these our days

Page No:

pp.334-335

Poem Title:

Prologue To Heroick Love, A Tragedy, By Lord Landsowne

Attribution:

Written By Mr. St. John.

Attributed To:

Henry St John

First Line:

What will the galleries nay boxes say

Page No:

pp.335-336

Poem Title:

Epilogue To Heroick Love.

Attribution:

Written By Mr. Bevil Higgons.

Attributed To:

Bevil Higgons

First Line:

Why d'ye with such disdain refuse

Page No:

pp.337-340

Poem Title:

To A Lady More Cruel Than Fair.

Attribution:

Mr. (Afterwards Sir John) Vanbrugh.

Attributed To:

Sir John Vanbrugh

First Line:

Thou bane to my empire thou spring of contest

Page No:

pp.341-342

Poem Title:

Dialogue, In The Relapse.

Attribution:

By Sir John Vanbrugh

Attributed To:

Sir John Vanbrugh

First Line:

I smile at love and all its arts

Page No:

p.343

Poem Title:

Song, In The Relapse.

Attribution:

By Sir John Vanbrugh.

Attributed To:

Sir John Vanbrugh

First Line:

A band a bob-wig and a feather

Page No:

p.344

Poem Title:

Fable

Attribution:

By Sir John Vanbrugh. From the Comedy of Aesop.

Attributed To:

Sir John Vanbrugh

First Line:

What a pother of late

Page No:

pp.345-346

Poem Title:

Song, In The Provoked Wife.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Mindfull whence first she learnt the early skill

Page No:

p.346

Poem Title:

To Seth Bishop Of Sarum.

Attribution:

By Dr. Woodford. 1679

Attributed To:

Samuel Woodford