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

DMI number:
838
Publication Date:
1773
Volume Number:
2 of 2
ESTC number:
T144911
EEBO/ECCO link:
CW111486370
Shelfmark:
BL 11602.bb.5
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. II. | 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
Format:
Duodecimo
Bibliographic details:
HALF-TITLESS: [ornamental rule] | POEMS | BY | Mrs. ANNE KILLIGREW. | [ornamental rule] [ornamental rule] | POEMS | BY | Mrs. LEAPOR. | [ornamental rule] [ornamental rule] | ORIGINAL | POEMS | BY | Mrs. MADAN. | [ornamental rule] [ornamental rule] | POEMS | BY | Mrs. MARY MASTERS. | [ornamental rule] [ornamental rule] | POEMS | By the Right Honourable | Lady Mary Wortley Montague. | [ornamental rule] [ornamental rule] | POEMS | BY | The Hon. Mrs. MONK. | [ornamental rule] [ornamental rule] | POEMS | BY | The Dutchess of [i]Newcastle[/i]. | [ornamental rule] [ornamental rule] | POEMS | BY | Mrs. KATHERINE PHILIPS. | [ornamental rule] [ornamental rule] | POEMS | BY | Mrs. LETITIA PILKINGTON. | [ornamental rule] [ornamental rule] | POEMS | BY | Mrs. ELIZABETH ROWE. | [ornamental rule] [ornamental rule] | POEMS | BY | ANNE, Countess of [i]Winchelsea[/i]. | [ornamental rule]
Comments:
QUERY: do we need a miscellany genre 'collection of/by women writers'? T144911 is in two volumes; each has its own entry in this database.
Other matter:
Prefatory material: Contents (pp.iii-viii).
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Chantel Lavoie, "Poems by Eminent Ladies: a study of an eighteenth-century anthology", unpublished Ph.D. thesis, Univ.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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1773
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Poems by the most eminent ladies of Great-Britain and Ireland [T144911 vol. II]
Publication Date:
1773
ESTC No:
T144911
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2 of 2
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Content/Publication
First Line:
Seest thou yonder craggy rock
Page No:
pp.3-5
Poem Title:
The Complaint of a Lover.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Anne Killigrew.'
Attributed To:
Anne Killigrew
First Line:
When first Alexis did in verse delight
Page No:
pp.5-6
Poem Title:
Love, The Soul of Poetry.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Anne Killigrew.'
Attributed To:
Anne Killigrew
First Line:
The sun's my fire when it does shine
Page No:
p.6
Poem Title:
St. John Baptist, painted by herself in the Wilderness, with Angels appearing to him, and with a Lamb by him.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Anne Killigrew.'
Attributed To:
Anne Killigrew
First Line:
Behold dear mother who was late our fear
Page No:
p.7
Poem Title:
Herodia's Daughter Presenting to her mother St. John's Head in a Charger, also painted by herself.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Anne Killigrew.'
Attributed To:
Anne Killigrew
First Line:
Next heaven my vows to thee o sacred muse
Page No:
pp.7-9
Poem Title:
Upon the saying that my Verses were made by another.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Anne Killigrew.'
Attributed To:
Anne Killigrew
First Line:
Here take no care take here no care my muse
Page No:
pp.9-14
Poem Title:
The Discontent.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Anne Killigrew.'
Attributed To:
Anne Killigrew
First Line:
As you are young if you'll be also wise
Page No:
p.14
Poem Title:
Extemporary Counsel To a Young Gallant in a Frolick.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Anne Killigrew.'
Attributed To:
Anne Killigrew
First Line:
When I am dead few friends attend my hearse
Page No:
p.14
Poem Title:
An Epitaph on herself.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Anne Killigrew.'
Attributed To:
Anne Killigrew
First Line:
Dorinda once the fairest of the train
Page No:
pp.17-22
Poem Title:
Dorinda at her Glass.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Leapor.'
Attributed To:
Mary Leapor
First Line:
Imprimis my departed shade I trust
Page No:
pp.22-23
Poem Title:
Mira's Will.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Leapor.'
Attributed To:
Mary Leapor
First Line:
My guardian bear me on thy downy wing
Page No:
pp.23-24
Poem Title:
A Summer's Wish.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Leapor.'
Attributed To:
Mary Leapor
First Line:
Twas when the fields had shed their golden grain
Page No:
pp.24-27
Poem Title:
Colinetta.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Leapor.'
Attributed To:
Mary Leapor
First Line:
Hail Phillis brighter than a morning sky
Page No:
pp.27-30
Poem Title:
The Month of August. Sylvanus, a Courtier. Phillis, a Country Mind.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Leapor.'
Attributed To:
Mary Leapor
First Line:
In vain dear madam yes in vain you strive
Page No:
pp.30-32
Poem Title:
An Epistle to a Lady.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Leapor.'
Attributed To:
Mary Leapor
First Line:
May Artemisia hear my strain
Page No:
pp.33-37
Poem Title:
The Proclamation of Apollo.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Leapor.'
Attributed To:
Mary Leapor
First Line:
Lucia was fair and bright as rising day
Page No:
pp.37-39
Poem Title:
The Fall of Lucia.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Leapor.'
Attributed To:
Mary Leapor
First Line:
What means the reeling earth O why
Page No:
pp.39-40
Poem Title:
The Crucifixion and Resurrection, An Ode.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Leapor.'
Attributed To:
Mary Leapor
First Line:
Nothing dear madam nothing is more true
Page No:
pp.40-44
Poem Title:
Essay on Happiness.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Leapor.'
Attributed To:
Mary Leapor
First Line:
To you who never the willing verse refuse
Page No:
pp.44-47
Poem Title:
An Essay on Hope.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Leapor.'
Attributed To:
Mary Leapor
First Line:
Almighty wisdom at whose nod
Page No:
pp.48-50
Poem Title:
A Prayer for the Year 1745.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Leapor.'
Attributed To:
Mary Leapor
First Line:
To Artemisia tis to her we sing
Page No:
pp.50-54
Poem Title:
Essay on Friendship.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Leapor.'
Attributed To:
Mary Leapor
First Line:
Strephon the sprightly and the gay
Page No:
pp.54-60
Poem Title:
The Mistaken Lover.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Leapor.'
Attributed To:
Mary Leapor
First Line:
Some herbs there are whose deadly juices fill
Page No:
pp.60-65
Poem Title:
The Way of the World.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Leapor.'
Attributed To:
Mary Leapor
First Line:
Madam | I hope you'll think it's true
Page No:
pp.65-67
Poem Title:
Strephon to Celia. A modern Love-Letter.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Leapor.'
Attributed To:
Mary Leapor
First Line:
To you dear madam I complain
Page No:
pp.67-71
Poem Title:
The Inspired Quill. Occasioned by a Present of Crow-Pens.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Leapor.'
Attributed To:
Mary Leapor
First Line:
Ah thou whom nature and thy stars designed
Page No:
pp.72-73
Poem Title:
On Mr. Pope's Universal Prayer.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Leapor.'
Attributed To:
Mary Leapor
First Line:
When merit rises like the prince of day
Page No:
pp.74-80
Poem Title:
The Libyan Hunter. A Fable. Inscribed to the Memory of a late admired Author.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Leapor.'
Attributed To:
Mary Leapor
First Line:
When lonely night composed the drowsy mind
Page No:
pp.80-83
Poem Title:
The Temple of Love, A Dream.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Leapor.'
Attributed To:
Mary Leapor
First Line:
Since you Myrtillo will devote your time
Page No:
pp.83-85
Poem Title:
Advice to Myrtillo.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Leapor.'
Attributed To:
Mary Leapor
First Line:
If you dear Celia cannot bear
Page No:
pp.85-87
Poem Title:
The Sacrifice. An Epistle to Celia.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Leapor.'
Attributed To:
Mary Leapor
First Line:
O Goddess of eternal smiles
Page No:
pp.87-89
Poem Title:
The Power of Beauty.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Leapor.'
Attributed To:
Mary Leapor
First Line:
Let not that day in circling moments run
Page No:
pp.89-92
Poem Title:
Job's Curse, and his Appeal. Taken out of Job, Chap. i, and xxxi.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Leapor.'
Attributed To:
Mary Leapor
First Line:
What pictures now shall wanton fancy bring
Page No:
pp.93-94
Poem Title:
Winter.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Leapor.'
Attributed To:
Mary Leapor
First Line:
As some grave matron bred on rural downs
Page No:
pp.94-96
Poem Title:
To a Gentleman with a Manuscript Play.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Leapor.'
Attributed To:
Mary Leapor
First Line:
As Silvia in her garden strayed
Page No:
pp.96-98
Poem Title:
Silvia and the Bee.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Leapor.'
Attributed To:
Mary Leapor
First Line:
Twas when the sun had his swift progress made
Page No:
pp.98-102
Poem Title:
The Cruel Parent. A Dream.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Leapor.'
Attributed To:
Mary Leapor
First Line:
In days of yore ere Britons grew too wise
Page No:
pp.103-122
Poem Title:
Mopsus: Or, The Castle-Builder.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Leapor.'
Attributed To:
Mary Leapor
First Line:
When youth and charms have taken their wanton flight
Page No:
pp.122-123
Poem Title:
Advice to Sophronia.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Leapor.'
Attributed To:
Mary Leapor
First Line:
Within the bounds of yonder fruitful plain
Page No:
pp.123-126
Poem Title:
Corydon. Phillario. Or, Mira's Picture. A Pastoral.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Leapor.'
Attributed To:
Mary Leapor
First Line:
When friends or fortune frown on Mira's lay
Page No:
pp.126-132
Poem Title:
Crumble-Hall.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Leapor.'
Attributed To:
Mary Leapor
First Line:
Welcome dear wanderer once more
Page No:
pp.133-134
Poem Title:
Upon Her Play Being returned to her, Stain'd with Claret.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Leapor.'
Attributed To:
Mary Leapor
First Line:
In my dark cell low prostrate on the ground
Page No:
pp.137-143
Poem Title:
Abelard to Eloisa.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Madan.'
Attributed To:
Judith Madan [nee Cowper]
First Line:
O thou who labourst in this rugged mine
Page No:
pp.143-144
Poem Title:
Verses Written in her Brother's Coke upon Littleton.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Madan.'
Attributed To:
Judith Madan [nee Cowper]
First Line:
Long hath it been the critic's poor delight
Page No:
pp.147-148
Poem Title:
Defence of Myrtillo.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Mary Masters.'
Attributed To:
Mary Masters
First Line:
I said I will with strictest caution tread
Page No:
pp.149-151
Poem Title:
Psalm XXXIX.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Mary Masters.'
Attributed To:
Mary Masters
First Line:
Lucinda you in vain dissuade
Page No:
pp.151-152
Poem Title:
To Lucinda.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Mary Masters.'
Attributed To:
Mary Masters
First Line:
Fret not thyself when wicked men prevail
Page No:
pp.152-156
Poem Title:
Psalm XXXVII. Inscribed to an Injured Friend.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By Mrs. Mary Masters.'
Attributed To:
Mary Masters
First Line:
Roxana from the court retiring late
Page No:
pp.159-161
Poem Title:
Town Eclogues. Monday. Roxana, or, The Drawing-Room.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montague.'
Attributed To:
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont]
First Line:
Thou who so many favours hast received
Page No:
pp.162-165
Poem Title:
Tuesday. St. James's Coffee-House. Silliander and Patch.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montague.'
Attributed To:
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont]
First Line:
No fair Dancinda no you strive in vain
Page No:
pp.165-168
Poem Title:
Wednesday. The Tete a Tete. Dancinda.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montague.'
Attributed To:
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont]
First Line:
The wretched Flavia on her couch reclined
Page No:
pp.169-172
Poem Title:
Saturday. The Small-Pox. Flavia.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montague.'
Attributed To:
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont]
First Line:
Read lovely nymph and tremble not to read
Page No:
pp.172-176
Poem Title:
Epistle From Arthur Grey, the Footman, After his Condemnation for attempting a Rape.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.'
Attributed To:
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont]
First Line:
At length by so much importunity pressed
Page No:
pp.176-178
Poem Title:
The Lover. A Ballad. To Mrs. C----.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.'
Attributed To:
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont]
First Line:
Whilst pretty fellows think a woman's fame
Page No:
pp.178-179
Poem Title:
The Gentleman's Answer.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.'
Attributed To:
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont]
First Line:
Whilst thirst of praise and vain desire of fame
Page No:
p.178
Poem Title:
The Lady's Resolve. Written extempore on a Window.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.'
Attributed To:
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont]
First Line:
How happy you who varied joys pursue
Page No:
pp.179-182
Poem Title:
An Epistle to Lord B----t.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.'
Attributed To:
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont]
First Line:
What could luxurious woman wish for more
Page No:
pp.182-183
Poem Title:
Epilogue to Mary, Queen of Scots. Designed to be spoken by Mrs. Oldfield.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.'
Attributed To:
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont]
First Line:
Why will Delia thus retire
Page No:
pp.183-184
Poem Title:
Receipt for the Vapours. Written to Lady J----n.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by the Right Honourable Lady Mary Wortley Montagu.'
Attributed To:
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu [nee Pierrepont]
First Line:
As a kind mother with indulgent eye
Page No:
pp.187-188
Poem Title:
On Providence. From Filicaia.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By The Honourable Mrs. Monk.'
Attributed To:
Mary Monck
First Line:
The noble art from Cadmus took its rise
Page No:
p.188
Poem Title:
On the Invention of Letters. From Brebeuf.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By The Honourable Mrs. Monk.'
Attributed To:
Mary Monck
First Line:
Thoughtful alone through barren wastes I stray
Page No:
pp.188-189
Poem Title:
Sonetto. From Petrarch.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By The Honourable Mrs. Monk.'
Attributed To:
Mary Monck
First Line:
O sleep thou gentle offspring of still night's
Page No:
p.189
Poem Title:
Sonetto. From Monsignor Della Casa.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems By The Honourable Mrs. Monk.'
Attributed To:
Mary Monck
First Line:
See how on yonder bush
Page No:
pp.190-191
Poem Title:
From Tasso's Jerusalem. Lib. XVI. Sta. XIV.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by The Honourable Mrs. Monk.'
Attributed To:
Mary Monck
First Line:
Soft sleep thou son of silence and of night
Page No:
p.190
Poem Title:
Sonetto. From Marini.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by The Honourable Mrs. Monk.'
Attributed To:
Mary Monck
First Line:
A band of cupids the other day
Page No:
pp.191-192
Poem Title:
A Tale.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by The Honourable Mrs. Monk.'
Attributed To:
Mary Monck
First Line:
Come Meg be quick and make the bed
Page No:
p.192
Poem Title:
Epigram.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by The Honourable Mrs. Monk.'
Attributed To:
Mary Monck
First Line:
This poring over your grand cyrus
Page No:
p.192
Poem Title:
On a Romantick Lady.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by The Honourable Mrs. Monk.'
Attributed To:
Mary Monck
First Line:
Over this marble drop a tear
Page No:
p.193
Poem Title:
An Epitaph on a Gallant Lady.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by The Honourable Mrs. Monk.'
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Upon a time as poets tell
Page No:
pp.193-194
Poem Title:
Orpheus and Eurydice. From the Spanish of Quevedo.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by The Honourable Mrs. Monk.'
Attributed To:
Mary Monck
First Line:
The budding rose
Page No:
pp.194-195
Poem Title:
Collected in section, 'Poems by The Honourable Mrs. Monk.'
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by The Honourable Mrs. Monk.'
Attributed To:
Mary Monck
First Line:
Chloe her gossips entertains
Page No:
p.195
Poem Title:
Epigram. To Cloe.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by The Honourable Mrs. Monk.'
Attributed To:
Mary Monck
First Line:
Thou who dost all my worldly thoughts employ
Page No:
pp.195-196
Poem Title:
Verses Wrote on her Death-Bed at Bath, to her Husband, in London.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by The Honourable Mrs. Monk.'
Attributed To:
Mary Monck
First Line:
As I was musing by myself alone
Page No:
pp.199-203
Poem Title:
Mirth and Melancholy.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by The Dutchess of Newcastle.'
Attributed To:
Margaret Cavendish [nee Lucas]
First Line:
War makes the vulgar multitude to drink
Page No:
pp.203-205
Poem Title:
Dialogue Betwixt Peace and War.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by The Dutchess of Newcastle.'
Attributed To:
Margaret Cavendish [nee Lucas]
First Line:
Most of our modern writers nowadays
Page No:
pp.205-206
Poem Title:
Wherein Poetry chiefly consists.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by The Dutchess of Newcastle.'
Attributed To:
Margaret Cavendish [nee Lucas]
First Line:
Death is the cook of nature and we find
Page No:
pp.206-207
Poem Title:
Nature's Cook.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by The Dutchess of Newcastle.'
Attributed To:
Margaret Cavendish [nee Lucas]
First Line:
Give me a wit whose fancy's not confined
Page No:
pp.207-208
Poem Title:
Wit.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by The Dutchess of Newcastle.'
Attributed To:
Margaret Cavendish [nee Lucas]
First Line:
Queen Mab and all her company
Page No:
pp.208-210
Poem Title:
The Pastime and Recreation Of The Queen of Fairies in Fairyland, The Centre of the Earth.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by The Dutchess of Newcastle.'
Attributed To:
Margaret Cavendish [nee Lucas]
First Line:
This lovely sweet and beauteous fairy queen
Page No:
pp.210-212
Poem Title:
The Pastime Of The Queen of Fairies. When she comes upon the Earth out of the Centre.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by The Dutchess of Newcastle.'
Attributed To:
Margaret Cavendish [nee Lucas]
First Line:
Content the false world's best disguise
Page No:
pp.215-217
Poem Title:
Content. To my dearest Lucasia.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Katherine Philips.'
Attributed To:
Katherine Philips
First Line:
Unworthy since thou hast decreed
Page No:
pp.218-219
Poem Title:
To The Queen of Inconstancy, Regina Collier, in Antwerp.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Katherine Philips.'
Attributed To:
Katherine Philips
First Line:
There's no such thing as pleasure here
Page No:
pp.219-220
Poem Title:
Against Pleasure. An Ode.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Katherine Philips.'
Attributed To:
Katherine Philips
First Line:
If we no old historians name
Page No:
pp.220-222
Poem Title:
The Enquiry.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Katherine Philips
First Line:
How sacred and how innocent
Page No:
pp.222-226
Poem Title:
A Country-Life.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Katherine Philips.'
Attributed To:
Katherine Philips
First Line:
Subduing fair what will you win
Page No:
pp.226-227
Poem Title:
To Elizabeth Boyle, Singing a Song, of which Orinda was the Author.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Katherine Philips.'
Attributed To:
Katherine Philips
First Line:
If honour to an ancient name be due
Page No:
pp.227-229
Poem Title:
On the Welch Language.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Katherine Philips.'
Attributed To:
Katherine Philips
First Line:
The things that make a virgin please
Page No:
pp.229-230
Poem Title:
The Virgin.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Katherine Philips.'
Attributed To:
Katherine Philips
First Line:
Hence Cupid with your cheating toys
Page No:
p.230
Poem Title:
Against Love.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Katherine Philips.'
Attributed To:
Katherine Philips
First Line:
My dear Antenor now give over
Page No:
pp.230-231
Poem Title:
To my Antenor, March 16, 1660-1.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Katherine Philips.'
Attributed To:
Katherine Philips
First Line:
Go soft desires love's gentle progeny
Page No:
p.232
Poem Title:
Tendres Desirs, From French Prose.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Katherine Philips.'
Attributed To:
Katherine Philips
First Line:
Ah shepherd gentle shepherd spare
Page No:
pp.235-236
Poem Title:
The Petition of the Birds To Mr. Pilkington, On his Return from Shooting.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Laetitia Pilkington.'
Attributed To:
Laetitia Pilkington [nee van Lewen]
First Line:
Hail happy Delville blissful seat
Page No:
pp.236-237
Poem Title:
Delville, the Seat of the Rev. Dr. Delany.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Laetitia Pilkington.'
Attributed To:
Laetitia Pilkington [nee van Lewen]
First Line:
While I the godlike men of old
Page No:
pp.238-239
Poem Title:
To the Rev. Dr. Swift, On his Birth-Day.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Laetitia Pilkington.'
Attributed To:
Laetitia Pilkington [nee van Lewen]
First Line:
In a fair island in the southern main
Page No:
pp.239-246
Poem Title:
The Statues: Or, The Trial of Constancy. A Tale. For the Ladies.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Laetitia Pilkington.'
Attributed To:
Laetitia Pilkington [nee van Lewen]
First Line:
O spotless paper fair and white
Page No:
p.247
Poem Title:
Carte Blanche.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Laetitia Pilkington.'
Attributed To:
Laetitia Pilkington [nee van Lewen]
First Line:
Shall then my kindred all my glory claim
Page No:
pp.247-248
Poem Title:
Sent with a Quill to Dr. Swift, Upon hearing he had a Book and Stand-Dish.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Laetitia Pilkington.'
Attributed To:
Laetitia Pilkington [nee van Lewen]
First Line:
I envy not the proud their wealth
Page No:
pp.248-249
Poem Title:
Ode In Imitation of Horace.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Laetitia Pilkington.'
Attributed To:
Laetitia Pilkington [nee van Lewen]
First Line:
In what recesses of the brain
Page No:
pp.249-250
Poem Title:
Memory.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Laetitia Pilkington.'
Attributed To:
Laetitia Pilkington [nee van Lewen]
First Line:
Behold the spring in fresh attire
Page No:
pp.251-252
Poem Title:
To Strephon. Written for a Lady to her Lover.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Laetitia Pilkington.'
Attributed To:
Laetitia Pilkington [nee van Lewen]
First Line:
Is there a man whose fixed and steady soul
Page No:
p.251
Poem Title:
Advice To the People of Dublin, In their Choice of a Recorder.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Laetitia Pilkington.'
Attributed To:
Laetitia Pilkington [nee van Lewen]
First Line:
The queen of the fairies this summons does send
Page No:
p.252
Poem Title:
Queen Mab to Pollio.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Laetitia Pilkington.'
Attributed To:
Laetitia Pilkington [nee van Lewen]
First Line:
Asteria why will you consume
Page No:
pp.253-254
Poem Title:
The Seventh Ode Of The Third Book of Horace paraphrased. Written in the Absence of her Husband.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Laetitia Pilkington.'
Attributed To:
Laetitia Pilkington [nee van Lewen]
First Line:
No more loved partner of my soul
Page No:
pp.254-255
Poem Title:
Consolatory Verses To her Husband.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Laetitia Pilkington.'
Attributed To:
Laetitia Pilkington [nee van Lewen]
First Line:
While sunk in deepest solitude and woe
Page No:
pp.255-257
Poem Title:
Sorrow.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Laetitia Pilkington.'
Attributed To:
Laetitia Pilkington [nee van Lewen]
First Line:
Stella darling of the muses
Page No:
pp.257-258
Poem Title:
A Song.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Laetitia Pilkington.'
Attributed To:
Laetitia Pilkington [nee van Lewen]
First Line:
Lying is an occupation
Page No:
p.258
Poem Title:
A Song.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Laetitia Pilkington.'
Attributed To:
Laetitia Pilkington [nee van Lewen]
First Line:
O God since all thy ways are just
Page No:
pp.258-259
Poem Title:
Expostulation. Written in Distress.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Laetitia Pilkington.'
Attributed To:
Laetitia Pilkington [nee van Lewen]
First Line:
Hail holy sage whose comprehensive mind
Page No:
pp.260-262
Poem Title:
To the Reverend Dr. Hales.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Laetitia Pilkington.'
Attributed To:
Laetitia Pilkington [nee van Lewen]
First Line:
When you advised me sir to choose
Page No:
pp.262-264
Poem Title:
To Mr. Cibber. On his asking for something entire New.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Laetitia Pilkington.'
Attributed To:
Laetitia Pilkington [nee van Lewen]
First Line:
Since so oft to the great of my favours you boast
Page No:
pp.264-265
Poem Title:
To the Hon. Colonel D--nc--be.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Laetitia Pilkington.'
Attributed To:
Laetitia Pilkington [nee van Lewen]
First Line:
As God who now does as in times of old
Page No:
pp.265-267
Poem Title:
To his Grace The Lord Archbishop of York.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Laetitia Pilkington.'
Attributed To:
Laetitia Pilkington [nee van Lewen]
First Line:
Deuce on it I wonder what the author means
Page No:
pp.267-268
Poem Title:
Epilogue To Virtue Triumphant.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Laetitia Pilkington.'
Attributed To:
Laetitia Pilkington [nee van Lewen]
First Line:
My lord my saviour and my god
Page No:
p.268
Poem Title:
Written on her Death-Bed.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Laetitia Pilkington.'
Attributed To:
Laetitia Pilkington [nee van Lewen]
First Line:
Best gift that heavens indulgence could bestow
Page No:
pp.271-272
Poem Title:
In Praise of Memory. Inscribed to the Honourable The Lady Worsely.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe.'
Attributed To:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer]
First Line:
To thee my God I hourly sigh
Page No:
pp.272-273
Poem Title:
Hymn To the Deity.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe.'
Attributed To:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer]
First Line:
And art thou mine my dearest lord
Page No:
pp.273-274
Poem Title:
Hymn on the Sacrament.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe.'
Attributed To:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer]
First Line:
Long struggling in the agonies of death
Page No:
pp.274-277
Poem Title:
Dialogue Between The Fallen Angels and a Human Spirit Just entered into the other World.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe.'
Attributed To:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer]
First Line:
Oh lead me to some solitary gloom
Page No:
pp.277-278
Poem Title:
Despair.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe.'
Attributed To:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer]
First Line:
Already from before the sacred throne
Page No:
pp.279-280
Poem Title:
Revelation. Chap. xvi.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe.'
Attributed To:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer]
First Line:
My God my great deliverer and my trust
Page No:
pp.280-281
Poem Title:
Hymn of Thanks On my Recovery from the Small-Pox.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe.'
Attributed To:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer]
First Line:
In what soft language shall my thoughts get free
Page No:
pp.281-284
Poem Title:
On the Death of Mr. Thomas Rowe.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe.'
Attributed To:
Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer]
First Line:
A brazen pot by scouring vexed
Page No:
pp.287-289
Poem Title:
The Brass Pot and Stone Jugg. A Fable.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Anne, Countess of Winchelsea.'
Attributed To:
Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill]
First Line:
Two long had loved and now the nymph desired
Page No:
pp.289-290
Poem Title:
There's No To-Morrow. A Fable. Imitated from Sir Roger L'Estrange.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Anne, Countess of Winchelsea.'
Attributed To:
Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill]
First Line:
What art thou spleen which every thing dost ape
Page No:
pp.290-295
Poem Title:
The Spleen. A Pindarick Poem.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Anne, Countess of Winchelsea.'
Attributed To:
Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill]
First Line:
Methinks the world is oddly made
Page No:
pp.296-297
Poem Title:
The Atheist and the Acorn.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Anne, Countess of Winchelsea.'
Attributed To:
Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill]
First Line:
No cautions of a matron old and sage
Page No:
pp.297-300
Poem Title:
The Young Rat and his Dam, The Cock and the Cat.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Anne, Countess of Winchelsea.'
Attributed To:
Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill]
First Line:
No sooner Flavio was you gone
Page No:
pp.300-304
Poem Title:
To Mr. Finch, now Earl of Winchelsea, Who, going abroad, had desired Ardelia to write some Verses upon whatever subject she thought fit, against his return in the evening. Written in the Year 1689.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Anne, Countess of Winchelsea.'
Attributed To:
Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill]
First Line:
The queen of birds to increase the regal stock
Page No:
pp.304-306
Poem Title:
The Eagle, the Sow, and the Cat.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Anne, Countess of Winchelsea.'
Attributed To:
Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill]
First Line:
Reputation love and death
Page No:
pp.307-308
Poem Title:
Love, Death, and Reputation.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Anne, Countess of Winchelsea.'
Attributed To:
Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill]
First Line:
Fortune well pictured on a rolling globe
Page No:
pp.308-311
Poem Title:
The Decision of Fortune. A Fable.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Anne, Countess of Winchelsea.'
Attributed To:
Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill]
First Line:
Who does not wish ever to judge aright
Page No:
pp.311-312
Poem Title:
The Hog, the Sheep, and Goat, Carrying to a Fair.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Anne, Countess of Winchelsea.'
Attributed To:
Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill]
First Line:
Cupid ere deprived of sight
Page No:
pp.312-313
Poem Title:
Cupid and Folly. Imitated from the French.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Anne, Countess of Winchelsea.'
Attributed To:
Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill]
First Line:
Disarmed with so genteel an air
Page No:
pp.314-316
Poem Title:
Answer To the foregoing Verses.
Attribution:
Collected in section, 'Poems by Anne, Countess of Winchelsea.'
Attributed To:
Anne Finch [nee Kingsmill]
First Line:
In vain you boast poetic names of yore
Page No:
p.314
Poem Title:
To Lady Winchelsea, Occasioned by some Verses in the Rape of the Lock.
Attribution:
By Mr. Pope.
Attributed To:
Alexander Pope