Ovid's Metamorphoses in fifteen books, translated by the most eminent hands [T108889]

DMI number:

582

Aliases

Ovid's Metamorphoses

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Evidence:

Publication Date:

1717

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

T108889

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW115475311

Shelfmark:

BOD (All Souls) b.2.4

Full Title:

OVID’s | METAMORPHOSES | IN | FIFTEEN BOOKS. | [i]Translated by the most Eminent [/i] HANDS. | [rule] | [rule] | Adorn’d with SCULPTURES. | [rule] | [rule] | [i]LONDON[/i]: | Printed for JACOB TONSON at [i]Shakespear’s-Head[/i] | over-against [i]Katharine-Street[/i] in the [i]Strand[/i]. | M DCC XVII.

Genres:

Collection of translations/imitations

Format:

Folio

Pagination:

[6], xx, [4], 1-548.

Bibliographic details:

Plates: Engraved plate opposite title-page, sig.A1, p.1, p.37, p.73, p.101, p.141, p.175, p.213, p.253, p.297, p.331, p.371, p.407, p.435, p.481, p.500, p.509. BIBLIOGRAPHIC DESCRIPTION: 1st edition

Comments:

Contents: Preface and translations of Ovid's Metamorphoses (Books I-XV) by various hands. Query: keep/tidy up all the dedications on the plates?

Other matter:

Prefatory matter: Engraved frontispiece; title-page; engraved dedicatory plate to the Princess of Wales; dedicatory epistle to Princess of Wales signed S.Garth [3pp.]; preface [pp.i-xx]; table of contents [4pp].

References:

David Hopkins, 'Dryden and the Garth-Tonson Metamorphoses', New Series, Vol. XXXIX, No. 153 (1988).

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Content/Publication

First Line:

Of bodies changed to various forms I sing

Page No:

pp.1-4

Poem Title:

Ovid's Metamorphoses. Book I

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. John Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

The golden age was first when man yet new

Page No:

p.5

Poem Title:

The Golden Age.

Attribution:

Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Book I. Translated by Mr. John Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

But when good Saturn banished from above

Page No:

p.6

Poem Title:

The Silver Age.

Attribution:

Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Book I. Translated by Mr. John Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Hard steel succeeded then

Page No:

pp.6-7

Poem Title:

The Iron Age.

Attribution:

Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Book I. Translated by Mr. John Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

To this came next in course the brazen age

Page No:

p.6

Poem Title:

The Brazen Age.

Attribution:

Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Book I. Translated by Mr. John Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Nor were the gods themselves more safe above

Page No:

pp.7-20

Poem Title:

The Gyants War.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. John Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

The first and fairest of his loves was she

Page No:

pp.20-26

Poem Title:

The Transformation of Daphne into a Lawrel.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. John Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

An ancient forest in Thessalia grows

Page No:

pp.26-30

Poem Title:

The Transformation of Io into a Heyfar.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. John Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Now Jove no longer could her sufferings bear

Page No:

pp.30-31

Poem Title:

The Eyes of Argus Transform'd into a Peacock's Train.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. John Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Then Hermes thus a nymph of late there was

Page No:

pp.31-36

Poem Title:

The Transformation of Syrinx into Reeds.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. John Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

The sun's bright palace on high columns raised

Page No:

pp.37-49

Poem Title:

Ovid's Metamorphoses. Book II... The Story of Phaeton.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Addison

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

The Latian nymphs came round him and amazed

Page No:

pp.49-51

Poem Title:

Phaeton's Sisters transform'd into Trees.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Addison

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

Cycnus beheld the nymphs transformed allied

Page No:

pp.51-52

Poem Title:

The Transformation of Cycnus into a Swan.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Addison

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

The day was settled in its course and Jove

Page No:

pp.53-58

Poem Title:

The Story of Calisto.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Addison

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

The raven once in snowy plumes was dressed

Page No:

pp.58-62

Poem Title:

The Story of Coronis, and Birth of Aesculapius.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Addison

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

Old Chiron took the babe with secret joy

Page No:

pp.62-64

Poem Title:

Ocyrrhoe transform'd into a Mare.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Addison

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

Sore wept the centaur and to Phoebus prayed

Page No:

pp.64-65

Poem Title:

The Transformation of Battus to a Touch-stone.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Addison

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

This done the god flew up on high and passed

Page No:

pp.65-70

Poem Title:

The Story of Aglauros transform'd into a Statue.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Addison

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

When now the god his fury had allayed

Page No:

pp.70-72

Poem Title:

Europa's Rape.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Addison

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

When now Agenor had his daughter lost

Page No:

pp.73-79

Poem Title:

The Story of Cadmus.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Addison

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

In a fair chase a shady mountain stood

Page No:

pp.79-82

Poem Title:

The Transformation of Actaeon into a Stag.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Addison

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

Actaeon's sufferings and Diana's rage

Page No:

pp.83-86

Poem Title:

The Birth of Bacchus.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Addison

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

Twas now while these transactions passed on earth

Page No:

pp.86-87

Poem Title:

The Transformation of Tiresias.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Addison

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

Famed far and near for knowing things to come

Page No:

pp.87-88

Poem Title:

The Transformation of Echo.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Addison

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

Thus did the nymphs in vain caress the boy

Page No:

pp.89-93

Poem Title:

The Story of Narcissus.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Addison

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

This sad event gave blind Tiresias fame

Page No:

pp.93-95

Poem Title:

The Story of Pentheus.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Addison

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

Him Pentheus viewed with fury in his look

Page No:

pp.95-99

Poem Title:

The Mariners transform'd to Dolphins

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Addison

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

But Pentheus grown more furious than before

Page No:

pp.99-100

Poem Title:

The Death of Pentheus.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Addison

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

Yet still Alcithoe perverse remains

Page No:

pp.101-104

Poem Title:

The Story of Alcithoe and her Sisters.

Attribution:

By Mr. Eusden

Attributed To:

Laurence Eusden

First Line:

In Babylon where first her Queen for state

Page No:

pp.104-109

Poem Title:

The Story of Pyramus and Thisbe.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e. Eusden] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Laurence Eusden

First Line:

The sun the source of light by beauty's power

Page No:

pp.109-113

Poem Title:

The Story of Leucothoe and the Sun.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e. Eusden] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Laurence Eusden

First Line:

Though guilty Clytie thus the sun betrayed

Page No:

pp.114-115

Poem Title:

The Transformation of Clytie.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e. Eusden] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Laurence Eusden

First Line:

How Salmacis with weak enfeebling streams

Page No:

pp.115-119

Poem Title:

The Story of Salmacis and Hermaphroditus.

Attribution:

By Mr. Addison

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

But Mineus' daughters still their tasks pursue

Page No:

pp.119-120

Poem Title:

Alcithoe and her Sisters transform'd to Bats.

Attribution:

Continued by Mr. Eusden

Attributed To:

Laurence Eusden

First Line:

The power of Bacchus now over Thebes had flown

Page No:

pp.120-127

Poem Title:

The Transformation of Ino and Melicerta to Sea-Gods.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e. Eusden] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Laurence Eusden

First Line:

The Theban matrons their loved Queen pursued

Page No:

pp.127-128

Poem Title:

The Transformation of the Theban Matrons.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e, Eusden] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Laurence Eusden

First Line:

Mean time the wretched Cadmus mourns nor knows

Page No:

pp.128-130

Poem Title:

Cadmus and his Queen transform'd to Serpents.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e. Eusden] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Laurence Eusden

First Line:

Thence Perseus like a cloud by storms was driven

Page No:

pp.130-132

Poem Title:

Atlas transform'd to a Mountain.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e. Eusden] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Laurence Eusden

First Line:

Yet though this harsh inglorious fate they found

Page No:

p.130

Poem Title:

The Story of Perseus.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e. Eusden] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Laurence Eusden

First Line:

Now Aeolus had with strong chains confined

Page No:

pp.132-137

Poem Title:

Andromeda rescued from the Sea-Monster.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e. Eusden] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Laurence Eusden

First Line:

The hero with his just request complies

Page No:

pp.137-139

Poem Title:

The Story of Medusa's Head.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e, Eusden] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Laurence Eusden

First Line:

While Perseus entertained with this report

Page No:

pp.141-153

Poem Title:

The Story of Perseus continued.

Attribution:

Translated by Arthur Maynwaring, Esq

Attributed To:

Arthur Maynwaring

First Line:

Thus far Minerva was content to rove

Page No:

pp.153-154

Poem Title:

Minerva's Interview with the Muses.

Attribution:

Translated by Arthur Maynwaring, Esq

Attributed To:

Arthur Maynwaring

First Line:

Then one replies o goddess fit to guide

Page No:

pp.154-156

Poem Title:

The Fate of Pyreneus.

Attribution:

Translated by Arthur Maynwaring, Esq

Attributed To:

Arthur Maynwaring

First Line:

The muse yet spoke when they began to hear

Page No:

pp.156-157

Poem Title:

The Story of the Pierides.

Attribution:

Translated by Arthur Maynwaring, Esq

Attributed To:

Arthur Maynwaring

First Line:

Then rises one of the presumptuous throng

Page No:

pp.157-158

Poem Title:

The Song of the Pierides.

Attribution:

Translated by Arthur Maynwaring, Esq

Attributed To:

Arthur Maynwaring

First Line:

First Ceres taught the labouring hind to plow

Page No:

pp.158-160

Poem Title:

The Song of the Muses.

Attribution:

Translated by Arthur Maynwaring, Esq

Attributed To:

Arthur Maynwaring

First Line:

Near Enna's walls a spacious lake is spread

Page No:

pp.160-162

Poem Title:

The Rape of Proserpine.

Attribution:

Translated by Arthur Maynwaring, Esq

Attributed To:

Arthur Maynwaring

First Line:

But still does Cyane the rape bemoan

Page No:

p.162

Poem Title:

Cyane dissolves to a Fountain.

Attribution:

Translated by Arthur Maynwaring, Esq

Attributed To:

Arthur Maynwaring

First Line:

Thus while through all the earth and all the main

Page No:

pp.163-167

Poem Title:

A Boy transform'd to an Eft.

Attribution:

Translated by Arthur Maynwaring, Esq

Attributed To:

Arthur Maynwaring

First Line:

The goddess now resolving to succeed

Page No:

pp.167-168

Poem Title:

The Transformation of Ascalaphus into an Owl.

Attribution:

Translated by Arthur Maynwaring, Esq

Attributed To:

Arthur Maynwaring

First Line:

Justly this punishment was due to him

Page No:

pp.168-169

Poem Title:

The Daughters of Achelous transform'd to Sirens.

Attribution:

Translated by Arthur Maynwaring, Esq

Attributed To:

Arthur Maynwaring

First Line:

Still were the purling waters and the maid

Page No:

pp.169-173

Poem Title:

The Story of Arethusa.

Attribution:

Translated by Arthur Maynwaring, Esq

Attributed To:

Arthur Maynwaring

First Line:

The youth over Europe and over Asia drives

Page No:

p.173

Poem Title:

The Transformation of Lyncus.

Attribution:

Translated by Arthur Maynwaring, Esq

Attributed To:

Arthur Maynwaring

First Line:

The chosen muse here ends her sacred lays

Page No:

p.174

Poem Title:

The Pierides transform'd to Magpies.

Attribution:

Translated by Arthur Maynwaring, Esq

Attributed To:

Arthur Maynwaring

First Line:

Pallas attending to the muse's song

Page No:

pp.175-181

Poem Title:

The Transformation of Arachne into a Spider.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Croxall

Attributed To:

Samuel Croxall

First Line:

Swift through the Phrygian towns the rumour flies

Page No:

pp.182-189

Poem Title:

The Story of Niobe.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Croxall

Attributed To:

Samuel Croxall

First Line:

Then all reclaimed by this example showed

Page No:

pp.189-192

Poem Title:

The Peasants of Lycia transform'd to Frogs.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Croxall

Attributed To:

Samuel Croxall

First Line:

Widowed and childless lamentable state

Page No:

p.189

Poem Title:

The Transformation of Niobe.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Croxall

Attributed To:

Samuel Croxall

First Line:

From these relations straight the people turn

Page No:

pp.193-194

Poem Title:

The Story of Pelops.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Croxall

Attributed To:

Samuel Croxall

First Line:

Scarce had the man this famous story told

Page No:

p.193

Poem Title:

The Fate of Marsyas.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Croxall

Attributed To:

Samuel Croxall

First Line:

To Thebes the neighbouring princes all repair

Page No:

pp.194-209

Poem Title:

The Story of Tereus, Procne, and Philomela.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Croxall

Attributed To:

Samuel Croxall

First Line:

Erechtheus next the Athenian sceptre swayed

Page No:

pp.209-211

Poem Title:

Boreas in Love.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Croxall

Attributed To:

Samuel Croxall

First Line:

The Argonauts now stemmed the foaming tide

Page No:

pp.213-217

Poem Title:

Ovid's Metamorphoses. Book VII... The Story of Medea and Jason.

Attribution:

'by Mr. Tate', contents page attribution

Attributed To:

Nahum Tate

First Line:

Impatient for the wonders of the day

Page No:

pp.218-220

Poem Title:

The Dragon's Teeth transform'd to Men.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e., Tate] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Nahum Tate

First Line:

Aemonian matrons who their absence mourned

Page No:

pp.221-227

Poem Title:

Old Aeson restor'd to Youth.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e., Tate] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Nahum Tate

First Line:

Thus far obliging love employed her art

Page No:

pp.227-232

Poem Title:

The Death of Pelias.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e., Tate] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Nahum Tate

First Line:

From hence to Athens she directs her flight

Page No:

pp.232-238

Poem Title:

The Story of Aegeus.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e., Tate] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Nahum Tate

First Line:

A dreadful plague from angry Juno came

Page No:

pp.238-245

Poem Title:

The Story of Ants chang'd to Men.

Attribution:

By Mr. Stonestreet

Attributed To:

William Stonestreet

First Line:

To the inmost courts the Grecian youths were led

Page No:

pp.245-251

Poem Title:

The Story of Cephalus and Procris.

Attribution:

by Mr. Tate [contents page]

Attributed To:

Nahum Tate

First Line:

With such discourse they entertain the day

Page No:

p.245

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Continu'd by Mr. Tate

Attributed To:

Nahum Tate

First Line:

Now shone the morning star in bright array

Page No:

pp.253-260

Poem Title:

Ovid's Metamorphoses. Book VIII... The Story of Nisus and Scylla.

Attribution:

By Mr. Croxall

Attributed To:

Samuel Croxall

First Line:

Now Minos landed on the Cretan shore

Page No:

pp.260-262

Poem Title:

The Labyrinth.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e., Croxall] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Samuel Croxall

First Line:

In tedious exile now too long detained

Page No:

pp.262-266

Poem Title:

The Story of Daedalus and Icarus.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e., Croxall] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Samuel Croxall

First Line:

From him the Caledonians sought relief

Page No:

pp.266-279

Poem Title:

The Story of Meleagar and Atlanta.

Attribution:

By Mr. Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Theseus meanwhile acquitting well his share

Page No:

pp.279-281

Poem Title:

The Transformation of the Naiads.

Attribution:

By Mr. Vernon

Attributed To:

Thomas Vernon

First Line:

But yonder far lo yonder does appear

Page No:

pp.281-282

Poem Title:

Perimele turn'd into an Island.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e., Vernon] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Thomas Vernon

First Line:

Thus Achelous ends his audience hear

Page No:

pp.282-288

Poem Title:

The Story of Baucis and Philemon.

Attribution:

by Mr. Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

He ceased in his relation to proceed

Page No:

p.289

Poem Title:

The Changes of Proteus.

Attribution:

Continu'd by Mr. Vernon

Attributed To:

Thomas Vernon

First Line:

In various shapes thus to deceive the eyes

Page No:

pp.289-292

Poem Title:

The Story of Erisichthon.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e., Vernon] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Thomas Vernon

First Line:

Where frozen Scythia's utmost bound is placed

Page No:

pp.292-294

Poem Title:

The Description of Famine.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e., Vernon] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Thomas Vernon

First Line:

Now riches hoarded by paternal care

Page No:

pp.295-296

Poem Title:

The Transformation of Erisichthon's Daughter.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e., Vernon] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Thomas Vernon

First Line:

Theseus requests the god to tell his woes

Page No:

pp.297-301

Poem Title:

Ovid's Metamorphoses. Book IX... The Story of Achelous and Hercules.

Attribution:

By Mr. Gay

Attributed To:

John Gay

First Line:

This virgin too thy love o Nessus found

Page No:

pp.301-302

Poem Title:

The Death of Nessus the Centaur.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e., Gay] [contents page]

Attributed To:

John Gay

First Line:

Now a long interval of time succeeds

Page No:

pp.302-305

Poem Title:

The Death of Hercules.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e., Gay] [contents page]

Attributed To:

John Gay

First Line:

The hero said and with the torture stung

Page No:

pp.305-306

Poem Title:

The Transformation of Lychas into a Rock.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e., Gay] [contents page]

Attributed To:

John Gay

First Line:

But now the hero of immortal birth

Page No:

pp.306-308

Poem Title:

The Apotheosis of Hercules.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e., Gay] [contents page]

Attributed To:

John Gay

First Line:

Atlas perceived the load of heaven's new guest

Page No:

pp.308-310

Poem Title:

The Transformation of Galanthis.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e., Gay] [contents page]

Attributed To:

John Gay

First Line:

She said and for her lost Galanthis sighs

Page No:

pp.310-313

Poem Title:

The Fable of Dryope.

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Now from her lips a solemn oath had passed

Page No:

pp.314-315

Poem Title:

The Prophecy of Themis.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e., Gay] [contents page]

Attributed To:

John Gay

First Line:

While Iole the fatal change declares

Page No:

p.314

Poem Title:

Iolaus restor'd to Youth.

Attribution:

Continu'd by Mr. Gay

Attributed To:

John Gay

First Line:

When Themis thus with prescient voice had spoke

Page No:

pp.315-316

Poem Title:

The Debate of the Gods.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e., Gay] [contents page]

Attributed To:

John Gay

First Line:

Let the sad fate of wretched Byblis prove

Page No:

pp.316-323

Poem Title:

The Passion of Byblis.

Attribution:

By Stephen Harvey, Esq

Attributed To:

Stephen Harvey

First Line:

The fame of this perhaps through Crete had flown

Page No:

pp.323-330

Poem Title:

The Fable of Iphis and Ianthe.

Attribution:

By Mr. Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Thence in his saffron robe for distant Thrace

Page No:

pp.331-336

Poem Title:

Ovid's Metamorphoses. Book X... The Story of Orpheus and Eurydice.

Attribution:

By Mr. Congreve

Attributed To:

William Congreve

First Line:

Amid the throng of this promiscuous wood

Page No:

pp.336-338

Poem Title:

The Fable of Cyparissus.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e. Congreve]

Attributed To:

William Congreve

First Line:

Thus the sweet artist in a wondrous shade

Page No:

pp.338-339

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Continu'd by Mr. Croxall

Attributed To:

Samuel Croxall

First Line:

Phoebus for thee too Hyacinth designed

Page No:

pp.339-341

Poem Title:

Hyacinthus transform'd into a Flower.

Attribution:

By Mr. Ozell

Attributed To:

John Ozell

First Line:

Enquire of Amathus whose wealthy ground

Page No:

pp.341-342

Poem Title:

The Transformations of the Cerastae, and Propaetides.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e. Ozell] [contents page]

Attributed To:

John Ozell

First Line:

Pygmalion loathing their lascivious life

Page No:

pp.343-346

Poem Title:

The Story of Pygmalion, and the Statue.

Attribution:

By Mr. Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Nor him alone produced the fruitful queen

Page No:

pp.346-358

Poem Title:

The Story of Cinyras, and Myrrha.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e. Dryden] [contents page]

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

For Cytherea's lips while Cupid pressed

Page No:

pp.358-369

Poem Title:

The Story of Venus and Adonis.

Attribution:

By Mr. Eusden

Attributed To:

Laurence Eusden

First Line:

Here while the Thracian bard's enchanting strain

Page No:

pp.371-374

Poem Title:

The Death of Orpheus.

Attribution:

By Mr. Croxall

Attributed To:

Samuel Croxall

First Line:

Bacchus resolving to revenge the wrong

Page No:

pp.374-375

Poem Title:

The Thracian Women transform'd to Trees.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e., Croxall] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Samuel Croxall

First Line:

Nor this sufficed the god's disgust remains

Page No:

pp.375-380

Poem Title:

The Fable of Midas.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e. Croxall] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Samuel Croxall

First Line:

Phoebus with full revenge from Tmolus flies

Page No:

pp.381-382

Poem Title:

The Building of Troy.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e. Croxall] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Samuel Croxall

First Line:

For Proteus thus to virgin Thetis said

Page No:

pp.382-384

Poem Title:

The Story of Thetis and Peleus, &c.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e. Croxall] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Samuel Croxall

First Line:

Peleus unmixed felicity enjoyed

Page No:

pp.384-387

Poem Title:

The Transformation of Daedalion.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e, Croxall] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Samuel Croxall

First Line:

While they astonished heard the king relate

Page No:

pp.387-389

Poem Title:

A Wolf turn'd into Marble.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e. Croxall] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Samuel Croxall

First Line:

These prodigies affect the pious prince

Page No:

pp.389-398

Poem Title:

The Story of Ceyx and Alcyone.

Attribution:

By Mr. Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Near the Cymmerians in his dark abode

Page No:

pp.398-405

Poem Title:

The House of Sleep.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e. Dryden] [contents page]

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

These some old man sees wanton in the air

Page No:

pp.405-406

Poem Title:

Aesacus transform'd into a Cormorant.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e. Dryden] [contents page]

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Priam to whom the story was unknown

Page No:

pp.407-409

Poem Title:

The Trojan War.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Full in the midst of this created space

Page No:

pp.409-410

Poem Title:

The House of Fame.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

From these first onsets the Sigaean shore

Page No:

pp.410-414

Poem Title:

The Story of Cygnus.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Then Nestor thus what once this age has known

Page No:

pp.415-416

Poem Title:

The Story of Caeneus.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Now brave Perithous bold Ixion's son

Page No:

pp.416-424

Poem Title:

The Skirmish between the Centaurs and Lapithites.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Nor could thy form o Cyllarus foreslow

Page No:

pp.424-426

Poem Title:

The Story of Cyllarus and Hylonome.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Already Caeneus with his conquering hand

Page No:

pp.427-430

Poem Title:

Caeneus transform'd to an Eagle.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

This tale by Nestor told did much displease

Page No:

pp.430-431

Poem Title:

The Fate of Periclymenos.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

The sire of Cygnus monarch of the main

Page No:

pp.432-434

Poem Title:

The Death of Achilles.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

The chiefs were set the soldiers crowned the field

Page No:

pp.435-454

Poem Title:

The Speeches of Ajax and Ulysses.

Attribution:

By Mr. Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

The victor with full sails for Lemnos stood

Page No:

pp.454-462

Poem Title:

The Story of Polyxena and Hecuba.

Attribution:

By Mr. Temple Stanyan

Attributed To:

Temple Stanyan

First Line:

He who could often and alone withstand

Page No:

p.454

Poem Title:

The Death of Ajax.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e. Dryden] [contents page]

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Yet bright Aurora partial as she was

Page No:

pp.462-464

Poem Title:

The Funeral of Memnon.

Attribution:

By Mr. Croxall

Attributed To:

Samuel Croxall

First Line:

Troy thus destroyed 'twas still denied by fate

Page No:

pp.464-470

Poem Title:

The Voyage of Aeneas.

Attribution:

By Mr. Catcott

Attributed To:

Alexander Stopford Catcott

First Line:

Acis the lovely youth whose loss I mourn

Page No:

pp.470-477

Poem Title:

The Story of Acis, Polyphemus, and Galatea.

Attribution:

By Mr. Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Here ceased the nymph the fair assembly broke

Page No:

pp.477-480

Poem Title:

The Story of Glaucus and Scylla.

Attribution:

By Mr. Rowe

Attributed To:

Nicholas Rowe

First Line:

Now Glaucus with a lover's haste bounds over

Page No:

pp.481-483

Poem Title:

Ovid's Metamorphoses. Book XIV... The Transformation of Scylla.

Attribution:

Translated by Sir Samuel Garth, M.D.

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

Here bulged the pride of famed Ulysses' fleet

Page No:

pp.483-484

Poem Title:

The Voyage of Aeneas continued.

Attribution:

Book XIV. Translated by Sir Samuel Garth, M.D.

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

Now on his right he leaves Parthenope

Page No:

pp.484-485

Poem Title:

Aeneas descends to Hell.

Attribution:

Book XIV. Translated by Sir Samuel Garth, M.D.

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

The galleys now by Pythecusa pass

Page No:

p.484

Poem Title:

The Transformation of Cercopians into Apes.

Attribution:

Book XIV. Translated by Sir Samuel Garth, M.D.

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

I am no deity replied the dame

Page No:

pp.485-486

Poem Title:

The Story of the Sibyll.

Attribution:

Book XIV. Translated by Sir Samuel Garth, M.D.

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

Thus Achaemenides with thanks I name

Page No:

pp.486-487

Poem Title:

The Adventures of Achaemenides.

Attribution:

Book XIV. Translated by Sir Samuel Garth, M.D.

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

Then Macareus there reigned a prince of fame

Page No:

pp.487-488

Poem Title:

The Adventures of Macareus.

Attribution:

Book XIV. Translated by Sir Samuel Garth, M.D.

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

Before the spacious front a herd we find

Page No:

pp.488-489

Poem Title:

The Enchantments of Circe.

Attribution:

Book XIV. Translated by Sir Samuel Garth, M.D.

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

Picus who once the Ausonian sceptre held

Page No:

pp.489-493

Poem Title:

The Story of Picus and Canens.

Attribution:

Book XIV. Translated by Sir Samuel Garth, M.D.

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

Thus Macareus now with a pious aim

Page No:

pp.493-494

Poem Title:

Aeneas arrives in Italy.

Attribution:

Book XIV. Translated by Sir Samuel Garth, M.D.

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

After famed Ilium was by Argives won

Page No:

pp.494-495

Poem Title:

The Adventures of Diomedes.

Attribution:

Book XIV. Translated by Sir Samuel Garth, M.D.

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

Meanwhile the Latians all their power prepare

Page No:

pp.496- 498

Poem Title:

The Trojan Ships transform'd to Sea-Nymphs.

Attribution:

Book XIV. Translated by Sir Samuel Garth, M.D.

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

Thus Diomedes Venulus withdraws

Page No:

p.496

Poem Title:

The Transformation of Appulus.

Attribution:

Book XIV. Translated by Sir Samuel Garth, M.D.

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

Now had Aeneas as ordained by fate

Page No:

pp.498-499

Poem Title:

The Deification of Aeneas.

Attribution:

Book XIV. Translated by Sir Samuel Garth, M.D.

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

Ascanius now the Latian sceptre sways

Page No:

p.499

Poem Title:

The Line of the Latian Kings.

Attribution:

Book XIV. Translated by Sir Samuel Garth, M.D.

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

A Hama-Dryad flourished in these days

Page No:

pp.500-502

Poem Title:

The Story of Vertumnus and Pomona.

Attribution:

Book XIV. Translated by Sir Samuel Garth, M.D.

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

Iphis of vulgar birth by chance had viewed

Page No:

pp.502-504

Poem Title:

The Story of Iphis and Anaxarete.

Attribution:

Book XIV. Translated by Sir Samuel Garth, M.D.

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

Now Procas yielding to the fates his son

Page No:

pp.504-505

Poem Title:

The Latian Line continu'd.

Attribution:

Book XIV. Translated by Sir Samuel Garth, M.D.

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

Now warrior Mars his burnished helm puts on

Page No:

pp.505-506

Poem Title:

The Assumption of Romulus.

Attribution:

Book XIV. Translated by Sir Samuel Garth, M.D.

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

Ere long the goddess of the nuptial bed

Page No:

pp.506-507

Poem Title:

The Assumption of Hersilia.

Attribution:

Book XIV. Translated by Sir Samuel Garth, M.D.

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

A king is sought to guide the growing state

Page No:

pp.509-531

Poem Title:

Ovid's Metamorphoses. Book XV... The Pythagorean Philosophy.

Attribution:

By Mr. Dryden

Attributed To:

John Dryden

First Line:

Advanced in years he died one common date

Page No:

pp.532-534

Poem Title:

The Story of Hippolytus.

Attribution:

By Mr. Catcott

Attributed To:

Alexander Stopford Catcott

First Line:

But others woes were useless to appease

Page No:

pp.534-535

Poem Title:

Egeria transform'd to a Fountain.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e. Catcott] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Alexander Stopford Catcott

First Line:

Or as when Cippus in the current viewed

Page No:

pp.535-537

Poem Title:

The Story of Cippus.

Attribution:

By Sir Samuel Garth, M. D.

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

Melodious maids of Pindus who inspire

Page No:

pp.537-542

Poem Title:

The Occasion of Aesculapius being brought to Rome.

Attribution:

By Mr. Welsted

Attributed To:

Leonard Welsted

First Line:

But Aesculapius was a foreign power

Page No:

pp.542-547

Poem Title:

The Deification of Julius Caesar.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e. Welsted] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Leonard Welsted

First Line:

Thus raised his glorious offspring Julius viewed

Page No:

pp.547-548

Poem Title:

The Reign of Augustus, in which Ovid flourish'd.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e. Welsted] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Leonard Welsted

First Line:

The work is finished which nor dreads the rage

Page No:

p.548

Poem Title:

The Poet concludes.

Attribution:

by the same Hand [i.e. Welsted] [contents page]

Attributed To:

Leonard Welsted