A collection of moral and sacred poems from the most celebrated English authors [vol I] [T16524] [ECCO]

DMI number:

872

Publication Date:

1744

Volume Number:

1 of 3

ESTC number:

T16524 [vol I]

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW110928629

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ECCO - Bod

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A | COLLECTION | OF | MORAL and SACRED | POEMS | From the most Celebrated | ENGLISH AUTHORS. | [rule] | By [i]JOHN WESLEY[/i], M. A. | FELLOW of [i]Lincoln-College[/i], OXFORD. | [rule] | In THREE VOLUMES. | [rule] | [i]BRISTOL:[/i] | Printed and sold by FELIX FARLEY ; sold also by [i]J. | Wilson[/i], in [i]Wine-street:[/i] In LONDON by [i]T. Trye,[/i] near | [i]Grey's-Inn Gate[/i] ; [i] H. Butler[/i], near [i]Bow-Church[/i], and | at the [i]Foundery[/i], Upper [i]Moor-Fields :[/i] In EXETER by | Mr. [i]Score[/i], and Mr. [i]Thorne[/i]. M.D.CC.XLIV. | [Price, unbound, 7[i]s[/i]. 6[i]d[/i].]

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Bristol

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Collection of religious verse

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Duodecimo

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7s. 6d.

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ECCO copy seems to skip two pages - p. 294 - 295.

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CONTENTS: Latin verse p. 212

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Prefatory Material: Dedication addressed to the Countess of Huntingdon, signed John Wesley, date August 1744, Oxford: pp. [iii]-vii.

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A collection of moral and sacred poems from the most celebrated English authors [Volume II] [T16524] [ECCO]

Publication Date:

1744

ESTC No:

T16524 [vol II]

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2 of 3

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Title:

A collection of moral and sacred poems from the most celebrated English authors [Volume III] [T16524] [ECCO]

Publication Date:

1744

ESTC No:

T16524 [vol III]

Volume:

3 of 3

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Volume from the same edition

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Dedicatee:

Selina Hastings [nee Shirley]

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Editor:

John Wesley

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Felix Farley

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Barnabas Thorn

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Edward I Score

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H. Butler

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John Score

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Content/Publication

First Line:

These are thy glorious works parent of good

Page No:

pp.1-3

Poem Title:

Morning Hymn

Attribution:

From Milton

Attributed To:

John Milton

First Line:

On heavenly ground they stood and from the shore

Page No:

pp.3-14

Poem Title:

Creation

Attribution:

From Milton

Attributed To:

John Milton

First Line:

Why did my parents send me to the schools

Page No:

pp.15-21

Poem Title:

Of Human Knowledge

Attribution:

By Sir John Davies

Attributed To:

Sir John Davies

First Line:

O ignorant poor man what dost thou bear

Page No:

pp.21-22

Poem Title:

Know Thyself

Attribution:

By Sir John Davies

Attributed To:

Sir John Davies

First Line:

Thou whose sweet youth and early hopes inhance

Page No:

pp.23-32

Poem Title:

Perirrhanterium: or, the Church-Porch

Attribution:

From Herbert

Attributed To:

George Herbert

First Line:

O sacred providence who from end to end

Page No:

pp.32-37

Poem Title:

Providence

Attribution:

From Herbert

Attributed To:

George Herbert

First Line:

Awake and with attention hear

Page No:

pp.37-40

Poem Title:

Isaiah xxxiv.

Attribution:

From Mr. Cowley

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

Oh life thou nothing's younger brother

Page No:

pp.41-42

Poem Title:

Life and Fame

Attribution:

From Mr. Cowley

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

We're ill by these grammarians used

Page No:

pp.42-43

Poem Title:

Life

Attribution:

From Mr. Cowley

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

Is this thy bravery man is this thy pride

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pp.44-58

Poem Title:

The Plagues of Egypt

Attribution:

From Mr. Cowley

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

O azure vaults o crystal sky

Page No:

pp.59-62

Poem Title:

Paraphrase on the CXLVIIIth Psalm.

Attribution:

From Lord Roscommon

Attributed To:

Wentworth Dillon

First Line:

Darkness thou first kind parent of us all

Page No:

pp.62-65

Poem Title:

A Hymn to Darkness

Attribution:

By Mr. Yalden

Attributed To:

Thomas Yalden

First Line:

Ah no tis all in vain believe me tis

Page No:

pp.65-67

Poem Title:

Horace, Lib. 2. Ode 14.

Attribution:

By Mr. Congreve

Attributed To:

William Congreve

First Line:

Be calm my Delius and serene

Page No:

pp.67-69

Poem Title:

Horace, Lib. 2. Ode 3.

Attribution:

From Mr. Dryden's Miscellanies

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A parish priest was of the pilgrim train

Page No:

pp.70-73

Poem Title:

The Character of a Good Parson. Imitated from Chaucer.

Attribution:

By Mr. Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

It must be done my soul but 'tis a strange

Page No:

pp.74-75

Poem Title:

The Meditation

Attribution:

From Mr. Norris

Attributed To:

John Norris

First Line:

Since we can die but once and after death

Page No:

pp.75-82

Poem Title:

A Prospect of Death

Attribution:

From Mr. Pomfret

Attributed To:

John Pomfret

First Line:

Say dearest Villiers poor departed friend

Page No:

pp.83-86

Poem Title:

An Ode. Inscribed to the Memory of the Hon. Col. George Villiers, Drowned in the River Piava, in the Country of Friulli. 1703. In Imitation of HORACE, Ode 28. Lib. I.

Attribution:

From Mr. Prior

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Did sweeter sounds adorn my flowing tongue

Page No:

pp.87-89

Poem Title:

Charity. A Paraphrase on the Thirteenth Chapter of the First Epistle to the Corinthians.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ye sons of men with just regard attend

Page No:

pp.90-192

Poem Title:

Knowledge. The First Book.

Attribution:

From Mr. Prior

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Grace rules below and sits enthroned above

Page No:

pp.193-194

Poem Title:

The Humble Enquiry. A French Sonnet imitated. 1695.

Attribution:

From Mr. Watts

Attributed To:

Isaac Watts

First Line:

My thoughts that often mount the skies

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pp.194-196

Poem Title:

Death and Eternity

Attribution:

From Mr. Watts

Attributed To:

Isaac Watts

First Line:

Fairest of all the lights above

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pp.196-198

Poem Title:

Sun, Moon and Stars, Praise ye the Lord.

Attribution:

From Mr. Watts

Attributed To:

Isaac Watts

First Line:

Happy the feet that shining truth has led

Page No:

pp.198-200

Poem Title:

True Learning. Partly Imitated from a French Sonnet of Mr. Poiret.

Attribution:

From Mr. Watts

Attributed To:

Isaac Watts

First Line:

Lord when my thoughtful soul surveys

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pp.200-202

Poem Title:

God's Absolute Dominion

Attribution:

From Mr. Watts

Attributed To:

Isaac Watts

First Line:

Sons of Adam bold and young

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pp.203-204

Poem Title:

Young Men and Maidens, Old Men and Babes, Praise ye the Lord, Psalm cxlviii. 12.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Sweet flocks whose soft enamelled wing

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pp.205-206

Poem Title:

Flying Fowl, and Creeping Things, priase ye the Lord, Ps. cxlviii. 10.

Attribution:

From Mr. Watts

Attributed To:

Isaac Watts

First Line:

O the immense the amazing height

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pp.206-207

Poem Title:

The God of Thunder

Attribution:

From Mr. Watts

Attributed To:

Isaac Watts

First Line:

Earth thou great footstool of our God

Page No:

pp.207-209

Poem Title:

Fire, Air, Earth and Sea, Praise ye the Lord.

Attribution:

From Mr. Watts

Attributed To:

Isaac Watts

First Line:

How meanly dwells the immortal mind

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pp.210-212

Poem Title:

Happy Frailty

Attribution:

From Mr. Watts

Attributed To:

Isaac Watts

First Line:

Ardalio jeers and in his comic strains

Page No:

pp.212-213

Poem Title:

[Casimiri Epigramma 100. In Sanctum Ardalionem qui ex Mimo Christianus factus Martyrium passus est. ('Ardalio sacros deridet carmine Ritus')] Englished. On St. Ardalio, who from a Stage-Player became a Christian, and suffered Martyrdom.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tis pure delight without alloy

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pp.214-15

Poem Title:

Ascending to Christ in Heaven

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In vain the dusky night retires

Page No:

pp.512 [i.e. 215]-216

Poem Title:

Hymn.

Attribution:

From Mrs. Eliz. Rowe.

Attributed To:

Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer]

First Line:

Some mighty things these awful signs portend

Page No:

pp.217-221

Poem Title:

A Pastoral On the Nativity of our Saviour. In Imitation of an Italian Pastoral.

Attribution:

From Mrs. Rowe.

Attributed To:

Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer]

First Line:

Supine as men before the deluge lay

Page No:

pp.222-227

Poem Title:

The Conflagration. An Ode.

Attribution:

From Mrs. Rowe

Attributed To:

Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer]

First Line:

In what soft language shall my thoughts break free

Page No:

pp.228-230

Poem Title:

On the Death of Mr. Thomas Rowe.

Attribution:

From Mrs. Rowe

Attributed To:

Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer]

First Line:

Tis done the darling idol I resign

Page No:

pp.231-233

Poem Title:

The Resignation.

Attribution:

From Mrs. Rowe

Attributed To:

Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer]

First Line:

O God my first my last my steadfast choice

Page No:

pp.233-235

Poem Title:

Psalm lxiii.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Beauty complete and majesty divine

Page No:

pp.235-236

Poem Title:

On the Works of Creation.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ye stars that sparkle in the midnight skies

Page No:

pp.236-237

Poem Title:

On Love.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Eternal maker hail hail power divine

Page No:

pp.238

Poem Title:

Soliloquy I.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Celestial love my ever charming theme

Page No:

pp.239-240

Poem Title:

Soliloquy II.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whatever various turns my life shall see

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pp.240-241

Poem Title:

Soliloquy III.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

O speak and in the music of thy voice

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pp.241-242

Poem Title:

Soliloquy IV

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If ever again I find my soul's delight

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pp.243-244

Poem Title:

Soliloquy VI

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Why does the sun with constant glory burn

Page No:

p.243

Poem Title:

Soliloquy V.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Absolve the penance of mortality

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pp.244-245

Poem Title:

Soliloquy I.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Let God himself to whom I dare appeal

Page No:

pp.246

Poem Title:

Soliloquy II.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

These eyes have never seen thy lovely face

Page No:

p.247

Poem Title:

Soliloquy III.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

My great redeemer lives I know he lives

Page No:

p.248

Poem Title:

Soliloquy IV.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

How slowly moves the sun how dull the wheels

Page No:

pp.249-250

Poem Title:

Soliloquy V.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

O thou whose wisdom leads the countless stars

Page No:

p.251

Poem Title:

Soliloquy VI.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Look down with pity gracious Lord look down

Page No:

p.252-253

Poem Title:

Soliloquy VII.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thou who canst make a passage through the sea

Page No:

pp.253-254

Poem Title:

Soliloquy VIII.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thy word is past look on these sacred lines

Page No:

pp.254-256

Poem Title:

Soliloquy IX.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I will not let thee go without a blessing

Page No:

pp.256-257

Poem Title:

Soliloquy X.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A thoughtful being long and spare

Page No:

pp.258-261

Poem Title:

An Allegory on Man.

Attribution:

From Dean Parnell

Attributed To:

Thomas Parnell

First Line:

By the blue taper's trembling light

Page No:

pp.261-264

Poem Title:

A Night-Piece, on Death.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Lovely lasting peace of mind

Page No:

pp.265-267

Poem Title:

Hymn to Contentment.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Far in a wild unknown to public view

Page No:

pp.268-276

Poem Title:

The Hermit.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Such were the notes thy once loved poet sung

Page No:

pp.277-278

Poem Title:

To the Right Honourable Robert Earl of Oxford, And Earl of Mortimer. With Dr. Parnel's Poems.

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

A pleasing form a firm yet cautious mind

Page No:

p.279

Poem Title:

Epitaph.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

At length my soul thy fruitless hopes give over

Page No:

pp.279-280

Poem Title:

Stanza's from the French of Malherbe.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ye nymphs of Solyma begin the song

Page No:

pp.281-285

Poem Title:

Messiah. A Sacred Eclogue, In Imitation of Virgil's Pollio.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A soul as full of worth as void of pride

Page No:

p.286

Poem Title:

Epistle to James Craggs, Esq; Secretary of State.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

See the wild waste of all-devouring years

Page No:

pp.287-289

Poem Title:

To Mr. Addison.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here rests a woman good without pretence

Page No:

p.290

Poem Title:

Epitaph on Mrs. Corbet, Who died of a Cancer in her Breast.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Go fair example of untainted youth

Page No:

p.291

Poem Title:

On the Monument of the Honourable Robert Digby, and of his Sister Mary, erected by their Father the Lord Digby, in the Church of Sherborne in Dorsetshire, 1727.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Of manners gentle of affections mild

Page No:

pp.292-293

Poem Title:

On Mr. Gay, In Westminster-Abbey, 1732.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

This modest stone what few vain marbles can

Page No:

p.292

Poem Title:

On Mr. Elijah Fenton, at Easthamstead in Berks, 1730.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Awake my St John leave all meaner things

Page No:

pp.297-312

Poem Title:

An Essay on Man. Epistle I.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Know then thyself presume not god to scan

Page No:

pp.313-322

Poem Title:

Epistle II.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here then we rest the universal cause

Page No:

pp.323-334

Poem Title:

Epistle III.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

O happiness our being's end and aim

Page No:

p.335-347

Poem Title:

Epistle IV.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed