The trooper’s merry miscellany. Or poems on several occasions. [ESTC T69549]

DMI number:

653

Publication Date:

1727

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

T69549

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW113785356

Shelfmark:

1485.pp.8.

Full Title:

THE | TROOPER's | Merry Miscellany. | OR | POEMS | ON | SEVERAL OCCASIONS. | [rule] | By [i]JAMES DODD[/i], late of his | Majesty's Royal Regiment of Horse Guards. | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for the AUTHOR, and Sold by him only | at the [i]Bull-Head Pale-Ale-house[/i] in [i]Fleet-street[/i], | near [i]Fleet-bridge.[/i] 1727. ([i]Price[/i] 1 s.)

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Collection of occasional pieces

Format:

Octavo

Price:

1 s.

Pagination:

[4] 1-57 [i.e. 59] [1] (pp.57, 58, 59 mispaginated pp.55, 56, 57)

Other matter:

PREFATORY MATERIAL: Preface [2pp.] BACK MATTER: List of Errata p.57.

Related Miscellanies

Title:

The trooper’s merry miscellany. Or poems on several occasions. The second edition. [T67022]

Publication Date:

1729

ESTC No:

T67022

Volume:

1 of 1

Relationship:

Reissue

Comments:

Related People

Publisher:

James Dodd

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

T69549

Content/Publication

First Line:

Be propitious ye powers that have rhymes at command

Page No:

p.1-5

Poem Title:

On our March in Scotland after the Rebells. Written at Dundee, 1716.

Attribution:

Dodd claims authorship in Preface

Attributed To:

James Dodd

First Line:

Some comic god direct my pen

Page No:

p.6-12

Poem Title:

On a memorable Sea-Fight. Written at Sea in the Year, 1719.

Attribution:

Dodd claims authorship in Preface

Attributed To:

James Dodd

First Line:

Imperious charmer lend a tender ear

Page No:

p.13-15

Poem Title:

To Sylvia. Written at Dublin, 1717.

Attribution:

Dodd claims authorship in Preface

Attributed To:

James Dodd

First Line:

Angelic charmer wilt thou still be coy

Page No:

p.15-17

Poem Title:

Another to Sylvia. Written at Dublin.

Attribution:

Dodd claims authorship in Preface

Attributed To:

James Dodd

First Line:

How vain is man how fickle his estate

Page No:

p.18-20

Poem Title:

An Elegy Written at Dublin on the Report of the Pretender's Death, 1717.

Attribution:

Dodd claims authorship in Preface

Attributed To:

James Dodd

First Line:

Fatigued and weary through the town I've strolled

Page No:

p.21-23

Poem Title:

A Vacation Prologue, Spoke at the Theatre in Dublin.

Attribution:

Dodd claims authorship in Preface

Attributed To:

James Dodd

First Line:

You powers above

Page No:

p.24-26

Poem Title:

To Mrs. M----- F-------.

Attribution:

Dodd claims authorship in Preface

Attributed To:

James Dodd

First Line:

Dear Molly | Once my darling turtle dove

Page No:

p.27-28

Poem Title:

To Mrs. M----- F-------. On her neglecting to write.

Attribution:

Dodd claims authorship in Preface

Attributed To:

James Dodd

First Line:

When laureled Shakespeare ruled the infant stage

Page No:

p.29-31

Poem Title:

A Prologue.

Attribution:

Dodd claims authorship in Preface

Attributed To:

James Dodd

First Line:

Haste haste Aurora gild the eastern skies

Page No:

p.32-34

Poem Title:

On His Majesty's Birth-Day. Written in Camp.

Attribution:

Dodd claims authorship in Preface

Attributed To:

James Dodd

First Line:

Awake lethargic muse no longer dream

Page No:

p.35-36

Poem Title:

To the Right Honourable the Earl of Warwick.

Attribution:

Dodd claims authorship in Preface

Attributed To:

James Dodd

First Line:

Awake my muse invoke the powers divine

Page No:

p.37-38

Poem Title:

To a young Gentleman on his Marriage. 1720.

Attribution:

Dodd claims authorship in Preface.

Attributed To:

James Dodd

First Line:

Awake Bellona aid my towering muse

Page No:

p.39-43

Poem Title:

The Review: A Poem. Inscrib'd to his Grace the Duke of Bolton.

Attribution:

Dodd claims authorship in Preface

Attributed To:

James Dodd

First Line:

Dear sisters of the forky hill

Page No:

p.44-46

Poem Title:

The Cheshire Club. Inscrib'd to that Society.

Attribution:

Dodd claims authorship in Preface

Attributed To:

James Dodd

First Line:

The trembling strollers stand 'twixt hope and fear

Page No:

p.47-49

Poem Title:

A Prologue. Written at Chester, and spoke by the Author for a Company of Strowlers.

Attribution:

Dodd claims authorship in Preface

Attributed To:

James Dodd

First Line:

Dear sisters of Parnassus Spring

Page No:

p.50-56

Poem Title:

The Religious Battle.

Attribution:

Dodd claims authorship in Preface

Attributed To:

James Dodd

First Line:

What threatening storm is this which thus alarms

Page No:

p.55-57 (i.e. 57-59)

Poem Title:

On the Rebellion. Written at Glasgow, 1715.

Attribution:

Dodd claims authorship in Preface

Attributed To:

James Dodd