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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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A collection of original poems. By the Rev. Mr Blacklock and other Scotch gentlemen [T116769] [ecco]
Publication Date:
1760
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T116769
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1 of 1
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J. Reid
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Alexander Donaldson
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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