A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands [vol 1] [T116245] [ecco]
- DMI number:
- 1122
- Publication Date:
- 1770
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 4
- ESTC number:
- T116245
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW112092927
- Shelfmark:
- ECCO - Bod
- Full Title:
- A | COLLECTION | OF | POEMS | IN FOUR VOLUMES. | BY | SEVERAL HANDS. | [ornament] | LONDON: | Printed for G. PEARCH, No. 12, CHEAPSIDE. | M.DCC.LXX.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Collection of literary verse
- Format:
- Octavo
- Bibliographic details:
- Half title: [ornamental rule] | A | COLLECTION of POEMS. | THE SECOND EDITION. | VOL. I. | [ornamental rule]
- Other matter:
- Prefatory matter: advertisement pp. i-iii. Back matter: Index [4pp]
- References:
- Harold Forster, Supplements to Dodsley's Collection of Poems (Oxford Bibliographical Society, Oxford, 1980).
- Title:
- A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands [vol 1] [N14969] [gb]
- Publication Date:
- 1783
- ESTC No:
- N14969
- Volume:
- 1 of 4
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands [vol 1] [T95888] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1775
- ESTC No:
- T95888
- Volume:
- 1 of 4
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands [vol 2] [T116245] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1770
- ESTC No:
- T116245
- Volume:
- 2 of 4
- Relationship:
- Volume from the same edition
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands [vol 3] [T116245] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1770
- ESTC No:
- T116245
- Volume:
- 3 of 4
- Relationship:
- Volume from the same edition
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands [vol 4] [T116245] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1770
- ESTC No:
- T116245
- Volume:
- 4 of 4
- Relationship:
- Volume from the same edition
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- George Pearch
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Ah why this boding start this sudden pain
- Page No:
- pp.1-13
- Poem Title:
- Abelard to Eloisa.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Cawthorne, Master of Tunbridge-School.
- Attributed To:
- James Cawthorn
- First Line:
- The festive roar of laughter the warm glow
- Page No:
- pp.13-22
- Poem Title:
- Death
- Attribution:
- By Charles Emily, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Charles Emily
- First Line:
- Welcome to light adventurous pair
- Page No:
- pp.23-43
- Poem Title:
- A Descriptive Poem: Addressed To Two Ladies, At Their Return From Viewing The Mines Near Whitehaven.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Dalton.
- Attributed To:
- John Dalton
- First Line:
- My lord | What is nobility you wish to know
- Page No:
- pp.43-53
- Poem Title:
- Epistle To The Right Honble. the Lord Viscount Beauchamp. Written in the Year MDCCXXXV-VI.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Dalton]
- Attributed To:
- John Dalton
- First Line:
- You ask me madam if the muse
- Page No:
- pp.54-64
- Poem Title:
- Epistle To The Right Honble. the Countess of Hertford, At Percy Lodge: Written In The Year MDCCXLIV.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Dalton]
- Attributed To:
- John Dalton
- First Line:
- When stately structures Lowther grace
- Page No:
- pp.64-67
- Poem Title:
- Some Thoughts On Building and Planting, To Sir James Lowther, Bart. Of Lowther-Hall.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Dalton]
- Attributed To:
- John Dalton
- First Line:
- O under various sacred names adored
- Page No:
- pp.68-70
- Poem Title:
- The Hymn of Cleanthes.
- Attribution:
- By Gilbert West, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Gilbert West
- First Line:
- When sleep's all soothing hand with fetters soft
- Page No:
- pp.71-76
- Poem Title:
- The House of Superstition. A Vision.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Denton.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Denton
- First Line:
- Not wrapped in smoky London's sulphurous clouds
- Page No:
- p.71
- Poem Title:
- Inscription On A Summer-House Belonging To Gilbert West, Esq; At Wickham In Kent.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. West]
- Attributed To:
- Gilbert West
- First Line:
- Ah stay thy wand oblivious over my eyes
- Page No:
- pp.77-81
- Poem Title:
- Elegy I.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Delap.
- Attributed To:
- John Delap
- First Line:
- How blithe the flowery graces of the spring
- Page No:
- pp.81-84
- Poem Title:
- To Sickness. Elegy.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Delap.
- Attributed To:
- John Delap
- First Line:
- The sable queen of shades retires
- Page No:
- pp.84-87
- Poem Title:
- Ode to Liberty.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Hudson.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Hudson
- First Line:
- Where art thou fancy visionary maid
- Page No:
- pp.88-91
- Poem Title:
- Ode To Fancy.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Hudson]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Let who will climb the towery steep
- Page No:
- pp.91-94
- Poem Title:
- Ode on True Greatness.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Hudson].
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Hudson
- First Line:
- Soul of the world first mover say
- Page No:
- pp.94-97
- Poem Title:
- Ode to Concord.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Hudson]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Hudson
- First Line:
- Fair morn ascends soft zephyrs wing
- Page No:
- pp.97-100
- Poem Title:
- A Fragment.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Mallet.
- Attributed To:
- David Mallet
- First Line:
- O crowned with honour blessed with length of days
- Page No:
- pp.101-104
- Poem Title:
- On The Death Of Lady Anson. Addressed To The Earl of Hardwicke, Her Father, 1761.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Mallet]
- Attributed To:
- David Mallet
- First Line:
- Far in the windings of a vale
- Page No:
- pp.104-108
- Poem Title:
- Edwin And Emma.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Mallet]
- Attributed To:
- David Mallet
- First Line:
- In the full prospect yonder hill commands
- Page No:
- pp.108-114
- Poem Title:
- An Elegy on a Pile of Ruins
- Attribution:
- By J. Cunningham.
- Attributed To:
- John Cunningham
- First Line:
- Friend to the gloomy shade of night
- Page No:
- pp.115-119
- Poem Title:
- Ode to Sleep.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. H--.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- And wilt thou Romeo still maintain
- Page No:
- pp.120-123
- Poem Title:
- Ode on Beauty. To ******.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Mr. H-]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Say goddess wilt thou never smile
- Page No:
- pp.124-133
- Poem Title:
- Ode to Taste.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Mr. H-]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- While you mid spring's gay months deplore
- Page No:
- pp.133-138
- Poem Title:
- Ode To The Right Honourable the Lady ****, On The Death Of Her Son.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Mr. H-]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In aunciente days tradition shows
- Page No:
- pp.139-142
- Poem Title:
- Slander: Or, The Witch of Wokey.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Behold yon new born infant grieved
- Page No:
- pp.142-143
- Poem Title:
- The Ignorance of Man.
- Attribution:
- By James Merrick, M. A.
- Attributed To:
- James Merrick
- First Line:
- Placed on the verge of youth my mind
- Page No:
- pp.144-147
- Poem Title:
- The Trials of Virtue.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Merrick]
- Attributed To:
- James Merrick
- First Line:
- If mortal hands thy peace destroy
- Page No:
- pp.147-148
- Poem Title:
- Verses Written Originally In The Persic Language.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Merrick]
- Attributed To:
- James Merrick
- First Line:
- God of my health whose tender care
- Page No:
- pp.148-151
- Poem Title:
- A Hymn.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Merrick]
- Attributed To:
- James Merrick
- First Line:
- Father of all whose seat of rest
- Page No:
- pp.152-152
- Poem Title:
- The Lord's Prayer Paraphrased.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Merrick]
- Attributed To:
- James Merrick
- First Line:
- Have my friends in the town in the gay busy town
- Page No:
- pp.153-154
- Poem Title:
- An Epistle To A Friend In Town.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dyer.
- Attributed To:
- John Dyer
- First Line:
- Come melancholy silent power
- Page No:
- pp.154-157
- Poem Title:
- Ode to Melancholy.
- Attribution:
- By Miss Carter.
- Attributed To:
- Elizabeth Carter
- First Line:
- With restless agitations tossed
- Page No:
- pp.158-159
- Poem Title:
- Ode.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Carter]
- Attributed To:
- Elizabeth Carter
- First Line:
- Let coward guilt with pallid fear
- Page No:
- pp.160-161
- Poem Title:
- Written At Midnight In A Thunder Storm.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Carter]
- Attributed To:
- Elizabeth Carter
- First Line:
- How sweet the calm of this sequestered shore
- Page No:
- pp.162-163
- Poem Title:
- To --
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Carter]
- Attributed To:
- Elizabeth Carter
- First Line:
- Thou restless fluctuating deep
- Page No:
- pp.164-165
- Poem Title:
- Written Extempore On The Sea Shore.
- Attribution:
- By The Same. [i.e. Carter]
- Attributed To:
- Elizabeth Carter
- First Line:
- Where are those hours on rosy pinions borne
- Page No:
- pp.165-166
- Poem Title:
- To Mrs. --.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Carter]
- Attributed To:
- Elizabeth Carter
- First Line:
- Narcissa still through every varying name
- Page No:
- pp.167-169
- Poem Title:
- To --. Occasioned By An Ode Written By Mrs. Philips.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Carter]
- Attributed To:
- Elizabeth Carter
- First Line:
- While night in solemn shade invests the pole
- Page No:
- pp.170-172
- Poem Title:
- A Night-Piece
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Carter]
- Attributed To:
- Elizabeth Carter
- First Line:
- Come fair Dorinda and while beauty glows
- Page No:
- pp.172-189
- Poem Title:
- The Power of Beauty.
- Attribution:
- By ---
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Hence pestilential Mars
- Page No:
- pp.190-195
- Poem Title:
- Il Pacifico. Written On The Conclusion Of The Peace Of Aix-La-Chapelle, MDCCXLVIII.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Mason
- Attributed To:
- William Mason
- First Line:
- Take holy earth all that my soul holds dear
- Page No:
- p.196
- Poem Title:
- On The Death Of His Wife.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Mason]
- Attributed To:
- William Mason
- First Line:
- Ere yet ingenuous youth thy steps retire
- Page No:
- pp.197-200
- Poem Title:
- Elegy To A Young Nobleman Leaving The University. MDCCLIII.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Mason]
- Attributed To:
- William Mason
- First Line:
- Far from her hallowed grot where mildly bright
- Page No:
- pp.200-204
- Poem Title:
- Isis. An Elegy. MDCCXLVIII.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Mason]
- Attributed To:
- William Mason
- First Line:
- On closing flowers when genial gales diffuse
- Page No:
- pp.205-213
- Poem Title:
- The Triumph Of Isis. Occasioned By The Foregoing Poem.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Thomas Warton.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Warton
- First Line:
- His country's hope when now the blooming heir
- Page No:
- pp.214-223
- Poem Title:
- Newmarket. A Satire.
- Attribution:
- By The Same. [i.e. Warton]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Warton
- First Line:
- So stream the sorrows that embalm the brave
- Page No:
- pp.223-227
- Poem Title:
- On The Death Of King George The Second, And Accession Of King George The Third. Addressed To William Pitt, Esq. Being The Concluding Copy of Oxford Verses.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Warton]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Warton
- First Line:
- When first the kingdom to thy virtues due
- Page No:
- pp.227-230
- Poem Title:
- On The Marriage Of King George The Third And Queen Charlotte...To The Queen.
- Attribution:
- By The Same. [i.e. Warton]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Warton
- First Line:
- Imperial dome of Edward wise and brave
- Page No:
- pp.231-234
- Poem Title:
- On The Birth Of George Prince of Wales. Written After An Installation At Windsor, MDCCLXII.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Warton]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Warton
- First Line:
- Where shall the muse that on the sacred shell
- Page No:
- pp.235-241
- Poem Title:
- Ode For Music. Performed At The Theatre In Oxford, On The Second Of July, MDCCLI, Being The Anniversary Appointed By The Late Lord Crew, Bishop of Durham, For The Commemoration Of Benefactors To The University.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Warton]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Warton
- First Line:
- What means this awful sight why round me shine
- Page No:
- pp.242-252
- Poem Title:
- The Charge of Cyrus The Great.
- Attribution:
- By Richard Onely, M. A.
- Attributed To:
- Richard Onely
- First Line:
- Stern winter hence with all his train removes
- Page No:
- pp.253-256
- Poem Title:
- Elegy. Written At The Approach Of Spring.
- Attribution:
- By John Scott, Esq.
- Attributed To:
- John Scott
- First Line:
- Farewell the pleasant violet scented shade
- Page No:
- pp.260-264
- Poem Title:
- Elegy. Written In The Harvest.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Scott]
- Attributed To:
- John Scott
- First Line:
- The sun far southward bends his annual way
- Page No:
- pp.265-268
- Poem Title:
- Elegy. Written At The Approach Of Winter.
- Attribution:
- By The Same. [i.e. Scott]
- Attributed To:
- John Scott
- First Line:
- Almighty power amazing are thy ways
- Page No:
- p.269
- Poem Title:
- Hymn From Psalm VIII.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Scott]
- Attributed To:
- John Scott
- First Line:
- Hence iron sceptred winter haste
- Page No:
- pp.270-281
- Poem Title:
- Ode On The Approach Of Summer.
- Attribution:
- By --
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The diamond's and the ruby's blaze
- Page No:
- pp.281-282
- Poem Title:
- True Beauty
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Fordyce.
- Attributed To:
- James Fordyce
- First Line:
- Virtue stern tutress hail
- Page No:
- pp.282-284
- Poem Title:
- Aristotle's Paean To Virtue Imitation.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Shepherd.
- Attributed To:
- Richard Shepherd
- First Line:
- Over midnight glass or by the fair
- Page No:
- pp.284-286
- Poem Title:
- Ode To Ambition.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Shepherd]
- Attributed To:
- Richard Shepherd
- First Line:
- Expatiate long in nice debate
- Page No:
- pp.287-289
- Poem Title:
- Ode To The Atheist.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Shepherd]
- Attributed To:
- Richard Shepherd
- First Line:
- Remote from those enchanting bowers
- Page No:
- pp.289-291
- Poem Title:
- Ode To Melancholy.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Shepherd]
- Attributed To:
- Richard Shepherd
- First Line:
- Beneath yon chain of barren rocks
- Page No:
- pp.292-294
- Poem Title:
- Ode On Envy.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Shepherd]
- Attributed To:
- Richard Shepherd
- First Line:
- Hence meagre pale disease
- Page No:
- pp.294-298
- Poem Title:
- Ode To Health.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Shepherd]
- Attributed To:
- Richard Shepherd
- First Line:
- Oft I've implored the gods in vain
- Page No:
- pp.298-301
- Poem Title:
- Prayer For Indifference.
- Attribution:
- By Mrs. Greville.
- Attributed To:
- Frances Greville [nee Macartney]
- First Line:
- Without preamble to my friend
- Page No:
- pp.301-304
- Poem Title:
- The Fairy's Answer To Mrs. Greville.
- Attribution:
- By The Countess Of C--
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ah what avails the lengthening mead
- Page No:
- pp.305-307
- Poem Title:
- The Man Of Sorrow.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Greville.
- Attributed To:
- Fulke Greville
- First Line:
- Yes to the sages be it told
- Page No:
- pp.308-310
- Poem Title:
- The Man of Pleasure.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Greville]
- Attributed To:
- Fulke Greville
- First Line:
- Kind companion of my youth
- Page No:
- p.311
- Poem Title:
- Verses Sent By Lord Melcombe To Dr. Young, Not Long Before His Lordship's Death.
- Attribution:
- Sent By Lord Melcombe
- Attributed To:
- George Bubb Dodington
- First Line:
- While rosy wreaths the goblet deck
- Page No:
- p.312
- Poem Title:
- Verses Under The Busto Of Comus In A Buffet At Hammersmith. E August MDCCL.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Dodington]
- Attributed To:
- George Bubb Dodington
- First Line:
- Ye patriot crowds who burn for England's fame
- Page No:
- pp.313-314
- Poem Title:
- Prologue Spoken By Mr. Garrick, April V. MDCCL. Before The Masque Of Comus, Acted At Drury-Lane, For The Benefit Of Milton's Grand-Daughter.
- Attribution:
- By Samuel Johnson, LL. D.
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Johnson
- First Line:
- By his hall chimney where in rusty grate
- Page No:
- pp.315-319
- Poem Title:
- The 'Squire And The Parson. An Eclogue.
- Attribution:
- By S. J. Esq.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- On the banks of that crystalline stream
- Page No:
- pp.320-324
- Poem Title:
- Allen and Ella. A Fragment.
- Attribution:
- By --
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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