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Miscellaneous poems and translations [T5777]

DMI number:
264
Aliases
Miscellaneous poems and translations
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)
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ESTC No:
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1 of 1
Relationship:
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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:
Related People
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.'
Content/Publication
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