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Jemmy Carson's Collections. [N28986] [ECCO National Library of Ireland]

DMI number:
715
Publication Date:
1787
Volume Number:
1 of 1
ESTC number:
N28986
EEBO/ECCO link:
CB131163695
Shelfmark:
ECCO National Library of Ireland
Full Title:
JEMMY CARSON'S | COLLECTIONS. | Being a Revival of his own | Labours [i]and[/i] Lucubrations, | FOR | Forty Years past; with Pieces upon dif- | ferent Subjects, by several Hands. | [rule] | Fourteenth EDITION, with large Additions. | [rule] | [rule] | [epigraph] | [rule] | [i]DUBLIN:[/i] | PRINTED IN THE YEAR; 1787.
Epigraph:
[i]Girn on wha wull, tho' aw' at my Expence, | My Back can bear, gean ye'll bat gee the Pence.[/i]
Place of Publication:
Dublin
Format:
Duodecimo
Other matter:
PREFATORY MATERIAL: 'To Jemmy Carson, On His Collections.' (pp.iii-v.)
Content/Publication
First Line:
Let poets rotting in their garrets
Page No:
p.iii-v
Poem Title:
To Jemmy Carson, On His Collections.
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First Line:
Waldgrave in haste I did repair
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pp.23-24
Poem Title:
[see comments]
Attribution:
James Kelly
Attributed To:
James Kelly
First Line:
Of late a soldier did invite
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pp.24-26
Poem Title:
Captain Barnaby Brett, an ingenious Gentleman in the aforesaid County, Register of the Ecclesiastical Court, wrote to Mr. Kelly in behalf of the Quarter-master, as follows:
Attribution:
Captain Barnaby Brett
Attributed To:
Captain Barnaby Brett
First Line:
Dear Captain | That late smarting plaster
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pp.27-29
Poem Title:
Mr. Kelly finding himself agreeably attack'd by Mr. Breet, a Gentleman whom Mr. Kelly had in much Esteem; wrote to him in this submissive Manner.
Attribution:
Mr. Kelly
Attributed To:
James Kelly
First Line:
Right reverend Sir with due respects
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pp.29-31
Poem Title:
After Mr. Kelly had wrote the above submissive Letter to Mr. Brett, the Quarter-master not satisfy'd, prevails on one Mr. Hunter, to write to the Parson; which he did as follows:
Attribution:
Mr. Hunter
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First Line:
Tis strange a harmless joke
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pp.31-33
Poem Title:
Upon the Receipt of the above, Mr. Kelly was very much disgusted, that the Quarter-master should employ so many against him, after his writing so submissively to the first: He wrote to the Quarter-master the following Reflection.
Attribution:
James Kelly
Attributed To:
James Kelly
First Line:
Gud sirs gein ye'll inlist
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pp.34-36
Poem Title:
A Song. Tune of The Meel was scant short.
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First Line:
My sledge and hammer lies reclined
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pp.36-37
Poem Title:
An Epitaph On a Black-Smith.
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Their harts mun be as hard as stean
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pp.37-40
Poem Title:
An Elegy. On The Reverend Mess Sawney Sinclare, wha departed the first Day o' April, 1722.
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First Line:
Underneath this yerd and stones
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p.40
Poem Title:
Epitaph.
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First Line:
I have lost my mistress horse and wife
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p.52
Poem Title:
A Gentleman having received three Letters by the same Post, acquainting him with the Death of his Wife, his Mistress, and his Favourite Horse, made the following Reflections.
Attribution:
A Gentleman
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First Line:
Scarce had the bells the news began
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pp.53-56
Poem Title:
An Elegy On Quartermaster Brice Blair, who died at Strabane.
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First Line:
Wha views this tomb without a tear
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p.56
Poem Title:
Epitaph.
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First Line:
Our good friend Nathan heretofore
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p.62
Poem Title:
On a Quaker's stopping up more than half his Windows, in pursuance of the late Tax on Lights.
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First Line:
Now of awe the rare danties we had
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pp.65-66
Poem Title:
The Song.
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First Line:
The gout as yet I think remains unsung
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pp.70-72
Poem Title:
An infallible Cure for the Gout.
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First Line:
Here lies my poor wife without bed or blanket
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p.72
Poem Title:
Epitaph on a Wife.
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First Line:
Drink thirsty mortals drink take take your fill
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pp.73-75
Poem Title:
The following Piece was wrote several Years ago, being a Prediction of the loss of St. Patrick's Well-Spring, near Dublin. Inscribed to J----s Bu----er, Yeoman.
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First Line:
At setting day and rising morn
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p.79
Poem Title:
The Faithful Shepherdess, A Song.
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First Line:
As wind in hypochondria pent
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p.85
Poem Title:
[no title]
Attribution:
Hudibras
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First Line:
We've often heard how the imprisoned wind
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p.90
Poem Title:
Mingere cum bumbis, res est saluberrima lumbis.
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First Line:
Now Carrigh droop good neighbours Whililoo
Page No:
pp.91-92
Poem Title:
An Elegy On the much lamented Death of William Murry, a noted Cobler, who lived under the Mountain of Carrigh, in the County of Wicklow.
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First Line:
Here Billy's fast
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p.92
Poem Title:
Epitaph.
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First Line:
Beneath lies in turd
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p.96
Poem Title:
An Epitaph on a Parrot, that Betty threw into the House of Office.
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First Line:
Your compliments lady I pray you forbear
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p.96
Poem Title:
A brisk Country Parson's Answer to a beautiful young Lady, who sent him her Compliments on the Ten of Hearts.
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First Line:
Faugh by my shoul dat ish a nasty vord
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p.97
Poem Title:
Upon the same
Attribution:
by an Irish-Man.
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First Line:
Gentlest blast of ill concoction
Page No:
p.97
Poem Title:
A Fart.
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First Line:
Old Maul is dead I fain would write
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pp.98-99
Poem Title:
An Elegy On The Right Revd. Father in God, Dr. Maul, late Lord Bishop of Meath.
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First Line:
Beneath this stone Hal Speding lies at last
Page No:
p.99
Poem Title:
An Epitaph on Hal Speding.
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First Line:
Wonder not why these lines come to your hand
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pp.99-102
Poem Title:
A sad Suit, in a Petitionary Poem, sent by a poor Scholar to his Patron.
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First Line:
Deaf giddy helpless left alone
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p.102
Poem Title:
Written by Dr. Swift, on his own Deafness.
Attribution:
by Dr. Swift
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Jonathan Swift
First Line:
If I live to grow old as I find I go down
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pp.103-104
Poem Title:
The Old Man's Wish.
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First Line:
If all men die when breath departs
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p.105
Poem Title:
A Theam upon Death. Spoken Extemporary.
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First Line:
Pass over this grave without concern
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p.105
Poem Title:
An Epitaph on Vice Admiral Le--ck, who died of the Gout.
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First Line:
The youk is a gentle and lovely disease
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pp.110-112
Poem Title:
A Sang In Praise Of The Youk.
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First Line:
From pounce and paper ink and pen
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p.117
Poem Title:
Ejaculation.
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First Line:
Roll on ye days speed swift O tardy spring
Page No:
p.117
Poem Title:
To a young Lady, who promis'd to marry when the Spring comes.
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First Line:
What need of Hallelujahs pray
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p.123
Poem Title:
The following Lines were occasioned by reading a grand mysterious Ode on the Battle of Dettingen; the second Line of which is express'd in these majestical Terms.
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First Line:
Fair saw ye Jemmy and may your heed be gray
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p.130
Poem Title:
Wrote Extempore On Jemmy Carson's Collections.
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First Line:
Know all men by these presents death the tamer
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pp.131-132
Poem Title:
An Elegy On The Much lamented Death of Mr. Damer, the famous rich Man, who died the sixth Day of July, 1723.
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First Line:
Beneath this verdant hillock lies
Page No:
p.133
Poem Title:
The Epitaph.
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First Line:
To ilke body be it kend
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pp.133-136
Poem Title:
A Shop-Bill.
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First Line:
Three moons yer Jemmy he shall stan
Page No:
p.138
Poem Title:
[no title]
Attribution:
our Holy Scotish Merlin
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First Line:
Oh how can ony saint that's civil
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pp.141-143
Poem Title:
Holy Sumptoms Redivius: Or The Presbyterian Lamentation For the Death of Willy of Nassau.
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First Line:
Sol conscious of thy shining charms
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p.141
Poem Title:
Verses addressed to a Young Lady, at the Setting of the Sun.
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