The Norfolk poetical miscellany [Vol 2] [ESTC T85536]

DMI number:

727

Publication Date:

1744

Volume Number:

2 of 2

ESTC number:

T85536

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW114049355

Shelfmark:

BOD - Harding C 202

Full Title:

THE | [i]NORFOLK[/i] | POETICAL | MISCELLANY. | To which are added | Some Select ESSAYS and LETTERS | in PROSE, | Never printed before. | [rule] | [i]By the[/i] AUTHOR [i]of the[/i] PROGRESS | [i]of[/i] PHYSICK. | [rule] | The SECOND VOLUME. | [rule] | [epigraph] | [double rule] | [i]LONDON[/i] : | Printed for the AUTHOR, and Sold by J. STAGG, in | [i]Westminster-Hall.[/i] 1744.

Epigraph:

Variety [i]we still pursue[/i]; | [i]In[/i] Pleasure [i]seek for something[/i] New. | SWIFT. [i]All that the[/i] Fair [i]approve is[/i] sweet, | [i]And all is[/i] Sense [i]that[/i] They [i]repeat[/i]. | PRIOR.

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Collection including prose and Collection includes verse in other languages

Format:

Octavo

Pagination:

[4], [1]-422 pp. (pagination skips from 222 to 225)

Bibliographic details:

QUERY: is the Bod Harding copy missing pp. 223-4? the page is present in the ecco edn. ECCO copy, based on BL copy, has numerous MS annotations/corrections.

Comments:

CONTENTS: Latin verse, pp. 208-209; 230, 232, 234 (in parallel with English translation on pp. 231, 233, 235). CONTENTS: 'Essays and letters. Never printed before' pp. 249-422; includes several verse quotations of 4 lines or longer, which have been added to the index.

Other matter:

Prefatory matter: Errata [1p] Back matter: contents page pp. 423-427.

Related Miscellanies

Title:

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

Publication Date:

1744

ESTC No:

T85536

Volume:

1 of 2

Relationship:

Volume from the same edition

Comments:

Title:

The poetical miscellany, consisting of great variety of odes, epistles, pastorals, tales, fables, epigrams &c. [vol 2] [T85564] [ecco]

Publication Date:

1754

ESTC No:

T85564

Volume:

2 of 2

Relationship:

Reissue

Comments:

Related People

Sold by:

J. Stagg

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Content/Publication

First Line:

While in thy verse such rival graces meet

Page No:

pp.1-2

Poem Title:

To the Author of the following Poem Occasion'd by reading the Second Edition of it, enlarged and improved.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

For vain applause while others tune their lays

Page No:

p.2

Poem Title:

To the said Author. On concealing his Name.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Long ere physicians knew the healing art

Page No:

pp.3-35

Poem Title:

The Progress of Physic.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Friend to my verse ask me no more

Page No:

pp.36-45

Poem Title:

Fidelio to Machaon. An Epistle. Occasion'd by his desiring the Author to write a Poem on Health.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Favourite of Venus and the tuneful nine

Page No:

pp.46-49

Poem Title:

An Epistle to Lord H--y. Anno 1730.

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Not attributed

First Line:

The seven first years of life man's break of day

Page No:

pp.50-51

Poem Title:

Human Life.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Accept a miracle instead of wit

Page No:

p.52

Poem Title:

A Couplet. Extempore...at the Request of Lord Ch-d, who lent him his Pencil for that purpose.

Attribution:

By the Rev. Mr. -

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Though cold as crystal chaste as Cynthia's beams

Page No:

p.53

Poem Title:

Extempore...Occasion'd by a Copy of Verses on a Lady, which the Author was desired to take for his Subject.

Attribution:

By the same hand [i.e. Rev. Mr. - ]

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Not attributed

First Line:

A sage philosopher called Ned

Page No:

pp.54-61

Poem Title:

Frank and Ned. A Tale.

Attribution:

By Mr. T - , Scholar of St. John's College, Oxon.

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Not attributed

First Line:

What are the falling rills the pendent shades

Page No:

p.62

Poem Title:

A Fragment, on Solitude.

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First Line:

How pleasant is love

Page No:

pp.63-64

Poem Title:

Secrecy in Love.

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First Line:

By custom doomed to folly sloth and ease

Page No:

pp.65-72

Poem Title:

An Epistle to Mr. Pope. Occasion'd by his Characters of Women.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Though plagued with algebraic lectures

Page No:

pp.73-78

Poem Title:

A Letter From a Young Gentleman at Oxford, to his Friend in London.

Attribution:

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First Line:

A late epistle having chose

Page No:

pp.79-82

Poem Title:

An Introduction to a Poetical Epistle.

Attribution:

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First Line:

I ask not wit nor beauty do I crave

Page No:

p.83

Poem Title:

The Wish.

Attribution:

By a Young Lady.

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Not attributed

First Line:

Nature perversely to thy wish has given

Page No:

p.84

Poem Title:

Answer.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Under this marble or under this sill

Page No:

p.85

Poem Title:

Mr. P-'s Epitaph on Himself.

Attribution:

Mr. P-'s

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Since you dear doctor saved my life

Page No:

pp.86-90

Poem Title:

An Epistle to Sir H. S-e.

Attribution:

J. H.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Varia there's nothing here that's free

Page No:

pp.91-95

Poem Title:

To the Discontented. Imitated partly from Casimire. B. 4. Ode 15.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Thou caterpillar that devours

Page No:

pp.96-97

Poem Title:

The Caterpillar. A French Fable.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Dig a grave and dig it deep

Page No:

pp.98-99

Poem Title:

Occasion'd by the Death of the Author's only Son about six Years old.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Must that soft frame in dust be laid

Page No:

p.100

Poem Title:

On the Same.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Theron amongst his travels found

Page No:

pp.101-104

Poem Title:

The Vanity of Ambition.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Leaving the grammar for his play

Page No:

pp.105-109

Poem Title:

The Stilts.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

As I rummaging was

Page No:

pp.110-112

Poem Title:

The Hog and the Ass. A Fable.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Sound sound let distant worlds through endless ages know

Page No:

pp.113-115

Poem Title:

A Song, Compos'd for Seigniora Strada, and intended for the Close of Dryden's Ode on St. Caecilia's Day. Set to Musick by Mr. Handel.

Attribution:

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First Line:

The wealthy fop with presents woos

Page No:

pp.116-119

Poem Title:

Polly Austin. A Song.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Tell me from whence fat headed Scot

Page No:

pp.120-121

Poem Title:

Verses Sent by Dr. W---nt---r, M.D. to Dr. Ch---yn---y, at Bath.

Attribution:

by Dr. W---nt---r, M.D.

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Not attributed

First Line:

My system doctor's all my own

Page No:

pp.122-123

Poem Title:

Answer.

Attribution:

By Dr. Ch--yn--y.

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Not attributed

First Line:

In vain my Chloe you suggest

Page No:

pp.124-126

Poem Title:

The Jealous Mistress. A Song.

Attribution:

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First Line:

While martial sounds and loftier strains proclaim

Page No:

pp.127-129

Poem Title:

On the Death of G-ge M---dd, Esq;

Attribution:

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First Line:

The fate of empires and the pomp of war

Page No:

pp.130-133

Poem Title:

Ovid Amor: Lib. I. Eleg. I. Imitated -- and Inscrib'd to Clarissa.

Attribution:

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First Line:

From grave lessons and dry philosophical rules

Page No:

pp.134-136

Poem Title:

The Promise. To Two Young Ladies.

Attribution:

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First Line:

The lively figure and the bold design

Page No:

pp.137-139

Poem Title:

An Epistle to a Friend.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

You little know the heart which you advise

Page No:

pp.140-141

Poem Title:

Sappho, to Delia. Who advis'd her not to spend so much Time in Publick Places.

Attribution:

Sappho

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

While every muse in lofty ode

Page No:

pp.142-144

Poem Title:

To Clarissa. On New-Year's Day, 1743.

Attribution:

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First Line:

A fly quite crank and debonair

Page No:

pp.145-147

Poem Title:

The Bald Man, and the Fly. Phaed. Fab.3 Lib 5.

Attribution:

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First Line:

It chanced two mules no matter whither

Page No:

pp.148-150

Poem Title:

The Mules, and the Highwaymen. Phaed. Lib. 2. Fab. 7.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

A man having got a most excellent hatchet

Page No:

pp.151-152

Poem Title:

The Man, and the Trees. Fab. 5. a M. Gudio.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

The counsels of a friend Belinda hear

Page No:

pp.153-158

Poem Title:

Advice to Belinda.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Far distant from each object that refines

Page No:

pp.159-163

Poem Title:

To a Friend in the Country.

Attribution:

By an Officer in the Army.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

See see dear friend the purple spring appear

Page No:

pp.164-168

Poem Title:

The Resurrection.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Two travellers as fame rehearses

Page No:

pp.169-172

Poem Title:

The Travellers and the Highwayman. Phaed. Lib. 5. Fab. 2.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

A grasshopper who chirped and sung

Page No:

pp.173-178

Poem Title:

The Grasshopper and the Owl. Phaed. Lib. 3. Fab. 16.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Lord bless me what a weekly splutter

Page No:

p.179

Poem Title:

Written in a Lady's House-Book.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Near reverend Merton till of late there stood

Page No:

pp.180-184

Poem Title:

The Merton - Men of Taste. Occasion'd by the Destruction of Merton Walks. Anno 1719.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Life of loveliness forbear

Page No:

pp.185-186

Poem Title:

To a Lady -- in Tears for the Decay of her Beauty.

Attribution:

By her Husband.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hail ancient book most venerable code

Page No:

pp.187-193

Poem Title:

The Horn-Book.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Isgrim one day intent to dine

Page No:

pp.194-195

Poem Title:

The Traveller and the Sheep.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

All pensive and sad and as grave as a cat

Page No:

pp.196-199

Poem Title:

A Song. On Miss Elizabeth F-r. In Imitation of Molly Mog, &c.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Tis well I long to be released

Page No:

pp.200-202

Poem Title:

A Sick-Bed Soliloquy.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

While I reflect thee over methinks I find

Page No:

pp.203-204

Poem Title:

To Mr. Thompson, Author of the Poems on the Four Seasons.

Attribution:

Mr. Dennis

Attributed To:

John Dennis

First Line:

Dear Miss when next you do repair

Page No:

pp.205-207

Poem Title:

To a Young Lady, Desiring her to buy some Muslin for the Author.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Having nothing to do and the term at an end

Page No:

pp.210-212

Poem Title:

[Quadrigis male vivitur ('In Curru conduco locum, visurus Amicum')] Thus Imitated.

Attribution:

By Tim. Scribble, Esq.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Be chaste ye scribblers modestly be dumb

Page No:

p.213

Poem Title:

Occasion'd by a Letter in a Journal, Intitled, The What-D'ye-Call-It.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

A cow and goat and simple ewe

Page No:

pp.214-216

Poem Title:

The Cow, the Goat, the Sheep and the Lion. Phaed. Fab. 5 Lib. I.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Jove quite tired out with a scold of a wife

Page No:

p.217

Poem Title:

The Scold.

Attribution:

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First Line:

The bridal cake you lately sent

Page No:

pp.218-221

Poem Title:

To Mrs. A.C -. Occasion'd by her sending the Author a Piece of Bride-Cake. Sept 26, 1743.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

How many ways does artful Delia find

Page No:

p.222

Poem Title:

Occasion'd by a Poetical Apology from Delia, for not shewing the Author some Verses of her own Composing.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Poets had formerly not only bread

Page No:

p.223

Poem Title:

On the Monuments lately set up in Westminster-Abbey, to the Memory of famous Poets.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Poets of old with every genius blessed

Page No:

p.224

Poem Title:

Answer. In Promptu.

Attribution:

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First Line:

If giants sons of earth once vainly strove

Page No:

p.225

Poem Title:

On the White Standard being taken from the French, at the Battle of Dettingen. June 16, 1743. Motto. - Sensere Gigantes.

Attribution:

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Not attributed

First Line:

Guardian of the British Isle

Page No:

pp.227-235

Poem Title:

The Fifth Ode of the Fourth Book of Horace. Imitated.

Attribution:

By the Author of the Progress of Physic.

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Not attributed

First Line:

The world may ask why Sappho should bestow

Page No:

p.236

Poem Title:

To Sappho, Who had complimented the Author in Verse, on his superior Genius for Poetry.

Attribution:

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First Line:

The poet's bays my honoured brow shall wear

Page No:

p.237

Poem Title:

To the Same, On her presenting the Author with a Crown of Laurel.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Long have I courted you in metre

Page No:

pp.238-240

Poem Title:

The Hint. Or the Author's last Shift. 1721.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Adieu ye loved Pierian train

Page No:

pp.241-248

Poem Title:

The Poet's Farewell to his Muse. A Poetical Dialogue.

Attribution:

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First Line:

For sure to die and go we know not where

Page No:

pp.273-274

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Shakespear. Meas. for Meas.

Attributed To:

William Shakespeare

First Line:

As fruits ungrateful to the planter's care

Page No:

p.289

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Pope. Essay on Man.

Attributed To:

Alexander Pope

First Line:

Tis thus the gods divide our mortal cares

Page No:

p.300

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

Anon.

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Not attributed