A collection of poems [T120670] [ecco]
- DMI number:
- 1364
- Publication Date:
- 1779
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- T120670
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW114496223
- Shelfmark:
- ECCO - Bod
- Full Title:
- A | COLLECTION | OF | POEMS. | CONTAINING | [2 cols] [col 1] The MINSTREL, or the | Progress of Genius. | OWEN of CARRON. | ESSAY on MAN. | DESERTED VILLAGE. | TRAVELLER. | The GRAVE. [/col 1] | [col 2] The HERMIT of WARK-| WORTH. | Sir ELDRED of the BOWER | and the BLEEDING-ROCK. | The DIABOLIAD, Part | First and Second. [/col 2] | BY | BEATTIE, LANGHORNE, POPE, GOLD-| SMITH, BLAIR, PERCY, MOORE, AND | KENRICK. | LONDON: | Printed for R. DODSLEY, in PALL-MALL, | MDCCLXXIX.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Format:
- Duodecimo
- Bibliographic details:
- Sections have separate title pages. Where relevant these are described as part of miscellany contents. Beattie section: [ornamental rule] | THE | POETICAL | WORKS, | OF | JAMES BEATTIE, LL. D. | PROFESSOR OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY IN THE | UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN. | [ornamental rule] Contents [1p.]
- Other matter:
- Prefatory matter: Contents [1p.]
- Publisher:
- Robert Dodsley
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Attribution to Dodsley possibly spurious?
- First Line:
- Ah who can tell how hard it is to climb
- Page No:
- pp.3-38
- Poem Title:
- The Minstel; Or, The Progress of Genius.
- Attribution:
- James Beattie
- Attributed To:
- James Beattie
- First Line:
- When in the crimson cloud of even
- Page No:
- pp.39-41
- Poem Title:
- Retirement.
- Attribution:
- James Beattie.
- Attributed To:
- James Beattie
- First Line:
- Still shall unthinking man substantial deem
- Page No:
- pp.42-44
- Poem Title:
- Elegy.
- Attribution:
- James Beattie.
- Attributed To:
- James Beattie
- First Line:
- O thou who gladst the pensive soul
- Page No:
- pp.45-48
- Poem Title:
- Ode To Hope.
- Attribution:
- James Beattie
- Attributed To:
- James Beattie
- First Line:
- The pygmy people and the feathered train
- Page No:
- pp.49-54
- Poem Title:
- Pygmaeo-Gerano-Machia, The Battle Of The Pygmies And Cranes. From The Latin Of Addison.
- Attribution:
- James Beattie
- Attributed To:
- James Beattie
- First Line:
- When B invites me and inviting sings
- Page No:
- pp.55-56
- Poem Title:
- Epistle To The Honourble C. B.
- Attribution:
- James Beattie
- Attributed To:
- James Beattie
- First Line:
- Yes yes I grant the sons of earth
- Page No:
- pp.57-63
- Poem Title:
- The Hares, A Fable.
- Attribution:
- James Beattie
- Attributed To:
- James Beattie
- First Line:
- Farewell my best beloved whose heavenly mind
- Page No:
- p.64
- Poem Title:
- Epitaph: Being part of an Inscription for a Monument to be erected by a Gentleman to the memory of his Lady.
- Attribution:
- James Beattie
- Attributed To:
- James Beattie
- First Line:
- A muse unskilled in venal praise
- Page No:
- pp.65-67
- Poem Title:
- Ode On Lord Hay's Birth-Day. 13th May 1767.
- Attribution:
- James Beattie.
- Attributed To:
- James Beattie
- First Line:
- At the close of the day when the hamlet is still
- Page No:
- pp.68-69
- Poem Title:
- The Hermit.
- Attribution:
- James Beattie.
- Attributed To:
- James Beattie
- First Line:
- On Carron's side the primrose pale
- Page No:
- pp.75-94
- Poem Title:
- Owen of Carron.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Langhorne.
- Attributed To:
- John Langhorne
- First Line:
- Awake my St John leave all meaner things
- Page No:
- pp.101-108
- Poem Title:
- Epistle I.
- Attribution:
- By Alexander Pope, Esq.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Know then thyself presume not god to scan
- Page No:
- pp.110-117
- Poem Title:
- Epistle II.
- Attribution:
- By Alexander Pope, Esq.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Here then we rest the universal cause
- Page No:
- pp.119-127
- Poem Title:
- Epistle III.
- Attribution:
- By Alexander Pope, Esq.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- O happiness our being's end and aim
- Page No:
- pp.129-139
- Poem Title:
- Epistle IV.
- Attribution:
- By Alexander Pope, Esq.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Father of all in every age
- Page No:
- pp.140-141
- Poem Title:
- The Universal Prayer...Deo Opt. Max.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Sweet Auburn loveliest village of the plain
- Page No:
- pp.145-156
- Poem Title:
- The Deserted Village
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Goldsmith.
- Attributed To:
- Oliver Goldsmith
- First Line:
- Remote unfriended melancholy slow
- Page No:
- pp.159-169
- Poem Title:
- The Traveller.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Goldsmith.
- Attributed To:
- Oliver Goldsmith
- First Line:
- Whilst some affect the sun and some the shade
- Page No:
- pp.173-192
- Poem Title:
- The Grave
- Attribution:
- By Robert Blair
- Attributed To:
- Robert Blair
- First Line:
- Down in a northern vale wild flowerets grew
- Page No:
- p.195
- Poem Title:
- To Her Grace Elizabeth Duchess And Countess Of Northumberland, In Her Own Right Baroness Percy.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Dark was the night and wild the storm
- Page No:
- pp.199-230
- Poem Title:
- The Hermit of Warkworth, A Northumberland Ballad.
- Attribution:
- by Dean Percy [contents page]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Percy
- First Line:
- There was a young and valiant knight
- Page No:
- pp.243-260
- Poem Title:
- Sir Eldred Of The Bower, A Legendary Tale.
- Attribution:
- By Miss Hannah More.
- Attributed To:
- Hannah More
- First Line:
- Where beauteous Belmont rears its modest brow
- Page No:
- pp.263-268
- Poem Title:
- The Bleeding Rock: A Legendary Tale.
- Attribution:
- By Miss Hannah More.
- Attributed To:
- Hannah More
- First Line:
- The devil grown old was anxious to prepare
- Page No:
- pp.275-322
- Poem Title:
- The Diaboliad
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Kenrick [contents page]
- Attributed To:
- Dr. Kenrick
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