Poems on several occasions [T42622] [ecco]
- DMI number:
- 513
- Publication Date:
- 1734
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- T42622
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW112275057
- Shelfmark:
- ECCO - BOD
- Full Title:
- POEMS | ON | SEVERAL OCCASIONS. | [rule] | [ornament] | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for C. RIVINGTON, at the [i]Bible[/i] | and [i]Crown[/i] in St. [i]Paul[/i]'s [i]Church-Yard.[/i] | [short rule] | M.DCC.XXXIV.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Subscription Miscellany
- Format:
- Quarto
- Comments:
- ATTRIBUTIONS: The collection is dominated by the work of Mary Barber, but her verses are not individually attributed. The poems that are presented (implicitly or explicitly) as her work have been described as 'Collected under Barber's name'. MISCELLANY GENRE: Collection dominated by Mary Barber and including the work of her friends and family.
- Other matter:
- PREFATORY MATTER: Dedication to 'The Right Honourable John, Earl of Orrery' signed by Swift (pp. iii-viii); Dedication to 'The Right Honourable John, Earl of Orrery' signed by Mary Barber (pp. ix-xvi); Preface (pp. xvii-xxx); Subscription list (pp. xxxi-xliv); Verse address to the author by Constantia Grierson (pp. xlv-xlviii) BACK MATTER: Index (7pp.)
- Title:
- Poems on several occasions [T42623]
- Publication Date:
- 1735
- ESTC No:
- T42623
- Volume:
- None
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- Poems on several occasions [T42643] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1736
- ESTC No:
- T42643
- Volume:
- None
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Dedicatee:
- John Boyle
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Editor:
- Jonathan Swift
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Swift was persuaded to write dedicatory / recommendatory epistle to this volume.
- Editor:
- Mary Barber
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- C. Rivington
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Long has the warrior's and the lover's fire
- Page No:
- pp.xlv-xlviii
- Poem Title:
- To Mrs. Mary Barber, under the Name of Sapphira: Occasion'd by the Encouragement She met with in England, to publish her Poems by Subscription.
- Attribution:
- Constantia Grierson
- Attributed To:
- Constantia Grierson
- First Line:
- Fair innocence the muse's loveliest theme
- Page No:
- pp.1-2
- Poem Title:
- To the Honble. Miss Carteret, now Countess of Dysert.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Mary Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Wearied with long attendance on the court
- Page No:
- pp.2-5
- Poem Title:
- The Widow Gordon's Petition: To the Right Hon. the Lady Carteret.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name.
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Eternal king is there one hour
- Page No:
- p.6
- Poem Title:
- Written in the Conclusion of a Letter to Mr. Tickell, entreating him to recommend the Widow Gordon's Petition.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- A mother who vast pleasure finds
- Page No:
- pp.7-12
- Poem Title:
- A True Tale.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- What is it our mammas bewitches
- Page No:
- pp.13-16
- Poem Title:
- Written for my Son, and Spoken by him at his first putting on Breeches.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name.
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- All bounteous heaven Castalio cries
- Page No:
- pp.17-19
- Poem Title:
- An unanswerable Apology for the Rich.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- When Athens was for arts and arms renowned
- Page No:
- pp.20-21
- Poem Title:
- Written for my Son, and spoken by him at School to some of the Fellows of the College of Dublin, at a Publick Examination for Victors.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Though rhyme serves the thoughts of great poets to fetter
- Page No:
- pp.22-27
- Poem Title:
- The Prodigy. A Letter to a Friend in the Country.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Sincerity what are thy views
- Page No:
- pp.28-29
- Poem Title:
- Sincerity. A Poem. Occasion'd by a Friend's resenting some Advice I gave.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- For fleeting life recalled for health restored
- Page No:
- pp.30-31
- Poem Title:
- To Dr. Richard Helsham. Upon my Recovery from a dangerous Fit of Sickness.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Celia when you oblige again
- Page No:
- p.32
- Poem Title:
- To Mrs. --.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- When you command the muse obeys
- Page No:
- pp.33-35
- Poem Title:
- To the Right Honourable the Lady Dowager Torrington, with some Verses her Ladyship commanded me to send Her.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Our master in a fatal hour
- Page No:
- pp.36-37
- Poem Title:
- Written for my Son, and spoken by him in School, upon his Master's first bringing in a Rod.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- This mourning mother can with ease explore
- Page No:
- pp.38-40
- Poem Title:
- Occasion'd by seeing some Verses written by Mrs. Constantia Grierson, upon the Death of her Son.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Who can the hardest task refuse
- Page No:
- p.41
- Poem Title:
- To the Right Honourable the Lady Elizabeth Brownlow, upon desiring me to send Her some of my Poems.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- The favours of fortune I once hoped to gain
- Page No:
- p.42
- Poem Title:
- The Resolution.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- I little thought that honest Dick
- Page No:
- pp.43-44
- Poem Title:
- Written for my Son in his Sickness, to one of his School-Fellows.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- In some few hours we must repair
- Page No:
- p.45
- Poem Title:
- Written at Tunbridge-Wells, To the Right Honourable the Lady Barbara North, occasion'd by some of the Company's saying they would go to Faint-Fair, and act a Play.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Ye gentle beaux and thoughtless belles
- Page No:
- p.46
- Poem Title:
- Upon seeing a Raffle for Addison's Works unfilled.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Flavia since conquest is your aim
- Page No:
- p.47
- Poem Title:
- To a Lady at Bath.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- An oak with spreading branches crowned
- Page No:
- pp.48-49
- Poem Title:
- The Oak and its Branches. A Fable. Occasion'd by seeing a dead Oak beautifully encompassed with Ivy.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- I beg your scholar you'll excuse
- Page No:
- p.50
- Poem Title:
- An Apology written for my Son to his Master, who had commanded him to write Verses on the Death of the late Lord --.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Might I inquire the reasons of my fate
- Page No:
- pp.51-53
- Poem Title:
- Written for a Gentlewoman in Distress. To her Grace Adelida, Dutchess of Shrewsbury.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- We of late had a terrible rout in our house
- Page No:
- p.54
- Poem Title:
- Written for my Son, to some of the Fellows of the College, who took care of the School in his Master's Absence.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Your late kind gift let me restore
- Page No:
- pp.55-56
- Poem Title:
- A Letter written for my Daughter, to a Lady who had presented her with a Cap.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Were princes graced with souls like thine
- Page No:
- p.57
- Poem Title:
- To his Grace the Duke of Chandos.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Tis time to conclude for I make it a rule
- Page No:
- pp.58-62
- Poem Title:
- The Conclusion of a Letter to the Rev. Mr. C- -.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Once Jupiter from out the skies
- Page No:
- pp.63-64
- Poem Title:
- Jupiter and Fortune, a Fable.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Let me the honour soon obtain
- Page No:
- pp.65-66
- Poem Title:
- To the Right Honourable the Lady Sarah Cowper. Written when the Author was sick at Tunbridge-Wells.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- As in some wealthy trading town
- Page No:
- pp.67-69
- Poem Title:
- A Letter to a Friend, on Occasion of some Libels written against him.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Somnus powerful deity
- Page No:
- p.70
- Poem Title:
- An Hymn to Sleep. Written when the Author was sick.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- A curious statue we are told
- Page No:
- pp.71-72
- Poem Title:
- On Sending my Son, as a Present, to Dr. Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, on his Birth-Day.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Ye heedless fair who pass the livelong day
- Page No:
- pp.73-76
- Poem Title:
- Occasion'd by reading the Memoirs of Anne of Austria, written by Madam de Motteville. Inscrib'd to the Right Honourable the Countess of Herford.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Say Worsdeal where you learned the art
- Page No:
- p.77
- Poem Title:
- On the Dutchess of Newcastle's Picture.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Dear Rose as I lately was writing some verse
- Page No:
- pp.78-79
- Poem Title:
- A Letter for my Son to one of his Schoolfellows, Son to Henry Rose, Esq;
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- I grieve to think that Waller's blamed
- Page No:
- pp.80-81
- Poem Title:
- To a Gentleman, who had abus'd Waller.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Welcome thou sacred solemn guest
- Page No:
- p.82
- Poem Title:
- Written for my Son, in a Bible which was presented to him.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Believe me Rose however this Con may please
- Page No:
- pp.83-84
- Poem Title:
- To Mr. Rose; sent in the Name of the Honourable Mr. Barry, one of his Schoolfellows...Occasion'd by the foregoing Verses, p. 78.
- Attribution:
- Written by the Reverend Dr. T-
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Since Phoebus makes your verse divine
- Page No:
- pp.85-86
- Poem Title:
- Written for my Son, to Mr. Barry, occasion'd by the foregoing Verses.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Thus twice detected Con thy pride give over
- Page No:
- pp.87-89
- Poem Title:
- Upon my Son's speaking Latin in School to less Advantage than English: Written as from a Schoolfellow.
- Attribution:
- By Mrs. Grierson
- Attributed To:
- Constantia Grierson
- First Line:
- With joy your summons we obey
- Page No:
- pp.90-92
- Poem Title:
- An Apology written for my Son to the Reverend Mr. Sampson, who had invited some Friends to celebrate Lord Carteret's Birth-Day, at Mount-Carteret near Dublin; and desir'd my Son to write on that Occasion.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- My lord of Killala I find to my sorrow
- Page No:
- pp.93-94
- Poem Title:
- Apology to Dr. Clayton, Bishop of Killala, and his Lady, who had promis'd to dine with the Author.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- So Ceres lovely and divine
- Page No:
- p.95
- Poem Title:
- Written for my Son, upon Lady Santry's coming to School, to see her Son, and getting the Scholars a Play-Day.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Is what we owe great William then
- Page No:
- p.96
- Poem Title:
- Written for my Son to his Master, on the Anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Why are we scholars plagued to write
- Page No:
- pp.97-98
- Poem Title:
- An Apology for my Son to his Master, for not bringing an Exercise on the Coronation Day.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- A wretch in smoky Dublin pent
- Page No:
- pp.99-102
- Poem Title:
- Written from Dublin, to a Lady in the Country.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- I grieve to see you waste your time
- Page No:
- pp.103-104
- Poem Title:
- Sent as from a Schoolfellow to my Son, Anno 1727.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Ierne's now our royal care
- Page No:
- pp.105-110
- Poem Title:
- Apollo's Edict.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- A courtier summoned hence of late
- Page No:
- pp.111-113
- Poem Title:
- News from St. James's.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name.
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- When Cynthia regent of the tides
- Page No:
- pp.114-115
- Poem Title:
- To a Lady who was libell'd.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- When ruin threatened me of late
- Page No:
- pp.116-117
- Poem Title:
- To the Right Honourable the Lady Elizabeth Germain, upon seeing her do a generous Action. Written as from the Person reliev'd.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Ladies this entertainment we have shown
- Page No:
- pp.118-119
- Poem Title:
- Epilogue to a Comedy acted at Bath, where the Dutchess of Ormond was present.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Madam I hear and hear with sorrow
- Page No:
- pp.120-121
- Poem Title:
- To her Grace the Dutchess of Manchester, and Lady Diana Spencer, now Dutchess of Bedford. The humble Petition of little Jemmy Pen, at Tunbridge-Wells.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- And will your goodness never have an end
- Page No:
- pp.122-123
- Poem Title:
- To the Honourable Mrs. Percival.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- You used me ill and I withdrew
- Page No:
- pp.124-125
- Poem Title:
- Written at Bath to a young Lady. who had just before given me a short Answer.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Stella and Flavia every hour
- Page No:
- pp.126-127
- Poem Title:
- Stella and Flavia.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Dear Jack whilst you through Flanders roam
- Page No:
- pp.128-130
- Poem Title:
- A Letter written for my Son to a young Gentleman, who was sent to be educated at the Jesuits College in Flanders.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Dear Psyche come with cheerful face
- Page No:
- p.131
- Poem Title:
- To Mrs. S-. Written in my Sickness.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- How gladly madam would I go
- Page No:
- pp.132-135
- Poem Title:
- To a Lady, who invited the Author into the Country.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- The picture strikes tis drawn with wondrous art
- Page No:
- pp.136-137
- Poem Title:
- To his Excellency the Lord Carteret. Occasion'd by seeing a Poem, intitled, The Birth of Manly Virtue.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Some guardian powers in pity to our land
- Page No:
- pp.138-139
- Poem Title:
- To the Honourable Mrs. Percival, on her desisting from the Bermudan Project.
- Attribution:
- By Mrs. Grierson
- Attributed To:
- Constantia Grierson
- First Line:
- You say tis hard to copy well
- Page No:
- p.140
- Poem Title:
- To Mrs. Newans, encouraging her to draw Lady Killmorey's Picture.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- In vain you show a happy nation
- Page No:
- p.141
- Poem Title:
- To the Reverend Dr. L--. Occasion'd by his Sermon for the Support of the Charity-Children at Tunbridge-Wells, where the Collection was small.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- So little given at chapel door
- Page No:
- p.142
- Poem Title:
- An Epigram on the same Occasion.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Children are snatched away sometimes
- Page No:
- p.143
- Poem Title:
- An Epitaph on the late Lord Mac Cashel.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- How well these laymen love to gibe
- Page No:
- pp.144-145
- 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-Wells. Written at the Request of a Layman.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Books pictures statues here we find
- Page No:
- p.146
- Poem Title:
- Written at Dr. Mead's House in Ormond-Street, to Mrs. Mead.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Hither amongst the crowds that shun
- Page No:
- pp.147-148
- Poem Title:
- Written upon the Rocks at Tunbridge, on seeing the Names of several Persons written there.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Say my Hortensia in this silent hour
- Page No:
- pp.149-150
- Poem Title:
- A Letter written from London to Mrs. Strangeways Horner, whom the Author had left the Day before at Tunbridge-Wells. Oct. 1730.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Today as at my glass I stood
- Page No:
- pp.151-153
- Poem Title:
- To Mrs. Frances-Arabella Kelly.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Forgive me fair one nor resent
- Page No:
- p.154
- Poem Title:
- The Recantation: To the same Lady.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- The internal senses painted here we see
- Page No:
- p.155
- Poem Title:
- To the Honourable Mrs. Percival, with Hutcheson's Treatise on Beauty and Order.
- Attribution:
- By Mrs. Grierson
- Attributed To:
- Constantia Grierson
- First Line:
- When lately you acquitted me
- Page No:
- pp.156-157
- Poem Title:
- The Author, who had been engag'd to dine with Mrs. Caesar, was excus'd by that Lady, upon an Invitation from Lord Carteret's; and the next Day Mrs. Caesar was invited by the Speaker, which occasion'd the following Lines. To Mrs. Caesar, at the Speaker's Lodgings at Bath.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Tis said for every common grief
- Page No:
- p.158
- Poem Title:
- To the Right Honourable John Earl of Orrery, at Bath, after the Death of the late Earl.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Nor Bath nor Tunbridge can my lays inspire
- Page No:
- p.159
- Poem Title:
- The Earl's Answer, written extempore.
- Attribution:
- 'The Earl's Answer' [i.e. John, Earl of Orrery]
- Attributed To:
- John Boyle
- First Line:
- Why did I hope to make your anguish less
- Page No:
- p.160
- Poem Title:
- Reply to the foregoing Verses.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- The Britons in their nature shy
- Page No:
- pp.161-163
- Poem Title:
- On leaving Bath.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Swift for the ancients has argued so well
- Page No:
- p.164
- Poem Title:
- An Epigram on the Battle of the Books.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Whilst happily I pass my hours
- Page No:
- pp.165-166
- Poem Title:
- Written at Camberwell near London in the Study of Mr. Wainwright, now Baron of the Exchequer in Ireland, where the Author accidentally din'd alone.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Uncommon charms I plainly see
- Page No:
- p.167
- Poem Title:
- To Mrs. Putland.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Contented in my humble state
- Page No:
- p.168
- Poem Title:
- Occasion'd by seeing the Honourable -- -- treat a Person of Merit with Insolence, who came to make a Request to her.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Start not nor tremble at the sight of this
- Page No:
- p.169
- Poem Title:
- To the Right Honourable the Lady Kilmorey, with a Letter, which was written by the late Lady Roydon, of the Kingdom of Ireland, just before her Death.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Your wine by southern suns refined
- Page No:
- p.170
- Poem Title:
- To Dr. Mead, on his Cape Wine.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Though the muse had denied me so often before
- Page No:
- pp.171-172
- Poem Title:
- To the Right Honourable the Earl of Orrery, on his Promise to sup with me.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Shall for the Man of Ross thy lyre be strung
- Page No:
- pp.173-179
- Poem Title:
- To Mr. Pope: Intreating him to write Verses to the Memory of Thomas, late Earl of Thanet.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Dear Philomela oft you condescend
- Page No:
- p.180
- Poem Title:
- To Mrs. Anne Donnellan, with the fourth Essay on Man.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- To you Athenians we again submit
- Page No:
- pp.181-185
- Poem Title:
- Written for my Son, and spoken by him, at a public Examination for Victors.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Lovely Armina over her books reclined
- Page No:
- p.186
- Poem Title:
- To Mrs. Armine Cartwright, at Bath.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Obrian we're in story told
- Page No:
- pp.187-188
- Poem Title:
- To the Right Honourable the Earl of Thomond, at Bath; who charg'd the Author with making an Irish Bull.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- O thou with every virtue graced
- Page No:
- pp.189-193
- 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 under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Go jealousy tormentress dire
- Page No:
- p.194
- Poem Title:
- On imagining a Friend had treated the Author with Indifference.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- O Charlotte truly pious early wise
- Page No:
- p.195
- Poem Title:
- To the Right Honourable Charlotte Lady Conway, on her resolving to leave Bath.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name.
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- When I heard you were landed I flew to the nine
- Page No:
- pp.196-197
- Poem Title:
- An Invitation to Edward Walpole, Esq; upon hearing he was landed in Dublin.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Though great Longinus claims thy aiding hand
- Page No:
- pp.198-202
- Poem Title:
- To the Reverend Mr. Mabell, of Cambridge, who has publish'd Proposals for a Translation of Longinus.
- Attribution:
- By William Ward, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Ward
- First Line:
- Let others speak your titles and your blood
- Page No:
- pp.203-205
- Poem Title:
- To the Right Honourable the Earl of Orrery, in Dublin, Upon receiving an Account from Mrs. Barber, of his Lordship's great Generosity to her.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Ward]
- Attributed To:
- William Ward
- First Line:
- O thou my beauteous ever tender friend
- Page No:
- pp.206-214
- Poem Title:
- To Mrs. Ward.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Ward]
- Attributed To:
- William Ward
- First Line:
- These plains so joyous once to me
- Page No:
- pp.215-216
- Poem Title:
- Written at Tunbridge-Wells, where the Author had, the Year before, been honour'd with the Acquaintance of Mrs. Strangeways Horner, who, after, went abroad on account of her Health.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- You cry she's bred in the old way
- Page No:
- p.217
- Poem Title:
- To Novella, on her saying deridingly, that a Lady of great Merit, and fine Address, was bred in the Old Way. An Epigram.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- In various forms have I been shown
- Page No:
- pp.218-221
- Poem Title:
- The Speech of Cupid, upon seeing himself painted by the Honourable Miss Carteret, (now Countess of Dysert) on a Fan.
- Attribution:
- Written by Mrs. Grierson
- Attributed To:
- Constantia Grierson
- First Line:
- Wherever you go some actions still we hear
- Page No:
- pp.222-223
- Poem Title:
- To the Honourable Mrs. Spencer, on her removing from Windsor to Rookly in Hampshire.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- No more at critics Ned repine
- Page No:
- p.224
- Poem Title:
- To a Gentleman, who shew'd a fine Poem as his own.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- To the late king of Britain a savage was brought
- Page No:
- pp.225-226
- Poem Title:
- To the Right Honourable John Barber, Esq; Lord Mayor of London, on committing one of my Sons to his Care.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- This present from a lovely dame
- Page No:
- p.227
- Poem Title:
- Spoken extempore, to the Right Honourable the Lady Barbara North, on her presenting the Author with a white Ribband at Tunbridge-Wells.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Return brave youth suspend thy martial fire
- Page No:
- pp.228-229
- Poem Title:
- To his Grace the Duke of Buckingham and Normanby, at the Camp before Philipsburg.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Remote from strife from urban throngs and noise
- Page No:
- p.230
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- By a Person of Quality
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Goddess of health wherever you dwell
- Page No:
- p.231
- Poem Title:
- Verses occasion'd by the Sickness of Mrs. Anne Donnellan.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Since Milo rallies sacred writ
- Page No:
- p.232
- Poem Title:
- An Epigram.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- O wretch hath madness cured thy dire despair
- Page No:
- pp.233-235
- Poem Title:
- On seeing an Officer's Widow distracted, who had been driven to Despair, by a long and fruitless Sollicitation for the Arrears of her Pension.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- I read in your delighted face
- Page No:
- pp.236-237
- Poem Title:
- To Mrs. Mary Caesar, upon seeing her just after the Marriage of her Friend, the Lady Margaret Harley.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Sophronia all the world agree
- Page No:
- pp.238-239
- Poem Title:
- To Sophronia.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Ye heedless fair who trifle life away
- Page No:
- p.240
- Poem Title:
- Advice to the Ladies at Bath.
- Attribution:
- Written by a Lady
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I hope sir by this you have found your account
- Page No:
- p.241
- Poem Title:
- To a Gentleman who tool a very grave Friend of his, to visit one of a quite different Turn.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Well you sincerity display
- Page No:
- p.242
- 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 under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- You look surprised in this deriding age
- Page No:
- pp.243-245
- Poem Title:
- Prologue to Theodosius: Spoken by Athenais at the Theatre in Dublin, when Lord and Lady Carteret were in Ireland.
- Attribution:
- Written by Mrs. Grierson
- Attributed To:
- Constantia Grierson
- First Line:
- Thou glorious ruler of the beauteous day
- Page No:
- pp.246-249
- Poem Title:
- A Letter to Mrs. Barber, at Tunbridge-Wells.
- Attribution:
- Constantine Barber
- Attributed To:
- Constantine Barber
- First Line:
- May each new year some new perfection give
- Page No:
- pp.250-251
- Poem Title:
- To the Right Honourable the Lady Elizabeth Boyle, Daughter to the Right Honourable John Earl of Orrery, on her Birth-day, May 7. 1733.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Constantine Barber]
- Attributed To:
- Constantine Barber
- First Line:
- Though the plum and the peach with Apollo conspire
- Page No:
- p.252
- Poem Title:
- To Mrs. Frances-Arabella Kelly, with a Present of Fruit.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Constantine Barber]
- Attributed To:
- Constantine Barber
- First Line:
- As through this sylvan scene I strayed
- Page No:
- p.253
- Poem Title:
- Verses ty'd about a Fawn's Neck, which was presented to a very young Lady, call'd by her Friends the Ivory Maid.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Constantine Barber]
- Attributed To:
- Constantine Barber
- First Line:
- See the bright sun renews his annual course
- Page No:
- pp.254-255
- Poem Title:
- To Mrs. Barber.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Constantine Barber]
- Attributed To:
- Constantine Barber
- First Line:
- Not Persia's monarch could unmoved survey
- Page No:
- p.256
- Poem Title:
- An Apology to the Earl of Orrery, Dr. Swift, and some others of my Friends, for falling into Tears before them, on my leaving Ireland.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Once Juno's bird as authors say
- Page No:
- pp.257-259
- Poem Title:
- The Peacock. A Tale. Inscrib'd, (once at a Wedding) to the Bashaws of Utopia.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Why lovely Lelia so depressed
- Page No:
- pp.260-261
- Poem Title:
- To a Lady in the Spleen, whom the Author was desir'd to amuse.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- See in the temple raised by Harley's hand
- Page No:
- p.262
- Poem Title:
- On the Earl of Oxford and Mortimer's giving his Daughter in Marriage in Oxford-Chapel.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Tis theirs who but to please aspire
- Page No:
- pp.263-264
- Poem Title:
- To her Grace the Dutchess of Portland, with the foregoing Lines.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- In vain with mimic skill my pencil tries
- Page No:
- pp.265-266
- Poem Title:
- On her drawing the Lord Boyle's Picture.
- Attribution:
- Verses written by Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe
- Attributed To:
- Elizabeth Rowe [nee Singer]
- First Line:
- No air of wit no beauteous grace I boast
- Page No:
- p.266
- Poem Title:
- Lord Boyle's Answer to the foregoing Verses.
- Attribution:
- Lord Boyle's Answer
- Attributed To:
- John Boyle
- First Line:
- Whilst Gay's unhappy fate thy ear attends
- Page No:
- p.267
- Poem Title:
- To Robert Barber Esq; Deputy to the Treasurer's Remembrancer in the Court of Exchequer, on his attending, whilst his Son repeated Gay's Fable of the Hare and Many Friends.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Should you employ your ridicule
- Page No:
- pp.268-269
- Poem Title:
- Verses sent to a Lady, who took Delight in ridiculing a Person of very weak Understanding, whom she reliev'd from Want.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- Tell me my patroness and friend
- Page No:
- p.270
- Poem Title:
- To Lady H--r, who ask'd, Had the Author done writing Verses?
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- A sight like this who can unmoved survey
- Page No:
- pp.271-274
- Poem Title:
- On seeing the Captives, lately redeem'd from Barbary by His Majesty.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- How I succeed you kindly ask
- Page No:
- pp.275-283
- Poem Title:
- To a Lady, who commanded me to send her an Account in Verse, how I succeeded in my Subscription.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
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