Select lessons in prose and verse from various authors [N21758] [ecco]

DMI number:

970

Publication Date:

1798

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

N21758

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW113342693

Shelfmark:

ECCO - BL.

Full Title:

SELECT | LESSONS |IN | PROSE AND VERSE, | FROM | VARIOUS AUTHORS, | DESIGNED FOR THE | Improvement of YOUTH. | TO WHICH ARE ADDED, | A Few ORIGINAL PIECES. | [rule] | By [i]J. N.[/i] | [rule] | [i]The Seventh Edition, enlarged and improved.[/i] | [rule] | [g]Bristol:[/g] | PRINTED BY AND FOR R. EDWARDS, | BROAD-STREET; | 1798. | [Price One Shilling and Nine-pence.]

Place of Publication:

Bristol

Genres:

Collection of religious verse and Collection of educational texts

Format:

Duodecimo

Price:

1 s 9 d

Comments:

Contents: prose pp. 85-105, 110-8, 120-1, 135-6, 136-7, 139-41, 143, 146-8.

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Publisher:

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Comments:

Content/Publication

First Line:

The spacious firmament on high

Page No:

pp.3-4

Poem Title:

Ode on the Glories of the Heavens.

Attribution:

Addison.

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

The lord my pasture shall prepare

Page No:

pp.4-5

Poem Title:

David's Pastoral Hymn on Providence.

Attribution:

Addison.

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

When all thy mercies O my God

Page No:

pp.5-7

Poem Title:

Hymn on Gratitude.

Attribution:

Addison.

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

Father of all in every age

Page No:

pp.7-9

Poem Title:

Pope's Universal Prayer.

Attribution:

Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Ye nymphs of Solyma begin the song

Page No:

pp.9-13

Poem Title:

Messiah. A sacred Eclogue, composed of several passages of Isaiah the prophet. Written in imitation of Virgil's Pollio.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Heaven from all creatures hides the book of fate

Page No:

p.13

Poem Title:

The Knowledge of Futurity wisely concealed.

Attribution:

Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

O happiness our being's end and aim

Page No:

pp.14-15

Poem Title:

On Happiness.

Attribution:

Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

But all our praises why should lords engross

Page No:

pp.15-16

Poem Title:

The Man of Ross.

Attribution:

Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

How rich the peacock what bright glories run

Page No:

p.17

Poem Title:

The Peacock.

Attribution:

Young.

Attributed To:

Edward Young

First Line:

Survey the warlike horse didst thou invest

Page No:

p.17

Poem Title:

The War-Horse.

Attribution:

Young.

Attributed To:

Edward Young

First Line:

But fiercer still the lordly lion stalks

Page No:

p.18

Poem Title:

The Lion.

Attribution:

Young.

Attributed To:

Edward Young

First Line:

Go to the Nile and from its fruitful side

Page No:

pp.18-21

Poem Title:

The Leviathan.

Attribution:

Young.

Attributed To:

Edward Young

First Line:

Far in a wild unknown to public view

Page No:

pp.21-30

Poem Title:

The Hermit.

Attribution:

Parnell.

Attributed To:

Thomas Parnell

First Line:

Of man's first disobedience and the fruit

Page No:

pp.30-31

Poem Title:

Milton's Invocation.

Attribution:

Milton.

Attributed To:

John Milton

First Line:

Hail holy light offspring of heaven first born

Page No:

pp.31-33

Poem Title:

Hymn to Light.

Attribution:

Milton.

Attributed To:

John Milton

First Line:

With solemn adoration down they cast

Page No:

pp.33-34

Poem Title:

The sublime Homage of Angels.

Attribution:

Milton.

Attributed To:

John Milton

First Line:

Two of far nobler shape erect and tall

Page No:

pp.34-35

Poem Title:

Adam and Eve in Paradise.

Attribution:

Milton.

Attributed To:

John Milton

First Line:

Here finished he and all that he had made

Page No:

pp.35-36

Poem Title:

The Creation finished and survey'd.

Attribution:

Milton.

Attributed To:

John Milton

First Line:

For man to tell how human life began

Page No:

pp.36-38

Poem Title:

Adam relates to the Angel Raphael his pleasing Amazement on the first Survey he took of himself.

Attribution:

Milton.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

These are thy glorious works parent of good

Page No:

pp.39-40

Poem Title:

Adam and Eve's Morning Hymn.

Attribution:

Milton.

Attributed To:

John Milton

First Line:

These as they change almighty father these

Page No:

pp.41-45

Poem Title:

Thomson's Hymn on the Creation.

Attribution:

Thomson.

Attributed To:

James Thomson

First Line:

Up springs the lark

Page No:

pp.45-46

Poem Title:

The Symphony of the Spring.

Attribution:

Thomson.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

But yonder comes the powerful king of day

Page No:

pp.46-47

Poem Title:

Sun-Rising.

Attribution:

Thomson.

Attributed To:

James Thomson

First Line:

White break the clouds away with quickened step

Page No:

p.46

Poem Title:

The Dawn of a Summer's Day.

Attribution:

Thomson.

Attributed To:

James Thomson

First Line:

Informer of the planetary train

Page No:

pp.47-49

Poem Title:

Hymn to the Sun.

Attribution:

Thomson.

Attributed To:

James Thomson

First Line:

Falsely luxurious will not man awake

Page No:

pp.49-50

Poem Title:

The Praise of the Morning: Or the Sluggard Reproved.

Attribution:

Thomson.

Attributed To:

James Thomson

First Line:

Tis listening fear and dumb amazement all

Page No:

pp.50-51

Poem Title:

A Storm of Thunder and Lightening.

Attribution:

Thomson.

Attributed To:

James Thomson

First Line:

Tis done dread winter spreads his latest glooms

Page No:

pp.52-54

Poem Title:

Moral Reflections on a future State.

Attribution:

Thomson.

Attributed To:

James Thomson

First Line:

Father of light and life thou good supreme

Page No:

p.54

Poem Title:

A Prayer.

Attribution:

Thomson.

Attributed To:

James Thomson

First Line:

How poor how rich how abject how august

Page No:

pp.54-55

Poem Title:

Man a Miracle to himself.

Attribution:

Young.

Attributed To:

Edward Young

First Line:

O thou great arbiter of life and death

Page No:

pp.55-56

Poem Title:

A Prayer.

Attribution:

Young.

Attributed To:

Edward Young

First Line:

It must be so Plato thou reasonest well

Page No:

p.56

Poem Title:

Cato's Soliloquy on the immortality of the Soul.

Attribution:

Addison.

Attributed To:

Joseph Addison

First Line:

Is there no hope the sick man said

Page No:

pp.56-58

Poem Title:

The Sick Man and the Angel.

Attribution:

Gay.

Attributed To:

John Gay

First Line:

Friendship like love is but a name

Page No:

pp.58-60

Poem Title:

The Hare and many Friends.

Attribution:

Gay.

Attributed To:

John Gay

First Line:

Death on a solemn night of state

Page No:

pp.61-62

Poem Title:

The Court of Death.

Attribution:

Gay.

Attributed To:

John Gay

First Line:

Mylo forbear to call him blessed

Page No:

pp.63-64

Poem Title:

False Greatness.

Attribution:

Watts.

Attributed To:

Isaac Watts

First Line:

How many thousands of my poorest subjects

Page No:

pp.64-65

Poem Title:

A Speech of King Henry the Fourth, upon his receiving News in the night, of the Rebellion of the Earl of Northumberland.

Attribution:

Shakespear.

Attributed To:

William Shakespeare

First Line:

Farewell a long farewell to all my greatness

Page No:

pp.65-67

Poem Title:

Cardinal Wolsey's Lamentation of his Fall.

Attribution:

Shakespear.

Attributed To:

William Shakespeare

First Line:

How are thy servants blessed O lord

Page No:

pp.67-69

Poem Title:

Preservation by Land and Sea. A Divine Ode. Spectator.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When rising from the bed of death

Page No:

pp.69-70

Poem Title:

Recovery from Sickness. A Divine Ode. Spectator.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Take holy earth all that my soul holds dear

Page No:

p.70

Poem Title:

On Mrs. Mason. In Bristol Cathedral.

Attribution:

By the Rev. Mr. W. Mason.

Attributed To:

William Mason

First Line:

Underneath this marble hearse

Page No:

p.71

Poem Title:

On the Countess Dowager of Pembroke. Spectator.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The cloud capped towers the gorgeous palaces

Page No:

p.71

Poem Title:

The Inscription on Shakespear's Monument, taken from his Works.

Attribution:

Shakespear.

Attributed To:

William Shakespeare

First Line:

O charity divinely wise

Page No:

pp.71-73

Poem Title:

Ode to Charity.

Attribution:

By Miss H. More.

Attributed To:

Hannah More

First Line:

Underneath this stone doth lie

Page No:

p.71

Poem Title:

An Epitaph

Attribution:

by Ben Johnson.

Attributed To:

Benjamin Jonson

First Line:

Let high birth triumph what can be more great

Page No:

p.73

Poem Title:

Virtue the only Nobility.

Attribution:

Young.

Attributed To:

Edward Young

First Line:

Ye vain desist from your erroneous strife

Page No:

pp.73-74

Poem Title:

True Ambition.

Attribution:

Young.

Attributed To:

Edward Young

First Line:

What can be emptier than the chase of fame

Page No:

p.74

Poem Title:

The Pursuit of Fame.

Attribution:

Young.

Attributed To:

Edward Young

First Line:

To whom can riches give repute or trust

Page No:

pp.74-75

Poem Title:

Virtue constitutes true Happiness.

Attribution:

Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Pleasures are few and fewer we enjoy

Page No:

p.75

Poem Title:

On Criminal Pleasures.

Attribution:

Young.

Attributed To:

Edward Young

First Line:

The love of gaming is the worst of ills

Page No:

p.75

Poem Title:

On Gaming.

Attribution:

Young.

Attributed To:

Edward Young

First Line:

Let angel forms angelic truths maintain

Page No:

pp.76-77

Poem Title:

The Real Beauty distinguished.

Attribution:

Young.

Attributed To:

Edward Young

First Line:

O sacred solitude divine retreat

Page No:

p.76

Poem Title:

On Solitude.

Attribution:

Young.

Attributed To:

Edward Young

First Line:

We smile at florists we despise their joy

Page No:

p.76

Poem Title:

The Florist moralized.

Attribution:

Young.

Attributed To:

Edward Young

First Line:

If it be true celestial powers

Page No:

pp.77-78

Poem Title:

The Fair Lady's Wish.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Stella and Flavia every hour

Page No:

p.77

Poem Title:

On the Same. A Song

Attribution:

by Mr. Earl.

Attributed To:

Jabez Earle

First Line:

From flower to flower with eager pains

Page No:

p.78

Poem Title:

On a Bee stifled in Honey.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When I revolve this evanescent state

Page No:

p.78

Poem Title:

The Mirrour.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Sceptic whoever thou art who sayst the soul

Page No:

p.79

Poem Title:

The Unreasonableness of denying a future State.

Attribution:

Glynn's Prize Poem on the Day of Judgment.

Attributed To:

Robert Glynn [later Clobery]

First Line:

Look round the world with what a partial hand

Page No:

pp.80-81

Poem Title:

The grand Distinction betwixt the Virtuous and the Wicked reserved for another State.

Attribution:

Glynn.

Attributed To:

Robert Glynn [later Clobery]

First Line:

On that great day the solemn trump shall sound

Page No:

pp.81-82

Poem Title:

The Great Tribunal.

Attribution:

Glynn.

Attributed To:

Robert Glynn [later Clobery]

First Line:

How shall the muse her numbers all too weak

Page No:

pp.82-84

Poem Title:

The End of the World.

Attribution:

Glynn.

Attributed To:

Robert Glynn [later Clobery]

First Line:

When God the new made world surveyed

Page No:

pp.95-96

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The curfew tolls the knell of parting day

Page No:

pp.105-110

Poem Title:

An Elegy written in a Country Church Yard.

Attribution:

Gray.

Attributed To:

Thomas Gray

First Line:

The hoary fool who many days

Page No:

p.105

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Prior.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

Eternity that boundless race

Page No:

p.114

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Congreve.

Attributed To:

William Congreve

First Line:

Vital spark of heavenly flame

Page No:

pp.119-120

Poem Title:

The Dying Christian to his Soul.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ah fleeting spirit wandering fire

Page No:

p.119

Poem Title:

The Emperor Adrian to his departing Soul.

Attribution:

Translated by Mr. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Parent of good almighty god

Page No:

pp.121-124

Poem Title:

A Morning Song: Being an Imitation, in Metre, of Milton's Morning Hymn.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Father of all thou god alone

Page No:

p.124

Poem Title:

The Lord's Prayer in Verse.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Pretty fluttering tuneful bird

Page No:

pp.124-125

Poem Title:

The Soaring Lark.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Lovely blushing prickly rose

Page No:

pp.126-127

Poem Title:

The Fading Rose; or Sylvia instructed.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Where am I now my head turns round

Page No:

pp.127-128

Poem Title:

Waking out of a frightful Dream.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Long had proud Nimrod's stately city stood

Page No:

pp.128-130

Poem Title:

A Paraphrase on the seven first Verses of the Prophecy of Nahum. Published in the New Universal Magazine, for Oct. 1752.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

What joy possessed the chosen seed

Page No:

pp.130-134

Poem Title:

The Song of Moses.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Father of lights thou source of love

Page No:

pp.134-135

Poem Title:

A Hymn.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I have found out a gift for my fair

Page No:

p.136

Poem Title:

Taking of Birds' Nests.

Attribution:

Shenstone.

Attributed To:

William Shenstone

First Line:

Pity the sorrows of a poor old man

Page No:

pp.137-138

Poem Title:

Compassion to the Poor.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Oh hear a pensive captive's prayer

Page No:

pp.141-143

Poem Title:

The Mouse's Petition, Found in the Trap, where he had been confined all Night.

Attribution:

Mrs. Barbauld.

Attributed To:

Anna Letitia Barbauld [nee Aikin]

First Line:

Oft has it been my lot to mark

Page No:

pp.144-146

Poem Title:

The Cameleon.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed