A collection of poems by several hands, in three volumes [Vol.1] [T124507]
- DMI number:
- 755
- Publication Date:
- 1748
- Volume Number:
- 1 of 3
- ESTC number:
- T124507
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW3312467534
- Shelfmark:
- University of Oxford, Magdalen College Library, s.3.38
- Full Title:
- A | COLLECTION | OF | [r]POEMS.[/r] | [i]By[/i] SEVERAL HANDS. | [r]IN THREE VOLUMES.[/r] | [ornament] | [r][i]LONDON[/i][/r] | Printed for R. DODSDLEY at Tully's Head in Pall-Mall. | [r]M.DCC.XLVIII.[/r]
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Collection of literary verse
- Format:
- Duodecimo
- Pagination:
- [2p], [2p], iii-v, [2p], 3-263, 238-286
- Bibliographic details:
- HALF TITLE: [ornamental rule] | VOL. I. | [ornamental rule] PAGINATION: The pages of the inner form of gathering C, which should be numbered 50, 51, 54, etc., are misnumbered 146, 147, 150, etc. Pagination restarts after 263 at 238.
- Other matter:
- Prefatory matter: Advertisement pp. iii-v. End matter: Table of Contents pp. 284-6.
- References:
- Case 458 (1)(a) Suarez, Michael F., ed., 'Robert Dodsley: A Collection of Poems by Several Hands', (1997)
- Title:
- A collection of poems by several hands, in three volumes [Vol.2] [T124507]
- Publication Date:
- 1748
- ESTC No:
- T124507
- Volume:
- 2 of 3
- Relationship:
- Volume from the same edition
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of poems by several hands, in three volumes [Vol.3] [T124507]
- Publication Date:
- 1748
- ESTC No:
- T124507
- Volume:
- 3 of 3
- Relationship:
- Volume from the same edition
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of poems in three volumes, by several hands [T115891] [Vol.1] [ECCO]
- Publication Date:
- 1748
- ESTC No:
- T115891
- Volume:
- 1 of 3
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of poems in three volumes, by several hands [T148949] [Vol. 1] [ECCO]
- Publication Date:
- 1751
- ESTC No:
- T148949
- Volume:
- 1 of 3
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- Robert Dodsley
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Contending kings and fields of death too long
- Page No:
- pp.3-4
- Poem Title:
- To The Lord Privy-Seal.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Tickell.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- The haughty Gaul in ten campaigns overthrown
- Page No:
- pp.5-23
- Poem Title:
- A Poem on the Prospect of Peace.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Tickell.
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- Of Leinster famed for maidens fair
- Page No:
- pp.24-27
- Poem Title:
- Colin and Lucy.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e., Thomas Tickell]
- Attributed To:
- Thomas Tickell
- First Line:
- This motley piece to you I send
- Page No:
- pp.28-60
- Poem Title:
- The Spleen. An Epistle to Mr C. J.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Matthew Green, of the Custom-House.
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Green
- First Line:
- Gil's history appears to me
- Page No:
- pp.60-61
- Poem Title:
- An Epigram, On the Reverend Mr. Laurence Eachard's, and Bishop Gilbert Burnet's Histories.
- Attribution:
- By the same [i.e. Green]
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Green
- First Line:
- I lately saw what now I sing
- Page No:
- pp.61-159 [i.e. 63]
- Poem Title:
- The Sparrow and Diamond. A Song.
- Attribution:
- By the same [i.e. Green]
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Green
- First Line:
- Jove for amusement quitted oft his skies
- Page No:
- pp.64-65
- Poem Title:
- Jove and Semele.
- Attribution:
- By the same. [i.e. Green]
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Green
- First Line:
- When I first came to London I rambled about
- Page No:
- pp.162-163 [i.e. 66-67]
- Poem Title:
- The Seeker.
- Attribution:
- By the same. [i.e. Green]
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Green
- First Line:
- These sheets primeval doctrines yield
- Page No:
- pp.163-167[i.e. 67-71]
- Poem Title:
- On Barclay's Apology for the Quakers.
- Attribution:
- By the same. [i.e. Green]
- Attributed To:
- Matthew Green
- First Line:
- Silent nymph with curious eye
- Page No:
- pp.72-78
- Poem Title:
- Grongar Hill.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Dyer.
- Attributed To:
- John Dyer
- First Line:
- Enough of Grongar and the shady dales
- Page No:
- pp.78-100
- Poem Title:
- The Ruins of Rome, A Poem.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. Dyer]
- Attributed To:
- John Dyer
- First Line:
- Though grief and fondness in my breast rebel
- Page No:
- pp.101-115
- Poem Title:
- London: A Poem, In Imitation of the Third Satire of Juvenal.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Samuel Johnson.
- Attributed To:
- Samuel Johnson
- First Line:
- If to a human face sir James should draw
- Page No:
- pp.115-146
- Poem Title:
- The Art of Politicks, In Imitation of Horace's Art of Poetry.
- Attribution:
- By the Reverend Mr. Bramston.
- Attributed To:
- James Bramston
- First Line:
- Whoever he be that to a taste aspires
- Page No:
- pp.147-159
- Poem Title:
- The Man of Taste. Occasion'd by an Epistle Of Mr. Pope's on that Subject.
- Attribution:
- By the same. [i.e. Bramston]
- Attributed To:
- James Bramston
- First Line:
- The art of converse how to soothe the soul
- Page No:
- pp.160-184
- Poem Title:
- An Essay on Conversation.
- Attribution:
- By Benjamin Stillingfleet.
- Attributed To:
- Benjamin Stillingfleet
- First Line:
- Yes you condemn those sages too refined
- Page No:
- pp.185-196
- Poem Title:
- Of Active and Retired Life, An Epistle to H. C. Esq; ... First printed in the year M.DCC.XXXV.
- Attribution:
- By William Melmoth, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Melmoth
- First Line:
- What am I how produced and for what end
- Page No:
- pp.196-202
- Poem Title:
- [Greek] Know Your Self.
- Attribution:
- By the late Dr. Arbuthnot.
- Attributed To:
- John Arbuthnot
- First Line:
- Old Chiron to his pupil thus began
- Page No:
- pp.202-210
- Poem Title:
- Chiron to Achilles. A Poem.
- Attribution:
- By Hilbernard Jacob, Esq; [ie., Hildebrand Jacob]
- Attributed To:
- Hildebrand Jacob
- First Line:
- Ah me full sorely is my heart forlorn
- Page No:
- pp.211-222
- Poem Title:
- The School-Mistress, A Poem, in Imitation of Spencer.
- Attribution:
- By William Shenstone, Esq;
- Attributed To:
- William Shenstone
- First Line:
- Ingenious L-- were a picture drawn
- Page No:
- pp.223-248
- Poem Title:
- The Art of Cookery, In Imitation of Horace's Art of Poetry... To Dr. Lister.
- Attribution:
- By Dr King.
- Attributed To:
- William King
- First Line:
- If Bellvill can his generous soul confine
- Page No:
- pp.248-250
- Poem Title:
- An Imitation of Horace's Invitation of Torquatus to Supper, Which is the Fifth Epistle to his First Book.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. King]
- Attributed To:
- William King
- First Line:
- Young Slouch the farmer had a jolly wife
- Page No:
- pp.250-253
- Poem Title:
- The Old Cheese.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. King]
- Attributed To:
- William King
- First Line:
- Two neighbours Clod and Jolt would married be
- Page No:
- pp.253-255
- Poem Title:
- The Skillet.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. King]
- Attributed To:
- William King
- First Line:
- Tom Banks by native industry was taught
- Page No:
- pp.255-257
- Poem Title:
- The Fisherman.
- Attribution:
- By the Same [i.e. King]
- Attributed To:
- William King
- First Line:
- From London Paul the carrier coming down
- Page No:
- pp.257-258
- Poem Title:
- Little Mouths.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. King]
- Attributed To:
- William King
- First Line:
- There was a lad the unluckiest of his crew
- Page No:
- pp.259-260
- Poem Title:
- Hold fast below.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. King]
- Attributed To:
- William King
- First Line:
- A virtuoso had a mind to see
- Page No:
- pp.261-263
- Poem Title:
- The Incurious.
- Attribution:
- By the Same. [i.e. King]
- Attributed To:
- William King
- First Line:
- Begin my muse the dire adventure tell
- Page No:
- pp.238-268
- Poem Title:
- The Apparition. A Poem. Or a Dialogue betwixt the Devil and a Doctor, concerning a Book Falsly call'd, The Rights of the Christian Church.
- Attribution:
- By the late Rev. Dr. Evans.
- Attributed To:
- Abel Evans
- First Line:
- Now had the archangel trumpet raised sublime
- Page No:
- pp.268-283
- Poem Title:
- Pre-Existence: A Poem, In Imitation of Milton.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
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