A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands [vol 3] [T116245] [ecco]

DMI number:

1136

Publication Date:

1770

Volume Number:

3 of 4

ESTC number:

T116245

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW111995748

Shelfmark:

ECCO - Bod

Full Title:

A | COLLECTION | OF | POEMS | IN FOUR VOLUMES. | BY | SEVERAL HANDS. | [ornament] | LONDON: | Printed for G. PEARCH, No. 12, CHEAPSIDE. | MDCCLXX.

Place of Publication:

London

Genres:

Collection of literary verse

Format:

Octavo

Bibliographic details:

Half title: [ornamental rule] | A | COLLECTION of POEMS. | VOL. III. | [ornamental rule] Mispagination: 161 mispaginated as 129; 253 as 153. Query: ECCO copy is missing pp. 19-20.

Comments:

Contents: French verse, p. 206.

Other matter:

Back matter: Index [4pp.]

References:

Harold Forster, Supplements to Dodsley's Collection of Poems (Oxford Bibliographical Society, Oxford, 1980).

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Content/Publication

First Line:

In Burton's favourite groves alas how changed

Page No:

Poem Title:

An Elegy.

Attribution:

By Sir B-- G--.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The balmy zephyrs over the woodland stray

Page No:

pp.1-10

Poem Title:

Mary, Queen of Scots: An Elegy.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In ancient days when Arthur reigned

Page No:

pp.11-18

Poem Title:

Hengist And Mey: A Ballad.

Attribution:

By The Author Of The Concubine.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

High on a hill's green bosom laid

Page No:

pp.19-27

Poem Title:

Knowledge: An Ode.

Attribution:

By The Same. [i.e. Author of the Concubine]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The peaceful evening breathes her balmy store

Page No:

pp.28-34

Poem Title:

Pollio: An Elegaic Ode. Written in the Wood Near R-- Castle, 1762.

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. Author of the Concubine]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

While wisdom shines with light divine

Page No:

p.34

Poem Title:

Epigram Addressed To The Author Of The Note On The Following Lines Of Pope. "Let modest Foster, if he will, excel, | Ten Metropolitans in preaching well."

Attribution:

By the Rev. Mr. Henley.

Attributed To:

Samuel Henley

First Line:

By the side of the stream that strays through the grove

Page No:

p.35

Poem Title:

The Shaft.

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. Henley]

Attributed To:

Samuel Henley

First Line:

If slighted Iris can your pity move

Page No:

pp.36-38

Poem Title:

Iris to Philus.

Attribution:

By the Same [i.e. Henley]

Attributed To:

Samuel Henley

First Line:

Ah cruel Delia must I still remain

Page No:

p.38

Poem Title:

Love Elegy.

Attribution:

By the Same [i.e. Henley]

Attributed To:

Samuel Henley

First Line:

Inventive love parent of every art

Page No:

pp.40-41

Poem Title:

Inscription Under The Shade Of A Lady, Given By Her To The Author.

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. Henley]

Attributed To:

Samuel Henley

First Line:

Ere this can drown the tenderest husband's eyes

Page No:

pp.41-43

Poem Title:

To Colonel R--s.

Attribution:

By S--. B--. Esq.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

What friendship gives sweet girl approve

Page No:

p.44

Poem Title:

To A Lady, With An Etui.

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. S--. B--]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

What though your art my hopes evade

Page No:

pp.45-46

Poem Title:

To The Same, After Having Received From Her, For A Watch, A Heart Wrought With Her Own Hair, And Including Her Name, Affectedly Inclosed In A Number Of Covers.

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. S-- B--]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

To speed the sad moments away

Page No:

pp.46-47

Poem Title:

To The Same, With Shenstone's Works, After Having Visited The Leasowes Together.

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. S-- B--]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

At the close of the day when the hamlet is still

Page No:

pp.47-48

Poem Title:

The Hermit.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Friend to the wretch whom every friend forsakes

Page No:

pp.49-60

Poem Title:

Death: A Poetical Essay...First Printed At Cambridge, 1759.

Attribution:

By Dr. Porteus.

Attributed To:

Beilby Porteus

First Line:

Thy justice heavenly king and that great day

Page No:

pp.61-71

Poem Title:

The Death of Judgment: A Poetical Essay.

Attribution:

By Dr. Glynn.

Attributed To:

Robert Glynn [later Clobery]

First Line:

Venus most histories agree

Page No:

pp.72-73

Poem Title:

To A Lady Going To Bathe In The Sea.

Attribution:

By George Keate, Esq.

Attributed To:

George Keate

First Line:

The bard whose scenes this night your thoughts engage

Page No:

pp.74-75

Poem Title:

Prologue To The Play Of King John, Acted at Mr. Newcomb's, At Hackney, In March MDCCLXIX.

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. Keate]

Attributed To:

George Keate

First Line:

Spite of court tricks of sorrow madness pain

Page No:

pp.76-77

Poem Title:

Epilogue To The Same Play. Spoken by Constance.

Attribution:

By The Same. [i.e. Keate]

Attributed To:

George Keate

First Line:

Mark mortals mark with awe profound

Page No:

pp.78-79

Poem Title:

Inscription In An Arbour.

Attribution:

Oberon.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Aquarius rules the frozen skies

Page No:

pp.79-82

Poem Title:

Ode To The New Year, 1769.

Attribution:

By Mr. Peter Cunninghame.

Attributed To:

Peter Cunningham

First Line:

Deep silence reigned and dewy night

Page No:

pp.82-86

Poem Title:

The Contented Philosopher.

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. Cunningham]

Attributed To:

Peter Cunningham

First Line:

Hence dull lethargic peace

Page No:

pp.86-92

Poem Title:

Il Bellicoso. MDCCXLIV.

Attribution:

By Mr. Mason.

Attributed To:

William Mason

First Line:

Hence avaunt tis holy ground

Page No:

pp.93-97

Poem Title:

Ode At The Installation Of His Grace Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of Grafton, Chancellor Of The University. July i. MDCCLXIX.

Attribution:

By Mr. Gray.

Attributed To:

Thomas Gray

First Line:

Now the storm begins to lower

Page No:

pp.98-101

Poem Title:

The Fatal Sisters: An Ode.

Attribution:

By the Same [i.e. Gray]

Attributed To:

Thomas Gray

First Line:

Uprose the king of men with speed

Page No:

pp.101-105

Poem Title:

The Descent of Odin: An Ode.

Attribution:

By The Same. [i.e. Gray]

Attributed To:

Thomas Gray

First Line:

Owen's praise demands my song

Page No:

pp.105-107

Poem Title:

The Triumphs of Owen: A Fragment.

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. Gray]

Attributed To:

Thomas Gray

First Line:

Again the balmy zephyr blows

Page No:

pp.107-109

Poem Title:

An Invitation To The Feathered Race, MDCCLXIII. Written At Claverton, Near Bath.

Attribution:

By The Rev. Mr. Graves.

Attributed To:

Richard Graves

First Line:

This bubbling stream not uninstructive flows

Page No:

p.109

Poem Title:

Under An Hour-Glass, In A Grotto Near The Water At Claverton.

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. Graves]

Attributed To:

Richard Graves

First Line:

Midst flowery meads and Avon's winding floods

Page No:

pp.110-111

Poem Title:

On The Ancient City Of Bath. Written On The Finishing The Circus.

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. Graves]

Attributed To:

Richard Graves

First Line:

Deep in a grove by cypress shaded

Page No:

pp.112-116

Poem Title:

A Father's Advice To His Son.

Attribution:

By John Gilbert Cooper, Esq.

Attributed To:

John Gilbert Cooper

First Line:

Virtuous youth | thank heaven I knew thee not I never shall feel

Page No:

pp.117-119

Poem Title:

On The Much Lamented Death Of The Marquis Of Tavistock.

Attribution:

By Mr. A-- L--

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Queen of the halycon breast and heavenward eye

Page No:

pp.120-123

Poem Title:

The Pleasures Of Contemplation.

Attribution:

By Miss Whately.

Attributed To:

Mary Darwall [nee Whateley]

First Line:

To you Eliza be these lays consigned

Page No:

pp.124-126

Poem Title:

Liberty: An Elegy. Inscribed To Miss Loggin...Feigned To Be Written From The Happy Valley Of Ambara.

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. Whateley]

Attributed To:

Mary Darwall [nee Whateley]

First Line:

Now genial spring over lawn and grove

Page No:

pp.126-129

Poem Title:

Hymn To Solitude.

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. Whateley]

Attributed To:

Mary Darwall [nee Whateley]

First Line:

Fairest daughter of the year

Page No:

pp.129-131

Poem Title:

Ode To May.

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. Whateley]

Attributed To:

Mary Darwall [nee Whateley]

First Line:

Castalian goddess come nor slight the call

Page No:

pp.131-143

Poem Title:

The Praises Of Isis; A Poem. Written MDCCLV.

Attribution:

By Charles Emily, Esq.

Attributed To:

Charles Emily

First Line:

Life the dear precarious boon

Page No:

pp.143-146

Poem Title:

Life: An Ode.

Attribution:

By Dr. Hawkesworth.

Attributed To:

John Hawkesworth

First Line:

Through groves sequestered dark and still

Page No:

pp.146-147

Poem Title:

A Moral Thought.

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. Hawkesworth]

Attributed To:

John Hawkesworth

First Line:

Lost to the world tomorrow doomed to die

Page No:

p.147-129[i.e. 161]

Poem Title:

Epistle From Lord William Russel To William Lord Cavendish.

Attribution:

By Geo. Canning, Esq.

Attributed To:

George Canning

First Line:

Ere this short winter's day be gone

Page No:

pp.162-166

Poem Title:

A birthday Offering To A Young Lady. From Her Lover.

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. Canning]

Attributed To:

George Canning

First Line:

Now evening had tinged the gay landscape with gold

Page No:

pp.170-171

Poem Title:

A Song.

Attribution:

By Dr. O--.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

High over the bed conspicuous seen

Page No:

pp.171-175

Poem Title:

The Tulip And Lily.

Attribution:

By Mr. B--y.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Awake my fair the morning springs

Page No:

pp.175-177

Poem Title:

The Invitation.

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. B--y]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

With rolling time that all things change

Page No:

pp.178-179

Poem Title:

The Metamorphose.

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. B--y]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

With Muckworm lately as in chat

Page No:

pp.179-180

Poem Title:

The Sine Quo Non.

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. B--y]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

At length in pity to a nation's prayer

Page No:

pp.181-183

Poem Title:

To The Right Honourable The Earl of Chesterfield. On His Late Recovery From a Dangerous Illness.

Attribution:

By The Rev. Walter Harte.

Attributed To:

Walter Harte

First Line:

Peace to the ashes and the virtuous mind

Page No:

p.183

Poem Title:

Epitaph On Mrs. Sarah Mence.

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. Harte]

Attributed To:

Walter Harte

First Line:

Yet once more ye loved poplars and once more

Page No:

pp.184-199

Poem Title:

Kymber: A Monody.

Attribution:

By Mr. Potter.

Attributed To:

Robert Potter

First Line:

Come rosy health celestial maid

Page No:

pp.199-202

Poem Title:

Ode To Health.

Attribution:

By J. H. B. Esq.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Of damask cheeks and radiant eyes

Page No:

pp.202-205

Poem Title:

Sweetness: An Ode. Inscribed to Cleora.

Attribution:

By Mr. Robertson.

Attributed To:

Rev. Mr Robertson

First Line:

Florella veil those radiant eyes

Page No:

p.205

Poem Title:

To Florella, Putting On A Flowered Hat,

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. Robertson]

Attributed To:

Rev. Mr Robertson

First Line:

Though thy decrees great god are wise

Page No:

p.206

Poem Title:

[no title]

Attribution:

By the Same [i.e. Robertson]

Attributed To:

Rev. Mr Robertson

First Line:

Yet do I live o how shall I sustain

Page No:

pp.208-218

Poem Title:

Monody To The Memory of A Young Lady.

Attribution:

By Mr. Shaw.

Attributed To:

Cuthbert Shaw

First Line:

Sweet bird that kindly perching near

Page No:

pp.218-222

Poem Title:

An Evening Address To A Nightingale.

Attribution:

By the Same [i.e. Shaw]

Attributed To:

Cuthbert Shaw

First Line:

The shrinking brooks and russet meads complained

Page No:

pp.223-230

Poem Title:

The Death of Arachne. An Heroi-Comi-Tragic-Poem.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Nor Phoebus nor his tuneful choir

Page No:

pp.231-236

Poem Title:

Studley. To Miss E-- F--.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Stern winter now by spring repressed

Page No:

pp.236-238

Poem Title:

An Ode.

Attribution:

By S--l J--n, L. L. D.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

O Phoebus down the western sky

Page No:

pp.238-239

Poem Title:

The Midsummer Wish.

Attribution:

By The Same. [i.e. S--l J--n]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Alas with swift and silent pace

Page No:

pp.240-242

Poem Title:

Autumn: An Ode.

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. S--l J--n]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

No more the morn with tepid rays

Page No:

pp.242-243

Poem Title:

Winter: An Ode.

Attribution:

By the Same [i.e. S--l J--n]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Behold my fair wherever we rove

Page No:

pp.244-245

Poem Title:

The Winter's Walk.

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. S--l J--n]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Not the soft sighs of vernal gales

Page No:

pp.245-246

Poem Title:

A Song.

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. S--l J--n]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Evening now from purple wings

Page No:

pp.246-247

Poem Title:

An Evening Ode. To Stella.

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. S--l J--n]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Whether Stella's eyes are found

Page No:

pp.247-248

Poem Title:

The Natural Beauty. To Stella.

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. S--l J--n]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

No more thus brooding over yon heap

Page No:

pp.249-250

Poem Title:

The Vanity of Wealth: An Ode.

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. S--l J--n]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Though gold and silk their charms unite

Page No:

pp.250-251

Poem Title:

To Miss --, On Her Giving The Author A Gold And Silk Network Purse Of Her Own Weaving.

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. S--l J--n]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Thou who surveyst these walls with curious eye

Page No:

pp.251-252

Poem Title:

A Translation Of The Latin Epitaph On Sir Thomas Hanmer.

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. S--l J--n]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Stella strikes the tuneful string

Page No:

pp.153 [i.e. 253]-254

Poem Title:

To Miss --, On Her Playing Upon The Harpsicord In A Room Hung With Some Flower-Pieces Of Her Own Painting.

Attribution:

By the Same [i.e. S--l J--n]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Madam | Long have I looked my tablets over

Page No:

pp.255-257

Poem Title:

To Myrtilis. The New Year's Offering.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The tree of deepest root is found

Page No:

pp.258-262

Poem Title:

The Three Warnings: A Tale.

Attribution:

By Mrs. Thrale.

Attributed To:

Hester Lynch Piozzi [née Salusbury; other married name Thrale]

First Line:

Happy thrice the harmless swain

Page No:

pp.262-268

Poem Title:

The Excursion.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Alexis the pride of the plain

Page No:

pp.269-274

Poem Title:

Alexis: A Pastoral Ballad. In Two Parts.

Attribution:

By A Lady.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Dear social bird that oft with fearless love

Page No:

p.275

Poem Title:

Sonnet To A Robin-Red-Breast.

Attribution:

By Miss M--o.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Content who oft art wont to dwell

Page No:

pp.276-277

Poem Title:

Ode To Content.

Attribution:

By J-- C--.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Hail silent matron ever hail

Page No:

pp.277-278

Poem Title:

Ode To Solitude.

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. J--C--]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Nymph that flies the crowded street

Page No:

pp.278-279

Poem Title:

Ode To Health.

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. J--C--]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Loved Banks for thee I heave the frequent sigh

Page No:

p.280

Poem Title:

Epitaph On A SchoolFellow.

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. J--C--]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When our first father through the dreary waste

Page No:

p.281

Poem Title:

Sonnet...Occasioned By Leaving B-r-n, July 1755. The Author Telling The Ladies "He Looked Upon Himself In A Worse Situation Than Adam Banish'd Paradise," Was Enjoined By Them To Express The Same In Rhime.

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. J--C--]

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

The charms which blooming beauty shows

Page No:

p.282

Poem Title:

Ode.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Boast not your state slaves of despotic sway

Page No:

p.283

Poem Title:

Sonnet On Arbitrary Government.

Attribution:

By J-- S--.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Fond man retire to this still cell

Page No:

p.284

Poem Title:

Inscription For A Root-House.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

As a young bird as yet unused to fly

Page No:

pp.285-286

Poem Title:

Prologue.

Attribution:

By A. Murphy, Esq.

Attributed To:

Arthur Murphy

First Line:

Whatever you think good sirs in this agree

Page No:

pp.286-288

Poem Title:

Epilogue.

Attribution:

By D. Garrick, Esq.

Attributed To:

David Garrick

First Line:

Beneath yon flowery turf the fairest head

Page No:

pp.288-289

Poem Title:

On Laura's Grave.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

While you fair Anna innocently gay

Page No:

pp.289-290

Poem Title:

Sonnet. To A Lady Of Indiscreet Virtue. In Imitation of Spenser.

Attribution:

By T-- P--.

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Come live with me and be my love

Page No:

pp.290-291

Poem Title:

The Shepherd's Invitation: A Song.

Attribution:

By Christopher Marloe

Attributed To:

Christopher Marlowe

First Line:

If all the world and love were young

Page No:

pp.292-293

Poem Title:

The Nymph's Answer.

Attribution:

By Sir Walter Raleigh.

Attributed To:

Sir Walter Ralegh [Raleigh]

First Line:

Shall I like an hermit dwell

Page No:

pp.293-294

Poem Title:

A Poem.

Attribution:

By The Same. [i.e. Raleigh]

Attributed To:

Sir Walter Ralegh [Raleigh]

First Line:

Come live me and be my dear

Page No:

pp.295-296

Poem Title:

In Imitation Of Marloe.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In the barn the tenant cock

Page No:

pp.297-298

Poem Title:

Morning.

Attribution:

By J. Cunningham.

Attributed To:

John Cunningham

First Line:

Fervid now the sun beam glows

Page No:

pp.299-300

Poem Title:

Noon.

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. Cunningham]

Attributed To:

John Cunningham

First Line:

As the plodding ploughman goes

Page No:

pp.301-302

Poem Title:

Evening.

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. Cunningham]

Attributed To:

John Cunningham

First Line:

The virgin when softened by May

Page No:

pp.303-304

Poem Title:

On May. Written In April MDCCLXI.

Attribution:

By The Same [i.e. Cunningham]

Attributed To:

John Cunningham