Ballads and some other occasional poems [T442]

DMI number:

388

Publication Date:

1716

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

T442

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW111122160

Shelfmark:

BOD Harding C 80

Full Title:

BALLADS | And some Other | Occasional Poems: | [rule] | By [i]W----- T----[/i] in the [i]Marshalsea.[/i] | [rule] | [epigraph] | [rule] | [i]LONDON:[/i] | [i]Printed by[/i] E. Berington, [i]for the Benefit of the[/i] Author. | MDCCXVI. | Price One Shilling.

Epigraph:

[i]Fertur, & abducta Lyrnesside tristis Achilles, | Aemonia curas attenuasse Lyra.[/i] | Ovid.

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Miscellany dominated by poet

Format:

Octavo

Price:

1s.

Pagination:

[8], 1-53, [1] pp.

Other matter:

Prefatory matter: Address to Urania signed 'W. Tunstall' [6pp]. Back matter: Postscript pp. 51-53.

Related Miscellanies

Title:

A collection of ballads and some other occasional poems [T37]

Publication Date:

1727

ESTC No:

T37

Volume:

1 of 1

Relationship:

Unknown

Comments:

Title:

Poems of love and gallantry. Written in the Marshalsea and Newgate, by several of the Prisoners taken at Preston [T9022]

Publication Date:

1716

ESTC No:

T9022

Volume:

1 of 1

Relationship:

Unknown

Comments:

Related People

Editor:

William Tunstall

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Dedication signed 'W. Tunstall'

Printer:

Edward Berington

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

'Printed by E. Berington for the Benefit of the Author'

Content/Publication

First Line:

From me dear Charles inspired with ale

Page No:

pp.1-4

Poem Title:

From W. T. in the Marshalsea, to C.W. in Newgate. Tune, To all ye Ladies.

Attribution:

From W. T.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

You fair ones all at liberty

Page No:

pp.5-8

Poem Title:

The Preston Prisoners to the Ladies about Court and Town. By Way of Comfort, From C. W. to W. T.

Attribution:

From C. W.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

While impotent though filled with rage

Page No:

pp.9-11

Poem Title:

From W-- T-- to C-- W--. The Second Part. To the Same Tune.

Attribution:

From W-- T--

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To thee dear Tunstall though unknown

Page No:

pp.12-14

Poem Title:

To Mr. Tunstall and his Friends in the Marshalsea.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ah Clio had thy distant lays

Page No:

pp.14-16

Poem Title:

W. T. to Fair Clio; Who, the first Time he had the Houour [sic] to see Her, sung a Ballad of Her own Composing, in Compliment to One He had Writ Before. To the Tune of, To all ye Ladies, &c.

Attribution:

W. T.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Echo her ravished ear inclines

Page No:

pp.17-19

Poem Title:

Clio's Answer.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Cease cease ye libertines my feet

Page No:

pp.20-22

Poem Title:

Upon My being put in Chains.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The sun was now declining to the sea

Page No:

pp.22-26

Poem Title:

The Duel betwixt a Master of the Lute and a Nightingal. Translated from the Latin of Strada.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Long I in darkness by false meteors led

Page No:

pp.26-30

Poem Title:

To the Reverend Mr. H---ck, upon his Pindarick Poem, call'd The Submarine Voyage.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The skill in Latin and the use of schools

Page No:

pp.30-31

Poem Title:

To W----- T-----, Upon his Cyprian to Donatus.

Attribution:

By an unknown Hand...J. S.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

So well performed and by a fettered hand

Page No:

p.31

Poem Title:

The following Eight Lines were writ by an unknown Lady, on the blank Leaf before Cyprian.

Attribution:

By an unknown Lady

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When great Alcides had surpassed his toils

Page No:

pp.32-35

Poem Title:

To the Honourable Sir Thomas Parkyns, Bart. Of Bunny, in the County of Nottingham, Upon his Book of Wrestling.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

I blush to think I've youth and liberty

Page No:

pp.35-36

Poem Title:

Clio to W. T. upon his St. Cyprian.

Attribution:

Clio

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Twas on his wedding day when all

Page No:

pp.37-40

Poem Title:

Jove's Wedding-Day. To Mr. Withers, to beg Leave for his Scholars to play upon Mr----s Wedding-Day.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Though fair Eliza to conceal

Page No:

pp.40-41

Poem Title:

Eliza Playing upon the Spinet. Song.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Now I'm convinced what bards of old have sung

Page No:

pp.41-42

Poem Title:

To the same young Lady, upon my finding Two Queen Anne's Guineas in my Snuff-Box, after she had borrow'd it for a Pinch of Snuff. Ex Tempore.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Go happy pair and to the bounteous skies

Page No:

pp.42-43

Poem Title:

The Omen. Upon the suddain Ceasing of the Rain and Thunder, just when Mr. ------ and his Bride were taking Coach to go to Church the first Sunday after their Marriage.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Of all the mighty powers above

Page No:

pp.43-45

Poem Title:

Damon's Answer to Cloe.

Attribution:

by C. W.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When the great prize of beauty to decide

Page No:

pp.45-46

Poem Title:

The Narrative, or Beauty's Prize. Upon a Lady of Quality, who was oblig'd to quit the Chace, by a Sudden Shower of Snow.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Mira casts around her conquering eyes

Page No:

pp.47-50

Poem Title:

Upon a Cravat Flourish'd by Mrs. -----------.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed