Poems on several occasions. By Michael Bruce [ecco] [T144078]

DMI number:

1027

Publication Date:

1770

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

T144078

EEBO/ECCO link:

CB131373420

Shelfmark:

ECCO - BOD

Full Title:

POEMS | ON | SEVERAL OCCASIONS. | BY | MICHAEL BRUCE. | [epigraph] | EDINBURGH: | Printed by J. ROBERTSON. | [short rule] | M,DCC,LXX.

Epigraph:

[i]-Sine me, liber, ibis in urbem.[/i] OVID.

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh

Genres:

Miscellany dominated by poet

Format:

Octavo

Comments:

Contents: preface notes that, alongside Bruce's verse 'some poems, wrote by different authors, are inserted, all of them, original, and none of them destitute of merit. The reader of taste will easily distinguish them from those of MR BRUCE, without their being particularlized by any mark.' Prose 'Eclogue. In the manner of Ossian' pp. 17-24. Attributions: as no additional authors are identified and it is not clear which poems in the collection are by Bruce, all poems are treated as 'not attributed'.

Other matter:

Prefatory matter: Preface pp. [iii]-viii; Contents pp. [i]-ii.

Related Miscellanies

Title:

Poems on several occasions. By Michael Bruce [ecco] [T144079]

Publication Date:

1796

ESTC No:

T144079

Volume:

1 of 1

Relationship:

Another Edition of

Comments:

Title:

Poems on several occasions. By Michael Bruce [ecco] [T59953]

Publication Date:

1782

ESTC No:

T59953

Volume:

1 of 1

Relationship:

Another Edition of

Comments:

Title:

Poems on several occasions. By Michael Bruce [T173479]

Publication Date:

1772

ESTC No:

T173479

Volume:

1 of 1

Relationship:

Another Edition of

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Related People

Editor:

John Logan

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Logan was the editor of the original 1770 miscellany (see entry for 'Logan, John', in ODNB).

Printer:

J Robertson

Confidence:

Absolute (100%)

Comments:

Content/Publication

First Line:

Beneath the horror of a rock

Page No:

pp.1-2

Poem Title:

The Eagle, Crow and Shepherd: A Fable.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Upon a bank with cowslips covered over

Page No:

pp.3-7

Poem Title:

Alexis: A Pastoral.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Mild from the shower the morning's rosy light

Page No:

pp.7-14

Poem Title:

Damon, Menalcas, and Meliboeus: An Eclogue.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In may when the gowans appear on the green

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pp.14-17

Poem Title:

Pastoral Song. To the tune of the Yellow-hair'd Laddie.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

No more of youthful joys or love's fond dreams

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pp.24-29

Poem Title:

Daphnis: A Monody. To the Memory of a young Boy of great Parts.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Of all the scottish northern chiefs

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pp.30-42

Poem Title:

Sir James The Ross: A Historical Ballad.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

See see the genial spring again

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pp.43-44

Poem Title:

Vernal Ode.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

O fountain of the wood whose glassy wave

Page No:

pp.45-47

Poem Title:

Ode: To a Fountain.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The great the glorious deed is done

Page No:

pp.48-50

Poem Title:

Danish Ode.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In deeds of arms our fathers rise

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pp.50-52

Poem Title:

Danish Ode.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Winged wanderer of the sky

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pp.53-56

Poem Title:

Anacreontic: To a Wasp.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In ancient times ere traps were framed

Page No:

pp.56-63

Poem Title:

The Musiad: A Minor Epic Poem/ In the manner of Homer. A Fragment.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hail native land where on the flowery banks

Page No:

pp.63-101

Poem Title:

Lochleven: A Poem.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

What man what hero shall the muses sing

Page No:

pp.101-107

Poem Title:

Ode: To Paoli.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hail beauteous stranger of the wood

Page No:

pp.107-109

Poem Title:

Ode: To the Cuckoo.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Tis past the iron north has spent his rage

Page No:

pp.110-117

Poem Title:

Elegy: To Spring.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed