Nahum Tate

Works in ECPA

alphabetical listing / listing in source editions

• Advice to a Friend, designing to Publish his Poems. ()
• Amor Sepulchralis. ()
• The Amorist. ()
• The Amusement. ()
• The Banquet. ()
• The Beldam's Song. ()
• The Challenge. ()
• The Choice. ()
• The Confinement. ()
• The Counter-Turn. ()
• The Cure. A Dialogue. ()
• Dialogue. Alexis and Laura. ()
• Disappointed. ()
• The Disconsolate. ()
• The Discovery. ()
• Disswasion of an Aged Friend from Leaving his Retirement. ()
• The Dream. ()
• The Escape. ()
• The Gold-hater. ()
• The Gratefull Shepheard. ()
• The Hurricane. ()
• The Ignorant. ()
• The Inconstant. A Paraphrase on the XV. Epod of Horace. ()
• The Indispos'd. ()
• The Ingrates. ()
• The Installment. ()
• Laura's Walk. ()
• The Male Content. ()
• [Martial] Lib. 1. Epigr. CX. De Issa Catellâ Publij. ()
• [Martial] Lib. 1. Epigr. IX. ()
• [Martial] Lib. 1. Epigr. XIV. De Arriâ & Paeto. ()
• [Martial] Lib. 9. Epigr: VI. ()
• [Martial] Lib. XI. Epigr. XCV. Translated in Dialogue. ()
• [Martial] Lib. XI. Epigr. XLIII. ()
• The Match. ()
• Melancholy. ()
• The Mid-Night Thought. ()
• ODE. To my Ingenious Friend Mr. Flatman. ()
• Of the Ape and the Fox. A Paraphrase on one of the Centum Fabulae. ()
• Of the Few Adherers to Virtue. ()
• On a deform'd Old Baw'd designing to have her Picture drawn. ()
• On a Diseased Old Man, who Wept at thought of leaving the World. ()
• On a Grave Sir retiring to Write in Order to undeceive the World. ()
• On an Old Miser that Hoarded his Treasure in a Steel Chest, and bury'd it. ()
• On Sight of some Martyr's Sepulchres. ()
• On Snow fall'n in Autumn, and dissolv'd by the Sun. ()
• ON THE Present Corrupted State OF POETRY. ()
• The Parting. ()
• The Pennance. ()
• The Politicians. ()
• The Prospect. ()
• Recovering from a Fit of Sickness. ()
• The Request. ()
• The Requitall. ()
• The Restitution. ()
• The Round. ()
• The Search. ()
• Sliding on Skates in very hard Frost. ()
• Strephon's Complaint on quitting his Retirement. ()
• The Surprizal. ()
• The Tear. ()
• The three First Verses of the 46th Psalm Paraphras'd. ()
• To a Desponding Friend. ()
• TO Mr. THOMAS FLATMAN ON HIS Excellent POEMS. ()
• The Unconfin'd. ()
• The Usurpers. ()
• The Vision, Written in a dangerous fit of Sickness. ()
• The Vow-Breaker. ()
• The Voyagers. ()

• Tate, Nahum, c. 1652-1715. Poems by N. Tate. London: Printed by T.M. for Benj. Tooke ..., 1677. [15],133p.
  • The Indispos'd.
  • On a Diseased Old Man, who Wept at thought of leaving the World.
  • TO Mr. THOMAS FLATMAN ON HIS Excellent POEMS.
  • ON THE Present Corrupted State OF POETRY.
  • The Search.
  • The Prospect.
  • The Request.
  • The Installment.
  • The Pennance.
  • Laura's Walk.
  • The Usurpers.
  • The Amusement.
  • The Amorist.
  • The Surprizal.
  • The Unconfin'd.
  • Dialogue. Alexis and Laura.
  • The Restitution.
  • The Escape.
  • The Politicians.
  • The Vow-Breaker.
  • The Tear.
  • The Discovery.
  • The Parting.
  • On an Old Miser that Hoarded his Treasure in a Steel Chest, and bury'd it.
  • The Vision, Written in a dangerous fit of Sickness.
  • ODE. To my Ingenious Friend Mr. Flatman.
  • The Banquet.
  • The Match.
  • The Disconsolate.
  • Sliding on Skates in very hard Frost.
  • Strephon's Complaint on quitting his Retirement.
  • The Gold-hater.
  • The Ingrates.
  • Disappointed.
  • [Martial] Lib. 1. Epigr. IX.
  • [Martial] Lib. 1. Epigr. XIV. De Arriâ & Paeto.
  • [Martial] Lib. 1. Epigr. CX. De Issa Catellâ Publij.
  • [Martial] Lib. 9. Epigr: VI.
  • [Martial] Lib. XI. Epigr. XCV. Translated in Dialogue.
  • [Martial] Lib. XI. Epigr. XLIII.
  • The Confinement.
  • On Snow fall'n in Autumn, and dissolv'd by the Sun.
  • Melancholy.
  • On a Grave Sir retiring to Write in Order to undeceive the World.
  • On a deform'd Old Baw'd designing to have her Picture drawn.
  • Advice to a Friend, designing to Publish his Poems.
  • The Ignorant.
  • The Beldam's Song.
  • The Inconstant. A Paraphrase on the XV. Epod of Horace.
  • Of the Ape and the Fox. A Paraphrase on one of the Centum Fabulae.
  • The Round.
  • The Male Content.
  • The Dream.
  • Amor Sepulchralis.
  • The three First Verses of the 46th Psalm Paraphras'd.
  • The Mid-Night Thought.
  • The Counter-Turn.
  • The Voyagers.
  • The Choice.
  • On Sight of some Martyr's Sepulchres.
  • Of the Few Adherers to Virtue.
  • The Requitall.
  • To a Desponding Friend.
  • Disswasion of an Aged Friend from Leaving his Retirement.
  • Recovering from a Fit of Sickness.
  • The Challenge.
  • The Cure. A Dialogue.
  • The Hurricane.
  • The Gratefull Shepheard.

Source editions

• Tate, Nahum, c. 1652-1715. Poems by N. Tate. London: Printed by T.M. for Benj. Tooke ..., 1677. [15],133p.

Bibliography

ODNB 26986

Biography

• Spenser, Christopher. Nahum Tate. (Twayne's English authors) New York: Twayne, 1972. Print.

Reference works

• Baines, Paul, Julian Ferraro, Pat Rogers, eds. The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Eighteenth-Century Writers and Writing, 1660-1789. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011. 335-336. Print.
• Radcliffe, David H., ed. Nahum Tate (1652-1715). Spenser and the Tradition: ENGLISH POETRY 1579-1830. Center for Applied Technologies in the Humanities, Virginia Tech, 2006. Web. 14 Oct. 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20170908014740/http://spenserians.cath.vt.edu/AuthorRecord.php?recordid=32896.