A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands [vol 2] [T116245] [ecco]
- DMI number:
- 1135
- Publication Date:
- 1770
- Volume Number:
- 2 of 4
- ESTC number:
- T116245
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW111995422
- Shelfmark:
- ECCO - Bod
- Full Title:
- A | COLLECTION | OF | POEMS | IN FOUR VOLUMES. | BY | SEVERAL HANDS. | [ornament] | LONDON: | Printed for G. PEARCH, No. 12, CHEAPSIDE. | MDCCLXX.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Collection of literary verse
- Format:
- Octavo
- Bibliographic details:
- Half title: [ornamental rule] | A | COLLECTION of POEMS. | THE SECOND EDITION. | VOL. II. | [ornamental rule] Mispagination: pp. 49-64 (i.e. sheet E) mispaginated as pp. 65-80.
- Other matter:
- Back matter: Index [4pp.]
- References:
- Harold Forster, Supplements to Dodsley's Collection of Poems (Oxford Bibliographical Society, Oxford, 1980).
- Title:
- A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands [vol 1] [T116245] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1770
- ESTC No:
- T116245
- Volume:
- 1 of 4
- Relationship:
- Volume from the same edition
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands [vol 2] [N14969] [gb]
- Publication Date:
- 1783
- ESTC No:
- N14969
- 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 3] [T116245] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1770
- ESTC No:
- T116245
- Volume:
- 3 of 4
- Relationship:
- Volume from the same edition
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands [vol 4] [T116245] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1770
- ESTC No:
- T116245
- Volume:
- 4 of 4
- Relationship:
- Volume from the same edition
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- George Pearch
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- 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.48-71
- Poem Title:
- London: Or, The Progress of Commerce
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Glover.
- Attributed To:
- Richard Glover
- First Line:
- Let venal annals boast a Caesar's reign
- Page No:
- pp.72-84
- 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 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:
- Ye fair for whom the hands of Hymen weave
- Page No:
- pp.123-127
- Poem Title:
- Il Latte: An Elegy.
- Attribution:
- By The Same. [i.e. Jerningham]
- Attributed To:
- Edward Jerningham
- First Line:
- Deem not ye plaintive crew that suffer wrong
- Page No:
- pp.128-134
- 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.135-137
- 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.137-138
- 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.139-150
- 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.151-163
- Poem Title:
- Woodstock. An Elegy. Written In The Year MDCCLIX.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Do thou fair liberty descend
- Page No:
- pp.164-176
- Poem Title:
- Ode On The Rebellion In The Year MDCCXLV.
- Attribution:
- By R. Schomberg, M. D.
- Attributed To:
- Ralph Schomberg
- First Line:
- Full many a tedious hour with care oppressed
- Page No:
- pp.177-189
- Poem Title:
- Heaven. A Vision.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Scott.
- Attributed To:
- James Scott
- First Line:
- Why gentle god this long delay
- Page No:
- pp.189-193
- Poem Title:
- Ode On Sleep.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Scott]
- Attributed To:
- James Scott
- First Line:
- Hence from my sight unfeeling sage
- Page No:
- pp.193-198
- Poem Title:
- Ode on Pleasure.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Scott]
- Attributed To:
- James Scott
- First Line:
- Save me what means yon grisly shade
- Page No:
- pp.198-202
- Poem Title:
- Ode on Despair.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Scott]
- Attributed To:
- James Scott
- First Line:
- Yet once more sweetest queen of song
- Page No:
- pp.203-207
- Poem Title:
- Ode To The Muse.
- Attribution:
- By The Same. [i.e. Scott]
- Attributed To:
- James Scott
- First Line:
- Let others travel with incessant pain
- Page No:
- pp.207-211
- 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.211-219
- 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.219-221
- 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.222-229
- Poem Title:
- Ode On St. Cecilia's Day.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Smart]
- Attributed To:
- Christopher Smart
- First Line:
- Ere yet I sing the round revolving year
- Page No:
- pp.230-243
- Poem Title:
- The Seasons. In Imitation of Spenser.
- Attribution:
- By Moses Mendez, Esq.
- Attributed To:
- Moses Mendez
- First Line:
- O goddess on whose steps attend
- Page No:
- pp.243-246
- Poem Title:
- Ode To Liberty.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Joseph Warton.
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Warton
- First Line:
- O whether with laborious clowns
- Page No:
- pp.246-248
- Poem Title:
- Ode To Health. Written On A Recovery From The Small-Pox.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Warton]
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Warton
- First Line:
- Hence to some convent's gloomy isles
- Page No:
- pp.248-249
- Poem Title:
- Ode To Superstition.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Warton]
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Warton
- First Line:
- While I with fond officious care
- Page No:
- pp.250-252
- Poem Title:
- Ode To A Gentleman Upon His Travels Through Italy.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Warton]
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Warton
- First Line:
- Farewell thou dimpled cherub joy
- Page No:
- pp.253-255
- Poem Title:
- Ode Against Despair.
- Attribution:
- By The Same. [i.e. Warton]
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Warton
- First Line:
- Oh thou that to the moon light vale
- Page No:
- pp.255-256
- Poem Title:
- Ode To The Nightingale.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Warton]
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Warton
- First Line:
- Now summer daughter of the sun
- Page No:
- pp.256-258
- Poem Title:
- Ode To A Lady Who Hates The Country
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Warton]
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Warton
- First Line:
- Thou that at deep dead of night
- Page No:
- pp.258-259
- Poem Title:
- Ode To Solitude.
- Attribution:
- By The Same. [i.e. Warton]
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Warton
- First Line:
- The lofty beeches and their sacred shade
- Page No:
- pp.259-267
- 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.267-271
- Poem Title:
- The Poor Man's Prayer. Written 1766. Addressed To The Earl of Chatham.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Arise my Lycas in yon woody wilds
- Page No:
- pp.272-276
- Poem Title:
- Eclogue I. Lycas And Alphon.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- While in the bosom of this deep recess
- Page No:
- pp.277-281
- Poem Title:
- Eclogue II. Acis And Alcyon.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When sable midnight on the fields and woods
- Page No:
- pp.281-285
- Poem Title:
- Eclogue III.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Welcome Philanthes to thy native fields
- Page No:
- pp.285-289
- Poem Title:
- Eclogue IV. Mycon And Philanthes.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Which way Calistan whither dost thou lead
- Page No:
- pp.290-294
- Poem Title:
- Eclogue V. Corin and Calistan.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Be still my fears suggest no false alarms
- Page No:
- pp.295-297
- Poem Title:
- On The Peace Of Aix La Chapelle, MDCCXLVIII.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Hurd.
- Attributed To:
- Richard Hurd
- First Line:
- Ye groves with venerable moss arrayed
- Page No:
- pp.298-306
- Poem Title:
- Laura: Or, The Complaint. An Elegy.
- Attribution:
- By James Marriott, L. L. D.
- Attributed To:
- James Marriott
- First Line:
- The goldfinch swells his little throat
- Page No:
- pp.307-308
- Poem Title:
- Rinaldo And Armida. To A Lady Singing.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Marriot]
- Attributed To:
- James Marriott
- First Line:
- Hark through yon fretted vaults and lofty spires
- Page No:
- pp.309-311
- Poem Title:
- Sacred Ode.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Marriot]
- Attributed To:
- James Marriott
- First Line:
- Beneath this rural cell
- Page No:
- p.312
- Poem Title:
- Inscription upon a Hermitage.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Marriott]
- Attributed To:
- James Marriott
- First Line:
- Soft slept the sea within its silver bed
- Page No:
- p.313
- Poem Title:
- Canzonetta.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Marriott]
- Attributed To:
- James Marriott
- First Line:
- Endued with all that could adorn
- Page No:
- pp.314-315
- Poem Title:
- The Lover And The Friend.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Once I remember well the day
- Page No:
- pp.316-320
- Poem Title:
- The Enthusiast: An Ode.
- Attribution:
- By Wm. Whitehead, Esq.
- Attributed To:
- William Whitehead
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