Poems by eminent ladies [vol 1] [T60050] [ecco]

DMI number:

902

Publication Date:

1757

Volume Number:

1 of 2

ESTC number:

T60050

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW114257335

Shelfmark:

ECCO - Bod

Full Title:

POEMS | BY | EMINENT LADIES. | 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, | Dutcss of NEWCASTLE, | Mrs. K. PHILIPS, | Mrs. PILKINGTON, | Mrs. ROWE, | Cntss. of WINCHELSEA. | To which is prefixed, | A short ACCOUNT of each WRITER. [rule] | [epigraph] | [rule] | IN TWO VOLUMES. | [rule] | VOL. I. | [double rule] | [i]DUBLIN:[/i] | PRINTED BY D. CHAMBERLAINE, | For SARAH COTTER, under Dick's Coffee- | House in Skinner-Row. M.DCC.LVII.

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:

Dublin

Genres:

Collection of literary verse

Format:

Duodecimo

Bibliographic details:

ESTC notes: 'A variant bears the imprint to volume 1 ’Printed by D. Chamberlaine, And sold at the City register Office, in Pembroke Court, Castle-Street’.' Each poet's section has a separate title page: [n.p.] [rule] | POEMS | BY | MRS. MARY BARBER. | [rule] p. 47: [rule] | POEMS | BY | MRS. APHRA BEHN. | [rule] p. 147: [rule] | POEMS | BY | MISS ELIZA CARTER. | [rule] [n.p]: [rule] | POEMS | BY | LADY CHUDLEIGH. | [rule] p. 197: [rule] | POEMS | BY | MRS. COCKBURN. | [rule] p. 209: [rule] | POEMS | BY | MRS. GRIERSON. | [rule] p. 253: [rule] | POEMS | BY | MRS. MARY JONES. | [rule]

Comments:

Each poet's section is preceded by a biographical introduction: Barber, pp.2-6; Behn pp. 48-52; Carter p. 148; Chudleigh p. 155; Cockburn p. 198; Grierson p. 210; Jones p. 222.

Other matter:

Prefatory matter: Preface pp. iii-v; Contents pp. [vii]-xii.

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Title:

Poems by eminent ladies [vol 1] [T42592] [ecco]

Publication Date:

1755

ESTC No:

T42592

Volume:

1 of 2

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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

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Another Edition of

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Title:

Poems by eminent ladies [vol 2] [T60050] [ecco]

Publication Date:

1757

ESTC No:

T60050

Volume:

2 of 2

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Volume from the same edition

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Editor:

Bonnell Thornton

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Editor:

George Colman

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Printer:

Dillon Chamberlaine

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Absolute (100%)

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Publisher:

Sarah Cotter

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Absolute (100%)

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Content/Publication

First Line:

A mother who vast pleasure finds

Page No:

pp.7-9

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.9-11

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.11-12

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.12-14

Poem Title:

Widow Gordon's Petition. To the Right Honourable 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.14

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.14-17

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:

Our master in a fatal hour

Page No:

pp.18-19

Poem Title:

Written for my Son, and spoken by him in 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:

Sincerity what are thy views

Page No:

p.18

Poem Title:

Sincerity. A Poem: Occasioned by a Friend's resenting some Advice I gave.

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.19

Poem Title:

To his Grace the Duke of Chandos.

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.20-22

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:

Once Jupiter from out the skies

Page No:

pp.22-25

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.25-26

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.26-27

Poem Title:

A Letter for my Son to one of his Schoolfellows, Son to Hery [sic] 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.27-28

Poem Title:

Apology to Dr. Clayton, Bishop of Killala, and his Lady, who had promised 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.28-30

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.30-31

Poem Title:

Occasioned 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:

p.32

Poem Title:

The Oak and its Branches. A Fable. Occasioned 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:

p.33

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.33-34

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.34-35

Poem Title:

An Apology for the Clergy, who were present when the Minister of the Parish read Prayers and preached 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:

p.35

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:

O thou with every virtue graced

Page No:

pp.36-39

Poem Title:

To Mrs. Strangeways Horner, with a Letter from my Son; wherein he desires me to accept his first Prize of Learning, conferred on him by the University of Dublin.

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.36

Poem Title:

To the Rt. 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:

When I heard you were landed I flew to the nine

Page No:

pp.39-40

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.40

Poem Title:

To the Rt. Hon. John Barber, Esq. Lord Mayor of London, on committing 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.41

Poem Title:

Advice to the Ladies at Bath.

Attribution:

Written by a Lady.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

How I succeed you kindly ask

Page No:

pp.41-45

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:

Well you sincerity display

Page No:

p.41

Poem Title:

To a Lady, who valued herself on speaking her Mind in a blunt Manner, which she called being sincere.

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.52

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

At last dear Lycidas I'll set thee free

Page No:

pp.53-54

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.55-59

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.59-61

Poem Title:

Loves's [sic] 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.61-65

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.65-67

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:

p.67

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.68-69

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.69-71

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.71-73

Poem Title:

The Dream.

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.74-75

Poem Title:

The River of Pretension.

Attribution:

Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'

Attributed To:

Aphra Behn

First Line:

Tis wondrous populous from the excess

Page No:

p.74

Poem Title:

Hope.

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.75-78

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.79-80

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.80-81

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.81-82

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.82-83

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.83-84

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:

pp.84-85

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.85-90

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.90-91

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.91-92

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.92-95

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.95-97

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.97-98

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.98-99

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.100-101

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.101-103

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.103-104

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.104-105

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.105-108

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.108-110

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.110-114

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.114-121

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.122-128

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:

Love in fantastic triumph sat

Page No:

pp.128-129

Poem Title:

Love Arm'd. A Song.

Attribution:

Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'

Attributed To:

Aphra Behn

First Line:

Damon I cannot blame your will

Page No:

p.129

Poem Title:

The Invitation. A Song.

Attribution:

Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'

Attributed To:

Aphra Behn

First Line:

When Jemmy first began to love

Page No:

pp.129-130

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.130-132

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.132-133

Poem Title:

On a Locket of Hair 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:

p.133

Poem Title:

On Her Loving Two Equally. A Song.

Attribution:

Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'

Attributed To:

Aphra Behn

First Line:

A pox upon this needless scorn

Page No:

p.134

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.135-136

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:

p.137

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.138-139

Poem Title:

To Lysander, on some Verses he writ, and asking more for his Heart than it was worth.

Attribution:

Collected in section 'Poems By Mrs. Aphra Behn.'

Attributed To:

Aphra Behn

First Line:

As wretched vain and indiscreet

Page No:

pp.139-140

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.140

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.140-142

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 IXth 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.142-143

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.143-145

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.145

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.149-152

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.153-154

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.157-158

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.158-159

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.159-160

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.161-166

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.166-170

Poem Title:

One of Lucan'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.170

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.171-195

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:

pp.199-201

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

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pp.201-202

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

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p.202

Poem Title:

The Platonic.

Attribution:

Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Cockburn.'

Attributed To:

Catharine Cockburn [nee Trotter]

First Line:

Of Albion's splendid court unmoved I hear

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pp.203-206

Poem Title:

A Poem, occasioned by teh 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:

Thou dear returning lovely swain

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p.203

Poem Title:

The Needless Deceit.

Attribution:

Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Cockburn.'

Attributed To:

Catharine Cockburn [nee Trotter]

First Line:

Ah gaze not on those eyes forbear

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p.207

Poem Title:

The Vain Advice. A Song.

Attribution:

Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Cockburn.'

Attributed To:

Catharine Cockburn [nee Trotter]

First Line:

The fleeting birds may soon in ocean swim

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pp.211-212

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

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p.213

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

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pp.213-215

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

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pp.215-216

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

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pp.216-217

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

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p.217

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

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pp.218-219

Poem Title:

The Speech of Cupid, upon seeing himself painted by the Hon. 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

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pp.219-220

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

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pp.223-227

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

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pp.227-236

Poem Title:

Of Patience. An Epistle to the Rt. 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

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pp.237-242

Poem Title:

Of Desire. An Epistle to the Hon. 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

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pp.242-246

Poem Title:

In Memory of the Rt. 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

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pp.246-247

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

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pp.247-248

Poem Title:

To Miss Clayton, occasioned by her breaking an appointment to visit the Author.

Attribution:

Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Mary Jones.'

Attributed To:

Mary Jones

First Line:

Alas my purse how lean and low

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pp.249-251

Poem Title:

Soliloquy on an Empty Purse.

Attribution:

Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Mary Jones.'

Attributed To:

Mary Jones

First Line:

O all ye spotted brutes that guard the fair

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pp.249-251

Poem Title:

Elegy on a favourite Dog, suppos'd to be poisoned. To Miss Molly Clayton.

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

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pp.242-243

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

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pp.244-245

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:

The sun had left the western road

Page No:

pp.251-241

Poem Title:

The Spider.

Attribution:

Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Mary Jones.'

Attributed To:

Mary Jones

First Line:

To foreign notes while others tune the lyre

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pp.251-252

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:

When skilful traders first set up

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pp.241-242

Poem Title:

After the Small-Pox.

Attribution:

Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Mary Jones.'

Attributed To:

Mary Jones

First Line:

Charlotte who my controller is chief

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p.252

Poem Title:

Epistle from Fern-Hill.

Attribution:

Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Mary Jones.'

Attributed To:

Mary Jones

First Line:

Two nymphs of chaste Diana's train

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pp.245-249

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:

In the calm hour when pleasure most prevails

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pp.255-257

Poem Title:

In Memory of the Right Honourable 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

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pp.256-258

Poem Title:

Ode to the Rt. Hon. Lady Henry Beauclerk, on her Marriage.

Attribution:

Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Mary Jones.'

Attributed To:

Mary Jones