The contest being poetical essays on the Queen's grotto [T34011] [ecco]
- DMI number:
- 489
- Publication Date:
- 1734
- ESTC number:
- T34011
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW110887988
- Shelfmark:
- ECCO - BOD
- Full Title:
- [i]The CONTEST:[/i] | [rule] | BEING | Poetical ESSAYS | ON THE | [i]QUEEN's GROTTO:[/i] | Wrote in Consequence of an INVITATION in the | [i]Gentleman's Magazine[/i] for [i]April[/i], 1733. | Wherein was PROPOSED, | That the AUTHOR of the BEST PIECE be | Entitled to a Volume for that Year, Royal Paper, | and finely bound in Morocco; and the AUTHOR of | the [i]Second Best[/i], to a Volume Common Paper. | [rule] To These are added, | The GIFT of [i]PALLAS[/i], | AND THE | LOVER's WEBB. | Two POEMS on the Fine Piece of [i]Linen[/i] made in | [i]Ireland[/i], and presented by the Trustees of the | [i]Linen Manufacture[/i] to the PRINCESS ROYAL. | ALSO | An [i]EPITHALAMIUM[/i] | On the MARRIAGE of the | Prince and Princess of [i]ORANGE[/i]. | [double rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed at [i]St. John's Gate[/i], and sold by A. DODD, | without [i]Temple-Bar[/i]; and at the Pamphlet-shops. | 1734. [Price Six-pence.]
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Format:
- Octavo
- Comments:
- CONTENTS: prose p. 20. MISCELLANY GENRE: collection of topical verse; newspaper spin-off.
- Publisher:
- Edward Cave
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Sold by:
- Anne Dodd
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Oft has the muse her heavenly skill prophaned
- Page No:
- pp.1-3
- Poem Title:
- Poetical Essays on Her Majesty's Grotto at Richmond. Essay I. On the Five Bustoes in the Queen's Grotto.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Nature o Boyle though hid in night
- Page No:
- pp.3-4
- Poem Title:
- Essay II. Ode on the Bust of the Hon. Robert Boyle, Esq; in her Majesty's Grotto.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Pierian maids your skill divine infuse
- Page No:
- pp.3-4
- Poem Title:
- Epithalamium on the Nuptials Of Her Highness the Princess Royal with the Prince of Orange.
- Attribution:
- By J. Duick
- Attributed To:
- J. Duick
- First Line:
- Think not my friend devouring age
- Page No:
- p.4
- Poem Title:
- Essay III. On the Queen's Grotto. An Ode.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- What land Britannia ever was blessed as thine
- Page No:
- pp.5-6
- Poem Title:
- Essay IV. On the Queen's Grotto.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Thy groves O Richmond now may vie
- Page No:
- p.6
- Poem Title:
- Essay V. On the Royal Grotto.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Descend from heaven Urania sacred guest
- Page No:
- pp.7-9
- Poem Title:
- Essay VI. On the Queen and the Bustoes plac'd in her Grotto.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Hail royal dome adorned with solemn state
- Page No:
- pp.9-12
- Poem Title:
- Essay VII. On the Queen's Grotto.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- While matchless queen amid your loved retreat
- Page No:
- pp.12-14
- Poem Title:
- Essay VIII. To her Majesty, on her Grotto.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- How vain are pleasures which arise
- Page No:
- pp.15-16
- Poem Title:
- Essay IX. On the Bustoes in her Majesty's Hermitage.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Hail matchless queen whose worth each deed displays
- Page No:
- pp.17-18
- Poem Title:
- Essay X. To the Queen on her Grotto.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Once more ye muses to your sacred hill
- Page No:
- pp.18-20
- Poem Title:
- Essay XI. On her Majesty and the Bustoes in the royal Grotto.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- To thee blessed nymph whom princely courts refine
- Page No:
- pp.21-30
- Poem Title:
- The Lover's Web. Inscrib'd to the Lady Caroline Sackville.
- Attribution:
- By William Dunkin
- Attributed To:
- William Dunkin
- First Line:
- The Gods were round imperial Jove
- Page No:
- pp.31-36
- Poem Title:
- The Gift of Pallas. A Poem. Occasion'd by a fine Piece of Linen Cloth lately sent from Ireland, as a Present to her Royal Highness the Princess Anne.
- Attribution:
- By the Author of a new Translation of Longinus, Printing by Subscription in Ireland.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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