State poems continued from the time of O. Cromwell to this present year 1697 [ESTC R219192]

DMI number:

1721

Publication Date:

1697

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

R219192

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Shelfmark:

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Full Title:

State-Poems; | CONTINUED | From the time of [i]O. Cromwel,[/i] | to this present Year 1697. | WRITTEN | By the Greatest WITS of the Age, [i]viz.[/i] | [2 columns] [column 1] [i]The Lord[/i] Rochester, | [i]The Lord[/i] D---t, | [i]The Lord[/i] V---n, | [i]The Hon. Mr.[/i] M--ue, | [i]Mr[/i] F. S---d, [/column 1] | [column 2] [i]Mr.[/i] Milton, | [i]Mr.[/i] Prior, | [i]Mr.[/i] Stepney, | [i]Mr.[/i] Aylosse, [i]&c.[i] [/column 2] | WITH | Several Poems in Praise of [i]Oliver Cromwel,[/i] | in [i]Latin[/i] and [i]English,[/i] by | [2 columns] [column 1] [i]D.[/i] South, | [i]D.[/i] Locke, | [i]Sir[/i] W. G--n, [/column 1] | [column 2] [i]D.[/i] Crew, | [i]Mr.[/i] Busby, [i]&c.[/i] [/column 2] | Also some Miscellany POEMS by the same, | never before Printed. | [rule] | Now carefully Examined with the Originals, and | Published without any Castration. | [rule] | Printed in the Year MDCXCVII.

Place of Publication:

[London]

Genres:

Miscellany associated with group of poets and Collection including prose

Format:

Octavo

Comments:

CONTENTS: 1) 'State-Poems Continued' pp. 1-64 2) 'The Hind and Panther' pp. 65-110 3) 'State Poems Continued.' pp. 111-248.

Other matter:

PREFATORY MATTER: 1) 'The Preface.' pp. A2-A2v. 2) 'Index' pp. A3-A4v.

References:

NCBEL 340 (1697)

Content/Publication

First Line:

The soldier now forgets the sanguine seas

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p. 1

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Nathaniel Crew

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When with the rolling tides of fate

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pp. 3-4

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Matth. Mew, C.C.C. Schol.

Attributed To:

Matthew Mew

First Line:

When civil war through all the chaos reigned

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p .5

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Guil. Godolphin, ex Aede Christi.

Attributed To:

Sir William Godolphin

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A fatal war two angry sisters waged

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pp. 7-8

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Rob South, ex Aede Christi.

Attributed To:

Robert South

First Line:

A peaceful sway the great Augustus bore

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p. 8

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

J. Locke, ex Aede Christi.

Attributed To:

John Locke

First Line:

Peace absent long two states to union brings

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p. 9

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

J. Busby, A.M. ex Aede Christi.

Attributed To:

J. Busby

First Line:

Lion of war whose roar the Dutch dismayed

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p. 10

Poem Title:

To the Protector.

Attribution:

J.Busby, A.M. ex Aede Christi.

Attributed To:

J. Busby

First Line:

Now with a better face affairs appear

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pp. 11-12

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

J. Vaughan, A. M. e Coll. Jesu:

Attributed To:

John Vaughan

First Line:

If Greece with so much mirth did entertain

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pp. 12-13

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

J.Locke, Student of Ch. Ch.

Attributed To:

John Locke

First Line:

As when two streams divided gently glide

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pp. 13-15

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

W. Godolphin, St. Ch. Ch.

Attributed To:

Sir William Godolphin

First Line:

To make myself for this employment fit

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pp. 16-17

Poem Title:

A young Gentleman desirous to be a Minister of State, thus pretends to qualify himself.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Virtue's triumphant shrine who dost engage

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p. 16

Poem Title:

To King Charles the Second, on his Return.

Attribution:

Rochester, Wadh. Coll.

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

When James our great monarch so wise and discreet

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pp. 17-18

Poem Title:

Upon the King's Voyage to Chatham to make Bulwarks against the Dutch, and the Queen's Miscarriage thereupon.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Room for the Bedlam c--ns hell and fury

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pp. 19-23

Poem Title:

A Charge to the Grand Inquest of England, 1674.

Attribution:

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First Line:

This rumour entering angry Titan's ears

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pp. 23-30

Poem Title:

The Giants Wars. 1682. Some Passages preceding the Giants War, translated out of a Greek Fragment.

Attribution:

By Dr. B-----

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As citizens that to their conquerors yield

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pp. 30-2

Poem Title:

On the Statue at Stocks Market.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Must I with patience ever silent sit

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pp. 32-3

Poem Title:

Satyr. By the Lord Ro---r.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Not Rome in all her splendor could compare

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pp.33-35

Poem Title:

A Satyr.

Attribution:

By the same Hand.

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Of all the wonders since the world began

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pp. 35-40

Poem Title:

A Satyr.

Attribution:

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First Line:

As in the days of yore were odds

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pp. 41-3

Poem Title:

The Royal-Buss.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Methinks I see our mighty monarch stand

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pp. 43-4

Poem Title:

Windsor.

Attribution:

By the Lord R---r.

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Now painter try if thy skilled hand can draw

Page No:

pp. 45-8

Poem Title:

The Second Advice to a Painter.

Attribution:

By the Author of the first.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Is this the heavenly crown are these the joys

Page No:

pp. 48-51

Poem Title:

Stafford's Ghost. February 1682.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Who can on this picture look

Page No:

p. 51

Poem Title:

On the Dutchess of Portsmouth's Picture. September, 1682.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Near Hampton Court there lies a common

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pp. 52-6

Poem Title:

Hounslow-heath. 1686.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

For this additional declaration

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pp. 56-7

Poem Title:

The Dissenters Thanksgiving for the Late Declaration. 1685.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Betwixt Father Patrick and his highness of late

Page No:

pp. 57-8

Poem Title:

The Dispute.

Attribution:

By the E. of R---

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Who'd be the man lewd libels to indite

Page No:

pp. 60-4

Poem Title:

Satyr Unmuzzled.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Come at a crown a head ourselves we'll treat

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pp. 95-6

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

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First Line:

Leave leave this hoary shed and lonely hills

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p. 95

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

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First Line:

But here the white by observation wise

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pp. 96-7

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

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First Line:

With these allurements did invite

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p. 96

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

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First Line:

What need we find him we have certain proof

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p. 97

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

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First Line:

As though 'tis controverted in the school

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p. 98

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

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First Line:

I've eyes as well as you to find the way

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pp. 99-100

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

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First Line:

But now at Piccadilly they arrive

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p. 100

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

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First Line:

Thence to the devil and asked if Chanticleer

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p. 101

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

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First Line:

Thus to the place where Jonson sat we climb

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p. 102

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

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First Line:

Ere that Gazette was printed said the white

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p. 105

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

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First Line:

Sirrah says Brindle thou hast brought us wine

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pp. 106-7

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

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First Line:

Why what a devil shan't I trust my eyes

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pp. 107-8

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

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First Line:

But now with a weary yawn that showed her pride

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p. 108

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

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First Line:

The constable alarmed by this noise

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pp. 109-10

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

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First Line:

Not all the threats or favour of a crown

Page No:

pp. 111-15

Poem Title:

The Man of HONOUR.

Attribution:

'Written by the Honourable Mr. Montague.

Attributed To:

Charles Montagu

First Line:

As the late character of god-like men

Page No:

pp. 115-19

Poem Title:

The Man of no Honour.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Twas at an hour when busy nature lay

Page No:

pp. 119-22

Poem Title:

The Vision.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I did intend in rhymes heroic

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pp. 122-6

Poem Title:

The Converts.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Humbly sheweth | That we your majesty's poor slaves

Page No:

pp. 126-8

Poem Title:

The humble Address of your Majesty's Poet Laureat, and others your Catholick and Protestant dissenting Rhymers, with the rest of the Fraternity of Minor Poets, Inferior Versifiers and Sonetteers of Your Majesty's Ancient Corporation of Parnassus.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Appear thou mighty bard to open view

Page No:

pp. 128-32

Poem Title:

The Laureat.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Where is there faith and justice to be found

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pp. 132-3

Poem Title:

On the Bishops Confinement.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The year of wonder now is come

Page No:

pp. 133-5

Poem Title:

Advice to the Prince of Orange, and the Packet-Boat returned.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hail reverend tripos guardian of the law

Page No:

p. 135

Poem Title:

A Stanza lately put upon Tyburn.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Not hell it self nor gloomy fate can save

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pp. 135-7

Poem Title:

Harry Care's last Will and Testament.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

True Englishmen drink a good health to the mitre

Page No:

pp. 137-8

Poem Title:

A new Catch in praise of the Reverend Bishops.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In sable weeds I saw a matron clad

Page No:

pp. 138-9

Poem Title:

Protestantism Reviv'd: or the Persecuted Church Triumphing.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Two Toms and Nat

Page No:

p. 140

Poem Title:

To the Tune of, Jamaica.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The critics that pretend to sense

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pp. 141-3

Poem Title:

The Audience.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Dryden thy wit has caterwauled too long

Page No:

pp. 143-6

Poem Title:

An epistle to Mr. Dryden.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Wearied with business and with cares oppressed

Page No:

pp. 146-9

Poem Title:

The Dream.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Unhappier age who ever saw

Page No:

pp. 149-50

Poem Title:

Over the Lord Dover's Door. 1686.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I'm come my future fate to seek

Page No:

pp. 150-1

Poem Title:

To the Speaking-Head.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If Cecil the wise

Page No:

p. 150

Poem Title:

Over the Lord Salsbury's Door. 1686.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tis a strange thing to think on

Page No:

p. 151

Poem Title:

Essay written over his Door upon an Institution and Induction.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As down the torrent of an angry flood

Page No:

pp. 152-3

Poem Title:

The Fable of the Pot and Kettle, as it was told by Collonel Titus the Night before he Kiss'd the King's Hand.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A true dissenter here does lie indeed

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p. 153

Poem Title:

Epitaph on Harry Care.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Our prologue wit grows flat the nap's worn off

Page No:

pp. 154-6

Poem Title:

A Lenten Prologue refused by the Players, 1682.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When God almighty had his palace framed

Page No:

pp. 156-7

Poem Title:

On Easter-day 87. this was found fixed on the King's Chappel Door.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The poets tell us idle tales to please us

Page No:

pp. 157-8

Poem Title:

Upon K. J. Pistolling a Mastiff Dog at Banbury, in his last Progress.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Had the late famed Lord Rochester survived

Page No:

pp. 159-62

Poem Title:

The Metamorphosis.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Twas still low ebb of night when not a star

Page No:

pp. 162-71

Poem Title:

Caesar's Ghost.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Believe me Will that those who have least sense

Page No:

pp. 171-3

Poem Title:

The Fourth Satyr of Boileau to W. K. 1687.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Our glorious realm over all the earth renowned

Page No:

pp. 174-8

Poem Title:

A Congratulatory Poem on his Highness the Prince of Orange his coming into England.

Attribution:

Written by Mr. Thomas Shadwell.

Attributed To:

Thomas Shadwell

First Line:

Madam | Immured with rocks of ice no wretches left

Page No:

pp. 178-9

Poem Title:

A Congratulatory Poem to the most Illustrious Queen Mary, upon her Arrival in England.

Attribution:

By Thomas Shadwell.

Attributed To:

Thomas Shadwell

First Line:

Stand forth thou grand impostor of our time

Page No:

pp. 180-3

Poem Title:

The Observator, | Or the History of Hodge, as reported by some; | From his siding with Noll, and scribling for Rome.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

You catholic statesmen and churchmen rejoice

Page No:

pp. 184-5

Poem Title:

The Miracle; How the Duchess of Modena (being in Heaven) prayed the B. Virgin that the Queen might have a Son, and how our Lady sent the Angel Gabriel with her Smock; upon which the Queen was with Child.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Why am I daily thus perplexed

Page No:

pp. 186-9

Poem Title:

Dialogue.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Yes fickle Cambridge Perkins found this true

Page No:

pp. 189-91

Poem Title:

On the University of Cambridge's burning | the D. of Monmouth's Picture, 1685. | who was formerly their Chancellor.---In | Answer to this question, | In turba semper sequitur fortunam & odit damnatos.

Attribution:

By Mr. Stepney.

Attributed To:

George Stepney

First Line:

He that first said it knew the worth of wit

Page No:

pp. 191-2

Poem Title:

Nulla manere diu neque vivere carminant | possum, que scribuntur aque notoribus.

Attribution:

By Mr. Ayloffe. T. C. C.

Attributed To:

John Ayloffe

First Line:

When crowding folks with strange ill faces

Page No:

pp. 193-4

Poem Title:

To Mr. Fleetwood Shepherd.

Attribution:

by Mr. P---r.

Attributed To:

Matthew Prior

First Line:

J R | Whereas by misrepresentation

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pp. 195-9

Poem Title:

The true and genuine Explanation, | Of one King James's Declaration.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

She's gone the beauty of our isle is fled

Page No:

pp. 199-201

Poem Title:

On the Death of the Queen.

Attribution:

By my Lord Cutts.

Attributed To:

John Cutts

First Line:

Thou best of poets and thou best of friends

Page No:

pp. 202-12

Poem Title:

Tunbridgialia: Or, the Pleasures of Tunbridge. In a Letter to a Friend.

Attribution:

By Mr. Peter Causton, Merchant.

Attributed To:

Peter Causton

First Line:

Worthy that man to scape mortality

Page No:

pp. 212-14

Poem Title:

An Essay on Writing, and the Art and Mystery of Printing. A Translation out of the Anthology.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Gentle reproofs have long been tried in vain

Page No:

pp. 214-5

Poem Title:

Prologue, by the E. of R---r.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Maids need no more their silver piss-pots scour

Page No:

pp. 215-6

Poem Title:

On Melting down the Plate: Or, the Pisspot's Farewell, 1697.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Blessed he that with a mighty hand

Page No:

pp. 216-8

Poem Title:

On Content.

Attribution:

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First Line:

At five this morn when Phoebus raised his head

Page No:

pp. 218-23

Poem Title:

Tunbridge-Wells

Attribution:

By the Earl of Rochester, June 30. 1675.

Attributed To:

John Wilmot

First Line:

Can learning's orb when such a star expires

Page No:

pp. 223-5

Poem Title:

In Memory of Joseph Washington, Esq; late of the Middle Temple, an Elegy.

Attribution:

Written by N. Tate, Servant to Their Majesties.

Attributed To:

Nahum Tate

First Line:

When souls unite in generous friendship joined

Page No:

pp. 226-7

Poem Title:

Friendship.

Attribution:

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First Line:

As leaves which from the trees blown down

Page No:

p. 227

Poem Title:

The Wish.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Celia now my heart has broke

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pp. 228-9

Poem Title:

The Deliverance.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

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First Line:

O solitude my sweetest choice

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pp. 229-36

Poem Title:

Of Solitude.

Attribution:

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First Line:

They talk of raptures flames and darts

Page No:

p. 229

Poem Title:

Song Ex Tempore.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Farewell thou Stygean Juice which does bewitch

Page No:

pp. 236-8

Poem Title:

A Satyr against Brandy.

Attribution:

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First Line:

As reading of romances did inspire

Page No:

p. 238

Poem Title:

A Prologue spoken by Mr. Mounfort, after he came from the Army, and Acted on the Stage.

Attribution:

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First Line:

How cruel was Alonzo's fate

Page No:

p. 239

Poem Title:

On the Infanta of Portugal.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Let ancients boast no more

Page No:

pp. 239-40

Poem Title:

Pindarick. By the Lord R---r.

Attribution:

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First Line:

God's and thy right made thee our hope before

Page No:

pp. 242-3

Poem Title:

On the Return of K. Charles II.

Attribution:

R. South, A.M. ex Aede Christi (Latin verse is signed 'R. South', but not the ensuing translation.)

Attributed To:

Robert South

First Line:

In dogrel rhymes we seldom use

Page No:

pp. 243-6

Poem Title:

On the late Invention of the New Lights.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

What fools are they who use to cry

Page No:

pp. 246-8

Poem Title:

On the late Invention of the Peny-POst

Attribution:

by Mr. Dockwra.

Attributed To:

Not attributed