A collection of the most esteemed pieces of poetry [T144726] [ecco]
- DMI number:
- 1074
- Publication Date:
- 1770
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- T144726
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW112189850
- Shelfmark:
- ECCO - BL
- Full Title:
- A | COLLECTION | OF THE | Most esteemed PIECES of POETRY, | That have appeared for several Years. |WITH | VARIETY OF ORIGINALS, | By the Late MOSES MENDEZ, Esq; | And other Contributors to DODSLEY's COLLECTION. | To which this is intended as a SUPPLEMENT. | THE SECOND EDITION. | [engraving] | LONDON: | Printed for Richardson and Urquhart, under the Royal Exchange. | MDCCLXX.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Collection of literary verse
- Format:
- Octavo
- Other matter:
- Prefatory matter: Advertisement [1p.]; Contents [3pp.]
- References:
- Harold Forster, Supplements to Dodsley's Collection of Poems (Oxford Bibliographical Society, Occasional Publication No. 15, 1980).
- Title:
- A collection of the most esteemed pieces of poetry [T124631] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1767
- ESTC No:
- T124631
- Volume:
- 1 of 1
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- Leonard Urquhart
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- William Richardson
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- The midnight clock has tolled and hark the bell
- Page No:
- pp.1-4
- Poem Title:
- An Elegy, On the Death of Lady Coventry. Written in 1760.
- Attribution:
- By William Mason, M. A.
- Attributed To:
- William Mason
- First Line:
- Far from her hallowed grot where mildly bright
- Page No:
- pp.6-10
- Poem Title:
- Isis. An Elegy.
- Attribution:
- By the same, 1748. [i.e. Mason]
- Attributed To:
- William Mason
- First Line:
- Ye persian maids attend your poet's lays
- Page No:
- pp.11-14
- Poem Title:
- Eclogue I. Selim; Or, The Shepherd's Moral. Scene, A Valley Near Bagdat. Time, The Morning.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. William Collins.
- Attributed To:
- William Collins
- First Line:
- In silent horror over the boundless waste
- Page No:
- pp.14-17
- Poem Title:
- Eclogue II. Hassan; Or, The Camel Driver. Scene, The Desert. Time, Mid-day.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. William Collins.
- Attributed To:
- William Collins
- First Line:
- In Georgia's land where Tefflis' towers are seen
- Page No:
- pp.17-20
- Poem Title:
- Eclogoue III. Abra; Or, The Georgian Sultana. Scene, A Forest. Time, The Evening.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. William Collins.
- Attributed To:
- William Collins
- First Line:
- In fair Circassia where to love inclined
- Page No:
- pp.20-23
- Poem Title:
- Eclogue IV. Agib and Secander; Or, The Fugitives. Scene, A Mountain in Circassia. Time, Midnight.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. William Collins.
- Attributed To:
- William Collins
- First Line:
- Thou to whom the world unknown
- Page No:
- pp.23-26
- Poem Title:
- An Ode to Fear.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Collins]
- Attributed To:
- William Collins
- First Line:
- When music heavenly maid was young
- Page No:
- pp.26-30
- Poem Title:
- The Passions, An Ode for Music.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Collins]
- Attributed To:
- William Collins
- First Line:
- Good friend forbear the world will say tis spite
- Page No:
- pp.31-43
- Poem Title:
- Every Man The Architect Of His Own Fortune: Or, The Art of Rising in the Church. A Satyre...A Dialogue betwixt a Poet and his Friend.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Scott, of Trinity-College, Cambridge.
- Attributed To:
- James Scott
- First Line:
- Hence from my sight unfeeling sage
- Page No:
- pp.44-48
- Poem Title:
- To Pleasure. An Ode.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Scott]
- Attributed To:
- James Scott
- First Line:
- Turn gentle hermit of the dale
- Page No:
- pp.49-55
- Poem Title:
- Edwin and Angelina. A Ballad.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Goldsmith.
- Attributed To:
- Oliver Goldsmith
- First Line:
- Say cruel Iris pretty rake
- Page No:
- p.56
- Poem Title:
- The Gift: To Iris.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Goldsmith]
- Attributed To:
- Oliver Goldsmith
- First Line:
- The wealthy cit grown old in trade
- Page No:
- pp.57-61
- Poem Title:
- The Cit's Country-Box, 1757.
- Attribution:
- By Robert Lloyd, A. M.
- Attributed To:
- Robert Lloyd
- First Line:
- Acting dear Thornton its perfection draws
- Page No:
- pp.61-71
- Poem Title:
- The Actor. Addressed To Bonnell Thornton, Esq;
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Lloyd]
- Attributed To:
- Robert Lloyd
- First Line:
- Twas at the silent solemn hour
- Page No:
- pp.71-74
- Poem Title:
- William and Margaret.
- Attribution:
- By David Mallet, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- David Mallet
- First Line:
- The god in whose gay train appear
- Page No:
- pp.75-82
- Poem Title:
- Zephir: Or, The Stratagem.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Mallet]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Far in the windings of a vale
- Page No:
- pp.82-86
- Poem Title:
- Edwin and Emma.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Mallet]
- Attributed To:
- David Mallet
- First Line:
- Oft I've implored the gods in vain
- Page No:
- p.87
- Poem Title:
- A Prayer for Indifference.
- Attribution:
- By Mrs. Greville.
- Attributed To:
- Frances Greville [nee Macartney]
- First Line:
- How blithe the flowery graces of the spring
- Page No:
- pp.90-92
- Poem Title:
- To Sickness: An Elegy.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Delap.
- Attributed To:
- John Delap
- First Line:
- Britons rouse to deeds of death
- Page No:
- pp.93-97
- Poem Title:
- Verses to the People of England, 1758.
- Attribution:
- By Wil. Whitehead, Esq; Poet Laureat.
- Attributed To:
- William Whitehead
- First Line:
- When the nymphs were contending for beauty and fame
- Page No:
- p.98
- Poem Title:
- A Song. Written to a Lady.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Oh formed by nature and refined by art
- Page No:
- pp.99-102
- Poem Title:
- To A Lady Before Marriage.
- Attribution:
- By the Late Ingenious Mr. Tickel. Not Published in his Woks.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- An old trite proverb let me quote
- Page No:
- pp.102-104
- Poem Title:
- Prologue Upon Prologue.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Garrick.
- Attributed To:
- David Garrick
- First Line:
- Hush let me search before I speak aloud
- Page No:
- pp.104-105
- Poem Title:
- Mr. Foote's Address To The Public, After A Prosecution Against Him For A Libel.
- Attribution:
- Mr. Foote
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Foote
- First Line:
- Too long by some fatality misled
- Page No:
- pp.106-107
- Poem Title:
- Prologue To The Englishman At Bordeaux. Performed Since the Conclusion of the Peace, with Universal Applause, at Paris.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The anxious struggle happily overpast
- Page No:
- pp.107-108
- Poem Title:
- Epilogue.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Be dumb be dumb ye inharmonious sounds
- Page No:
- pp.109-113
- Poem Title:
- An Ode on St. Caecilia's Day
- Attribution:
- By Bonnel Thornton, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Bonnell Thornton
- First Line:
- Well may they Wentworth call thee young
- Page No:
- pp.114-115
- Poem Title:
- Advice to the Marquis of Rockingham, Upon a Late Occasion.
- Attribution:
- Written in 1765, by an Old Courtier.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The north east wind did briskly blow
- Page No:
- pp.115-118
- Poem Title:
- Bryan and Pereene. A West Indian Ballad
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Come live with me and be my love
- Page No:
- pp.118-119
- Poem Title:
- The Passionate Shepherd To His Love. An Old Ballad.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- My mind to me a kingdom is
- Page No:
- pp.119-120
- Poem Title:
- My Mind To Me A Kingdom Is. An Old Ballad.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- It chanced of late a shepherd swain
- Page No:
- pp.121-123
- Poem Title:
- Cupid's Pastime. An Old Sonnet.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- As near Porto Bello lying
- Page No:
- pp.123-126
- Poem Title:
- Admiral Hosier's Ghost.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Glover, Author of Leonides.
- Attributed To:
- Richard Glover
- First Line:
- Shall I wasting in despair
- Page No:
- pp.126-128
- Poem Title:
- The Shepherd's Resolution. An Old Ballad.
- Attribution:
- By George Wither.
- Attributed To:
- George Wither
- First Line:
- Hence away you syrens leave me
- Page No:
- pp.128-130
- Poem Title:
- The Stedfast Shepherd.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Wither]
- Attributed To:
- George Wither
- First Line:
- Though the seasons must alter ah yet let me find
- Page No:
- pp.131-134
- Poem Title:
- Autumn.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Brerewood.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Brerewood
- First Line:
- For once ye critics let the sportive muse
- Page No:
- pp.134-136
- Poem Title:
- The Pin.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Woty.
- Attributed To:
- William Woty
- First Line:
- To please the fair what different ways
- Page No:
- pp.136-138
- Poem Title:
- A Present To A Young Lady, With A Pair of Stockings.
- Attribution:
- By --, Fellow of -- Cambridge.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Sir I've long waited in my turn to have
- Page No:
- pp.139-143
- Poem Title:
- A Dialogue Between A Poet And His Servant.
- Attribution:
- By the Late Mr. Christ. Pitt.
- Attributed To:
- Christopher Pitt
- First Line:
- By love too long deprived of rest
- Page No:
- pp.143-145
- Poem Title:
- The Recantation. An Ode.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ye green-haired nymphs whom Pan allows
- Page No:
- pp.146-148
- Poem Title:
- Verses Written Upon A Pedestal Beneath A Row Of Elms In A Meadow Near Richmond Ferry, Belonging To Richard Owen Cambridge, Esq, Sept. MDCCLX.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Sweet are the banks when spring perfumes
- Page No:
- p.149
- Poem Title:
- Song.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- As late over Britain's chalky coasts
- Page No:
- pp.150-153
- Poem Title:
- The Genius Of Britain. An Iambic Ode. Written In MDCCLVI.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Dan Petrarch of old it has often been said
- Page No:
- p.154
- Poem Title:
- Petrarch and Laura. An Epigrammatic Tale.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- What though thou comest in sable mantle clad
- Page No:
- pp.155-157
- Poem Title:
- To Winter.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Woty.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- O take o keep me ever blessed domains
- Page No:
- pp.158-163
- Poem Title:
- An Epistle Of M. De Voltaire, Upon His Arrival At His Estate Near The Lake Of Geneva, In March M DCC LV. From The French.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Behold my fair wherever we rove
- Page No:
- p.164
- Poem Title:
- The Winter's Walk.
- Attribution:
- By Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Johnson
- First Line:
- Amidst the more important toils of state
- Page No:
- pp.165-169
- Poem Title:
- The Poor Man's Prayer. Addressed To Lord Chatham.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Philips whose touch harmonious could remove
- Page No:
- p.165
- Poem Title:
- Epitaph On Claudius Phillips.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Johnson]
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Johnson
- First Line:
- If beauty's fairest form and each bright charm
- Page No:
- p.170
- Poem Title:
- An Epitaph.
- Attribution:
- Written by Mr. Caleb Smith upon his Wife.
- Attributed To:
- Caleb Smith
- First Line:
- I am cried Apollo when Daphne he wooed
- Page No:
- p.171
- Poem Title:
- To Apollo Making Love. From Monsieur Fontenelle.
- Attribution:
- By Thomas Tickell, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- Dear Sir | By the lyre of Apollo the locks of the muses
- Page No:
- pp.172-178
- Poem Title:
- The Author's Account of his Journey to Ireland. To Mr. John Ellis.
- Attribution:
- By the late Moses Mendes, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Moses Mendez
- First Line:
- The sons of man by various passions led
- Page No:
- pp.179-185
- Poem Title:
- To Mr. S. Tucker.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Mendes.
- Attributed To:
- Moses Mendez
- First Line:
- The radiant ruler of the year
- Page No:
- pp.185-189
- Poem Title:
- On the Winter Solstice. M.D.CC.XL.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Akenside.
- Attributed To:
- Mark Akenside
- First Line:
- Why Celia is your spreading waist
- Page No:
- pp.189-192
- Poem Title:
- The Poet and his Patron.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Moore.
- Attributed To:
- Edward Moore
- First Line:
- Duty demands the parent's voice
- Page No:
- pp.192-196
- Poem Title:
- The Wolf, Sheep, and Lamb.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Moore]
- Attributed To:
- Edward Moore
- First Line:
- Mourn hapless Caledonia mourn
- Page No:
- pp.196-198
- Poem Title:
- The Tears of Scotland. Written in the Year MDCCXLVI.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When rough Helvetia's hardy sons obey
- Page No:
- pp.199-201
- Poem Title:
- Caesar's Dream, Before his Invasion of Britain.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Langhorne.
- Attributed To:
- John Langhorne
- First Line:
- The prince of all the feathered kind
- Page No:
- pp.202-204
- Poem Title:
- The Eagle and Robin Red Breast.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Archibald Scott.
- Attributed To:
- Archibald Scott
- First Line:
- With each perfection dawning on her mind
- Page No:
- pp.204-210
- Poem Title:
- The Nun. An Elegy.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Oh thou who dwellst upon the bough
- Page No:
- pp.210-212
- Poem Title:
- The Rookery.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Grown old and grown stupid you just think me fit
- Page No:
- pp.212-213
- Poem Title:
- A Receipt how to make L'Eau De Vie....Written at the Desire of a Lady.
- Attribution:
- By the Late Mr. Charles King.
- Attributed To:
- Charles King
- First Line:
- In the barn the tenant cock
- Page No:
- pp.214-215
- Poem Title:
- Morning.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Cunningham.
- Attributed To:
- John Cunningham
- First Line:
- Fervid on the glittering flood
- Page No:
- pp.216-217
- Poem Title:
- Noon.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Cunningham.
- Attributed To:
- John Cunningham
- First Line:
- Over the heath the heifer strays
- Page No:
- pp.218-219
- Poem Title:
- Evening.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Cunningham.
- Attributed To:
- John Cunningham
- First Line:
- Over moorlands and mountains rude barren and bare
- Page No:
- pp.220-221
- Poem Title:
- Content: A Pastoral.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Cunningham]
- Attributed To:
- John Cunningham
- First Line:
- Come shepherds we'll follow the hearse
- Page No:
- pp.222-223
- Poem Title:
- Corydon: A Pastoral. To the Memory of William Shenstone, Esq;
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Cunningham]
- Attributed To:
- John Cunningham
- First Line:
- Lightsome as conveyed by sparrows
- Page No:
- pp.223-224
- Poem Title:
- Melody.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Cunningham]
- Attributed To:
- John Cunningham
- First Line:
- When sleep's all soothing hand with fetters soft
- Page No:
- pp.225-230
- Poem Title:
- The House of Superstition.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Denton.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Denton
- First Line:
- On closing flowers when genial gales diffuse
- Page No:
- pp.231-239
- Poem Title:
- The Triumph of Isis.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Thomas Warton.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Warton
- First Line:
- His country's hope when now the blooming heir
- Page No:
- pp.240-248
- Poem Title:
- New-Market. A Satire.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. Thomas Warton]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Warton
- First Line:
- Over midnight glass or by the fair
- Page No:
- pp.249-251
- Poem Title:
- Ode to Ambition.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Shepherd.
- Attributed To:
- Richard Shepherd
- First Line:
- Hence meagre pale disease
- Page No:
- pp.251-255
- Poem Title:
- Ode To Health.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Shepherd]
- Attributed To:
- Richard Shepherd
- First Line:
- Thanks Nice to thy treacherous art
- Page No:
- pp.255-259
- Poem Title:
- Liberty. A Poem.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Let venal annals boast a Caesar's reign
- Page No:
- pp.259-271
- Poem Title:
- Modern Virtue. A Satire.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- There fled the fair that all beholders charmed
- Page No:
- pp.271-279
- Poem Title:
- A Monody To The Memory Of Mrs. Margaret Woffington.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Vengeance arise from thy infernal bed
- Page No:
- pp.279-290
- Poem Title:
- The Cure of Saul. A Sacred Ode.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Brown.
- Attributed To:
- John Brown
- First Line:
- Rapt from the glance of mortal eye
- Page No:
- pp.290-296
- Poem Title:
- Ode to the Genius of Shakespeare.
- Attribution:
- By John Ogilvie. M. A.
- Attributed To:
- John Ogilvie
- First Line:
- Ye groves with venerable moss arrayed
- Page No:
- pp.296-304
- Poem Title:
- Laura: Or, The Complaint. An Elegy.
- Attribution:
- By James Marriot, L. L. D.
- Attributed To:
- James Marriott
- First Line:
- Ere yet I sing the round-revolving year
- Page No:
- pp.305-316
- Poem Title:
- The Seasons. In Imitation of Spencer.
- Attribution:
- By Moses Mendez, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- Moses Mendez
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