The nine muses or poems written by nine several ladies upon the death of Dryden [R21869]

DMI number:

161

Publication Date:

1700

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

R21869

EEBO/ECCO link:

EEBO: Wing / N1159

Shelfmark:

BL C.59.i.25.(1.)

Full Title:

[g]The Nine MUSES.[/g] | OR, | POEMS | WRITTEN By | Nine several Ladies | Upon the Death of the late Famous | JOHN DRYDEN, [i]Esq[/i]; | [rule] | [epigraph] | [rule] | [i]LONDON[/i], | Printed for [i]Richard Basset[/i], at the [i]Mitre[/i] in | [i]Fleetstreet[/i], 1700.

Epigraph:

[i]As Earth thy Body keeps, thy Soul the Sky, | So shall this Verse preserve thy Memory, | For thou shalt make it live, because it Sings of thee,[/i] | Mr. [i]Dryden[/i]'s Elegy on Lady [i]Abington.[/i]

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Collection of elegies, Topical miscellany, Memorial collection, and Collection of poems about subject/person

Format:

Folio

Price:

n/a

Pagination:

[8], 19, [1] pp.

Bibliographic details:

Half title: [rule] | [g]The Nine MUSES.[/g] | OR, | POEMS| Upon the Death of the late Famous | JOHN DRYDEN, [i]Esq[/i]; | [rule] MS annotations on leaf facing half title in BL copy: 'The first poem is by Delariviere Manley | The third by Sarah Field | The sixth by Mary Pix | The seventh by Catherine Trotter, afterwards Cockburn. | E. W. G.' BL C.59.i.25.(1.) has two book plates: one for 'Stainforth' and one for 'Edmund William Gosse' (i.e. 'E. W. G.'). BL C.59.i.25.(1.) is bound together with Charles Brome's 'To the Memory of Mr. Dryden. A Poem' (1700) (no title page or prefatory matter, 5-11 [1] p) (ESTC: R2157)

Other matter:

Prefatory matter: Dedication 'To the right honourable Charles Montague, esq.' signed 'Ric. Basset' (sigs. Ar-v); Prefatory poem 'To my friend' by 'Philomusus' ('A2'r-v (page unsigned)) BACK MATTER: List of books printed for Richard Basset, p. [20].

References:

Case 220. Kelley, Ann, '"What a pox have the women to do with the muses?" The Nine Muses (1700): Emulation or Appropriation' Women's writing 17 (2010) 8-29.

Related People

Dedicatee:

Charles Montagu

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

'To the Right Honourable Charles Montague, Esq; Auditor of his Majesty's Exchequer; and One of his Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council'

Publisher:

Richard Basset

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

'Printed for Richard Basset, at the Mitre in Fleetstreet'

Content/Publication

First Line:

When ladies venture forth in search of fame

Page No:

Sig. A2r-v

Poem Title:

To my Friend, Upon his Publishing the following Poems, Written by Nine Ladies, personating the Muses

Attribution:

Philomusus ([A2]v)

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Come all my sisters now in consort join

Page No:

pp.1-2

Poem Title:

Melpomene: The Tragick Muse. On the Death of John Dryden, Esq;

Attribution:

By Mrs M-----

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When through the universe with horror spread

Page No:

pp.3-5

Poem Title:

Urania: The Divine Muse. On the Death of John Dryden, Esq;

Attribution:

By the Honourable the Lady P----

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In the wished close of evening's welcome gloom

Page No:

pp.5-7

Poem Title:

Erato: The Amorous Muse. On the Death of John Dryden, Esq;

Attribution:

By Mrs. S. F

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I soft Euterpe sweetest of the nine

Page No:

pp.8-11

Poem Title:

Euterpe: The Lyrick Muse. On the Death of John Dryden, Esq; An Ode.

Attribution:

By Mrs. J. E.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

If falling tears and sighs too deep for art

Page No:

pp.11-14

Poem Title:

Thalia: The Comick Muse. On the Death of John Dryden, Esq; A Pastoral.

Attribution:

By Mrs. M---

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Immortal Clio thou my breast inspire

Page No:

pp.14-15

Poem Title:

Clio: The Historick Muse. On the Death of John Dryden, Esq;

Attribution:

By Mrs. M. P.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Cease all my tuneful sisters now restrain

Page No:

pp.15-17

Poem Title:

Calliope: The Heroick Muse. On the Death of John Dryden, Esq;

Attribution:

By Mrs C. T.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Just as the gods were listening to my strains

Page No:

pp.17-18

Poem Title:

Terpsichore: a Lyrick Muse. On the Death of John Dryden, Esq;...ex tempore.

Attribution:

By Mrs. L. D.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Called by my grief Melpomene I come

Page No:

p.19

Poem Title:

Polimnia: Of Rhetorick. On the Death of John Dryden Esq;

Attribution:

By Mrs. D. E.

Attributed To:

Not attributed