Poems on several occasions [T42623]
- DMI number:
- 519
- Publication Date:
- 1735
- ESTC number:
- T42623
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW110428906
- Shelfmark:
- BL 11631.bbb.7
- Full Title:
- POEMS | ON | SEVERAL OCCASIONS. | [double rule] | [ornament] | [double 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. XXXV.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Miscellany associated with group of poets and Subscription Miscellany
- Format:
- Octavo
- Pagination:
- [2], iii-lxiv, [1]-290, [14].
- Other matter:
- PREFATORY MATTER: Letter to John, Earl of Orrery signed Jonathan Swift (pp. iii-vii); Dedication to John, Earl of Orrery signed Mary Barber (pp. ix-xvi); Preface (pp. xvii-xxviii); Subscription list (pp. xxix-lx); Errata (p. lx); poem to Barber by Grierson (pp. lxi-lxiv). BACK MATTER: Index (13 pp.)
- Title:
- Poems on several occasions [T42622] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1734
- ESTC No:
- T42622
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- Poems on several occasions [T42643] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1736
- ESTC No:
- T42643
- Volume:
- None
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Editor:
- Jonathan Swift
- Confidence:
- Speculation (10%)
- Comments:
- Editor:
- Mary Barber
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Printer:
- Samuel Richardson
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- ESTC: "Printed by Samuel Richardson (Foxon)."
- Publisher:
- C. Rivington
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Long has the warrior's and the lover's fire
- Page No:
- pp.lxi-lxiv
- 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:
- p.1
- 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. Tickel, intreating 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 public 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 Honble 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 unfill'd.
- 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 encompass'd 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 Adelia, 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:
- 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 Hertford.
- 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 School-fellows, 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.84-85
- 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 Rev. Dr. T-.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Since Phoebus makes your verse divine
- Page No:
- pp.86-87
- 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.88-90
- 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.91-93
- 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.94-95
- Poem Title:
- An 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:
- pp.96-97
- 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.98
- 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.99-100
- 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.101-104
- 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.105-16
- Poem Title:
- Sent as from a School-fellow 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.107-112
- 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.113-115
- 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.116-117
- 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.118-119
- 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.120-121
- 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.122-123
- 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.124-125
- 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.126-127
- 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.128-129
- 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.130-133
- 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.134
- 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.135-138
- 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.139-140
- 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.141-142
- 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.143
- 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:
- pp.144-145
- 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.146
- 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.147
- Poem Title:
- An Epitaph on the late Lord Mount-Cashel.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Barber's name
- Attributed To:
- Mary Barber
- First Line:
- How well these laymen love to gibe
- Page No:
- pp.148-150
- 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.151
- 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.152-153
- 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.154-156
- 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.157-159
- 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.160
- 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.161
- 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.162-163
- 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.164
- 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.165
- 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.166
- 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.167-169
- 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.170
- 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.171-172
- 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.173
- 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.174
- 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.175
- 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.176
- 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.177-178
- Poem Title:
- To the Right Hon. the Earl of Orrery, on his Promise to sup with the Author.
- 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.179-185
- Poem Title:
- To Alexander Pope, Esq; 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.186
- 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.187-191
- 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.192
- 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.193-194
- 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.195-200
- 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.201
- 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.202
- Poem Title:
- To the Rt. Hon. 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.203-204
- 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.205-209
- 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.210-212
- 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.213-221
- 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.222-223
- 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.224
- 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.225-228
- 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.229-230
- 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.231
- 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.232-233
- 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.234
- 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.235-236
- 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.237
- 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.238
- 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.239
- 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.240-242
- 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.243-244
- 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.245-246
- 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.247
- 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.248
- Poem Title:
- To a Gentleman, who took 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.249
- 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.250-252
- 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.253-256
- Poem Title:
- A Letter sent 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.257-258
- 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.259
- 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.260
- 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.261-262
- 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.263
- 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.264-266
- Poem Title:
- The Peacock. A Fable. 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.267-268
- 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.269
- 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.270-271
- 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:
- p.272
- 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.273
- 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.274
- 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.275-276
- 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.277
- 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.278-281
- 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.282-290
- 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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