Poems, &c. on several occasions with Valentinian a tragedy [ESTC R1390]
- DMI number:
- 1706
- Publication Date:
- 1691
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- R1390
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- http://ezproxy-prd.bodleian.ox.ac.uk:2176/search/full_rec?ACTION=ByID&ID=13172553&SOURCE=config.cfg
- Shelfmark:
- EEBO - BL
- Full Title:
- POEMS, &c. | ON | Several Occasions: | WITH | VALENTINIAN, | A | TRAGEDY. | [rule] | Written by the | Right Honourable | JOHN | Late EARL of | ROCHESTER. | [double rule] | [i] LONDON [/i], | Printed for [i] Jacob Tonson [/i] at the [i] Judge's Head [/i] in | [i] Chancery-Lane [/i] near [i] Fleet-Street [/i], 1691.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Collection of literary verse, Collection including prose, Collection including drama, and Probably not a miscellany
- Format:
- Octavo
- Pagination:
- [i-xii], i-xv, 1-154, [i-xiv], 369-463 pp.
- Bibliographic details:
- Separate title-page for 'Valentinian A Tragedy', p.vii VALENTINIAN | A TRAGEDY. | Acted at the | Theatre-Royal. | [rule] | Written by | JOHN | Late EARL of | ROCHESTER. | [rule] | [i] London [/i], | Printed for [i] Jacob Tonson [/i] at the [i] Judge's-Head [/i] in | [i] Chancery-Lane [/i] near [i] Fleet-Street [/i], 1691.
- Comments:
- Poems pp. 3-137 are presented as the work of 'John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester' and have been collected as 'Poems, &c. on Several Occasions'. Prose: 'To All Gentleman, Ladies, and Others: Whether of City, Town, or Country, Alexander Bendo Wisheth All Health, and Prosperity', pp.138-54 Drama: 'Valentinian A Tragedy', pp.369-462 Plates: plate facing title-page.
- Other matter:
- Prefatory Matter: (1) 'The Preface to the Reader' (2) 'The Table'
- References:
- NCBEL 338 (1691)
- Title:
- Poems on several occasions with Valentinian [T95235]
- Publication Date:
- 1705
- ESTC No:
- T95235
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Poems on several occasions with Valentinian [T95236]
- Publication Date:
- 1710
- ESTC No:
- T95236
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- Poems, &c. on several occasions with Valentinian a tragedy [ESTC R35149]
- Publication Date:
- 1696
- ESTC No:
- R35149
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Author:
- John Wilmot
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- Jacob Tonson
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- 'Printed for Jacob Tonson'.
- First Line:
- Mourn all ye groves in darker shades be seen
- Page No:
- pp.i-xv
- Poem Title:
- A Pastoral, In Imitation of the Greek of Moschus; Bewailing the Death of the Earl of Rochester
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Prithee now fond fool give over
- Page No:
- pp.3-9
- Poem Title:
- A Dialogue between Strephon and Daphne
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- There sighs not on the plain
- Page No:
- pp.10-15
- Poem Title:
- A Pastoral Dialogue between Alexis and Strephon
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- All things submit themselves to your command
- Page No:
- pp.16-18
- Poem Title:
- The Advice
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Celia that faithful servant you disown
- Page No:
- pp.19-21
- Poem Title:
- The Discovery
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Love bid me hope and I obeyed
- Page No:
- pp.22-23
- Poem Title:
- Womans Honour. A Song
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- The utmost grace the Greeks could show
- Page No:
- p.24
- Poem Title:
- Kindness. A Song
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- An age in her embraces passed
- Page No:
- pp.25-27
- Poem Title:
- The Mistress. A Song
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Absent from thee I languish still
- Page No:
- pp.28-29
- Poem Title:
- A Song.
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- What cruel pains Corinna takes
- Page No:
- pp.30-31
- Poem Title:
- To Corrina. A Song
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Ancient person for whom I
- Page No:
- pp.32-33
- Poem Title:
- A Song of a young Lady. To her Ancient Lover
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Phillis be gentler I advise
- Page No:
- pp.34-35
- Poem Title:
- A Song
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Such perfect bliss fair Chloris we
- Page No:
- pp.36-38
- Poem Title:
- To a Lady: In a Letter
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- How blessed was the created state
- Page No:
- pp.39-40
- Poem Title:
- The Fall. A Song
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- All my past life is mine no more
- Page No:
- pp.41-42
- Poem Title:
- Love and Life. A Song
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- While on those lovely looks I gaze
- Page No:
- pp.43-44
- Poem Title:
- A Song
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Love a woman you're an ass
- Page No:
- pp.44-45
- Poem Title:
- A Song
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- To this moment a rebel I throw down my arms
- Page No:
- pp.46-48
- Poem Title:
- A Song
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Tis not that I am weary grown
- Page No:
- pp.49-50
- Poem Title:
- Upon his Leaving his Mistress
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Vulcan contrive me such a cup
- Page No:
- pp.51-52
- Poem Title:
- Upon drinking in a Bowl
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- As Chloris full of harmless thought
- Page No:
- pp.53-54
- Poem Title:
- A Song
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Give me leave to rail at you
- Page No:
- pp.55-56
- Poem Title:
- A Song
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Nothing adds to your fond fire
- Page No:
- pp.56-58
- Poem Title:
- The Answer
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Fair Chloris in a pig-sty lay
- Page No:
- pp.59-61
- Poem Title:
- A Song. To Cloris
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- I cannot change as others do
- Page No:
- pp.62-63
- Poem Title:
- Constancy. A Song
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- My dear mistress has a heart
- Page No:
- p.64
- Poem Title:
- A Song
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Chloe by your command in verse I write
- Page No:
- pp.65-81
- Poem Title:
- A Letter, from Artemisia in the Town, to Cloe in the Country
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Dear friend | I hear this town does so abound
- Page No:
- ppp.82-88
- Poem Title:
- An Epistolary Essay: From M. G. to O. B. Upon their Mutual Poems
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Were I who to my cost already am
- Page No:
- pp.89-99
- Poem Title:
- A Satyr Against Mankind
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- As some brave admiral in former war
- Page No:
- pp.100-3
- Poem Title:
- The Maim'd Debauchee
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Nothing thou elder brother even to shade
- Page No:
- pp.104-8
- Poem Title:
- Upon Nothing
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- The gods by right of nature must possess
- Page No:
- p.109
- Poem Title:
- Lucretius in his first Book has these Lines
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- O love how cold and slow to take my part
- Page No:
- pp.110-17
- Poem Title:
- The Ninth Elegy In the Second Book of Ovid's Amours, Translated. To Love
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- After death nothing is and nothing death
- Page No:
- pp.118-20
- Poem Title:
- The latter end of the Chorus of the second Act of Seneca's Troas translated
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Virtue's triumphant shrine who dost engage
- Page No:
- pp.121-22
- Poem Title:
- To his Sacred Majesty, On His Restoration. In the Year 1660.
- Attribution:
- Rochester. Wadh. Coll.
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Respite great queen your just and hasty fears
- Page No:
- pp.124-27
- Poem Title:
- To her Sacred Majesty, The Queen Mother, On the Death of Mary Princess of Orange
- Attribution:
- Rochester, of Wadham College
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Some few from wit have this true maxim got
- Page No:
- pp.128-29
- Poem Title:
- An Epilogue
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- As charms are nonsense nonsense seems a charm
- Page No:
- pp.130-133
- Poem Title:
- Epilogue
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Wit has of late took up a trick t'appear
- Page No:
- pp.134-37
- Poem Title:
- A Prologue Spoken at the Court at Whitehall before King Charles the Second, by the Lady Elizabeth Howard
- Attribution:
- Collected under Rochester's name
- Attributed To:
- John Wilmot
- First Line:
- Tis well the scene is laid remote from hence
- Page No:
- p.463
- Poem Title:
- Epilogue
- Attribution:
- Written by a Person of Quality
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- With that assurance we today address
- Page No:
- p.i
- Poem Title:
- Prologue, Spoken by Mrs. Cook
- Attribution:
- Mrs. Behn
- Attributed To:
- Aphra Behn
- First Line:
- Tis not your easiness to give applause
- Page No:
- pp.ii-iii
- Poem Title:
- Prologue to Valentinian
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Now would you have me rail swell and look big
- Page No:
- pp.iv-v
- Poem Title:
- Prologue for Valentinian
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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