The Altar of Love: [Harding C 105] [N16438]

DMI number:

45

Publication Date:

1731

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

N16438

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW3312565420

Shelfmark:

BOD Harding C 105

Full Title:

THE | [i]ALTAR[/i] of LOVE: | OR, THE | Whole ART of KISSING | In all its Varieties. | Consisting of POEMS, | And other | MISCELLANIES. | [i]By the most eminent[/i] HANDS. | [rule] | Now first collected into a VOLUME. | [rule] | [epigraph] | [rule] | THE THIRD EDITION. | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed in the Year M. DCC. XXXI.

Epigraph:

LOVE is the [i]Steel[/i] that strikes upon the [i]Flint[/i]; | Gives [i]Coldness[/i] Heat, exerts the [i]hidden Flame[/i], | And spreads the [i]Sparkles[/i] round to [i]warm[/i] the [i]World.[/i] | DRYDEN.

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Made-up miscellany

Format:

Octavo

Price:

6 Shillings

Pagination:

0

Comments:

A miscellany made up of a range of previously printed works (some of which are separate poems, some of which themselves are miscellanies). There are several copies of this title: not all of them are identical. CONTENTS: 1. The Art of Kissing pp. 3-32 2. Epistle to Cobham (with half-title; with notes etc). pp. 3-46 (T116866) 3. The Force of Religion (Young; separate title page, plus prose dedication to Countess of Salisbury) [8pp], pp. 1-38. (T4538) 4. Popeana pp. [1]-40. 5. A Receipt for a Soup [4pp] 6. Poems by Bowman (2d ed, corrected; 1732; with title-page; prefatory matter pp.iii-viii) pp. 1-80 (T126116) 7. The Thresher's Miscellany (2d ed; [8pp], pp. 1-24. (T58884) 8. An apology for the writings of Walter Moyle, Esq; (without title page) pp. 1-16, pp. 1-22. 9. Catalogue of Books printed for E. Curll pp. 1-16.

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Title:

The Altar of Love [12 Theta 1321]

Publication Date:

1731

ESTC No:

N16438

Volume:

None

Relationship:

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Comments:

Title:

The Altar of Love [ESTC N16438]

Publication Date:

1731

ESTC No:

N16438

Volume:

1 of 1

Relationship:

Unknown

Comments:

Title:

The Christian poet. A miscellany of divine poems, all written by the late Mr. Secretary Addison, &c. [ESTC T99282]

Publication Date:

1728

ESTC No:

T99282

Volume:

None

Relationship:

Unknown

Comments:

Related People

Publisher:

Edmund Curll

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Responsible for bundling together these disparate tracts.

Content/Publication

First Line:

Celia thou flower of all the virgin throng

Page No:

pp.3-6

Poem Title:

The Art of Kissing. From Bonefonius. The Request.

Attribution:

By Mr. Bond.

Attributed To:

William Bond

First Line:

Whilst my Chloe I recline

Page No:

pp.6-7

Poem Title:

The Pleasure and Pain of Kissing.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As on thy lips I wanton play

Page No:

p.7

Poem Title:

The Same

Attribution:

by another Hand.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Go heart fly swiftly to my fair desire

Page No:

pp.8-9

Poem Title:

His Heart sent with a Message to his Mistress.

Attribution:

By Mr. Beckingham.

Attributed To:

Charles Beckingham

First Line:

Dearest heart to Delia go

Page No:

p.9

Poem Title:

The Same

Attribution:

by another Hand.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I roamed the woods and roaming found the fair

Page No:

p.10

Poem Title:

The Heart-Stealer.

Attribution:

By Mr. Goode

Attributed To:

Mr. Goode

First Line:

Say partial needle tell me true

Page No:

pp.11-12

Poem Title:

To the Needle that Pricked his Mistress's Finger

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As when my fair one sultry noon

Page No:

p.13

Poem Title:

He Complains that his Mistress is more terrible to Him, than Thunder and Lightening.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

You Myro covet to possess

Page No:

pp.14-15

Poem Title:

To Francis Myro, Advocate of the Parliament of Paris. The Lover's Choice.

Attribution:

By Mr. Baker

Attributed To:

Henry Baker

First Line:

No daily rains disturb the skies

Page No:

pp.15-17

Poem Title:

The Torments of Love.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Behold these flowers with different colours spread

Page No:

p.17

Poem Title:

To his Mistress, comparing himself to the Red Rose and the White.

Attribution:

By Mr. Baker

Attributed To:

Henry Baker

First Line:

Hail blushing rose for ever rest

Page No:

pp.18-21

Poem Title:

On his Mistress's Breasts, wishing himself the Rose between them.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tell me ye gentle gliding showers

Page No:

pp.22-23

Poem Title:

He Declares that his Mistress's Tears, are no Tears, but the Sparks and Kindlings of Love.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Lo how I struggle in a doubtful fray

Page No:

pp.24-26

Poem Title:

He complains of the Treachery and Inconstancy of hs Mistress; yet adds, that he must still continue to love her, tho' she be married to another Man.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thou little pretty little tender maid

Page No:

pp.26-29

Poem Title:

He desires his Pancharilla to Suck out his very Soul wth Kisses.

Attribution:

By Mr. J. Philips

Attributed To:

John Philips

First Line:

Spite of advice my burning passions reign

Page No:

pp.29-32

Poem Title:

He Resolves to be constant to his Mistress. Inscribed to Matthew Bruer, Chancellor of Paris.

Attribution:

By Mr. Foxton

Attributed To:

Thomas Foxton

First Line:

Since my weak voice in Congreve's praise preferred

Page No:

pp.3-36

Poem Title:

To Lord Viscount Cobham, In Memory of his Friend The late Mr. Congreve.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

From lofty themes from thoughts that soared on high

Page No:

pp.1-38

Poem Title:

The Force of Religion; or, Vanquish'd Love

Attribution:

By Edward Young.

Attributed To:

Edward Young

First Line:

Horses my friend and asses men may try

Page No:

p.1

Poem Title:

Advice before Marriage.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ambition first sprang from the blessed abodes

Page No:

p.2

Poem Title:

Ambition.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Art shall be theirs to varnish an offence

Page No:

p.3

Poem Title:

Artifice of Women.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

For never was it given to mortal man

Page No:

pp.3-4

Poem Title:

[Collected under] Artifice of Women.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Heaven gave to woman the peculiar grace

Page No:

p.4

Poem Title:

[Collected under] Artifice of Women.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Let all mankind this certain maxim hold

Page No:

pp.4-5

Poem Title:

[Collected under] Artifice of Women.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

How quaint an appetite in women reigns

Page No:

p.5

Poem Title:

[Collected under] Artifice of Women.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Let sinful bachelors their woes deplore

Page No:

pp.5-6

Poem Title:

Batchelors

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Muse at that name thy sacred sorrows shed

Page No:

pp.6-7

Poem Title:

Lady Bridgwater her Character.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

She went to plain work and to purling brooks

Page No:

pp.7-8

Poem Title:

Country Conversation.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ye vigorous swains while youth ferments your blood

Page No:

pp.9-13

Poem Title:

Country Recreations.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

O Death all eloquent you only prove

Page No:

pp.13-14

Poem Title:

Death.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Envy will merit as its shade persue

Page No:

pp.14-15

Poem Title:

Envy

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The grave unites where even the great find rest

Page No:

p.14

Poem Title:

[Collected under] Death.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

He stopped with kisses my enchanting tongue

Page No:

pp.15-16

Poem Title:

Enjoyment.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Her lively looks a sprightly mind disclose

Page No:

pp.16-17

Poem Title:

Mrs. Fermor's Character.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Zembla's huge rocks the beauteous work of frost

Page No:

pp.17-18

Poem Title:

Frost.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The clear reflecting mind presents the sin

Page No:

p.18

Poem Title:

Guilt.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Heaven first taught letters for some wretch's aid

Page No:

p.19

Poem Title:

Letters

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Love free as air at sight of human ties

Page No:

pp.20-21

Poem Title:

Love.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

O night more pleasing than the brightest day

Page No:

pp.21-22

Poem Title:

A Lover's Dream.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Come with thy looks thy words relieve my woe

Page No:

p.23

Poem Title:

The Lover's Request.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Our grandsire Adam ever of Eve possessed

Page No:

pp.23-24

Poem Title:

Marriage

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The darksome pines that over yon rocks reclined

Page No:

pp.25-26

Poem Title:

The Seat of Melancholy.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

How happy is the blameless vestal's lot

Page No:

pp.26-27

Poem Title:

The Nun.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Of all the causes which conspire to blind

Page No:

pp.28-29

Poem Title:

Pride.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

No cheerful breeze this sullen region knows

Page No:

pp.29-32

Poem Title:

The Cave of Spleen.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Phoebus yields to night

Page No:

pp.32-34

Poem Title:

Night Tempest.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

No crafty widows shall approach my bed

Page No:

pp.35-36

Poem Title:

On Widows.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Still the vile vulgar ever discontent

Page No:

p.35

Poem Title:

The Vulgar.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Unhappy wit like most mistaken things

Page No:

pp.36-37

Poem Title:

On Wit.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

How much egregious Moore are we

Page No:

pp.37-40

Poem Title:

The Worms. A Satire.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Statesman yet friend to truth in soul sincere

Page No:

1 p.

Poem Title:

Epitaph on the Monument of Secretary Craggs, in Westminster-Abbey

Attribution:

A. Pope.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Take a knuckle of veal

Page No:

3 pp.

Poem Title:

A Receipt for a Soup. Address'd to Dean Swift

Attribution:

By Mr. Pope

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Shall Cooper's Hill in lofty numbers rise

Page No:

pp.1-17

Poem Title:

Jesus Grove. Inscrib'd to a Lady.

Attribution:

Collected in Poems. By William Bowman, M. A. Vicar of Dewsbury in Yorkshire.

Attributed To:

William Bowman

First Line:

Ah me what means these tumults in my breast

Page No:

pp.18-25

Poem Title:

The Lover.

Attribution:

Collected in Poems. By William Bowman, M. A. Vicar of Dewsbury in Yorkshire.

Attributed To:

William Bowman

First Line:

Hail dreary shades hail melancholy gloom

Page No:

pp.26-56

Poem Title:

Night. In Imitation of Milton.

Attribution:

Collected in Poems. By William Bowman, M. A. Vicar of Dewsbury in Yorkshire.

Attributed To:

William Bowman

First Line:

Illustrious Townshend born of noble blood

Page No:

pp.56-58

Poem Title:

Horace, Ode I. Book I. Imitated.

Attribution:

Collected in Poems. By William Bowman, M. A. Vicar of Dewsbury in Yorkshire.

Attributed To:

William Bowman

First Line:

Phoebus what does thy poet ask

Page No:

pp.59-61

Poem Title:

Horace, Ode 31. Book 1.

Attribution:

Collected in Poems. By William Bowman, M. A. Vicar of Dewsbury in Yorkshire.

Attributed To:

William Bowman

First Line:

Alas no drug no medicine ever was found

Page No:

p.61-66

Poem Title:

A Pastoral in Imitation of Virgil's Alexis.

Attribution:

Collected in Poems. By William Bowman, M. A. Vicar of Dewsbury in Yorkshire.

Attributed To:

William Bowman

First Line:

Assist me gentle god of love

Page No:

pp.66-67

Poem Title:

A Love Song.

Attribution:

Collected in Poems. By William Bowman, M. A. Vicar of Dewsbury in Yorkshire.

Attributed To:

William Bowman

First Line:

To Heaven I will direct my pious prayers

Page No:

p.67-70

Poem Title:

The 77th Psalm Paraphrased.

Attribution:

Collected in Poems. By William Bowman, M. A. Vicar of Dewsbury in Yorkshire.

Attributed To:

William Bowman

First Line:

Cursed be the time I left my peaceful gloom

Page No:

pp.70-73

Poem Title:

Part of the Third Chapter of Job Paraphrased.

Attribution:

Collected in Poems. By William Bowman, M. A. Vicar of Dewsbury in Yorkshire.

Attributed To:

William Bowman

First Line:

Has not the Lord a stated time decreed

Page No:

pp.74-76

Poem Title:

Part of the 7th Chapter of Job Paraphrased. An Imitation of Milton's Stile.

Attribution:

Collected in Poems. By William Bowman, M. A. Vicar of Dewsbury in Yorkshire.

Attributed To:

William Bowman

First Line:

My lord | By civil law the Ducks first got a name

Page No:

sig. A2r-v

Poem Title:

To the Earl of Macclesfield

Attribution:

Arthur Duck

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Gaffer and Gammer were fast in their nest

Page No:

pp.1-3

Poem Title:

Roger and Ursula; Or, Love in a Hog-Sty.

Attribution:

Arthur Duck

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Maria when the paps you press

Page No:

pp.3-4

Poem Title:

The Milk-Maid, a Song. To the Tune of, When bright Aurelia, &c.

Attribution:

Arthur Duck

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Since you whom all the world admires

Page No:

p.5

Poem Title:

The Plowman's Wish to his Friend

Attribution:

Arthur Duck

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Consult dear nymph your faithful glass

Page No:

pp.6-7

Poem Title:

Now or Never: Or, the Maid's Counsellor.

Attribution:

Arthur Duck

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Under this slate do lye the last remains

Page No:

p.8

Poem Title:

Epitaph on my Uncle's Ape.

Attribution:

Arthur Duck

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Where pines and cedars form a wood

Page No:

pp.8-10

Poem Title:

Damon: Or, The Shepherd's Paradise.

Attribution:

Arthur Duck

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Menalcas sure deserves the bays

Page No:

pp.10-11

Poem Title:

Caroletta: Or, the Shepperdess.

Attribution:

Arthur Duck

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Let fops of vain happiness proud

Page No:

p.12

Poem Title:

Phillis, a Song.

Attribution:

Arthur Duck

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

O Galatea thou art the flower of May

Page No:

pp.13-14

Poem Title:

Polyphemus to his Mistress, from Ovid.

Attribution:

Arthur Duck

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tis generous wine refines our clay

Page No:

p.14

Poem Title:

Verses writ upon a Glass.

Attribution:

Arthur Duck

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Mourn all ye Cupids mourn ye little loves

Page No:

pp.15-16

Poem Title:

The Sparrow, from Catullus. Humbly Inscribed to my much respected and honoured Kinswoman, Mrs. Grace Howard.

Attribution:

Arthur Duck

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The illustrious planet that directs the day

Page No:

pp.16-18

Poem Title:

To the Lady Bridget Osborne, with a Present of Grapes.

Attribution:

Arthur Duck

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Philander loads his board with noble fare

Page No:

pp.18-19

Poem Title:

Another.

Attribution:

Arthur Duck

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

You've often averred I'm the perfectest wit

Page No:

p.18

Poem Title:

Epigrams.

Attribution:

Arthur Duck

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Be not vain of your fancied success I desire you

Page No:

p.19

Poem Title:

Another.

Attribution:

Arthur Duck

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Belinda is reduced tis said

Page No:

p.19

Poem Title:

Another.

Attribution:

Arthur Duck

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Sir George the most uncertain of mankind

Page No:

p.19

Poem Title:

Another.

Attribution:

Arthur Duck

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As oaks in stormy seasons shed

Page No:

p.22 [i.e. 20]

Poem Title:

From Martial.

Attribution:

Arthur Duck

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I'm he who once indulged an amorous vein

Page No:

pp.22 [i.e. 20]-21

Poem Title:

An Imitation of Ovid in Distress.

Attribution:

Arthur Duck

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

This busto Lewis gave our bard his strains

Page No:

p.22 [i.e. 20]

Poem Title:

Another. On Mr. Prior's Tomb in Wesminster-Abby.

Attribution:

Arthur Duck

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here lies old Hare

Page No:

pp.20 [i.e. 22]-23

Poem Title:

Epitaph on a Sexton.

Attribution:

Arthur Duck

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Some hoist up fortune to the skies

Page No:

pp.23-24

Poem Title:

An Imitation of Horace's Ode on Fortune

Attribution:

Arthur Duck

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Here Grubinot lies on very ill terms

Page No:

p.24

Poem Title:

Epitaph on the late Duke of B***.

Attribution:

Arthur Duck

Attributed To:

Not attributed