Miscellaneous poems and translations [T5777]
- DMI number:
- 264
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Evidence:
- Publication Date:
- 1712
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- T5777
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW112966819
- Shelfmark:
- BOD Harding C 74
- Full Title:
- MISCELLANEOUS | POEMS | AND | [i]TRANSLATIONS[/i]. | [rule] | BY | SEVERAL HANDS. | [epigraph] | [double rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for [i]Bernard Lintott[/i] at the [i]Cross-Keys[/i] be-| tween the Two [i]Temple[/i] Gates in [i]Fleetstreet[/i]. 1712.
- Epigraph:
- [i]-Multa Poetarum veniet manus, auxilio que | Sit mihi--[/i] Hor.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Collection of literary verse
- Format:
- Octavo
- Price:
- n/a
- Pagination:
- [8], [1]-320, [353]-376, [8] pp. (110 misnumbered 101; 194 as 491)
- Bibliographic details:
- Half-title (MISCELLANEOUS | POEMS | AND | [i]TRANSLATIONS[/i]). Plate facing title page. First Book of Statius his Thebais, p. [1], Chaucer's Characters, p. 245, and The Rape of the Locke p. [353] have separate title pages.
- Comments:
- Contents: Latin verse, pp. 66-70, 182-187.
- Other matter:
- Prefatory matter: Contents, [4pp]. A number of attributions are given on the contents page but not in the main body of the book. Back matter: Books printed for Bernard Lintott [8pp].
- References:
- Case 260 (1) (a)
- Title:
- Miscellaneous poems and translations [T5778]
- Publication Date:
- 1714
- ESTC No:
- T5778
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- Miscellaneous poems and translations [T5779] [vol I]
- Publication Date:
- 1720
- ESTC No:
- T5779
- Volume:
- 1 of 2
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- Miscellaneous poems and translations [T5780] [vol I]
- Publication Date:
- 1722
- ESTC No:
- T5780
- Volume:
- 1 of 2
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- Miscellaneous poems, translations and imitations [T5779] [vol II]
- Publication Date:
- 1720
- ESTC No:
- T5779 [vol II]
- Volume:
- 2 of 2
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- Miscellaneous poems, translations and imitations [T5780] [vol II]
- Publication Date:
- 1722
- ESTC No:
- T5780
- Volume:
- 2 of 2
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Editor:
- Alexander Pope
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- ESTC notes 'the whole probably edited by Pope'.
- Publisher:
- (Barnaby) Bernard Lintot [Lintott]
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- 'Printed for Bernard Lintott at the Cross-Keys between the Two Temple Gates in Fleetstreet.'
- First Line:
- Fraternal rage the guilty Thebes alarms
- Page No:
- pp.[5]-56
- Poem Title:
- The First Book of Statius his Thebais.
- Attribution:
- Translated by Mr. Pope
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Whither is ancient virtue gone
- Page No:
- pp.57-59
- Poem Title:
- Four Songs Written in 1683, In order to be Sung as Chorus's between the Acts of a Play of Shakespear that was altered. First Song after the End of the first Act. Chorus of Free Citizens of Rome.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Lo to prevent this awful empire's doom
- Page No:
- pp.59-60
- Poem Title:
- Second Song after the second Act. The Genius of Rome.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Dark is the path poor mortals tread
- Page No:
- pp.61-62
- Poem Title:
- Third Song after the third Act. Chorus of Roman Senators.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Our vows thus cheerfully we sing
- Page No:
- pp.63-65
- Poem Title:
- Fourth Song after the fourth Act. Chorus of Soldiers in the Army of Brutus and Cassius.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Studious the busy moments to deceive
- Page No:
- pp.67-71
- Poem Title:
- Walter Danniston, Ad Amicos.
- Attribution:
- Imitated by Mr. Prior
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- First Line:
- Dear Dick however it comes into his head
- Page No:
- pp.72-73
- Poem Title:
- Horace Lib. I. Epist. IX. ...To the Right Honourable R- H-, Esq.
- Attribution:
- By the same Hand [i.e. Prior]
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- First Line:
- Fair Susan did her wifehode well maintaine
- Page No:
- p.74
- Poem Title:
- An Imitation of Chaucer
- Attribution:
- By the same Hand [i.e. Prior]
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Prior
- First Line:
- Lest others tempt your youth with praise not due
- Page No:
- pp.75-80
- Poem Title:
- An Epistle
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Bate
- Attributed To:
- Mr. Bate
- First Line:
- Pallas attentive heard the muses song
- Page No:
- pp.81-95
- Poem Title:
- The Story of Arachne, From The Beginning of the Sixth Book of Ovid's Metamorphosis.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. J. Gay
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- First Line:
- When in a glorious terrible array
- Page No:
- pp.96-101
- Poem Title:
- The Third Chapter of Habakkuk Paraphras'd. An Ode.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Broome
- Attributed To:
- William Broome
- First Line:
- Then from his bright aereal abode
- Page No:
- pp.102-108
- Poem Title:
- Part of the XXXVIIIth and XXXIXth Chapters of Job. A Paraphrase.
- Attribution:
- By the same Hand [i.e. Broome]
- Attributed To:
- William Broome
- First Line:
- Stand sun of justice sovereign God most high
- Page No:
- pp.109-115
- Poem Title:
- The Prayer of Jeremy Paraphras'd. Prophetically representing the Passionate Grief of the Jewish People, for the Loss of their Town and Sanctuary.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Southcott
- Attributed To:
- Mr. Southcott
- First Line:
- Say lovely offspring of the May
- Page No:
- pp.116-118
- Poem Title:
- On a Flower which Belinda gave me from her Bosom.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Broome
- Attributed To:
- William Broome
- First Line:
- Sulmo's one third of the Pelinian land
- Page No:
- pp.119-122
- Poem Title:
- Ovid. Amor. Eleg. 16. Lib. 2. To his Mistress.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Cromwell
- Attributed To:
- Mr. Cromwell
- First Line:
- Ceres desires to know the wondrous cause
- Page No:
- pp.123-128
- Poem Title:
- The Story of Arethusa, Translated From the Fifth Book of Ovid's Metamorphoses.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The fair Pomona flourished in his reign
- Page No:
- pp.129-136
- Poem Title:
- The Fable of Vertumnus and Pomona; From The Fourteenth Book of Ovid's Metamorphoses.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Pope
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- In these gay thoughts the loves and graces shine
- Page No:
- pp.137-142
- Poem Title:
- To a Young Lady, with the Works of Voiture.
- Attribution:
- By the same Hand [i.e. Pope]
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Silence coeval with eternity
- Page No:
- pp.143-146
- Poem Title:
- On Silence.
- Attribution:
- By the same Hand [i.e. Pope]
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Be gone ye critics and restrain your spite
- Page No:
- pp.147-148
- Poem Title:
- To the Author of a Poem Intitled, Successio.
- Attribution:
- By the same Hand [i.e. Pope]
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Sir | since our Isis silently deplores
- Page No:
- pp.149-163
- Poem Title:
- A Poem To the Memory of Mr. John Philips. To a Friend.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Edmund Smith
- Attributed To:
- Edmund Smith
- First Line:
- Twas in the midst and silent dead of night
- Page No:
- pp.164-167
- Poem Title:
- The Dream. The Fifth Elegy of the Third Book of Ovid's Amours.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Cromwell
- Attributed To:
- Henry Cromwell
- First Line:
- As when some skilful cook to please each guest
- Page No:
- pp.168-174
- Poem Title:
- On a Miscellany of Poems. To Bernard Lintott.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Some Colinaeus praise some Bleau
- Page No:
- pp.174-175
- Poem Title:
- Verses design'd to be prefix'd to Mr. Lintott's Miscellany.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- So smooth and clear the fountain was
- Page No:
- pp.176-178
- Poem Title:
- To A Lady Sitting before her Glass
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Fenton
- Attributed To:
- Elijah Fenton
- First Line:
- Why lovely babe does slumber seal your eyes
- Page No:
- pp.179-181
- Poem Title:
- On the Birth-Day Of Mr. Robert Trefusis; Being Three Years Old, March 22, 1710/11.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Broome
- Attributed To:
- William Broome
- First Line:
- Chloe a coquet in her prime
- Page No:
- p.181
- Poem Title:
- On the Marriage of an Old Maid
- Attribution:
- By R. F.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I who was once the glory of the plain
- Page No:
- pp.188-193
- Poem Title:
- The Complaint. Caelia to Damon. In Which some Lines of Remond's Alexias are imitated.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Broome
- Attributed To:
- William Broome
- First Line:
- There is a game which learned with care
- Page No:
- p.491[i.e. 194]-202
- Poem Title:
- The School of Wit, A Tale.
- Attribution:
- By a Young Gentleman
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- No pleasure now from Nicolini's tongue
- Page No:
- p.203
- Poem Title:
- On Mrs. Barbiere's First Appearance on the Stage at the Rehearsal of Almahide.
- Attribution:
- 'By the same Hand' i.e. 'a Young Gentleman'
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Who can but smile when those that feel its weight
- Page No:
- pp.204-206
- Poem Title:
- On A Book written by a married Man, Entituled, The Pleasures of Matrimony. Sent to the Author.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The gods as poets say from men conceal
- Page No:
- pp.206-207
- Poem Title:
- The Answer
- Attribution:
- By another Hand
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Whilst Ovid here reveals the various arts
- Page No:
- pp.208-209
- Poem Title:
- To A Young Lady Reading the Art of Love
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Fenton
- Attributed To:
- Elijah Fenton
- First Line:
- We sage Cartesians who profess
- Page No:
- pp.210-221
- Poem Title:
- The Fair Nun. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- By the same Hand [i.e Fenton]
- Attributed To:
- Elijah Fenton
- First Line:
- If ever my humble muse melodious sings
- Page No:
- pp.222-224
- Poem Title:
- To a Gentleman Who Corrected some Verses for me.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Say while each scene so beautiful appears
- Page No:
- pp.225-229
- Poem Title:
- Rapin Imitated, In A Pastoral Sent to Belinda upon her leaving Hattley.
- Attribution:
- By the same Hand [i.e. as 'To a Gentleman who Corrected some Verses for me']
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- What after all my art will you demand
- Page No:
- pp.230-243
- Poem Title:
- Sappho to Phaon. A Love-Epistle, Translated from Ovid.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Fenton
- Attributed To:
- Elijah Fenton
- First Line:
- Twas when the fields imbibe the vernal showers
- Page No:
- pp.[247]-282
- Poem Title:
- Chaucer's Characters.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Thomas Betterton
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Betterton
- First Line:
- He who in impious times undaunted stood
- Page No:
- pp.283-284
- Poem Title:
- Epitaph on the Monument of the Marquis of Winchester.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- First Line:
- So fair so young so innocent so sweet
- Page No:
- p.284
- Poem Title:
- Epitaph on Mrs. Margaret Paston of Barningham in Norfolk.
- Attribution:
- By the same Hand [i.e. Dryden]
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- First Line:
- Sure when I rob my maker of his due
- Page No:
- pp.285-287
- Poem Title:
- Paying a Visit to a Mistress on Sunday
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Myrtilla like time is always a flying
- Page No:
- p.288
- Poem Title:
- Song. Set to Musick by Mr. J. Barret
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When father Saturn fled from graceless Jove
- Page No:
- p.288
- Poem Title:
- Drinking a Glass of good Florence. Extempore.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Now has th' almighty father seated high
- Page No:
- pp.289-292
- Poem Title:
- Part of the Fourteenth Chapter of Isaiah Paraphras'd in Blank Verse.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- To all ye ladies now at land
- Page No:
- pp.293-297
- Poem Title:
- A Song. Written at Sea...in the first Dutch War.
- Attribution:
- by the late Earl of Dorset
- Attributed To:
- Charles Sackville
- First Line:
- My better self my heaven my joy
- Page No:
- pp.298-300
- Poem Title:
- A La Mode.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- At Trompington not far from Cambridge stood
- Page No:
- pp.301-320
- Poem Title:
- The Miller of Trompington, Or, The Reve's Tale from Chaucer.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Betterton
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Betterton
- First Line:
- What dire offence from amorous causes springs
- Page No:
- pp.355-376
- Poem Title:
- The Rape of the Locke
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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