Chorus poetarum: or poems on several occasions [ESTC R3195]
- DMI number:
- 1681
- Publication Date:
- 1694
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- R3195
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2003&res_id=xri:eebo&rft_id=xri:eebo:citation:13672578
- Shelfmark:
- EEBO-Bod
- Full Title:
- [i]CHORUS POETARUM:[/i] | OR | POEMS | ON | Several Occasions. | BY THE | [2 columns] [column 1] Duke of [i]Bucking- | ham,[/i] the late Lord | [i]Rochester,[/i] | Sir [i]John Denham,[/i] [/column 1] | [column 2] Sir [i]Geo. Etheridge, | Andrew Marvel,[/i] Esq; | The famous [i]Spencer,[/i] | Madam [i]Behn,[/i] [/column 2] | And several other Eminent Poets of this Age. | [rule] | [g]Never before Printed.[/g] | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] Printed for [g]Benjamin Bragg,[/g] at | the [i]White-Hart,[/i] over against [i]Water-Lane[/i] in [i]Fleet- | street.[/i] MDCLXXIV.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Collection of 17th century verse and Miscellaneous collection
- Format:
- Octavo
- Comments:
- DATE: Roman numerals on title page misprinted. Date here taken from ESTC record. ATTRIBUTIONS: Some attributions taken from contents page. CONTENTS: Some Latin verse.
- Other matter:
- Prefatory matter: (1) Epistle Dedication, 'The Epistle Dedicatory, to Sir Fleetwood Sheppard.' pp. A3r-A7r. (2) Advertisement, 'Advertisement to the Reader.' pp. A7v-A8r.
- References:
- NCBEL 339 (1694)
- Title:
- Poems on several occasions [ESTC R29910]
- Publication Date:
- 1696
- ESTC No:
- R29910
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Reissue
- Comments:
- Author:
- Sir George Etherege
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Dedicatee:
- Sir Fleetwood Sheppard
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Editor:
- Charles Gildon
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- Benjamin Bragg
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- How great a transport is a brave man in
- Page No:
- pp. 3-14
- Poem Title:
- On His Majesty's Conquests in Ireland. Made immediately after the Victory at Sea, 1692.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Seven summers heats and winters frosts are past
- Page No:
- pp. 15-9
- Poem Title:
- To Amarillis. Out of the Anthologia of the Italian Poets.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Bright martial maid queen of the frozen zone
- Page No:
- p. 20
- Poem Title:
- Bellipotens virgo, septem regina trionum. English'd by Sir F.S.
- Attribution:
- F.S.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- One fatal day a sympathetic fire
- Page No:
- p. 21
- Poem Title:
- On the late Sickness of Madam Mohun, and Mr. Congreve.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- All things move forward with a prosperous breeze
- Page No:
- pp. 22-3
- Poem Title:
- On a Lady's Arrival from Holland.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Second to Jove alone in whom unite
- Page No:
- pp. 23-4
- Poem Title:
- Proxiumus & similis regnas, Lodoice, Tonanti. Englis'd thus:
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- While we in country conversation
- Page No:
- pp. 25-9
- Poem Title:
- A Letter from two Gentlemen in the Country to a Friend in the City.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The gods are not more blessed than he
- Page No:
- pp. 30-1
- Poem Title:
- By Madam Behn
- Attribution:
- By Madam Behn
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- Submit to fate tis her tyrannic reign
- Page No:
- pp. 32-5
- Poem Title:
- To the Precise Cloris. A Paraphrase on the beginning of the last Chorus in Seneca's Oediups.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- They say that swans as by the streams they lie
- Page No:
- pp. 36-7
- Poem Title:
- To his Departing Friend.
- Attribution:
- By a young Gentleman of Eighteen.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- See where she walks in the suns glowing ray
- Page No:
- pp. 37-9
- Poem Title:
- On Cleona, walking in the Sun.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Go envied lines possess a bliss far higher
- Page No:
- p. 39
- Poem Title:
- Written on a Letter, sent to his Mistress.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I know thy malice trifling boy
- Page No:
- p. 40
- Poem Title:
- To Cupid. A Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Whilst Saturn reigned with his old golden face
- Page No:
- pp. 41-3
- Poem Title:
- In Praise of Satyr
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Dear Moyle blessed youth whose forward wit pursues
- Page No:
- pp. 44-6
- Poem Title:
- A Letter to Walter Moyle, Esq;
- Attribution:
- By A.H. Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Anthony Hammond
- First Line:
- In all the dismal rage of war
- Page No:
- pp. 47-8
- Poem Title:
- A Song.
- Attribution:
- By C.H. Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- While others with the taste of bliss
- Page No:
- pp. 49-50
- Poem Title:
- A Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The almighty's image of his shape afraid
- Page No:
- pp. 51-2
- Poem Title:
- A Translation out of the Priapeia. The Complaint of Priapus for being Veil'd.
- Attribution:
- By C.B. Esq;.
- Attributed To:
- Charles Blount
- First Line:
- Ah Raleigh when thou didst thy breath resign
- Page No:
- pp. 53-64
- Poem Title:
- Rawleigh's Ghost in Darkness: Or Truth cover'd with a Veil.
- Attribution:
- By Andrew Marvel, Esq;.
- Attributed To:
- Andrew Marvell
- First Line:
- Of the old heroes when the warlike shades
- Page No:
- pp. 65-74
- Poem Title:
- The Loyal Scot, by Cleveland's Ghost.
- Attribution:
- By Andrew Marvel, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Andrew Marvell
- First Line:
- When the dread summons of commanding fate
- Page No:
- pp. 75-80
- Poem Title:
- To the Memory of the most Illustrious Prince George, Duke of Buckingham.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When the bold Carthaginian
- Page No:
- p. 81
- Poem Title:
- The two ways Regulus the Roman was put to Death by the Carthaginians.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Welcome fair Caelia to this calmer cell
- Page No:
- pp. 82-3
- Poem Title:
- Caelia's Welcome into the Country from the Hurry of the Town.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Sylvia never despise my love
- Page No:
- pp. 85-6
- Poem Title:
- A Famiiar Dialogue betwixt Strephon and Slyvia.
- Attribution:
- By the late Lord Rochester.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Beneath the mournful yew oppressed with grief
- Page No:
- pp. 87-90
- Poem Title:
- Against, and for Life.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Fortune made up of toys and impudence
- Page No:
- pp. 91-2
- Poem Title:
- On Fortune.
- Attribution:
- By the Duke of Buckingham.
- Attributed To:
- George Villiers
- First Line:
- A canting Scot in thy vile sermons preaches
- Page No:
- p. 92
- Poem Title:
- On a Lewd Scotch Parson.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dennis.
- Attributed To:
- John Dennis
- First Line:
- Since now my Sylvia is as kind as fair
- Page No:
- pp. 93-100
- Poem Title:
- The Enjoyment.
- Attribution:
- By the Marquess of M.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- While frantic winds with fury blow
- Page No:
- pp. 101-2
- Poem Title:
- Life.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Motteux.
- Attributed To:
- Peter Anthony Motteux
- First Line:
- Thou little insect canst thou prove
- Page No:
- pp. 103-7
- Poem Title:
- The Flea, out of Ovid
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I never was inclined to range
- Page No:
- p.108-10
- Poem Title:
- To Sylvia: An Excuse for having loved another in her Absence.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dennis
- Attributed To:
- John Dennis
- First Line:
- No no tis not love you may talk till doom's day
- Page No:
- pp. 111-4
- Poem Title:
- No true Love between Man and Woman.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Let my endeavours as my hopes depend
- Page No:
- pp. 115-25
- Poem Title:
- A Satyr against Poetry. In a Letter to the Lord D. ---
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Pugh Tom how dost come by these horrid capriches
- Page No:
- p. 126
- Poem Title:
- Epigram.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Killingworth.
- Attributed To:
- Killingworth
- First Line:
- Beneath a silent grove's diverting shade
- Page No:
- pp. 127-142
- Poem Title:
- To the infinitely loved Memory of my Dearest--- A Pastoral. Thyrsis, Althaea.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When the next horrid scene salutes their eyes
- Page No:
- pp. 143-4
- Poem Title:
- The Tempest. A Fragment.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Hail glorious martyr saint triumphant hail
- Page No:
- pp. 145-61
- Poem Title:
- To the Sacred Memory of Charles the First.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The sun still sets and leaves the earth to night
- Page No:
- p. 162
- Poem Title:
- On a Gentleman, who had been a great penitent. An Epigram.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Go love born accents of my dying heart
- Page No:
- pp. 163-4
- Poem Title:
- To his Mistress.
- Attribution:
- By Sir John Denham.
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Denham
- First Line:
- As I beheld the bright Corinna's eyes
- Page No:
- pp. 165-6
- Poem Title:
- Song.
- Attribution:
- By Th. Ch. Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Fair Iris all our time is spent
- Page No:
- pp. 167-8
- Poem Title:
- Song.
- Attribution:
- By Sir George Etheridge.
- Attributed To:
- Sir George Etherege
- First Line:
- In council wise in war so great a man
- Page No:
- pp. 169-70
- Poem Title:
- Similem quae praetulit aetas. Thus English'd.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Thus sweetly once the lovesick Orpheus sung
- Page No:
- pp. 170-1
- Poem Title:
- To my Friend Mr. Charles Hopkins: On reading his Translations out of Ovid and Tibullus.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. C.G.
- Attributed To:
- Charles Gildon
- First Line:
- Phillis is both blithe and young
- Page No:
- pp. 172-3
- Poem Title:
- By Spencer
- Attribution:
- By Spencer
- Attributed To:
- Edmund Spenser
- First Line:
- Did you my charming Sylvia live
- Page No:
- pp. 174-5
- Poem Title:
- To Sylvia.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Oh what a night was that ye powers divine
- Page No:
- p. 176
- Poem Title:
- An Imitation of
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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