Poems and translations by several hands [T63452]

DMI number:

352

Aliases

(Original) Poems and translations by several hands

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

Publication Date:

1714

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

T63452

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW111590501

Shelfmark:

BOD Harding C 77.

Full Title:

POEMS | AND | TRANSLATIONS. | [rule] | [i]By Several Hands.[/i] | [rule] | To which is Added, | [i]The Hospital of[/i] FOOLS; | A DIALOGUE; | By the Late WILLIAM WALSH, Esq; | [rule] | [epigraph] | [rule] | [i]LONDON[/i]: | Printed for J. PEMBERTON, at the [i]Buck[/i] and | [i]Sun[/i] against St. [i]Dunstan[/i]'s Church in [i]Fleet-| street.[/i] MDCCXIV.

Epigraph:

[i]Dulces ante omnia Musae.[/i] Virg.

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Collection of literary verse

Format:

Octavo

Price:

n/a

Pagination:

[4], [i]-vi, i-v, [9], 1-282, [2], 3-26, [2] pp.

Bibliographic details:

Half title: POEMS | AND | Translations, [i]&c.[/i] The stubs of 4 cancelled leaves are visible between pp. 92-3 (G8-H1). Case says 'G 5 is signed, and the last four leaves of G are cancels, printed as a half-sheet and substituted for the original leaves...the table of contents agrees with the book in its amended form.' I8 also seems to have been cancelled. The volume is reissued as 'the second edition' with a cancel title page: see Case 277 (b). The Salisbury Ballad has a separate title page and advertisement.

Comments:

Contents: Following the verse, with a separate title page, is [i]AESCULAPIUS[/i], | OR THE | Hospital of FOOLS. | [rule] | By [i]WILLIAM WALSH[/i], Esq; | [rule] This is a prose dialogue, pp. 3-26 Genre: collection of verse, dominated by John and Jabez Hughes and their friend William Duncombe.

Other matter:

Prefatory matter: Dedication to Thomas Holles Pelham signed by Oldmixon pp. [i]-vi; Preface pp. i-v; Contents, [4pp.]. Back matter: List of books printed for Pemberton, 2 pp.

References:

Case 277.

Related Miscellanies

Title:

Original poems and translations by several hands [N25731]

Publication Date:

1714

ESTC No:

N25731

Volume:

1 of 1

Relationship:

Unknown

Comments:

Related People

Dedicatee:

Thomas Pelham Holles

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Dedicated 'to the Right Honourable Thomas Holles Pelham, Lord Pelham of Laughton'.

Editor:

John Oldmixon

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Dedication is signed by Oldmixon.

Publisher:

J. Pemberton

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

'Printed for J. PEMBERTON, at the Buck and Sun against St. Dunstan's-Church in Fleet-street.'

Content/Publication

First Line:

O Salisbury people give ear to my song

Page No:

pp.1-24

Poem Title:

The Salisbury Ballad. With the Learned Commentaries of a Friend to the Author's Memory.

Attribution:

By Dr. Walter Pope

Attributed To:

Walter Pope

First Line:

Too long alas with storms of hail and snow

Page No:

pp.25-29

Poem Title:

Horace, Ode 2.

Attribution:

By Arthur Maynwaring Esq

Attributed To:

Arthur Maynwaring

First Line:

When in meridian glory bright

Page No:

pp.30-39

Poem Title:

A Pindarick Ode, Inscrib'd to His Grace The Duke of Marlborough.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ye riots of the pit who view this glass

Page No:

pp.40-43

Poem Title:

Epilogue...spoken by Mrs. Oldfield.

Attribution:

Written by A. Maynwaring, Esq;

Attributed To:

Arthur Maynwaring

First Line:

Among the wonders of our times this night

Page No:

pp.44-46

Poem Title:

Prologue.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Though Cato shines in Virgil's epic song

Page No:

pp.47-49

Poem Title:

To Mr. Addison, on his Tragedy of Cato.

Attribution:

By Mr. Hughes

Attributed To:

John Hughes

First Line:

Wit and the laws had both the same ill fate

Page No:

p.50

Poem Title:

On Mr. Bays's Dramatick Pieces.

Attribution:

By N. Rowe

Attributed To:

Nicholas Rowe

First Line:

To M Saffold expiring the sovereign quack

Page No:

pp.51-52

Poem Title:

An Epigram, In Answer to a Libel, call'd, The City Critick; Written against the Author, by Dr. Dr---e.

Attribution:

By Mr. O-------n

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

From those blest regions where the sun displays

Page No:

pp.54-57

Poem Title:

A Hymn On the Three Eastern Magi Adoring our Saviour at his Nativity, guided by a New Star to the Place of his Birth.

Attribution:

By a Lady

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Cleon and Lycidas were jolly swains

Page No:

pp.58-67

Poem Title:

A Pastoral, In Imitation of Drayton's 2d. Nymphal.

Attribution:

By the Same [i.e. a Lady]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Read over these lines the records of my shame

Page No:

pp.68-74

Poem Title:

An Epistle From Rosamond to Henry.

Attribution:

By the Same [i.e. 'By a Lady']

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Still must we mourn your absence still complain

Page No:

pp.75-80

Poem Title:

An Epistle to Climene.

Attribution:

By Mr. R------

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Near a pure stream beneath a cooling shade

Page No:

pp.81-84

Poem Title:

The Caprice.

Attribution:

By the Same [i.e. Mr R----]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Janus great leader of the rolling year

Page No:

pp.85-87

Poem Title:

A Wish to the New Year. 1705.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Despairing beside a clear stream

Page No:

pp.88-91

Poem Title:

Colin's Complaint.

Attribution:

By N. Rowe Esq;

Attributed To:

Nicholas Rowe

First Line:

Two shining maids this happy work displays

Page No:

pp.91-92

Poem Title:

To a Lady with the Tragedy of Cato.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Was't thy zeal or thy drink

Page No:

pp.93-96

Poem Title:

A Dialogue between Toppy and Hoppy. Occasion'd by Hoppy's Verses on Lady M-----r.

Attribution:

By Arthur Maynwaring, Esq;

Attributed To:

Arthur Maynwaring

First Line:

That sore disease that dreadful pain

Page No:

pp.97-100

Poem Title:

A Fable Of the Beasts Sick of the Plague.

Attribution:

By the Late Earl of Godolphin

Attributed To:

Sidney Godolphin

First Line:

Where harmony and conquering beauty reign

Page No:

pp.101-102

Poem Title:

Prologue.

Attribution:

By Dr. Garthe.

Attributed To:

Sir Samuel Garth

First Line:

Prithee tell me what a beau is

Page No:

pp.103-104

Poem Title:

Dialogue between Surly and Beau.

Attribution:

By a Person of Quality

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tomorrow being the day called satur

Page No:

pp.105-106

Poem Title:

To the Honourable Mrs. Juliana Allington.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

What youth too early can obedience yield

Page No:

pp.107-108

Poem Title:

To Mr. S-------. Upon his being Marry'd so Young.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Buckhurst thou dear concern of th' heavenly power

Page No:

p.109

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

While Venus in her snowy arms

Page No:

pp.110-111

Poem Title:

Song. Written for the Late Duke of Gloucester's Birth-Day.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The graces and the wandering loves

Page No:

pp.112-113

Poem Title:

The Wand'ring Beauty.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Awake celestial harmony

Page No:

pp.114-120

Poem Title:

An Ode In Praise of Musick. Perform'd at Stationers-Hall, 1703.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Hughes.

Attributed To:

John Hughes

First Line:

See from the silent grove Alexis flies

Page No:

pp.123-124

Poem Title:

Cantata I. Alexis.

Attribution:

By the Same Hand [i.e. Hughes]

Attributed To:

John Hughes

First Line:

Daphne the beautiful the coy

Page No:

pp.125-127

Poem Title:

Cantata II. Apollo and Daphne. Set by Mr. Galliard

Attribution:

By the Same Hand [i.e. Hughes]

Attributed To:

John Hughes

First Line:

Behold where weeping Venus stands

Page No:

pp.128-130

Poem Title:

Cantata III. Venus and Adonis.

Attribution:

By the Same Hand [i.e. Hughes]

Attributed To:

John Hughes

First Line:

Young Strephon by his folded sheep

Page No:

pp.131-133

Poem Title:

Cantata IV. Pastoral.

Attribution:

By the Same Hand [i.e. Hughes]

Attributed To:

John Hughes

First Line:

I die with too transporting joy

Page No:

p.134

Poem Title:

In English.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tell me some god whence does this change arise

Page No:

pp.135-138

Poem Title:

The Triumph of Love. In Imitation of Ovid, Amorum Lib. 1. Eleg. 2.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Rise Maro rise from that delightful shade

Page No:

pp.139-142

Poem Title:

To the Lady Monthermer. On the Birth of her Son.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Within a secret grove the Paphian queen

Page No:

pp.143-151

Poem Title:

An Epithalamium On the Marriage of Palladius and Celerina. Alter'd from Claudian.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Delightful mansion blessed retreat

Page No:

pp.152-154

Poem Title:

A Thought in a Garden. Written in the Year 1704.

Attribution:

By Mr. Hughes

Attributed To:

John Hughes

First Line:

Once on a solemn festal day

Page No:

pp.155-161

Poem Title:

The Birth of the Rose. From the French.

Attribution:

By the Same Hand [i.e. Hughes]

Attributed To:

John Hughes

First Line:

Whether our stage all others does excel

Page No:

pp.162-163

Poem Title:

Epilogue At the Queen's Theatre, Feb. 16. 1709/10.

Attribution:

By the Same [i.e. Hughes]

Attributed To:

John Hughes

First Line:

Solace of life my sweet companion lyre

Page No:

pp.164-165

Poem Title:

An Image of Pleasure. In Imitation of an Ode in Casimire.

Attribution:

By the Same Hand [i.e. Hughes]

Attributed To:

John Hughes

First Line:

Come my muse a Venus draw

Page No:

pp.166-168

Poem Title:

The Picture

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Let Phoebus his late happiness rehearse

Page No:

pp.169-170

Poem Title:

Barn-Elms

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

An altar raise to friendship's holy flame

Page No:

pp.171-175

Poem Title:

On the Friendship of Phoebe and Asteria; And the Sickness of the Former.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Fame of Dorinda's conquests brought

Page No:

pp.176-177

Poem Title:

Song

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Around your couch while sighing lovers view

Page No:

p.178

Poem Title:

To Octavia Indispos'd.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ye swains whom radiant beauty moves

Page No:

p.179

Poem Title:

Beauty, and Musick.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Cupid survey thy shining train around

Page No:

pp.180-184

Poem Title:

Cupid's Review.

Attribution:

By the Same Hand with the foregoing Copy

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Jehovah reigns thou earth rejoice

Page No:

pp.185-190

Poem Title:

Psalm XCVII. In Paraphrastick Verse.

Attribution:

By Mr. S-----

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Iccius whose breast th'Arabian gold inspires

Page No:

pp.191-192

Poem Title:

Horace, Book I. Ode 29....To Iccius, a Philosopher. Horace upbraids him with his Intention to quit his Books, and the Study of Philosophy, for a Military Life, out of an Avaritious Temper.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. W. Duncomb

Attributed To:

William Duncombe

First Line:

Silence ye winds ye zephyrs cease to blow

Page No:

p.193

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Translated by the Same Hand [i.e. Duncombe]

Attributed To:

William Duncombe

First Line:

Stretched on his homely bed the wearied hind

Page No:

pp.194-195

Poem Title:

A Description of a Summer-Night in the Country.

Attribution:

By Mr. Needler

Attributed To:

Henry Needler

First Line:

Whatever of good or excellent is found

Page No:

pp.196-198

Poem Title:

A Paraphrase on Prov. VIII. beginning at Ver. 10.

Attribution:

By the Same Hand [i.e. Needler]

Attributed To:

Henry Needler

First Line:

Dressed in the charms of wit and fancy long

Page No:

pp.199-204

Poem Title:

To Sir Richard Blackmore on his Poem entitl'd Creation.

Attribution:

By Mr. Ridout.

Attributed To:

Mr. Ridout

First Line:

Verrio no more thy sacred skill prophane

Page No:

pp.205-207

Poem Title:

Advice to Verrio the Painter. On the Defeat of the French and Bavarians, by the Confederate Forces, Commanded by his Grace the Duke of Marlborough.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Dire Hannibal the Roman dread

Page No:

pp.208-210

Poem Title:

Horace, Lib. 2. Ode. 12. To Mecaenas.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Two or three visits and two or three bows

Page No:

p.211

Poem Title:

A Receipt to make a Cuckold.

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

What spacious veins enrich the British soil

Page No:

pp.212-224

Poem Title:

To Sir Humphry Mackworth, On the Mines late of Sir Carberry Price.

Attribution:

By Mr. Yalden

Attributed To:

Thomas Yalden

First Line:

How long deluded Albion wilt thou lie

Page No:

pp.225-243

Poem Title:

An Ode, In Imitation of the Second Ode of the Third Book of Horace...Written in the Year 1692. and not inserted in the Late Edition of his Poems.

Attribution:

By Mr. Prior

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Fair susan did her wifehood well mentain

Page No:

p.244

Poem Title:

In Imitation of Chaucer's Stile.

Attribution:

By the same Hand [i.e. Prior]

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

O thou who with a happy genius born

Page No:

p.245

Poem Title:

Advice to Mr. Pope, On his intended Translation of Homer's Iliads.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

While thus the Prince the wondrous story told

Page No:

pp.246-264

Poem Title:

The Battel of Perseus and Phineus: From the Fifth Book of Ovid's Metamorphosis.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When famed Cecilia on the organ played

Page No:

p.265

Poem Title:

To a Beautiful Lady Playing on the Organ.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The muse with transport loved him yet to fill

Page No:

p.266

Poem Title:

To the Memory of Mr. Milton. Homer's Description of Himself, under the Character of Demodocus the Musician, at the Feast of King Alcinous. From the Eighth Book of the Odysses.

Attribution:

By Mr. Hughes.

Attributed To:

John Hughes

First Line:

O Spartan youths what fascinating charms

Page No:

pp.267-269

Poem Title:

The Praises of Heroick Virtue. From the Fragments of Tyrtaeus. Inscrib'd to General Stanhope.

Attribution:

By the Same Hand [i.e. Hughes]

Attributed To:

John Hughes

First Line:

At length the tumult of the banquet over

Page No:

pp.270-282

Poem Title:

The Description of the River Nile. From the Tenth Book of Lucan's Pharsalia.

Attribution:

By the Same Hand [i.e. Hughes]

Attributed To:

John Hughes