Modern poems: selected chiefly from miscellanies published lately. [T54021] [ECCO]
- DMI number:
- 1308
- Publication Date:
- 1776
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- T54021
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW111754072
- Shelfmark:
- ECCO - nearest hard copy is in Bodleian Library.
- Full Title:
- MODERN | POEMS: | SELECTED CHIEFLY | FROM | MISCELLANIES | PUBLISHED LATELY. | GLASGOW: | PRINTED BY ANDREW FOULIS. | M.DCC.LXXVI.
- Place of Publication:
- Glasgow
- Format:
- Duodecimo
- Other matter:
- Prefatory matter: two title pages, advertisement (1 unnumbered page), contents (2 unnumbered pages).
- Printer:
- Andrew Foulis
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Gentle river gentle river
- Page No:
- pp.1-3
- Poem Title:
- I. Gentle River, Gentle River. Translated from the Spanish. First published by Mr. Percy.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Softly blow the evening breezes
- Page No:
- pp.4-8
- Poem Title:
- II. Alcanzor and Zayda. A Moorish Tale. Imitated from the Spanish. First Published by Mr. Percy.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- With each perfection dawning on her mind
- Page No:
- pp.9-14
- Poem Title:
- III. The Nun. An Elegy.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- On Leven's banks while free to rove
- Page No:
- pp.14-15
- Poem Title:
- VI. Ode to Leven-Water. By the same.
- Attribution:
- [Smollett]
- Attributed To:
- Tobias George Smollett
- First Line:
- Mourn hapless Caledonia mourn
- Page No:
- pp.15-17
- Poem Title:
- IV. The Tears of Scotland. By Dr. Smollett. Written in the year 1746.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Smollett.
- Attributed To:
- Tobias George Smollett
- First Line:
- Thy spirit independence let me share
- Page No:
- pp.18-23
- Poem Title:
- V. Ode to Independence, by the same.
- Attribution:
- [Smollett]
- Attributed To:
- Tobias George Smollett
- First Line:
- Oft I've implored the gods in vain
- Page No:
- pp.26-28
- Poem Title:
- VII. Prayer for Indifference. By Mrs. Greville.
- Attribution:
- By Mrs. Greville.
- Attributed To:
- Frances Greville [nee Macartney]
- First Line:
- Ah what avails the lengthening mead
- Page No:
- pp.29-31
- Poem Title:
- VIII. The Man of Sorrow. By Mr. Greville.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Greville.
- Attributed To:
- Fulke Greville
- First Line:
- In a fair summer's radiant morn
- Page No:
- pp.32-34
- Poem Title:
- IX. The Entail. A Fable. By the Honourable H. Walpole.
- Attribution:
- By the Honourable H. Walpole.
- Attributed To:
- Horace Walpole
- First Line:
- Expatiate long in nice debate
- Page No:
- pp.35-37
- Poem Title:
- X. Ode to the Atheist. By Mr. Shepherd.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Shepherd.
- Attributed To:
- Richard Shepherd
- First Line:
- Life the dear precarious boon
- Page No:
- pp.38-40
- Poem Title:
- XI. Life: An Ode. By Dr. Hawkesworth.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Hawkesworth.
- Attributed To:
- John Hawkesworth
- First Line:
- Sweet bird that kindly perching near
- Page No:
- pp.41-45
- Poem Title:
- XII. An Evening Address to a Nightingale. By Mr. Shaw.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Shaw.
- Attributed To:
- Cuthbert Shaw
- First Line:
- At the close of the day when the hamlet is still
- Page No:
- pp.46-47
- Poem Title:
- XIII. The Hermit. By Dr. Beattie.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Beattie.
- Attributed To:
- James Beattie
- First Line:
- Shook from the evening's fragrant wings
- Page No:
- pp.48-49
- Poem Title:
- XIV. Retirement. By the Same.
- Attribution:
- [Beattie]
- Attributed To:
- James Beattie
- First Line:
- Brethren by this my mind you'll know
- Page No:
- pp.50-52
- Poem Title:
- XV. Charge of a Bishop to the Clergy of his Diocese.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Saw ye the thane of mickle pride
- Page No:
- pp.53-58
- Poem Title:
- XVI. Duncan. A Fragment.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Brimful of anger not of love
- Page No:
- p.59
- Poem Title:
- XVII. To a Lady, with a Pair of Gloves, on Valentine's Day. By Villiers, Duke of Buckingham.
- Attribution:
- By Villiers, Duke of Buckingham.
- Attributed To:
- George Villiers
- First Line:
- By love too long deprived of rest
- Page No:
- pp.60-62
- Poem Title:
- XVIII. The Recantation. An Ode.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Hence iron sceptered winter haste
- Page No:
- pp.63-74
- Poem Title:
- XIX. Ode on the Approach of Summer.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When chaos with imperial might
- Page No:
- pp.75-76
- Poem Title:
- XX. Winter. A Fragment.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- How clear the sky how soft the gale
- Page No:
- pp.77-78
- Poem Title:
- XXI. Absence. To a Young Gentleman.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- See the fierce storms engage
- Page No:
- pp.79-80
- Poem Title:
- XXII. The Death of Ela. By Mr. Richardson. An Ode.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Richardson.
- Attributed To:
- William Richardson
- First Line:
- The season smiled the gentle airs of May
- Page No:
- pp.81-85
- Poem Title:
- XXIII. Epithalamium on the Marriages of Her Grace the Dutchess of Athol, and of the Honourable Mrs. Graham of Balgowan. Inscribed to Lord Cathcart. By the Same.
- Attribution:
- [Richardson]
- Attributed To:
- William Richardson
- First Line:
- Hail beauteous stranger of the wood
- Page No:
- pp.86-87
- Poem Title:
- XXIV. Ode: To the Cuckoo.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Why should the muse in high ambitious verse
- Page No:
- pp.88-90
- Poem Title:
- XXV. The Cobler.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ah me how little knows the human heart
- Page No:
- pp.91-93
- Poem Title:
- XXVI. Humanity.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- It was a friar of orders gray
- Page No:
- pp.94-98
- Poem Title:
- XXVII. The Friar of Orders Gray. First published by Mr. Percy.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Turn gentle hermit of the dale
- Page No:
- pp.99-105
- Poem Title:
- XXVIII. The Hermit. By Dr. Goldsmith.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Goldsmith.
- Attributed To:
- Oliver Goldsmith
- First Line:
- Secluded from domestic strife
- Page No:
- pp.106-109
- Poem Title:
- XIX. The Double Transformation. A Tale. By the Same.
- Attribution:
- [Goldsmith]
- Attributed To:
- Oliver Goldsmith
- First Line:
- Say cruel Iris pretty rake
- Page No:
- p.110
- Poem Title:
- XXX. The Gift. By the Same.
- Attribution:
- [Goldsmith]
- Attributed To:
- Oliver Goldsmith
- First Line:
- With moral tale let ancient wisdom move
- Page No:
- pp.111-113
- Poem Title:
- XXXI. The Horse and the Olive. By the Late Archdeacon Parnell, Not Yet Printed in his Works.
- Attribution:
- By the Late Archdeacon Parnell
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Parnell
- First Line:
- A mother who vast pleasure finds
- Page No:
- pp.114-117
- Poem Title:
- XXXII. A True Tale; To be Added to Mr. Gay's Fables. Supposed to be Written by Dr. Parnell.
- Attribution:
- Supposed to be Written by Dr. Parnell.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Parnell
- First Line:
- Old friend farewell with whom full many a day
- Page No:
- pp.118-119
- Poem Title:
- XXXIII. On throwing by an Old Black Coat.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Pity the sorrows of a poor old man
- Page No:
- pp.120-121
- Poem Title:
- XXXIV. The Beggar.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Thy fatal shafts unerring move
- Page No:
- p.123
- Poem Title:
- XXXVI. Song. By the Same.
- Attribution:
- [Smollett]
- Attributed To:
- Tobias George Smollett
- First Line:
- His country's hope when now the blooming heir
- Page No:
- pp.124-132
- Poem Title:
- XXXVII. New-Market. A Satire. By Dr. Thomas Warton.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Thomas Warton.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Warton
- First Line:
- Where now are all my flattering dreams of joy
- Page No:
- p.127
- Poem Title:
- XXXV. Love Elegy. By Dr. Smollett.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Smollett.
- Attributed To:
- Tobias George Smollett
- First Line:
- The Bucks had dined and deep in council sat
- Page No:
- p.133
- Poem Title:
- XXXVIII. An Incident in High Life.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Let others dote on gilded roofs of state
- Page No:
- pp.134-135
- Poem Title:
- XXXIX. On Solitude.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Farewell great painter of mankind
- Page No:
- p.136
- Poem Title:
- XL. Epitaph for Mr. William Hogarth. On a Monument at Cheswick.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ordained to tread the thorny ground
- Page No:
- p.137
- Poem Title:
- XLI. The Lawyer's Prayer.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- A shape alone let others prize
- Page No:
- pp.138-139
- Poem Title:
- XLII. Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Somewhere on one of Afric's plains
- Page No:
- pp.140-141
- Poem Title:
- XLIII. The Parliament of Beasts. A Fable.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Shepherds on other banks your flocks may play
- Page No:
- pp.142-145
- Poem Title:
- XLIV. The Dedication of a Fountain. A Mask of Shepherds. In Imitation of Ronsard. By Mr. Jones.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Jones.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Swell the clarion sweep the string
- Page No:
- pp.146-149
- Poem Title:
- XLV. Madness. By Mr. Penrose.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Penrose.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Penrose
- First Line:
- Mild the southern breezes play
- Page No:
- pp.150-152
- Poem Title:
- XLVI. Hymn to Industry. By Mr. Ryan.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Ryan.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ye mountains so dreary and dread
- Page No:
- pp.153-155
- Poem Title:
- XLVII. The Fair Penitent. An Elegiac Ballad.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Come here fond youth whoever thou be
- Page No:
- pp.156-157
- Poem Title:
- XLVIII. Symptoms of Love. By Miss Aiken.
- Attribution:
- By Miss Aiken.
- Attributed To:
- Anna Letitia Barbauld [nee Aikin]
- First Line:
- But sir if these accounts are true
- Page No:
- pp.158-162
- Poem Title:
- XLIX. Table-Talk. A Fragment. Written in the Year 1747.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Far in the windings of a vale
- Page No:
- pp.163-166
- Poem Title:
- L. Edwin and Emma. By Mr. Mallet.
- Attribution:
- by Mr. Mallet.
- Attributed To:
- David Mallet
- First Line:
- Not like the rooted plants that grow
- Page No:
- pp.167-168
- Poem Title:
- LI. Ode. By Captain Petrie.
- Attribution:
- By Captain Petrie.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Bow the head thou lily fair
- Page No:
- pp.169-170
- Poem Title:
- LII. A Dirge.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Cries Ned to his neighbours as onward they pressed
- Page No:
- p.170
- Poem Title:
- LIII. Epigram.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Here lies John Thomson reader stay
- Page No:
- p.170
- Poem Title:
- LIV. Epitaph on an Indolent Man.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- What art thou life so courted by mankind
- Page No:
- p.171
- Poem Title:
- LV. To Life.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Here Daphnis lies to sudden death a prey
- Page No:
- p.172
- Poem Title:
- Epitaph on a Young Gentleman. By Mr. Ryan.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Ryan.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Here Phoebe's ashes in the dust are laid
- Page No:
- p.172
- Poem Title:
- Epitaph on a Young Lady. By the Same.
- Attribution:
- [Ryan]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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