Poems on several occasions with Valentinian [T95236]
- DMI number:
- 151
- Publication Date:
- 1710
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- T95236
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW111647661
- Shelfmark:
- BOD 12 THETA 1256
- Full Title:
- POEMS | ON | Several Occasions: | WITH | Valentinian; | A | TRAGEDY. | [i]To which is added[/i], | ADVICE to a PAINTER. | [rule] | Written by the Right Honourable | [i]JOHN[/i], late Earl of [i]Rochester[/i]. | [rule] | [i]LONDON[/i]: | Printed by [i]H. Hills[/i], and Sold by the Book- | sellers of [i]London[/i] and [i]Westminster[/i], 1710.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Collection of 17th century verse, Miscellany dominated by poet, and Probably not a miscellany
- Format:
- Octavo
- Pagination:
- [i-ii] iii-xiv [2], 1-167 [1] pp.
- Comments:
- QUERY: is this a miscellany? Contents: 'Alexander Bendo's Bill' pp. 59-67; 'Valentinian' pp. [69-76] 77-162.
- Other matter:
- Prefatory matter: Preface pp.iii-vii; Prefatory poem on Rochester's death pp. viii-xiv; table of contents [2pp]. End matter: Catalogue of Poems, &c. Printed and Sold by Henry Hills [p.168].
- Title:
- Poems on several occasions with Valentinian [T95235]
- Publication Date:
- 1705
- ESTC No:
- T95235
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Title:
- Poems, &c. on several occasions with Valentinian a tragedy [ESTC R1390]
- Publication Date:
- 1691
- ESTC No:
- R1390
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Poems, &c. on several occasions with Valentinian a tragedy [ESTC R35149]
- Publication Date:
- 1696
- ESTC No:
- R35149
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Author:
- John Wilmot
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Printer:
- Henry Hills
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- 'Printed by H. Hills, and Sold by the Book-sellers of London and Westminster.'
- First Line:
- Mourn all ye groves in darker shades be seen
- Page No:
- pp.viii-xiv
- Poem Title:
- A Pastoral, In Imitation of the Greek of Moschus; Bewailing the Death of the Earl of Rochester.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Were I who to my cost already am
- Page No:
- p.vi
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- By my Lord Rochester thus.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Of all the creatures in the world that be
- Page No:
- p.v
- Poem Title:
- [A Monsieur M-- Docteur de Sorb. ('De tous les Animeux qui s'elevent dans l'Air')] In English
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Oldham.
- Attributed To:
- John Oldham
- First Line:
- Prithee now fond fool give over
- Page No:
- pp.1-3
- Poem Title:
- A Dialogue between Strephon and Daphne.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- There sighs not on the plain
- Page No:
- pp.4-6
- Poem Title:
- A Pastoral Dialogue between Alexis and Strephon. Written at the Bath, in the Year 1674.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- All things submit themselves to your command
- Page No:
- pp.6-7
- Poem Title:
- The Advice.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Celia that faithful servant you disown
- Page No:
- p.8
- Poem Title:
- The Discovery.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Love bid me hope and I obeyed
- Page No:
- p.9
- Poem Title:
- Woman's Honour. A Song
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- An age in her embraces passed
- Page No:
- pp.10-11
- Poem Title:
- The Mistress. A Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- The utmost grace the Greeks could show
- Page No:
- p.10
- Poem Title:
- Grecian Kindness. A Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Absent from thee I languish still
- Page No:
- p.12
- Poem Title:
- A Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- What cruel pains Corinna takes
- Page No:
- pp.12-13
- Poem Title:
- To Corinna. A Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Ancient person for whom I
- Page No:
- pp.13-14
- Poem Title:
- A Song of a Young Lady, To Her Ancient Lover.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Phillis be gentler I advise
- Page No:
- p.14
- Poem Title:
- A Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Such perfect bliss fair Chloris we
- Page No:
- p.15
- Poem Title:
- To a Lady, in a Letter.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- All my past life is mine no more
- Page No:
- pp.16-17
- Poem Title:
- Love and Life. A Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- How blessed was the created state
- Page No:
- p.16
- Poem Title:
- The Fall. A Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- While on those lovely looks I gaze
- Page No:
- p.17
- Poem Title:
- A Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Love a woman you're an ass
- Page No:
- p.18
- Poem Title:
- A Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- To this moment a rebel I throw down my arms
- Page No:
- pp.18-19
- Poem Title:
- A Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Tis not that I am weary grown
- Page No:
- pp.19-20
- Poem Title:
- Upon his Leaving his Mistress.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Vulcan contrive me such a cup
- Page No:
- pp.20-21
- Poem Title:
- Upon Drinking in a Bowl.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- As Chloris full of harmless thoughts
- Page No:
- p.21
- Poem Title:
- A Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Give me leave to rail at you
- Page No:
- p.22
- Poem Title:
- A Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Nothing adds to your fond fire
- Page No:
- pp.22-23
- Poem Title:
- The Answer.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Fair Chloris in a pig-sty lay
- Page No:
- pp.23-24
- Poem Title:
- A Song, to Chloris.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- I cannot change as others do
- Page No:
- p.25
- Poem Title:
- Constancy. A Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- My dear mistress has a heart
- Page No:
- pp.25-26
- Poem Title:
- A Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Chloe by your command in verse I write
- Page No:
- pp.26-33
- Poem Title:
- A Letter from Artemisia in the Town, to Chloe in the Country.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Dear friend | I hear this town does so abound
- Page No:
- pp.33-36
- Poem Title:
- An Epistolary Essay, from M.G. to O.B. Upon their Mutual Poems.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Were I who to my cost already am
- Page No:
- pp.36-41
- Poem Title:
- A Satyr against Mankind.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- As some brave admiral in former war
- Page No:
- pp.41-42
- Poem Title:
- The Maim'd Debauchee.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Nothing thou elder brother even to shade
- Page No:
- pp.43-44
- Poem Title:
- Upon Nothing.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- The gods by right of nature must possess
- Page No:
- p.45
- Poem Title:
- [Lucretius, in his first book, has these lines. ('Omnis enim per se Divum Natura necesse est')] Thus Translated.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- O love how cold and slow to take my part
- Page No:
- pp.47-49
- Poem Title:
- The Ninth Elegy, in the Second Book of Ovid's Amours, Translated. To Love.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- After death nothing is and nothing death
- Page No:
- p.51
- Poem Title:
- The latter End of the Chorus of the Second Act of Seneca's Troas, Translated.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Virtue's triumphant shrine who dost engage
- Page No:
- p.52
- Poem Title:
- To His Sacred Majesty, on His Restoration, in the Year 1660. (Written at Twelve Years old.)
- Attribution:
- Rochester Wadh. Coll.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Respite great queen your just and hasty fears
- Page No:
- pp.53-54
- Poem Title:
- To Her Sacred Majesty, the Queen-Mother, on the Death of Mary, Princess of Orange. (Written at Twelve Years old.)
- Attribution:
- Rochester, of Wadham College
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Some few from wit have this true maxim got
- Page No:
- pp.54-55
- Poem Title:
- An Epilogue.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- As charms are nonsense nonsense seems a charm
- Page No:
- pp.55-56
- Poem Title:
- Epilogue.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Wit has of late took up a trick t'appear
- Page No:
- pp.57-58
- Poem Title:
- A Prologue, Spoken at the Court at White-Hall, before King Charles II. By the Lady Elizabeth Howard.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- With that assurance we today address
- Page No:
- [2pp.]
- Poem Title:
- Prologue, Spoken by Mrs. Cook, the First Day.
- Attribution:
- Written by Mrs. Behn.
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- Tis not your easiness to give applause
- Page No:
- [2pp.]
- Poem Title:
- Prologue to Valentinian. Spoken by Mrs Cook, the Second Day.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Now would you have me rail swell and look big
- Page No:
- [2pp.]
- Poem Title:
- Prologue, Intended for Valentinian, To be Spoken by Mrs. Barrey.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Tis well the scene is laid remote from hence
- Page No:
- p.162
- Poem Title:
- Epilogue;
- Attribution:
- Written by a Person of Quality.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Spread a large canvas painter to contain
- Page No:
- pp.163-166
- Poem Title:
- Advice to a painter, &c.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Great Charles who full of mercy wouldst command
- Page No:
- p.167
- Poem Title:
- To the King.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
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