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.
- Publisher:
- Andrew Foulis
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- Robert Foulis
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- 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 WD. 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
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