Miscellany Poems. By several Hands. The Fifth Edition [Vol. II] [ECCO] [T5781]
- DMI number:
- 552
- Publication Date:
- 1727
- Volume Number:
- 2 of 2
- ESTC number:
- T5781
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW110382230
- Shelfmark:
- ECCO - BL [can't find in Bod?]
- Full Title:
- MISCELLANY | POEMS. | [rule] | VOL. II. | [rule] | By several Hands. | [rule] | [ornament] | [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.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Format:
- Duodecimo
- Pagination:
- CW110382230
- Bibliographic details:
- HALF-TITLE: [ornamental rule] | Mr. [i]POPE[/i]'s | MISCELLANY. | VOL. II. | [ornamental rule]
- Comments:
- CONTENTS: List of 'Books Printed for Bernard Lintot' (1p.) after half-title. Latin verse, pp.245-249. List of 'Books Printed for Bernard Lintot' (12pp.) at end. MISCELLANY GENRE: Collection of literary and comic verse, by contributors associated with Alexander Pope. NOTES: Vol. 2 of Lintot's Miscellany (vol. 1 published in 1726). "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)
- Editor:
- Alexander Pope
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- 'The whole probably edited by Pope' (ESTC).
- Publisher:
- (Barnaby) Bernard Lintot [Lintott]
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Ingenious L-- were a picture drawn
- Page No:
- p.[5]-32
- Poem Title:
- The Art of Cookery, In Imitation of Horace's Art of Poetry. To Dr. Lister.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. King.
- Attributed To:
- William King
- First Line:
- If Bellvill can his generous soul confine
- Page No:
- pp.33-35
- Poem Title:
- An Imitation of Horace's Invitation of Torquatus to Supper. Which is The Fifth Epistle to his First Book.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. King]
- Attributed To:
- William King
- First Line:
- Young Slouch the farmer had a jolly wife
- Page No:
- pp.36-39
- Poem Title:
- The Old Cheese.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. King]
- Attributed To:
- William King
- First Line:
- Two neighbours Clod and Jolt would married be
- Page No:
- pp.40-42
- Poem Title:
- The Skillet.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. King]
- Attributed To:
- William King
- First Line:
- Tom Banks by native industry was taught
- Page No:
- pp.43-45
- Poem Title:
- The Fisherman.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. King]
- Attributed To:
- William King
- First Line:
- From London Paul the carrier coming down
- Page No:
- pp.46-47
- Poem Title:
- Little Mouths.
- Attribution:
- By the same [i.e. King]
- Attributed To:
- William King
- First Line:
- There was a lad the unluckiest of his crew
- Page No:
- pp.48-50
- Poem Title:
- Hold fast below.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. King]
- Attributed To:
- William King
- First Line:
- A virtuoso had a mind to see
- Page No:
- pp.51-54
- Poem Title:
- The Incurious.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. King]
- Attributed To:
- William King
- First Line:
- Twas when the fields imbibe the vernal showers
- Page No:
- p.[57]-85
- Poem Title:
- Chaucer's Characters.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Betterton (index)
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Betterton
- First Line:
- At Trompington not far from Cambridge stood
- Page No:
- pp.[89]-103.
- Poem Title:
- The Miller of Trompington, or, the Reve's Tale from Chaucer.
- Attribution:
- By the Same
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Betterton
- First Line:
- Sir | since our Isis silently deplores
- Page No:
- pp.104-114
- Poem Title:
- A Poem To the Memory of Mr. John Philips. To a Friend.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Edmund Smith
- Attributed To:
- Edmund Smith
- First Line:
- Pallas attentive heard the muses song
- Page No:
- pp.115-125
- Poem Title:
- The Story of Arachne, From the beginning of the sixth Book of Ovid's Metamorphoses.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. J. Gay
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- First Line:
- While you my lord bid stately piles ascend
- Page No:
- pp.126-133
- Poem Title:
- An Epistle To the Right Honourable the Earl of Burlington. A Journey to Exeter.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Gay]
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- First Line:
- Disdain not Snow my humble verse to hear
- Page No:
- pp.134-137
- Poem Title:
- A Panegyrical Epistle to Mr. Thomas Snow, Goldsmith, near Temple-Bar: Occasion'd by his Buying and Selling of the Third Subscriptions, taken in by the Directors of the South-Sea Company, at a Thousand per Cent.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Gay]
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- First Line:
- Says my uncle I pray you discover
- Page No:
- pp.138-141
- Poem Title:
- Molly Mog: or, the Fair Maid of the Inn. A Ballad.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Gay]
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- First Line:
- He who in impious times undaunted stood
- Page No:
- p.142
- Poem Title:
- Epitaph on the Monument of the Marquis of Winchelsea.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dryden
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- First Line:
- So fair so young so innocent so sweet
- Page No:
- p.143
- Poem Title:
- Epitaph on Mrs. Margaret Paston of Barningham in Norfolk.
- Attribution:
- By the same [i.e. Dryden]
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- First Line:
- Under this stone lies prudent dame Dorothy
- Page No:
- p.144
- Poem Title:
- Epitaph.
- Attribution:
- By the E. of D.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Cosmelia's charms inspire my lays
- Page No:
- p.145
- Poem Title:
- Cosmelia.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- With joy blessed youth we saw thee reach thy goal
- Page No:
- pp.146-147
- Poem Title:
- On the Death of a Young Gentleman.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Pitt
- Attributed To:
- Christopher Pitt
- First Line:
- While with your Doddington retired you sit
- Page No:
- pp.148-152
- Poem Title:
- An Epistle to Dr. Young, on the Review at Salisbury, In the Year 1722.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Pitt]
- Attributed To:
- Christopher Pitt
- First Line:
- Now Jove's command fulfilled the son of May
- Page No:
- pp.153-161
- Poem Title:
- Part of the Second Book of Statius.
- Attribution:
- By the same [i.e. Pitt]
- Attributed To:
- Christopher Pitt
- First Line:
- While martial sounds and loftier strains proclaim
- Page No:
- pp.162-164
- Poem Title:
- On the Death of --.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- As some unpracticed maid when mutual truth
- Page No:
- pp.165-167
- Poem Title:
- Occasional Verses To Mr. Pope, On reading a scurrilous Epigram reflecting on Him and the Duke of Marlborough.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Begin celestial source of light
- Page No:
- pp.171-183
- Poem Title:
- Ode.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. E. Fenton
- Attributed To:
- Elijah Fenton
- First Line:
- Over winter's long inclement sway
- Page No:
- pp.184-189
- Poem Title:
- An Ode To the Right Honourable John Lord Gower. Written in the Spring, 1716.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Fenton]
- Attributed To:
- Elijah Fenton
- First Line:
- Whylom in Kent there dwelt a clerke
- Page No:
- pp.190-195
- Poem Title:
- A Tale, Devised in the plesaunt manere of gentil Maister Jeoffrey Chaucer.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Fenton]
- Attributed To:
- Elijah Fenton
- First Line:
- Shall Cooper's Hill majestic rise in rhyme
- Page No:
- pp.196-205
- Poem Title:
- Phoenix-Park.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. James Ward
- Attributed To:
- James Ward
- First Line:
- Far in a wild unknown to public view
- Page No:
- pp.206-216
- Poem Title:
- The Hermit.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Tho. Parnell
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Parnell
- First Line:
- What ancient times those times we fancy wise
- Page No:
- pp.217-228
- Poem Title:
- Hesiod: or, the Rise of Woman.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Parnell]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Parnell
- First Line:
- When thy beauty appears
- Page No:
- pp.229-230
- Poem Title:
- Song.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Parnell]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Parnell
- First Line:
- Mindless of fate in these low vile abodes
- Page No:
- pp.231-232
- Poem Title:
- To his Grace the Duke of Argyle, upon reading the following short Preamble to the Patent creating him Duke of Greenwich.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- By milk-white doves as drawn of old
- Page No:
- pp.233-234
- Poem Title:
- On Lady Katharine Hyde's Picture, drawn by Sir Godfrey Kneller. Venus mistaken.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When money and my blood ran high
- Page No:
- pp.235-236
- Poem Title:
- Verses imitated from the French of Monsieur Maynard to Cardinal Richlieu.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Stepney
- Attributed To:
- George Stepney
- First Line:
- See how the wandering Danube flows
- Page No:
- p.237
- Poem Title:
- On the River Danube.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- That all from Adam first begun
- Page No:
- p.238
- Poem Title:
- The Old Gentry, Out of French.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Apollo I will not implore
- Page No:
- pp.239-243
- Poem Title:
- The Monster of Ragusa, as it was seen in the Flying-Post, Feb. 1716. An excellent new Ballad.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Freeman and Wild two hot young gallants
- Page No:
- pp.250-251
- Poem Title:
- The two Friends. Imitated from Monsieur de la Fontain.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Welcome thou friendly earnest of fourscore
- Page No:
- pp.252-253
- Poem Title:
- On the first fit of the Gout.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When at our house the servants brawl
- Page No:
- p.254
- Poem Title:
- Verses made to a Simile of Mr. Pope's.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Rowe
- Attributed To:
- Nicholas Rowe
- First Line:
- Tis true to compliment the dead
- Page No:
- pp.255-264
- Poem Title:
- A Pindarick Ode. To the happy Memory of the most renown'd Du Val.
- Attribution:
- By the Author of Hudibras
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Come beaus virtuosos rich heirs and musicians
- Page No:
- pp.265-267
- Poem Title:
- A Ballad on the Jubilee.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Hall of Hereford
- Attributed To:
- Henry Hall
- First Line:
- One evening when the sun was just gone down
- Page No:
- pp.268-269
- Poem Title:
- On the Death of Old Bennet the News-Cryer.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Slow though I am to wake the sleeping lyre
- Page No:
- pp.270-287
- Poem Title:
- An Epistle to Thomas Lambard, Esq.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Fenton (index)
- Attributed To:
- Elijah Fenton
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