Poems by eminent ladies [vol 1] [T42592] [ecco]
- DMI number:
- 899
- Publication Date:
- 1755
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 2
- ESTC number:
- T42592
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW111460971
- Shelfmark:
- ECCO - Bod.
- Full Title:
- POEMS | BY | [i]EMINENT LADIES.[/i] | PARTICULARLY | [two columns] [col1] Mrs. BARBER, | Mrs. BEHN, | Miss CARTER, | Lady CHUDLEIGH, | Mrs. COCKBURN, | Mrs. GRIERSON, | Mrs. JONES, | Mrs. KILLIGREW, | Mrs. LEAPOR, [/col1] | [col2] Mrs. MADAN, | Mrs. MASTERS, | Lady M. W. MONTAGUE, | Mrs. MONK, | Dutchess of NEWCASTLE, | Mrs. K. PHILIPS, | Mrs. PILKINGTON, | Mrs. ROWE, | Lady WINCHELSEA. | [rule] | [epigraph] | [rule] | VOL. I. | [rule] | [i]LONDON[/i], | Printed for R. BALDWIN, at the [i]Rose[/i], in | [i]Pater-Noster Row.[/i] | [short rule] | MDCCLV.
- Epigraph:
- [i]We allow'd you Beauty, and we did submit | To all the Tyrannies of it. | Ah, cruel Sex! will you depose us too in Wit?[/i] | COWLEY.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Collection of literary verse
- Format:
- Duodecimo
- Bibliographic details:
- Each poet's section has a separate title page: [n.p.] [ornamental rule] | POEMS | BY | Mrs. MARY BARBER. | [ornamental rule] p. 51: [ornamental rule] | POEMS | BY | Mrs. APHRA BEHN. | [ornamental rule] p. 171: [ornamental rule] | POEMS | BY | Miss ELIZA CARTER. | [ornamental rule] p. 179: [ornamental rule] | POEMS | BY | Lady CHUDLEIGH. | [ornamental rule] p. 227: [ornamental rule] | POEMS | BY | Mrs. COCKBURN. | [ornamental rule] p. 239: [ornamental rule] | POEMS | BY | Mrs. GRIERSON. | [ornamental rule] p. 253: [ornamental rule] | POEMS | BY | Mrs. MARY JONES. | [ornamental rule]
- Comments:
- Each poet's section is preceded by a biographical introduction: Barber, pp.1-6; Behn pp. 53-58; Carter p. 172; Chudleigh p. 180; Cockburn p. 228; Grierson p. 240; Jones p. 254.
- Other matter:
- Prefatory matter: preface pp.[iii]-iv; contents pp.[v]-x.
- Title:
- Poems by the most eminent ladies of Great-Britain and Ireland [T144911 vol. I]
- Publication Date:
- 1773
- ESTC No:
- T144911
- Volume:
- 1 of 2
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Poems by eminent ladies [vol 1] [T60050] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1757
- ESTC No:
- T60050
- Volume:
- 1 of 2
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Poems by eminent ladies [vol 2] [T42592] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1755
- ESTC No:
- T42592
- Volume:
- 2 of 2
- Relationship:
- Volume from the same edition
- Comments:
- Editor:
- Bonnell Thornton
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Editor:
- George Colman
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- R. Baldwin
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- A mother who vast pleasure finds
- Page No:
- pp.7-10
- Poem Title:
- A True Tale.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems by Mrs. Mary Barber.
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- What is it our mammas bewitches
- Page No:
- pp.10-12
- Poem Title:
- Written for my Son, and spoken by him at his first putting on Breeches.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems by Mrs. Mary Barber.
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- All bounteous heaven Castalio cries
- Page No:
- pp.12-14
- Poem Title:
- An unanswerable Apology for the Rich.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems by Mrs. Mary Barber.
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Wearied with long attendance on the court
- Page No:
- pp.14-16
- Poem Title:
- Widow Gordon's Petition. To the Right Hon. the Lady Carteret.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems by Mrs. Mary Barber.
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Eternal king is there one hour
- Page No:
- p.16
- Poem Title:
- Written in the Conclusion of A Letter to Mr. Tickel, Intreating him to recommend the Widow Gordon's Petition.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems by Mrs. Mary Barber.
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Though rhyme serves the thoughts of great poets to fetter
- Page No:
- pp.17-20
- Poem Title:
- The Prodigy. A Letter to a Friend in the Country.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems by Mrs. Mary Barber.
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Sincerity what are thy views
- Page No:
- pp.20-21
- Poem Title:
- Sincerity. A Poem. Occasion'd by a Friend's resenting some Advice I gave.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems by Mrs. Mary Barber.
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Our master in a fatal hour
- Page No:
- pp.21-22
- Poem Title:
- Written for my Son, and spoken by him in a School, upon his Master's first bringing in a Rod.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems by Mrs. Mary Barber.
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Tis time to conclude for I make it a rule
- Page No:
- pp.22-25
- Poem Title:
- Conclusion of a Letter to the Rev. Mr. C--.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems by Mrs. Mary Barber.
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Were princes graced with souls like thine
- Page No:
- p.22
- Poem Title:
- To his Grace the Duke of Chandos.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems by Mrs. Mary Barber'.
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Once Jupiter from out the skies
- Page No:
- pp.25-26
- Poem Title:
- Jupiter and Fortune. A Fable.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems by Mrs. Mary Barber.
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- As in some wealthy trading town
- Page No:
- pp.26-27
- Poem Title:
- A Letter to a Friend, on occasion of some Libels written against him.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems by Mrs. Mary Barber.
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Dear Rose as I lately was writing some verse
- Page No:
- pp.28-29
- Poem Title:
- A Letter for my Son to one of his Schoolfellows, Son to Henry Rose, Esq;
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems by Mrs. Mary Barber.
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- My lord of Killala I find to my sorrow
- Page No:
- pp.29-30
- Poem Title:
- Apology to Dr. Clayton, Bishop of Killala, and his Lady, who had promis'd to dine with the Author.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems by Mrs. Mary Barber.
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Ierne's now our royal care
- Page No:
- pp.30-32
- Poem Title:
- Apollo's Edict.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems by Mrs. Mary Barber.
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- This mourning mother can with ease explore
- Page No:
- pp.33-34
- Poem Title:
- Occasion'd by seeing some Verses written by Mrs. Grierson, upon the Death of her Son.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems by Mrs. Mary Barber.
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- An oak with spreading branches crowned
- Page No:
- pp.34-35
- Poem Title:
- The Oak and its Branches. A Fable. Occasion'd by seeing a dead Oak beautifully encompassed with Ivy.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Mary Barber.'
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- A curious statue we are told
- Page No:
- pp.35-36
- Poem Title:
- On sending my Son as a Present to Dr. Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, on his Birth-Day.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems by Mrs. Mary Barber.
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Stella and Flavia every hour
- Page No:
- pp.36-37
- Poem Title:
- Stella and Flavia.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems by Mrs. Mary Barber.
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- How well these laymen love to gibe
- Page No:
- pp.37-38
- Poem Title:
- An Apology for the Clergy, who were present when the Minister of the Parish read Prayers and preach'd twice in one Day, at Tunbridge. Written at the request of a Layman.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems by Mrs. Mary Barber.
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Hither amongst the crowds that shun
- Page No:
- pp.38-39
- Poem Title:
- Written upon the Rocks at Tunbridge, on seeing the Names of several Persons written there.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems by Mrs. Mary Barber.
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Though the muse had denied me so often before
- Page No:
- p.39
- Poem Title:
- To the Right Hon. the Earl of Orrery, on his Promise to sup with the Author.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems by Mrs. Mary Barber.
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- O thou with every virtue graced
- Page No:
- pp.40-43
- Poem Title:
- To Mrs. Strangeways Horner, with a Letter from my Son; wherein he desires me to accept his first Prize of Learning, conferr'd on him by the University of Dublin.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems by Mrs. Mary Barber.
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- When I heard you were landed I flew to the nine
- Page No:
- pp.43-44
- Poem Title:
- An Invitation to Edward Walpole, Esq; upon hearing he was landed in Dublin.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems by Mrs. Mary Barber.
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- To the late king of Britain a savage was brought
- Page No:
- p.44
- Poem Title:
- To the Right Honourable John Barber, Esq; Lord Mayor of London, on committting one of my Sons to his Care.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems by Mrs. Mary Barber.
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Ye heedless fair who trifle life away
- Page No:
- p.45
- Poem Title:
- Advice to the Ladies at Bath.
- Attribution:
- Written by a Lady.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Well you sincerity display
- Page No:
- p.45
- Poem Title:
- To a Lady, who valu'd herself on speaking her Mind in a blunt Manner, which she call'd being sincere.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems by Mrs. Mary Barber.
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- How I succeed you kindly ask
- Page No:
- pp.46-50
- Poem Title:
- To a Lady, who commanded me to send her an Account in Verse, how I succeeded in my Subscription.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems by Mrs. Mary Barber.
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Here lies a proof that wit can never be
- Page No:
- p.58
- Poem Title:
- Mrs. Aphra Behn died April 1689.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- At last dear Lycidas I'll set thee free
- Page No:
- pp.59-61
- Poem Title:
- A Voyage To The Isle Of Love. An account from Lisander to Lycidas his friend.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- With you unhappy eyes that first let in
- Page No:
- pp.61-66
- Poem Title:
- The Truce.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- Love when he shoots abroad his darts
- Page No:
- pp.66-68
- Poem Title:
- Love's Power.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- Such charms of youth such ravishment
- Page No:
- pp.68-72
- Poem Title:
- The Character.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- Him whom you see so awful and severe
- Page No:
- pp.73-75
- Poem Title:
- Respect.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- A neighbouring villa which derives its name
- Page No:
- pp.75-76
- Poem Title:
- Inquietude.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- What differing passions from what once I felt
- Page No:
- pp.76-78
- Poem Title:
- The Reflection.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- Thither all the amorous youth repair
- Page No:
- pp.78-81
- Poem Title:
- Little Cares, or Little Arts to please.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- All trembling in my arms Aminta lay
- Page No:
- pp.81-83
- Poem Title:
- The Dream.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- Tis wondrous populous from the excess
- Page No:
- pp.83-84
- Poem Title:
- Hope.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- This river's called pretension and its source
- Page No:
- pp.84-85
- Poem Title:
- The River of Pretension.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- She fans the youthful lover's flame
- Page No:
- pp.85-89
- Poem Title:
- The Princess Hope.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- Must we eternal martyrdom pursue
- Page No:
- pp.89-91
- Poem Title:
- Love's Resentment.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- The houses there retired in gardens are
- Page No:
- pp.92-93
- Poem Title:
- The City of Discretion.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- And though I do not speak alas
- Page No:
- pp.93-94
- Poem Title:
- The silent Confession.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- A den where tigers make the passage good
- Page No:
- pp.94-95
- Poem Title:
- The Den of Cruelty.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- Its torrent has no other source
- Page No:
- pp.96-97
- Poem Title:
- The River of Despair.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- Now my fair tyrant I despise your power
- Page No:
- p.97
- Poem Title:
- The Resolve.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- Say my fair charmer must I fall
- Page No:
- pp.98-104
- Poem Title:
- The Question.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- Rejoice my new made happy soul rejoice
- Page No:
- pp.104-105
- Poem Title:
- The Transport.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- A lady lovely with a charming mien
- Page No:
- pp.105-106
- Poem Title:
- Confidence.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- Oh with what pleasure did I pass away
- Page No:
- pp.106-109
- Poem Title:
- The Reflection.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- Her mourning languid eyes are rarely shown
- Page No:
- pp.109-112
- Poem Title:
- Absence.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- Fond Love thy pretty flatteries cease
- Page No:
- pp.112-114
- Poem Title:
- To Love.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- Rivals tis called a village where
- Page No:
- pp.114-115
- Poem Title:
- Rivals.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- A palace that is more uneasy far
- Page No:
- pp.115-117
- Poem Title:
- Jealousy.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- Oft in my jealous transports I would cry
- Page No:
- pp.117-119
- Poem Title:
- The Complaint.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- With rigour arm yourself I cried
- Page No:
- pp.119-121
- Poem Title:
- The Penitent.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- In this vast isle a famous city stands
- Page No:
- pp.121-122
- Poem Title:
- The City of Love.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- Midst this gay court a famous temple stands
- Page No:
- pp.122-125
- Poem Title:
- Love's Temple.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- Honour's a mighty phantom which around
- Page No:
- pp.126-128
- Poem Title:
- Honour.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- Weep weep Lysander for the lovely maid
- Page No:
- pp.128-132
- Poem Title:
- The Loss.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- Tis all eternal spring around
- Page No:
- pp.133-141
- Poem Title:
- The Prospect and Bower of Bliss.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- Blessed age when every purling stream
- Page No:
- pp.142-150
- Poem Title:
- The Golden Age. A Paraphrase on a Translation from the French.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- Damon I cannot blame your will
- Page No:
- pp.150-151
- Poem Title:
- Song. The Invitation.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- Love in fantastic triumph sat
- Page No:
- p.150
- Poem Title:
- Song. Love Arm'd.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- When Jemmy first began to love
- Page No:
- p.151-152
- Poem Title:
- Scots Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- Amyntas if your wit in dreams
- Page No:
- pp.152-154
- Poem Title:
- On a Copy of Verses made in a Dream, and sent to me in a morning before I was awake.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- What means this knot in mystic order tied
- Page No:
- pp.154-155
- Poem Title:
- On a Locket of Gair wove in a True-Lover's Knot, given me by Sir R. O.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- How strongly does my passion flow
- Page No:
- pp.155-156
- Poem Title:
- Song. On Her Loving Two Equally.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- A pox upon this needless scorn
- Page No:
- pp.156-157
- Poem Title:
- The Counsel. A Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- In the blooming time of the year
- Page No:
- pp.157-160
- Poem Title:
- Sylvio's Complaint. A Song, To a fine Scotch Tune.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- What mean those amorous curls of jet
- Page No:
- pp.160-161
- Poem Title:
- In Imitation of Horace.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- Take back that heart you with such caution give
- Page No:
- pp.161-163
- Poem Title:
- To Lysander, on some Verses he writ, and asking more for his Heart that 'twas worth.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- As wretched vain and indiscreet
- Page No:
- p.163
- Poem Title:
- Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- In vain does Hymen with religious vows
- Page No:
- p.164
- Poem Title:
- Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- What should I ask my friend which best would be
- Page No:
- pp.164-166
- Poem Title:
- Cato's Answer to Labienus, when he advised him to consult the Oracle of Jupiter Ammon. Being a Paraphrastical Translation of Part of the 9th Book of Lucan, beginning at - Quid quaeri, Labiene, jubes, &c.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- Alexis since you'll have it so
- Page No:
- pp.166-167
- Poem Title:
- To Alexis, on his saying, I lov'd a Man that talked much.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- Tell me thou nimble fire that dost dilate
- Page No:
- pp.167-169
- Poem Title:
- Part of an Ode to Desire.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- As the enamoured Thirsis lay
- Page No:
- p.170
- Poem Title:
- Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- The solitary bird of night
- Page No:
- pp.173-176
- Poem Title:
- Ode to Wisdom.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Miss Eliza Carter.'
- Attributed To:
- Elizabeth Carter
- First Line:
- In plaintive sounds that tuned to woe
- Page No:
- pp.177-178
- Poem Title:
- To a Gentleman, On his intending to cut down a Grove to enlarge his Prospect.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Miss Eliza Carter.'
- Attributed To:
- Elizabeth Carter
- First Line:
- Wife and servant are the same
- Page No:
- pp.181-182
- Poem Title:
- To the Ladies.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Lady Chudleigh.'
- Attributed To:
- Mary Chudleigh [nee Lee]
- First Line:
- Methinks I see the golden age again
- Page No:
- pp.182-184
- Poem Title:
- To Eugenia. On her Pastoral.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Lady Chudleigh.'
- Attributed To:
- Mary Chudleigh [nee Lee]
- First Line:
- For what the world admires I'll wish no more
- Page No:
- pp.184-185
- Poem Title:
- The Resolve.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Lady Chudleigh.'
- Attributed To:
- Mary Chudleigh [nee Lee]
- First Line:
- Tell me Marissa by what rule
- Page No:
- pp.185-191
- Poem Title:
- The Inquiry. A Dialogue between Cleanthe and Marissa.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Lady Chudleigh.'
- Attributed To:
- Mary Chudleigh [nee Lee]
- First Line:
- Oh Pollux when thou next revisitst light
- Page No:
- pp.191-196
- Poem Title:
- One of Lucian's Dialogues of the Dead paraphrased.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Lady Chudleigh.'
- Attributed To:
- Mary Chudleigh [nee Lee]
- First Line:
- When Daphne first her shepherd saw
- Page No:
- p.196
- Poem Title:
- Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Lady Chudleigh.'
- Attributed To:
- Mary Chudleigh [nee Lee]
- First Line:
- Welcome thou brave defender of our right
- Page No:
- pp.197-226
- Poem Title:
- The Ladies Defence: Or, A Dialogue between Sir John Brute, Sir William Loveall, Melissa, and a Parson.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Lady Chudleigh.'
- Attributed To:
- Mary Chudleigh [nee Lee]
- First Line:
- Attend ye numerous daring throng who strive
- Page No:
- p.229
- Poem Title:
- Calliope's Directions how to deserve and distinguish the Muses Inspiration.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Cockburn.'
- Attributed To:
- Catharine Cockburn [nee Trotter]
- First Line:
- Soft kisses may be innocent
- Page No:
- p.232
- Poem Title:
- The Caution.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Cockburn.'
- Attributed To:
- Catharine Cockburn [nee Trotter]
- First Line:
- Why do you thus alarm my soul
- Page No:
- pp.232-233
- Poem Title:
- The Platonic.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Cockburn.'
- Attributed To:
- Catharine Cockburn [nee Trotter]
- First Line:
- Thou dear returning lovely swain
- Page No:
- pp.233-234
- Poem Title:
- The Needless Deceit.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Cockburn.'
- Attributed To:
- Catharine Cockburn [nee Trotter]
- First Line:
- Of Albion's splendid court unmoved I hear
- Page No:
- pp.234-238
- Poem Title:
- A Poem, Occasioned by The Busts set up in the Queen's Hermitage; Designed to be presented with a Vindication of Mr. Locke, which was to have been inscribed to her Majesty.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Cockburn.'
- Attributed To:
- Catharine Cockburn [nee Trotter]
- First Line:
- Ah gaze not on those eyes forbear
- Page No:
- p.238
- Poem Title:
- Song. The Vain Advice.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Cockburn.'
- Attributed To:
- Catharine Cockburn [nee Trotter]
- First Line:
- The fleeting birds may soon in ocean swim
- Page No:
- pp.241-243
- Poem Title:
- To Miss Laetitia Van Lewen (Afterwards Mrs. Pilkington) at a Country Assize.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Grierson.'
- Attributed To:
- Constantia Grierson
- First Line:
- If my Laetitia still persists to love
- Page No:
- pp.243-244
- Poem Title:
- To the same on the same Occasion.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Grierson.'
- Attributed To:
- Constantia Grierson
- First Line:
- Long has the warrior's and the lover's fire
- Page No:
- pp.244-246
- Poem Title:
- To Mrs. Mary Barber, Under the Name of Sapphira: Occasioned by the Encouragement she met with in England to publish her Poems by Subscription.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Grierson.'
- Attributed To:
- Constantia Grierson
- First Line:
- Thus twice detected Con thy pride give over
- Page No:
- pp.246-248
- Poem Title:
- Verses Occasioned by Mrs. Barber's Son speaking Latin in School to less Advantage than English: Written as from a Schoolfellow.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Grierson.'
- Attributed To:
- Constantia Grierson
- First Line:
- Some guardian powers in pity to our land
- Page No:
- pp.248-249
- Poem Title:
- To the Hon. Mrs. Percival, On her desisting from the Bermudan Project.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Grierson.'
- Attributed To:
- Constantia Grierson
- First Line:
- The internal senses painted here we see
- Page No:
- p.249
- Poem Title:
- To the Hon. Mrs. Percival, With Hutcheson's Treatise on Beauty and Order.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Grierson.'
- Attributed To:
- Constantia Grierson
- First Line:
- In various forms have I been shown
- Page No:
- pp.249-251
- Poem Title:
- The Speech of Cupid, Upon seeing himself painted By the Honourable Miss Carteret, (Now Countess of Dysert) on a Fan.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Grierson.'
- Attributed To:
- Constantia Grierson
- First Line:
- You look surprised in this deriding age
- Page No:
- pp.251-252
- Poem Title:
- Prologue to Theodosius: Spoken by Athenais at the Theatre in Dublin, when Lord and Lady Carteret were in Ireland.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Grierson.'
- Attributed To:
- Constantia Grierson
- First Line:
- How much of paper's spoiled what floods of ink
- Page No:
- pp.255-259
- Poem Title:
- An Epistle to Lady Bowyer
- Attribution:
- Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Mary Jones.'
- Attributed To:
- Mary Jones
- First Line:
- Patience my lord a virtue rare I grant
- Page No:
- pp.260-271
- Poem Title:
- Of Patience. An Epistle to The Right Hon. Samuel Lord Masham.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Mary Jones.'
- Attributed To:
- Mary Jones
- First Line:
- Whence these impetuous movements of the breast
- Page No:
- pp.271-277
- Poem Title:
- Of Desire. An Epistle to The Honourable Miss Lovelace.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Mary Jones.'
- Attributed To:
- Mary Jones
- First Line:
- Shall so much worth in silence pass away
- Page No:
- pp.277-283
- Poem Title:
- In Memory of The Right Hon. Lord Aubrey Beauclerk, Who was slain at Carthagena. (Written in the year 1743, at the request of his Lady.)
- Attribution:
- Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Mary Jones.'
- Attributed To:
- Mary Jones
- First Line:
- A squire who long had fed on ale
- Page No:
- pp.283-284
- Poem Title:
- To Mrs. Clayton, With a Hare.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Mary Jones.'
- Attributed To:
- Mary Jones
- First Line:
- Now ponder well Miss Clayton dear
- Page No:
- pp.284-286
- Poem Title:
- To Miss Clayton, Occasioned by her breaking an apointment to visit the Author.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Mary Jones.'
- Attributed To:
- Mary Jones
- First Line:
- O all ye spotted brutes that guard the fair
- Page No:
- pp.286-288
- Poem Title:
- Elegy On a favourite Dog, suppos'd to be poison'd. To Miss Molly Clayton.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Mary Jones.'
- Attributed To:
- Mary Jones
- First Line:
- The sun had left the western road
- Page No:
- pp.289-291
- Poem Title:
- The Spider.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Mary Jones.'
- Attributed To:
- Mary Jones
- First Line:
- When skilful traders first set up
- Page No:
- pp.291-292
- Poem Title:
- After the Small-Pox.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Mary Jones.'
- Attributed To:
- Mary Jones
- First Line:
- At the brow of a hill a fair shepherdess dwelt
- Page No:
- pp.292-294
- Poem Title:
- The Lass of the Hill, Humbly inscribed to Her Grace the Dutchess of Marlborough.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Mary Jones.'
- Attributed To:
- Mary Jones
- First Line:
- Since kings and queens and dutchesses must die
- Page No:
- pp.294-296
- Poem Title:
- Consolatory Rhymes To Mrs. East, On the Death of her Canary Bird.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Mary Jones.'
- Attributed To:
- Mary Jones
- First Line:
- Two nymphs of chaste Diana's train
- Page No:
- pp.296-301
- Poem Title:
- Holt Waters. A Tale. Extracted from The Natural History of Berkshire.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Mary Jones.'
- Attributed To:
- Mary Jones
- First Line:
- Alas my purse how lean and low
- Page No:
- pp.301-303
- Poem Title:
- Soliloquy On an Empty Purse.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Mary Jones.'
- Attributed To:
- Mary Jones
- First Line:
- To foreign notes while others tune the lyre
- Page No:
- pp.303-305
- Poem Title:
- To the Prince of Orange, On his Marriage. Written at the time of the Oxford Verses.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Mary Jones.'
- Attributed To:
- Mary Jones
- First Line:
- In the calm hour when pleasure most prevails
- Page No:
- pp.308-310
- Poem Title:
- In Memory of the Right Hon. Nevil Lord Lovelace. To Miss Lovelace.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Mary Jones.'
- Attributed To:
- Mary Jones
- First Line:
- The summit reached of earthly joys
- Page No:
- pp.311-312
- Poem Title:
- Ode To the Right Honourable Lady Henry Beauclerk, On her Marriage.
- Attribution:
- Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Mary Jones.'
- Attributed To:
- Mary Jones
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