A Collection of Poems [T184998] [ecco]

DMI number:

102

Publication Date:

1733

ESTC number:

T184998

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW116945703

Shelfmark:

ECCO - BOD

Full Title:

A | COLLECTION | OF | POEMS. | [rule] | [i]By the Author of a POEM on the[/i] CAMBRIDGE | LADIES. | [rule] | [ornament] | [double rule] | [i]CAMBRIDGE:[/i] | Printed by [i]W. FENNER.[/i] MDCCXXXIII.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge

Genres:

Subscription Miscellany

Format:

Octavo

Pagination:

0

Other matter:

PREFATORY MATTER: Subscription list (6pp.)

Related People

Printer:

W. Fenner

Confidence:

Confident (50%)

Comments:

'Printed by. W. Fenner'

Content/Publication

First Line:

Could I the gift of nature well display

Page No:

pp.1-5

Poem Title:

To the Gentlemen of Catherine-Hall.

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First Line:

Had I the power to will or to indite

Page No:

pp.6-17

Poem Title:

A Satyrical Poem on the Beggars Opera.

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First Line:

Ere Lucifer dispersed the shades of night

Page No:

pp.18-28

Poem Title:

A Poem in Answer to A Lampoon, which was wrote on the Cambridge Ladies.

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First Line:

Like shipwrecked wretches tossed from shore to shore

Page No:

pp.29-31

Poem Title:

A Prologue to the University of Cambridge.

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First Line:

Since friends and interest jointly do combine

Page No:

pp.32-33

Poem Title:

To a young Woman who was pre-engag'd to a Friend.

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First Line:

Go thou loved tea go to the matchless fair

Page No:

pp.33-34

Poem Title:

Sent with some Tea, which was lost at Cards.

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First Line:

As he lived so he died

Page No:

p.34

Poem Title:

On a Miser.

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First Line:

In lovesick cares with grief oppressed

Page No:

pp.35-36

Poem Title:

The Complaint.

Attribution:

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First Line:

How dark is reason in itself

Page No:

pp.37-38

Poem Title:

To a Deist.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Led by thy gift through paths unknown

Page No:

p.38

Poem Title:

On receiving Byshe's Art of Poetry, from a Gentleman of Catharine-Hall.

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First Line:

I thank you sir for this the first

Page No:

p.39

Poem Title:

On receiving the First Volume of the Spectators, from a Gentleman of the same Hall.

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First Line:

So kind the friend so smooth the numbers rise

Page No:

p.39

Poem Title:

On receiving the Lord Lansdown's Poems, from a Gentleman of the same Hall.

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First Line:

Prythee Nancy

Page No:

pp.40-41

Poem Title:

Advice to a Young-Woman who lov'd a Soldier. A Song.

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First Line:

Numbers uncouth wild rants and fustian rage

Page No:

pp.42-44

Poem Title:

A Prologue to the University and Ladies of Cambridge.

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First Line:

See how my friend the good old man appears

Page No:

pp.45-46

Poem Title:

A Translation of the Twenty-Third Epistle out of the Tenth Book of Martial.

Attribution:

By an unknown Hand.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Were heaven as kind as I my dear

Page No:

pp.47-48

Poem Title:

In imitation of Catullus. A Paraphrase. From the Greek of Menage.

Attribution:

By the same [i.e. unknown hand]

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First Line:

Alas poor Dido faith and troth

Page No:

p.48

Poem Title:

From Ausonius.

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First Line:

From my dear maid I stole a kiss in play

Page No:

p.48

Poem Title:

On his Mistress.

Attribution:

From the same. [i.e. unknown hand]

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Not attributed

First Line:

Selectest pair O friendship most refined

Page No:

pp.49-50

Poem Title:

Upon two young Ladies, who were Sisters.

Attribution:

By an unknown Hand.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Dear Colin prevent my warm blushes

Page No:

pp.51-52

Poem Title:

A Song.

Attribution:

By a young Lady

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Not attributed

First Line:

Hail to the nymph who does my muse inspire

Page No:

pp.52-53

Poem Title:

Sent with a Gift on New-Year's-Day.

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First Line:

Till now of late I thought the well dressed fair

Page No:

pp.53-58

Poem Title:

On the fantastical Behaviour of some of the Fair Sex at Newbury Church in Berkshire, at Divine Service; and also their unanimous Fancy to Velvet Scarves and Scarlet Cloaks.

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First Line:

Rosinda fair Rosinda is possessed

Page No:

p.59

Poem Title:

An Acrostick.

Attribution:

By an unknown Hand

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First Line:

Admire ye poets where ye cannot raise

Page No:

p.60

Poem Title:

Another.

Attribution:

By the same [i.e. unknown hand]

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First Line:

Mirinda charming nymph thou ever shalt be

Page No:

p.61

Poem Title:

Another.

Attribution:

By the same [i.e. unknown hand]

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Not attributed

First Line:

Gods of Castalia and all ye nine

Page No:

pp.62-64

Poem Title:

On M--- C---.

Attribution:

By an unknown Hand

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Not attributed

First Line:

Where healing springs near Astrop placed

Page No:

pp.65-66

Poem Title:

Occasion'd by drinking a Lady's Health at Astrop-Wells; a Peach-stone, which she once had in her Mouth, being put into the Glass.

Attribution:

By an unknown Hand

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Not attributed

First Line:

Drink on my friends drink yeoman dry

Page No:

p.67

Poem Title:

An Epigram, occasion'd by the Peach-stone.

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First Line:

True wit is like a brilliant stone

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p.68

Poem Title:

Upon Wit.

Attribution:

By an unknown Hand

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First Line:

Behold a Lilliputian throng

Page No:

pp.69-70

Poem Title:

A Riddle.

Attribution:

By an unknown Hand

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Not attributed

First Line:

In vain I shun Emilia's eyes

Page No:

pp.71-72

Poem Title:

A Song.

Attribution:

By an unknown Hand

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Not attributed

First Line:

Twas night when sleep each mortal eye had bound

Page No:

pp.73-82

Poem Title:

A Dream.

Attribution:

By an unknown Hand

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First Line:

The beauties of the Cambridge fair

Page No:

pp.83-86

Poem Title:

A Song on the Cambridge Toasts. To the Tune of, All you Ladies now on Land.

Attribution:

By an unknown Hand

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Not attributed

First Line:

The lovely nymphs of trinity

Page No:

pp.87-90

Poem Title:

The Trinity Beauties. To the same Tune.

Attribution:

By a different Hand

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Not attributed

First Line:

In Cambridge dwells a blithesome lass

Page No:

pp.91-93

Poem Title:

A Song.

Attribution:

By J. H.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Some former swains have passionately writ

Page No:

pp.94-95

Poem Title:

By one that lov'd to Excess, and yet rejected the Object beloved.

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First Line:

Accept the dictates of a wounded heart

Page No:

pp.95-97

Poem Title:

To his Mistress.

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First Line:

The furies at a time in consult met

Page No:

pp.97-98

Poem Title:

An Epigram.

Attribution:

By an unknown Hand

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Not attributed

First Line:

Assist ye gods inspire me whilst I write

Page No:

pp.98-103

Poem Title:

Lavinia's Lamentation.

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First Line:

Who ever thou art that mounts a dazzling throne

Page No:

pp.104-109

Poem Title:

A Translation out of Seneca's Trag. Herc. OEtaeus. Act II Cho.

Attribution:

By an unknown Hand

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Not attributed

First Line:

With no less various passions tossed

Page No:

pp.110-111

Poem Title:

Desiring it might rain, to detain a Mistress.

Attribution:

By an unknown Hand.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Dear P---n | While your fair nymph I surveyed

Page No:

p.112

Poem Title:

To a Gentleman in Love.

Attribution:

By the same [i.e. unknown hand]

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Not attributed

First Line:

In vain our fruitless tears are shed

Page No:

pp.113-114

Poem Title:

On the Death of the Reverend Mr. Eyles, A. M. Fellow of St. John's College, just after his return from Paris.

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First Line:

Once more we see the lovely spring

Page No:

p.114

Poem Title:

April.

Attribution:

Philander

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Not attributed

First Line:

Farewell fair saint may neither seas nor wind

Page No:

p.115

Poem Title:

An Epigram on a Lady who cross'd the Seas.

Attribution:

By an unknown Hand

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Not attributed

First Line:

While you my friend enjoy the London air

Page No:

pp.116-119

Poem Title:

An Epistle to a Friend.

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First Line:

Aeolus profligate of storm

Page No:

pp.119-120

Poem Title:

On a Beautiful Young Lady.

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First Line:

Cruel Amanda hard's my fate

Page No:

p.120

Poem Title:

To his Mistress.

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