Court poems in two parts compleat [N15388] [ecco]
- DMI number:
- 729
- Publication Date:
- 1719
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- N15388
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW111382989
- Shelfmark:
- ECCO - Harvard Houghton / Texas.
- Full Title:
- COURT POEMS | In Two Parts Compleat. | To which are added, | I. VERSES upon PRUDERY. | II. An [i]Epitaph[/i] upon JOHN HEWETT | and MARY DREW, who were | killed by Lightening, at [i]Stanton-| Harcourt[/i], in [i]Oxfordshire.[/i] | [rule] | By Mr. POPE. | [rule] | [ornament] | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for R. BURLEIGH, 1719. | Price One Shilling.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Made-up miscellany and Miscellany associated with group of poets
- Format:
- Duodecimo
- Price:
- 1 s
- Bibliographic details:
- Possibly a made up miscellany. 'Court poems' pp. 1-24 'Court poems Part II.' pp. 1-26.
- Comments:
- Query: the second part of this looks like it's probably identical to T5774 - Miscellany ID 408 - Pope's Miscellany. The Second Part 1717, which is also used as the second part of N15386.
- Other matter:
- 'Advertisement By the Bookseller' [2pp] speculating that the author of the poems is either 'a Lady of Quality' (i.e. Montagu), 'Mr. Gay', or 'the Laudable Translator of Homer' (i.e. Pope). List of books printed for Bettesworth and Curll [4pp.]
- References:
- Case 295 (b) 1719.
- Publisher:
- Rebecca Burleigh
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- The basset table spread the tallier come
- Page No:
- pp.1-9
- Poem Title:
- The Basset-Table, an Eclogue.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Roxana from the court returning late
- Page No:
- pp.10-12
- Poem Title:
- Roxana, Or the Drawing-Room.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Now twenty springs has clothed the park with green
- Page No:
- pp.13-16
- Poem Title:
- The Toilet.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- With scornful mien and various toss of air
- Page No:
- p.17
- Poem Title:
- The Looking-Glass.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Some Colinaeus praise some Bleau
- Page No:
- pp.18-19
- Poem Title:
- To Mr. Lintot.
- Attribution:
- Written, (as he says) by Mr. Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- The maid is blessed that will not hear
- Page No:
- pp.20-21
- Poem Title:
- A Version of the First Psalm. For the Use of a Young Lady.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- How much egregious Moore are we
- Page No:
- pp.22-24
- Poem Title:
- To the Ingenious Mr. Moore, Author of the Celebrated Worm-Powder.
- Attribution:
- Mr. Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- O son of Tydeus cease be wise and see
- Page No:
- p.22
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Mr. Pope took this hint from Homer.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Tell me Belinda why your constant care
- Page No:
- pp.1-4
- Poem Title:
- The Ramble. Between Belinda a Demy-Prude, and Cloe a Court-Coquette.
- Attribution:
- The best Lines in it are taken from Fontaine, and a fam'd Female Wit, (the Lady W--y M--gue,) assisted in the Translation.
- Attributed To:
- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont]
- First Line:
- Chloe a country vicar's daughter
- Page No:
- pp.5-12
- Poem Title:
- The Parson's Daughter. A Tale. For the Use of Pretty Girls with small Fortunes.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- From hence let females learn to shun
- Page No:
- pp.12-13
- Poem Title:
- Moral.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- To one fair lady out of court
- Page No:
- pp.14-17
- Poem Title:
- The Court Ballad. To the Tune of, To all you Ladies now at Land.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- In the lines that you sent are the muses and graces
- Page No:
- p.18
- Poem Title:
- Epigrams, Occasion'd by an Invitation to Court.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Pope]
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- They may talk of the goddesses in Ida vales
- Page No:
- p.18
- Poem Title:
- Epigrams, Occasion'd by an Invitation to Court....II.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Pope]
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Adam had fallen twice if for an apple
- Page No:
- p.19
- Poem Title:
- Epigrams, Occasion'd by an Invitation to Court. ... IV.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Pope]
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- On Sunday at six in the street that's called Gerrard
- Page No:
- p.19
- Poem Title:
- Epigrams, Occasion'd by an Invitation to Court. ... V.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Pope]
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- They say A--'s a wit for what
- Page No:
- p.19
- Poem Title:
- Epigrams, Occasion'd by an Invitation to Court. ...VI.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Pope]
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- You B--ll--ne G--ff--n and little La P--ll
- Page No:
- p.19
- Poem Title:
- Epigrams, Occasion'd by an Invitation to Court. ... III.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Pope]
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Of late was a meeting a meeting most merry
- Page No:
- pp.20-24
- Poem Title:
- The Westminster Ballad. Or, The Earl of Oxford's Tryal. To the Tune of King John and the Abbot of Canterbury.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Joseph Gay.
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Gay
- First Line:
- What is prudery tis a beldam
- Page No:
- p.25
- Poem Title:
- Mr. Pope upon being ask'd what Prudery was, Writ the following Lines.
- Attribution:
- Mr. Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Think not by rigorous judgment seized
- Page No:
- p.26
- Poem Title:
- Epitaph.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
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