Anacreon done into English out of the original Greek [ESTC R7394]

DMI number:

1673

Publication Date:

1683

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

R7394

EEBO/ECCO link:

http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2003&res_id=xri:eebo&rft_id=xri:eebo:citation:12193660

Shelfmark:

EEBO - Bod

Full Title:

ANACREON | Done into English | Out of the | Original Greek. | [rule] | [epigraph] | [rule] | [i]OXFORD[/i], | Printed by [i]L. Lichfield[/i] Printer to the University, | for [i]Anthony Stephens[/i] Bookseller near the [i]Theatre[/i], 1683.

Epigraph:

[i]Nec quicquid olim lusit[/i] Anacreon | [i]Delevit aetas[/i]------

Place of Publication:

Oxford

Genres:

Collection of 17th century verse, Miscellany associated with group of poets, and Collection of translations/imitations

Format:

Octavo

Comments:

The preface presents the collection as the work of one translator - the author of the preface, signed 'S. B.' - though it is in fact a miscellany of new and previously printed translations, authored by Francis Willis, Abraham Cowley, John Oldham, and Thomas Wood (ESTC). For overviews of the Anacreontic tradition in English, see (1) Stuart Gillespie, 'The "Anacreontea" in English: A Checklist of Translations to 1900: With a Bibliography of Secondary Sources and Some Previously Unpublished Translations', Translation and Literature, 11 (2002), 149-173. (2) Glyn Pursglove, 'Anacreon', in Encyclopedia of Literary Translation into English, ed. by Olive Classe, 2 vols (London, 2000) I: 43-45.

Other matter:

Prefatory matter: (1) 'The Preface', signed 'S. B.', sigs a2r-b2r. (2) 'The Life of Anacreon', sigs b3r-c2v.

References:

NCBEL 334 (1683)

Related People

Editor:

Francis Willis

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Stuart Gillespie, 'The "Anacreontea" in English: A Checklist of Translations to 1900: With a Bibliography of Secondary Sources and Some Previously Unpublished Translations', Translation and Literature, 11 (2002), 149-173 (p. 152).

Editor:

Thomas Wood

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Stuart Gillespie, 'The "Anacreontea" in English: A Checklist of Translations to 1900: With a Bibliography of Secondary Sources and Some Previously Unpublished Translations', Translation and Literature, 11 (2002), 149-173 (p. 152).

Printer:

Leonard Lichfield

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

'Printed by L. Lichfield Printer to the University'.

Publisher:

Anthony Stephens

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

'Printed [...] for Anthony Stephens Bookseller near the Theatre'.

Content/Publication

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Hail bard triumphant whose melodious breath

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English't thus.

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I'll sing of heroes sing of kings

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I. Love.

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Liberal nature did dispense

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II. Beauty.

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Over all when night had silence spread

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pp.4-8

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III. Cupid or the Cunning Beggar.

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Underneath this myrtle shade

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pp.9-10

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IV. The Epicure.

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Pretty rose thou gaudy flower

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V. The Rose.

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Whilst roses round our temples twine

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Another.

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When once I did rebellious prove

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VI. The Wound.

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As on a purple quilt I chose

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pp.16-17

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VII. The Dream.

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Tell me love's envoy prithee do

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VIII, The Dove.

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A friend of mine exposed to sale

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IX. Cupid in Wax.

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Oft am I by the woman told

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X. Age.

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Foolish prater what dost thou

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XI. The Swallow

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That noble soul the Phrygian boy

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pp.25-26

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XII. A Rant.

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Yes I will love then I will love

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XIII. The Duel.

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Fill the bowl with rosy wine

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XIV. The Drunkard.

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Let other poets build their glory

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pp.29-30

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XV. My Fate

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Make me a bowl a mighty bowl

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pp.31-34

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XVI. The Cup.

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Here artist all thy skill impart

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pp.34-38

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Another.

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The thirsty earth soaks up the rain

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pp.38-39

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XVII. Drinking.

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I'm told how bodies change their state

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pp.39-41

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XVIII. The Wish to his Mistress.

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Fill kind misses fill the bowl

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pp.41-42

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XIX. Heat.

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Grant me ye gods the life I love

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p.43

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XX. Solitude.

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If all the sorcery of gold

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XXI. Gold.

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Nature sent us all abroad

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XXII. Life.

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Whilst the cup walks nimbly round

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XXIII. The careless Companion.

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Whilst I carouse all my cares sink

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pp.48-49

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Another.

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Whilst Bacchus temple in my breast

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pp.49-50

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XXIV. In the Praise of Bacchus.

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Draw some Apelles draw me here

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pp.51-54

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XXV. His Mistresses Picture.

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If painter thou true life canst draw

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pp.54-58

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XXVI. Bathyllus.

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In chains of flowers made

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pp.58-59

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XXVII. The Captive.

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Stand off my thirst can never cease

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pp.59-61

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XXVIII. The Jolly Drunkard.

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When all the stars are by thee told

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pp.62-64

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XXIX. The Account.

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Beloved bird who as you fly

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pp.65-67

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XXX. The Swallow.

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Because forsooth you're young and fair

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pp.67-68

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XXXI. To his Young Mistriss.

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This bull my boy sure is some Jove

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XXXII. Upon Europa.

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Talk not to me of schoolmen's rules

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pp.70-71

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XXXIII. The Vain Advice.

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See how nature's self all gay

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XXXIV. The Spring.

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Old as I am I can contain

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XXXV. The Old Man.

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When the vine's pleasant juice

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pp.82-84

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XXXVI. The Enjoyment

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As Cupid once with wanton play

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pp.85-86

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XXXVII. Cupid wounded.

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Let's drink let's sing but with design

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pp.86-89

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XXXVIII. An Hymn to the God of Wine.

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Overcharged with wine a dance I love

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XXXIX. Of Himself.

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Happy insect what can be

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XL. The Grasshopper.

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Once in my dream I seemed to fly

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XLI. The Dream expounded.

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As Vulcan at his anvil stood

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XLII. Upon Cupid's Darts.

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A mighty pain to love it is

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XLIII. Upon Gold.

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I love the man whom froward age

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XLIV. Pleasant Old Age.

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Give me Homer's tuneful lyre

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XLV. The Drunkard's delight.

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The youth who nobly stands his ground

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XLVI. The Effects of Wine.

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Prithee painter do but hear

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XLVII. Advice to a Painter.

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See by some hand industrious grown

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XLVIII. Venus Engrav'd on a Dish.

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To us the vine its store does give

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pp.106-108

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XLIX. The Grapes

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Naked the spring would seem and bare

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pp.108-111

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L. The Rose.

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When some brisk and airy scene

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pp.112-113

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LI. Grown Young.

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Nothing undistinguished lies

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pp.113-114

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LII. The Mark.

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