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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).
Related People
Printer:
Andrew Foulis
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Content/Publication
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