Epigrams fresh gather'd from the conversation of the polite [N18487] [ECCO]

DMI number:

888

Publication Date:

1750

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

N18487

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW110733176

Shelfmark:

ECCO - Harvard

Full Title:

EPIGRAMS | Fresh gather'd from the | Conversation of the POLITE | and INGENIOUS: | Or glean'd from the | Most SPRIGHTLY AUTHORS. | [ornament] | [i] LONDON: [/i] Printed for J. NEWBERY, at the [i] Bible [/i] and [i] Sun [/i] | in St. [i] Paul[/i]'s [i]Church-yard[/i]; and B. COLLINS | at [i] Salisbury. [/i] MDCCL.

Place of Publication:

London and Salisbury

Format:

Duodecimo

Pagination:

CHECK: [2], 70pp.

References:

Roscoe A143

Related People

Publisher:

Benjamin Collins

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

BBTI

Publisher:

John Newbery

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Content/Publication

First Line:

Little tory why this jest

Page No:

p.1

Poem Title:

On a Jacobite Lady turn'd Whig, and dress'd in Orange-colour'd Knots for a Dance.

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First Line:

Long on the river have I rowed

Page No:

p.1

Poem Title:

The Waterman's Epigram, on a certain Nobleman's House being repair'd.

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First Line:

Says Kate C- to the devil in spite of resistance

Page No:

pp.1-2

Poem Title:

On a good Singer's being turn'd out of one of the Theatres at the Instigation of one of the Players.

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First Line:

Weeds from the ground instead of flowers sprout

Page No:

p.1

Poem Title:

On a ruin'd Garden.

Attribution:

By Mr. F.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Giles Jolt as sleeping in his cart he lay

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p.2

Poem Title:

Giles Jolt and his Cart.

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First Line:

Honest Sim and his wife once to sea took a trip

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p.2

Poem Title:

The fortunate Sailor

Attribution:

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First Line:

One night plump Sue and coachman Ned

Page No:

p.2

Poem Title:

Women the best Politicians

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First Line:

Joan vows to hearten timorous youth

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p.3

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

By Mr. ****

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The raven rook and pert jackdaw

Page No:

p.3

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

By the same [i.e. By Dr. S—t].

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

While malice Pope denies thy page

Page No:

pp.3-4

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

By the Same [i.e. By Dr. S—t].

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ye little wits that gleamed awhile

Page No:

p.3

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

By Dr. S—t.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Burnet and Ducket friends in spite

Page No:

p.4

Poem Title:

Another

Attribution:

By the Same [i.e. By Dr. S—t].

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Dear W---d mark in dirty hole

Page No:

p.4

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

By the Same [i.e. By Dr. S—t].

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Half of your book is to an index grown

Page No:

p.4

Poem Title:

On a bad Author.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

You ask why Roome diverts you with his jokes

Page No:

p.4

Poem Title:

Another

Attribution:

By the Same [i.e. By Dr. S—t].

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Celia a coquet in her prime

Page No:

p.5

Poem Title:

On the Marriage of an old Maid.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Chloe the wonder of her sex

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p.5

Poem Title:

On a Lady, who was very handsome and very fond.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Of two reliefs to cure a lovesick mind

Page No:

p.5

Poem Title:

The best Cure for Love.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

When famed Varelst this little wonder drew

Page No:

p.5

Poem Title:

On a Flower painted by Varelst.

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

A Welshman coming late into an inn

Page No:

p.6

Poem Title:

On a Welshman bilking his Host.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Oh what bosom but must yield

Page No:

pp.6-7

Poem Title:

On seeing a beautiful Lady working with her Needle.

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First Line:

Thais her teeth are black and nought

Page No:

p.6

Poem Title:

On a Lady wearing artificial Teeth.

Attribution:

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First Line:

The golden hair that Galla wears

Page No:

p.6

Poem Title:

On a old Woman who wore false Hair.

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Not attributed

First Line:

He who great Jove's artillery aped so well

Page No:

p.6

Poem Title:

On a Painter drawing a Lady's Picture.

Attribution:

By Mr. Dennis.

Attributed To:

John Dennis

First Line:

Minerva one day pray let no body doubt it

Page No:

p.7

Poem Title:

Minerva's Mistake. To the beautiful and ingenious Miss *********.

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First Line:

So much dear Pope thy English Iliad charms

Page No:

p.7

Poem Title:

To Mr. Pope on his Translation of Homer.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Whenever I look I may descry

Page No:

p.7

Poem Title:

The Dart. To the Lady L— M—.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Whilst in the dark on thy soft hand I hung

Page No:

pp.7-8

Poem Title:

On an ugly old Woman in the dark. From Martial.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

A-- they say has wit for what

Page No:

p.7

Poem Title:

On the Duke of Argyle.

Attribution:

By Mr. Gay.

Attributed To:

John Gay

First Line:

Here stand I for whores as great

Page No:

p.8

Poem Title:

Pinn'd to a Sheet, in which a Woman stood to do Pennance in the Church.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Mind but thy preaching Trapp translate no further

Page No:

p.8

Poem Title:

Advice to Dr. Trapp on his translating Virgil.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Thy verses are eternal o my friend

Page No:

p.8

Poem Title:

On a bad Poet

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

When all the blandishments of life are gone

Page No:

p.8

Poem Title:

On Suicide. From Martial.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Your homely face Flippanta you disguise

Page No:

p.8

Poem Title:

On seeing a disagreeable Woman with Patches on her Face.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

May the King live long

Page No:

p.8

Poem Title:

Written under the King's-Head and Bell, in Dublin, at the Request of the Host.

Attribution:

By Dr. Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

A pleasing subject first with care provide

Page No:

pp.8-9

Poem Title:

A Receipt to make an Epigram

Attribution:

by the Rt. Honourable the late Lord Hervey.

Attributed To:

John Hervey

First Line:

When Chloe's picture was to Venus shown

Page No:

pp.9-10

Poem Title:

Venus mistaken.

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

As Thomas was cudgelled one day by his wife

Page No:

p.9

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

By Dr. Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

How wretched does Prometheus' state appear

Page No:

p.9

Poem Title:

On seeing Prometheus ill painted.

Attribution:

By Mr. Cowley.

Attributed To:

Abraham Cowley

First Line:

A scolding wife so long a sleep possessed

Page No:

p.10

Poem Title:

The disappointed Husband.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Unformed in nature's shop while Crassus lay

Page No:

pp.10-11

Poem Title:

On Crassus, a covetous Parson.

Attribution:

By Mr. Amhurst.

Attributed To:

Nicholas Amhurst

First Line:

So bright is thy beauty so charming thy song

Page No:

p.11

Poem Title:

On a beautiful Woman with a fine Voice, who was very covetous and proud.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Cupid did his grandsire Jove entreat

Page No:

p.11

Poem Title:

On Miss Floyd.

Attribution:

By Dr. Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

Flavia the least and slightest toy

Page No:

pp.11-12

Poem Title:

Written on a Fan.

Attribution:

By Dr. Atterbury.

Attributed To:

Francis Atterbury

First Line:

F--de writes well you say suppose it true

Page No:

p.12

Poem Title:

On Mr. T—d's complimenting Mr. F—de, on his Poetry.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Nature whilst Hy's clay was blending

Page No:

p.12

Poem Title:

On the late Lord H—y.

Attribution:

By the Earl of C—d.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

That speech surpasses force is no new whim

Page No:

pp.12-13

Poem Title:

Lingua potentior Armis.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When fair Susannah in a cool retreat

Page No:

p.12

Poem Title:

On Susannah and the two Elders.

Attribution:

By Mr. Cobb.

Attributed To:

Samuel Cobb

First Line:

How ill the motion with the music suits

Page No:

p.12

Poem Title:

To a Company of bad Dancers to good Music.

Attribution:

By Mr. Budgell.

Attributed To:

Eustace Budgell

First Line:

Good unexpected evil unforeseen

Page No:

p.13

Poem Title:

In a Window of a Room in the Tower of London is wrote, R. Walpole, 1712. Underneath that are the following Lines.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Here Chloe lies

Page No:

p.13

Poem Title:

On Chloe.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

My very good dean there's few who come here

Page No:

p.13

Poem Title:

My Lord coming soon after into the Room, wrote under it thus.

Attribution:

My Lord [i.e. Carteret]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

From her own native France as old Alison past

Page No:

p.13

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

My very good lord tis a very hard task

Page No:

p.13

Poem Title:

Dean Swift being sent for by the Lord Carteret, then Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, and waiting alone for some Time in the Council Chamber, wrote with a Diamond on the Window.

Attribution:

Dean Swift...wrote...

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

Indulgent nature to each creature shows

Page No:

p.14

Poem Title:

On the Burser of a College in Oxford, cutting down the Trees near to the said College for his own Use.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Old Orpheus played so well he moved old Nick

Page No:

p.14

Poem Title:

To a bad Fiddler.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Stephen and time

Page No:

p.14

Poem Title:

An Epitaph on little Stephen, a noted Fiddler in Suffolk.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Paul so fond of the name of a poet is grown

Page No:

p.14

Poem Title:

From Martial.

Attribution:

By Mr. Cooke.

Attributed To:

Thomas Cooke

First Line:

Under this hedge in stormy weather

Page No:

p.14

Poem Title:

A Marriage Certificate.

Attribution:

By Dr. Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

Accept a miracle instead of wit

Page No:

p.14

Poem Title:

Written on Glass with the Earl of Chesterfield's Diamond Pencil.

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

One prompt physician like a sculler plies

Page No:

p.15

Poem Title:

The Advantage of having two Physicians.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Such a liar is Tom there's no one can lie faster

Page No:

p.15

Poem Title:

Liars compar'd.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

You beat your pate and fancy wit will come

Page No:

p.15

Poem Title:

On an empty Coxcomb.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Ye active streams wherever your waters flow

Page No:

p.15

Poem Title:

Inscription for a Fountain adorned with Queen Anne's and the Duke of Marlorough' Statues; and the chief Rivers of the World round the Work.

Attribution:

by Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Tell me Dorinda why so gay

Page No:

p.15

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

By the Earl of Dorset.

Attributed To:

Charles Sackville

First Line:

Ancient Phyllis has young graces

Page No:

p.16

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Death takes the good to good on earth to stay

Page No:

p.16

Poem Title:

On a Grave-stone in Cirencester Church-yard.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Seven times a day the just men sin

Page No:

p.16

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The Cyprian queen drawn by Apelles' hand

Page No:

p.16

Poem Title:

To Sir Godfrey Kneller, drawing the Lady Hide's Picture.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Chloe's picture was to Venus shown

Page No:

p.16

Poem Title:

Venus mistaken

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies old Sare worn out with care

Page No:

p.17

Poem Title:

Epitaph on a Country Sexton.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

M---- though he must abstain from meat

Page No:

p.17

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Offspring of a tuneful sire

Page No:

pp.17-18

Poem Title:

To the Dutchess of Beaufort

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Says Richard to Joe thou art a very sad dog

Page No:

p.17

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Sometimes to sense sometimes to nonsense leaning

Page No:

p.17

Poem Title:

A Character.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I hate and yet I love thee too

Page No:

p.18

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Of all the pens which my poor rhymes molest

Page No:

p.18

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Selinda sure's the brightest thing

Page No:

p.18

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The first departed he for one day tried

Page No:

p.18

Poem Title:

On a Gentleman who died the Day after his Lady.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To John I owed great obligation

Page No:

p.18

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Bright as the day and as the morning fair

Page No:

p.19

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Chloe new married looks at men no more

Page No:

p.19

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

On his deathbed poor Lubin lies

Page No:

pp.19-20

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Those envious flakes came down in haste

Page No:

p.19

Poem Title:

On some Snow that melted on a Lady's Breast.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When famed Apelles sought to frame

Page No:

p.19

Poem Title:

Upon a Picture of the Lady Hide.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Thomas calls his wife his half

Page No:

p.19

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Blessed be the princes who have fought

Page No:

p.20

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

George came to the crown without striking a blow

Page No:

p.20

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

That artful speck upon your face

Page No:

p.20

Poem Title:

Upon a Patch on a Lady's Face.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Three poets in three distant ages born

Page No:

pp.20-21

Poem Title:

On Milton

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Loveless married lady Jenny

Page No:

p.20

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Mira casts around her conquering eyes

Page No:

p.20

Poem Title:

Upon a Cravat, flourish'd by Mrs.—

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lives a man who by relation

Page No:

p.21

Poem Title:

Written over a Gate.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In vain by parallels you strive

Page No:

p.21

Poem Title:

To a Lady who commended another's Eyes.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Leave off thy paint perfumes and youthful dress

Page No:

p.21

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Love is begot by fancy bred

Page No:

p.21

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ovid is the surest guide

Page No:

p.21

Poem Title:

Written in the blank Leaf of an Ovid.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

How old may Phyllis be you ask

Page No:

p.22

Poem Title:

Phyllis's Age.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Rich Gripe does all his thoughts and cunning bend

Page No:

p.22

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thy sins and hairs may no man equal call

Page No:

p.22

Poem Title:

A licentious Person.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Gammar Gurton first I knew

Page No:

p.22

Poem Title:

From Martial. Lib. I. Ep. 20.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Did Celia's person and her mind agree

Page No:

p.23

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If in his study he hath so much care

Page No:

p.23

Poem Title:

The Antiquary.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Pious Selinda goes to prayers

Page No:

p.23

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Selinda never appears till night

Page No:

p.23

Poem Title:

The true Reason.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thou speakest always ill of me

Page No:

p.23

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Underneath this sable hearse

Page No:

pp.23-24

Poem Title:

On the Death of Mary, Countess of Pembroke.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Would thou hadst beauty less or virtue more

Page No:

p.23

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As Chloe came into the room the other day

Page No:

pp.24-25

Poem Title:

A Lover's Anger.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Cade who had slain ten thousand men

Page No:

p.24

Poem Title:

On Dr. Cade, dying by his own Recipe.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Stay bachelor if you have wit

Page No:

p.24

Poem Title:

Epitaph on a Man and his Wife.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Pox on it says time to Thomas Hearne

Page No:

p.25

Poem Title:

On Mr. Hearne, the great Antiquary.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Some say that signior Bononcini

Page No:

p.25

Poem Title:

The Musical Contest.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The lady who this resolution took

Page No:

p.25

Poem Title:

A Lady wrote upon a Window some Verses, intimating her Design of never marrying; under which a Gentleman wrote the following Lines.

Attribution:

a Gentleman

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tis not the fear of death or smart

Page No:

p.25

Poem Title:

To an angry Rival.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Are the guests of this house still doomed to be cheated

Page No:

pp.25-26

Poem Title:

Written in the Window of the Deanery-House of St. Patrick in Dublin.

Attribution:

By Dr. Delany.

Attributed To:

Patrick Delany

First Line:

A monster in a course of vice grown old

Page No:

pp.26-27

Poem Title:

The Monument.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If as they tell us man and wife

Page No:

p.26

Poem Title:

To a Casuist.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If C--rn but wear it a feather's a charm

Page No:

p.26

Poem Title:

On a Feather in a Lady's Hair.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Varus invited me to sup of late

Page No:

p.26

Poem Title:

From Martial, Lib. iv. Ep. 48.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Cinna cries out I am not worth a groat

Page No:

p.27

Poem Title:

From Martial, Lib. viii. Ep. 19.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

We men have many faults

Page No:

p.27

Poem Title:

To Miss ****

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When great men fall great griefs arise

Page No:

p.27

Poem Title:

On the Duke of Buckingham's Disgrace at Court, 1685.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whilst Butler needy wretch was still alive

Page No:

p.27

Poem Title:

On setting up Mr. Butler's Monument in Westminster-Abbey.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

How capricious were nature and art to poor Nell

Page No:

p.27

Poem Title:

The Critical Moment.

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Fair Susan did her wifehede well menteine

Page No:

p.28

Poem Title:

In Chaucer's Style.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Helen was just slipped into bed

Page No:

pp.28-29

Poem Title:

On the same.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Her eyebrow box one morning lost

Page No:

p.28

Poem Title:

The Eye-Brow.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If youth and beauty fade my dear

Page No:

p.28

Poem Title:

Advice to Miss ***.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Before Apollo's shrine I prayed

Page No:

p.29

Poem Title:

Advice to a Poet.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Married 'tis well a mighty blessing

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p.29

Poem Title:

On a hasty Marriage.

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First Line:

The bravest hero and the brightest dame

Page No:

p.29

Poem Title:

On the Lady Essex, who was a Dutchwoman.

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First Line:

The line of Vere so long renowned in arms

Page No:

p.29

Poem Title:

On the Dutchess of St. Albans.

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First Line:

I dreamed that buried in my fellow clay

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p.30

Poem Title:

A Dream.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Poor little pretty fluttering thing

Page No:

p.30

Poem Title:

The Emperor Adrian's Verses to his Soul, imitated.

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First Line:

See see she wakes Sabina wakes

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p.30

Poem Title:

Address'd to the Lady * * *.

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First Line:

Venus take my votive glass

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p.30

Poem Title:

The Lady's offering her Looking-Glass to Venus.

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First Line:

In Florimel's arms as if quite out of breath

Page No:

p.31

Poem Title:

The Feather.

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First Line:

The hermit's solace in his cell

Page No:

p.31

Poem Title:

What is Thought?

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First Line:

Thine is the only muse on British ground

Page No:

p.31

Poem Title:

To the Author of a Satire against Wit.

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First Line:

Two goddesses now must Cyprus adore

Page No:

p.31

Poem Title:

From the Greek.

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First Line:

Young Acon wants Lunilla wants an eye

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p.31

Poem Title:

On a young Gentleman and his young Mother, who had each lost an Eye.

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First Line:

Here lies one foot whose death may thousands save

Page No:

p.32

Poem Title:

An Epitaph on Mr. Foot.

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First Line:

Scotland thy weather's like a modish wife

Page No:

p.32

Poem Title:

The Scotch Weather-Wife.

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First Line:

The dean must die vile idiots to maintain

Page No:

p.32

Poem Title:

Upon Dean Swift leaving his Fortune to build an Hospital for Ideots.

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First Line:

Thy beard and head are of a different dye

Page No:

p.32

Poem Title:

From Martial. Lib. XII.. Ep. 54.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Who can believe with common sense

Page No:

p.32

Poem Title:

A French Gentleman dining with some Company on a Fast Day, called for some Bacon and Eggs. The rest were very angry, and reprov'd him for so heinous a Sin. Hereupon he wrote the following Lines.

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First Line:

A little learning twenty grains of sense

Page No:

pp.32-33

Poem Title:

Proper Ingredients to make a Sceptic.

Attribution:

By Mr. Stephen Duck

Attributed To:

Stephen Duck

First Line:

Old counsellor Double well versed in the laws

Page No:

p.33

Poem Title:

The Wise Lawyer; or Fees on both Sides strict Justice.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Players and patentees at law are hot

Page No:

p.33

Poem Title:

On a Playhouse-Dispute at Westminster-Hall.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Tis said that the soldiers so lazy are grown

Page No:

p.33

Poem Title:

The Military Beaux.

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First Line:

Books of science when you print

Page No:

p.34

Poem Title:

On some late Books, intitled, Bodies of Divinity.

Attribution:

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First Line:

In vain you show a happy nation

Page No:

p.34

Poem Title:

To the Rev. Dr. L—, occasioned by his Sermon for the Support of the Charity Children at Tunbridge Wells, where the Collection was small.

Attribution:

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First Line:

So little given at chapel door

Page No:

p.34

Poem Title:

Another on the same Occasion.

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First Line:

The King of Great Britain was reckoned before

Page No:

p.34

Poem Title:

On the King's Statue placed on the top of Bloomsbury-Steeple.

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First Line:

An opera like a pillory may be said

Page No:

p.35

Poem Title:

On an Opera.

Attribution:

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First Line:

At Stocks-Market and Charing

Page No:

p.35

Poem Title:

On the same.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Deaf giddy helpless left alone

Page No:

pp.35-36

Poem Title:

A Rev. D—r's Lamentation for the Loss of his Hearing.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Five hundred pounds too small a boon

Page No:

p.35

Poem Title:

Occasioned by a Report, that her Grace the Dutchess Dowager of Marlborough had offered a Reward of 500l. to the Poet who should best exert his Genius in Honour of the late Duke her Husband.

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First Line:

John Palfryman which lieth here

Page No:

p.35

Poem Title:

In Grantham Church-yard.

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First Line:

The force of music best is found

Page No:

p.35

Poem Title:

On the Power of Music.

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First Line:

As Fricus bawdy sung and spoke

Page No:

p.36

Poem Title:

On a young Gentleman of good Parts, but a great Rake.

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First Line:

Fricus displays such wondrous merit

Page No:

p.36

Poem Title:

Another on the same.

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First Line:

Nature has done her part do thou but thine

Page No:

p.36

Poem Title:

A Third.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Where Chloe in the shady grove was laid

Page No:

p.36

Poem Title:

Cupid mistaken.

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First Line:

Would you to Oreus's shades descend

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p.36

Poem Title:

Advice to Tom * * * *.

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First Line:

Curse on that sordid miser's lust of gold

Page No:

p.37

Poem Title:

The false Patriot.

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First Line:

Here lies the body of John Day

Page No:

p.37

Poem Title:

On Mr. John Day

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First Line:

In merry old England it once was a rule

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p.37

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

By Mr. P-----.

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First Line:

Jack eating rotten cheese did say

Page No:

p.37

Poem Title:

On a Man eating rotten Cheese.

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First Line:

Oh sun moon stars and ye celestial poles

Page No:

p.37

Poem Title:

On Richard Button, Esq; who was interr'd in a Church near Salisbury.

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First Line:

So when the sun with his meridian light

Page No:

p.37

Poem Title:

On a Lady's half-masking herself when she smil'd.

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First Line:

My sickly spouse with many a sigh

Page No:

p.38

Poem Title:

The Resignation

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First Line:

One comfort from the greatest ills we gain

Page No:

p.38

Poem Title:

On great Afflictions.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Tom ever jovial ever gay

Page No:

p.38

Poem Title:

On Tom * * *.

Attribution:

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First Line:

While holy prayers to heaven were made

Page No:

p.38

Poem Title:

On a famous Physician called out of Church.

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First Line:

C----l let me advise you whatever betides

Page No:

p.39

Poem Title:

Saving Advice to E— C—l, on his late advertising a Third Volume of Letters.

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First Line:

No argument could Celia move

Page No:

p.39

Poem Title:

On a young Lady refusing to shew her Hand.

Attribution:

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First Line:

While Cam and Isis their sad tribute bring

Page No:

p.39

Poem Title:

A Friendly Contest

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First Line:

You've undone Horace what should hinder

Page No:

p.39

Poem Title:

On —'s threatning to translate Pindar.

Attribution:

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First Line:

My age is not a moment's stay

Page No:

p.39

Poem Title:

On a F--t

Attribution:

By Dean Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

Approach ye wise of soul with awe divine

Page No:

p.40

Poem Title:

Design'd for the Monument of Sir Isaac Newton.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Beneath this verdant hillock lies

Page No:

p.40

Poem Title:

Epitaph on a Miser.

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First Line:

Well sir suppose the busto's a damned head

Page No:

p.40

Poem Title:

On some Reflections on Pope's Busto.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Shed o ye combatants a flood of tears

Page No:

p.41

Poem Title:

Epitaph on the most lamented Death of Mr. William Wells, Master of the Bear-Garden at Marybone.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Sir I admit your general rule

Page No:

p.41

Poem Title:

From the French

Attribution:

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First Line:

To heal the wound the bee had made

Page No:

p.41

Poem Title:

To a Lady, stung by a Bee.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Two parties had a difference and the cause

Page No:

p.41

Poem Title:

The Law-Suit

Attribution:

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First Line:

A swarm of sparks young gay and bold

Page No:

p.42

Poem Title:

The Courtship.

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First Line:

Irus though wanting gold and lands

Page No:

p.42

Poem Title:

True Riches.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Long did great Jove the weighty point debate

Page No:

pp.42-43

Poem Title:

To the Lady * * *.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Now Europe's balanced neither side prevails

Page No:

p.42

Poem Title:

The Balance of Europe.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Our fathers took oaths as of old they took wives

Page No:

p.42

Poem Title:

On Oaths.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Here resteth John amidst other clay

Page No:

p.43

Poem Title:

Epitaph on a Miser married to a Coquette.

Attribution:

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First Line:

His grace's fate sage Cutler could foresee

Page No:

p.43

Poem Title:

On a profuse Duke and Sir John Cutler.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Should nature's self invade the world again

Page No:

p.43

Poem Title:

To the King, on his Navy.

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First Line:

With virtue strong as yours had Eve been armed

Page No:

p.43

Poem Title:

Written in a Lady's Milton.

Attribution:

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First Line:

As Sir Toby reeled home with his skin full of wine

Page No:

pp.44-45

Poem Title:

Sir Toby's Journey.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Dorinda's sparkling wit and eyes

Page No:

p.44

Poem Title:

Beauty too dazling.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Early this morn a time to muses kind

Page No:

p.44

Poem Title:

The Nonpareil.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Subdued by death here death's great herald lies

Page No:

p.44

Poem Title:

On the Death of an Undertaker.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Curio's rich sideboard seldom sees the light

Page No:

p.45

Poem Title:

On a stingy Beau.

Attribution:

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First Line:

The sun now clear serene the golden skies

Page No:

p.45

Poem Title:

On a Shadow

Attribution:

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First Line:

True wit is like the brilliant stone

Page No:

p.45

Poem Title:

On Wit.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

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First Line:

Fabius you say is much inclined

Page No:

p.46

Poem Title:

On a bad Painter.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Her majesty sure was in a surprise

Page No:

p.46

Poem Title:

On Roger Grant's being appointed Oculist to Queen Anne.

Attribution:

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First Line:

The coat exactly with his manners suits

Page No:

p.46

Poem Title:

On the Atchievement over the Door of —

Attribution:

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First Line:

The Latin word for cold one asked his friend

Page No:

p.46

Poem Title:

On Cold.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Why is a handsome wife adored

Page No:

p.46

Poem Title:

The Question answer'd

Attribution:

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First Line:

Dulness good goddess chanced to see

Page No:

p.47

Poem Title:

On Mr. Budgell's Proposal of publishing an accurate Translation of a Book, which had been already translated.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

The word explains itself without the muse

Page No:

p.47

Poem Title:

On the Derivation of the Word News.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Who has the better game still fears the end

Page No:

p.47

Poem Title:

Hope and Fear.

Attribution:

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First Line:

As Giron lately in the temple sat

Page No:

p.48

Poem Title:

Giron at Church

Attribution:

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First Line:

The lawyer's house if I have rightly read

Page No:

p.48

Poem Title:

On a fine House built by a Lawyer.

Attribution:

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First Line:

The shaken tree grows faster at the root

Page No:

p.48

Poem Title:

On Love.

Attribution:

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First Line:

When death puts out our flame the snuff will tell

Page No:

p.48

Poem Title:

On Characters.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

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First Line:

When virtue reigns to liberty a friend

Page No:

p.48

Poem Title:

On some Authors honour'd by her Majesty.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

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First Line:

Lords promise soon but to perform are long

Page No:

p.49

Poem Title:

Promises.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

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First Line:

What do scholars and bards and philosophers wise

Page No:

pp.49-50

Poem Title:

On the Lady * * *.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

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First Line:

With eyes of wonder the gay shelves behold

Page No:

p.49

Poem Title:

On a fine Library

Attribution:

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First Line:

Mistaken fair lay Sherlock by

Page No:

p.49

Poem Title:

To the Lady T---nk---lle, on her reading Sherlock on Death.

Attribution:

By the E— of Ch—.

Attributed To:

Philip Dormer Stanhope

First Line:

In a little dark room at the back of the shop

Page No:

p.50

Poem Title:

On George Faulkener's promising to have the Dean of St. Patrick's Effigies prefix'd to the new Edition of his Works, from a Copper Plate done by Mr. Vertue.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Not more by ensigns than select abode

Page No:

p.50

Poem Title:

On her late Majesty in her Grotto.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Belinda sighs for Strephon and would show it

Page No:

p.51

Poem Title:

Upon a Lady's writing in Characters.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Think and some useful lessons it will impart

Page No:

p.51

Poem Title:

Sent in a Snuff-Box

Attribution:

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First Line:

Thus Adam looked when from the garden driven

Page No:

p.51

Poem Title:

On being expell'd a Lady's Company.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Who in his cups will only fight is like

Page No:

p.51

Poem Title:

Fighting.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Fair kind and true a treasure each alone

Page No:

p.51

Poem Title:

Dryden's Epitaph on the Lady Whitmore.

Attribution:

Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

An author young who pants for fame

Page No:

pp.52-53

Poem Title:

Encouragement to young Authors.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Formio bewails his sins with the same heart

Page No:

p.52

Poem Title:

On Sin.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

He who in his pocket has no money

Page No:

p.52

Poem Title:

On Poverty.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

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First Line:

The world's a book writ by the eternal art

Page No:

p.52

Poem Title:

The World.

Attribution:

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First Line:

This polished stone of marble fair

Page No:

p.52

Poem Title:

On Mr. Air.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

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First Line:

Treason does never prosper what's the reason

Page No:

p.52

Poem Title:

On Treason.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

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First Line:

A haughty courtier meeting in the streets

Page No:

p.53

Poem Title:

The Courtier and Scholar.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

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First Line:

Dan Congreve spent in writing plays

Page No:

p.53

Poem Title:

On Mr. Congreve.

Attribution:

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First Line:

He who a gold-finch strives to make his wife

Page No:

p.53

Poem Title:

On Dress.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

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First Line:

What different effects does the laurel produce

Page No:

p.53

Poem Title:

The Laurel. Address'd to Mr. C—.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

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First Line:

When first I gazed on Chloe's face

Page No:

p.53

Poem Title:

On Chloe.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

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First Line:

From flower to flower with eager pains

Page No:

p.54

Poem Title:

On a Bee, stifled in Honey.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Scylla is toothless yet when she was young

Page No:

p.54

Poem Title:

On an old Scold.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

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First Line:

This world is the best that we live in

Page No:

p.54

Poem Title:

The World.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

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First Line:

Thus with kind words Sir Edward cheered his friend

Page No:

p.54

Poem Title:

The Friendship of Sir Edward —.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

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First Line:

Thy grave demureness pleases me

Page No:

p.54

Poem Title:

From Martial.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

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First Line:

What numerous lights this wretch's corpse attend

Page No:

p.54

Poem Title:

On the Funeral of Vulture Hopkins.

Attribution:

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First Line:

As Thomas was cudgelled one day by his wife

Page No:

p.55

Poem Title:

Courage misplaced.

Attribution:

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First Line:

I eat drink and sleep and do what I please

Page No:

p.55

Poem Title:

The contented Farmer.

Attribution:

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First Line:

They who in life oppress and then bequeath

Page No:

p.55

Poem Title:

On Legacies.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tis but a folly to rejoice or boast

Page No:

pp.55-56

Poem Title:

On buying a Bible.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

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First Line:

Tis not to cry out mercy or to sit

Page No:

p.55

Poem Title:

On Repentance.

Attribution:

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First Line:

When men of infamy to grandeur soar

Page No:

p.55

Poem Title:

On infamous Men in Power.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

How shall we please this age if in a song

Page No:

p.56

Poem Title:

Advice to the Poets.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

I am the prince's dog at Kew

Page No:

p.56

Poem Title:

Wrote on the Collar of a Dog, belonging to the Prince at Kew.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Nature a thousand ways complains

Page No:

p.56

Poem Title:

On Nature.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

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First Line:

When you promise friend Tom you should always take care

Page No:

p.56

Poem Title:

On a Man who usually promis'd more than he cou'd perform.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Who seeks to please all men each way

Page No:

p.56

Poem Title:

On the Impossibility of pleasing all People.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Here lies the body of Sir John Fry

Page No:

p.57

Poem Title:

On Sir John Fry.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

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First Line:

My sledge and hammer lie reclined

Page No:

p.57

Poem Title:

On a noted Blacksmith.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

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First Line:

This modest stone what few vain marbles can

Page No:

pp.57-58

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

When a man to the town for a show brings a lion

Page No:

p.57

Poem Title:

On a surly Victualler, Master of the Red-Lion Inn at a certain Place near Salisbury.

Attribution:

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First Line:

The cloud capped towers

Page No:

p.57

Poem Title:

Epitaph on Shakespear. Extracted from his Play of the Tempest.

Attribution:

Shakespear.

Attributed To:

William Shakespeare

First Line:

Of manners gentle of affections mild

Page No:

p.58

Poem Title:

On Mr. Gay.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Think bright Florella when you see

Page No:

p.58

Poem Title:

Written in a young Lady's Almanack.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Ticio stands gazing for the clouded sun

Page No:

p.58

Poem Title:

On the Loss of Time.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

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First Line:

Maro you'll give me nothing while you live

Page No:

p.59

Poem Title:

From Martial.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The noble art from Cadmus took its rise

Page No:

p.59

Poem Title:

On the Invention of Letters. From the French.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Unhappy Chremes neighbour to a peer

Page No:

p.59

Poem Title:

On the Law.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Chloe's picture was to Chloe shown

Page No:

p.59

Poem Title:

[No title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

See whilst thou weepest fair Chloe see

Page No:

p.60

Poem Title:

To Chloe weeping.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The gods assembled in debate

Page No:

p.60

Poem Title:

On a young Lady just married to a Clergyman.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The prating playful little pleader slain

Page No:

pp.60-61

Poem Title:

On a late Duel.

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Cupid make your virgins tender

Page No:

p.61

Poem Title:

The Sportsman's Prayer to Cupid.

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Death is a debt to nature due

Page No:

p.61

Poem Title:

An Epitaph in a Country Churchyard.

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In life with what surprizing turns we meet

Page No:

p.61

Poem Title:

On Mrs. Justice, convicted of Shoplifting.

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Poor Robin getting drunk one day

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p.61

Poem Title:

The Reply.

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Sleep soft in dust wait the almighty's will

Page No:

p.61

Poem Title:

Another, on a beautiful and virtuous young Lady.

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Cries Celia to a waggish mortal know

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p.62

Poem Title:

An Answer to Celia.

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If words are but wind as some allow

Page No:

p.62

Poem Title:

Words are Wind.

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Man by necessity compelled must go

Page No:

p.62

Poem Title:

Life.

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The reason is plain why honest Ned Hatton

Page No:

p.62

Poem Title:

The nearer the bone the sweeter the Flesh.

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Dick's wife was sick and posed the doctor's skill

Page No:

p.63

Poem Title:

Richard's Opinion

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I serve thee here with all my might

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p.63

Poem Title:

Inscription on a Clock in Yorkshire.

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Six tedious months young Damon sighed

Page No:

pp.63-64

Poem Title:

On a Gentleman who mistook a kept Madam for a Lady of Fashion.

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When Gay breathed his last we in silence complained

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p.63

Poem Title:

On the Death of Dean Swift.

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As Ovid sings a beau of old admired

Page No:

p.64

Poem Title:

The Beau

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Sylvia the young the fair the gay

Page No:

p.64

Poem Title:

The Dimple

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The vainly anxious Myra leaves

Page No:

p.64

Poem Title:

On a young Lady

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When Eve would try but to her cost

Page No:

p.64

Poem Title:

The Case stated

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That she looks like an angel the ladies all say

Page No:

p.65

Poem Title:

On Miss Kitty

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The earth doth all its various fruits supply

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p.65

Poem Title:

The Question

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Though Orpheus ancient poets say

Page No:

p.65

Poem Title:

On a young Lady playing on the Harpsichord

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From a small acorn see the oak arise

Page No:

p.66

Poem Title:

The Oak

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Grace is in your steps and mein

Page No:

p.66

Poem Title:

To the incomparable Miss ***.

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How blessed could I in Chloe's heart

Page No:

p.66

Poem Title:

Written on the Ivory Leaves of a Lady's Pocket-Book.

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See sirs see here the grand approach

Page No:

pp.66-67

Poem Title:

Blenheim-House

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As with a friend on Sunday last

Page No:

p.67

Poem Title:

To the incomparable Miss ***.

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One day in Chelsea fields a walking

Page No:

p.67

Poem Title:

On an Epigram

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Arise ye glimmering stars of wit

Page No:

p.68

Poem Title:

On the Death of Mr. Pope.

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From the grand tour through Paris Florence Rome

Page No:

p.68

Poem Title:

The Modern Traveller

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See with what virtue wit is fraught

Page No:

p.68

Poem Title:

Another on the same.

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Authors the world and their dull brains have traced

Page No:

p.68

Poem Title:

On seeing the Ladies at Crux-Euston walk in the Woods by the Grotto.

Attribution:

Extempore by Mr. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Love spite of honour's dictates gave thee breath

Page No:

p.69

Poem Title:

Epitaph on a Bastard-Child, murder'd by its Mother.

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Of trumpets drums guns and the bold bloody battle

Page No:

p.69

Poem Title:

From Anacreon

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Sally Doctor Cox's chubby

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p.69

Poem Title:

Wrote at the Request of Dr. Cox, on a favourite fat Lady whom he called Chubby.

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Here shunning idleness at once and praise

Page No:

p.69

Poem Title:

Inscription on a Grotto, the work of nine Ladies.

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Here killed by claret Colonel G doth lie

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p.70

Poem Title:

On Colonel G—, a great Drinker

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Lay heavy on him earth for he

Page No:

p.70

Poem Title:

Intended for the Tomb of Sir John Vanburgh.

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Once Felix said which was full bad

Page No:

p.70

Poem Title:

On a Copy of Verses wrote on the Queen's Death

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by Mr. Paul W—

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Peter White will never go right

Page No:

p.70

Poem Title:

On Peter White

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While his lordship with ardour becoming his station

Page No:

p.70

Poem Title:

On a late Sermon against National Depravity

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