Deliciae Poeticae; or Parnassus display'd in a choice collection of poems and songs [T93810]

DMI number:

138

Aliases

Deliciae Poeticae/Mirth diverts all care

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

Publication Date:

1706

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

T93810

EEBO/ECCO link:

n/a

Shelfmark:

BOD Harding 1028

Full Title:

[i]Deliciae Poeticae[/i] | OR, | PARNASSUS | DISPLAY'D: | In a Choice Collection of very valuable | POEMS and SONGS. | Written by the most celebrated Wits of | the last and present Age. | Collected by a Gentleman, a Lover of | the [i]Muses[/i]; and now made publick for | the Entertainment of others. | [rule] | [epigraph] | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for [i]John Nutt[/i] near [i]Stationer's-| Hall[/i], 1706.

Epigraph:

[partially missing as a result of damage to the titlepage]: [i]Non nobis, sed omnibus. Viritur ingenio, caetera mortis eruut.[/i] C[missing] [i]Omne tulit punctum, qui misc[missing] utile du[missing][/i] Hor.

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Collection of 17th century verse and Miscellaneous collection

Format:

Duodecimo

Price:

n/a

Pagination:

[10], 1-156 pp.

Bibliographic details:

BOD Harding 1028 has cut but untrimmed pages. Title-page in poor condition and partially missing; it has been remounted on a new leaf. ESTC and Case record half-title: this is not present in BOD Harding 1028. At various points in the text, 'n' has been inverted and appears as 'u' (e.g. p. 6, 'coyuing' instead of 'coyning'; p. 11 'youug' instead of 'young').

Comments:

Contents: poems in Latin (with English versions on facing pages) pp. 123-141; 153.

Other matter:

Prefatory matter: Preface 'to the reader' signed Philomusus (sigs. A2r-A3v); Contents, (sigs A4r-A5v)

References:

Case 240

Related Miscellanies

Title:

Mirth diverts all care [T119714]

Publication Date:

1708

ESTC No:

T119714

Volume:

1 of 1

Relationship:

Reissue

Comments:

Title:

Mirth diverts all care [T182529]

Publication Date:

1709

ESTC No:

T182529

Volume:

1 of 1

Relationship:

Reissue

Comments:

Related People

Publisher:

John Nutt

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

'Printed for John Nutt near Stationer's-Hall.'

Content/Publication

First Line:

Come hither learned sisters

Page No:

pp.1-5

Poem Title:

Sir John Falstaff's song in praise of sack

Attribution:

Written by Ben Johnson

Attributed To:

Benjamin Jonson

First Line:

Sir or madam chose you whether

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pp.5-6

Poem Title:

Upon an hermaphrodite

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First Line:

How providence and yet a Scottish crew

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pp.7-10

Poem Title:

The rebel scot

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First Line:

Stand off and let me take the air

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pp.10-11

Poem Title:

A fair nymph scorning a black boy courting her

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First Line:

Come beauteous nymph canst thou embrace

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pp.11-14

Poem Title:

An old man courting a young girl

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First Line:

All hail fair fruit may every crab tree bear

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pp.14-15

Poem Title:

On the happy memory of Alderman Hoyle that hang'd himself

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First Line:

Nay prithee don't fly me

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pp.16-18

Poem Title:

The leveller

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First Line:

What though these ill times do go cross to our will

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pp.18-19

Poem Title:

A song. The chearful heart

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First Line:

O gag for shame that strumpet muse

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pp.19-21

Poem Title:

A song. The answer to the curse against ale.

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First Line:

All you that for parliament members do stand

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pp.22-24

Poem Title:

On a butcher's dog that bit a commanders mare, that stood to be a knight of the shire

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First Line:

Ye she-friends and he-friends whoever inherit

Page No:

pp.24-27

Poem Title:

The quakers ballad

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First Line:

Oh how I abhor

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pp.28-29

Poem Title:

A song in Epsome-Wells. The quiet retreat

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First Line:

Ye merry hearts that love to play

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pp.29-32

Poem Title:

Win at first, lose at last, or, the game at cards

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First Line:

I am the woeful'st mad-man

Page No:

pp.32-37

Poem Title:

A song. The mad-man

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First Line:

All that have two or but one ear

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pp.37-42

Poem Title:

The four legg'd quaker

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First Line:

It fell on a day

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pp.42-44

Poem Title:

A Jolt on Michaelmas-Day, 1654. To him that hath fool'd More than Mahomet could, &c.

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First Line:

Stand up Smectymnuus and hear thy trial

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pp.44-48

Poem Title:

The scotch riddle unfolded, or reflections upon R. W. his most lamentable balad, called the Loyal non-conformist

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First Line:

I went from England into France

Page No:

pp.48-53

Poem Title:

Dr. Corbet's journey into France

Attribution:

Dr. Corbet's journey

Attributed To:

Richard Corbett

First Line:

Now at last the riddle is expounded

Page No:

pp.53-55

Poem Title:

The riddle of the Roundhead

Attribution:

By Mrs Behn

Attributed To:

Aphra Behn

First Line:

Bred of gued I think the nation's mad

Page No:

pp.55-58

Poem Title:

The loyal scot: an excellent new song.

Attribution:

By the same [i. e. Behn]

Attributed To:

Aphra Behn

First Line:

Remember ye whigs what was formerly done

Page No:

pp.58-59

Poem Title:

Advice to the city, or the whigs loyalty

Attribution:

By Mr. D'Urfey

Attributed To:

Thomas D'Urfey

First Line:

Joy to great Caesar

Page No:

pp.60-61

Poem Title:

The king's health, set to Farinel's grounds. In six parts.

Attribution:

By the same [i.e. D'Urfey]

Attributed To:

Thomas D'Urfey

First Line:

See see the air clears the murmurers that grumbled

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pp.62-63

Poem Title:

A song at the loyal feast in Westminster-Hall, on July the 10th. 1684

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First Line:

Dear Will thy last did earnestly enquire

Page No:

pp.63-64

Poem Title:

News from London

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First Line:

In that calm age for many blessings styled

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p.65

Poem Title:

The golden age

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First Line:

How happy is the peasant's life

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pp.66-67

Poem Title:

Of a country life

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First Line:

When crowding folks with strange ill faces

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pp.68-69

Poem Title:

A petitionary epistle: from Mr. Prior, to Fleet Shepherd.

Attribution:

From Mr. Prior

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

The gods and the goddesses lately did feast

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pp.70-71

Poem Title:

Bacchinalia Coelestia. Or a receipt how to make punch.

Attribution:

By Alexander Ratcliff

Attributed To:

Alexander Radcliffe

First Line:

A new song made by an old quibbling pate

Page No:

pp.71-74

Poem Title:

The second part of the old courtier

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First Line:

In vain we dissemble in vain do we trifle

Page No:

p.74

Poem Title:

A song

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First Line:

Whilst on Septimius' panting breast

Page No:

pp.75-76

Poem Title:

A song

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First Line:

Ah what can mean that eager joy

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pp.76-77

Poem Title:

A dialogue between Phillis and Strephon

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First Line:

Soft notes and gently raised lest some harsh sound

Page No:

pp.77-78

Poem Title:

A song

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First Line:

Beneath an unfrequented shade

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p.78

Poem Title:

A song

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First Line:

Should I once fall in love as I hope I never shall

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p.78

Poem Title:

A song

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First Line:

Love thee till there shall be an end of matter

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p.79

Poem Title:

A song

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First Line:

Phillis be gentler I advise

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pp.79-80

Poem Title:

A song.

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First Line:

The sweets of good humour with those of your eyes

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p.79

Poem Title:

A song

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First Line:

Haste Charon haste 'tis Noll commands thy speed

Page No:

pp.80-82

Poem Title:

A dialogue betwixt Oliver Cromwell and Charon

Attribution:

By Mr. Henry Hall

Attributed To:

Henry Hall

First Line:

Cynthia with an awful power

Page No:

p.82

Poem Title:

A song

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First Line:

You meaner beauties of the night

Page No:

pp.82-83

Poem Title:

Sir Henry Wotton to Queen Anne

Attribution:

Sir Henry Wotton

Attributed To:

Sir Henry Wotton

First Line:

In Celia's face a question did arise

Page No:

p.83

Poem Title:

A song on a ladys lips and eyes

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First Line:

Keep on your mask and hide your eye

Page No:

pp.84-85

Poem Title:

A song

Attribution:

by Mr. Strowd

Attributed To:

William Strode

First Line:

When this fly lived she used to play

Page No:

p.84

Poem Title:

On a fly drown'd in a lady's eye

Attribution:

By Dr. Loe

Attributed To:

Dr. Loe

First Line:

When whispering strains do softly steal

Page No:

pp.85-86

Poem Title:

A song in the commendation of musick

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First Line:

O when will Cupid shew such art

Page No:

p.86

Poem Title:

A song

Attribution:

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First Line:

Come spur away

Page No:

pp.86-89

Poem Title:

An ode to a friend to hasten him into the country

Attribution:

By Mr. Tho. Randolph

Attributed To:

Thomas Randolph

First Line:

Let all be hushed each softest motion cease

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pp.89-91

Poem Title:

On Mrs Arabella Hunt singing. Pindarique Ode.

Attribution:

By Mr. Congreve

Attributed To:

William Congreve

First Line:

What art thou love whence are those charms

Page No:

pp.92-93

Poem Title:

What art thou, love!

Attribution:

Written by Mr. J. Allestry

Attributed To:

Jacob Allestry

First Line:

From harmony from heavenly harmony

Page No:

pp.93-95

Poem Title:

A song for St Cecilia's Day, 1687.

Attribution:

Written by John Dryden, Esq. Compos'd by Mr. John Baptist Draghi.

Attributed To:

Giovanni Battista Draghi

John Dryden

First Line:

Tis no disgrace brave youth to own

Page No:

pp.96-98

Poem Title:

To his friend Captain Chamberlaine; in love with a lady he had taken in an Algerine Prize at sea. In allusion to the 4th ode of Horace, Lib. the 2d.

Attribution:

By Mr. Yalden

Attributed To:

Thomas Yalden

First Line:

What charms you have from what high race you sprung

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pp.98-99

Poem Title:

To a lady of quality playing on the lute

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

A parish priest was of the pilgrim train

Page No:

pp.100-103

Poem Title:

The character of a good parson. Imitated from Chaucer and Inlarg'd

Attribution:

By Mr. Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Below this marble monument is laid

Page No:

p.104

Poem Title:

The monument of a maiden lady, who dy'd at the Bath and is there interr'd

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First Line:

Great good and just could I but rate

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p.104

Poem Title:

[no title]

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First Line:

Musing on cares of humane fate

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p.105

Poem Title:

A song

Attribution:

By Mr. D'urfey

Attributed To:

Thomas D'Urfey

First Line:

Whilst Cynthia sung all angry wings lay still

Page No:

p.106

Poem Title:

A song

Attribution:

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First Line:

Let the vain spark consume his store

Page No:

p.107

Poem Title:

A song

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First Line:

If mighty wealth that gives the rules

Page No:

p.108

Poem Title:

A song

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First Line:

In courts ambition kills the great

Page No:

p.109

Poem Title:

A song

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First Line:

Where art thou god of dreams for whose soft chain

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p.109-110

Poem Title:

A song

Attribution:

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First Line:

Cease anxious world your fruitless pain

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pp.110-111

Poem Title:

A song

Attribution:

By Sir George Etheridge

Attributed To:

Sir George Etherege

First Line:

Fill me a bowl a mighty bowl

Page No:

p.110

Poem Title:

A song

Attribution:

By Mr. Oldham

Attributed To:

John Oldham

First Line:

Amidst the shades and cool refreshing streams

Page No:

pp.111-112

Poem Title:

A song

Attribution:

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First Line:

How have I served how just or true

Page No:

p.112

Poem Title:

A song

Attribution:

By Collonel Salisbury

Attributed To:

Colonel Salisbury

First Line:

I little thought thou fond ungrateful sin

Page No:

p.113

Poem Title:

A song on ingratitude

Attribution:

By Mr. Cowley

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

When I drink my heart is possessed

Page No:

pp.114-115

Poem Title:

A song

Attribution:

By the Honourable Sir Robert Howard

Attributed To:

Sir Robert Howard

First Line:

In some kind dream upon her slumbers steal

Page No:

p.114

Poem Title:

A song

Attribution:

By Sir George Etheridge

Attributed To:

Sir George Etherege

First Line:

Tune thy harmonious lyre begin my muse

Page No:

pp.115-116

Poem Title:

A song

Attribution:

By George Granvile, Esq

Attributed To:

George Granville

First Line:

When death shall part us from these kids

Page No:

pp.116-119

Poem Title:

A dialogue between Thirsis and Dorinda

Attribution:

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First Line:

O love that stronger art than wine

Page No:

p.119

Poem Title:

A song

Attribution:

By Colonel Ousley

Attributed To:

Colonel Ousley

First Line:

Hence fond deceiver hence be gone

Page No:

pp.120-121

Poem Title:

A dialogue betwixt love and despair

Attribution:

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First Line:

Dame Fortune if thou want'st a guide

Page No:

p.122-124

Poem Title:

A song

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First Line:

God prosper long our noble king

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p.124-140

Poem Title:

A song. Chevy Chase. By order of the Bishop of London

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First Line:

Ingrateful England cursed to that degree

Page No:

pp.142-144

Poem Title:

An heroick poem on her highness the Lady Ann's voyage into Scotland: with a little digression upon the times

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First Line:

Although no brandished cherubins are here

Page No:

pp.145-148

Poem Title:

Upon the two gyants at the entrance of the physick-garden in Oxford

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First Line:

Scorn me not fair because you see

Page No:

p.145

Poem Title:

An old shepherd courting a young nymph

Attribution:

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First Line:

This globe of earth on which we dwell

Page No:

p.149

Poem Title:

The grand tack

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First Line:

In Aesop's time a wretched man we find

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p.150

Poem Title:

Fable

Attribution:

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First Line:

John Dryden enemies had three

Page No:

p.150

Poem Title:

On Mr. John Dryden

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First Line:

The party's hen pecked W--- are thy wives

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p.150

Poem Title:

Moral

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First Line:

Twas night and all the village wrapped in sleep

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pp.150-151

Poem Title:

The honest man's fate

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First Line:

My noble blockhead does with Caesar's vie

Page No:

p.152

Poem Title:

On a peruque block

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First Line:

Of noble race was Shinkin

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p.152

Poem Title:

A song

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First Line:

Under this stone

Page No:

pp.154-156

Poem Title:

An epitaph upon that profound and learned casuist, the late ordinary of Newgate

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