Miscellany Poems. By Mr. Pope. The Fifth Edition [Vol. 1] [T5782]

DMI number:

555

Publication Date:

1727

Volume Number:

1 of 2

ESTC number:

T5782

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW125283172

Shelfmark:

BL 12274.f.2

Full Title:

MISCELLANY | POEMS. | [rule] | VOL. I. | [rule] | By Mr. [i]POPE[/i]. | [rule] | [epigraph] | [rule] | The FIFTH EDITION. | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for BERNARD LINTOT, at the [i]Cross-Keys[/i]. | between the [i]Temple[/i]-Gates in [i]Fleet-street[/i], 1727.

Epigraph:

Haec studia Adolescentiam alunt, Senectutem obtestant; secundas res ornant, adversis perfugium & solatium praebent; delectant domi, non impediunt foris; pernocctant [sic] nobiscum, peregrinantur, rusticantur. Ciccro [sic] pro Arch.

Place of Publication:

London

Format:

Duodecimo

Pagination:

[4], 1-40, [2], [7]-235, [3] (145 and 198 mispaginated 141 and 298 respectively.)

Bibliographic details:

A reissue of T5781, with a new titlepage (Source: ESTC). BL copy has biographical information about Pope written at front. HALF-TITLE: [ornamental rule] | Mr. [i]POPE[/i]'s | MISCELLANY. | VOL. I. | [ornamental rule] PAGINATION: Pagination restarts at p.[7] after the commendatory poems; pagination skips p.40, p.64.

Comments:

QUERY: Does Swindon (national trust) have vol. 2? CONTENTS: Latin poetry, pp.195-197. "The whole probably edited by Pope ... Printed by William Bowyer; his records show 1000 copies printed." (ESTC). PLATES: Frontispiece: portrait of Pope engraved by George Vertue.

Other matter:

BACK MATTER: List of 'Books Printed for Bernard Lintot' (3pp., unnumbered) after p. 235.

References:

Griffith, 192; Maslen & Lancaster. Bowyer ledgers, 1267 (references taken from ESTC). Case, 260 (1)(e).

Related People

Editor:

Alexander Pope

Confidence:

Confident (50%)

Comments:

"The whole probably edited by Pope" (ESTC).

Engraver:

George Vertue

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Publisher:

(Barnaby) Bernard Lintot [Lintott]

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Content/Publication

First Line:

With age decayed with courts and business tired

Page No:

pp.1-2

Poem Title:

On Mr. Pope and his Poems.

Attribution:

By his Grace the Duke of Buckingham' (index)

Attributed To:

John Sheffield

First Line:

The muse of every heavenly gift allowed

Page No:

pp.2-4

Poem Title:

To Mr. Pope.

Attribution:

By A. Countess of Winchelsea

Attributed To:

Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill]

First Line:

In these more dull as more censorious days

Page No:

pp.4-7

Poem Title:

To Mr. Pope at Sixteen Years old; on Occasion of his Pastorals.

Attribution:

Signed 'W. Wycherley'

Attributed To:

William Wycherley

First Line:

He comes he comes bid every bard prepare

Page No:

pp.7-9

Poem Title:

To Mr. Pope, On the publishing his Works.

Attribution:

By the Hon. Simon Harcourt Esq.

Attributed To:

Simon Harcourt

First Line:

To praise and still with just respect to praise

Page No:

pp.9-13

Poem Title:

To Mr. Pope.

Attribution:

T. Parnell

Attributed To:

Thomas Parnell

First Line:

Hail sacred bard a muse unknown before

Page No:

pp.13-18

Poem Title:

To Mr. Pope, On his Windsor-Forest.

Attribution:

Fr. Knapp

Attributed To:

Francis Knapp

First Line:

When Phoebus and the nine harmonious maids

Page No:

pp.18-19

Poem Title:

To Mr. Pope, In imitation of a Greek Epigram on Homer.

Attribution:

E. Fenton

Attributed To:

Elijah Fenton

First Line:

Tis true what famed Pythagoras maintained

Page No:

pp.20-23

Poem Title:

To Mr. Pope, On his Translation of Homer.

Attribution:

By the Rev. Mr. Christopher Pitt

Attributed To:

Christopher Pitt

First Line:

When first thy muse in tuneful rural strains

Page No:

pp.24-26

Poem Title:

To Mr. Pope.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tell me by what commanding wondrous art

Page No:

pp.26-29

Poem Title:

To Mr. Pope.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

And hast thou then performed the mighty task

Page No:

pp.30-35

Poem Title:

To Mr. Pope, Upon his translation of Homer's Iliad.

Attribution:

By the Rev. Dr. Evans

Attributed To:

Abel Evans

First Line:

Let vulgar souls triumphal arches raise

Page No:

pp.36-40

Poem Title:

To Mr. Pope, Upon the edition of his Works 1725.

Attribution:

by the Rev. Mr. Broome

Attributed To:

William Broome

First Line:

Thy forests Windsor and thy green retreats

Page No:

pp.[7]-26

Poem Title:

Windsor-Forest.

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Ye nymphs of Solyma begin the song

Page No:

pp.27-32

Poem Title:

Messiah. A Sacred Eclogue, In Imitation of Virgil's Pollio.

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Descend ye nine descend and sing

Page No:

pp.33-39

Poem Title:

Ode for Musick on St Cecilia's Day.

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

In that soft season when descending showers

Page No:

p.[41]-63

Poem Title:

The Temple of Fame.

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Tis hard to say if greater want of skill

Page No:

pp.[65]-98

Poem Title:

An Essay on Criticism.

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

What dire offence from amorous causes springs

Page No:

p.[101]-138

Poem Title:

The Rape of the Lock.

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

O Abelard ill fated youth

Page No:

p.[141].

Poem Title:

Alma, Cant. 2.

Attribution:

Prior

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

In these deep solitudes and awful cells

Page No:

pp.143-159

Poem Title:

Eloisa to Abelard.

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

What beckoning ghost along the moonlight shade

Page No:

pp.160-163

Poem Title:

Verses To the Memory of an Unfortunate Lady.

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

This verse be thine my friend nor thou refuse

Page No:

pp.164-168

Poem Title:

To Mr. Jervas, with Fresnoy's Art of Painting, Translated by Mr. Dryden.

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

In these gay thoughts the loves and graces shine

Page No:

pp.169-172

Poem Title:

To a Young Lady with the Works of Voiture.

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

As some fond virgin whom her mother's care

Page No:

pp.173-175

Poem Title:

To the Same, On her leaving the Town after the Coronation.

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Such were the notes thy once-loved poet sung

Page No:

pp.176-178

Poem Title:

To the Right Honourable Robert, Earl of Oxford, and Earl Mortimer. With Dr. Parnell's Poems.

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

See the wild waste of all-devouring years

Page No:

pp.179-182

Poem Title:

Verses Occasion'd by Mr. Addison's Treatise of Medals.

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

To wake the soul by tender strokes of art

Page No:

pp.183-185

Poem Title:

Prologue to Mr. Addison's Tragedy of Cato.

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Prodigious this the frail one of our play

Page No:

pp.186-188

Poem Title:

Epilogue to Jane Shore. Design'd for Mrs. Oldfeild [sic].

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Silence coeval with eternity

Page No:

pp.189-192

Poem Title:

Silence, In Imitation of the late E. of R.

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Be gone ye critics and restrain your spite

Page No:

pp.193-194

Poem Title:

To the Author of a Poem entituled, Successio. In Imitation of the late E. of D.

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

To this sad shrine whoever thou art draw near

Page No:

p.298 [i.e. p.198]

Poem Title:

Epitaph On the Monument of Simon Harcourt, Esq; Erected by the Right Honourable the Lord Viscount Harcourt.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thy relics Rowe to this fair shrine we trust

Page No:

p.199

Poem Title:

Epitaph on Mr. Rowe, For a Tomb intended to be erected by his Wife in Westminster-Abbey.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A pleasing form a firm yet cautious mind

Page No:

p.200

Poem Title:

Epitaph.

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Come gentle air the Aeolian shepherd said

Page No:

p.201

Poem Title:

On a Fan of the Author's Design, in which was painted the Story of Cephalus and Procris, with the Motto, Aura Veni.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

How happy he who free from care

Page No:

pp.202-203

Poem Title:

Solitude. Sapphick.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

At length my soul thy fruitless hopes give over

Page No:

pp.204-205

Poem Title:

Stanza's From the French of Malherbe.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Oh be thou blessed with all that heaven can send

Page No:

p.206

Poem Title:

The Wish. Sent to Mrs. M.B. on her Birth-Day, June 15.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ye shades where sacred truth is sought

Page No:

pp.207-209

Poem Title:

Chorus of Athenians

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Oh tyrant love hast thou possessed

Page No:

pp.209-211

Poem Title:

Two Chorus's to the Tragedy of Brutus

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whither is ancient virtue gone

Page No:

pp.212-214

Poem Title:

First Song after the end of the first Act. Chorus of Free Citizens of Rome.

Attribution:

By his Grace the Duke of Buckingham

Attributed To:

John Sheffield

First Line:

Lo to prevent this awful empire's doom

Page No:

pp.214-215

Poem Title:

Second Song after the second Act. The Genius of Rome.

Attribution:

By his Grace the Duke of Buckingham

Attributed To:

John Sheffield

First Line:

Dark is the path poor mortals tread

Page No:

pp.215-216

Poem Title:

Third Song after the third Act. Chorus of Roman Senators.

Attribution:

By his Grace the Duke of Buckingham

Attributed To:

John Sheffield

First Line:

Our vows thus cheerfully we sing

Page No:

pp.217-218

Poem Title:

Fourth Song after the fourth Act. Chorus of Soldiers in the Army of Brutus and Cassius.

Attribution:

By his Grace the Duke of Buckingham

Attributed To:

John Sheffield

First Line:

A famous assembly was summoned of late

Page No:

pp.219-224

Poem Title:

The Election of a Poet Laureat In 1719.

Attribution:

By the same hand [i.e. Buckingham]

Attributed To:

John Sheffield

First Line:

Twas when the seas were roaring

Page No:

pp.225-227

Poem Title:

A Ballad.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

All in the Downs the fleet was moored

Page No:

pp.228-231

Poem Title:

Sweet William's farewel to Black-ey'd Susan. A Ballad.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Chloe a coquet in her prime

Page No:

p.232

Poem Title:

On the Marriage of an Old Maid.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

So bright is thy beauty so charming thy song

Page No:

p.232

Poem Title:

On a handsom Singer, covetous and proud

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Two or three visits and two or three bows

Page No:

p.233

Poem Title:

Two or Three; or, A Receipt to make a Cuckold.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If ever my humble muse melodious sings

Page No:

pp.234-235

Poem Title:

To Mr. Pope, On his correcting my Verses, By Mr. Broome.

Attribution:

By Mr. Broome

Attributed To:

William Broome