Poems on several subjects, by a land-waiter in the Port of Poole. [T42655]

DMI number:

673

Publication Date:

1741

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

T42655

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW111520425

Shelfmark:

BOD Harding C 2465

Full Title:

POEMS | ON | Several Subjects | [rule] | [i]By a Land-Waiter in the Port of[/i] POOLE. | [rule] | [epigraph] | [rule] | [ornament] | [double rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for T. ASTLEY, at the Rose in St. Paul's Church-yard. | M.DCC.XLI.

Epigraph:

[i]Per cineres Pauli, per cani limina Petri, | Ne laceres Versus---------meos[/i]. Claud.

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Miscellany dominated by poet, Collection of translations/imitations, and Subscription Miscellany

Format:

Octavo

Pagination:

[16], [i]-vi, [7]-206, [2]pp.

Bibliographic details:

Seperate title pages for 'Shalum and Hilpa' p.[i]; 'Machia' p.[49]; 'Batrachomuomachia' p.[81]; 'Part of the Campaign' p. [125]. Plates: Engraved fronstispiece facing title-page.

Comments:

CONTENTS: Latin verse on pp.29-32, 116-117, 133-153 (odd pages), 199-206. Contains poems associated with Henry Price (pp.7-176) and miscellaneous poems by other authors (pp.179-206), prefaced by advertisement p.[177]

Other matter:

Prefatory matter: 'Names of the Subscribers' [14pp.]. End matter: Table of Contents [2pp.]

Related People

Editor:

Henry Price

Confidence:

Confident (50%)

Comments:

ESTC identifies 'A land-waiter in the port of Poole = Henry Price'.

Publisher:

Thomas Astley

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Content/Publication

First Line:

Ere that the flood with unresisted sway

Page No:

pp.[7]-21

Poem Title:

Shalum and Hilpa: Or, The Antediluvian Novel.

Attribution:

Dedication signed 'H. Price'.

Attributed To:

Henry Price

First Line:

See how the sun ascending by degrees

Page No:

p.22

Poem Title:

Verses written at School.

Attribution:

By a Land-Waiter in the Port of Poole [title-page attribution]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Sylvia whenever I slumbering lie

Page No:

pp.23-24

Poem Title:

To Sylvia.

Attribution:

By a Land-Waiter in the Port of Poole [title-page attribution]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thrice happy Sylvia is the swain

Page No:

p.25

Poem Title:

To the Same.

Attribution:

By a Land-Waiter in the Port of Poole [title-page attribution]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Spare conquering damsel spare the boy

Page No:

p.26

Poem Title:

To the Same.

Attribution:

By a Land-Waiter in the Port of Poole [title-page attribution]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Last night with Delia in the shady grove

Page No:

p.27

Poem Title:

Damon and Delia.

Attribution:

By a Land-Waiter in the Port of Poole [title-page attribution]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Jenny having been defiled

Page No:

p.28

Poem Title:

The Nun. From the French.

Attribution:

By a Land-Waiter in the Port of Poole [title-page attribution]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thee Hesperus the silent orbs obey

Page No:

pp.32-35

Poem Title:

Hymn to Hesperus. From the Latin of Dan. Heinsius.

Attribution:

By a Land-Waiter in the Port of Poole [title-page attribution]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A Spaniard once said to a German

Page No:

p.36

Poem Title:

The Spaniard and German.

Attribution:

By a Land-Waiter in the Port of Poole [title-page attribution]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Bion gentlest bard resigned his breath

Page No:

pp.37-42

Poem Title:

To the Right Reverend Father in God, Robert, Lord Bishop of Peterborough.

Attribution:

By a Land-Waiter in the Port of Poole [title-page attribution]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Since Virgil hath great sirs ye know

Page No:

pp.42-43

Poem Title:

On the late South-Sea Directors. Written in the Year 1721.

Attribution:

By a Land-Waiter in the Port of Poole [title-page attribution]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Sylvia is lost whom yet I still adore

Page No:

pp.43-44

Poem Title:

To a Friend on his Marriage.

Attribution:

By a Land-Waiter in the Port of Poole [title-page attribution]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Now war is ceased and we no more

Page No:

pp.44-48

Poem Title:

The First Ode of the First Book of Casimir. Written to Pope Urban VIII. when the Thracian Forces departed out of Pannonia.

Attribution:

By a Land-Waiter in the Port of Poole [title-page attribution]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Of kicks and cuffs of wounds and wars

Page No:

pp.[55]-64

Poem Title:

Machia: Or, The Battle Of The Priest and the Porter.

Attribution:

By a Land-Waiter in the Port of Poole [title-page attribution]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As once Leander by his passion moved

Page No:

p.65

Poem Title:

Neptunius.

Attribution:

By a Land-Waiter in the Port of Poole [title-page attribution]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Since of Milner bereft

Page No:

pp.66-68

Poem Title:

To Mr. Hudden. Extempore.

Attribution:

By a Land-Waiter in the Port of Poole [title-page attribution]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

For ever pleased in public to commend

Page No:

pp.68-69

Poem Title:

To Mr. **** On the Publication of his Book of Psalmody.

Attribution:

By a Land-Waiter in the Port of Poole [title-page attribution]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Young and unpractised in dramatic rules

Page No:

pp.69-70

Poem Title:

Epilogue to the Stratagem. As it was Acted by some young Gentlemen in the Country.

Attribution:

By a Land-Waiter in the Port of Poole [title-page attribution]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thee gentle spring I ever will praise

Page No:

pp.70-71

Poem Title:

The 13th Ode of the Third Book of Horace. Imitated.

Attribution:

By a Land-Waiter in the Port of Poole [title-page attribution]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Of beauteous Laura's heavenly charms

Page No:

pp.72-74

Poem Title:

To the Honourable Sir Charles Wager, Knt, Vice-Admiral of the Red. Written in the Baltick, in the Year 1726.

Attribution:

By a Land-Waiter in the Port of Poole [title-page attribution]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

From fawning crowds and noise and strife

Page No:

pp.75-77

Poem Title:

To the Lady Ernle.

Attribution:

By a Land-Waiter in the Port of Poole [title-page attribution]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Lord of the world whose power is known

Page No:

pp.78-79

Poem Title:

Supplication for the Lady Ernle.

Attribution:

By a Land-Waiter in the Port of Poole [title-page attribution]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Pardon O Queen if I dare write to thee

Page No:

pp.79-80

Poem Title:

To the Queen.

Attribution:

By a Land-Waiter in the Port of Poole [title-page attribution]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Oh may the nine from Helicon inspire

Page No:

pp.[87]-108

Poem Title:

Batrachomuomachia: Or, The Battle Of The Frogs and Mice.

Attribution:

Dedication signed 'H. Price'. 'The lines mark'd with the comma's, are the late Mr. Archdeacon Parnell's', p.108 [footnote].

Attributed To:

Thomas Parnell

Henry Price

First Line:

While you alike from books and friends retire

Page No:

pp.109-111

Poem Title:

To Thomas Ridge, Esq;

Attribution:

By a Land-Waiter in the Port of Poole [title-page attribution]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hosier with indignant sorrow

Page No:

pp.111-113

Poem Title:

Vernon's Answer To Hosier's Ghost.

Attribution:

By a Land-Waiter in the Port of Poole [title-page attribution]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

How short how narrow is the span

Page No:

pp.114-115

Poem Title:

Man that is Born of a Woman.

Attribution:

By a Land-Waiter in the Port of Poole [title-page attribution]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Near this place

Page No:

pp.118-119

Poem Title:

On Captain Jolliff.

Attribution:

By a Land-Waiter in the Port of Poole [title-page attribution]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To thee bright saint and thee alone

Page No:

pp.119-120

Poem Title:

On Mrs. Peate.

Attribution:

By a Land-Waiter in the Port of Poole [title-page attribution]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Beneath this consecrated stone

Page No:

pp.120-121

Poem Title:

On Mr. Urban Skinner.

Attribution:

Suppos'd to be written by a Gentle-Woman.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Let Britain's queen to Boyle the busto raise

Page No:

pp.121-122

Poem Title:

On Thomas Missing, Esq;

Attribution:

By a Land-Waiter in the Port of Poole [title-page attribution]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Beneath this stone

Page No:

p.123

Poem Title:

On Mr. Isaac Tickner.

Attribution:

By a Land-Waiter in the Port of Poole [title-page attribution]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Beneath this stone

Page No:

p.124

Poem Title:

On Mrs, Olive.

Attribution:

By a Land-Waiter in the Port of Poole [title-page attribution]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

While crowds of princes your deserts proclaim

Page No:

pp.[132]-153

Poem Title:

Part of the Campaign. A Poem.

Attribution:

'Mr. Addison's Campaign', attribution in 'The Preface', p.127.

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

What though your country and your king approve

Page No:

pp.154-157

Poem Title:

To the Honourable George Dodington, Esq;

Attribution:

By a Land-Waiter in the Port of Poole [title-page attribution]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Rise mighty chief for noblest deeds renowned

Page No:

pp.158-159

Poem Title:

On Reading in the Publick Papers that Sir John Norris was appointed to cruize in the Channel with 45 Sail of Men of War.

Attribution:

By a Land-Waiter in the Port of Poole [title-page attribution]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The snowy treasures of the sky

Page No:

pp.159-161

Poem Title:

To William Okeden, Esq; Imitated from Casimir.

Attribution:

By a Land-Waiter in the Port of Poole [title-page attribution]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Oft have I wished whenever with kindling thought

Page No:

pp.161-163

Poem Title:

To Mr. Pope. On his Translation of the Iliad.

Attribution:

By a Land-Waiter in the Port of Poole [title-page attribution]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Almighty God by whose creating word

Page No:

pp.164-165

Poem Title:

The Prayer of Manasses. In Imitation of Mr. Prior's Hymn of Callimachus.

Attribution:

By a Land-Waiter in the Port of Poole [title-page attribution]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Windham this verse to thee the muse commends

Page No:

pp.166-167

Poem Title:

To Thomas Windham, Esq; On his being elected to serve in Parliament.

Attribution:

By a Land-Waiter in the Port of Poole [title-page attribution]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

From sensual joys to more refined delights

Page No:

pp.167-170

Poem Title:

To Mr. Browne. Occasioned by his Poem on Life, &c.

Attribution:

By a Land-Waiter in the Port of Poole [title-page attribution]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Dear to thy country and thy king

Page No:

pp.170-173

Poem Title:

To the Honourable Sir Charles Wager, Knt. Admiral of the Blue. Written in the Year 1731.

Attribution:

By a Land-Waiter in the Port of Poole [title-page attribution]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To thee great God to thee the voice we raise

Page No:

pp.174-176

Poem Title:

Te Deum Laudamus.

Attribution:

By a Land-Waiter in the Port of Poole [title-page attribution]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Let the gay world in noisy mirth employ

Page No:

pp.179-186

Poem Title:

Stoke's-Bay.

Attribution:

By Mr. Gaslee

Attributed To:

Mr. Gaslee

First Line:

Fain would I wondrous artist sing thy praise

Page No:

pp.186-187

Poem Title:

To Mr. Willis, Writing-Master, At East Orchard, Dorset.

Attribution:

By Mr. Bennet, late of Oriel College, Oxon

Attributed To:

Mr. Bennet

First Line:

In vain the muse attempts to tune the lyre

Page No:

pp.187-190

Poem Title:

On The Death of Dr. Sewell.

Attribution:

By Mr. Birch

Attributed To:

Mr. Birch

First Line:

Phoebus approach and bring

Page No:

pp.191-198

Poem Title:

The Progress of Learning.

Attribution:

By the same Hand [i.e. Mr Birch]

Attributed To:

Mr. Birch