Miscellanea sacra or a curious collection of original poems [T139791]
- DMI number:
- 236
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- Publication Date:
- 1706
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- T139791
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW110398266
- Shelfmark:
- British Library 11626.b.45
- Full Title:
- [i]Miscellanea Sacra[/i]: | OR, A | Curious Collection | OF | POEMS, | Chiefly Original, | UPON | Divine and Moral Subjects, | By the most Celebrated Modern Authors. | [rule] | VOL. I. | [rule] | Collected by [i]SAM. PHILLIPS[/i], Gent. | Late of St. [i]John[/i]'s College, [i]Oxon[/i]. | [rule] | [epigraph] | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed by [i]Tho. Warren[/i], for [i]Tho. Hodgson[/i], over | against [i]Gray's[/i] Inn Gate in [i]Holbourn[/i], and | [i]B. Bragg[/i], Publisher, 170[illeg]
- Epigraph:
- [i]Non est Mortale quod opto[/i]
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Collection of religious verse and Made-up miscellany
- Format:
- Octavo
- Pagination:
- [4], 1-91, [1], 1-44.
- Bibliographic details:
- This made-up miscellany is in two parts bound together. If the 1706 dating is accepted, part one is the first printing of Case 236 (2), 'Miscellanea Sacra... VOL. II,' 1707 (copy in Harvard Library). The 'second part' of this volume is made up of reissued sheets of Miscellanea Sacra 1705 (Case 236 (I) (a) (T60907) from sig. B; i.e. without title page and dedication). Benjamin Bragg was involved in all three publications. Octavo in fours.
- Comments:
- DATE: ESTC and ECCO date this text as 1707, the British Library as 1708. In fact the paper has torn where the final number of the date should be. The paper is intact where a 7's descender would normally be showing, so it is clearly not 1707 (this also rules out a 9). As the paper seems to have torn around the outline of the type, the number could be a 5, 6, or 8 - some ink is also visible where one might expect the side of the right hand lower curve on such numbers. An imperfect copy at British Library shelfmark 1568/4821 has an intact 1708 title page and is, like the copy at 11626.b.45 facsimiled on ECCO, a made up miscellany (see Miscellany id 1488). This title page claims to be the third edition and the volume contains a dedication to the Duchess of Rutland. This claim replaces the epigraph in T139791. The type used in both these title pages is the same, but the borders are slightly different (because the forme was broken to replace the epigraph / 'third edition'). The 1707 edition at Harvard Houghton Library has a title page that also claims to be the third edition, but it is set very differently. The contents are substantively the same, but parts 1 and 2 are reversed in order (actually a more logical chronological order). Comparing the ink still visible in T139791 with this 1708 'Third edition' suggests that a date of 1706 is most probable. The '8' in the 'third edition' sits lower on the line than the ink visible beneath the lacunae, and there is the faintest impression of the top of a 6 above the lacunae. A 1706 date might explain the fact that Case records no 'second' edition. The second part of the BL 1568/4821 copy has a 1706 title page, further corroborating a 1706 date for this edition. MISCELLANY SERIES: This series (Miscellanea Sacra) appears to have commenced in 1696 with a collection edited by Nahum Tate and published by Henry Playford (also involved in 1705 edition, when Benjamin Bragg seems to join the enterprise). The 1696 edition was reissued in 1698. it doesn't appear to be a scheme that ever went well (ESTC notes that 1696 was conceived as an annual miscellany but abandoned - until revived again in 1705). PLATES: Facing title page, engraved and designed by Simon Gribelin. This plate appears in the 1696 (BL C.69.b.14), 1706 (BL 11626.b.45), 1707 (Harvard EC7 P5464 705mc), and 1708 (BL 1568/4821) editions now extant. Presumably Playford owned the plate and passed either it or several offprints on to Bragge in 1705. Contents: Prose items, pp. 38-44 (part II).
- References:
- Case 236 (d)
- Title:
- Miscellanea sacra or a curious collection of original poems upon divine and moral subjects [T204200]
- Publication Date:
- 1732
- ESTC No:
- T204200
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- Miscellanea sacra or a curious collection of original poems upon divine and moral subjects [T60907]
- Publication Date:
- 1705
- ESTC No:
- T60907
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- Miscellanea Sacra: or, a Curious Collection of Poems [*IR*]
- Publication Date:
- 1707
- ESTC No:
- N/A
- Volume:
- None
- Relationship:
- Reissue
- Comments:
- Title:
- Miscellanea Sacra: or, a Curious Collection of Poems [BL] [vol. 2]
- Publication Date:
- 1706
- ESTC No:
- N/A
- Volume:
- 2 of 2
- Relationship:
- Reissue
- Comments:
- Title:
- Miscellanea Sacra: or, a Curious Collection of Poems [T139791] [reissue] [vol. 1]
- Publication Date:
- 1708
- ESTC No:
- N/A
- Volume:
- 1 of 2
- Relationship:
- Reissue
- Comments:
- Title:
- Miscellanea sacra: or, poems on divine & moral subjects [ESTC R22340]
- Publication Date:
- 1696
- ESTC No:
- R22340
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Miscellanea sacra: or, poems on divine & moral subjects. the second edition [ESTC R9864]
- Publication Date:
- 1698
- ESTC No:
- R9864
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Editor:
- Samuel Phillips
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- 'Collected by Sam. Phillips, Gent. Late of St. John's College, Oxon.'
- Engraver:
- Simon Gribelin
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- See engraved frontispiece: "S. Gribelin in: et sculps:"
- Printer:
- Thomas Warren
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- 'Printed by Tho. Warren, for Tho. Hodgson, over against Gray's Inn Gate in Holbourn, and B. Bragg, Publisher.'
- Publisher:
- Benjamin Bragg
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- 'Printed by Tho. Warren, for Tho. Hodgson, over against Gray's Inn Gate in Holbourn, and B. Bragg, Publisher.'
- Publisher:
- Thomas Hodgson
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- 'Printed by Tho. Warren, for Tho. Hodgson, over against Gray's Inn Gate in Holbourn, and B. Bragg, Publisher.'
- First Line:
- Beneath the walls of Babylon
- Page No:
- pp.1-7
- Poem Title:
- A Paraphrase on the 137th Psalm. Pindarick Ode.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Yalden
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Yalden
- First Line:
- O sacred dove
- Page No:
- pp.7-8
- Poem Title:
- An Introduction, Sung at a Consort of Divine Musick.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. T. R.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Happy the man to whom the sacred muse
- Page No:
- pp.8-11
- Poem Title:
- The Dissolution.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Lay down proud heart thy rebel arms
- Page No:
- pp.11-12
- Poem Title:
- The Divine Amorist.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Norris
- Attributed To:
- John Norris
- First Line:
- Be calm my friend and resolute
- Page No:
- pp.12-15
- Poem Title:
- Horace Ode 3. Book 2.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Sam. Phillips
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Phillips
- First Line:
- My swelling griefs intending to allay
- Page No:
- pp.15-16
- Poem Title:
- The Malecontent.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Man foolish man
- Page No:
- pp.17-21
- Poem Title:
- On Exodus 3. I am that I am. A Pindarick Ode.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Prior
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- First Line:
- Hail happy monarch of the fields
- Page No:
- p.22
- Poem Title:
- Casimire, Ode 23. Book 4. To the Grasshopper.
- Attribution:
- Imitated by Mr. Sam. Philips
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Phillips
- First Line:
- When on my sick bed I languish
- Page No:
- p.23
- Poem Title:
- A Thought on Death.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Alas my friend the years fly swift away
- Page No:
- pp.24-26
- Poem Title:
- Horace, Book 2. Ode 14.
- Attribution:
- Imitated by Mr. Sam. Philips
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Phillips
- First Line:
- In dead of night soon as the pale faced moon
- Page No:
- pp.27-28
- Poem Title:
- The Dream.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Wright
- Attributed To:
- Mr. Wright
- First Line:
- Thou solitude most grateful art
- Page No:
- pp.29-30
- Poem Title:
- On Solitude.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. T. R.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Try try all earthly pleasures and you'll find
- Page No:
- p.29
- Poem Title:
- Boethius Book 3d Met. 7.
- Attribution:
- Translated by T. R.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- As bees in summer honey gather
- Page No:
- pp.30-33
- Poem Title:
- The Timely Caution.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Wright
- Attributed To:
- Mr. Wright
- First Line:
- I swear dear friend you're much deceived
- Page No:
- pp.34-35
- Poem Title:
- A Fragment out of Petronius...beginning - Non est, falleris, &c.
- Attribution:
- Imitated by Mr. Sam. Phillips
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Phillips
- First Line:
- Sing then ye blest attendants on his throne
- Page No:
- pp.35-36
- Poem Title:
- The Exhortation.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Norris
- Attributed To:
- John Norris
- First Line:
- I've found the way to conquest now
- Page No:
- pp.36-37
- Poem Title:
- The Victory.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. T. R.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Few are the lights we now in heaven can view
- Page No:
- pp.37-41
- Poem Title:
- Seneca's Hercules Furens. Act 1. Chorus.
- Attribution:
- By F. W.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- And dost thou still rebellious soul delight
- Page No:
- pp.41-43
- Poem Title:
- The Nativity, An Ode.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Complain no more the soul where love's a guest
- Page No:
- pp.44-47
- Poem Title:
- Tho. a Kempis, Book 2d. Chap. 7th. Imitated from Monsieur Corneille,
- Attribution:
- By Mr. T. R.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Not yet my muse give over
- Page No:
- pp.47-49
- Poem Title:
- The Two last Stanzas out of the Italian of Fulvio Testi...against Earthly Grandeur.
- Attribution:
- Imitated by Mr. Sam. Phillips
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Phillips
- First Line:
- O mighty king of terrors come
- Page No:
- pp.49-50
- Poem Title:
- The desperate Lover.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When my mind is staid on thee
- Page No:
- pp.50-52
- Poem Title:
- Inconstancy.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- O azure vaults o crystal sky
- Page No:
- pp.52-56
- Poem Title:
- A Paraphrase on the CXLVIII Psalm.
- Attribution:
- By the Earl of Roscommon
- Attributed To:
- Wentworth Dillon
- First Line:
- Philander setting on the shore
- Page No:
- pp.57-60
- Poem Title:
- Part of Petronius Arbiter's Satyr.
- Attribution:
- Imitated by Mr. Sam. Phillips
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Phillips
- First Line:
- When souls unite in sacred friendship joined
- Page No:
- pp.61-62
- Poem Title:
- On Friendship.
- Attribution:
- By a Gentleman of Cambridge
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Oh the sad day
- Page No:
- pp.62-63
- Poem Title:
- Death.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- What has this life to make it worth our care
- Page No:
- pp.63-66
- Poem Title:
- The Advice. Address'd to a Friend.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Would you my friend true happiness obtain
- Page No:
- pp.66-67
- Poem Title:
- Happyness.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Baker
- Attributed To:
- Daniel Baker
- First Line:
- Hail hallowed sorrow virtue's soil
- Page No:
- pp.67-69
- Poem Title:
- An Hymn on the Passion.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. T. R.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Harken for it concerns you near to me
- Page No:
- pp.69-71
- Poem Title:
- Psalm 128 Paraphras'd.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Baker
- Attributed To:
- Daniel Baker
- First Line:
- What though the skies be clouded over
- Page No:
- p.72
- Poem Title:
- Constancy.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. T. F.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- How doth the mournful widowed city bow
- Page No:
- pp.73-78
- Poem Title:
- The Lamentations of Jeremiah.... Chap. I.
- Attribution:
- By Mrs. Wharton.
- Attributed To:
- Anne Wharton [nee Lee]
- First Line:
- Fortune thou grand impostor what a cheat
- Page No:
- pp.79-81
- Poem Title:
- Seneca's Agamemnon. Act I. Chorus.
- Attribution:
- Imitated by Mr. Glanvil
- Attributed To:
- John Glanvill
- First Line:
- O mighty God who sits on high
- Page No:
- pp.81-82
- Poem Title:
- A Penitential Hymn.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Hail lovely rose heaven's darling care
- Page No:
- pp.82-83
- Poem Title:
- Casimire Ode 18. Book 4, Paraphrastically Translated...To the Rose, wherewith he vow'd to Crown the Virgin Mary ev'ry June.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Sam Phillips
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Phillips
- First Line:
- Thus mortals must submit to fate
- Page No:
- pp.83-84
- Poem Title:
- An Hymn, set by Dr. Turner.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Oh the surprising storms and numerous train
- Page No:
- p.84
- Poem Title:
- On Content.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Judgement two syllables can make
- Page No:
- pp.85-87
- Poem Title:
- A Dooms-Day Thought.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. T. F.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Now Phoebus has regained his western goal
- Page No:
- pp.88-91
- Poem Title:
- The Evening,
- Attribution:
- By Mr. T. R.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- To thee good God at last though late I turn
- Page No:
- pp.1-2
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- Written by Mr. Charles Hopkins, on his Death-Bed, in Ireland
- Attributed To:
- Charles Hopkins
- First Line:
- Thou God the father hid from mortal sight
- Page No:
- p.3
- Poem Title:
- To God the Father.
- Attribution:
- By Sir John Crofts Knight
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Crofts
- First Line:
- Thou God the son fountain of endless rest
- Page No:
- pp.3-4
- Poem Title:
- To God the Son.
- Attribution:
- By Sir John Crofts Knight
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Crofts
- First Line:
- Thou God the holy ghost that spreadst thy wings
- Page No:
- pp.4-5
- Poem Title:
- To God the Holy-Ghost.
- Attribution:
- By Sir John Crofts Knight
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Crofts
- First Line:
- Heavy O Lord on me thy judgments lie
- Page No:
- pp.5-6
- Poem Title:
- Considerations on the 88 Psalm.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Prior
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- First Line:
- See sinful soul thy saviour's suffering see
- Page No:
- pp.6-7
- Poem Title:
- A Hymn for Good-Friday.
- Attribution:
- By W. Stroud D. D.
- Attributed To:
- William Strode
- First Line:
- Creator spirit by whose aid
- Page No:
- pp.7-9
- Poem Title:
- Veni Creator Spiritus, &c, Paraphras'd.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- First Line:
- Hearken O God unto a wretch's cries
- Page No:
- pp.9-10
- Poem Title:
- A Penitential Hymn,
- Attribution:
- By Bp. King
- Attributed To:
- Henry King
- First Line:
- O the vast change from life to death
- Page No:
- p.10
- Poem Title:
- A Prospect of Death.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Behold O Lord the wretched state I'm in
- Page No:
- p.11
- Poem Title:
- The Repenting Sinner.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Sam Phillips, late of St John's Coll. Oxon
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Phillips
- First Line:
- Lord now my sleep does me forsake
- Page No:
- pp.12-14
- Poem Title:
- A Midnight Hymn,
- Attribution:
- by Bp. Ken
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Ken
- First Line:
- What praise what thanks to thee my god are due
- Page No:
- pp.14-15
- Poem Title:
- A Morning Hymn.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Good god how dull a thing am I to make
- Page No:
- pp.15-17
- Poem Title:
- A Hymn to the Morning.
- Attribution:
- By N. Ingelo D. D.
- Attributed To:
- Nathaniel Ingelo
- First Line:
- We bless thee God the father of us all
- Page No:
- p.17
- Poem Title:
- A short Hymn,
- Attribution:
- by N. Ingelo, D. D.
- Attributed To:
- Nathaniel Ingelo
- First Line:
- A mourning friend invites a mourning muse
- Page No:
- pp.18-20
- Poem Title:
- To the Memory of E. M. an eminent Divine lately Deceas'd. A Pindarick Ode.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Music what art thou from what causes dost thou spring
- Page No:
- pp.21-22
- Poem Title:
- Upon Divine Musick,
- Attribution:
- by Mr. Gold
- Attributed To:
- Robert Gould
- First Line:
- Blest be those sweet regions where
- Page No:
- p.21
- Poem Title:
- A short Contemplation on the Joys of Heav'n
- Attribution:
- by Mr. E. Taylor, late of Magdelen Colledge Oxon. And admirably Set by Mr. J. Clark
- Attributed To:
- E. Taylor
- First Line:
- The glories of our birth and state
- Page No:
- pp.22-23
- Poem Title:
- The Triumphs of Death.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. James Sherly
- Attributed To:
- James Shirley
- First Line:
- Well stepped Zacchaeus 'twas a step well given
- Page No:
- p.23
- Poem Title:
- Upon Zacchaeus climbing up a Tree to see our Saviour pass by.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Fix this rare emblem on thy closet door
- Page No:
- p.24
- Poem Title:
- Under the Picture of an Infant laid out Dead on a Table, with a Death's-Head, and a Rose-Bud by it.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The loss of wealth I much lament
- Page No:
- p.24
- Poem Title:
- Time to be preferr'd before Wealth.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ill busied man why should thou take such care
- Page No:
- pp.24-25
- Poem Title:
- Man's Misery,
- Attribution:
- written by Bp. King
- Attributed To:
- Henry King
- First Line:
- Sleep downy sleep come close mine eyes
- Page No:
- pp.25-26
- Poem Title:
- An Evening Hymn.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Short is our life but longer is our rest
- Page No:
- p.26
- Poem Title:
- A Consolatiou [sic] for the sudden Death of a Friend.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Great God who art without compare
- Page No:
- pp.27-29
- Poem Title:
- A Paraphrase on Psalm 15. Who shall dwell in thy Tabernacle?
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- What is our life a play of passion
- Page No:
- p.27
- Poem Title:
- Man's Life,
- Attribution:
- by Dr. Corbet Bishop of Norwich
- Attributed To:
- Richard Corbett
- First Line:
- Impatient man why do I grieve and mourn
- Page No:
- pp.29-30
- Poem Title:
- Against Uneasiness in Trouble.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- How blithe secure and brisk and gay
- Page No:
- pp.30-31
- Poem Title:
- The Last Account.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Great judge when death and time their trumpets sound
- Page No:
- pp.31-33
- Poem Title:
- The last Day of Death and Judgment.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Great god when armed with thunder you prepare
- Page No:
- pp.33-35
- Poem Title:
- The Storm,
- Attribution:
- by Mr. Sam. Phillips
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Phillips
- First Line:
- When I do with my self devise
- Page No:
- pp.35-36
- Poem Title:
- The devout Schollar.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Dear Jesus when death from earthly trouble set me free
- Page No:
- p.37
- Poem Title:
- The Wish of H. P.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- O Lord vouchsafe thy gracious aid
- Page No:
- p.37
- Poem Title:
- The Wish,
- Attribution:
- by Mr Sam. Phillips
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Phillips
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