A collection of poems in four volumes by several hands Vol. 1 [T115888]
- DMI number:
- 906
- Publication Date:
- 1755
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 4
- ESTC number:
- T115888
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW110488109
- Shelfmark:
- BL 992.d.8
- Full Title:
- A | COLLECTION | OF | POEMS | IN FOUR VOLUMES. | BY | SEVERAL HANDS. | [illustration] | LONDON: Printed by J. HUGHS, | For R. and J. DODSLEY, at Tully's-Head in Pall-Mall. | M. DCCLV.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Collection of literary verse
- Format:
- Octavo
- Pagination:
- [4], 1-341, [3] (p.251 is mispaginated '151')
- Bibliographic details:
- Half title: [ornamental rule]| VOL. I. | The Fourth EDITION. | [ornamental rule] Some items have separate title pages.
- Comments:
- Fourth edition of volume 1 of Dodsley's miscellany; intended to be accompanied by the first edition of volume 4.
- Other matter:
- Prefatory matter: Prose advertisement pp. 1-2; Back matter: Index to the First Volume pp. 340-341; Books printed for R. and J. Dodsley [3pp.]
- Title:
- A collection of poems in four volumes by several hands Vol. 2 [T115888]
- Publication Date:
- 1755
- ESTC No:
- T115888
- Volume:
- 2 of 4
- Relationship:
- Volume from the same edition
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of poems in four volumes by several hands Vol. 3 [T115888]
- Publication Date:
- 1755
- ESTC No:
- T115888
- Volume:
- 3 of 4
- Relationship:
- Volume from the same edition
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of poems in four volumes by several hands Vol. 4 [T115892]
- Publication Date:
- 1755
- ESTC No:
- T115892
- Volume:
- 4 of 4
- Relationship:
- Volume from the same edition
- Comments:
- Printer:
- John Hughes
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Title page has "Printed by J. Hughs". See Plomer, Bushnell and Dix, A Dictionary of the Printers and Booksellers who were at Work in England, Scotland and Ireland from 1726 to 1775 (Oxford, 1932), p. 134.
- Publisher:
- James Dodsley
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- Robert Dodsley
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Contending kings and fields of death too long
- Page No:
- pp.5-6
- Poem Title:
- To the Lord Privy-Seal.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Tickell.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- The haughty Gaul in ten campaigns overthrown
- Page No:
- pp.7-23
- Poem Title:
- A Poem on the Prospect of Peace.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Tickell
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- If dumb too long the drooping muse hath stayed
- Page No:
- pp.24-28
- Poem Title:
- To the Right Honourable the Earl of Warwick, &c On the Death of Mr. Addison.
- Attribution:
- [By the Same] i.e. Tickell
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- Of Leinster famed for maidens fair
- Page No:
- pp.28-32
- Poem Title:
- Colin and Lucy.
- Attribution:
- [By the Same] i.e. Tickell
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- As Mar his round one morning took
- Page No:
- pp.32-35
- Poem Title:
- An Imitation of the Prophecy of Nereus. From Horace, Book III. Ode XXV.
- Attribution:
- [By the Same] i.e. Tickell
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- To Whitton's shades and Hounslow's airy plain
- Page No:
- pp.36-38
- Poem Title:
- To Sir Godfrey Kneller at his Country Seat.
- Attribution:
- [By the Same.] i.e. Tickell
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- Of Marlborough's captains and Eugenio's friends
- Page No:
- pp.38-39
- Poem Title:
- On the Death of the Earl of Cadogan.
- Attribution:
- [By the Same.] i.e. Tickell
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Thou dome where Edward first enrolled
- Page No:
- pp.40-43
- Poem Title:
- An Ode Inscrib'd to the Right Honourable the Earl of Sunderland at Windsor.
- Attribution:
- [By the Same.] i.e. Tickell
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- Where Kensington high over the neighbouring lands
- Page No:
- pp.43-62
- Poem Title:
- Kensington Garden.
- Attribution:
- [By the Same.] i.e. Tickell
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- To thee dear rover and thy vanquished friends
- Page No:
- pp.63-70
- Poem Title:
- An Epistle from a Lady in England, to a Gentleman at Avignon.
- Attribution:
- [By the Same.] i.e. Tickell
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- What can the British senate give
- Page No:
- pp.71-83
- Poem Title:
- The Female Reign, An Ode.
- Attribution:
- [By Mr. Cobb.]
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Cobb
- First Line:
- Roxana from the court retiring late
- Page No:
- pp.84-86
- Poem Title:
- Monday. Roxana, or, the Drawing-Room.
- Attribution:
- By the Right Hon. L.M.W.M.
- Attributed To:
- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont]
- First Line:
- Thou who so many favours hast received
- Page No:
- pp.87-91
- Poem Title:
- Tuesday. St. James's Coffee-House. Silliander and Patch.
- Attribution:
- By the Right Hon. L.M.W.M. [p. 84]
- Attributed To:
- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont]
- First Line:
- No fair Dancinda no you strive in vain
- Page No:
- pp.91-94
- Poem Title:
- Wednesday. The Tete a Tete. Dancinda.
- Attribution:
- By the Right Hon. L.M.W.M. [p. 84]
- Attributed To:
- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont]
- First Line:
- The basset table spread the tallier come
- Page No:
- pp.95-99
- Poem Title:
- Thursday. The Bassette-Table. Smilinda and Cardelia.
- Attribution:
- By the Right Hon. L.M.W.M. [p. 84]
- Attributed To:
- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont]
- First Line:
- Now twenty springs had clothed the park with green
- Page No:
- pp.100-102
- Poem Title:
- Friday. The Tolette. [sic] Lydia.
- Attribution:
- By the Right Hon. L.M.W.M. [p. 84]
- Attributed To:
- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont]
- First Line:
- The wretched Flavia on her couch reclined
- Page No:
- pp.103-106
- Poem Title:
- Saturday. The Small-Pox. Flavia.
- Attribution:
- By the Right Hon. L.M.W.M. [p. 84]
- Attributed To:
- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont]
- First Line:
- Read lovely nymph and tremble not to read
- Page No:
- pp.107-111
- Poem Title:
- Epistle from Arthur Grey, the Footman, after his Condemnation for attempting a Rape.
- Attribution:
- [By the Same.] i.e. L.M.W.M.
- Attributed To:
- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont]
- First Line:
- At length by so much importunity pressed
- Page No:
- pp.111-113
- Poem Title:
- The Lover: A Ballad. To Mr. C---.
- Attribution:
- [By the Same.] i.e. L.M.W.M.
- Attributed To:
- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont]
- First Line:
- Whilst thirst of praise and vain desire of fame
- Page No:
- p.113
- Poem Title:
- The Lady's Resolve. Written Extempore on a Window.
- Attribution:
- [By the Same.] i.e. L.M.W.M.
- Attributed To:
- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont]
- First Line:
- Whilst pretty fellows think a woman's fame
- Page No:
- p.114
- Poem Title:
- The Gentleman's Answer.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- How happy you who varied joys pursue
- Page No:
- pp.114-117
- Poem Title:
- An Epistle to Lord B---T.
- Attribution:
- [By the Same.] i.e. L.M.W.M.
- Attributed To:
- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont]
- First Line:
- What could luxurious woman wish for more
- Page No:
- pp.118-119
- Poem Title:
- Epilogue To Mary, Queen of Scots. Design'd to be spoken by Mrs. Oldfield.
- Attribution:
- [By the Same] i.e. L.M.W.M.
- Attributed To:
- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont]
- First Line:
- Why will Delia thus retire
- Page No:
- pp.120-121
- Poem Title:
- A Receipt to Cure the Vapours. Written to Lady J--N.
- Attribution:
- [By the Same.] i.e. L.M.W.M.
- Attributed To:
- Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont]
- First Line:
- This motley piece to you I send
- Page No:
- pp.122-152
- Poem Title:
- The Spleen. An Epistle to Mr. C- J-
- Attribution:
- [By Mr. Matthew Green of the Custom-house.]
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Green
- First Line:
- Gil's history appears to me
- Page No:
- pp.152-153
- Poem Title:
- An Epigram, On the Reverend Mr. Laurence Echard's, and Bishop Gilbert Burnet's Histories.
- Attribution:
- [By the Same.] i.e. Green.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Green
- First Line:
- I lately saw what now I sing
- Page No:
- pp.153-155
- Poem Title:
- The Sparrow and the Diamond. A Song.
- Attribution:
- [By the Same.] i.e. Green.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Green
- First Line:
- Jove for amusement quitted oft his skies
- Page No:
- pp.156-157
- Poem Title:
- Jove and Semele...Occasioned by a Lady's saying, that none of the ancient poetical Stories reflected so much on the Vanity of Women, as that of Phaeton does on the Ambition of Men.
- Attribution:
- [By the Same.] i.e. Green.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Green
- First Line:
- When I first came to London I rambled about
- Page No:
- pp.158-159
- Poem Title:
- The Seeker.
- Attribution:
- [By the Same.] i.e. Green.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Green
- First Line:
- These sheets primeval doctrines yield
- Page No:
- pp.159-163
- Poem Title:
- On Barclay's Apology for the Quakers.
- Attribution:
- [By the Same.] i.e. Green.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Green
- First Line:
- Now had the archangel trumpet raised sublime
- Page No:
- pp.164-178
- Poem Title:
- Pre-Existence: A Poem, In Imitation of Milton.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Old Chiron to his pupil thus began
- Page No:
- pp.178-186
- Poem Title:
- Chiron to Achilles, A Poem.
- Attribution:
- By Hildebrand Jacob, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Hildebrand Jacob
- First Line:
- What am I how produced and for what end
- Page No:
- pp.186-191
- Poem Title:
- [Greek] Know your self.
- Attribution:
- [By the late Dr. Arbuthnot.]
- Attributed To:
- John Arbuthnot
- First Line:
- Though grief and fondness in my breast rebel
- Page No:
- pp.192-205
- Poem Title:
- London: A Poem. In Imitation of the Third Satire of Juvenal.
- Attribution:
- [By Mr. Samuel Johnson.]
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Johnson
- First Line:
- When learning's triumph over her barbarous foes
- Page No:
- pp.206-208
- Poem Title:
- Prologue Spoken By Mr. Garrick, At the Opening of the Theatre in Drury-lane 1747.
- Attribution:
- [By the Same.] i.e. Johnson
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Johnson
- First Line:
- Yes you condemn those sages too refined
- Page No:
- pp.209-219
- Poem Title:
- Of Active and Retired Life. An Epistle to H.C. Esq;
- Attribution:
- [By William Melmoth, Esq;]
- Attributed To:
- William Melmoth
- First Line:
- Silent nymph with curious eye
- Page No:
- pp.220-225
- Poem Title:
- Grongar Hill.
- Attribution:
- [By Mr. Dyer.]
- Attributed To:
- John Dyer
- First Line:
- Enough of Grongar and the shady dales
- Page No:
- pp.226-246
- Poem Title:
- The Ruins of Rome, A Poem.
- Attribution:
- [By the Same.] i.e. Dyer.
- Attributed To:
- John Dyer
- First Line:
- Ah me full sorely is my heart forlorn
- Page No:
- pp.247-261
- Poem Title:
- The School-Mistress, A Poem. In Imitation of Spenser.
- Attribution:
- [By William Shenstone, Esq;]
- Attributed To:
- William Shenstone
- First Line:
- If to an human face sir James should draw
- Page No:
- pp.262-291
- Poem Title:
- The Art of Politicks, In Imitation of Horace's Art of Poetry.
- Attribution:
- [By the Reverend Mr. Bramston.]
- Attributed To:
- James Bramston
- First Line:
- Whoever he be that to a taste aspires
- Page No:
- pp.292-303
- Poem Title:
- The Man of Taste. Occasion'd by an Epistle Of Mr. Pope's on that Subject.
- Attribution:
- [By the Same.] i.e. Bramston
- Attributed To:
- James Bramston
- First Line:
- The art of converse how to soothe the soul
- Page No:
- pp.304-327
- Poem Title:
- An Essay on Conversation.
- Attribution:
- [By Benjamin Stillingfleet.]
- Attributed To:
- Benjamin Stillingfleet
- First Line:
- While lost to all his former mirth
- Page No:
- pp.327-329
- Poem Title:
- Ode, to a Lady. On the Death of Col. Charles Ross, in the Action at Fontenoy. Written May 1745.
- Attribution:
- [By Mr. W. Collins.]
- Attributed To:
- William Collins
- First Line:
- How sleep the brave who sink to rest
- Page No:
- p.330
- Poem Title:
- Ode, Written in the same Year.
- Attribution:
- [By the Same.] i.e. Collins.
- Attributed To:
- William Collins
- First Line:
- If aught of oaten stop or pastoral song
- Page No:
- pp.331-332
- Poem Title:
- Ode to Evening.
- Attribution:
- [By the Same.] i.e. Collins.
- Attributed To:
- William Collins
- First Line:
- A muse expiring who with earliest voice
- Page No:
- p.333
- Poem Title:
- Verses written on a Blank Leaf...when he presented his Works to the Queen, 1732.
- Attribution:
- By Lord Lansdown
- Attributed To:
- George Granville
- First Line:
- Asses milk half a pint take at seven or before
- Page No:
- pp.334-335
- Poem Title:
- Advice to a Lady in Autumn.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The gushing streams impetuous flow
- Page No:
- pp.335-336
- Poem Title:
- On a Lady's drinking the Bath-Waters.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Mistaken fair lay Sherlock by
- Page No:
- p.336
- Poem Title:
- Verses written in a Lady's Sherlock upon Death.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When Fanny blooming fair
- Page No:
- pp.337-338
- Poem Title:
- Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Whenever Chloe I begin
- Page No:
- pp.338-339
- Poem Title:
- Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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