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Select poems from a larger collection [T55606] [ECCO]

DMI number:
1204
Publication Date:
1775
Volume Number:
1 of 1
ESTC number:
T55606
EEBO/ECCO link:
CB3327559787
Full Title:
SELECT | POEMS | FROM A | LARGER COLLECTION | GLASGOW: | PRINTED BY ROBERT & ANDREW FOULIS, | M.DCC.LXXV.
Place of Publication:
London
Format:
Duodecimo
Other matter:
Advertisement, 1p. Contents, pp.[iii]-iv.
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Publisher:
Andrew Foulis
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Publisher:
Robert Foulis
Confidence:
Absolute (100%)
Comments:
Content/Publication
First Line:
Of Leinster famed for maidens fair
Page No:
pp.[1]-3
Poem Title:
Colin and Lucy.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
What am I how produced and for what end
Page No:
pp.4-8
Poem Title:
Know Your Self.
Attribution:
By the late Dr. Arbuthnot.
Attributed To:
John Arbuthnot
First Line:
Old battle array big with horror is fled
Page No:
pp.9-10
Poem Title:
Imitation I. A New-Year's Ode.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Little tube of mighty power
Page No:
p.11
Poem Title:
Imitation II.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
O thou matured by glad Hesperian suns
Page No:
p.12
Poem Title:
Imitation III.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Critics avaunt tobacco is my theme
Page No:
p.13
Poem Title:
Imitation IV.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Blessed leaf whose aromatic gales dispense
Page No:
p.14
Poem Title:
Imitation V.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Boy bring an ounce of freeman's best
Page No:
pp.14-15
Poem Title:
Imitation VI.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
In days my lord when mother time
Page No:
pp.16-22
Poem Title:
An Epistle from S. J. Esq; in the Country, to the Right Hon. the Lord Lovelace in Town. Written in the year 1735.
Attribution:
from S. J. Esq;
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Too plain dear youth these tell-tale eyes
Page No:
pp.23-24
Poem Title:
Chloe to Strephon. A Song.
Attribution:
By the Same. [i.e. S. J. Esq;]
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Just broke from school pert impudent and raw
Page No:
pp.25-28
Poem Title:
The Modern Fine Gentleman. Written in the year 1746.
Attribution:
By the Same. [i.e. S. J. Esq;]
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Skilled in each art that can adorn the fair
Page No:
pp.29-32
Poem Title:
The Modern Fine Lady.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
As doctor -- musing sate
Page No:
pp.33-34
Poem Title:
Death and the Doctor. Occasion'd by a Physician's lampooning a Friend of the Author.
Attribution:
By D. G.
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
O say thou dear possessor of my breast
Page No:
pp.35-37
Poem Title:
Elegy To Miss D— W—D. In the manner of Ovid.
Attribution:
By the late Mr. Hammond.
Attributed To:
James Hammond
First Line:
Too well these lines that fatal truth declare
Page No:
pp.38-40
Poem Title:
Answer to the foregoing Lines.
Attribution:
By the late Lord Hervey.
Attributed To:
John Hervey
First Line:
Let observation with extensive view
Page No:
pp.41-54
Poem Title:
The Vanity of Human Wishes. The Tenth Satire of Juvenal.
Attribution:
Imitated by Mr. Samuel Johnson.
Attributed To:
Samuel Johnson
First Line:
Ye belles and ye flirts and ye pert little things
Page No:
pp.55-56
Poem Title:
Song for Ranelagh.
Attribution:
By Mr. W. Whitehead.
Attributed To:
William Whitehead
First Line:
The dart of Izdabel prevails twas dipped
Page No:
p.57
Poem Title:
The Dying Indian.
Attribution:
By the Rev. Mr. Joseph Warton.
Attributed To:
Joseph Warton
First Line:
As by some tyrant's stern command
Page No:
pp.58-61
Poem Title:
The Lawyer's Farewell to his Muse. Written in the Year 1744.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
O thou who labourst in this rugged mine
Page No:
p.62
Poem Title:
By Miss Cooper, (now Mrs. Madan) in her Brother's Coke upon Littleton.
Attribution:
Miss Cooper (now Mrs. Madan)
Attributed To:
Judith Madan [nee Cowper]
First Line:
Whilst William's deeds and William's praise
Page No:
pp.63-66
Poem Title:
An Ode to the Right Honourable Stephen Poyntz, Esq; &c.
Attribution:
By the Honourable Sir Charles Han. Williams, Knight. of the Bath.
Attributed To:
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams
First Line:
Come Chloe and give me sweet kisses
Page No:
p.67
Poem Title:
Martialis Epigramma. Lib. VI. Ep. XXIV. Imitated.
Attribution:
By the Same. [i.e. Sir Charles Hanbury Williams]
Attributed To:
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams
First Line:
When now mature in classic knowledge
Page No:
pp.68-72
Poem Title:
The Progress of Discontent. A Poem. Written at Oxford in the Year 1746.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Dear Chloe while the busy crowd
Page No:
pp.73-76
Poem Title:
The Fire-Side.
Attribution:
By Dr. Cotton.
Attributed To:
Nathaniel Cotton
First Line:
Tomorrow didst thou say
Page No:
pp.77-78
Poem Title:
To-Morrow.
Attribution:
By the Same [ie. Dr. Cotton]
Attributed To:
Nathaniel Cotton
First Line:
Away let naught to love displeasing
Page No:
pp.79-80
Poem Title:
A Song.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
My dear companion and my faithful friend
Page No:
pp.81-82
Poem Title:
An Address to his Elbow-chair, new cloathed.
Attribution:
By the late William Somervile, Esq; Author of the Chace.
Attributed To:
William Somervile
First Line:
The sun had chased the mountain snow
Page No:
pp.83-86
Poem Title:
The Blackbirds. An Elegy.
Attribution:
By Mr. Jago.
Attributed To:
Richard Jago
First Line:
To thee fair freedom I retire
Page No:
pp.87-88
Poem Title:
Written at an Inn on a Particular Occasion.
Attribution:
By Mr. Shenstone.
Attributed To:
William Shenstone
First Line:
O come thou melancholy muse
Page No:
pp.89-91
Poem Title:
The Robin: An Elegy. Written at the close of Autumn, 1756.
Attribution:
By Mr. J. G.
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Sir | While at the helm of state you ride
Page No:
pp.92-93
Poem Title:
A Letter to Sir Robert Walpole.
Attribution:
By the late Henry Fielding.
Attributed To:
Henry Fielding
First Line:
Dear doctor of St Mary's
Page No:
pp.94-95
Poem Title:
A Song. Upon Miss Harriet Hanbury, addressed to the Rev. Mr. Birt.
Attribution:
By Sir Charles Hanbury Williams.
Attributed To:
Sir Charles Hanbury Williams
First Line:
If virtue prompt thy willing mind
Page No:
pp.96-101
Poem Title:
A Tale.
Attribution:
By Mr. Merrick.
Attributed To:
James Merrick
First Line:
A drunken old Scot by the rigorous sentence
Page No:
p.102
Poem Title:
Epigram.
Attribution:
By Mr. W. Taylor.
Attributed To:
William Taylor
First Line:
Right wele of lerned clerkis is it sed
Page No:
p.103
Poem Title:
A Fragment of Chaucer.
Attribution:
By J. H. Esq;
Attributed To:
James Harris
First Line:
Between the smooth descent of yonder hills
Page No:
pp.104-107
Poem Title:
The Country Parson.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
What time the jocund rosy bosomed hours
Page No:
pp.108-116
Poem Title:
The Tomb of Shakespear. A Vision.
Attribution:
By John Gilbert Cooper, Esq.
Attributed To:
John Gilbert Cooper
First Line:
Hence sage mysterious law
Page No:
pp.117-122
Poem Title:
Vacation
Attribution:
By ---- Esq.
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
When Orpheus went down to the regions below
Page No:
p.123
Poem Title:
A Song.
Attribution:
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
Where aged elms in many a goodly row
Page No:
pp.124-128
Poem Title:
The Dowager.
Attribution:
By * * * *
Attributed To:
Not attributed
First Line:
O Nancy wilt thou go with me
Page No:
pp.129-130
Poem Title:
A Song.
Attribution:
By T. P***cy.
Attributed To:
Thomas Percy
First Line:
Dear thoughtless Clara to my verse attend
Page No:
pp.131-132
Poem Title:
Epistle from the late Lord Viscount B--gb-ke to Miss Lucy A--k--ns.
Attribution:
Lord Viscount B--gb-ke
Attributed To:
Henry St John
First Line:
Look round the wide world each profession you'll find
Page No:
pp.133-134
Poem Title:
The Cheat's Apology.
Attribution:
By Mr. Ellis.
Attributed To:
John Ellis
First Line:
Peace to this meeting
Page No:
pp.135-136
Poem Title:
On the Birth-Day of Shakespear. A Cento. Taken from his Works.
Attribution:
Richard Berenger, Esq.
Attributed To:
Richard Berenger [Beranger]
First Line:
Though grief and fondness in my breast rebel
Page No:
pp.137-151
Poem Title:
London. In Imitation of the Third Satire of Juvenal.
Attribution:
By Mr. Samuel Johnson.
Attributed To:
Samuel Johnson