A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands [vol 3] [T95888] [ecco]
- DMI number:
- 1142
- Publication Date:
- 1775
- Volume Number:
- 3 of 4
- ESTC number:
- T95888
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW115308211
- Shelfmark:
- 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:
- Octavo
- Bibliographic details:
- Half title: A | COLLECTION of POEMS; | CONSISTING OF | VALUABLE PIECES. | NOT INSERTED I| Mr. DODSLEY's COLLECTION, | OR PUBLISHED SINCE. | WITH SEVERAL ORIGINALS, | By EMINENT WRITERS. | VOL. III.
- Other matter:
- Back matter: Index [4pp.]
- References:
- Harold Forster, Supplements to Dodsley's Collection of Poems (Oxford Bibliographical Society, Oxford, 1980).
- Title:
- A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands [vol 3] [T116245] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1770
- ESTC No:
- T116245
- Volume:
- 3 of 4
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands [vol 1] [T95888] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1775
- ESTC No:
- T95888
- Volume:
- 1 of 4
- Relationship:
- Volume from the same edition
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands [vol 2] [T95888] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1775
- ESTC No:
- T95888
- Volume:
- 2 of 4
- Relationship:
- Volume from the same edition
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands [vol 3] [N14969] [gb]
- Publication Date:
- 1783
- ESTC No:
- N14969
- Volume:
- 3 of 4
- Relationship:
- Volume from the same edition
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands [vol 4] [T95888] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1775
- ESTC No:
- T95888
- Volume:
- 4 of 4
- Relationship:
- Volume from the same edition
- Comments:
- Editor:
- George Pearch
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Sold by:
- Joseph Johnson
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- The balmy zephyrs over the woodland stray
- Page No:
- pp.1-12
- Poem Title:
- Mary, Queen of Scots: An Elegy.
- Attribution:
- By William Julius Mickle
- Attributed To:
- William Julius Mickle
- First Line:
- In ancient days when Arthur reigned
- Page No:
- pp.13-20
- Poem Title:
- Hengist and Mey: A Ballad.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Mickle]
- Attributed To:
- William Julius Mickle
- First Line:
- High on a hill's green bosom laid
- Page No:
- pp.21-29
- Poem Title:
- Knowledge. An Ode...S. Ann. Aet. Auct. 18.
- Attribution:
- By The Same. [i.e. Mickle]
- Attributed To:
- William Julius Mickle
- First Line:
- The peaceful evening breathes her balmy store
- Page No:
- pp.30-36
- Poem Title:
- Pollio: An Elegaic Ode. Written In The Wood Near R-- Castle, 1762.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Mickle]
- Attributed To:
- William Julius Mickle
- First Line:
- Thrice has the spring beheld thy faded fame
- Page No:
- pp.36-49
- Poem Title:
- An Epistle To Curio.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Akenside.
- Attributed To:
- Mark Akenside
- First Line:
- Too much my heart of beauty's power hath known
- Page No:
- pp.49-53
- Poem Title:
- Love. An Elegy.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Akenside]
- Attributed To:
- Mark Akenside
- First Line:
- Thou silent power whose welcome sway
- Page No:
- pp.54-56
- Poem Title:
- Ode To Sleep.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Akenside]
- Attributed To:
- Mark Akenside
- First Line:
- Whence this unwonted transport in my breast
- Page No:
- pp.57-63
- Poem Title:
- A British Philippic: Occasioned By The Insults Of The Spaniards, And The Present Preparations For War. Written In The Year MDCCXXXVIII.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Akenside]
- Attributed To:
- Mark Akenside
- First Line:
- Science thou fair effusive ray
- Page No:
- pp.64-68
- Poem Title:
- Hymn To Science.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Akenside]
- Attributed To:
- Mark Akenside
- First Line:
- Yet once more sweetest queen of song
- Page No:
- pp.69-73
- Poem Title:
- Ode To The Muse.
- Attribution:
- By James Scott, M. A. Fellow Of Trinity College Cambridge.
- Attributed To:
- James Scott
- First Line:
- Come gentle power from whom arose
- Page No:
- pp.73-75
- Poem Title:
- Ode To Friendship.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Scott]
- Attributed To:
- James Scott
- First Line:
- Go blessed tints to Delia go
- Page No:
- pp.76-78
- Poem Title:
- Ode. Sent to Miss B-- With A Set Of Colours.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Scott]
- Attributed To:
- James Scott
- First Line:
- Why gentle god this long delay
- Page No:
- pp.79-83
- Poem Title:
- Ode On Sleep.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Scott]
- Attributed To:
- James Scott
- First Line:
- Hence from my sight unfeeling sage
- Page No:
- pp.83-88
- Poem Title:
- Ode On Pleasure.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Scott]
- Attributed To:
- James Scott
- First Line:
- Save me what means yon grisly shade
- Page No:
- pp.88-92
- Poem Title:
- Ode On Despair.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Scott]
- Attributed To:
- James Scott
- First Line:
- Hence vain deluding joys
- Page No:
- pp.93-96
- Poem Title:
- Ode To Wisdom.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Scott]
- Attributed To:
- James Scott
- First Line:
- As when diffused in solemn trance
- Page No:
- pp.97-104
- Poem Title:
- A Spousal Hymn. Addressed To His Majesty On His Marriage.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Scott]
- Attributed To:
- James Scott
- First Line:
- Be gone delusions vain
- Page No:
- pp.105-110
- Poem Title:
- The Vanity Of Human Life. A Monody. Sacred To The Memory OF The Most Hon. Francis Russel, Marquis Of Tavistock.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i. e. Scott]
- Attributed To:
- James Scott
- First Line:
- Hence avaunt tis holy ground
- Page No:
- pp.111-115
- Poem Title:
- Osde At The Installation Of His Grace Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton, Chancellor of The University of Cambridge, July I. MDCCLXIX.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Gray.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Gray
- First Line:
- In Britain's isle no matter where
- Page No:
- pp.116-122
- Poem Title:
- A Long Story.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Gray]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Gray
- First Line:
- Now the storm begins to lower
- Page No:
- pp.122-125
- Poem Title:
- The Fatal Sisters: An Ode.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Gray]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Gray
- First Line:
- Uprose the king of men with speed
- Page No:
- pp.126-130
- Poem Title:
- The Desent [sic] Of Odin: An Ode. From The Norse Tongue.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Gray]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Gray
- First Line:
- Owen's praise demands my song
- Page No:
- pp.130-132
- Poem Title:
- The Triumphs Of Owen. A Fragment. From The Welch.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Gray]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Gray
- First Line:
- Lo where this silent marble weeps
- Page No:
- pp.132-133
- Poem Title:
- An Epitaph In A Country Church-Yard In Kent.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Gray]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Gray
- First Line:
- Again the balmy zephyr blows
- Page No:
- pp.133-135
- Poem Title:
- An Invitation To The Feathered Race, MDCCLXII. Written At Claverton, Near Bath.
- Attribution:
- By The Rev. Mr. Graves.
- Attributed To:
- Richard Graves
- First Line:
- This bubbling stream not uninstructive flows
- Page No:
- p.135
- Poem Title:
- Under An Hour-Glass, In A Grotto Near The WAter At Claverton.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Graves]
- Attributed To:
- Richard Graves
- First Line:
- Midst flowery meads and Avon's winding floods
- Page No:
- pp.136-137
- Poem Title:
- On The Ancient City Of Bath. Written On The Finishing The Circus.
- Attribution:
- By The Same. [i.e. Graves]
- Attributed To:
- Richard Graves
- First Line:
- From the fair gardens of the blooming east
- Page No:
- pp.138-155
- Poem Title:
- The Great Shepherd. A Sacred Pastoral.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Barford.
- Attributed To:
- Richard Barford
- First Line:
- Deep in a grove by cypress shaded
- Page No:
- pp.156-160
- Poem Title:
- A Father's Advice To His Son.
- Attribution:
- By John Gilbert Cooper, Esq.
- Attributed To:
- John Gilbert Cooper
- First Line:
- Virtuous youth | thank heaven I knew thee not I never shall feel
- Page No:
- pp.161-164
- Poem Title:
- On The Much Lamented Death Of The Marquis Of Tavistock.
- Attribution:
- By Christopher Ansty, Esq.
- Attributed To:
- Christopher Anstey
- First Line:
- Queen of the halycon breast and heavenward eye
- Page No:
- pp.164-168
- Poem Title:
- The Pleasures of Contemplation.
- Attribution:
- By Mrs. Darwal, Formerly Miss Whately.
- Attributed To:
- Mary Darwall [nee Whateley]
- First Line:
- To you Eliza be these lays consigned
- Page No:
- pp.168-170
- Poem Title:
- Liberty: An Elegy. Inscribed To Miss Loggin...Feigned To Be Written From The Happy Valley Of Ambara.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Whateley]
- Attributed To:
- Mary Darwall [nee Whateley]
- First Line:
- Now genial spring over lawn and grove
- Page No:
- pp.171-174
- Poem Title:
- Hymn To Solitude.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Whateley]
- Attributed To:
- Mary Darwall [nee Whateley]
- First Line:
- Fairest daughter of the year
- Page No:
- pp.174-176
- Poem Title:
- Ode To May.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Whateley]
- Attributed To:
- Mary Darwall [nee Whateley]
- First Line:
- The shrinking brooks and russet meads complained
- Page No:
- pp.176-183
- Poem Title:
- The Death Of Arachne. An Heroi-Comi-Tragic Poem.
- Attribution:
- By John Hawkesworth, LL. D.
- Attributed To:
- John Hawkesworth
- First Line:
- Life the dear precarious boon
- Page No:
- pp.184-186
- Poem Title:
- Life. An Ode.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Hawkesworth]
- Attributed To:
- John Hawkesworth
- First Line:
- Through groves sequestered dark and still
- Page No:
- p.187
- Poem Title:
- A Moral Thought.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Hawkesworth]
- Attributed To:
- John Hawkesworth
- First Line:
- Lost to the world tomorrow doomed to die
- Page No:
- pp.188-202
- Poem Title:
- Epistle From Lord William Russel, To Lord William Cavendish.
- Attribution:
- By Geo. Canning, Esq.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ere this short winter's day be gone
- Page No:
- pp.203-207
- Poem Title:
- A Birth-Day Offering To A Young Lady. From Her Lover.
- Attribution:
- By The Same. [i.e. Canning]
- Attributed To:
- George Canning
- First Line:
- Nature with liberal hand dispenses
- Page No:
- pp.208-218
- Poem Title:
- Labour And Genius: Or, The Mill-Stream, And The Cascade. A Fable. Written In The Year 1762, And Inscribed To The Late William Shenstone, Esq.
- Attribution:
- By Richard Jago, A. M.
- Attributed To:
- Richard Jago
- First Line:
- Yet do I live o how shall I sustain
- Page No:
- pp.219-229
- Poem Title:
- Monody To The Memory Of A Young Lady.
- Attribution:
- By Cuthbert Shaw.
- Attributed To:
- Cuthbert Shaw
- First Line:
- Sweet bird that kindly perching near
- Page No:
- pp.229-233
- Poem Title:
- An Evening Address To A Nightingale.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Shaw]
- Attributed To:
- Cuthbert Shaw
- First Line:
- Ye patriot crowds who burn for England's fame
- Page No:
- pp.234-235
- Poem Title:
- Prologue Spoken By Mr. Garrick, April 5. MDCCL. Before The Masque Of Comus, Acted At Drury-Lane, For The Benefit Of Milton's Grand-Daughter.
- Attribution:
- By Samuel Johnson, LL. D.
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Johnson
- First Line:
- O Phoebus down the western sky
- Page No:
- pp.236-237
- Poem Title:
- The Midsummer Wish.
- Attribution:
- Supposed By The Same [i.e. Johnson]
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Johnson
- First Line:
- Alas with swift and silent pace
- Page No:
- pp.237-239
- 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.240-241
- 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:
- pp.242-243
- Poem Title:
- The Winter's Walk.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Johnson]
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Johnson
- First Line:
- Not the soft sighs of vernal gales
- Page No:
- pp.243-244
- Poem Title:
- A Song.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Johnson]
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Johnson
- First Line:
- Evening now from purple wings
- Page No:
- pp.244-245
- Poem Title:
- An Evening Ode. To Stella.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Johnson]
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Johnson
- First Line:
- No more thus brooding over yon heap
- Page No:
- pp.245-246
- Poem Title:
- The Vanity of Wealth: An Ode.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Johnson]
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Johnson
- First Line:
- When Stella strikes the tuneful string
- Page No:
- pp.247-248
- Poem Title:
- To Miss -- On Her Playing Upon The Harpsichord In A Room Hung With Some Flower-Pieces Of Her Own Painting.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Johnson]
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Johnson
- First Line:
- Madam | Long have I looked my tablets over
- Page No:
- pp.249-251
- Poem Title:
- To Myrtillis. The New Year's Offering.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The tree of deepest root is found
- Page No:
- pp.252-256
- Poem Title:
- The Three Warnings. A Tale.
- Attribution:
- By Mrs. Thrale.
- Attributed To:
- Hester Lynch Piozzi [née Salusbury; other married name Thrale]
- First Line:
- When Moab's wiles had failed to move
- Page No:
- pp.256-260
- Poem Title:
- Balaam; Or, The Antiquity Of Scandal.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Where Thames with pride beholds Augusta's charms
- Page No:
- pp.261-264
- Poem Title:
- Verses Occasioned By The Right Honourable The Lady Viscountess Tyrconnel's Recovery At Bath. First Printed in The Year MDCCXXX.
- Attribution:
- By Richard Savage.
- Attributed To:
- Richard Savage
- First Line:
- In gayer hours when high my fancy ran
- Page No:
- pp.265-269
- Poem Title:
- The Bastard.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Savage]
- Attributed To:
- Richard Savage
- First Line:
- Venus most histories agree
- Page No:
- pp.269-270
- Poem Title:
- To A Lady Going To Bathe In The Sea.
- Attribution:
- By George Keate, Esq.
- Attributed To:
- George Keate
- First Line:
- The bard whose scenes this night your thoughts engage
- Page No:
- pp.271-272
- Poem Title:
- Prologue To The Play of King John, Acted at Mr. Newcomb's At Hackney, In March, MDCCLXIX.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Keate]
- Attributed To:
- George Keate
- First Line:
- Spite of court tricks of sorrow madness pain
- Page No:
- pp.273-274
- Poem Title:
- Epilogue To The Same Play. Spoken By Constance.
- Attribution:
- By The Same. [i.e. Keate]
- Attributed To:
- George Keate
- First Line:
- Mark mortals mark with awe profound
- Page No:
- pp.275-276
- Poem Title:
- Inscription In An Arbour.
- Attribution:
- By The Rev. Mr. Parsons of Wye, Kent. // Oberon.
- Attributed To:
- Philip Parsons
- First Line:
- How sweet to recall the sweet moments of joy
- Page No:
- pp.276-279
- Poem Title:
- Absence. A Pastoral Ballad...Written In The Year 1750.
- Attribution:
- By The Same. [i.e. Parsons]
- Attributed To:
- Philip Parsons
- First Line:
- Deep silence reigned and dewy night
- Page No:
- pp.279-283
- Poem Title:
- The Contented Philosopher
- Attribution:
- By The Rev. Mr. Cunninghame.
- Attributed To:
- Peter Cunningham
- First Line:
- High over the bed conspicuous seen
- Page No:
- pp.283-286
- Poem Title:
- The Tulip And Lily.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Barclay.
- Attributed To:
- James Barclay
- First Line:
- Awake my fair the morning springs
- Page No:
- pp.287-289
- Poem Title:
- The Invitation.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Barclay]
- Attributed To:
- James Barclay
- First Line:
- With rolling time that all things change
- Page No:
- pp.289-290
- Poem Title:
- The Metamorphose.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Barclay]
- Attributed To:
- James Barclay
- First Line:
- With Muckworm lately as in chat
- Page No:
- pp.290-291
- Poem Title:
- The Sine Quo Non.
- Attribution:
- By The Same. [i.e. Barclay]
- Attributed To:
- James Barclay
- First Line:
- Hard by yon copse that skirts the flowery vale
- Page No:
- pp.292-293
- Poem Title:
- The Partridges: An Elegy. Written On The Last Of August.
- Attribution:
- By The Rev. Mr. Pratt of Peterborough.
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Jackson Pratt
- First Line:
- Nature thy genial call I hear
- Page No:
- pp.294-296
- Poem Title:
- A Morning Soliloquy On Deafness.
- Attribution:
- By The Rev. Mr. Powis.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Powys
- First Line:
- When our first father through the dreary waste
- Page No:
- pp.296-297
- Poem Title:
- Sonnet...Occasioned By Leaving B-x-n, July 1755. The Author Telling The Ladies "He Looked Upon Himself In A Worse Situation Than Adam Banish'd Paradis," Was Enjoined By Them To Give His Reason In Verse.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. P--
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- While you fair Anna innocently gay
- Page No:
- pp.297-298
- Poem Title:
- Sonnet. A Lady Of Indiscreet Virtue. In Imitation Of Spenser.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. P-]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- By the side of the stream that strays through the grove
- Page No:
- pp.298-299
- Poem Title:
- The Shaft.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Henley.
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Henley
- First Line:
- Ah what avails this short sublunar sphere
- Page No:
- pp.299-306
- Poem Title:
- An Elegy.
- Attribution:
- By Daniel Hayes, Esq.
- Attributed To:
- Daniel Hayes
- First Line:
- The feathered game that haunt the hoary plains
- Page No:
- pp.306-322
- Poem Title:
- The Academic Sportsman, Or, A Winter's Day.
- Attribution:
- By Gerald Fitzgerald.
- Attributed To:
- Gerald Fitzgerald
- First Line:
- Pity the sorrows of a poor old man
- Page No:
- pp.322-324
- Poem Title:
- The Beggar.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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