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].
- 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
- 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
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