Select poems and ballads, from miscellanies printed since the publication of Dodsley's collection. [T175692] [ECCO]

DMI number:

1419

Publication Date:

1777

Volume Number:

1 of 1

ESTC number:

T175692

EEBO/ECCO link:

CW116847161

Shelfmark:

ECCO - nearest hard copy is in Bodleian Library.

Full Title:

SELECT | POEMS | AND | BALLADS, | FROM | MISCELLANIES | PRINTED SINCE THE PUBLICATION OF | DODSLEY'S COLLECTION. | GLASGOW: | PRINTED BY ROBERT CHAPMAN AND | ALEXANDER DUNCAN. | M.DCC.LXXVII.

Place of Publication:

Glasgow

Format:

Duodecimo

Other matter:

Prefatory matter: advertisement [sig. a.2.]; contents [unpaginatinated].

Content/Publication

First Line:

On yonder hill a castle standes

Page No:

pp.1-9

Poem Title:

The Child of Elle.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Fair river fostered by cascades

Page No:

pp.10-12

Poem Title:

Uther and the Son of Owen. An Ode. By Mr. Ryan.

Attribution:

Mr. Ryan.

Attributed To:

Mr Ryan

First Line:

Miller whom fair Ierne bore

Page No:

pp.15-19

Poem Title:

The First Ode of the First Book of Horace Imitated. To John Miller, Esq.

Attribution:

By the Author of the New Bath Guide.

Attributed To:

Christopher Anstey

First Line:

And zo az I told thee before my dear wife

Page No:

pp.21-28

Poem Title:

Letter I. Mr. Inkle to his Wife Mrs. Dinah Inkle, At Glocester. Containing Female Accomplishments---Preparations for the Ball---Absurdity of former Ages in point of Dress and Manners.

Attribution:

By the Author of the New Bath Guide.

Attributed To:

Christopher Anstey

First Line:

Once more o ye muses from Pindus descend

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pp.29-39

Poem Title:

Letter II. Mr. Inkle to Mrs. Dinah Inkle, At Glocester. Consisting of Similes---Easy Postures of modern fine Ladies---Well--bred Speeches---High Life at the Ball---And a doleful Disaster.

Attribution:

By the Author of the New Bath Guide.

Attributed To:

Christopher Anstey

First Line:

The great the glorious deed is done

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pp.40-41

Poem Title:

Danish Ode.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In deeds of arms our fathers rise

Page No:

pp.41-42

Poem Title:

Danish Ode.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Illustrious Pinchbeck condescend

Page No:

pp.43-49

Poem Title:

Ode to Mr. Pinchbeck, Upon his Newly Invented Patent Candle Snuffers. By Malcolm M'Gregor, Esq.

Attribution:

By Malcolm M'Gregor, Esq.

Attributed To:

Malcolm M'Gregor

First Line:

God prosper long our noble king

Page No:

pp.50-60

Poem Title:

Chevy-Chace.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Ah mourn thou loved retreat no more

Page No:

pp.61-64

Poem Title:

Ode Sent to a Friend, on Leaving a Favourite Village in Hampshire. By Mr. Thomas Warton.

Attribution:

By Mr. Thomas Warton.

Attributed To:

Thomas Warton

First Line:

Bound for holy Palestine

Page No:

pp.64-68

Poem Title:

Ode. The Crusade. By the Same.

Attribution:

By the Same.

Attributed To:

Thomas Warton

First Line:

Stately the feast and high the cheer

Page No:

pp.69-76

Poem Title:

Ode. The Grave of King Arthur. By the Same.

Attribution:

By the Same.

Attributed To:

Thomas Warton

First Line:

Impatience chaungeth smoke to flame

Page No:

pp.77-84

Poem Title:

The Patient Countess. From Percy's Relics of Ancient Poetry.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Oh formed by nature and refined by art

Page No:

pp.85-88

Poem Title:

Epistle to a Lady before Marriage. By Mr. Tickel.

Attribution:

By Mr. Tickel.

Attributed To:

Thomas Tickell

First Line:

Kind companion of my youth

Page No:

p.88

Poem Title:

Lord Melcombe to Dr. Young, Not Long Before His Lordship's Death.

Attribution:

Lord Melcombe

Attributed To:

George Bubb Dodington

First Line:

The Brutons being departed hence

Page No:

pp.89-102

Poem Title:

Argentile and Curan. From Percy's Relics of Ancient Poetry.

Attribution:

William Warner

Attributed To:

William Warner

First Line:

Lithe and listen gentlemen

Page No:

pp.103-112

Poem Title:

From Percy's Relics of Ancient Poetry.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Oh heavenly born in deepest cells

Page No:

pp.112-114

Poem Title:

An Ode on Science. By Dr. Swift.

Attribution:

By Dr. Swift.

Attributed To:

Jonathan Swift

First Line:

Twas often said in days of old

Page No:

pp.114-119

Poem Title:

The Bee, the Ant, and the Sparrow. A Fable. By Nathaniel Cotton, M. D. of St. Albans. Addressed to his Daughters Phoebe and Kitty Cotton, at Stoney-Stratford Boarding-school, in Buckinghamshire, 1754.

Attribution:

By Nathaniel Cotton, M. D. of St. Albans.

Attributed To:

Nathaniel Cotton

First Line:

Now all is calm and through the ambient air

Page No:

pp.119-121

Poem Title:

Evening and Night.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

King Arthur lives in merry Carleile

Page No:

pp.122-135

Poem Title:

The Marriage of Sir Gawaine.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

On Trinitye Mondaye in the morne

Page No:

pp.136-144

Poem Title:

King Arthur's Death. A Fragment.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Of Brutus' blood in Brittaine bore

Page No:

pp.145-149

Poem Title:

The Legend of King Arthur.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Glasgerion was a kinges owne sonne

Page No:

pp.150-152

Poem Title:

Glasgerion. From Percy's Relics of Ancient Poetry.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Childe Waters in his stable stoode

Page No:

pp.155-162

Poem Title:

Child Waters.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

There was a shepherds daughter

Page No:

pp.163-168

Poem Title:

The Knight and Shepherd's Daughter.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Gill Morrice was an earl's son

Page No:

pp.169-177

Poem Title:

Gill Morrice. A Scottish Ballad.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Was ever knight for ladyes sake

Page No:

pp.178-184

Poem Title:

The Legend of Sir Guy.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Shall I wasting in dispayre

Page No:

pp.184-185

Poem Title:

The Shepherd's Resolution. From Percy's Relics of Ancient Poetry.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When Troy towne had for ten years past

Page No:

pp.185-191

Poem Title:

The Wandering Prince of Troy.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Come follow follow me

Page No:

pp.191-193

Poem Title:

The Fairy Queen.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Listen lords in bower and hall

Page No:

pp.194-202

Poem Title:

The Birth of St. George.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

There was a knight was drunk with wine

Page No:

pp.203-210

Poem Title:

The Baffled Knight: or, Lady's Policy. From Percy's Relics of Ancient Poetry.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

Why so pale and wan fond lover

Page No:

p.211

Poem Title:

Why So Pale. From Percy's Relics of Ancient Poetry.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

In Carleile dwelt king Arthur

Page No:

pp.212-220

Poem Title:

The Boy and the Mantle, as Revised and Altered by a Modern Hand. From Percy's Relics of Ancient Poetry.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed

First Line:

When as king Henry rulde this land

Page No:

pp.220-228

Poem Title:

Fair Rosamond. From Percy's Relics of Ancient Poetry.

Attribution:

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First Line:

Goddess of golden dreams whose magic power

Page No:

pp.229-232

Poem Title:

Castle-Building. A Dream.

Attribution:

Attributed To:

Not attributed