A select collection of poems with notes biographical and historical [vol 8] [T93622] [ecco]
- DMI number:
- 1306
- Publication Date:
- 1782
- Volume Number:
- 8 of 8
- ESTC number:
- T93622
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW114978556
- Shelfmark:
- ECCO - EFL
- Full Title:
- A SELECT | COLLECTION | OF | POEMS: | WITH | NOTES, | BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL; | AND A COMPLETE POETICAL INDEX. | [rule] | THE EIGHTH VOLUME. | [rule] | LONDON: | PRINTED BY AND FOR J. NICHOLS, | RED LION PASSAGE, FLEET-STREET. | MDCCLXXXII.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Collection of literary verse
- Format:
- Octavo
- Bibliographic details:
- Frontispiece. Half-title: J. NICHOLS'S | SELECT COLLECTION | OF POEMS. | VOLUME VIII.
- Comments:
- .Contents: Latin verse pp. 65-66, 72-73, 93, 202-205, 221-224.
- Other matter:
- Back matter: Additional Remarks and Corrections pp. 281-322; Index to the Eight Volumes pp. 323-496.
- Title:
- A select collection of poems with notes biographical and historical [T93622] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1780
- ESTC No:
- T93622
- Volume:
- 1 of 8
- Relationship:
- Volume from the same edition
- Comments:
- Title:
- A select collection of poems with notes biographical and historical [vol 2] [T93622] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1780
- ESTC No:
- T93622
- Volume:
- 2 of 8
- Relationship:
- Volume from the same edition
- Comments:
- Title:
- A select collection of poems with notes biographical and historical [vol 3] [T93622] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1780
- ESTC No:
- T93622
- Volume:
- 3 of 8
- Relationship:
- Volume from the same edition
- Comments:
- Title:
- A select collection of poems with notes biographical and historical [vol 4] [T93622] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1780
- ESTC No:
- T93622
- Volume:
- 4 of 8
- Relationship:
- Volume from the same edition
- Comments:
- Title:
- A select collection of poems with notes biographical and historical [vol 5] [T93622] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1782
- ESTC No:
- T93622
- Volume:
- 5 of 8
- Relationship:
- Volume from the same edition
- Comments:
- Title:
- A select collection of poems with notes biographical and historical [vol 6] [T93622] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1780
- ESTC No:
- T93622
- Volume:
- 6 of 8
- Relationship:
- Volume from the same edition
- Comments:
- Title:
- A select collection of poems with notes biographical and historical [vol 7] [T93622] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1781
- ESTC No:
- T93622
- Volume:
- 7 of 8
- Relationship:
- Volume from the same edition
- Comments:
- Editor:
- John Nichols
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- When Nassau eyed his native coasts no more
- Page No:
- pp.1-5
- Poem Title:
- On The Marriage Of The Prince Of Orange, And The Princess Royal Of England.
- Attribution:
- By Joseph Spence, M. A.
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Spence
- First Line:
- When pious frauds and holy pride no more
- Page No:
- pp.6-9
- Poem Title:
- On The Marriage Of Frederic Prince Of Wales, And Princess Augusta, Of Saxe-Gotha.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Spence.
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Spence
- First Line:
- Whilst Phoebus' sons their mournful tributes bring
- Page No:
- pp.9-10
- Poem Title:
- On The Death Of Queen Caroline.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Spence.
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Spence
- First Line:
- Already war had spread his wasteful flood
- Page No:
- pp.11-13
- Poem Title:
- On The Death Of Frederic Prince Of Wales.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Spence.
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Spence
- First Line:
- In blooming majesty and graceful state
- Page No:
- pp.14-17
- Poem Title:
- On The Death Of King George II. And Inauguration Of George III.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Spence.
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Spence
- First Line:
- Hail to the sacred day that gives an heir
- Page No:
- pp.21-23
- Poem Title:
- On The Birth Of The Present Prince Of Wales.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Spence.
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Spence
- First Line:
- When in the opening of the youthful year
- Page No:
- p.24
- Poem Title:
- The Three First Stanzas Of The Twenty Forth Canto Of Dante's Inferno, Made Into A Song. In Imitation Of The Earl Of Surrey's Stile.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Spence.
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Spence
- First Line:
- It is not interest nor the love of fame
- Page No:
- pp.25-31
- Poem Title:
- Complaints Of The Slowness And Negligence Of The Messenger Of Herne...Imitated from "Le Messager Du Mans," Of The Late Father Du Cerceau.
- Attribution:
- By J. D. M. A.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Moved by my tears at length the gods incline
- Page No:
- pp.31-38
- Poem Title:
- On The Sudden, But Unexpected, Arrival Of The Messenger Of Herne. From The Same...Inscribed To Mr. And Mrs. D.
- Attribution:
- By W. J.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When tempests howl and when the cold winds blow
- Page No:
- pp.39-44
- Poem Title:
- Skaiting. A Poem
- Attribution:
- By W. J.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Hail to the light the day and thee my dear
- Page No:
- p.44
- Poem Title:
- The Morning. To Amynta.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- God prospect long our harvest work
- Page No:
- pp.45-55
- Poem Title:
- Surrey Triumphant: Or The Kentish-Mens' Defeat. A New Ballad; Being A Parody On Chevy-Chace.
- Attribution:
- By J. Duncombe, M. A. 1773.
- Attributed To:
- John Duncombe
- First Line:
- Hard by a gently purling stream
- Page No:
- pp.56-61
- Poem Title:
- Colin And Colinet. A Pastoral Poem.
- Attribution:
- By A. H. Junior.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- O gate how camest thou here
- Page No:
- p.61
- Poem Title:
- On An Old Gate Erected In Chiswick Gardens.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Pope. Not Printed In His Works.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Hece ye follies light and vain
- Page No:
- pp.62-64
- Poem Title:
- Ode To Melancholy. To The Memory Of A Lady Who Died Of A Cancer In The Breast.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- O gate where art thou going
- Page No:
- p.62
- Poem Title:
- Extempore...On Seeing A Gate Carried By Two Men Through Lincoln's Inn Fields. 1743.
- Attribution:
- By Mrs. Highmore.
- Attributed To:
- Susanna Highmore [née Hiller]
- First Line:
- Enough of fruitless plaint and sorrows vain
- Page No:
- pp.66-71
- Poem Title:
- On The Death Of Frederick, Prince Of Wales.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Lowth] // Robert Lowth, M. A. of New College, Professor of Poetry.
- Attributed To:
- Robert Lowth
- First Line:
- Dearer than daughter paralleled by few
- Page No:
- p.73
- Poem Title:
- [Epitaph, By Bp. Lowth, To The Memory Of A Daughter, In The Church Of Cuddesden, Oxfordshire ('Cara, vale, ingenio praestans, pietate pudore')] Translation.
- Attribution:
- By J. Duncombe, M. A.
- Attributed To:
- John Duncombe
- First Line:
- Her public loss let learned grief bemoan
- Page No:
- pp.74-79
- Poem Title:
- On The Death Of K. George I. And Inauguration of George II.
- Attribution:
- By Gloster Ridley, Afterwards D. D.
- Attributed To:
- Glocester Ridley
- First Line:
- Now waiting on the spring soft gales
- Page No:
- pp.79-80
- Poem Title:
- An Invitation Into The Country, From Dr. Ridley To Mr. Spence, In Imitation Of Horace B. IV. Ode XII.
- Attribution:
- Dr. Ridley
- Attributed To:
- Glocester Ridley
- First Line:
- Trifling mortal tell me why
- Page No:
- pp.80-82
- Poem Title:
- On An Urn, Dug Up At North Elmham In Norfolk, In An Old Roman Burial Ground.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Ridley. 1743.
- Attributed To:
- Glocester Ridley
- First Line:
- Jugurtha's wealth has poisoned half the state
- Page No:
- p.82
- Poem Title:
- Unpublished Fragments From Jugurtha, A Philosophical Drama.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Ridley.
- Attributed To:
- Glocester Ridley
- First Line:
- In southern climes there lies a village
- Page No:
- pp.83-87
- Poem Title:
- On A Country Vicar Carrying His Wife Behind Him, To Visit His Parishioners
- Attribution:
- By Mr. --, Of Brazen Nose College, Oxford.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Rhymes bless me doggrel I suppose
- Page No:
- pp.88-91
- Poem Title:
- The Vicar's Reply.
- Attribution:
- By Francis Fawkes, M. A. Not Printed In His Works.
- Attributed To:
- Francis Fawkes
- First Line:
- If you dear sir will deign to pass a day
- Page No:
- pp.91-93
- Poem Title:
- Horace, Book I. Ep. V. Imitated. To Dr. Hawkesworth.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Fawkes. Not Printed In His Works.
- Attributed To:
- Francis Fawkes
- First Line:
- A hare you in season presented to us
- Page No:
- p.93
- Poem Title:
- [To Dr. Redman, Who Sent The Author A Hare, And Promised To Sup With Him. By The Rev. Dr. Cowper ('Qui leoporem mittis contingis cuncta lepore')] Imitated
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Fawkes.
- Attributed To:
- Francis Fawkes
- First Line:
- Fair youth's associate nature's darling child
- Page No:
- pp.94-95
- Poem Title:
- A Blush.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. A. H.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Fawles to thy classic fame new trophies rise
- Page No:
- p.94
- Poem Title:
- On Reading Mr. Fawkes's Translation Of The Greek Poets.
- Attribution:
- By A. H. Junior.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Oh thou whose gentle and complacent power
- Page No:
- p.95
- Poem Title:
- On Sympathy
- Attribution:
- By A. H. Junior.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Silent the strains that mark the din of war
- Page No:
- pp.96-98
- Poem Title:
- The Vicarage.
- Attribution:
- By A. H. Junior.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Oh royal Margaret from the Kentish strand
- Page No:
- pp.99-107
- Poem Title:
- Heroic Epistle From De La Pole , Duke of Suffolk, To Margaret Queen Of Henry The Sixth.
- Attribution:
- By W. J.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Higmore my breast what raptures fill
- Page No:
- pp.108-109
- Poem Title:
- TO Mr. Highmore.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. John Sharp.
- Attributed To:
- John Sharp
- First Line:
- Oblivion wraps not in her silent shade
- Page No:
- pp.109-111
- Poem Title:
- On The Death Of Queen Caroline.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Jonathan Shipley, Now Bishop Of St. Asaph.
- Attributed To:
- Jonathan Shipley
- First Line:
- The pencil's magic force I sing
- Page No:
- pp.112-114
- Poem Title:
- On Le Moine's Painting, Of The Annunciation, At Winchester Chapel.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Ridley.
- Attributed To:
- Glocester Ridley
- First Line:
- Prayer is the manna the celestial bread
- Page No:
- pp.114-118
- Poem Title:
- Verses On Prayer.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Ridley.
- Attributed To:
- Glocester Ridley
- First Line:
- While others pay their tribute due
- Page No:
- pp.119-121
- Poem Title:
- To Queen Caroline, On The Death Of K. George I.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Ridley.
- Attributed To:
- Glocester Ridley
- First Line:
- I once despised the providence of Jove
- Page No:
- p.122
- Poem Title:
- Horace, Book I. Ode XXXIV.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Ridley.
- Attributed To:
- Glocester Ridley
- First Line:
- A skilful piece a painter drew
- Page No:
- p.123
- Poem Title:
- I. The Picture.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Ridley.
- Attributed To:
- Glocester Ridley
- First Line:
- A sage itinerant got together
- Page No:
- pp.124-125
- Poem Title:
- 3. The Bear And Monkey.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Ridley.
- Attributed To:
- Glocester Ridley
- First Line:
- Two persons in a room together sat
- Page No:
- p.124
- Poem Title:
- 2. The Two Men And Death.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Ridley.
- Attributed To:
- Glocester Ridley
- First Line:
- Some modern critics have been bold
- Page No:
- pp.127-128
- Poem Title:
- 4. The Pigeon.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Ridley.
- Attributed To:
- Glocester Ridley
- First Line:
- Two ladies whether christian turk
- Page No:
- pp.129-130
- Poem Title:
- 6. The Two Ladies And The Magpie.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Ridley.
- Attributed To:
- Glocester Ridley
- First Line:
- When Jove created man Minerva viewed
- Page No:
- p.129
- Poem Title:
- 5. Jupiter And Minerva.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Ridley.
- Attributed To:
- Glocester Ridley
- First Line:
- Once on a time an only boy
- Page No:
- pp.131-132
- Poem Title:
- 7. The Man, His Son, And Jupiter.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Ridley.
- Attributed To:
- Glocester Ridley
- First Line:
- A crab of wise and learned pate
- Page No:
- p.132
- Poem Title:
- 8. The Crab.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Ridley.
- Attributed To:
- Glocester Ridley
- First Line:
- A man of disposition froward
- Page No:
- pp.132-134
- Poem Title:
- 9. Misanthropos.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Ridley.
- Attributed To:
- Glocester Ridley
- First Line:
- In the shade of my vine as I lay
- Page No:
- pp.134-136
- Poem Title:
- Song
- Attribution:
- By Mr. T.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The man who builds the comforts of his mind
- Page No:
- pp.136-138
- Poem Title:
- The Farewell.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. T.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Surrounded with the horrors of thy reign
- Page No:
- pp.138-141
- Poem Title:
- Night. An Elegaic Poem.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. T.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Still must my friend the briny torrent slow
- Page No:
- pp.141-143
- Poem Title:
- Spring...Inscribed To Mr. T.
- Attribution:
- By The Editor. [i.e. Nichols]
- Attributed To:
- John Nichols
- First Line:
- Ah whither shall I fly to seek thee haste
- Page No:
- pp.144-146
- Poem Title:
- Happiness, A Rhapsodical Soliloquy.
- Attribution:
- By The Editor [i.e. Nichols]
- Attributed To:
- John Nichols
- First Line:
- Thou lenient disperser of care
- Page No:
- pp.146-148
- Poem Title:
- Uncertainty, An Elegaic Ode.
- Attribution:
- By The Editor [i.e. Nichols]
- Attributed To:
- John Nichols
- First Line:
- If ever heart fair excellence was mine
- Page No:
- p.148
- Poem Title:
- To A Lady, With A Pocket Book.
- Attribution:
- J. N.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Fair Sally loved a bonny seaman
- Page No:
- pp.149-152
- Poem Title:
- Song.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. John Hoadly.
- Attributed To:
- John Hoadly
- First Line:
- Thus in a wood two pilgrims turned aside
- Page No:
- p.153
- Poem Title:
- Horace, Book II. Sat. III. Ver. 48.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- From this auspicious hour let glory trace
- Page No:
- pp.154-157
- Poem Title:
- To Brownlow, Earl Of Exeter, On The Birth Of His Son (The Present Earl).
- Attribution:
- By John Taylor, B. A.
- Attributed To:
- John Taylor
- First Line:
- Could these faint numbers glow with equal fire
- Page No:
- pp.157-158
- Poem Title:
- To The Fair Unknown, On Seeing Her At The Musick Booth At Sturbridge Fair.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Taylor.
- Attributed To:
- John Taylor
- First Line:
- Go gentle verse to the fair
- Page No:
- pp.159-160
- Poem Title:
- In Praise Of Silence. To Mrs. --, Of Durham.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Taylor.
- Attributed To:
- John Taylor
- First Line:
- All hail illustrious parent of the day
- Page No:
- pp.161-163
- Poem Title:
- Ode On Light.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Taylor.
- Attributed To:
- John Taylor
- First Line:
- And now a while let sterner science rest
- Page No:
- pp.163-169
- Poem Title:
- Poetical Part Of A Music Speech At Cambridge.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Taylor, 1730.
- Attributed To:
- John Taylor
- First Line:
- Goddess of the brave and wise
- Page No:
- pp.169-172
- Poem Title:
- Ode For Music On Opening The New Regent House At The Public Commencement At Cambridge.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Taylor, 1730.
- Attributed To:
- John Taylor
- First Line:
- Profane not time with thy unhallowed hand
- Page No:
- pp.172-174
- Poem Title:
- On The Death Of King George II.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Awbrey.
- Attributed To:
- John Aubrey
- First Line:
- See where the graces gentle handmaids lead
- Page No:
- pp.174-175
- Poem Title:
- On The Marriage Of His Royal Highness Frederic Prince Of Wales, And The Princess Of Saxe Gotha.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Trevor.
- Attributed To:
- John Trevor
- First Line:
- From whom should peace sincerer vows receive
- Page No:
- pp.176-179
- Poem Title:
- On The Conclusion Of The Peace Of Aix La Chapelle, 1748.
- Attribution:
- By William Whitehead, Esq. (Now Poet Laureat). Not In His Works.
- Attributed To:
- William Whitehead
- First Line:
- Now was still time of night and every sound
- Page No:
- pp.179-181
- Poem Title:
- On The Death Of King George II.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Lewis Bagot, (Now LL.D. And Dean Of Christ Church, Oxon.)
- Attributed To:
- Lewis Bagot
- First Line:
- Nymphs that mountain wood or hill
- Page No:
- pp.181-183
- Poem Title:
- On The Marriage Of Their Present Majesties.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Bagot]
- Attributed To:
- Lewis Bagot
- First Line:
- Those votive strains oh Isis that but now
- Page No:
- pp.183-185
- Poem Title:
- On The Birth Of The Present Prince Of Wales.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Bagot]
- Attributed To:
- Lewis Bagot
- First Line:
- Time honoured Isis and renowned Cam
- Page No:
- pp.186-188
- Poem Title:
- On The Birth Of The Present Prince Of Wales.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. George Butt.
- Attributed To:
- George Butt
- First Line:
- Exiled too long from Europe's hostile plain
- Page No:
- pp.188-191
- Poem Title:
- On The Conclusion Of The Peace Of Aix La Chapelle.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Lort, (Now D. D. Prebendary Of St. Paul's, &c.)
- Attributed To:
- Michael Lort
- First Line:
- Twas on the evening of that gloomy day
- Page No:
- pp.191-194
- Poem Title:
- On The Death Of Frederic Prince Of Wales.
- Attribution:
- By James Clitherow, Esq.
- Attributed To:
- James Clitheroe
- First Line:
- Little I whilom deemed my artless zeal
- Page No:
- pp.195-199
- Poem Title:
- On The Same Occasion.
- Attribution:
- By David Lord Viscount Stormont. Written At Paris.
- Attributed To:
- David Murray
- First Line:
- Stay gentle Isis stay thy silver tide
- Page No:
- pp.199-201
- Poem Title:
- On The Same Occasion.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Enoch Markham.
- Attributed To:
- Enoch Markham
- First Line:
- What time the fields bedight with gold were seen
- Page No:
- pp.201-202
- Poem Title:
- On The Same Occasion
- Attribution:
- By Philip Rashleigh, Esq.
- Attributed To:
- Philip Rashleigh
- First Line:
- Late in yon sequestered grove
- Page No:
- pp.205-209
- Poem Title:
- On His Majesty's Accesion To The Throne.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Merrick.
- Attributed To:
- James Merrick
- First Line:
- Yet once more tuneful virgins will I seek
- Page No:
- pp.209-212
- Poem Title:
- On The Marriage Of Their Present Majesties. To His Royal Highness The Duke Of York. Written From Winchester Camp.
- Attribution:
- By Richard Phelps, Esq.
- Attributed To:
- Richard Phelps
- First Line:
- Favoured of heaven on whom the graces wait
- Page No:
- pp.212-213
- Poem Title:
- Ode, On The Same Occasion...To The Queen.
- Attribution:
- By William Henley, Esq.
- Attributed To:
- William Henley
- First Line:
- Now from Germania's shore the chosen bark
- Page No:
- pp.214-215
- Poem Title:
- On The Same Occasion.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Henry Courtnay.
- Attributed To:
- Henry Reginald Courtenay
- First Line:
- Again Britannia's bards the festive lyre
- Page No:
- pp.216-218
- Poem Title:
- On The Birth Of The Present Prince Of Wales.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Courtenay]
- Attributed To:
- Henry Reginald Courtenay
- First Line:
- Sleep royal infant sleep
- Page No:
- pp.218-221
- Poem Title:
- On The Same Occaision...To The Prince Of Wales.
- Attribution:
- By William Henley, Esq.
- Attributed To:
- William Henley
- First Line:
- Beneath this humble stone now rests inshrined
- Page No:
- pp.225-226
- Poem Title:
- Epitaph On Lady Lucy Meyrick, Who Died In Child-Birth.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Peter Templeman.
- Attributed To:
- Peter Templeman
- First Line:
- Sunk was the solemn taper's sickly glare
- Page No:
- pp.226-229
- Poem Title:
- On The Deatth Of Frederick Prince Of Wales.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. J. Duncombe.
- Attributed To:
- John Duncombe
- First Line:
- Fly indifference hated maid
- Page No:
- pp.229-230
- Poem Title:
- Ode To Indifference.
- Attribution:
- By Thomas Pennant, Esq.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Pennant
- First Line:
- Dear native stream ah dearer far to me
- Page No:
- p.231
- Poem Title:
- Sonnet V...To The River Stour. 1781.
- Attribution:
- By W. J.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Here here she lies a budding rose
- Page No:
- p.231
- Poem Title:
- Epitaph
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Shenstone. Not Printed In His Works.
- Attributed To:
- William Shenstone
- First Line:
- Cinna cries out I am not worth a groat
- Page No:
- p.232
- Poem Title:
- Epigram From Martial.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Your servant sir says surly Quin
- Page No:
- p.232
- Poem Title:
- Epigram.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Hogarth.
- Attributed To:
- William Hogarth
- First Line:
- When you talk about Leicester
- Page No:
- pp.233-234
- Poem Title:
- To H-y M-n, Esq. On His Refusing A Christmass Dinner With A Friend, On Pretence Of Gallanting Some Ladies To Leicester.
- Attribution:
- N. J.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Dead pigs have cunning proverbs say
- Page No:
- pp.235-236
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Gostling.
- Attributed To:
- William Gostling
- First Line:
- Here in the dirt doth Cupid lie
- Page No:
- p.236
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Gostling.
- Attributed To:
- William Gostling
- First Line:
- My kingdom is not of this world so saith
- Page No:
- p.236
- Poem Title:
- I. On John, Chap. XVIII. Ver. 36.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Gostling]
- Attributed To:
- William Gostling
- First Line:
- Cease Canterbury to deplore
- Page No:
- p.237
- Poem Title:
- A Word Of Comfort From Bangor To Canterbury, On The Loss Of Her Dean.
- Attribution:
- A. C.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- To me you prophest our mitred Moore
- Page No:
- p.237
- Poem Title:
- Answer From Canterbury.
- Attribution:
- J. D.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- One day was spent in joy and mirth the morrow
- Page No:
- p.237
- Poem Title:
- 2. On Miss Lance, Whose Rejoicings At The Wedding Of A Sister Met With Such A Check (By The Distress Of Some Dear Friends) AS She Could Not Survive.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Gostling]
- Attributed To:
- William Gostling
- First Line:
- The muse who from your influence took her birth
- Page No:
- p.238
- Poem Title:
- To The Best Of Men, And Most Excellent Of Princes, Charles, By The Grace Of God, King Of Great-Britain, France, And Ireland
- Attribution:
- George Sandys.
- Attributed To:
- George Sandys
- First Line:
- A night piece most affects the eye
- Page No:
- pp.239-241
- Poem Title:
- To The Queen.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Since none but princes durst aspire
- Page No:
- p.241
- Poem Title:
- To The Prince.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Our graver muse from her long dream awakes
- Page No:
- pp.242-243
- Poem Title:
- To The King...With A Paraphrase On The Psalms
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Sandys]
- Attributed To:
- George Sandys
- First Line:
- O you who like a fruitful vine
- Page No:
- p.243
- Poem Title:
- To The Queen.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- O thou who all things hast of nothing made
- Page No:
- pp.243-246
- Poem Title:
- Deo Optimo Maximo.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Sandys]
- Attributed To:
- George Sandys
- First Line:
- Who would inform his soul or feast his sense
- Page No:
- pp.247-251
- Poem Title:
- To My Noble Friend Mr. Sandys, On His Job, Ecclesiastes, And Lamentations, Clearly, Learnedly, And Eloquently Paraphrased.
- Attribution:
- By Lord Viscount Falkland.
- Attributed To:
- Lucius Cary
- First Line:
- Such is the verse thou writest that who reads thine
- Page No:
- pp.251-252
- Poem Title:
- Another.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Falkland]
- Attributed To:
- Lucius Cary
- First Line:
- Your modern men of wit laugh at our schools
- Page No:
- pp.252-253
- Poem Title:
- Prologue To The Siege Of Damascus, Performed In 1764, By The Young Gentlemen Of Mr. Newcome's School, As It Was Originally Written By Mr. Hughes...Spoken By Master Leaves. Never Before Printed.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Hoadly.
- Attributed To:
- John Hoadly
- First Line:
- Had I no blushes left but were of those
- Page No:
- pp.253-258
- Poem Title:
- To The Same...On His Excellent Paraphrase On The Psalm.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Falkland]
- Attributed To:
- Lucius Cary
- First Line:
- Our age's wonder by thy birth the same
- Page No:
- pp.258-262
- Poem Title:
- To Grotius. Prefixed To Sandy's Translation Of The "Christus Patiens," 1640.
- Attribution:
- Lord Falkland
- Attributed To:
- Lucius Cary
- First Line:
- The sage whose guests you are tonight is known
- Page No:
- pp.263-264
- Poem Title:
- Epilogue...Spoken By Mr. Wilks, At Sir R. Steele's. Now First Printed.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Addison.
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Addison
- First Line:
- Dear Moyle blessed youth whose forward wit pursues
- Page No:
- pp.265-268
- Poem Title:
- Epistle To Mr. Moyle.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Hammond, 1694.
- Attributed To:
- Anthony Hammond
- First Line:
- Too long abused by harsh disdain
- Page No:
- p.268
- Poem Title:
- The Resolve...To His Mistress
- Attribution:
- By The Same. [i.e. Hammond]
- Attributed To:
- Anthony Hammond
- First Line:
- Lucretia the empire of Rome did destroy
- Page No:
- p.269
- Poem Title:
- Drinking Song
- Attribution:
- Made Extempore By The Lady Withens.
- Attributed To:
- Lady Elizabeth Wythens
- First Line:
- Your bounden slave what should he do but tend
- Page No:
- p.269
- Poem Title:
- THe Happy Slave.
- Attribution:
- By The Same. [i.e. Hammond]
- Attributed To:
- Anthony Hammond
- First Line:
- O still let envy rear her head
- Page No:
- p.270
- Poem Title:
- On The Earl of Hardwicke's Illness
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Green, Bp. of Lincoln, 1763.
- Attributed To:
- John Green
- First Line:
- Shall no sublimer muse thy mountain grace
- Page No:
- pp.271-276
- Poem Title:
- Catharine-Hill. A Poem. An Excercise
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Lowth, 1729.
- Attributed To:
- Robert Lowth
- First Line:
- Artist or sage by chance or leisure led
- Page No:
- p.276
- Poem Title:
- A Thought At The Grave Of J. Highmore, Esq. In Canterbury Cathedral, Who Died March 3, 1780, Aged 87.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Duncombe.
- Attributed To:
- John Duncombe
- First Line:
- Ingenuous heart to whom my votive lyre
- Page No:
- pp.277-279
- Poem Title:
- Epistle To Mr. J. H.---, On The Death Of His Justly Lamented Friend, Ignatius Sancho.
- Attribution:
- A. H. [illeg]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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