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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Miscellaneous poems and translations [T5779] [vol I]

Publication Date:

1720

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T5779

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Publication Date:

1722

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T5780

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1 of 2

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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

Publisher:

(Barnaby) Bernard Lintot [Lintott]

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

'Printed for Bernard Lintott at the Cross-Keys between the Two Temple Gates in Fleetstreet.'

Editor:

Alexander Pope

Confidence:

Speculation (10%)

Comments:

ESTC notes 'the whole probably edited by Pope'.

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