Ovid's Metamorphoses in fifteen books, translated by the most eminent hands [T138611]

DMI number:

593

Aliases

Ovid's Metamorphoses

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Publication Date:

1717

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

T138611

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW111474903

Shelfmark:

BL 74.k.8

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.

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Collection of translations/imitations

Format:

Folio

Pagination:

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

Bibliographic details:

1st edition; Large paper issue. Off-set on (e.g.) pp. 173, 140, 252 - all pages now facing blank sides of engravings - suggests that the sheets were folded and stored whilst not quite dry before they were bound up with plates.

Comments:

PLATES: Frontispiece (unsigned) and facing sig.A1 (George Vertue after Godfrey Kneller), p.1 (Du Guernier), p.37 (Vandergucht), p.73 (unsigned), p.141 (Kirkall), p.175 (unsigned), p.213 (Kirkall), p.253 (Du Guernier), p.297 (Kirkall), p.331 (E Kirkall), p.371 (Smith), p.407 (Smith), p.435 (Kirkall), p.481 (Vandergucht), p.509 (Kirkall).

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', RES, 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 Transformations 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