The works of Anacreon and Sappho [T85628] [ecco]

DMI number:

1475

Aliases

Works of Anacreon and Sappho

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Absolute (100%)

Evidence:

Publication Date:

1713

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

T85628

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW113918429

Shelfmark:

ECCO - Bod

Full Title:

THE | WORKS | OF | ANACREON, | AND | SAPPHO. | Done from the [i]Greek[/i], by several Hands. | With their LIVES Prefix'd. | To which is added, | The [i]Prize of Wisdom.[/i] A Dia- | logue between ANACREON and | ARISTOTLE. By M. FONTENELLE. | ALSO | [i]BION[/i]'s Idyllium, | Upon the Death of ADONIS. | By the Earl of WINCHELSEA. | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | Printed for [i]E. Curll[/i] at the [i]Dial[i] and [i]Bible[i] in [i]Fleet- | street[i]; And [i]A. Bettesworth,[/i] at the [i]Red Lion[/i] on | [i]London Bridge.[/i] 1713. Price 2 [i]s.[/i] Where may be had Mr. [i]Creech'[/i]s Translation of [i]Theocritus.[/i] | Price 2 [i]s.[/i] 6 [i]d.[/i]

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Collection of translations/imitations

Format:

Duodecimo

Price:

2 s

Bibliographic details:

Frontispiece. Separate title page p. [61]: THE | ODES | OF | SAPPHO. | [rule]| Done from the [i]GREEK,[/i] | By Mr. [i]A. PHILIPS.[/i]

Comments:

Contents: Prose 'Life of Anacreon' pp. [1]-7. Prose 'Life of Sappho' pp. 63-70. Prose 'Prize of Wisdom' pp. [78]-84. Duplicate poem: poem id 39237 appears twice in this miscellany, pp 23-24 + 83.

Other matter:

Prefatory matter: Preface signed G. S. [4pp.]. End matter: Contents [3pp.]

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Author:

Arthur Bettesworth

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Absolute (100%)

Comments:

'Printed for E. Curll at the Dial and Bible in Fleet-street; And A. Bettesworth, at the Red Lion on | London Bridge.'

Editor:

George Sewell

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Absolute (100%)

Comments:

ESTC identifies G. S., who signs the preface, as George Sewell.

Publisher:

Edmund Curll

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Absolute (100%)

Comments:

'Printed for E. Curll at the Dial and Bible in Fleet-street; And A. Bettesworth, at the Red Lion on | London Bridge.'

Content/Publication

First Line:

Hail bard triumphant whose melodious breath

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p.8

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[no title]

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All thy verse is softer far

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p.7

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[no title]

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Mr. Cowley.

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Abraham Cowley

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It grieves me when I see what fate

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p.5

Poem Title:

[no title]

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Mr. Cowley.

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Abraham Cowley

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I'll sing of heroes sing of kings

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pp.1-2

Poem Title:

Ode I. Love.

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Liberal nature did dispense

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p.2

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II. Beauty.

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At midnight when the bear again

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pp.3-4

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III. Cupid, or the Cunning Beggar.

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Underneath this myrtle shade

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p.5

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IV. The Epicure.

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Pretty rose thou gaudy flower

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pp.6-7

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V. The Rose.

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Whilst roses round our temples twine

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p.7

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Another Rose.

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When once I did rebellious prove

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p.8

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VI. The Wound.

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As on a purple quilt I chose

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pp.9-10

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VII. The Dream.

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Tell me love's envoy prithee do

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pp.10-11

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VIII. The Dove.

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A friend of mine exposed to sale

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pp.12-13

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IX. Cupid in Wax.

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Foolish prater what dost thou

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pp.13-14

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XI. The Swallow.

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Oft am I by the women told

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p.13

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X. Age.

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That noble soul the Phrygian boy

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pp.14-15

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XIII. The Duel.

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Fill the bowl with rosy wine

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p.16

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XIV. The Drunkard.

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Let other poets build their glory

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pp.16-17

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XV. My Fate.

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Vulcan contrive me such a cup

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pp.17-18

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XVI. The Cup.

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Make me a bowl a mighty bowl

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pp.18-20

Poem Title:

Another Cup.

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The thirsty earth soaks up the rain

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p.20

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XVII. Drinking.

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I'm told how bodies change their state

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pp.21-22

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XVIII. The Wish to his Mistress.

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Fill kind misses fill the bowl

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p.22

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XIX. Heat.

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Here my Bathyllus take thy seat

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pp.22-23.

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XX. Solitude.

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If all the sorcery of gold

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pp.23-24

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XXI. Gold.

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Nature send us all aborad

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p.24

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XXII. Life.

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Whilst I carouse all my cares sunk

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pp.25-26

Poem Title:

Another.

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Whilst the cup walks nimbly round

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p.25

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XXIII. The Careless Companion.

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Whilst Bacchus temple in my breast

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pp.26-27

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XXIV. In the Praise of Bacchus.

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Draw some Apelles draw me here

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pp.27-28

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XXV. His Mistress's Picture.

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Come painter with my rules agree

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pp.28-31

Poem Title:

XXVI. Bathyllus.

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Stand off my thirst can never cease

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pp.31-33

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XXVIII. The Jolly Drunkard.

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The muses lately Cupid found

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p.31

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XXVII. The Captive.

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When all the stars are by thee told

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pp.33-34

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XXIX. The Account.

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Kind bird whose flights returning bring

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pp.34-35

Poem Title:

XXX. The Swallow.

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Because forsooth you're young and fair

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p.35

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XXXI. To his Young Mistress.

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Talk not to me of schoolmen's rules

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pp.36-37

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XXXIII. The Vain Advice.

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This bull my boy is sure some Jove

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p.36

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XXXII. Upon Europa.

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See how nature's self all gay

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pp.37-39

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XXXIV. The Spring.

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Old as I am I can contain

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p.39

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XXXV. The Old Man.

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When the bumpers briskly pass

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pp.39-40

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XXVI. The Enjoyment.

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As Cupid once with wanton play

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p.41

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XXXVII. Cupid Wounded.

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Let's drink let's sing but with design

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pp.42-43

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XXXVIII. An Hymn to the God of Wine.

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Overcharged with wine a dance I love

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pp.43-44

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XXXIX. Of Himself.

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Happy insect what can be

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pp.44-45

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XL. The Grashopper.

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Once in my dream I seemed to fly

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p.45

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XLI. The Dream expounded.

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A mighty pain to love it is

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pp.46-47

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XLIII. Gold.

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As Vulcan plying at his trade

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p.46

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XLII. Upon Cupid's Dart.

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I love the man whom froward age

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pp.47-48

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XLIV. Pleasant Old Age.

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Give me Homer's tuneful lyre

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p.48

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XLV. The Drunkard's Delight.

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Prithee painter do but hear

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pp.49-50

Poem Title:

XLVII. Advice to a Painter.

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The youth who nobly stands his ground

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p.49

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XLVI. The Effects of Wine.

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See by some industrious art

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pp.50-51

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XLVIII. Venus Engrav'd on a Dish.

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To us the vine its store does give

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pp.52-53

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XLIX. The Grapes.

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Naked the spring would seem and bare

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pp.53-55

Poem Title:

L. The Rose.

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When some brisk and airy scene

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p.55

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LI. Grown Young.

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As I a rosy garland bound

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p.56

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LIII. Love caught.

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Here boy let glasses quick be brought

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pp.56-57

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LIV. Drinking.

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Nothing undistinguished lies

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p.56

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LII. The Mark.

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My temples now begin to turn

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p.57

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LV. Old Age.

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Abdera mourns her Agatho who died

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pp.58-59

Poem Title:

Upon Agatho,

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Timocritus the bold the great the brave

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p.58

Poem Title:

Upon Timocritus.

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Feed cow herd feed thy oxen far away

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p.59

Poem Title:

Upon a Statue of Miro's representing and Ox.

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Thou too young Cleonor wert seized by fate

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p.59

Poem Title:

Upon Cleonor.

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I never could those good companions think

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p.60

Poem Title:

Upon Complaint.

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This heifer is not cast but rolling years

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p.60

Poem Title:

On the Same.

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To heaven good Sophocles these altars raised

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p.60

Poem Title:

Upon Sophocles's Altars.

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If nature's curse a lovely form denies

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p.66

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Here as I bathed my weary limbs in tears

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pp.67-69

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Thus nature guides thy hand and shapes the brass

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p.70

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O Venus beauty of the skies

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pp.71-73

Poem Title:

Ode I. An Hymn to Venus.

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Done From the Greek, By Mr. A. Philips.

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Ambrose Philips

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Blessed as the immortal Gods is he

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pp.74-75

Poem Title:

Ode II.

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Done From the Greek, By Mr. A. Philips.

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Ambrose Philips

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Is it summer wine produce

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p.76

Poem Title:

Anacreontic.

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Come come it is at last agreed

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p.77

Poem Title:

Song. On the Act for Trade with France. M. DCC. XII.

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Mourn all ye loves the fair Adonis dies

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pp.85-89

Poem Title:

On the Death of Adonis. Translated from the Greek of Bion

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By the Right Honourable the late Earl of Winchelsea.

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Charles Finch