A collection of original poems by Scotch gentlemen. Volume II [N14984] [ecco]

DMI number:

1384

Publication Date:

1762

Volume Number:

2 of 2

ESTC number:

N14984

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW113865591

Shelfmark:

ECCO - Bod

Full Title:

A | COLLECTION | OF | ORIGINAL POEMS. | By SCOTCH GENTLEMEN. | VOLUME II. | EDINBURGH: | Printed by A. DONALDSON and J. REID. | For A. DONALDSON. | Sold by R. and J. DODSLEY in Pall-Mall, and | J. RICHARDSON in Pater-noster-row, [i]London.[/i] | MDCCLXII.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh

Format:

Duodecimo

Bibliographic details:

Variant issue of T116768, with cancels. From ESTC: "In this issue, sig.D4 (pp.43-44) is a cancel; the leaves containing pp.211-214 are cancels, with p.212 line 16 reading "shed" and with the poem on p.213 "To Miss --" bearing no subtitle."

Other matter:

Prefatory matter: Advertisement pp. [iii]-iv; Errata p. iv; Contents pp. v-viii.

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Title:

A collection of original poems by Scotch gentlemen [Vol II] [ESTC T116768] [ECCO]

Publication Date:

1762

ESTC No:

T116768

Volume:

2 of 2

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Title:

A collection of original poems. By the Rev. Mr Blacklock and other Scotch gentlemen [T116769] [ecco]

Publication Date:

1760

ESTC No:

T116769

Volume:

1 of 1

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Printer:

J. Reid

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Publisher:

Alexander Donaldson

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Sold by:

J. Richardson

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Sold by:

James Dodsley

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Robert Dodsley

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Content/Publication

First Line:

All by the side of a clear winter fire

Page No:

pp.1-7

Poem Title:

An Eclogue. In the manner of Mr Gay.

Attribution:

By ******

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Laws as we read in ancient sages

Page No:

pp.7-11

Poem Title:

The Wolf and Shepherds. A Fable.

Attribution:

By the same [i.e. ******]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Sweet Annie slowly left the shore

Page No:

pp.12-13

Poem Title:

A Song. Translated from the Scotch.

Attribution:

By the same [i.e. ******]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Oh thou that kindly ope'st the press

Page No:

pp.13-14

Poem Title:

An Epistle to Mr. D--n.

Attribution:

By the Hon. Mr. A. E.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Since joy still winged for flight is fled

Page No:

pp.15-20

Poem Title:

Ode to Memory.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. A. E.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Sweet power that lovest the lone recess

Page No:

pp.20-22

Poem Title:

Ode to Pity.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. A. E.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tis done pale sickness all her form invades

Page No:

pp.23-25

Poem Title:

Elegy.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. A. E.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A famished hare in search of food

Page No:

pp.25-27

Poem Title:

The Hare and the Redbreast. A Fable.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. A. E.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When I see a magic fair

Page No:

pp.27-28

Poem Title:

The Witch.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. A. E.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The sun his force abates tis three o'clock

Page No:

pp.23-32

Poem Title:

The Dinner. A Poem.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. A. E.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Now after many well urged bribes

Page No:

pp.32-35

Poem Title:

An Epistle to a Gentleman on his being elected Memner of Parliament.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. A. E.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Each thing about you is so neat

Page No:

pp.36-37

Poem Title:

Epistle from the Old Chaise at K-- to a New One which a Gentleman brought there

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. A. E.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

God prosper long our legs and arms

Page No:

pp.38-43

Poem Title:

The Lawyer's Overthrow; or the Advocate's Fall at the Leith Races. Being an excellent New Ballad, to the tune of Chevy Chace.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. A. E.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Your humour and jests merry Andrew we praised

Page No:

p.43

Poem Title:

In answer to the above.

Attribution:

By W--m N--ne, Esq; Advocate.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The dangers which the wretched mortal meets

Page No:

pp.44-53

Poem Title:

The Cloaciniad. A Poem.

Attribution:

By the Hon. Mr. A. E.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

E---'s finished meaner plays give place

Page No:

pp.54-56

Poem Title:

Verses on an Author's First Play.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. A. E.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Sure more than barbarous was the butcher's heart

Page No:

pp.57-58

Poem Title:

The Pigs, an Elegy, occasioned by seeing two that were roasting; In imitation of the Larks, an Elegy, occasioned by seeing two that were shot.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. A. E.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I hear the jealous husband cries

Page No:

p.59

Poem Title:

Epigram.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. A. E.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Sir John is departed my lady's in fits

Page No:

p.59

Poem Title:

Epigram.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. A. E.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Dear doctor your wife in the parlour is a dying

Page No:

p.60

Poem Title:

Epigram.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. A. E.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In vain each day with hideous clack

Page No:

p.60

Poem Title:

Epigram.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. A. E.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Once Clodio's productions lay

Page No:

pp.60-61

Poem Title:

Epigram.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. A. E.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Says Chloe to Phyllis that mortal your spouse

Page No:

p.61

Poem Title:

Epigram.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. A. E.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Impartial muse begin the song

Page No:

pp.61-63

Poem Title:

To Lady M--y M--s.

Attribution:

By Mr Lauchlan Macpherson.

Attributed To:

Lachlan Macpherson

First Line:

Thou fruit of the immortal muse

Page No:

pp.63-66

Poem Title:

To Lady M-k--h.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. Macpherson]

Attributed To:

Lachlan Macpherson

First Line:

A saying goes round

Page No:

pp.66-67

Poem Title:

To a Clergyman and his Spouse.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. Macpherson]

Attributed To:

Lachlan Macpherson

First Line:

Such is the present time now sober eve

Page No:

pp.68-70

Poem Title:

An Evening Walk in the Abbey Church of Holyroodhouse.

Attribution:

By J. B. Esq.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Brisk Nell the other day not suspecting a crime

Page No:

p.70

Poem Title:

Epigram.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. J. B.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whilst hapless Caledonia bathed in tears

Page No:

p.71

Poem Title:

To the Countess of Galloway, on the Death of her Son the Honourable George Stewart, Esq; killed at Ticonderoga.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. J. B.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Melpomene divine Saturnian maid

Page No:

pp.72-73

Poem Title:

Ode on the Death of Marshal Keith.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. J. B.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

So when a tender stripling have I seen

Page No:

pp.74-75

Poem Title:

On the Contest between the Author of an Estimate of the Manners and Principles of the Times, and the Writers in opposition to him. A Simile.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. J. B.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Twas hard indeed twas wondrous hard

Page No:

p.74

Poem Title:

Epigram on hearing that Mr Theophilus Cibber, Comedian, was drowned in his passage to Ireland. To a Friend

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. J. B.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Dost thou behold my soul with wild surprise

Page No:

pp.75-76

Poem Title:

On hearing that Mr Digges and Mrs Ward were lost in the Irish seas. A Fantastical Essay.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. J. B.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Apollo's self might well inspire

Page No:

pp.77-79

Poem Title:

An Epistle to Mr. Digges.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. J. B.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thanks be to heaven the mournful tale is vain

Page No:

p.77

Poem Title:

On hearing that the Report was false.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. J. B.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

An ox and ass together yoked

Page No:

p.79

Poem Title:

Epigram.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. J. B.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Friendship I've always thought resembles love

Page No:

p.80

Poem Title:

To a Friend, with the present of a Book.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. J. B.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In vain lovely creature you show me your art

Page No:

p.80

Poem Title:

Epigram to a young Lady, on being favoured with a Sight of her Drawings.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. J. B.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Kitty think though every grace

Page No:

p.81

Poem Title:

To Miss Kitty C--.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. J. B.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Happy bard who without fear

Page No:

p.82

Poem Title:

To the Author of the foregoing Verses.

Attribution:

By the same [i.e. J. B.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A hard-hearted wretch thus derided his wife

Page No:

pp.83-84

Poem Title:

Epigram.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. J. B.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Jack Bluster a comical jolly old boy

Page No:

p.83

Poem Title:

Epigram.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. J. B.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

You tell me dear Tom like a faint hearted toad

Page No:

p.84

Poem Title:

Song.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. J. B.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

While Britain to subdue the pride of France

Page No:

pp.85-86

Poem Title:

Verses on Lord Warkworth's going a Volunteer to Germany, 1760.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. J. B.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In quiet peaceful silence here repose

Page No:

pp.86-87

Poem Title:

Epitaph on the Rev. Mr John Campbell, Minister at Rickarton.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. J. B.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Minerva queen of science and of art

Page No:

pp.88-90

Poem Title:

Currant-Jelly. A Poem.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. J. B.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

B--- of soapers the king

Page No:

pp.90-91

Poem Title:

B--. A Song. To the Tune of Old Sir Symon, &c.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. J. B.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When last dear Dick we jovial met

Page No:

pp.92-100

Poem Title:

An Epistle from a London Buck to his Friend.

Attribution:

By a Gentleman of Scotland.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ye frolicsome blades who through life rove along

Page No:

pp.101-105

Poem Title:

The Race. An Heroic Ballad. Addressed to the Honourable Company of Scots Hunters.

Attribution:

By a Genius.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hail gluttony O let me eat

Page No:

pp.106-108

Poem Title:

To Gluttony. An Ode. In Imitation of Midnight, an Ode.

Attribution:

By a Member of the Soaping Club.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whatever Britannia's fertile fields can show

Page No:

pp.108-109

Poem Title:

Verses to the Hon. Lady B-- E--. Sent with a Present of Landscapes.

Attribution:

By G. D. Esq;

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Go happy bee thy pinions try

Page No:

p.110

Poem Title:

Verses sent to a Lady, tied to the Foot of a Bee.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. G. D.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Still to be vain is all the art I know

Page No:

pp.110-112

Poem Title:

The Praise of Vanity. A Satire.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. G. D.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As Damon near his Celia stood

Page No:

pp.112-113

Poem Title:

Epigram.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. G. D.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Delia farewell enough my folly's past

Page No:

pp.113-114

Poem Title:

A Farewell to Fantastic Love, and a young Coquette, the object of it.

Attribution:

By Mr J. R--n.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Delia thou dear coquette attend

Page No:

pp.114-117

Poem Title:

A Solemn Ode. Addressed to Miss -- -- at E--.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. J. R-n]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To wed or not to wed that is the question

Page No:

pp.117-119

Poem Title:

The Bachelor's Soliloquy. In imitation of the celebrated Soliloquy of Hamlet.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. J. R-n]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Pretty little glimmering thing

Page No:

pp.119-120

Poem Title:

Ode on a Candle-end sunk in the socket and just expiring. Addressed to a certain old-young Lady.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. J. R-n]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

You bid me write and fain would I

Page No:

pp.120-122

Poem Title:

To Sylvia.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

With other scots the other day

Page No:

pp.122-126

Poem Title:

The Duke of Argyll's Levee. Spoken by Col. Charteris

Attribution:

writ by the late Lord Binning.

Attributed To:

Charles Hamilton

First Line:

Whence come these dismal sounds that fill our ears

Page No:

pp.127-134

Poem Title:

Albin and the Daughter of Mey. An old tale, translated from the Irish.

Attribution:

By the late Mr. Jerom Stone.

Attributed To:

Jerome [Jeremiah] Stone

First Line:

Ah me what sorrows are we born to bear

Page No:

pp.134-137

Poem Title:

To the Memory of an Officer killed before Quebec.

Attribution:

By Mr James Macpherson.

Attributed To:

James Macpherson

First Line:

So now the doors are shut the busy hand

Page No:

pp.137-141

Poem Title:

On passing through the Parliament-Close of Edinburgh at midnight.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As pensive on my bed I lay

Page No:

pp.141-143

Poem Title:

The Fate of Caesar.

Attribution:

By the author of Douglas.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When western breezes fan the shore

Page No:

pp.144-145

Poem Title:

The Shepherd's Life preferred. Imitated from the Greek of Moschus.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Aurora joyful harbinger of day

Page No:

pp.145-155

Poem Title:

Description of a May Morning. Translated from Gawin Douglas Bishop of Dunkeld. Prefixed to his translation of Virgil.

Attribution:

By the late Mr Jerom Stone.

Attributed To:

Jerome [Jeremiah] Stone

First Line:

Soft smiling Venus heavenly fair

Page No:

pp.155-157

Poem Title:

Sappho's Ode to Venus. Translated from the original Greek.

Attribution:

By a Student.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Where famed Guidiana's silver water spreads

Page No:

pp.157-160

Poem Title:

Alcida and Diana. A Pastoral. From the Spanish of Gil Polo's Diana Enamorada.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As near yon stream the other day

Page No:

pp.160-161

Poem Title:

The Fly and Trout.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Britannia hush thy martial wrath appease

Page No:

pp.161-163

Poem Title:

To Mr John Home.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Attracted by the sapient monarch's fame

Page No:

pp.163-164

Poem Title:

Verses upon Inverary.

Attribution:

By the author of Douglas.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ingenious bard who wondering tribute paid

Page No:

pp.164-165

Poem Title:

To the Author of the preceding poem.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I smile my easy friend at you

Page No:

p.165

Poem Title:

Epigram on a pair of Clergymen.

Attribution:

By the author of Douglas.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

With heart and head light as the nimble air

Page No:

pp.165-166

Poem Title:

Prologue on the Birthday of the Prince of Wales. 1759

Attribution:

By the same [i.e. Author of Douglas]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Haughty and fierce the caledonian stood

Page No:

p.167

Poem Title:

Epigram.

Attribution:

By the same.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

While peace upreared aloft her graceful head

Page No:

pp.167-170

Poem Title:

On reading the Declarion of War in 1756.

Attribution:

By Mr. James Beattie.

Attributed To:

James Beattie

First Line:

Twas when the full eared harvest bowed

Page No:

pp.170-176

Poem Title:

The Earl Marischal's Welcome to his native Country. An Ode. Attempted in the manner of Pindar.

Attribution:

By Mr. James Macpherson.

Attributed To:

James Macpherson

First Line:

Lamented shade thy fate demands a tear

Page No:

pp.176-178

Poem Title:

On the Death of a Young Lady.

Attribution:

By the same [i.e. Macpherson]

Attributed To:

James Macpherson

First Line:

Here Hervey's precious dust is laid

Page No:

pp.178-179

Poem Title:

Epitaph on the Rev. Mr James Hervey.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Fair solitude romantic maid

Page No:

pp.180-185

Poem Title:

Solitude. A Poem. Written in a beautiful wild recess near Fort Augustus.

Attribution:

By Mr. R. S-t.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Laverna goddess of the gainful sports

Page No:

pp.186-192

Poem Title:

The Bragiad. A Poem.

Attribution:

By H-n S-t, Esq;

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When from our mighty maker's hand we came

Page No:

pp.192-197

Poem Title:

An Essay on Pleasure.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Since then bold artist with approved skill

Page No:

pp.197-200

Poem Title:

Advice to a Painter who had engaged to draw Miss A- R-.

Attribution:

By J. C. P. Esq;

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

See the busy insect train

Page No:

pp.200-201

Poem Title:

To Miss -- --

Attribution:

By the same [i.e. J. C. P.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tis strange to think how oft we meet

Page No:

pp.202-206

Poem Title:

The Dunce and his Pen. A Fable.

Attribution:

By J. B. Esq;

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If one should quote the counsel grave

Page No:

pp.206-209

Poem Title:

The Lion, the Fox, and the Bull. A Fable. To a certain Politician.

Attribution:

By the same [i.e. J. B.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I would have you to know sir though now you despise

Page No:

p.209

Poem Title:

Epigram.

Attribution:

By the same [i.e. J. B.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Who will say that adorable Kitty hates me

Page No:

p.209

Poem Title:

Epigram.

Attribution:

By the same. [i.e. J. B.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Says a writer genteel of high genius and taste

Page No:

p.210

Poem Title:

Epigram.

Attribution:

By the same [i.e. J. B.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Sure he's a blockhead and an ass

Page No:

p.210

Poem Title:

Epigram.

Attribution:

By the same [i.e. J. B. ]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

All powerful fancy dear delusive maid

Page No:

pp.211-212

Poem Title:

To Fancy.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

From courts and gaudy climes when virtue fled

Page No:

p.212

Poem Title:

Inscription from a Mineral at Peterhead.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

While you fair maid with grace unrivalled reign

Page No:

p.213

Poem Title:

To Miss -- --

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thou who with devious steps and anxious mien

Page No:

p.214

Poem Title:

Epitaph.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tis not the tomb in marble polished high

Page No:

pp.214-215

Poem Title:

Epitaph on a poor honest Man.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Of old the youth of Greece and Rome

Page No:

pp.215-217

Poem Title:

To a Young Gentlemen going to a Public Breakfast. Written in March 1758.

Attribution:

By Mr. J. M.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Reader of these crude lines whoever you are

Page No:

p.218

Poem Title:

Verses writen extempore in the Posthouse at Northallerton.

Attribution:

By the same [i.e. J. M]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Such a machine would even a saint provoke

Page No:

p.218

Poem Title:

Verses written while posting through Banbury Moor.

Attribution:

By the same [i.e. J. M.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Blessed liberty how absolute thy power

Page No:

pp.219-220

Poem Title:

Occasioned by the Death of Gen. Wolfe.

Attribution:

By Mr. F. D.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Think not that in pure streams the fountain flows

Page No:

p.219

Poem Title:

Verses written in the Devil Tavern.

Attribution:

By the same [i.e. J. M.]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ned's in eternity but how

Page No:

pp.220-224

Poem Title:

Sublunary Eternity. A Rhapsody.

Attribution:

By a Gentleman of L-h.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Clarinda loves the polished line

Page No:

pp.224-226

Poem Title:

To a Young Lady, on her declaring that she loved Poetry, but could not make Verses.

Attribution:

By Mr. D. R.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Fired with the rage that warms a coxcomb's mind

Page No:

pp.226-229

Poem Title:

The Antiquated Beau.

Attribution:

By Mr. J. O.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Why should the proud the arrogant the vain

Page No:

pp.229-230

Poem Title:

Occasioned by the Death of Mr. C--

Attribution:

By Mr. --

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thou friend of princes poets wits

Page No:

pp.230-232

Poem Title:

An Epistle to the Earl of Eglintoun

Attribution:

John Home.

Attributed To:

John Home