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