Poems by the most eminent ladies of Great-Britain and Ireland [T144911 vol. I]

DMI number:

819

Publication Date:

1773

Volume Number:

1 of 2

ESTC number:

T144911

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW111486049

Shelfmark:

BL 11602.bb.4

Full Title:

POEMS | BY THE MOST | [i]EMINENT LADIES[/i] | OF | GREAT-BRITAIN AND IRELAND. | PARTICULARLY, | [2 columns] [column 1]Mrs. BARBER, | Mrs. BEHN, | Miss CARTER, | Lady CHUDLEIGH, | Mrs. COCKBURN, | Mrs. GRIERSON, | Mrs. JONES, | Mrs. KILLIGREW, | Mrs. LEAPOR,[/column 1] [column 2]Mrs. MADAN, | Mrs. MASTERS, | Lady M. W. MONTAGUE, | Mrs. MONK, | Dutchess of NEWCASTLE, | Mrs. K. PHILIPS, | Mrs. PILKINGTON, | Mrs. ROWE, | Lady WINCHELSEA.[/column 2] | Selected, with an Account of the Writers, by | G. COLMAN and B. THORNTON, Esqrs. | [epigraph] | A NEW EDITION. | VOL. I. | LONDON: | PRINTED FOR T. BECKET AND CO. AND | T. EVANS, AT NO. 50, NEAR YORK- | BUILDINGS, STRAND. | M DCC LXXIII.

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:

Miscellany associated with group of poets and Collection including prose

Format:

Duodecimo

Pagination:

[2], [iii]-x, [2], 1-312.

Bibliographic details:

The poems are arranged by author; each section has a half-title followed by a short prose biography of the poet in question. HALF-TITLES: [ornamental rule] | POEMS | BY | Mrs. MARY BARBER. [ornamental rule] [ornamental rule] | POEMS | BY | Mrs. APHRA BEHN. | [ornamental rule] [ornamental rule] | POEMS | BY | Miss ELIZA CARTER. | [ornamental rule] [ornamental rule] | POEMS | BY | Lady CHUDLEIGH | [ornamental rule] [ornamental rule] | POEMS | BY | Mrs. COCKBURN. | [ornamental rule] [ornamental rule] | POEMS | BY | Mrs. GRIERSON. | [ornamental rule] [ornamental rule] | POEMS | BY | Mrs. MARY JONES. | [ornamental rule]

Comments:

QUERY: do we need a miscellany genre 'collection of/by women writers'? T144911 is in two volumes; they are entered in this database as separate records.

Other matter:

Prefatory material: Preface (2pp.); 'Contents of the First Volume' (6pp.);

References:

Chantel Lavoie, "Poems by Eminent Ladies: a study of an eighteenth-century anthology", unpublished Ph.D. thesis, Univ. of Toronto, 1999

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Title:

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

Publication Date:

1755

ESTC No:

T42592

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:

Related People

Editor:

Bonnell Thornton

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Editor:

George Colman

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Publisher:

Thomas Becket

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Publisher:

Thomas Evans

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Content/Publication

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 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 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 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 School, upon his Master's first bringing in a Rod.

Attribution:

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

Attributed To:

Aphra Behn

First Line:

Such charms of youth such ravishment

Page No:

pp.68-73

Poem Title:

The Character.

Attribution:

Collected under 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 under 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 under 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:

Not attributed

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:

pp.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 ina 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 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:

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:

p.160

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 than '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 Trabslation 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:

p.185

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:

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:

pp.229-232

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:

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:

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:

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. 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. 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. 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 appointment to visit the Author.

Attribution:

Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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 her Canary Bird.

Attribution:

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

Attributed To:

Mary Jones

First Line:

Charlotte who my controller is chief

Page No:

pp.305-308

Poem Title:

Epistle from Fern-Hill.

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. 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. Jones.'

Attributed To:

Mary Jones