The parnassium or beauties of English poetry [T125713]
- DMI number:
- 1559
- Publication Date:
- 1765
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- T125713
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- N/A
- Shelfmark:
- BL 11633.aa.14
- Full Title:
- THE | [i]PARNASSIUM:[/i] | OR | BEAUTIES | OF | ENGLISH POETRY. | Selected from the Works of | [2 cols.] [col. 1]BLAIR. | PHILLIPS, | YOUNG,[/col. 1] [col. 2]POPE, | GRAY, | PARNELL.[/col. 2] | CONTAINING | [2 cols.] [col. 1]LOVE of FAME, | POPE ON LAST DAY, | ELEGY in a CHURCH-YARD,[/col. 1] [col. 2]GRAVE, a Poem, | HERMIT, a Poem, | NIGHT PIECE, DEATH[col. 2] | SPLENDID SHILLING, &c. &c. | The whole forming | A PLEASING COLLECTION. | [short rule] | A NEW EDITION. | [short rule] | LONDON: | Printed for W. LANE, Leadenhall-street.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Made-up miscellany
- Format:
- Octavo
- Pagination:
- [8], [7]-81, [14], 14-47, [3], [3]-8, [2], [3]-31, [3], 3-16, [2], [3]-7, [1].
- Bibliographic details:
- FORMAT: Octavo in fours.
- Comments:
- A reissue of the made-up miscellany ’A collection of modern poems’, London, printed for J. James, 1762, [T84071] with a new titlepage (ESTC). PLATES: Frontispiece (unsigned).
- Other matter:
- Most of the pamphlets in this made-up miscellany have prefatory material.
- Title:
- A collection of modern poems [ESTC T84071] [ECCO]
- Publication Date:
- 1762
- ESTC No:
- T84071
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Reissue
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- W. Lane
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Printed for W. LANE, Leadenhall Street.
- First Line:
- Daughter of Jove relentless power
- Page No:
- pp.7-8
- Poem Title:
- Hymn to Advertisity.
- Attribution:
- By the Same.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Gray
- First Line:
- My verse is satire Dorset lend your ear
- Page No:
- pp.7-15
- Poem Title:
- Satyr I. To his Grace the Duke of Dorset.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Young.
- Attributed To:
- Edward Young
- First Line:
- While others sing the fortune of the great
- Page No:
- pp.[13]-47
- Poem Title:
- The Last Day.
- Attribution:
- By Edward Young [title page].
- Attributed To:
- Edward Young
- First Line:
- My muse proceed and reach thy destined end
- Page No:
- pp.15-24
- Poem Title:
- Satyr II.
- Attribution:
- By Edward Young [title page].
- Attributed To:
- Edward Young
- First Line:
- Long Dodington in debt I long have sought
- Page No:
- pp.24-32
- Poem Title:
- Satyr III. To the Right Honourable Mr DODINGTON.
- Attribution:
- By Edward Young [title page].
- Attributed To:
- Edward Young
- First Line:
- Round some fair tree the ambitious woodbine grows
- Page No:
- pp.32-40
- Poem Title:
- Satyr IV. To the Right Honourable Sir Spencer Compton.
- Attribution:
- By Edward Young [title page].
- Attributed To:
- Edward Young
- First Line:
- Nor reigns ambition in bold man alone
- Page No:
- pp.40-56
- Poem Title:
- Satyr V. On Women.
- Attribution:
- By Edward Young [title page].
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- I sought a patroness but sought in vain
- Page No:
- pp.57-74
- Poem Title:
- Satyr VI. On Women. Inscribed to the Right Honourable the Lady Elisabeth Germain.
- Attribution:
- By Edward Young [title page].
- Attributed To:
- Edward Young
- First Line:
- On this last labour this me closing strain
- Page No:
- pp.74-81
- Poem Title:
- Satyr VII. To the Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole.
- Attribution:
- By Edward Young [title page].
- Attributed To:
- Edward Young
- First Line:
- Now let the atheist tremble thou alone
- Page No:
- 2pp.
- Poem Title:
- Verses to the Author.
- Attribution:
- T. Wharton.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Warton
- First Line:
- And must it be as thou hast sung
- Page No:
- [2pp.]
- Poem Title:
- To Dr. Young, On His Last Day and Universal Passion.
- Attribution:
- J. Bancks.
- Attributed To:
- John Bancks [Banks]
- First Line:
- Madam | Here sacred truths in lofty numbers told
- Page No:
- [2pp.]
- Poem Title:
- To a Lady With The Last Day.
- Attribution:
- T. Tristram.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tristram
- First Line:
- The curfew tolls the knell of parting day
- Page No:
- pp.[3]-7
- Poem Title:
- An Elegy Written In A Country Church Yard.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Gray. [title page]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Gray
- First Line:
- Whilst some affect the sun and some the shade
- Page No:
- pp.[3]-31
- Poem Title:
- The Grave.
- Attribution:
- By Robert Blair
- Attributed To:
- Robert Blair
- First Line:
- Far in a wild unknown to public view
- Page No:
- pp.[3]-12
- Poem Title:
- The Hermit.
- Attribution:
- Dr. Thomas Parnell.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Parnell
- First Line:
- By the blue taper's trembling light
- Page No:
- pp.13-16
- Poem Title:
- A Night-Piece on Death.
- Attribution:
- Dr. Thomas Parnell. [title page]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Parnell
- First Line:
- Happy the man who void of cares and strife
- Page No:
- pp.[3]-7
- Poem Title:
- The Splendid Shilling.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Philips.
- Attributed To:
- John Philips
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