Elegaic and other poems by several hands [N7028] [ecco]
- DMI number:
- 1091
- Publication Date:
- 1769
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 1
- ESTC number:
- N7028
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW109783652
- Shelfmark:
- ECCO - Library of Religious Society of Friends, London
- Full Title:
- ELEGAIC | AND OTHER | POEMS. | BY SEVERAL HANDS. | GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED | To the honoured Memory of a late eminently | valuable Citizen of the City of BRISTOL, | Abraham Richard Hawksworth, | Late Treasurer to the Infirmary of the said City, | AND | One of the People called QUAKERS, | Wherein is exhibited a View of his LIFE, | As an accomplished Model for the universal Imitation of Mankind. | TO WHICH ARE ADDED, | Some Lines on REBECCA SMITH, | Late of NAILSWORTH, in [i]Gloucestershire[/i], deceased, | An eminent and approved Minister amongst the said People. | [double rule] | [i]BRISTOL:[/i] | Printed by S. FARLEY, in CASTLE-GREEN, 1769.
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol
- Format:
- Octavo
- Price:
- 1 s
- Bibliographic details:
- Notes relating to the printing history of the sheets appear on p. 20, 35, 40.
- Comments:
- Price: Given on p. 40 as [Price ONE SHILLING.]
- Other matter:
- Prefatory matter: Note from the Editor [1p] Back matter: Note from the editor p. 40.
- Printer:
- Sarah Farley
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Shall due remembrance of a matchless friend
- Page No:
- pp.[3]-8
- Poem Title:
- Elegy I.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- What floods of tears on that sad solemn day
- Page No:
- pp.8-11
- Poem Title:
- Elegy II.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The last of annual orbits over
- Page No:
- pp.11-13
- Poem Title:
- Reflections on the last Old Year, and a Wish for the present New Year.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Reader fearst thou the close of human life
- Page No:
- p.14
- Poem Title:
- Epitaph. On Mr. Abraham Richard Hawksworth, who died October 29, 1768.
- Attribution:
- Philanthropos
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ye sacred maids that lead the tuneful choir
- Page No:
- p.14
- Poem Title:
- Elegy III.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Let others hail the rising sun
- Page No:
- pp.16-19
- Poem Title:
- To the Honourable Memory of a General Friend. Elegy IV.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- If from those realms of joy those bright domains
- Page No:
- pp.20-22
- Poem Title:
- Elegy V.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- But all our praises why should lords engross
- Page No:
- pp.22-23
- Poem Title:
- The Man of Ross.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Who can to thy bright character refuse
- Page No:
- pp.25-27
- Poem Title:
- Elegy I.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Oh loved of God in heaven to saints endeared
- Page No:
- pp.27-34
- Poem Title:
- Elegy II.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Over bearing rigid positive all right
- Page No:
- p.34
- Poem Title:
- Spiritual Pride delineated.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Let sanguine hopes or florid lays
- Page No:
- pp.35-37
- Poem Title:
- II. On the Old and New Year.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Auspicious author grant this year
- Page No:
- pp.38-40
- Poem Title:
- An Universal Prayer, At the Commencement of the Year 1769.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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