A collection of poems in six volumes. By several hands. With Notes [Vol 3] [T116246] [ECCO]
- DMI number:
- 1076
- Publication Date:
- 1782
- Volume Number:
- 3 of 6
- ESTC number:
- T116246
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW3313327974
- Full Title:
- A | COLLECTION | OF | POEMS | IN SIX VOLUMES. | BY | SEVERAL HANDS. | WITH NOTES. | [Ornament] | LONDON: Printed for J. DODSLEY, in PALL-MALL. | M DCC LXXXII.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Format:
- Octavo
- Other matter:
- Index, pp.363-366.
- Publisher:
- James Dodsley
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Thou who shalt stop where Thames' translucent wave
- Page No:
- pp.1-2
- Poem Title:
- On a Grotto near the Thames, at Twickenham, composed of Marbles, Spars and Minerals.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Pope.
- Attributed To:
- Alexander Pope
- First Line:
- Hail ever pleasing solitude
- Page No:
- pp.2-4
- Poem Title:
- Hymn on Solitude.
- Attribution:
- By James Thomson, Esq; Author of the Seasons.
- Attributed To:
- James Thomson
- First Line:
- Ethereal race inhabitants of air
- Page No:
- pp.5-6
- Poem Title:
- An Ode on Aeolus's Harp.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. James Thomson]
- Attributed To:
- James Thomson
- First Line:
- By Rufus' hall where Thames polluted flows
- Page No:
- p.7
- Poem Title:
- On the Report of a Wooden Bridge to be built at Westminster.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. James Thomson]
- Attributed To:
- James Thomson
- First Line:
- Now had the son of Jove mature attained
- Page No:
- pp.8-19
- Poem Title:
- The Choice of Hercules. A Poem.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Briton the thunder of the wrath divine
- Page No:
- pp.19-24
- Poem Title:
- An Ode To the People of Great-Britain. In Imitation of the Sixth Ode of the Third Book of Horace. Written in 1746.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Where early Phoebus sheds his milder beams
- Page No:
- pp.24-45
- Poem Title:
- Psyche: Or the Great Metamorphosis. A Poem, written in Imitation of Spenser.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Hail liberty whose presence glads the abode
- Page No:
- pp.45-59
- Poem Title:
- Jovi Eleutherio. Or, an Offering to Liberty.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- From horrid mountains ever hid in snow
- Page No:
- pp.60-63
- Poem Title:
- An Epistle from a Swiss Officer to his Friend at Rome.
- Attribution:
- By Joseph Spence, M. A.
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Spence
- First Line:
- What sir a month and not one line afford
- Page No:
- pp.64-66
- Poem Title:
- Life burthensome because we know not how to use it. An Epistle.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Few people know it yet dear sir tis true
- Page No:
- pp.67-70
- Poem Title:
- The Duty of Employing one's Self. An Epistle
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [preceding poem unattributed]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- No single rule's more frequently enjoined
- Page No:
- pp.70-73
- Poem Title:
- On Scribling against Genius. An Epistle.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [preceding poem unattributed]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The mimic's ductile features claim my lays
- Page No:
- pp.74-78
- Poem Title:
- The Mimic.
- Attribution:
- By the Rev. Mr. Pitt.
- Attributed To:
- Christopher Pitt
- First Line:
- When flourished with their state the Athenian name
- Page No:
- pp.78-93
- Poem Title:
- An Epistle from Florence. To Thomas Ashton Esq; Tutor to the Earl of Plymouth. Written in the Year 1740.
- Attribution:
- By the Honourable --------.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Desponding artist talk no more
- Page No:
- pp.94-99
- Poem Title:
- The Beauties. An Epistle to Mr. Eckardt the Painter.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [preceding poem unattributed]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Britons once more in annual joy we meet
- Page No:
- pp.100-103
- Poem Title:
- Epilogue to Tamerlane, on the Suppression of the Rebellion. Spoken by Mrs. Pritchard, in the Character of the Comic Muse, Nov. 4. 1746.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [preceding poem unattributed]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ye green-robed Dryads oft at dusky eve
- Page No:
- pp.104-113
- Poem Title:
- The Enthusiast: Or The Lover of Nature. A Poem.
- Attribution:
- By the Rev. Mr. Joseph Warton.
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Warton
- First Line:
- O parent of each lovely muse
- Page No:
- pp.114-119
- Poem Title:
- Ode to Fancy.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [Joseph Warton]
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Warton
- First Line:
- Hail genial sun I feel thy powerful ray
- Page No:
- pp.120-121
- Poem Title:
- Stanzas written on taking the Air after a long Illness.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Joseph Warton]
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Warton
- First Line:
- Twere well my friend for human kind
- Page No:
- pp.121-125
- Poem Title:
- The Two Beavers. A Fable.
- Attribution:
- By the Rev. Mr. Duck.
- Attributed To:
- Stephen Duck
- First Line:
- Farewell aspiring thoughts no more
- Page No:
- pp.125-127
- Poem Title:
- Contentment.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Mr. Duck].
- Attributed To:
- Stephen Duck
- First Line:
- Ah me is all our pleasure mixed with woe
- Page No:
- pp.127-133
- Poem Title:
- The Education of Achilles.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Bedingfield.
- Attributed To:
- Robert Bedingfield
- First Line:
- In days my lord when mother time
- Page No:
- pp.133-140
- 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:
- Whilst you dear maid over thousands born to reign
- Page No:
- pp.140-143
- Poem Title:
- To a Lady in Town, soon after her leaving the Country.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e., S. J. Esq]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The tuneful throng was ever beauty's care
- Page No:
- pp.144-145
- Poem Title:
- To the Right Hon. the Lady Margaret Cavendish Harley, presented with a Collection of Poems.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e., S. J. Esq]
- Attributed To:
- Soame Jenyns
- First Line:
- Too plain dear youth these tell-tale eyes
- Page No:
- pp.146-147
- Poem Title:
- Chloe to Strephon. A Song.
- Attribution:
- By the same. [i.e., S. J. Esq]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- These trophies Stanhope of the lovely dame
- Page No:
- p.147
- Poem Title:
- To the Right Honourable the Earl of Chesterfield, on his being install'd Knight of the Garter.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [ie. S.J.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- With gifts like these the spoils of neighbouring shores
- Page No:
- pp.148-150
- Poem Title:
- To A Lady, Sent with a Present of Shells and Stones design'd for a Grotto.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e., S. J. Esq]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Whilst well-wrote lines our wondering eyes command
- Page No:
- pp.150-152
- Poem Title:
- To A Lady, In answer to a Letter wrote in a very fine Hand.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e., S. J. Esq]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In the smooth dance to move with graceful mien
- Page No:
- pp.152-173
- Poem Title:
- The Art of Dancing. A Poem. Inscrib'd to the Rt. Hon. the Lady Fanny Fielding. Written in the Year 1730.
- 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.173-177
- Poem Title:
- The Modern Fine Gentleman. Written in the Year 1746.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. S. J.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Skilled in each art that can adorn the fair
- Page No:
- pp.177-181
- Poem Title:
- The Modern Fine Lady.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Thou whom nor honours wealth nor youth can spoil
- Page No:
- pp.182-189
- Poem Title:
- An Essay on Virtue. To the Honourable Philip Yorke, Esq;
- Attribution:
- By the same. [i.e., S. J. Esq]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Thou whom to counsel is to praise
- Page No:
- pp.190-193
- Poem Title:
- The Female-Drum: Or, the Origin of Cards. A Tale. Address'd to the Honourable Miss Carpenter.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Thou dearest youth who taught me first to know
- Page No:
- pp.194-196
- Poem Title:
- To Mr. Fox, written at Florence. In Imitation of Horace, Ode IV. Book 2.
- Attribution:
- By Lord Hervey.
- Attributed To:
- John Hervey
- First Line:
- Whilst in the fortunes of the gay and great
- Page No:
- pp.197-204
- Poem Title:
- To the Same. From Hampton-Court, 1731.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e., Lord Hervey]
- Attributed To:
- John Hervey
- First Line:
- If ever in thy sight I found favour Apollo
- Page No:
- pp.204-206
- Poem Title:
- The Poet's Prayer
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When the heart aches with anguish pines with grief
- Page No:
- pp.207-209
- Poem Title:
- An Epistle to a Lady.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- As genius virtue reputation
- Page No:
- pp.210-212
- Poem Title:
- Genius, Virtue, and Reputation. A Fable. From Mons. De La Motte. Book V. Fable 6.
- Attribution:
- By N. Herbert, Esq.
- Attributed To:
- Nicholas Herbert
- First Line:
- A grove there was by nature made
- Page No:
- pp.213-216
- Poem Title:
- Marriage A-La-Mode: Or, The Two Sparrows. A Fable. From Mons. De La Motte, Book 4. Fable 21.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. N. Herbert.]
- Attributed To:
- Nicholas Herbert
- First Line:
- Who by retirement to these sacred groves
- Page No:
- p.216
- Poem Title:
- An Inscription. [...] O Ye!
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The solitary bird of night
- Page No:
- pp.217-221
- Poem Title:
- Ode to Wisdom. By a Lady.
- Attribution:
- By Miss Eliz. Carter.
- Attributed To:
- Elizabeth Carter
- First Line:
- In plaintive sounds that tuned to woe
- Page No:
- pp.221-222
- Poem Title:
- To a Gentleman, On his intending to cut down a Grove to enlarge his Prospect.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Miss Eliza Carter]
- Attributed To:
- Elizabeth Carter
- First Line:
- Offspring of folly and of noise
- Page No:
- pp.223-233
- Poem Title:
- The Estimate of Life, In Three Parts. A Poem.
- Attribution:
- By John Gilbert Cooper Esq;
- Attributed To:
- John Gilbert Cooper
- First Line:
- Happy the babe whose natal hour
- Page No:
- pp.234-239
- Poem Title:
- The Pleasure of Poetry. An Ode.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Vansittart.
- Attributed To:
- Robert Vansittart
- First Line:
- When tuneful Orpheus strove by moving strains
- Page No:
- pp.239-241
- Poem Title:
- The Power of Poetry.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Rolle.
- Attributed To:
- Edward Rolle
- First Line:
- In this small work all nature's wonders see
- Page No:
- pp.241-243
- Poem Title:
- To A Young Lady. With Fontenelle's Plurality Of Worlds.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Mr. Rolle]
- Attributed To:
- Edward Rolle
- First Line:
- If truth can fix thy wavering heart
- Page No:
- pp.243-244
- Poem Title:
- Song. To Sylvia.
- Attribution:
- By D. Garrick.
- Attributed To:
- David Garrick
- First Line:
- O thou whose artless free born genius charms
- Page No:
- pp.244-245
- Poem Title:
- To the Author of the Farmer's Letters, which were written in Ireland in the Year of the Rebellion, by Henry Brooke, Esq; 1745.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. D. Garrick.]
- Attributed To:
- David Garrick
- First Line:
- While here the poet paints the charms
- Page No:
- p.245
- Poem Title:
- Verses written in a Book called, Fables for the Female Sex.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. D. Garrick.]
- Attributed To:
- David Garrick
- First Line:
- Arachne once as poets tell
- Page No:
- p.246
- Poem Title:
- Upon a Lady's Embroidery.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. D. Garrick.]
- Attributed To:
- David Garrick
- First Line:
- Untouched by love unmoved by wit
- Page No:
- p.246
- Poem Title:
- Verses Written in Sylvia's Prior.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. D. Garrick]
- Attributed To:
- David Garrick
- First Line:
- As doctor -- musing sate
- Page No:
- pp.247-248
- Poem Title:
- Death and the Doctor. Occasion'd by a Physician's lampooning a Friend of the Author.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. D. Garrick]
- Attributed To:
- David Garrick
- First Line:
- The goddesses of wit and love
- Page No:
- p.249
- Poem Title:
- On the Right Side.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. D.Garrick.]
- Attributed To:
- David Garrick
- First Line:
- Though here my body lies interred
- Page No:
- p.249
- Poem Title:
- On the Left Side.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. D. Garrick.]
- Attributed To:
- David Garrick
- First Line:
- The court was met the prisoner brought
- Page No:
- pp.250-263
- Poem Title:
- The Trial of Selim the Persian, For divers High Crimes and Maisdemeanors.
- Attribution:
- By Edward Moore.
- Attributed To:
- Edward Moore
- First Line:
- Deep in a forest's shadowy seat
- Page No:
- pp.264-274
- Poem Title:
- The Trophy, Being Six Cantatas To the Honour of his Royal Highness William, Duke of Cumberland; Expressing the just Sense of a grateful Nation [...] Set to Musick by Dr. Greene. 1746.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Benjamin Hoadley.
- Attributed To:
- Benjamin Hoadly
- First Line:
- A myrtle flourished mongst the flowers
- Page No:
- pp.275-277
- Poem Title:
- The Marriage of the Myrtle and the Yew. A Fable. To Delia, about to marry beneath herself. 1744.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Dr. Benjamin Hoadley.]
- Attributed To:
- Benjamin Hoadly
- First Line:
- Bold was the irreligious hand
- Page No:
- pp.278-279
- Poem Title:
- On a Bay-Leaf, pluck'd from Virgil's Tomb, near Naples. 1736.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Dr. Benjamin Hoadley.]
- Attributed To:
- Benjamin Hoadly
- First Line:
- The minutes the hours the days and the years
- Page No:
- pp.280-281
- Poem Title:
- To Chloe. Written on my Birth-Day, 1734.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Dr. Benjamin Hoadley.]
- Attributed To:
- Benjamin Hoadly
- First Line:
- To silent groves where weeping yew
- Page No:
- pp.281-283
- Poem Title:
- A Song...Set to Music by Dr. Greene.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Dr. Benjamin Hoadley.]
- Attributed To:
- Benjamin Hoadly
- First Line:
- Yes yes my friend disguise it as we will
- Page No:
- pp.284-290
- Poem Title:
- Fashion: A Satire.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Joseph Warton.
- Attributed To:
- Joseph Warton
- First Line:
- Nature and fortune blithe and gay
- Page No:
- pp.291-292
- Poem Title:
- Nature and Fortune. To the Earl of Chesterfield.
- Attribution:
- By the Reverend Philip Fletcher, Dean of Kildare.
- Attributed To:
- Philip Fletcher
- First Line:
- Stanhope has gained one branch of fame
- Page No:
- p.293
- Poem Title:
- The Exception.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Can ease be consistent with state
- Page No:
- p.294
- Poem Title:
- To the Earl of Chesterfield.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Yes all my lord usurp fair honour's name
- Page No:
- pp.295-309
- Poem Title:
- Honour. A Poem...Inscribed to the Rt. Hon. the Ld Visc. Lonsdale.
- Attribution:
- By the Rev. Mr. Brown.
- Attributed To:
- John Brown
- First Line:
- Ye green haired nymphs whom Pan allows
- Page No:
- pp.309-312
- Poem Title:
- Ode to a Water Nymph.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Mason.
- Attributed To:
- William Mason
- First Line:
- Sorrowing I catch the reed and call the muse
- Page No:
- pp.315-326
- Poem Title:
- Musaeus: A Monody to the Memory of Mr. Pope, In Imitation of Milton's Lycidas.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Mason]
- Attributed To:
- William Mason
- First Line:
- Fate gave the word the cruel arrow sped
- Page No:
- pp.327-352
- Poem Title:
- An Essay on Satire, occasioned by the Death of Mr. Pope.
- Attribution:
- By John Brown, D. D.
- Attributed To:
- John Brown
- First Line:
- In measured time | So heaven has willed together with their snows
- Page No:
- pp.352-359
- Poem Title:
- A Character of Mr. Pope's Writings. Being An Episode from the Poem call'd Sickness, Book II.
- Attribution:
- By the Rev. Mr. Thompson.
- Attributed To:
- William Thompson
- First Line:
- When dark oblivion in her sable cloak
- Page No:
- pp.359-361
- Poem Title:
- The Cave of Pope. A Prophecy.
- Attribution:
- By Robert Dodsley.
- Attributed To:
- Robert Dodsley
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