Poems on various subjects selected to enforce the practice of virtue [T118368] [ecco]
- DMI number:
- 1271
- Publication Date:
- 1791
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- T118368
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW110776558
- Shelfmark:
- ECCO - BL
- Full Title:
- POEMS | ON | VARIOUS SUBJECTS; | SELECTED TO ENFORCE THE | [i]PRACTICE OF VIRTUE[/i]; | AND | [i]With a View to comprise in One Volume the[/i] | BEAUTIES | OF | ENGLISH POETRY. | By E. TOMKINS. | [rule] | [epigraph] | [rule] | LONDON: | PRINTED FOR E. WENMAN, NO. 144, | FLEET-STREET. | M DCCXCI.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Format:
- Duodecimo
- Comments:
- The pleasing Art of Poetry's design'd | To raise the heart and moralize the mind; | The chaste delights of Virtue to inspire, | And warm the bosom with seraphic fire; | Sublime the passions, lend devotion wings, | And celebrate the [i]First Great Cause[/i] of things.
- Other matter:
- Prefatory matter: 'Advertisement' signed 'E. T.' [2pp]; Contents [3pp.]
- Title:
- Poems on various subjects selected to enforce the practice of virtue [N20962] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1780
- ESTC No:
- N20962
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Poems on various subjects selected to enforce the practice of virtue [T173552] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1782
- ESTC No:
- T173552
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Poems on various subjects selected to enforce the practice of virtue [T231611] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1787
- ESTC No:
- T231611
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Poems on various subjects selected to enforce the practice of virtue [T83109] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1785
- ESTC No:
- T83109
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Poems on various subjects selected to enforce the practice of virtue [N25819] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1793
- ESTC No:
- N25819
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Poems on various subjects selected to enforce the practice of virtue [T126129] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1800
- ESTC No:
- T126129
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- The poetical banquet: being a select collection of poems on various subjects selected to enforce the practice of virtue [T228438] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1791
- ESTC No:
- T228438
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Author:
- Thomas Tomkins
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- ESTC identifies Thomas Tomkins as editor.
- Editor:
- E. Tomkins
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- Elizabeth Wenman
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Ye nymphs of Solyma begin the song
- Page No:
- pp.1-5
- Poem Title:
- Messiah. A Sacred Eclogue.
- Attribution:
- By Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Turn gentle hermit of the dale
- Page No:
- pp.5-11
- Poem Title:
- Edwin And Angelina. A Ballad.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Goldsmith.
- Attributed To:
- Oliver Goldsmith
- First Line:
- The tree of deepest root is found
- Page No:
- pp.12-16
- Poem Title:
- The Three Warnings. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- By Mrs. Thrale.
- Attributed To:
- Hester Lynch Piozzi [née Salusbury; other married name Thrale]
- First Line:
- Parent of virtue if thine ear
- Page No:
- pp.16-19
- Poem Title:
- Hymn To Humanity.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Langhorne.
- Attributed To:
- John Langhorne
- First Line:
- As Phoebus darted forth his milder ray
- Page No:
- pp.20-23
- Poem Title:
- The Nightingale.
- Attribution:
- By Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- In the barn the tenant cock
- Page No:
- pp.23-24
- Poem Title:
- Morning.
- Attribution:
- By Cunningham.
- Attributed To:
- John Cunningham
- First Line:
- Fervid on the glittering flood
- Page No:
- pp.25-26
- Poem Title:
- Noon.
- Attribution:
- By Cunningham.
- Attributed To:
- John Cunningham
- First Line:
- Over the heath the heifer strays
- Page No:
- pp.26-28
- Poem Title:
- Evening.
- Attribution:
- By Cunningham.
- Attributed To:
- John Cunningham
- First Line:
- These as they change almighty father these
- Page No:
- pp.28-32
- Poem Title:
- Hymn.
- Attribution:
- From Thomson's Seasons.
- Attributed To:
- James Thomson
- First Line:
- Far in the windings of a vale
- Page No:
- pp.33-37
- Poem Title:
- Edwin And Emma.
- Attribution:
- By David Mallet, Esq.
- Attributed To:
- David Mallet
- First Line:
- The midnight moon serenely smiles
- Page No:
- pp.38-40
- Poem Title:
- An Enquiry After Happiness.
- Attribution:
- By Miss Carter.
- Attributed To:
- Elizabeth Carter
- First Line:
- Let coward guilt with pallid fear
- Page No:
- pp.40-41
- Poem Title:
- Written At Midnight, In A Thunder Storm.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Carter]
- Attributed To:
- Elizabeth Carter
- First Line:
- How sweet the calm of this sequestered shore
- Page No:
- pp.42-43
- Poem Title:
- The Evening Walk.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Carter]
- Attributed To:
- Elizabeth Carter
- First Line:
- While soft through water earth and air
- Page No:
- pp.43-45
- Poem Title:
- Contemplation.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Carter]
- Attributed To:
- Elizabeth Carter
- First Line:
- Soon as the morning trembles over the sky
- Page No:
- pp.46-51
- Poem Title:
- The Story Of Lavinia.
- Attribution:
- From Thomson's Seasons.
- Attributed To:
- James Thomson
- First Line:
- Father of all in every age
- Page No:
- pp.51-53
- Poem Title:
- The Universal Prayer.
- Attribution:
- By Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Deep in a grove by cypress shaded
- Page No:
- pp.54-58
- Poem Title:
- A Father's Advice To His Son.
- Attribution:
- By G. Cooper.
- Attributed To:
- John Gilbert Cooper
- First Line:
- When music heavenly maid was young
- Page No:
- pp.58-63
- Poem Title:
- The Passions: An Ode.
- Attribution:
- By Collins.
- Attributed To:
- William Collins
- First Line:
- Ye distant spires ye antique towers
- Page No:
- pp.63-67
- Poem Title:
- Ode On A Distant Prospect Of Eton College.
- Attribution:
- By Gray.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Gray
- First Line:
- The wealthy cit grown old in trade
- Page No:
- pp.67-72
- Poem Title:
- The Country Box, 1757.
- Attribution:
- By Robert Lloyd, A. M.
- Attributed To:
- Robert Lloyd
- First Line:
- It was a friar of orders gray
- Page No:
- pp.72-76
- Poem Title:
- The Friar Of Orders Gray. First Published By Dr. Percy.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ere Saturn's sons were yet disgraced
- Page No:
- pp.77-79
- Poem Title:
- A Tale.
- Attribution:
- By William Melmoth, Esq.
- Attributed To:
- William Melmoth
- First Line:
- Again the balmy zephyr blows
- Page No:
- pp.79-81
- Poem Title:
- An Invitation To The Feathered Race.
- Attribution:
- By The Rev. Mr. Graves.
- Attributed To:
- Richard Graves
- First Line:
- Say will no white robed son of light
- Page No:
- pp.81-83
- Poem Title:
- Ode To Truth.
- Attribution:
- By Mason.
- Attributed To:
- William Mason
- First Line:
- Hail to thy living light
- Page No:
- pp.83-84
- Poem Title:
- Ode To The Morning.
- Attribution:
- By The Same. [i.e. Mason]
- Attributed To:
- William Mason
- First Line:
- Dear Chloe while the busy crowd
- Page No:
- pp.84-88
- Poem Title:
- The Fire-Side.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Cotton.
- Attributed To:
- Nathaniel Cotton
- First Line:
- Hail mildly pleasing solitude
- Page No:
- pp.88-90
- Poem Title:
- Hymn On Solitude.
- Attribution:
- By Thomson.
- Attributed To:
- James Thomson
- First Line:
- Thanks to thee nymph whose powerful hand
- Page No:
- pp.90-91
- Poem Title:
- Ode To Sensibility.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The curfew tolls the knell of parting day
- Page No:
- pp.92-97
- Poem Title:
- Elegy Written In A Country Church-Yard.
- Attribution:
- By Gray.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Gray
- First Line:
- Over moorlands and mountains rude barren and bare
- Page No:
- pp.97-99
- Poem Title:
- Content. A Pastoral.
- Attribution:
- By Cunningham.
- Attributed To:
- John Cunningham
- First Line:
- Oft I've implored the gods in vain
- Page No:
- pp.99-101
- Poem Title:
- A Prayer For Indifference.
- Attribution:
- By Mrs. Greville.
- Attributed To:
- Frances Greville [nee Macartney]
- First Line:
- Without preamble to my friend
- Page No:
- pp.102-104
- Poem Title:
- The Fairy's Answer.
- Attribution:
- By Lady Craven.
- Attributed To:
- Elizabeth Craven [nee Berkeley]
- First Line:
- Man is deceived by outward show
- Page No:
- pp.105-112
- Poem Title:
- Content: A Vision.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Cotton.
- Attributed To:
- Nathaniel Cotton
- First Line:
- O happiness our being's end and aim
- Page No:
- pp.112-115
- Poem Title:
- Happiness.
- Attribution:
- From Pope's Essay On Man.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Of damask cheeks and radiant eyes
- Page No:
- pp.115-117
- Poem Title:
- Sweetness. An Ode.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Robertson.
- Attributed To:
- Rev. Mr Robertson
- First Line:
- Happy they the happiest of their kind
- Page No:
- pp.118-120
- Poem Title:
- Conjugal Felicity.
- Attribution:
- From Thomson's Seasons.
- Attributed To:
- James Thomson
- First Line:
- What beckoning ghost along the moonlight shade
- Page No:
- pp.120-123
- Poem Title:
- Elegy To The Memory Of An Unfortunate Lady.
- Attribution:
- By Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Hence loathed melancholy
- Page No:
- pp.123-128
- Poem Title:
- L' Allegro.
- Attribution:
- By Milton.
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- First Line:
- Hence vain deluding joys
- Page No:
- pp.129-135
- Poem Title:
- Il Penseroso.
- Attribution:
- By The Same. [i.e. Milton]
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- First Line:
- Tis said of widow maid and wife
- Page No:
- pp.135-154
- Poem Title:
- The Female Seducers.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Brooke.
- Attributed To:
- Henry Brooke
- First Line:
- These are thy glorious works parent of good
- Page No:
- pp.154-156
- Poem Title:
- Adam's Morning Hymn.
- Attribution:
- By Milton.
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- First Line:
- Now came still evening on and twilight grey
- Page No:
- pp.156-159
- Poem Title:
- Discourse Between Adam And Eve On Retiring To Rest.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Milton]
- Attributed To:
- John Milton
- First Line:
- Fairest this vision is thy due
- Page No:
- pp.160-170
- Poem Title:
- Marriage: A Vision.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Cotton.
- Attributed To:
- Nathaniel Cotton
- First Line:
- The counsels of a friend Belinda hear
- Page No:
- pp.170-175
- Poem Title:
- Advice To A Lady.
- Attribution:
- By George Lord Lyttelton.
- Attributed To:
- George Lyttelton
- First Line:
- In Britain's isle and Arthur's days
- Page No:
- pp.175-183
- Poem Title:
- A Fairy Tale.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Parnell.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Parnell
- First Line:
- Descend ye nine descend and sing
- Page No:
- pp.183-188
- Poem Title:
- Ode On St. Cecilia's Day.
- Attribution:
- By Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Twas at the royal feast for Persia won
- Page No:
- pp.189-194
- Poem Title:
- Alexander's Feast.
- Attribution:
- By Dryden.
- Attributed To:
- John Dryden
- First Line:
- At the close of the day when the hamlet is still
- Page No:
- pp.194-195
- Poem Title:
- The Hermit.
- Attribution:
- By Beattie.
- Attributed To:
- James Beattie
- First Line:
- Ye shepherds so cheerful and gay
- Page No:
- pp.196-205
- Poem Title:
- A Pastoral Ballad, In Four Parts: Written 1743,
- Attribution:
- By Shenstone.
- Attributed To:
- William Shenstone
- First Line:
- Pity the sorrows of a poor old man
- Page No:
- pp.205-207
- Poem Title:
- The Beggar's Petition.
- Attribution:
- Moss [contents page]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Moss
- First Line:
- Hail source of transport ever new
- Page No:
- pp.207-208
- Poem Title:
- Hymn To Benevolence.
- Attribution:
- By Blacklock.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Blacklock
- First Line:
- Near yonder copse where once the garden smiled
- Page No:
- pp.209-211
- Poem Title:
- The Country Clergyman.
- Attribution:
- By Goldsmith.
- Attributed To:
- Oliver Goldsmith
- First Line:
- The lord my pasture shall prepare
- Page No:
- pp.211-212
- Poem Title:
- Providence. An Hymn.
- Attribution:
- By Addison.
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Addison
- First Line:
- When all thy mercies O my God
- Page No:
- pp.212-214
- Poem Title:
- Gratitude.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Addison]
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Addison
- First Line:
- The lofty pillars of the sky
- Page No:
- pp.214-215
- Poem Title:
- Creation.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Addison]
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Addison
- First Line:
- How short is life's uncertain space
- Page No:
- pp.215-216
- Poem Title:
- The Wish.
- Attribution:
- By Merrick.
- Attributed To:
- James Merrick
- First Line:
- Queen of the silver bow by thy pale beam
- Page No:
- p.217
- Poem Title:
- To The Moon.
- Attribution:
- By Charlotte Smith.
- Attributed To:
- Charlotte Smith [nee Turner]
- First Line:
- Sweet poet of the woods a long adieu
- Page No:
- pp.217-218
- Poem Title:
- On the Departure of the Nightingale.
- Attribution:
- By Charlotte Smith.
- Attributed To:
- Charlotte Smith [nee Turner]
- First Line:
- Twas when the slow declining ray
- Page No:
- pp.218-219
- Poem Title:
- Ode To Innocence.
- Attribution:
- By John Ogilvie. D. D.
- Attributed To:
- John Ogilvie
- First Line:
- The diamond's and the ruby's rays
- Page No:
- p.220
- Poem Title:
- Virtue And Ornament: To The Ladies.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Fordyce.
- Attributed To:
- James Fordyce
- First Line:
- Inform me virtue is it true
- Page No:
- pp.221-224
- Poem Title:
- Virtue And Pleasure.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Fordyce]
- Attributed To:
- James Fordyce
- First Line:
- Stern winter now by spring repressed
- Page No:
- pp.224-226
- Poem Title:
- Spring: An Ode.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Johnson.
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Johnson
- First Line:
- O Phoebus down the western sky
- Page No:
- pp.226-227
- Poem Title:
- The Midsummer's Wish: An Ode.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Johnson]
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Johnson
- First Line:
- Alas with swift and silent pace
- Page No:
- pp.228-230
- Poem Title:
- Autumn: An Ode.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Johnson]
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Johnson
- First Line:
- No more the morn with tepid rays
- Page No:
- pp.230-231
- Poem Title:
- Winter: An Ode.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Johnson]
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Johnson
- First Line:
- Behold my fair wherever we rove
- Page No:
- p.232
- Poem Title:
- The Winter's Walk.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Johnson]
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Johnson
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