O thou whose friendship is my joy and pride

DMI number:

18980

First Line:

O thou whose friendship is my joy and pride

Last Line:

That happiness is near allied to love

Poem Genre / Form:

Advice, Couplet, and Epistle

Themes:

Retirement and The happy man / contentment

Related People

Author:

George Lyttelton

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Suarez (1997) VI: 397. Chalmers (1810) XIV: 173.

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Content/Publication

Title:

A collection of poems by several hands, in three volumes [Vol.2] [T124507]

Page No(s):

pp.34-37

Poem Title:

To Mr. Poyntz, Ambassador at the Congress of Soissons, in the Year 1728. Written at Paris.

Attribution:

By the Same. [preceding poem unattributed]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

Title:

A collection of poems in four volumes by several hands Vol. 2 [T115888]

Page No(s):

pp.33-36

Poem Title:

To Mr. Poyntz, Ambassador at the Congress of Soissons, in the Year 1728. Written at Paris.

Attribution:

By the Same. [preceding poem unattributed]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

Title:

A collection of poems in six volumes, by several hands [Vol. 2] [T144532]

Page No(s):

pp.31-34

Poem Title:

To Mr. Poyntz, Ambassador at the Congress of Soissons, in the Year 1728. Written at Paris.

Attribution:

By the Same. [preceding poem unattributed]

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Not attributed

Title:

A collection of poems in six volumes. By several hands. [Vol 2] [T101653] [ECCO]

Page No(s):

pp.40-43

Poem Title:

To Mr. Poyntz, Ambassador at the Congress of Soissons, in the Year 1728. Written at Paris.

Attribution:

By the Same. [preceding poem unattributed]

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Not attributed

Title:

A collection of poems in six volumes. By several hands. [Vol 2] [T115890] [ECCO]

Page No(s):

pp.31-34

Poem Title:

To Mr. Poyntz, Ambassador at the Congress of Soissons, in the Year 1728. Written at Paris.

Attribution:

By the Same. [preceding poem unattributed]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

Title:

A collection of poems in six volumes. By several hands. [Vol 2] [T144724] [DUODECIMO]

Page No(s):

pp.31-34

Poem Title:

To Mr. Poyntz, Ambassador at the Congress of Soissons, in the Year 1728. Written at Paris.

Attribution:

By the Same. [preceding poem unattributed]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

Title:

A collection of poems in six volumes. By several hands. [Vol 2] [T144724] [ECCO] [OCTAVO]

Page No(s):

pp.31-34

Poem Title:

To Mr. Poyntz, Ambassador at the Congress of Soissons, in the Year 1728. Written at Paris.

Attribution:

By the Same. [i.e. the Author of The Progress of Love. In Four Eclogues]

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Not attributed

Title:

A collection of poems in three volumes, by several hands [T115891] [Vol.2] [ECCO]

Page No(s):

pp.33-36

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To Mr. Poyntz, Ambassador at the Congress of Soissons, in the Year 1728. Written at Paris.

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By the Same. [preceding poem unattributed]

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Title:

A collection of poems in three volumes, by several hands [T148949] [Vol. 2] [ECCO]

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pp.33-36

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To Mr. Poyntz, Ambassador at the Congress of Soissons, in the Year 1728. Written at Paris.

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By the Same. [preceding poem unattributed]

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Not attributed

Title:

A new miscellany in prose and verse by Swift, Holles St John and other eminent hands [T67058]

Page No(s):

pp.12-15

Poem Title:

To Mr. Pointz, Ambassador at the Congress of Soissons, in the Year 1728. Written at Paris.

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Title:

Poems written occasionally by John Winstanley... interspers'd with many others, by several ingenious hands [T90956]

Page No(s):

pp.212-216

Poem Title:

Written at Paris in the Winter 1729.

Attribution:

From a Gentleman to his Friend.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

Title:

The Norfolk poetical miscellany [Vol I] [ESTC T85536]

Page No(s):

pp.286-291

Poem Title:

To Mr. Pointz, Ambassador at the Congress of Soissons. Anno 1728. Written at Paris.

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Attributed To:

Not attributed

Title:

The poetical miscellany, consisting of great variety of odes, epistles, pastorals, tales, fables, epigrams &c. [vol 1] [T85564]

Page No(s):

pp.286-291

Poem Title:

To Mr. Pointz, Ambassador at the Contress of Soissons. Anno 1728. Written at Paris.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

Title:

A collection of poems in six volumes. By several hands. With Notes [Vol 2] [T116246] [ECCO]

Page No(s):

pp.35-38

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To Mr. Poyntz, Ambassador at the Congress of Soissons, in the Year 1728. Written at Paris.

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By the Same [i.e. Lyttelton]

Attributed To:

George Lyttelton

Title:

A collection of poems in two volumes. By several hands [vol 1] [N27941] [ecco]

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pp.29-32

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To Mr. Poyntz, Ambassador at the Congress of Soissons, in the Year 1728. Written at Paris.

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By the Same [i.e. Lyttelton]

Attributed To:

George Lyttelton