A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands [vol 2] [N14969] [gb]
- DMI number:
- 1148
- Publication Date:
- 1783
- Volume Number:
- 2 of 4
- ESTC number:
- N14969
- Shelfmark:
- Ecco - Bod
- Full Title:
- A | COLLECTION | OF | POEMS, | IN FOUR VOLUMES. | BY | SEVERAL HANDS. | [ornament] | LONDON: | PRinted by Assignment from the Executors of G. PEARCH, | For J. DODSLEY, in Pall-Mall. | [short rule] | M.DCC.LXXXIII.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Collection of literary verse
- Format:
- Octavo
- Other matter:
- Back matter: Index [4pp.]
- References:
- Google Books/Bodleian copy: http://dbooks.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/books/PDFs/N10337913.pdf 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 2] [T116245] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1770
- ESTC No:
- T116245
- Volume:
- 2 of 4
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands [vol 2] [T95888] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1775
- ESTC No:
- T95888
- Volume:
- 2 of 4
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- 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:
- Volume from the same edition
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands [vol 3] [N14969] [gb]
- Publication Date:
- 1783
- ESTC No:
- N14969
- Volume:
- 3 of 4
- Relationship:
- Volume from the same edition
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands [vol 4] [N14969] [gb]
- Publication Date:
- 1783
- ESTC No:
- N14969
- Volume:
- 4 of 4
- Relationship:
- Volume from the same edition
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- James Dodsley
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Ye persian maids attend your poet's lays
- Page No:
- pp.1-4
- Poem Title:
- Eclogue I. Selim; Or, The Shepherd's Moral. Scene, A Valley Near Bagdat. Time, The Morning.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. William Collins.
- Attributed To:
- William Collins
- First Line:
- In silent horror over the boundless waste
- Page No:
- pp.4-7
- Poem Title:
- Eclogue II. Hassan; Or, The Camel-Driver. Scene, The Desert. Time, Mid-Day.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. William Collins.
- Attributed To:
- William Collins
- First Line:
- In Georgia's land where Tefflis' towers are seen
- Page No:
- pp.8-11
- Poem Title:
- Eclogue III. Abra; Or, The Georgian Sultana. Scene, A Forest. Time, The Evening.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. William Collins.
- Attributed To:
- William Collins
- First Line:
- In fair Circassia where to love inclined
- Page No:
- pp.11-14
- Poem Title:
- Eclogue IV. Agib and Secander; Or, The Fugitives. Scene, A Mountain In Circassia. Time, Midnight.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. William Collins.
- Attributed To:
- William Collins
- First Line:
- In yonder grove a druid lies
- Page No:
- pp.15-17
- Poem Title:
- Ode On The Death Of Mr. James Thomson.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Collins]
- Attributed To:
- William Collins
- First Line:
- O thou the friend of man assigned
- Page No:
- pp.17-19
- Poem Title:
- Ode To Pity.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Collins]
- Attributed To:
- William Collins
- First Line:
- O thou by nature taught
- Page No:
- pp.19-21
- Poem Title:
- Ode To Simplicity.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Collins]
- Attributed To:
- William Collins
- First Line:
- O thou who badst thy turtles bear
- Page No:
- pp.22-23
- Poem Title:
- Ode To Peace.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Collins]
- Attributed To:
- William Collins
- First Line:
- O thou who sittest a smiling bride
- Page No:
- pp.23-24
- Poem Title:
- Ode To Mercy.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Collins]
- Attributed To:
- William Collins
- First Line:
- Who shall awake the Spartan fife
- Page No:
- pp.24-31
- Poem Title:
- Ode To Liberty.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Collins]
- Attributed To:
- William Collins
- First Line:
- Thou to whom the world unknown
- Page No:
- pp.31-34
- Poem Title:
- Ode To Fear.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Collins]
- Attributed To:
- William Collins
- First Line:
- As once if not with light regard
- Page No:
- pp.34-37
- Poem Title:
- Ode On The Poetical Character.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e Collins]
- Attributed To:
- William Collins
- First Line:
- Farewell for clearer ken designed
- Page No:
- pp.38-41
- Poem Title:
- The Manners. An Ode.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Collins]
- Attributed To:
- William Collins
- First Line:
- When music heavenly maid was young
- Page No:
- pp.41-45
- Poem Title:
- The Passions. An Ode.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Collins]
- Attributed To:
- William Collins
- First Line:
- Ye curious hands that hid from vulgar eyes
- Page No:
- pp.46-47
- Poem Title:
- Written On A Paper, Which Contained A Piece Of Bride Cake: Given To The Author By A Lady.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Collins]
- Attributed To:
- William Collins
- First Line:
- Ye northern blasts and Eurus wont to sweep
- Page No:
- pp.48-72
- Poem Title:
- London: Or, The Progress Of Commerce.
- Attribution:
- By Richard Glover, Esq.
- Attributed To:
- Richard Glover
- First Line:
- Let venal annals boast a Caesar's reign
- Page No:
- pp.72-85
- Poem Title:
- Modern Virtue. A Satire.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- There fled the fair that all beholders charmed
- Page No:
- pp.85-93
- Poem Title:
- A Monody To The Memory Of Mrs. Margaret Woffington.
- Attribution:
- By John Hoole.
- Attributed To:
- John Hoole
- First Line:
- When approached by the fair dewy fingers of spring
- Page No:
- pp.94-97
- Poem Title:
- Spring. A Pastoral Ballad.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Tho. Brerewood.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Brerewood
- First Line:
- Where the light cannot pierce in a grove of tall trees
- Page No:
- pp.97-98
- Poem Title:
- Summer.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Brerewood]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Brerewood
- First Line:
- Though the seasons must alter ah yet let me find
- Page No:
- pp.99-102
- Poem Title:
- Autumn.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Brerewood]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Brerewood
- First Line:
- When the trees are all bare not a leaf to be seen
- Page No:
- pp.102-103
- Poem Title:
- Winter.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Brerewood]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Brerewood
- First Line:
- Vengeance arise from thy infernal bed
- Page No:
- pp.104-115
- Poem Title:
- The Cure Of Saul. A Sacred Ode.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Brown.
- Attributed To:
- John Brown
- First Line:
- What though nor glittering turret rise
- Page No:
- pp.115-116
- Poem Title:
- An Inscription Written At A Favourite Retirement In May MDCCLVIII.
- Attribution:
- By The Same. [i.e. Brown]
- Attributed To:
- John Brown
- First Line:
- Where sighs the zephyr to yon lonely tree
- Page No:
- pp.117-122
- Poem Title:
- An Elegy Written Among The Ruins Of An Abbey.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Jerningham.
- Attributed To:
- Edward Jerningham
- First Line:
- Harmodius breathed the rural air nor found
- Page No:
- pp.123-129
- Poem Title:
- Amabella. Written At The Desire Of Mrs. Montagu.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Jerningham]
- Attributed To:
- Edward Jerningham
- First Line:
- Ye fair for whom the hands of Hymen weave
- Page No:
- pp.130-134
- Poem Title:
- Il Latte: An Elegy.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Jerningham]
- Attributed To:
- Edward Jerningham
- First Line:
- Hail hallowed fane amid whose mouldring shrines
- Page No:
- pp.135-141
- Poem Title:
- An Elegy, Written Among The Tombs In Westminster Abbey.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Deem not ye plaintive crew that suffer wrong
- Page No:
- pp.142-148
- Poem Title:
- The Transformation Of Lycon And Euphormius.
- Attribution:
- By William Melmoth, Esq.
- Attributed To:
- William Melmoth
- First Line:
- Ere Saturn's sons were yet disgraced
- Page No:
- pp.149-151
- Poem Title:
- A Tale.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Melmoth]
- Attributed To:
- William Melmoth
- First Line:
- While yet no amorous youths around thee bow
- Page No:
- pp.151-152
- Poem Title:
- Epistle To Sappho.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Melmoth]
- Attributed To:
- William Melmoth
- First Line:
- Early the sun his radiant axle guides
- Page No:
- pp.153-164
- Poem Title:
- Verses Written In London On The Approach Of Spring
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ah me what is this mortal life I cried
- Page No:
- pp.165-177
- Poem Title:
- Woodstock. An Elegy. Written In The Year MDCCLIX.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ranged by all ruling heaven's design
- Page No:
- pp.178-186
- Poem Title:
- Marriage. An Ode.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Let courtly bards in polished phrase endite
- Page No:
- pp.186-193
- Poem Title:
- The Parish Clerk.
- Attribution:
- By W. Vernon.
- Attributed To:
- William Vernon
- First Line:
- Let others travel with incessant pain
- Page No:
- pp.194-198
- Poem Title:
- The Wish: An Elegy. To Urania.
- Attribution:
- By Thomas Blacklock, D. D.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Blacklock
- First Line:
- Night brooding over her mute domain
- Page No:
- pp.198-205
- Poem Title:
- An Hymn To Fortitude.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Blacklock]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Blacklock
- First Line:
- Offspring of folly and of pride
- Page No:
- pp.206-208
- Poem Title:
- Ode Against Ill-Nature.
- Attribution:
- By Christopher Smart, M. A.
- Attributed To:
- Christopher Smart
- First Line:
- From your lyre enchanted towers
- Page No:
- pp.209-216
- Poem Title:
- Ode On St. Cecilia's Day.
- Attribution:
- By The Same.
- Attributed To:
- Christopher Smart
- First Line:
- Ere yet I sing the round revolving year
- Page No:
- pp.217-230
- Poem Title:
- The Seasons. In Imitation Of Spenser.
- Attribution:
- By Moses Mendez, Esq.
- Attributed To:
- Moses Mendez
- First Line:
- The lofty beeches and their sacred shade
- Page No:
- pp.230-238
- Poem Title:
- Holkham. A Poem.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Potter.
- Attributed To:
- Robert Potter
- First Line:
- Amidst the more important toils of state
- Page No:
- pp.238-242
- Poem Title:
- The Poor Man's Prayer...Written 1766. Addressed To The Earl of Chatham.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Roberts.
- Attributed To:
- William Hayward Roberts
- First Line:
- Of eastern virtue and religion's force
- Page No:
- pp.243-258
- Poem Title:
- Bedukah; Or, The Self-Devoted. An Indian Pastoral. Addressed To A Lady.
- Attribution:
- By Eyles Irwin, Esq.
- Attributed To:
- Eyles Irwin
- First Line:
- When mouldering piles conceal the sculptor's hand
- Page No:
- pp.259-264
- Poem Title:
- Eclogue I. Alexis: Or, The Traveller. Scene: The Ruins of Alexandria. Time: Morning. To Thomas Pearson, Esq.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Irwin]
- Attributed To:
- Eyles Irwin
- First Line:
- Fast by the vale that bosoms Sennaa's pride
- Page No:
- pp.264-268
- Poem Title:
- Eclogue II. Selima: Or, The Fair Greek. Scene: A Seraglio in Arabia Felix. Time: Noon.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Irwin]
- Attributed To:
- Eyles Irwin
- First Line:
- High on the top of that religious fane
- Page No:
- pp.269-274
- Poem Title:
- Eclogue III. Ramah: Or, The Bramin. Scene: The Pagado of Conjeveram. Time: Evening. To Robert Patton, Esq.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Irwin]
- Attributed To:
- Eyles Irwin
- First Line:
- Two youths of noble birth whose wayward fate
- Page No:
- pp.275-279
- Poem Title:
- Eclogue IV. The Escape: Or, The Captives. Scene: The Suburbs of Tunis. Time: Night. To James Irwin, Esq.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Irwin]
- Attributed To:
- Eyles Irwin
- First Line:
- Be still my fears suggest no false alarms
- Page No:
- pp.279-282
- Poem Title:
- On The Peace Of Aix La Chapelle. MDCCXLVIII.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Hurd.
- Attributed To:
- Richard Hurd
- First Line:
- Stranger or guest whomever this hallowed grove
- Page No:
- pp.282-283
- Poem Title:
- Sonnet. For The Root-House At Wrest.
- Attribution:
- By Thomas Edwards, Esq.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Edwards
- First Line:
- O Heberden whose salutary care
- Page No:
- pp.283-284
- Poem Title:
- Sonnet. To W. Heberden, M. D.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Edwards]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Edwards
- First Line:
- Sweet linnet who from off the laurel spray
- Page No:
- pp.283-284
- Poem Title:
- Sonnet. To Miss H. M.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Edwards]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Edwards
- First Line:
- Joseph the worthy son of worthy sire
- Page No:
- pp.285-286
- Poem Title:
- Sonnet. To Mr. J. Paice.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Edwards]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Edwards
- First Line:
- With prudence choose a wife be thy first care
- Page No:
- pp.286-287
- Poem Title:
- Sonnet. To The Same.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Edwards]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Edwards
- First Line:
- Sweet is the love that comes with willingness
- Page No:
- pp.287-288
- Poem Title:
- Sonnet. To --
- Attribution:
- By The Same. [i.e. Edwards]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Edwards
- First Line:
- My gracious god whose kind conducting hand
- Page No:
- p.288
- Poem Title:
- Sonnet.
- Attribution:
- By The Same. [i.e. Edwards]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Edwards
- First Line:
- Matthew whose skilful hand and well worn spade
- Page No:
- p.289
- Poem Title:
- Sonnet. To Matthew Barnard.
- Attribution:
- By The Same. [i.e. Edwards]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Edwards
- First Line:
- The old Egyptians hid their wit
- Page No:
- pp.290-291
- Poem Title:
- On Mr. Nash's Picture At Full Length Between The Busts Of Sir Isaac Newton And Mr. Pope, At Bath.
- Attribution:
- By The Earl Of Chesterfield.
- Attributed To:
- Philip Dormer Stanhope
- First Line:
- What do scholars and bards and astronomers wise
- Page No:
- pp.291-292
- Poem Title:
- On The Dutchess Of Richmond.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Chesterfield]
- Attributed To:
- Philip Dormer Stanhope
- First Line:
- When here Lucinda first we came
- Page No:
- pp.292-293
- Poem Title:
- Arno's Vale. A Song. Written At Florence, On The Death Of The Last Grand Duke Of Tuscany Of The Medici Family.
- Attribution:
- By Charles Duke Of Dorset.
- Attributed To:
- Charles Sackville
- First Line:
- Who but remembers yesterday
- Page No:
- pp.293-294
- Poem Title:
- Britain's Isle. On The Death Of Frederick Prince Of Wales.
- Attribution:
- By The Same. [i.e. Dorset]
- Attributed To:
- Charles Sackville
- First Line:
- Sir John or doctor choose you whether
- Page No:
- pp.294-297
- Poem Title:
- Epistle To The Rev. Sir John Dolben.
- Attribution:
- A. Alsop.
- Attributed To:
- Anthony Alsop
- First Line:
- The sprightly messenger of day
- Page No:
- pp.298-300
- Poem Title:
- Ode To Morning.
- Attribution:
- By --.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Brimful of anger not of love
- Page No:
- p.301
- Poem Title:
- To A Lady. With A Pair Of Gloves, On Valentine's Day.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- By his hall chimney where in rusty grate
- Page No:
- pp.302-306
- 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.307-311
- Poem Title:
- Allen And Ella. A Fragment.
- Attribution:
- By --
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Come rosy health celestial maid
- Page No:
- pp.312-314
- Poem Title:
- Ode To Health.
- Attribution:
- By Isaac Hawkins Browne, Esq.
- Attributed To:
- Isaac Hawkins Browne
- First Line:
- Exhausted by her painful throes
- Page No:
- pp.315-316
- Poem Title:
- On The Birth Of A First Child.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Ekins.
- Attributed To:
- Jeffery [Geoffrey] Ekins
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