Court poems. In two parts. [N68766]

DMI number:

731

Publication Date:

1726

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

N68766

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW108397191

Shelfmark:

Berg (NYPL) - (Pope)-C, Copy 1

Full Title:

[i]COURT[/i] | POEMS. | IN | TWO PARTS. | [rule] | [i]By Mr.[/i] POPE, [i]&c[/i]. | [rule] | [ornament] | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for E. CURLL in the [i]Strand[/i]. 1726. | ([i]Price[/i] 1 [i]s[/i].)

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Miscellany associated with group of poets

Format:

Duodecimo

Price:

1 s

Pagination:

4pp; 1-24, 25-34pp. [pp.2 and 3 have been missed out of the pagination sequence]

Comments:

Query: check this against Case description for 295 (c). Query: ecco copy is messy with multiple duplicate pages, and is possibly incomplete - check carefully!

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).

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Publisher:

Edmund Curll

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Content/Publication

First Line:

The basset table spread the tallier come

Page No:

pp.1-9

Poem Title:

The Basset-Table, an Eclogue.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Roxana from the court returning late

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pp.10-12

Poem Title:

Roxana, Or the Drawing-Room.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Now twenty springs has clothed the park with green

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pp.13-16

Poem Title:

The Toilet.

Attribution:

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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

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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

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pp.20-21

Poem Title:

A Version of the First Psalm. For the Use of a Young Lady.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

How much egregious Moore are we

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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

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p.22

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Mr. Pope took this hint from Homer.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

What is prudery tis a beldam

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p.25

Poem Title:

Mr. Pope's Answer to the Following Question of Mrs. Howe.

Attribution:

Mr. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Think not by rigorous judgment seized

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p.26

Poem Title:

Epitaph, At Stanton-Harcourt in Oxfordshire.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

In beauty or wit

Page No:

pp.27-28

Poem Title:

To Lady Mary Wortley Montague.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

If Dennis writes and rails in furious pet

Page No:

pp.29-30

Poem Title:

Verses Occasioned by Mr. Tickell's Translation of the First Iliad of Homer.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

When soft expressions covert malice hide

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pp.31-32

Poem Title:

Answer To the Foregoing Verses. Presented to the Countess of Warwick.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Let other charmers boast of air

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p.33

Poem Title:

Verses occasion'd by a young Lady's Fall, as she was running down Richmond-Hill in Company, 1725. Miss Molly's Tumble.

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First Line:

Miss Molly owns it was our lot

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p.33

Poem Title:

Encore Miss Molly.

Attribution:

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First Line:

As Molly the fair

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p.34

Poem Title:

Encore Miss Molly.

Attribution:

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