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A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands [vol 2] [T95888] [ecco]

DMI number:
1139
Publication Date:
1775
Volume Number:
2 of 4
ESTC number:
T95888
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CW115307889
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ECCO - bod
Full Title:
A | COLLECTION | OF | POEMS, | IN FOUR VOLUMES | BY | SEVERAL HANDS | [ornament] | LONDON: | Printed for G. PEARCH, | And sold by JOSEPH JOHNSON, St. Paul's Church-yard. | MDCCLXXV.
Place of Publication:
London
Genres:
Collection of literary verse
Format:
half sheet
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Half title: A | COLLECTION of POEMS; | CONSISTING OF | VALUABLE PIECES, | NOT INSERTED IN | Mr. DODSLEY's COLLECTION, | OR PUBLISHED SINCE. | WITH SEVERAL ORIGINALS, | By EMINENT WRITERS. | VOL. II. Mispagination: 203 mispaginated as 103, 208 as 108.
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Back matter: Index [4pp.]
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A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands [vol 2] [T116245] [ecco]
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1770
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T116245
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1775
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T95888
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1783
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N14969
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A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands [vol 3] [T95888] [ecco]
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1775
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T95888
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A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands [vol 4] [T95888] [ecco]
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1775
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T95888
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4 of 4
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George Pearch
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Content/Publication
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 Thompson.
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 Richard Glover, Esq.
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 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. Collins]
Attributed To:
William Collins
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 By 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.178-185
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.193-197
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.197-205
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.205-207
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.108 [i.e. 208]-215
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.216-229
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.229-232
Poem Title:
Ode To Liberty.
Attribution:
By Dr. Joseph Warton.
Attributed To:
Joseph Warton
First Line:
O whether with laborious clowns
Page No:
pp.232-234
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.234-235
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.236-238
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.239-241
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.241-242
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.242-244
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.244-245
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.245-253
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.253-257
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:
Arise my Lycas in yon woody wilds
Page No:
pp.258-262
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.263-267
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.267-271
Poem Title:
Exlogue III.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Welcome Philanthes to thy native fields
Page No:
pp.271-275
Poem Title:
Eclogue IV. Mycon And Philanthes.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Which way Calistan whither dost thou lead
Page No:
pp.276-280
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.281-283
Poem Title:
On The Peace Of Aiz La Chapelle. MDCCXLVIII.
Attribution:
By Dr. Hurd.
Attributed To:
Richard Hurd
First Line:
Stranger or guest whomever this hallowed grove
Page No:
p.284
Poem Title:
Sonnet. For the Root-House At Wrest.
Attribution:
By Thomas Edwards. Esq.
Attributed To:
Thomas Edwards
First Line:
Sweet linnet who from off the laurel spray
Page No:
p.285
Poem Title:
Sonnet. To Miss H. M.
Attribution:
By The Same [i.e. Edwards]
Attributed To:
Thomas Edwards
First Line:
O Heberden whose salutary care
Page No:
p.286
Poem Title:
Sonnet. To W. Heberden, M. D.
Attribution:
By The Same [i.e. Edwards]
Attributed To:
Thomas Edwards
First Line:
Joseph the worthy son of worthy sire
Page No:
p.287
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:
p.288
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:
p.289
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.290
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.291
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.292-293
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 E-- Of C--.
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
What do scholars and bards and astronomers wise
Page No:
pp.293-294
Poem Title:
On The D-ss Of R--d
Attribution:
By The Same [i.e. E- of C-]
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
When here Lucinda first we came
Page No:
p.294
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:
p.295
Poem Title:
Britain's Isle. On The Death Of Frederic 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.296-298
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.299-301
Poem Title:
Ode To Morning.
Attribution:
By --.
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Brimful of anger not of love
Page No:
p.302
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.303-307
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.308-312
Poem Title:
Allen And Ella. A Fragment.
Attribution:
By --.
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Come rosy health celestial maid
Page No:
pp.313-315
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