Poems on various subjects selected to enforce the practice of virtue [T126129] [ecco]
- DMI number:
- 1275
- Publication Date:
- 1800
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- T126129
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW115558312
- Shelfmark:
- ECCO - BL
- Full Title:
- POEMS | ON | VARIOUS SUBJECTS; | SELECTED TO ENFORCE THE | PRACTICE OF VIRTUE. | AND | WITH A VIEW TO COMPRISE IN ONE VOLUME THE | BEAUTIES | OF | ENGLISH POETRY. | [rule] | BY E. TOMKINS. | [rule] | A NEW EDITION, | WITH CONSIDERABLE ADDITIONS. | [rule] | [epigraph] | [rule] | [g]Oxford:[/g] | PRINTED BY R. SLATTER, | FOR MESSRS. CROSBY AND LETTERMAN, STATIONERS- | COURT, LUDGATE-HILL, LONDON. | 1800.
- Epigraph:
- 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 First Great Cause of things.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford
- Genres:
- Collection aimed at children/young people
- Format:
- Octavo
- Bibliographic details:
- Colophon on p. 255: 'Oxford: printed by R. Slatter.'
- Other matter:
- Prefatory matter: Advertisement signed 'E. T.' [2pp.]; Contents [4pp.]
- 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 [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 [T118368] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1791
- ESTC No:
- T118368
- 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:
- 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:
- Editor:
- E. Tomkins
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Printer:
- R. Slatter
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- Crosby and Letterman
- 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. Piozzi.
- 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:
- p.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.85-88
- Poem Title:
- The Fire-Side.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Cotton.
- Attributed To:
- Nathaniel Cotton
- First Line:
- Hail mildly pleasing solitude
- Page No:
- pp.89-90
- Poem Title:
- Hymn On Solitude.
- Attribution:
- By Thomson.
- Attributed To:
- James Thomson
- First Line:
- The curfew tolls the knell of parting day
- Page No:
- pp.91-96
- 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.97-98
- 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 The Margravine of Anspach.
- 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:
- Twas at the royal feast for Persia won
- Page No:
- pp.184-189
- 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.189-190
- Poem Title:
- The Hermit.
- Attribution:
- By Beattie.
- Attributed To:
- James Beattie
- First Line:
- Ye shepherds so cheerful and gay
- Page No:
- pp.191-200
- 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.200-202
- 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.202-203
- 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.204-206
- Poem Title:
- The Country Clergyman.
- Attribution:
- By Goldsmith.
- Attributed To:
- Oliver Goldsmith
- First Line:
- The lord my pasture shall prepare
- Page No:
- pp.206-207
- Poem Title:
- Providence. An Hymn.
- Attribution:
- By Addison.
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Addison
- First Line:
- When all thy mercies O my God
- Page No:
- pp.207-209
- 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.209-210
- 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.210-211
- 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.212
- 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.212-213
- 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.213-215
- 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:
- pp.215-216
- 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.216-219
- 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.220-221
- Poem Title:
- Spring: An Ode.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Johnson.
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Johnson
- First Line:
- O Phoebus down the western sky
- Page No:
- pp.222-223
- 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.223-225
- 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.226-227
- 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.228
- Poem Title:
- The Winter's Walk
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Johnson]
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Johnson
- First Line:
- How cheerful along the gay mead
- Page No:
- p.229
- Poem Title:
- Hymn In The Oratorio of Abel.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The wind was high the window shakes
- Page No:
- pp.230-232
- Poem Title:
- The Miser And Plutus. A Fable.
- Attribution:
- By Gay.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- First Line:
- Thou great reviver of the attic fire
- Page No:
- p.232
- Poem Title:
- To The Memory Of David Garrick, Esq. January 20, 1779.
- Attribution:
- Anstie
- Attributed To:
- Christopher Anstey
- First Line:
- Whether amid the gloom of night I stray
- Page No:
- pp.233-234
- Poem Title:
- A Contemplation On Night.
- Attribution:
- By Gay.
- Attributed To:
- John Gay
- First Line:
- The silver moon's enamoured beam
- Page No:
- pp.235-236
- Poem Title:
- May-Eve, Or Kate Of Aberdeen.
- Attribution:
- By Cunningham.
- Attributed To:
- John Cunningham
- First Line:
- Hail gentle spirits who with magic wing
- Page No:
- p.236
- Poem Title:
- To Dreams. A Sonnet.
- Attribution:
- By Miss Mary Julia Young.
- Attributed To:
- Mary Julia Young
- First Line:
- Why fair maid in every feature
- Page No:
- pp.237-238
- Poem Title:
- Crazy Jane...Occasioned By A Lady's Being Alarmed At A Mad Woman, Known By That Appellation.
- Attribution:
- By M. G. Lewis, Esq. M. P.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Gregory Lewis
- First Line:
- I would not have you Strephon choose a mate
- Page No:
- pp.238-239
- Poem Title:
- To His Friend Inclined To Marry.
- Attribution:
- By Pomfret.
- Attributed To:
- John Pomfret
- First Line:
- But see the well plumed hearse comes nodding on
- Page No:
- pp.239-240
- Poem Title:
- The Funeral Procession.
- Attribution:
- By Blair.
- Attributed To:
- Robert Blair
- First Line:
- A pensive sadness overwhelms my soul
- Page No:
- pp.240-241
- Poem Title:
- Elegaic Stanzas On Hearing The Tolling Of A Bell.
- Attribution:
- By The Rev. Mr. Rivers.
- Attributed To:
- David Rivers
- First Line:
- As Sterne's pathetic tale you hear
- Page No:
- p.242
- Poem Title:
- The Tear Of Sympathy. To Maria, On Reading To Her Sterne's Beautiful Story Of That Name.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When day declining sheds a milder gleam
- Page No:
- pp.243-244
- Poem Title:
- The Naturalist's Summer Evening's Walk.
- Attribution:
- By The Rev. Mr. White.
- Attributed To:
- Gilbert White
- First Line:
- Ah whither hast thou flown delightful boy
- Page No:
- pp.245-246
- Poem Title:
- On The Death Of A Favourite Child
- Attribution:
- By The Rev. J. Moir.
- Attributed To:
- J. Moir
- First Line:
- Cupid once in evil hour
- Page No:
- pp.246-247
- Poem Title:
- Translation Of The Fortieth Ode Of Anacreon.
- Attribution:
- By Robert Farren Cheetham.
- Attributed To:
- Robert Farren Cheetham
- First Line:
- O tweed a stranger that with wandering feet
- Page No:
- p.247
- Poem Title:
- Sonnet To The River Tweed.
- Attribution:
- By The Rev. W. L. Bowles.
- Attributed To:
- William Lisle Bowles
- First Line:
- Tis with the gods and godlike men I dwell
- Page No:
- pp.248-249
- Poem Title:
- Virtue's Reply To Pleasure.
- Attribution:
- Spence.
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Spence
- First Line:
- O thou the nymph with placid eye
- Page No:
- pp.249-251
- Poem Title:
- Hymn To Content.
- Attribution:
- By Mrs. Barbauld.
- Attributed To:
- Anna Letitia Barbauld [nee Aikin]
- First Line:
- There are that love the shades of life
- Page No:
- pp.252-254
- Poem Title:
- The Evening Primrose.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Langhorne.
- Attributed To:
- John Langhorne
- First Line:
- Ye fairy sprites who oft by dusky eve
- Page No:
- p.255
- Poem Title:
- For The Monument Of Rose: A Favourite Spaniel
- Attribution:
- By The Earl Of Carlisle.
- Attributed To:
- Frederick Howard
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