A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands [vol 4] [T95888] [ecco]
- DMI number:
- 1143
- Publication Date:
- 1775
- Volume Number:
- 4 of 4
- ESTC number:
- T95888
- EEBO/ECCO link:
- CW114439344
- Shelfmark:
- Ecco - Bod
- Full Title:
- A | COLLECTION | OF | POEMS, | IN FOUR VOLUMES, | BY | SEVERAL HANDS. | [ornament] | LONDON: | Printed for G. PEARCH, | And sold by JOSEPH JOHNSON, St. Paul's Church-yard. | MDCCLXXV.
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Genres:
- Collection of literary verse
- Format:
- Octavo
- Bibliographic details:
- Half title: A | COLLECTION of POEMS; | CONSISTING OF | VALUABLE PIECES, | NOT INSERTED IN | Mr. DODSLEY's COLLECTION, | OR PUBLISHED SINCE. | WITH SEVERAL ORIGINALS, | By EMINENT WRITERS. | VOL. IV. Mispagination: 311 mispaginated as 113.
- Other matter:
- Back matter: Index [4pp.]; Errata [1p.]; Books sold by J. Johnson [2pp.]
- References:
- Harold Forster, Supplements to Dodsley's Collection of Poems (Oxford Bibliographical Society, Oxford, 1980).
- Title:
- A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands [vol 4] [T116245] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1770
- ESTC No:
- T116245
- Volume:
- 4 of 4
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands [vol 1] [T95888] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1775
- ESTC No:
- T95888
- Volume:
- 1 of 4
- Relationship:
- Volume from the same edition
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands [vol 2] [T95888] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1775
- ESTC No:
- T95888
- Volume:
- 2 of 4
- Relationship:
- Volume from the same edition
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands [vol 3] [T95888] [ecco]
- Publication Date:
- 1775
- ESTC No:
- T95888
- Volume:
- 3 of 4
- Relationship:
- Volume from the same edition
- Comments:
- Title:
- A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands [vol 4] [N14969] [gb]
- Publication Date:
- 1783
- ESTC No:
- N14969
- Volume:
- 4 of 4
- Relationship:
- Another Edition of
- Comments:
- Publisher:
- George Pearch
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- Sold by:
- Joseph Johnson
- Confidence:
- Absolute (100%)
- Comments:
- First Line:
- Inheritance of weak but proud mortality
- Page No:
- pp.1-8
- Poem Title:
- The Valetudinarian. An Ode.
- Attribution:
- Said To Be Written By Dr. Marriott.
- Attributed To:
- James Marriott
- First Line:
- Ye groves with venerable moss arrayed
- Page No:
- pp.9-17
- Poem Title:
- Laura: Or The Complaint. An Elegy.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Marriott]
- Attributed To:
- James Marriott
- First Line:
- The goldfinch swells his little throat
- Page No:
- pp.18-19
- Poem Title:
- Rinaldo And Armida. To A Lady Singing.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Marriott]
- Attributed To:
- James Marriott
- First Line:
- Hark through yon fretted vaults and lofty spires
- Page No:
- pp.20-22
- Poem Title:
- Sacred Ode.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Marriott]
- Attributed To:
- James Marriott
- First Line:
- Beneath this rural cell
- Page No:
- p.23
- Poem Title:
- Inscription Upon A Hermitage.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Marriott]
- Attributed To:
- James Marriott
- First Line:
- Soft slept the sea within its silver bed
- Page No:
- p.24
- Poem Title:
- Canzonetta.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Marriott]
- Attributed To:
- James Marriott
- First Line:
- High on the bounding bark the royal fair
- Page No:
- pp.25-27
- Poem Title:
- The Royal Voyage.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Marriott]
- Attributed To:
- James Marriott
- First Line:
- What does the sad presaging mean
- Page No:
- pp.28-33
- Poem Title:
- Ode On Death. Written In French By His Majesty The King Of Prussia.
- Attribution:
- Translated By The Same [i.e. Marriott]
- Attributed To:
- James Marriott
- First Line:
- How soon with nimble wings our pleasures haste
- Page No:
- pp.33-34
- Poem Title:
- Inscription Upon A Monument.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Marriott]
- Attributed To:
- James Marriott
- First Line:
- The weary look desponding air
- Page No:
- pp.34-36
- Poem Title:
- To A Lady Sitting For Her Picture.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Marriott]
- Attributed To:
- James Marriott
- First Line:
- Yes it is past the fatal stroke is given
- Page No:
- pp.36-39
- Poem Title:
- Elegy On The Death Of A Young Lady.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Marriott]
- Attributed To:
- James Marriott
- First Line:
- While silent streams the moss grown turrets lave
- Page No:
- pp.40-45
- Poem Title:
- The Academic. Written April M.VCC.LV.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Marriott]
- Attributed To:
- James Marriott
- First Line:
- Thy park Kimbolton and surrounding shade
- Page No:
- pp.46-54
- Poem Title:
- Kimbolton Park.
- Attribution:
- By The Rev. Mr. H--.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Shook from the purple wings of even
- Page No:
- pp.55-58
- Poem Title:
- Retirement. An Ode.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Beattie.
- Attributed To:
- James Beattie
- First Line:
- Memory be still why throng upon the thought
- Page No:
- pp.58-67
- Poem Title:
- The Triumph Of Melancholy.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Beattie]
- Attributed To:
- James Beattie
- First Line:
- Still shall unthinking man substantial deem
- Page No:
- pp.67-71
- Poem Title:
- Elegy. Occasioned By The Death Of A Lady.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Beattie]
- Attributed To:
- James Beattie
- First Line:
- At the close of the day when the hamlet is still
- Page No:
- pp.71-72
- Poem Title:
- The Hermit.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Beattie]
- Attributed To:
- James Beattie
- First Line:
- A muse unskilled in venal praise
- Page No:
- pp.73-76
- Poem Title:
- Ode On Lord Hay's Birth-Day.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Beattie]
- Attributed To:
- James Beattie
- First Line:
- At once to raise our reverence and delight
- Page No:
- pp.77-86
- Poem Title:
- The Genealogy Of Christ, As It Is Represented On The East Window Of Winchester Coll. Chapel.
- Attribution:
- Written At Winton School By Dr. Lowth, Lord Bishop Of Oxford.
- Attributed To:
- Robert Lowth
- First Line:
- Stern winter hence with all his train removes
- Page No:
- pp.87-90
- Poem Title:
- Elegy. Written At The Approach Of Spring.
- Attribution:
- By John Scott, Esq.
- Attributed To:
- John Scott
- First Line:
- Three hours from noon the passing shadow shows
- Page No:
- pp.91-94
- Poem Title:
- Elegy. Written In The Hot Weather, July MDCCLVII.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Scott]
- Attributed To:
- John Scott
- First Line:
- Farewell the pleasant violet scented shade
- Page No:
- pp.94-98
- Poem Title:
- Elegy. Written In The Harvest.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Scott]
- Attributed To:
- John Scott
- First Line:
- The sun far southward bends his annual way
- Page No:
- pp.99-102
- Poem Title:
- Elegy. Written At The Approach Of Winter.
- Attribution:
- By The Same. [i.e. Scott]
- Attributed To:
- John Scott
- First Line:
- Almighty power amazing are thy ways
- Page No:
- p.103
- Poem Title:
- Hymn From Psalm VIII.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Scott]
- Attributed To:
- John Scott
- First Line:
- Though kindly silent thus my friend remains
- Page No:
- pp.104-108
- Poem Title:
- Elegy. Written At Amwell, In Hertfordshire, MDCCLXVIII.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Scott]
- Attributed To:
- John Scott
- First Line:
- While learning's pleasing cares my friend detain
- Page No:
- pp.108-110
- Poem Title:
- Winter Prospects In The Country. An Epistle To A Friend In London, 1756.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Scott]
- Attributed To:
- John Scott
- First Line:
- Praise to the almighty lord of heaven arise
- Page No:
- pp.110-111
- Poem Title:
- Hymn From Psalm LXV.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Scott]
- Attributed To:
- John Scott
- First Line:
- Why asks my friend what cheers the passing day
- Page No:
- pp.111-112
- Poem Title:
- Sonnet. Apology For Retirement, 1766.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Scott]
- Attributed To:
- John Scott
- First Line:
- Of adverse fortune gentle Shenstone plained
- Page No:
- p.112
- Poem Title:
- Sonnet.
- Attribution:
- By The Same. [i.e. Scott]
- Attributed To:
- John Scott
- First Line:
- Thrice has the year its varied circuit run
- Page No:
- p.113
- Poem Title:
- Sonnet. To Delia.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Scott]
- Attributed To:
- John Scott
- First Line:
- Renowned Britannia loved parental land
- Page No:
- p.114
- Poem Title:
- Sonnet. To Britannia.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Scott]
- Attributed To:
- John Scott
- First Line:
- To Albion's bards the muse of history spoke
- Page No:
- p.115
- Poem Title:
- On Reading Mrs. Macaulay's History Of England.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Scott]
- Attributed To:
- John Scott
- First Line:
- Boast not your state slaves of despotic sway
- Page No:
- p.116
- Poem Title:
- Sonnet. On Arbitrary Government.
- Attribution:
- By The Same. [i.e. Scott]
- Attributed To:
- John Scott
- First Line:
- Whoever thou art whom chance or choice may bring
- Page No:
- p.117
- Poem Title:
- Written At The Hermitage At Aldersbrook, MDCCLXI.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. C--.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Shepherd seek not wealth nor power
- Page No:
- p.118
- Poem Title:
- Advice To A Shepherd.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. C--]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Adieu the pleasing rural scene
- Page No:
- pp.119-120
- Poem Title:
- Ode On Autumn. Written In The Year MDCCLXI.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. C--]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- The swain who owned yon rural cot
- Page No:
- pp.120-121
- Poem Title:
- Epitaph On a Peasant.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. C--]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Thy spirit independence let me share
- Page No:
- pp.121-126
- Poem Title:
- Ode To Independence.
- Attribution:
- By T. Smollett, M. D.
- Attributed To:
- Tobias George Smollett
- First Line:
- Soft sleep profoundly pleasing power
- Page No:
- p.127
- Poem Title:
- Ode To Sleep.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Smollett]
- Attributed To:
- Tobias George Smollett
- First Line:
- Parent of joy heart easing mirth
- Page No:
- pp.128-129
- Poem Title:
- Ode To Mirth.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Smollett]
- Attributed To:
- Tobias George Smollett
- First Line:
- O thou that gladst my lonesome hours
- Page No:
- pp.130-132
- Poem Title:
- Ode To A Singing Bird.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Richardson. Of Queen's College, Oxon.
- Attributed To:
- Robert Richardson
- First Line:
- Turn gentle hermit of the dale
- Page No:
- pp.133-139
- Poem Title:
- The Hermit.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Goldsmith.
- Attributed To:
- Oliver Goldsmith
- First Line:
- Hail happy beldames yours those joys
- Page No:
- pp.140-150
- Poem Title:
- The Beldames.
- Attribution:
- By --.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Delightful Eden parent stream
- Page No:
- pp.150-152
- Poem Title:
- Ode To The River Eden.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. J. Langhorne.
- Attributed To:
- John Langhorne
- First Line:
- Ye holy cares that haunt these lonely cells
- Page No:
- pp.153-156
- Poem Title:
- On The Dutchess Of Mazarin's Retiring Into A Convent.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Langhorne]
- Attributed To:
- John Langhorne
- First Line:
- Again the royal streamers play
- Page No:
- pp.157-166
- Poem Title:
- Ode On The Duke Of York's Second Departure From England As Rear Admiral. Written Aboard The Royal George.
- Attribution:
- By William Falconer.
- Attributed To:
- William Falconer
- First Line:
- Whence comes my love o heart disclose
- Page No:
- pp.167-168
- Poem Title:
- Sonnet Made On Isabella Markhame, When I Firste Thought Her Fayer As She Stood At The Princess's Windowe In Goodlye Attyre, And Talkede To Dyvers In The Courte-Yard.
- Attribution:
- From a MS. of John Harrington, dated 1564.
- Attributed To:
- John Harington
- First Line:
- Erst in Arcadia's lond much praised was found
- Page No:
- pp.168-169
- Poem Title:
- The Hospitable Oake.
- Attribution:
- By --.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Why didst thou raise such woeful wail
- Page No:
- pp.170-171
- Poem Title:
- To A Lover.
- Attribution:
- By --.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Say gentle youth that treadst untouched with care
- Page No:
- ppp.171-172
- Poem Title:
- The Hermite's Addresse To Youthe. Written In The Spring-Garden At Bath.
- Attribution:
- By --. // The Olde Hermite.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Shall lordly man the theme of every lay
- Page No:
- pp.172-187
- Poem Title:
- The Feminead: Or Female Genius. Written In The Year MDCCLI.
- Attribution:
- By John Duncombe, M. A.
- Attributed To:
- John Duncombe
- First Line:
- For quiet on Newmarket's plain
- Page No:
- pp.188-190
- Poem Title:
- Ode To The Hon. James Yorke, M. A. Now Dean Of Lincoln. Imitated From Horace, Book II. Ode XVI.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Duncombe]
- Attributed To:
- John Duncombe
- First Line:
- Farewell that liberty our fathers gave
- Page No:
- pp.191-193
- Poem Title:
- Elegy I.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Hammond.
- Attributed To:
- James Hammond
- First Line:
- Adieu ye walls that guard my cruel fair
- Page No:
- pp.193-194
- Poem Title:
- Elegy II.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Hammond]
- Attributed To:
- James Hammond
- First Line:
- Should Jove descend in floods of liquid ore
- Page No:
- pp.195-196
- Poem Title:
- Elegy III.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Hammond]
- Attributed To:
- James Hammond
- First Line:
- While calm you sit beneath your secret shade
- Page No:
- pp.196-197
- Poem Title:
- Elegy IV.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Hammond]
- Attributed To:
- James Hammond
- First Line:
- With wine more wine deceive thy master's care
- Page No:
- pp.198-200
- Poem Title:
- Elegy V.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Hammond]
- Attributed To:
- James Hammond
- First Line:
- Thousands would seek the lasting peace of death
- Page No:
- pp.200-201
- Poem Title:
- Elegy VI.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Hammond]
- Attributed To:
- James Hammond
- First Line:
- Now Delia breathes in woods the fragrant air
- Page No:
- pp.202-203
- Poem Title:
- Elegy VII.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Hammond]
- Attributed To:
- James Hammond
- First Line:
- Ah what avails thy lover's pious care
- Page No:
- p.204
- Poem Title:
- Elegy VIII.
- Attribution:
- By The Same. [i.e. Hammond]
- Attributed To:
- James Hammond
- First Line:
- He who could first two gentle hearts unbind
- Page No:
- pp.205-206
- Poem Title:
- Elegy IX.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Hammond]
- Attributed To:
- James Hammond
- First Line:
- This day which saw my Delia's beauty rise
- Page No:
- p.207
- Poem Title:
- Elegy X.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Hammond]
- Attributed To:
- James Hammond
- First Line:
- The man who sharpened first the warlike steel
- Page No:
- pp.208-209
- Poem Title:
- Elegy XI.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Hammond]
- Attributed To:
- James Hammond
- First Line:
- No second love shall ever my heart surprize
- Page No:
- pp.209-210
- Poem Title:
- Elegy XII.
- Attribution:
- By The Same. [i.e. Hammond]
- Attributed To:
- James Hammond
- First Line:
- Let others boast their heaps of shining gold
- Page No:
- pp.210-213
- Poem Title:
- Elegy XIII.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Hammond]
- Attributed To:
- James Hammond
- First Line:
- What scenes of bliss my raptured fancy framed
- Page No:
- pp.214-215
- Poem Title:
- Elegy XIV.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Hammond]
- Attributed To:
- James Hammond
- First Line:
- Oh formed alike to serve us and to please
- Page No:
- pp.215-217
- Poem Title:
- Elegy XV.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Hammond]
- Attributed To:
- James Hammond
- First Line:
- Princes my fair unfortunately great
- Page No:
- pp.217-224
- Poem Title:
- The African Prince, Now In England, To Zara At His Father's Court. Written In The Year MDCCXLIX.
- Attribution:
- By Dr. Dodd.
- Attributed To:
- William Dodd
- First Line:
- Should I the language of my heart conceal
- Page No:
- pp.224-230
- Poem Title:
- Zara, At The Court of Anamoboe, To The African Prince When In England.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Dodd]
- Attributed To:
- William Dodd
- First Line:
- Poets my lord by some unlucky fate
- Page No:
- pp.231-239
- Poem Title:
- On Nobility: An Epistle. To The Earl of --
- Attribution:
- By William Whitehead, Esq. P. L.
- Attributed To:
- William Whitehead
- First Line:
- Once I remember well the day
- Page No:
- pp.240-244
- Poem Title:
- The Enthusiast.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Whitehead]
- Attributed To:
- William Whitehead
- First Line:
- For daring feats of rustic sport
- Page No:
- pp.244-246
- Poem Title:
- Colin And Nancy. A Ballad.
- Attribution:
- By T. P. Esq.
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- What a change has befallen my grove
- Page No:
- pp.247-250
- Poem Title:
- A Pastoral Ballad, In Imitation Of Shenstone.
- Attribution:
- By The Same. [i.e. T. P.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Twas from a sloe tree's leafless spray
- Page No:
- pp.250-252
- Poem Title:
- The Throstle's Elegy.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. T. P.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Think not I mean thy tenderness to move
- Page No:
- pp.253-257
- Poem Title:
- An Epistle To A Lady. Written In The Year MDCCLXVI. In The Character Of Her Husband.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. T. P.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Hardly the gods have dealt with man
- Page No:
- p.258
- Poem Title:
- On Avaro.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. T. P]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- In Indian realms ye critics say
- Page No:
- p.259
- Poem Title:
- On A Musical Lady At Calcutta In Bengal.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. T. P.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- O sir no more I'll hear no more
- Page No:
- pp.259-260
- Poem Title:
- An Expostulation.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. T. P.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- O quickly leave thy lowly bed
- Page No:
- pp.261-263
- Poem Title:
- The Morning Walk.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. T. P.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Mother and daughter sister friend and wife
- Page No:
- pp.264-265
- Poem Title:
- An Epitaph, On A Lady Who Died The 8th Of September, 1768, And Is Buried At Calcutta In Bengal.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. T. P.]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- There was a time when from those hapless schools
- Page No:
- pp.265-285
- Poem Title:
- The Equality Of Mankind.
- Attribution:
- By Michael Wodhull, Esq.
- Attributed To:
- Michael Wodhull
- First Line:
- Tis night dead night and over the plain
- Page No:
- pp.285-289
- Poem Title:
- Elegy I.
- Attribution:
- By --
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- When young life's journey I began
- Page No:
- pp.289-293
- Poem Title:
- Elegy II.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. --]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Consigned to dust beneath this stone
- Page No:
- p.294
- Poem Title:
- The Epitaph.
- Attribution:
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Dark was the sky with many a cloud
- Page No:
- pp.295-296
- Poem Title:
- An Inscription Written Upon One Of The Tubs In Ham-Walks, September, 1760.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. --]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- Ye green-haired nymphs whom Pan allows
- Page No:
- pp.297-300
- Poem Title:
- Verses Written Upon A Pedestal Beneath A Row of Elms In A Meadow Near Richmond Ferry, Belonging To Richard Owen Cambridge, Esq. September 1760.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. --]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- By love too long deprived of rest
- Page No:
- pp.300-303
- Poem Title:
- The Recantation. An Ode.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. --]
- Attributed To:
- Not attributed
- First Line:
- An overgrown wood my wandering steps invade
- Page No:
- pp.303-307
- Poem Title:
- Aminta. An Elegy.
- Attribution:
- By Mr. Gerrard.
- Attributed To:
- John Gerrard
- First Line:
- O Bean whose fond connubial days
- Page No:
- pp.308-113 [i.e. 311]
- Poem Title:
- Petherton-Bridge. An Elegy. Inscribed To The Rev. Mr. Bean, Of Stoke-Sub-Hamdon, Somerset.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Gerrard]
- Attributed To:
- John Gerrard
- First Line:
- These the last lines my trembling hands can write
- Page No:
- pp.113 [311]-316
- Poem Title:
- An Epistle From An Unfortunate Gentleman To A Young Lady.
- Attribution:
- By The Same [i.e. Gerrard]
- Attributed To:
- John Gerrard
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