Poems to the memory of that incomparable poet Edmond Waller esquire. By several hands. [ESTC R17154]
- DMI number:
- 1698
- Publication Date:
- 1688
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- R17154
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- http://ezproxy-prd.bodleian.ox.ac.uk:2176/search/full_rec?ACTION=ByID&SOURCE=pdfdownload.cfg&ID=11931296
- Shelfmark:
- EEBO - BOD
- Full Title:
- POEMS | TO THE | MEMORY | Of that Incomparable POET | Edmond Waller Esquire. | [rule] | [i] By Several Hands [/i]. | [rule] | [ornament] | [rule] | [i] LONDON [/i], | Printed for [i] Joseph Knight [/i], and [i] Francis Saunders [/i], at the | [i] Blew Anchor [/i], in the [i] lower Walk [/i] of the [i] New Exchange [/i]. 1688.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Collection of elegies, Collection associated with specific occasion, Collection of literary verse, Memorial collection, Collection of poems about subject/person, and Collection includes verse in other languages
- Format:
- Quarto
- Pagination:
- [i-iii], 1-2, [3-29 mispaginated as 1-27] pp.
- Comments:
- Contents: French verse, p.10
- References:
- NCBEL 336 (1688)
- Editor:
- Thomas Rymer
- Confidence:
- Confident (50%)
- Comments:
- ESTC notes: 'Thomas Rymer is believed to have edited the volume'.
- Publisher:
- Joseph Knight
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- Saunders Francis
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Not sleep beneath the shade in flowery fields
- Page No:
- pp.1-2
- Poem Title:
- To the Memory of my Noble Friend, Mr. Waller
- Attribution:
- Sir John Cotton
- Attributed To:
- Sir John Cotton
- First Line:
- Though I can add but little to his name
- Page No:
- pp.1-3
- Poem Title:
- Poems, &c. Upon my Noble Friend, Mr. Waller
- Attribution:
- Sir Tho. Higgons
- Attributed To:
- Sir Thomas Higgons
- First Line:
- Waller is dead and lofty number's lost
- Page No:
- pp.4-9
- Poem Title:
- On Mr. Waller
- Attribution:
- T. Rymer
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Rymer
- First Line:
- Vain gallants look on Waller and despair
- Page No:
- p.10
- Poem Title:
- [no title]
- Attribution:
- T.R.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Rymer
- First Line:
- The witty and the brave survive the tomb
- Page No:
- pp.11-13
- Poem Title:
- Upon the Inimitable Mr. Waller
- Attribution:
- George Granville
- Attributed To:
- George Granville
- First Line:
- Ah had thy body lasted as thy name
- Page No:
- pp.14-16
- Poem Title:
- On the Death of Mr. Waller
- Attribution:
- Bevill Higgons
- Attributed To:
- Bevil Higgons
- First Line:
- How to thy sacred memory shall I bring
- Page No:
- pp.17-20
- Poem Title:
- On the Death of E. Waller, Esq.
- Attribution:
- A. Behn
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- Though never so base or never so sublime
- Page No:
- pp.21-25
- Poem Title:
- On the Death of Mr. Waller
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Not flesh and blood can Riley's pride confine
- Page No:
- pp.26-27
- Poem Title:
- To Mr. Riley, Drawing Mr. Waller's Picture
- Attribution:
- T.R.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Rymer
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