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Miscellaneous poems. On religious, moral, and entertaining subjects: collected from the best English authors. [N4203] [ECCO]

DMI number:
1156
Publication Date:
1773
ESTC number:
N4203
EEBO/ECCO link:
CW110587344
Shelfmark:
ECCO - BL
Full Title:
Miscellaneous Poems. | ON | RELIGIOUS, MORAL, | AND | ENTERTAINING SUBJECTS: | COLLECTED | From the best ENGLISH AUTHORS. | [epigraph] | [ornament] | [rule] | LIMERICK: Printed by J. FERRAR, 1773.
Epigraph:
[i]Omne tulit punctum, qui miscuit utile dulci[i/]. - HOR
Place of Publication:
Limerick
Genres:
Collection of religious verse, Collection including prose, and Subscription Miscellany
Format:
Octavo
Bibliographic details:
Half-title before title page
Comments:
Duplicate poem: ID 33056 appears twice in this miscellany, p. 68, p. 185.
Other matter:
Prefatory [v-xvi]: editor's introduction [2pp]; subscription list [5pp]; contents and errata [5pp].
Related People
Printer:
John Ferrar
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Attribution in Robert Herbert, 'Limerick Printers & Printing; part one of the catalogue of the local collection in the city of Limerick public library' (Limerick, 1942), p. 10
Content/Publication
First Line:
What am I how produced and for what end
Page No:
pp.1-5
Poem Title:
Know yourself.
Attribution:
By the late Dr. Arbuthnot.
Attributed To:
John Arbuthnot
First Line:
See the leaves around us falling
Page No:
pp.6-7
Poem Title:
The fall of the Leaf; a sacred Ode
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
The flower of Israel withers on the plain
Page No:
pp.7-8
Poem Title:
David's Lamentation for Saul and Jonathan
Attribution:
By the Rev. Mr. Fawkes, M. A.
Attributed To:
Francis Fawkes
First Line:
Come to judgement come away
Page No:
pp.8-9
Poem Title:
Doomsday, from Herbert
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Behold yon new born infant grieved
Page No:
pp.9-10
Poem Title:
The Ignorance Of Man.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Now Time rejoice round sorrow twist thy chain
Page No:
pp.11-13
Poem Title:
Ode for the New Year.
Attribution:
By Mr. Woty.
Attributed To:
William Woty
First Line:
Would you my friend true bliss obtain
Page No:
pp.13-14
Poem Title:
The tenth Ode of the second Book of Horace.
Attribution:
By N. Cotton, M. D.
Attributed To:
Nathaniel Cotton
First Line:
Oh could I disencumbered once and free
Page No:
pp.14-15
Poem Title:
A new Translation of Martial's celebrated Epigram to his Friend Julisum Martial.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Was rhetoric on the lips of sorrow hung
Page No:
p.15
Poem Title:
Epigraph on a young Clergyman.
Attribution:
By Mr. C. Smart, M. A.
Attributed To:
Christopher Smart
First Line:
But o my soul the amazing theme forbear
Page No:
pp.16-17
Poem Title:
The Day of Judgment
Attribution:
By Mr. Ogilvie
Attributed To:
John Ogilvie
First Line:
A scene like this can seldom fail to please
Page No:
pp.17-20
Poem Title:
Stanzas Written in a Wood.
Attribution:
By Mr. Woty.
Attributed To:
William Woty
First Line:
Over hill over dale over mountains wide extent
Page No:
pp.20-24
Poem Title:
Liberty and Ode.
Attribution:
By the Rev. Walter Shirley, A. B.
Attributed To:
Walter Shirley
First Line:
What I shall leave thee none can tell
Page No:
pp.24-25
Poem Title:
Lines supposed to be spoke by Bishop Corbet to his Son Vincent, as he lay in his Mother's Arms.
Attribution:
Bishop Corbet
Attributed To:
Richard Corbett
First Line:
How soon gay scenes of wanton pleasure cloy
Page No:
pp.25-27
Poem Title:
Hannah's Song
Attribution:
1 Sam. C.2 [Samuel 2:1]
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
On thee each morning o my god
Page No:
pp.27-28
Poem Title:
A Hymn of Praise
Attribution:
By the Rev. Mr. Watkinson
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Hither retire and leave behind
Page No:
pp.28-29
Poem Title:
Inscription for a Root-house
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Though boisterous winds and raging waves
Page No:
p.28
Poem Title:
An Epitaph on a Sailor
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
No vital bread no cordial wine
Page No:
pp.29-30
Poem Title:
Description of Heaven
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
If ever thy bosom swelled with grief sincere
Page No:
pp.30-31
Poem Title:
Epitaph on a young Lady who died in Child-bed
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
The royal palm is fallen and in his stead
Page No:
p.30
Poem Title:
An Epic Poem
Attribution:
By Mr. Voltaire
Attributed To:
Francois-Marie Arouet de Voltaire
First Line:
Where shall the persecuted fly
Page No:
pp.31-32
Poem Title:
Distress.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Amidst various mercies that exalted shine
Page No:
pp.32-34
Poem Title:
On the Love of Christ
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
When thus affliction's hand disturbs your rest
Page No:
pp.34-36
Poem Title:
A Consolatory Epistle to a Friend in Affliction.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Locked in the arms of balmy sleep
Page No:
pp.36-38
Poem Title:
A Sacred Lyric
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Hark how the lone departing hour
Page No:
pp.38-41
Poem Title:
A Midnight Thought. Addressed to a Friend.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Great god who from my early youth
Page No:
pp.41-42
Poem Title:
A Sunday Thought
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
While from the east the radiant sun
Page No:
pp.42-45
Poem Title:
A Morning Hymn. To the Deity.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Sing Jehovah man become
Page No:
p.46
Poem Title:
An Hymn for Christmas Day.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Indulgent heaven has placed my lot
Page No:
p.47
Poem Title:
Augur's Wish.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Wrapt in the blaze of bright surrounding flame
Page No:
pp.47-51
Poem Title:
The third chapter of Habbakuk, paraphrased
Attribution:
By John Ogilvie, A. M.
Attributed To:
John Ogilvie
First Line:
While yet the radiant lord of light
Page No:
pp.52-53
Poem Title:
An Evening Piece.
Attribution:
By Mr. Wotty.
Attributed To:
William Woty
First Line:
Great father of the skies whose boundless sway
Page No:
pp.54-55
Poem Title:
A Prayer of Cleanthes, a Stoic Philosopher, to the Supreme God.
Attribution:
Translated by Dr. Bowden.
Attributed To:
Samuel Bowden
First Line:
Come goddess of the tearful eye
Page No:
pp.56-60
Poem Title:
A Hymn to Repentance.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
How rare the piece where heaven and nature join
Page No:
pp.60-61
Poem Title:
The Picture.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Trust god distrust thy self do good and pray
Page No:
p.60
Poem Title:
A Good Advice.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
When first the nuptials state we prove
Page No:
pp.61-63
Poem Title:
The Power of Innocence. A True Story.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Awake my soul and with the sun
Page No:
pp.63-64
Poem Title:
A Morning Hymn.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
To me ye sons of sorrow come
Page No:
p.65
Poem Title:
Come unto me, all ye that labour, &c, Mat. 11. 28.
Attribution:
By the Rev. Mr. Merrick.
Attributed To:
James Merrick
First Line:
What boots the glittering turret's lofty top
Page No:
pp.66-67
Poem Title:
Ode to Religion.
Attribution:
By J. Nicholas.
Attributed To:
J. Nicholas
First Line:
See where she comes transcending human praise
Page No:
pp.67-68
Poem Title:
On Modesty
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Rome once subdued the world by war
Page No:
p.68
Poem Title:
An Epitaph on the Great Luther.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Though infant years no pompous honours claim
Page No:
p.68
Poem Title:
Epitaph on an Infant.
Attribution:
By a Lady.
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Now o my god I trembling view
Page No:
p.69
Poem Title:
A Pious Reflection.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Shepherd seek not wealth or power
Page No:
p.69
Poem Title:
Advice to a Shepherd.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
While through life's thorny road I go
Page No:
p.70-71
Poem Title:
The Journey of Life.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Swift flies dear friend time's transient wave
Page No:
pp.71-72
Poem Title:
The fourteenth Ode of the second Book of the Odes of Horace.
Attribution:
Imitated by Bishop Kenn.
Attributed To:
Thomas Ken
First Line:
The lord my pasture shall prepare
Page No:
pp.72-73
Poem Title:
A Pastoral Hymn
Attribution:
by Joseph Addison, Esq.
Attributed To:
Joseph Addison
First Line:
Thee goddess fair by monarchs sought
Page No:
pp.73-74
Poem Title:
To Happiness.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
When sickness shakes the languid corse
Page No:
pp.74-75
Poem Title:
On Sickness and Death.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
What though thou comest in sable mantle clad
Page No:
pp.75-77
Poem Title:
To Winter
Attribution:
By Mr. Wotty.
Attributed To:
William Woty
First Line:
O whether with laborious clowns
Page No:
pp.77-79
Poem Title:
Ode to Health.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
See Chloe yonder glowing bed
Page No:
pp.79-80
Poem Title:
Ode.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
My god now I from sleep awake
Page No:
pp.80-81
Poem Title:
A Midnight Hymn.
Attribution:
By Bp. Kenn,
Attributed To:
Thomas Ken
First Line:
O thou from whom all blessing springs
Page No:
pp.82-83
Poem Title:
Aprayer for the King.
Attribution:
By a Lady
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Thy judgments righteous god art just
Page No:
p.82
Poem Title:
Mons. Bareaux's Sonnet.
Attribution:
Translated by Mr. Moses Browne, Vicar of Onley.
Attributed To:
Moses Browne
First Line:
Awake awake my silent lyre
Page No:
pp.83-85
Poem Title:
Ode
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
When hallowed airs breathe through each peopled isle
Page No:
p.86
Poem Title:
A Thought in Church.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
World adieu thou real cheat
Page No:
pp.86-87
Poem Title:
Farewell to the World
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Dear Chloe while the busy crowd
Page No:
pp.88-90
Poem Title:
The Fireside.
Attribution:
By Dr. Cotton.
Attributed To:
Nathaniel Cotton
First Line:
By sea and land strange evils have I borne
Page No:
pp.91-92
Poem Title:
St. Gregory Nazianzen's Lamentation, for being banished from his Church.
Attribution:
By Bishop Turner.
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Ah Perigot my lad why stand you here
Page No:
pp.92-98
Poem Title:
First Pastoral. The Servant.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
The earth with universal darkness veiled
Page No:
pp.98-100
Poem Title:
On the Creation of the World.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Come great father mighty lord
Page No:
pp.100-104
Poem Title:
A Hymn before Sleep.
Attribution:
By Bishop Turner.
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Ye works of god on him alone
Page No:
pp.104-109
Poem Title:
The Benedicite paraphrased.
Attribution:
By the Rev Mr. Merrick of Oxford.
Attributed To:
James Merrick
First Line:
Great god thy energy impart
Page No:
pp.110-111
Poem Title:
I Die Daily, an Hymn.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
The world Rome conqured Rome the Pope has swayed
Page No:
p.111
Poem Title:
A translation of Beza's Epitaph on Luther.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Struck with religious awe and solemn dread
Page No:
pp.112-115
Poem Title:
A Soliloquy. Written in a Country Church-Yard
Attribution:
By The Rev. Mr. Moore, of Cornwall.
Attributed To:
Anthony Moore
First Line:
Thee soverign god our grateful accents praise
Page No:
pp.116-117
Poem Title:
The Hymn of St. Ambrose, Commonly called Te Deum.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Glory to thee my god this night
Page No:
pp.118-119
Poem Title:
An Evening Hymn.
Attribution:
By Bishop Kenn.
Attributed To:
Thomas Ken
First Line:
No more expect the immediate aid of heaven
Page No:
pp.119-121
Poem Title:
The duty of consulting a Physician in Sickness.
Attribution:
By J. Harle, M. D.
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Fond man retire to this lone cell
Page No:
p.122
Poem Title:
Inscription for an Hermitage
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
God of my health whose bounteous care
Page No:
p.123
Poem Title:
An Hymn to the Creator.
Attribution:
By the Rev. Mr. Merrick.
Attributed To:
James Merrick
First Line:
Yes they will laugh but whom o S--- enquire
Page No:
pp.124-125
Poem Title:
To the Author of Tristram Shandy.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Let others sing the loves of nymphs and swains
Page No:
pp.125-128
Poem Title:
The Passion.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Fairest flower all flowers excelling
Page No:
p.128
Poem Title:
To a Child
Attribution:
By Dr. Cotton.
Attributed To:
Nathaniel Cotton
First Line:
Firm is my faith in god whose word gave birth
Page No:
pp.129-130
Poem Title:
The Creed versified.
Attribution:
By W. Dodd, A. M.
Attributed To:
William Dodd
First Line:
Father of all whose throne illumines heaven
Page No:
p.129
Poem Title:
The Lord's Prayer.
Attribution:
By the Rev. Mr. Fawkes.
Attributed To:
Francis Fawkes
First Line:
Rise rise my soul and leave the ground
Page No:
pp.130-131
Poem Title:
A Hymn on God's Eternity.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Can the deep statesman skilled in great design
Page No:
pp.131-133
Poem Title:
Stanzas on Death
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
For me let wisdom's sacred fountain flow
Page No:
p.133
Poem Title:
Imitation of the Conclusion of Horace's 1st Epistle.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Let the proud the vain the ambitious
Page No:
pp.134-135
Poem Title:
Solitude
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
On the eternal father I
Page No:
pp.135-136
Poem Title:
The Christian Faith.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
When Saul of old with impious zeal
Page No:
pp.136-137
Poem Title:
The Conversion of St. Paul.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Almighty maker father friend
Page No:
pp.138-139
Poem Title:
For a Friend troubled in Mind.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Let art my fair one to your charms resign
Page No:
pp.139-140
Poem Title:
Dr. Lowth's Latin Ode Imitated.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Adieu destructive source of every ill
Page No:
pp.141-142
Poem Title:
An Elegy on Sin.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
See yonder gaudy tulip rise
Page No:
pp.142-143
Poem Title:
The Tulip and Violet.
Attribution:
From Theodosia's Poems.
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
My son attentive hear the voice of truth
Page No:
pp.143-144
Poem Title:
The Picture of Old Age.
Attribution:
By Mr. Fawkes, M. A.
Attributed To:
Francis Fawkes
First Line:
Mercy oh mercy lord with humble heart
Page No:
pp.145-147
Poem Title:
The Royal Penitent.
Attribution:
By the Rev. Mr. Dodd.
Attributed To:
William Dodd
First Line:
Life is a journey from the womb
Page No:
pp.148-149
Poem Title:
The Journey of Life. An Ode.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Let rash repiners stand appalled
Page No:
pp.149-150
Poem Title:
Resignation, A Poem.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
In youth's gay bloom ye lovely fair
Page No:
pp.151-153
Poem Title:
Hymenial Caution.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
By disappointments and afflictions sore
Page No:
pp.153-156
Poem Title:
The Complaint and Reproof.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Although disease infects my breast
Page No:
pp.156-158
Poem Title:
A Hymn in Sickness.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Have angels sinned and shall not men beware
Page No:
p.156
Poem Title:
On Watchfulness.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Give me thine heart my much loved son
Page No:
pp.158-161
Poem Title:
The Admonition of Wisdom. Prov. 23.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Reader if fond of wonder and surprize
Page No:
pp.161-164
Poem Title:
Time and Chance.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
To celebrate Jehovah's fame
Page No:
pp.164-166
Poem Title:
Te Deum Laudamus.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
With woes overborne abandoned by relief
Page No:
pp.167-168
Poem Title:
Job, Chapter 3.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Lovely lasting peace of mind
Page No:
pp.169-171
Poem Title:
A Hymn to Contentment.
Attribution:
By Dr. Parnell.
Attributed To:
Thomas Parnell
First Line:
More precious far than rubies who can find
Page No:
pp.171-173
Poem Title:
A Good Wife.
Attribution:
By Fra. Fawkes, A. M.
Attributed To:
Francis Fawkes
First Line:
In that rude climate where the Alps arise
Page No:
pp.173-177
Poem Title:
Purity of Heart
Attribution:
by Mr. Scott.
Attributed To:
James Scott
First Line:
The Lord is my shepherd my guardian and guide
Page No:
pp.177-181
Poem Title:
A Divine Pastoral.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
He comes he comes the trumpets sound
Page No:
pp.181-182
Poem Title:
Ode to Judgment.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Reader thou mayst forbear to put thine eyes
Page No:
p.182
Poem Title:
An Epitaph in St. Martin's Church-yard.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
The soul which inhabited the body that now
Page No:
pp.183-184
Poem Title:
An Epitaph found in the Study of the late Pious Mr. Parsons, to which this request was annexed, "that it might be inscribed on his Tomb."
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Unpitying death and the destroyer time
Page No:
p.183
Poem Title:
Epitaph on a Young Man.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Philips whose touch harmonious could remove
Page No:
p.183
Poem Title:
Epitaph on Claudius Phillips
Attribution:
By S. Johnson.
Attributed To:
Samuel Johnson
First Line:
A blooming youth lies buried here
Page No:
p.184
Poem Title:
Epigram from the Greek.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Destined while living to sustain
Page No:
pp.184-185
Poem Title:
An Epitaph for herself
Attribution:
by Mrs. W-----
Attributed To:
Mehetabel Wright [née Wesley]
First Line:
The almighty called the fatal arrow sped
Page No:
pp.185-187
Poem Title:
On the Death of the Rev. Mr. Walker.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Reader with awe look down and learn
Page No:
pp.187-188
Poem Title:
An Epitaph for a Christian.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Why start this fate will your's be very soon
Page No:
p.188
Poem Title:
The Scull's Address
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed