Miscellany Poems. By Mr. Pope. The Fifth Edition. [Vol. I] [ECCO] [T5781]

DMI number:

546

Publication Date:

1726

Volume Number:

1 of 2

ESTC number:

T5781

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW113316120

Shelfmark:

ECCO - BL [can't find on OLIS?]

Full Title:

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

Epigraph:

Haec studia adolescentiam alunt, &c.

Place of Publication:

London

Format:

Duodecimo

Bibliographic details:

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. In ECCO copy pp.26-29 are repeated immediately following.

Comments:

MISCELLANY GENRE: Miscellany associated with Alexander Pope. IMAGES: Engraving of 'Alexander Pope' after half-title, signed by G. Vertue. CONTENTS: Latin poetry, pp.195-197. List of 'Books Printed for Bernard Lintot' (3pp., unnumbered) after p. 235. NOTES: Vol 1 of Lintot's miscellany. Consists of twelve commendatory poems to Pope; poetry by Pope; and after p.211 a selection of poems by Buckingham, Gay, and other hands. "The whole probably edited by Pope. The titlepage to volume two reads ’Miscellany poems. Vol. II. By several hands. The fifth edition’. Printed by William Bowyer; his records show 2000 copies printed." (ESTC).

Other matter:

PREFATORY MATTER: Index to both volumes is bound after the poems in volume 2 of the ECCO copy.

References:

Griffith, 164. Maslen & Lancaster. Bowyer ledgers, 1267 (references taken from ESTC). Case 260(1)(e)-- 260(2)(e)

Related People

Editor:

Alexander Pope

Confidence:

Confident (50%)

Comments:

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

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:

'By the Rev. Mr. Dean Knapp'

Attributed To:

Not attributed

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:

pp.[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:

pp.[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:

p.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:

p.234-235

Poem Title:

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

Attribution:

By Mr. Broome

Attributed To:

William Broome