Poetical amusements at a villa near Bath [vol 1 2nd ed] [google books] [T90826]

DMI number:

1264

Publication Date:

1776

Volume Number:

2 of 4

ESTC number:

T90826

Shelfmark:

Google books - Bod

Full Title:

POETICAL | AMUSEMENTS | AT A | VILLA | NEAR | [i]BATH[/i]. | VOLUME I. | THE SECOND EDITION. | [double rule] | LONDON: | Printed for EDWARD and CHARLES DILLY. | And sold by | W. FREDERICK at Bath. | M DCC LXXVI.

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Miscellany associated with group of poets

Format:

Quarto

Bibliographic details:

Frontispiece. Google books: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=bFZWAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1#v=onepage&q&f=false (Princeton copy)

Comments:

Contents: verse in French pp. 13-15.

Other matter:

Prefatory matter: Preface pp. iii-viii. Back matter: Index; or, Explanation to the Enigmas [1p.]

Related Miscellanies

Title:

Poetical amusements at a villa near Bath (vol I 3d ed) [N21119] [ecco]

Publication Date:

1776

ESTC No:

N21119

Volume:

1 of 1

Relationship:

Another Edition of

Comments:

Related People

Author:

Anna Miller [née Riggs]

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

ESTC identifies Miller as editor.

Publisher:

Charles Dilly

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Publisher:

Edward Dilly

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Sold by:

William Frederick

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Content/Publication

First Line:

Hard to muse it is I must confess

Page No:

p.1

Poem Title:

Bouts Rimees.

Attribution:

Hon. Mr. Ph-ps.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Crushed by oppression's weight thou shalt confess

Page No:

pp.2-3

Poem Title:

No. I. Enigma.

Attribution:

Mrs. M-ll-r.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In a beautiful woman you all must confess

Page No:

p.2

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

W. C-ch, Esq.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Read in her eyes her gentle heart

Page No:

p.3

Poem Title:

Bouts Rimees. On Miss M-n-ll.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Accept these lays the dictates of a heart

Page No:

pp.4-5

Poem Title:

To an Absent Friend.

Attribution:

Miss El-k-r.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When every virtue which adorns the heart

Page No:

p.4

Poem Title:

To Chloe.

Attribution:

M-q-ss of C-m-r-n.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Apollo of late in defence of his fame

Page No:

p.6

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

G. P-tt, Esq.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Mistaken man to court an empty name

Page No:

p.6

Poem Title:

Acrostic

Attribution:

By the same [i.e. G. P-tt]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A damsel hard by as fair as her fame

Page No:

p.7

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

By the same [i.e. G. P-tt]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I'm a little black gentleman ladies of fame

Page No:

p.7

Poem Title:

No. II. Enigma.

Attribution:

Sir C-s S-d-y, Bart.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Who bartering sentiment for love of fame

Page No:

p.8

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

G. P-tt, Esq.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Just are the praises given your calm retreat

Page No:

pp.8-9

Poem Title:

Bouts. Rimees.

Attribution:

Laura.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Fond youth who treadst bright beauty's ground

Page No:

p.9

Poem Title:

No. III. Enigma.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Malgre weather and dirt with each foot in a pattin

Page No:

p.10

Poem Title:

Bouts Rimees. Acrostic.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The pen which I now take and brandish

Page No:

pp.10-11

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Her Gr-e the D-ss of N-m-r-d.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Had I but strength a sword to brandish

Page No:

p.11

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A week before all hands do brandish

Page No:

p.12

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

While Flora's sweet treasures enamel the ground

Page No:

pp.12-13

Poem Title:

Bouts Rimees.

Attribution:

Lord Visc. P-m-t-n.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Take of jest and of humour an ounce at a time

Page No:

pp.15-16

Poem Title:

Receipt to make a Boutes Rimes.

Attribution:

G. P-tt, Esq.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Let catgut musicians dispute about time

Page No:

pp.16-17

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Says my muse now this time

Page No:

p.16

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ever brilliant ever charming I defy the power of time

Page No:

pp.17-18

Poem Title:

No. V. Enigma.

Attribution:

Mrs. M-ll-r.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I trace my pedigree from early time

Page No:

p.17

Poem Title:

No. IV. Enigma.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Oh stay thy flight good father time

Page No:

p.18

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A group of wits upon a time

Page No:

p.19

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To visit fair Miller I grudge not my time

Page No:

p.19

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Mrs. L-r-che.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If to devote my life and time

Page No:

p.20

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tis in vain my good friend quoth Apollo to time

Page No:

p.20

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Marcia has a snowy breast

Page No:

p.21

Poem Title:

Bouts Rimees. On Miss P-tt.

Attribution:

By Mrs. R-s.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

On the road to Batheaston I overtook time

Page No:

p.21

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A female once had me locked up in her breast

Page No:

p.22

Poem Title:

No. VI. Enigma.

Attribution:

E-d D-x, Esq.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Your beauty such havock has made in my breast

Page No:

pp.22-23

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The sight of dear Silvia has robbed me of rest

Page No:

p.23

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Phoebus tis said from Delphos took his flight

Page No:

pp.24-25

Poem Title:

Bouts Rimees.

Attribution:

M-q-ss of C-m-r-n.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ye writers for nosegays ye young and ye fair

Page No:

p.24

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tis droll to observe with what whimsical flight

Page No:

pp.25-26

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To Avon's banks the muse once took her flight

Page No:

p.25

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

By the same [i.e. M-q-ss of C-m-r-n]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

From Bath to Easton haste your flight

Page No:

p.26

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Last week my poor heart took a sudden alarm

Page No:

p.27

Poem Title:

Bouts Rimees.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The breast of a goddess I once did alarm

Page No:

pp.27-28

Poem Title:

No. VII. Enigma.

Attribution:

Mrs. M-ll-r.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I'm a thing which too often occasions alarm

Page No:

p.28

Poem Title:

No. VIII. Enigma.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Did you know sirs what fears my poor bosom alarm

Page No:

pp.29-30

Poem Title:

To the Gentlemen who are to determine the Merit of the Verses at Batheaston Villa.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Where critic smiles the trembling bard alarm

Page No:

p.29

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I have often been heard to sound an alarm

Page No:

pp.30-31

Poem Title:

No. IX. Enigma.

Attribution:

Ad-l K-p-l.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Guardian of genius and of truth

Page No:

pp.31-33

Poem Title:

Address'd to C. A-ty, Esq; from Batheaston Villa. Occasioned by his elegant Stanzas, which appeared in the Bath Journal of the 7th of March.

Attribution:

J. M-ll-r, Esq.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tell me ye fair ones tell me pray

Page No:

pp.34-36

Poem Title:

Subjects Given. The Power of Love.

Attribution:

**** St-ly, Esq.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Orpheus one day having nicely compared

Page No:

pp.36-38

Poem Title:

The Power of Music.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

With bow unstrung and arrows broke

Page No:

pp.38-41

Poem Title:

On Love.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Come sweet Musaeus angels weep thy stay

Page No:

p.42

Poem Title:

Bouts Rimees. Invocation on the Death of Mr. Handel.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In dancing from time should you happen to stray

Page No:

pp.42-43

Poem Title:

No. X. Enigma.

Attribution:

**** A-k-n, Esq.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ye belles ye beaux ye wits and all

Page No:

pp.43-45

Poem Title:

A New Ballad. To the Tune of Nancy Dawson.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whenever my lot in life is fixed by chance

Page No:

pp.45-46

Poem Title:

Bouts Rimees. A Wish.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

From fashion's sons whose minds are formed on chance

Page No:

p.46

Poem Title:

Subject. Fashion.

Attribution:

**** K-n-n.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Come april month of various kinds

Page No:

pp.47-49

Poem Title:

Subject. The Month of April.

Attribution:

C. W. B-f-ld, Esq.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Capricious april like the smiling fair

Page No:

pp.49-52

Poem Title:

Same Subject.

Attribution:

J. G-ch, Esq.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Enchanting nymph of heavenly birth

Page No:

pp.52-57

Poem Title:

Subject. Beauty.

Attribution:

Lord Visc. P-m-t-n.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Blessed is the man who sees the coming spring

Page No:

p.57

Poem Title:

Bouts Rimees.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Come thou harbinger of pleasure

Page No:

pp.58-59

Poem Title:

Subject. The Month of April.

Attribution:

Rev. Mr. Jenner.

Attributed To:

Rev. Mr. Jenner

First Line:

To the gay lawn or softly murmuring spring

Page No:

p.59

Poem Title:

To Mrs. Miller.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hail blooming goddess welcome genial spring

Page No:

pp.60-61

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Hon. Master Fielding, second son to the Earl of Denbigh, eleven Years old.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here the fair season of returning spring

Page No:

p.60

Poem Title:

Upon Batheaston Villa.

Attribution:

Lord Visc. P-m-t-n.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To hail thy wished return delightful spring

Page No:

p.61

Poem Title:

To the Spring.

Attribution:

Lord Visc. P-m-t-n.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Come vernal zephyrs and with gentle breeze

Page No:

pp.62-63

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

By the same [i.e. Lord Visc. P-m-t-n]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

While nature's warblers fill the trees

Page No:

p.62

Poem Title:

Bouts Rimees. The Lover's Invitation on May-Day.

Attribution:

By the same [i.e. Lord Visc. P-m-t-n]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whilst Maro in lofty heroics delights

Page No:

pp.64-65

Poem Title:

Subject, Beauty.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In silken garments fluttering at the breeze

Page No:

pp.65-66

Poem Title:

Double Bouts Rimees.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

My Laura's fair amongst the fair

Page No:

pp.66-67

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

J. M-ll-r, Esq.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

What is beauty tis a flower

Page No:

pp.68-69

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Dear madam befriend

Page No:

pp.69-71

Poem Title:

To Mrs. Miller.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Come all ye fair females of every station

Page No:

pp.71-74

Poem Title:

Subject. Beauty.

Attribution:

**** K-n-n, Esq.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Aurora spread her graces over the lawn

Page No:

pp.74-77

Poem Title:

Subject, The Pleasures of the Chace.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Oh ye nimrods in green

Page No:

p.78

Poem Title:

Beauty, and the Pleasures of the Chace.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The storm is up the driving rain

Page No:

pp.79-81

Poem Title:

The Powers of Imagination. Luines upon seeing a very fine Picture, representing a Tempest.

Attribution:

J. M-ll-r, Esq.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I live in the breeze

Page No:

p.81

Poem Title:

No. XI. Enigma.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The muses are ladies so bashful and shy

Page No:

pp.82-85

Poem Title:

Subject. Dancing.

Attribution:

Mrs. M-ll-r.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Though dull as a post I frequently shine

Page No:

pp.85-86

Poem Title:

No. XII. Enigma, and Bouts Rimees.

Attribution:

E-d D-x, Esq.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ye bards again with wonted lustre shine

Page No:

p.86

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

R. S-m-g, Esq.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A richer jewel than the gems that shine

Page No:

p.86

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Fair Miller's splendid talents shine

Page No:

p.87

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Rich must each gem in native lustre shine

Page No:

p.87

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

G-e Ogle, Esq.

Attributed To:

George Ogle

First Line:

Ye tuneful nine forsake the aonian grove

Page No:

p.88

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Direct me Phoebus how to shine

Page No:

pp.88-89

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Miss **** Burgess, at ten Years old.

Attributed To:

Miss Burgess

First Line:

Hence each frown and wrinkled care

Page No:

pp.89-93

Poem Title:

Subject, The second Time of opening of the Tusculum Vase, at Batheaston Villa.

Attribution:

**** B-r-ss, Esq.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Let loud ambition in the senate shine

Page No:

p.89

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Assist me muse to hail this sacred morn

Page No:

pp.93-95

Poem Title:

On the same.

Attribution:

Mrs. M-ll-r.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

See Miller on man's various breast

Page No:

pp.95-97

Poem Title:

On the same.

Attribution:

**** H-p-t-n, Esq.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If want of decency as Pope

Page No:

pp.97-98

Poem Title:

On omitting the Assembly at Batheaston Villa on Good-Friday.

Attribution:

Rev. Mr. G-ves.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Dryden Milton Pope and Gay

Page No:

pp.99-101

Poem Title:

Subject, The Month of May.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Happy month to whom belong

Page No:

pp.101-103

Poem Title:

Same Subject.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Were my days again to pass

Page No:

pp.103-104

Poem Title:

Subject. On Society.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Pale April with her childish eye

Page No:

pp.105-107

Poem Title:

Subject, First of May.

Attribution:

Mrs. G-v-l.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Welcome Spencer lovely maid

Page No:

pp.107-109

Poem Title:

Address'd to the Right Hon. Lady Georgina Spencer.

Attribution:

J. M-ll-r, Esq.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Refulgent through the shades of night

Page No:

pp.109-112

Poem Title:

Subject, Painting. A Dream.

Attribution:

Mrs. M-ll-r.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Miller thy attic scenes prolong

Page No:

pp.112-113

Poem Title:

Bouts Rimees.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The glory of this vase may time prolong

Page No:

p.113

Poem Title:

On the Closing of the Vase for this Season.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Led by a sister of the tuneful nine

Page No:

p.114

Poem Title:

To Mrs. Miller.

Attribution:

By the Hon. Mrs. G-v-l.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

On the fair summit of a verdant lawn

Page No:

pp.114-117

Poem Title:

On the Pleasures of Society at Batheaston Villa.

Attribution:

Mrs. M-ll-r.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

No more of trivial art

Page No:

pp.118-122

Poem Title:

The Beauties of Nature compared with those of Art.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As nature and art

Page No:

pp.123-126

Poem Title:

Same Subject. The Decision. A Tale.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Nature and art if we compare

Page No:

pp.126-131

Poem Title:

Same Subject.

Attribution:

Master S-h-b-g, sixteen Years old.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Dame nature once by frolic led

Page No:

pp.132-135

Poem Title:

Same Subject.

Attribution:

Miss D-s.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Imperial messenger of Jove

Page No:

pp.135-136

Poem Title:

Bouts Rimees...An Invocation to Mercury, as God of Peace, upon the present Dissensions at Bath.

Attribution:

G-- H--t, Esq.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Impatient on this long expected day

Page No:

p.136

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The beauteous flower my Chloe plucked today

Page No:

p.137

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Though choice as the day

Page No:

p.137

Poem Title:

No. XIII. Enigma, and Bouts Rimees.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I Phoebus the fiddler and king of the day

Page No:

p.138

Poem Title:

To the Beaux Esprits of Bath.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Art at Batheaston on a certain day

Page No:

p.138

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

G-e Ogle, Esq.

Attributed To:

George Ogle

First Line:

Queen of the mournful song

Page No:

pp.139-142

Poem Title:

Ode to the Elegaic Muse.

Attribution:

**** C-ss-ns, Esq.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Sweet as the rose was Delia's early bloom

Page No:

pp.142-143

Poem Title:

Epitaph.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Venus in vain the Paphian nymphs

Page No:

pp.143-145

Poem Title:

Ode to Mrs. Miller, Under the Name of Myra.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hail the year and hail the morn

Page No:

pp.146-149

Poem Title:

Ode to the New Year, 1775.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Could all Pygmalion's plastic art

Page No:

pp.149-150

Poem Title:

Subject, The Beauties of Nature, compared with those of Art.

Attribution:

J. M-ll-r, Esq;

Attributed To:

Not attributed