Miscellany, being a collection of poems by several hands [ESTC R3358] [EEBO]

DMI number:

1641

Publication Date:

1685

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

R3358

EEBO/ECCO link:

http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2003&res_id=xri:eebo&rft_id=xri:eebo:citation:12310986

Shelfmark:

EEBO - Bod

Full Title:

MISCELLANY, | Being A | COLLECTION | OF | POEMS | [rule] | By several Hands. | [rule] | Together with | REFLECTIONS | ON | MORALITY, | OR | SENECA UNMASQUED. | [rule] | [i]LONDON[/i]: Printed for [i]J. Hindmarsh[/i], at | the [i]Golden Ball[/i] over against the [i]Royal Ex- | change[/i] in [i]Cornhil[/i], 1685.

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Collection of 17th century verse, Miscellaneous collection, Collection including prose, and Collection includes verse in other languages

Format:

Octavo

Bibliographic details:

CHECK: leaf A2 missing in EEBO facsimile.

Comments:

CONTENTS: Latin poems on Titus Oates, pp. 115-118. 'Seneca Unmasqued, Or, Moral Reflections. From The French: By Mrs. A. B.' (i.e. Aphra Behn), a translation of maxims written by the Duc de La Rochefoucauld, pp. 301-82; preceded by 'The Preface', unpaginated.

Other matter:

'The Epistle Dedicatory' sigs A2r (?) - A4v. Signed 'A. Behn'. CHECK: leaf A2 missing in EEBO facsimile. 'The Table of Contents' sigs a1r - a3v.

References:

NCBEL 335 (1685)

Related People

Editor:

Aphra Behn

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Publisher:

Joseph Hindmarsh

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Content/Publication

First Line:

Come sing my muse that lamp that once did prove

Page No:

pp.1-20

Poem Title:

Musaeus Of Hero and Leander

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Cupid from his mother ran away

Page No:

pp.21-23

Poem Title:

The Runaway Cupid: Out Of Moschus.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Cupid once the little thief would play

Page No:

pp.24-25

Poem Title:

The Honey Stealer, the 20th. Idylium Of Theocrites.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

What Damon sleeping and all over day

Page No:

pp.26-35

Poem Title:

Damon and Thyrsis: A Pastoral On The Right Honourable, The Earl of Pembroke's Wedding.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Let debauchees call matrimony dull

Page No:

pp.36-38

Poem Title:

He advises his friend to Marry. Shews the Happiness of that, and the Miseries of a looser Life

Attribution:

By Mr. H. C. of K. C. C.

Attributed To:

Henry Crispe

First Line:

Feeble like me with such grey locks as these

Page No:

pp.39-40

Poem Title:

From Homer's Iliads ... Priam's Speech To Achilles.

Attribution:

By Mr. T. B.

Attributed To:

Thomas Brown

First Line:

I often have admired dear friend why we

Page No:

pp.41-43

Poem Title:

A Letter from one in the University to his Friend in the Country.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

My dear mistress has a heart

Page No:

pp.43-44

Poem Title:

Song

Attribution:

By the Earl of Rochester

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Mourn mourn ye muses all your loss deplore

Page No:

pp.45-49

Poem Title:

On the Death of the late Earl of Rochester

Attribution:

By Mrs. A. B.

Attributed To:

Aphra Behn

First Line:

Great ruler of the glorious world above

Page No:

pp.50-52

Poem Title:

The Fifth Metre in the first Book of Boetius, done in 1680. on occasion of the present confusion.

Attribution:

By Mr. E. A.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The stars whose splendour gilds the skies

Page No:

pp.53-54

Poem Title:

The Seventh Metre in the first Book of Boetius.

Attribution:

By Mr. E. A.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I love I dote I rave with pain

Page No:

pp.55-57

Poem Title:

The Complaint. A Song To a new Scotch Tune of Mr. Farmers

Attribution:

By Mr. T. O.

Attributed To:

Thomas Otway

First Line:

Forgive him no no damn me if I do

Page No:

pp.58-60

Poem Title:

Against Duelling.

Attribution:

By Mr. H. C. of Kings Colledge.

Attributed To:

Henry Crispe

First Line:

As Damon that unhappy swain

Page No:

pp.60-61

Poem Title:

The Parting

Attribution:

By Mr. T. B.

Attributed To:

Thomas Brown

First Line:

Not I I'll never never entertain

Page No:

pp.61-63

Poem Title:

Out of Ovid's Amours: Book 3. Elegy 3. On his Perjur'd Mistris.

Attribution:

By Mr. H. C. of K. C.

Attributed To:

Henry Crispe

First Line:

Behold the promised land where pleasure flows

Page No:

pp.64-65

Poem Title:

On Flowers in a Ladies Bosom

Attribution:

By T. B.

Attributed To:

Thomas Brown

First Line:

Ah fly me not bright creature stay

Page No:

p.66

Poem Title:

Song ... to Lady F.

Attribution:

Made by an Old Man

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hark hark great love does give the alarms

Page No:

pp.67-68

Poem Title:

On the Duke of Grafton, Upon the first Night of Bedding his Lady.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Let the ambitious favour find

Page No:

pp.68-69

Poem Title:

Song

Attribution:

By the Earl of Dorset

Attributed To:

Charles Sackville

First Line:

Ye virgin powers defend my heart

Page No:

pp.69-70

Poem Title:

Song

Attribution:

Made by Mrs. Taylor

Attributed To:

Elizabeth Taylor

First Line:

Mertill though my heart should break

Page No:

pp.71-72

Poem Title:

To Mertill who desired her to speak to Clorinda of his Love

Attribution:

By Mrs. Taylor

Attributed To:

Elizabeth Taylor

First Line:

Strephon hath fashion wit and youth

Page No:

pp.72-73

Poem Title:

Song

Attribution:

By Mrs. Taylor

Attributed To:

Elizabeth Taylor

First Line:

Daphnis because I am your debtor

Page No:

pp.73-77

Poem Title:

A Letter to Mr. Creech at Oxford, Written in the last great Frost.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

On twelfth night sir by that good token

Page No:

p.78

Poem Title:

Postcript [sic]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Happy the man whose friendly want of wit

Page No:

pp.79-83

Poem Title:

In praise of Folly

Attribution:

By Mr. R. A.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Happy the brace of souls that do conspire

Page No:

pp.84-85

Poem Title:

Friendship

Attribution:

By Mr. T. B.

Attributed To:

Thomas Brown

First Line:

Ye happy swains whose hearts are free

Page No:

p.86

Poem Title:

A Song

Attribution:

By Sir G. Etheridg.

Attributed To:

Sir George Etherege

First Line:

For once kind heaven permit me to lay by

Page No:

pp.87-91

Poem Title:

To Astrea On Her Poems

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Come painter you and I you know dare do

Page No:

pp.92-114

Poem Title:

Old England: Or New Advice To A Painter. A Poem

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I kissed the present thrice and thrice I said

Page No:

pp.119-120

Poem Title:

On a Token sent me by a Lady

Attribution:

By Mr. T. B.

Attributed To:

Thomas Brown

First Line:

Men with much toil and time and pain

Page No:

pp.121-122

Poem Title:

The Female Wits. A Song

Attribution:

By a Lady of Quality

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

False false are the obliging things she swore

Page No:

pp.123-126

Poem Title:

From Ovid's third Book Amor. Ele. 3

Attribution:

By Mr. T. B.

Attributed To:

Thomas Brown

First Line:

Cease cease Aminta to complain

Page No:

pp.127-128

Poem Title:

Song

Attribution:

By Mrs. A. B.

Attributed To:

Aphra Behn

First Line:

Ah Tityrus you can sit beneath a tree

Page No:

pp.129-135

Poem Title:

Tityrus and Melibeus. From Virgil

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

What words what sense what night-piece can express

Page No:

pp.136-139

Poem Title:

On The Death Of The Earl Of Rochester

Attribution:

By an unknown Hand

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Fair nymphs remember all your scorn

Page No:

pp.140-141

Poem Title:

Song

Attribution:

By Mr. J. W.

Attributed To:

James Wright

First Line:

Eve was the first essay of unskilled Jove

Page No:

pp.142-143

Poem Title:

A Poem

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Kind thou art oh shining thing

Page No:

pp.144-145

Poem Title:

To a Vizard Masque

Attribution:

By the same hand [preceding poem unattributed]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

What are those lovely cruel eyes to me

Page No:

pp.146-147

Poem Title:

Song

Attribution:

By Mr. J. W.

Attributed To:

James Wright

First Line:

Is this Dametas Melibeus flock

Page No:

pp.148-156

Poem Title:

Palemon, Menalcas, Dametas. From Virgil

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Is he then dead at last whom vain report

Page No:

pp.157-160

Poem Title:

On The Death Of Famous Mr. Hobbs Of Malmsbury

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

While Iris I at distance view

Page No:

pp.161-162

Poem Title:

A Song

Attribution:

By Mrs. A. B.

Attributed To:

Aphra Behn

First Line:

The man that dares his word maintain

Page No:

pp.163-169

Poem Title:

Out of Horace, Omitted in Mr. Creech. Ode III. Book III.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Those wonderful wise men nicknamed antiquaries

Page No:

pp.170-178

Poem Title:

A Description Of Holland

Attribution:

By Mr. Nevell

Attributed To:

Henry Neville

First Line:

The other day a fair young maid

Page No:

p.179

Poem Title:

Song, From the French

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hapless Philaster in a midnight shade

Page No:

pp.180-183

Poem Title:

Eclogue

Attribution:

By Mr. J. W.

Attributed To:

James Wright

First Line:

In Chloris all soft charms agree

Page No:

pp.184-185

Poem Title:

Song

Attribution:

By Mr. J. H.

Attributed To:

John How

First Line:

Rome your forefathers sins you'll rue

Page No:

pp.186-189

Poem Title:

Horace. Ode VI. Book III. Of the Corrupt, and Degenerate Manners of this Age

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Lets live my Lesbia while we may

Page No:

pp.190-191

Poem Title:

To Lesbia, Out Of Catullus

Attribution:

By an unknown Hand

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

No wonder that great monarch did complain

Page No:

p.192

Poem Title:

On Alexander The Great

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

O wondrous condescension of a god

Page No:

pp.193-200

Poem Title:

A Paraphrase On The Lords Prayer

Attribution:

By Mrs. A. B.

Attributed To:

Aphra Behn

First Line:

In a sad unfrequented cyprus grove

Page No:

pp.201-202

Poem Title:

The Despair

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Oh my dear flask of mine own year

Page No:

pp.203-205

Poem Title:

Horace, Ode XXI. Book III. He treats Coroine, and sings the Praise of Wine

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As young Selinda led her flock

Page No:

pp.206-211

Poem Title:

Selinda and Cloris, Made in an Entertainment At Court

Attribution:

By Mrs A. B.

Attributed To:

Aphra Behn

First Line:

Happy who near you sigh for you alone

Page No:

pp.212-213

Poem Title:

Verses Made By Sapho [sic], Done from the Greek By Boyleau, And from the French By A Lady of Quality

Attribution:

By A Lady of Quality

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whether Bacchus full of thee

Page No:

pp.214-215

Poem Title:

Horace, Ode XXV Book III. Warm with Wine, he resolves to sing the Praise of Augustus

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Damon although you waste in vain

Page No:

pp.216-217

Poem Title:

A Pindaric To Mr. P who sings finely

Attribution:

By Mrs. A. B.

Attributed To:

Aphra Behn

First Line:

Francellias heart is still the same

Page No:

p.219

Poem Title:

A Song

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Know Astreas time has wings

Page No:

pp.220-221

Poem Title:

Song

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The wicked men a journey make

Page No:

pp.222-226

Poem Title:

Ode XXVII. Book III. He disswades Gallatea from going to Sea, from the Example of Eropa [sic]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As the young eagle that Joves thunder bears

Page No:

pp.227-231

Poem Title:

From Horace. Ode IV. Book IV. The innate Valour of Noble Bede, which is yet improv'd by Education, in the Example of Drusus, and Tiberius, under the Discipline of Augustus.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Shall heaven in vain his great credentials give

Page No:

pp.232-236

Poem Title:

On The Miraculous Escape Of His Royal Highness, Going into Scotland By Sea

Attribution:

By Mr. E.A. M.A.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Phoebus and thou great goddess of the skies

Page No:

pp.237-242

Poem Title:

From Horace, A Secular Poem: A Hymn To Phoebus and Diana, For the Prosperity of the Roman Empire

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hither as to an oracle I come

Page No:

pp.243-251

Poem Title:

On The University Of Cambridge. A Dialogue Between Tutor and Pupil. ... Annno [sic] 84

Attribution:

By an Unknown Hand

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hail learned bard who dost thy power dispense

Page No:

pp.252-256

Poem Title:

On The Author Of That Excellent Book Intituled The way to Health, Long Life, and Happiness

Attribution:

By Mrs. A. B.

Attributed To:

Aphra Behn

First Line:

This little silent gloomy monument

Page No:

pp.257-258

Poem Title:

Epitaph On the Tombstone of a Child, the last of Seven that died before

Attribution:

By Mrs. A. B.

Attributed To:

Aphra Behn

First Line:

That gift which late you did bestow

Page No:

pp.259-262

Poem Title:

A Pindaric ... To Mrs. B. Occasioned By a Copy she made On His Play, Called The New Eutopia

Attribution:

By The Honourable Edward Howard

Attributed To:

Edward Howard

First Line:

And how and how messieurs what do you say

Page No:

pp.263-264

Poem Title:

Epilogue To The Jealous Lovers

Attribution:

By Mrs. Behn, in 1682

Attributed To:

Aphra Behn

First Line:

Fair royal maid permit a youth undone

Page No:

pp.265-270

Poem Title:

Ovid to Julia. A Letter

Attribution:

By an Unknown Hand

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When you this title read I know you'll ask

Page No:

pp.271-277

Poem Title:

A Warning To Lovers. How Men may be wiser than their Fore-Fathers

Attribution:

Made by a Gentleman in Bethlehem

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Cruel hard-hearted man was he who first

Page No:

pp.278-279

Poem Title:

Out Of Tibullus, Book III. Elegy II.

Attribution:

By H. Crisp, Fellow of Kings-College in Cambridge

Attributed To:

Henry Crispe

First Line:

Prettiest of birds my Lesbia's favourite

Page No:

pp.280-281

Poem Title:

Lesbia's Sparrow Out Of Catullus

Attribution:

By Mr. Hen. Crisp, Fellow of Kings-College, Cambridge

Attributed To:

Henry Crispe

First Line:

Come all ye Venus's ye Cupids all

Page No:

pp.282-283

Poem Title:

Out Of Catullus. The Death Of Lesbia's Sparrow

Attribution:

By Mr. Hen. Crisp, of Kings-College Cambridge

Attributed To:

Henry Crispe

First Line:

Warm was the season spent was half the day

Page No:

pp.284-286

Poem Title:

Ovids Amours; Book I. Elegy V. Corina Enjoyed

Attribution:

By an Unknown Hand

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Her letter comes at midnight and away

Page No:

pp.287-289

Poem Title:

Out Of Propertius, Book III. Elegy XIV. On His Imperious Mistris

Attribution:

By Mr. Hen. Crisp, of Kings-College Cambridge

Attributed To:

Henry Crispe

First Line:

Why Amarillis dost thou walk alone

Page No:

pp.290-299

Poem Title:

A Pastoral To Mr. Stafford, Under the Name of Silvio, On His Translation Of The Death of Camilla: Out Of Virgil. ... Thirsis and Amarillis

Attribution:

By Mrs. Behn

Attributed To:

Aphra Behn