Pearch, G. A collection of poems in four volumes. By several hands. Vol. I. [The second edition]. London: printed for G. Pearch, 1770. 4v. ; 8⁰. (ESTC T116245; DMI 1122; OTA K093079.001)

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A COLLECTION of POEMS.

THE SECOND EDITION.

VOL. I.

A COLLECTION OF POEMS IN FOUR VOLUMES.

A COLLECTION OF POEMS IN FOUR VOLUMES.

BY SEVERAL HANDS.

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LONDON: Printed for G. PEARCH, No 12, CHEAPSIDE. M.DCC.LXX.

ADVERTISEMENT.

ADVERTISEMENT.

IN an age like the present, wherein literary merit of every kind so much abounds, and is at the same time so much encouraged; many poetical performances which deserve a longer remembrance than fugitive pieces usually meet with, are daily thrown upon the public, and left to perish in oblivion. To select these from the trifling productions of the day, has ever been considered as an useful employment: and the favourable reception which Mr. DODSLEY's elegant Collection of Poems obtained from the public, is sufficient to encourage any person who has the means in his power to continue that deservedly esteemed Miscellany. Several attempts of this sort have been made, but none have acquired so much reputation as to render the present undertaking useless or unnecessary. [Page ii]Twelve years are now elapsed since the last volumes of that work were published, in which time it is not to be supposed that there has been so great a dearth of genius, but that many pieces have made their appearance which are not inferior to the best preserved in that Miscellany. Of the truth of this observation, the Editor appeals to the following Collection, which is compiled from the best productions published within that time, which Mr. DODSLEY had not the opportunity of seeing, with the addition of many other pieces, which with all his diligence were overlooked by him. With what degree of judgment this Collection is made, the Editor submits to the determination of the public; the greater part of the poetical pieces of the last thirty years have passed through his hands, and as of them the following Volumes are composed, he hopes they will not be considered as in improper Supplement to the work of which they are designed as a Continuation. He flatters himself that he has not suffered private friendship to obtrude any piece into this Collection, which is unworthy of the rest, and great care has been[Page iii] taken to prevent the insertion of any performance which has not been approved by gentlemen of distinguished reputation; but as he is sensible that the taste of persons is very different, he expects not after all that every piece will meet with equal applause, being convinced of the truth of Mr. DODSLEY's observation, "That it is impossible to furnish out an entertainment of this nature, where every part shall be re lished by every guest."

ABELARD TO ELOISA. / James Cawthorn
DEATH: / Charles Emily
A DESCRIPTIVE POEM: ADDRESSED TO TWO LADIES, AT THEIR RETURN FROM VIEWING THE MINES NEAR WHITEHAVEN. / John Dalton
EPISTLE TO THE Right Honble. the Lord Viscount BEAUCHAMP. WRITTEN IN THE YEAR MDCCXXXV-VI. / John Dalton
EPISTLE TO THE Right Honble. the Countess of HERTFORD, AT PERCY LODGE: WRITTEN IN THE YEAR MDCCXLIV. / John Dalton
SOME THOUGHTS ON BUILDING and PLANTING, TO Sir JAMES LOWTHER, Bart. OF LOWTHER-HALL. / John Dalton
THE HYMN OF CLEANTHES. / Gilbert West
INSCRIPTION ON A SUMMER-HOUSE BELONGING TO GILBERT WEST, ESQ. AT WICKHAM, IN KENT. / Gilbert West
THE HOUSE OF SUPERSTITION. A VISION. / Thomas Denton
ELEGIES

ELEGIES

BY MR. DELAP.

ELEGY I. / John Delap
TO SICKNESS. ELEGY II. / John Delap
ODE TO LIBERTY. / Thomas Hudson
ODE TO FANCY. / Thomas Hudson
ODE ON TRUE GREATNESS. / Thomas Hudson
ODE TO CONCORD. / Thomas Hudson
A FRAGMENT. / David Mallet
ON THE DEATH OF LADY ANSON. ADDRESSED TO THE EARL OF HARDWICKE, HER FATHER, 1761. / David Mallet
EDWIN AND EMMA. / David Mallet
AN ELEGY ON A PILE OF RUINS. / John Cunningham
ODE TO SLEEP. / William Gerard Hamilton
ODE ON BEAUTY. To ******. / William Gerard Hamilton
ODE TO TASTE. / William Gerard Hamilton
ODE TO THE Right Honourable the Lady ****, ON THE DEATH OF HER SON. / William Gerard Hamilton
SLANDER: OR, THE WITCH OF WOKEY. / Dr Henry Harington
THE IGNORANCE OF MAN. / James Merrick
THE TRIALS OF VIRTUE. / James Merrick
VERSES WRITTEN ORIGINALLY IN THE PERSIC LANGUAGE. / James Merrick
A HYMN. / James Merrick
THE LORD'S PRAYER PARAPHRASED. / James Merrick
AN EPISTLE TO A FRIEND IN TOWN. / John Dyer
ODE TO MELANCHOLY. / Elizabeth Carter
ODE. / Elizabeth Carter
WRITTEN AT MIDNIGHT IN A THUNDER STORM. / Elizabeth Carter
TO —. / Elizabeth Carter
WRITTEN EXTEMPORE ON THE SEA SHORE. / Elizabeth Carter
TO MRS. —. / Elizabeth Carter
TO —. OCCASIONED BY AN ODE WRITTEN BY MRS. PHILIPS. / Elizabeth Carter
A NIGHT-PIECE. / Elizabeth Carter
THE POWER OF BEAUTY. / Robert Shiels
IL PACIFICO. WRITTEN ON THE CONCLUSION OF THE PEACE OF AIX-LA-CHAPELLE, MDCCXLVIII. / William Mason
ON THE DEATH OF HIS WIFE. / William Mason
ELEGY TO A YOUNG NOBLEMAN LEAVING THE UNIVERSITY. MDCCLIII. / William Mason
ISIS. AN ELEGY. MDCCXLVIII. / William Mason
THE TRIUMPH OF ISIS. OCCASIONED BY THE FOREGOING POEM. / Thomas Warton
NEWMARKET. A SATIRE. / Thomas Warton
ON THE DEATH OF KING GEORGE THE SECOND, AND ACCESSION OF KING GEORGE THE THIRD. ADDRESSED TO WILLIAM PITT, ESQ. BEING THE CONCLUDING COPY OF OXFORD VERSES. / Thomas Warton
ON THE MARRIAGE OF KING GEORGE THE THIRD AND QUEEN CHARLOTTE. TO THE QUEEN. / Thomas Warton
ON THE BIRTH OF GEORGE PRINCE OF WALES. WRITTEN AFTER AN INSTALLATION AT WINDSOR, MDCCLXII. / Thomas Warton
ODE FOR MUSIC. PERFORMED AT THE THEATRE IN OXFORD, ON THE SECOND OF JULY, MDCCLI, BEING THE ANNIVERSARY APPOINTED BY THE LATE LORD CREW, BISHOP OF DURHAM, FOR THE COMMEMORATION OF BENEFACTORS TO THE UNIVERSITY. / Thomas Warton
THE CHARGE OF CYRUS THE GREAT. / Richard Onely
ELEGY. WRITTEN AT THE APPROACH OF SPRING. / John Scott
ELEGY. WRITTEN IN THE HOT WEATHER, JULY MDCCLVII. / John Scott
ELEGY. WRITTEN IN THE HARVEST. / John Scott
ELEGY. WRITTEN AT THE APPROACH OF WINTER. / John Scott
HYMN FROM PSALM VIII. / John Scott
ODE ON THE APPROACH OF SUMMER. / Thomas Warton
TRUE BEAUTY. / James Fordyce
ARISTOTLE's PAEAN TO VIRTUE IMITATED. / Richard Shepherd
ODE TO AMBITION. / Richard Shepherd
ODE TO THE ATHEIST. / Richard Shepherd
ODE TO MELANCHOLY. / Richard Shepherd
ODE ON ENVY. / Richard Shepherd
ODE TO HEALTH. / Richard Shepherd
PRAYER FOR INDIFFERENCE. / Frances Greville (née Macartney)
THE FAIRY'S ANSWER TO MRS. GREVILLE. / Isabella Howard (née Byron), Countess of Carlisle
THE MAN OF SORROW. / Fulke Greville
THE MAN OF PLEASURE. / Fulke Greville
VERSES SENT BY LORD MELCOMBE TO DR. YOUNG, NOT LONG BEFORE HIS LORDSHIP'S DEATH. / George Bubb Dodington, Baron Melcombe
VERSES UNDER THE BUSTO OF COMUS IN A BUFFET AT HAMMERSMITH. E AUGUST MDCCL. / George Bubb Dodington, Baron Melcombe
PROLOGUE SPOKEN BY MR. GARRICK, APRIL V. MDCCL. BEFORE THE MASQUE OF COMUS, ACTED AT DRURY-LANE, FOR THE BENEFIT OF MILTON'S GRAND-DAUGHTER. / Samuel Johnson
THE 'SQUIRE AND THE PARSON. AN ECLOGUE. / Soame Jenyns
ALLEN AND ELLA. A FRAGMENT. / Andrew Hervey Mills
END OF THE FIRST VOLUME.

END OF THE FIRST VOLUME.

INDEX TO THE FIRST VOLUME.

INDEX TO THE FIRST VOLUME.

ABELARD to Eloisa. By Mr. Cawthorne. Page. 1
Death. By Charles Emily, Esq 13
A Descriptive Poem, addressed to Two Ladies at their Return from viewing the Mines near Whitehaven. By Dr. Dalton. 23.
Epistle to the Right Hon. Lord Viscount Beauchamp, written in the Year 1735 / 6. By the same. 43
Epistle to the Right Hon. the Countess of Hertford, at Percy-Lodge. By the same. 54
Some Thoughts on Building and Planting, to Sir James Lowther, Bart. By the same. 64
The Hymn of Cleanthes. By Gilbert West, Esq 68
Inscription in a Summer-House belonging to Gilbert West, Esq at Wickham, in Kent. By the same. 71
The House of Superstition, a Vision. By Mr. Denton. Ib.
Elegies. By Mr. Delap.
- Elegy the First. 77
- To Sickness; Elegy the Second. 81
Ode to Liberty. By Mr. Hudson. 84
Ode to Fancy. By the same. 88
Ode on True Greatness. By the same. 91
Ode to Concord. By the same. 94
A Fragment. By Mr. Mallett. 97
On the Death of Lady Anson. By the same. 101
Edwin and Emma. By the same. 104
[Page]An Elegy on a Pile of Ruins. By J. Cunningham. Page. 108
Ode to Sleep. By Mr. H—. 115
Ode on Beauty. By the same. 120
Ode to Taste. By the same. 124
Ode to the Right Hon. Lady ****, on the Death of her Son. By the same. 133
Slander; or the Witch of Wokey. 139
The Ignorance of Man. By James Merrick, M.A. 142
The Trials of Virtue. By the same. 144
Verses written originally in the Persic Language. By the same. 147
A Hymn. By the same. 148
The Lord's Prayer paraphrased. By the same. 152
An Epistle to a Friend in Town. By Mr. Dyer. Ib.
Ode to Melancholy. By Miss Carter. 154
Ode. By the same. 158
Written at Midnight in a Thunder-Storm. By the same. 160
To —. By the same. 162
Written Extempore on the Sea Shore. By the same. 164
To Mrs. —. By the same. 165
To —, occasioned by an Ode written by Mrs. Phillips. By the same. 167
A Night-Piece. By the same. 170
The Power of Beauty. By —. 172
Il Pacifico, written on the Conclusion of the Peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, 1748. By Mr. Mason. 190
On the Death of his Wife. By the same. 196
Elegy to a Young Nobleman leaving the University, 1753. By the same. 197
Isis, an Elegy, written in 1748. By the same. 200
[Page]The Triumph of Isis, occasioned by the foregoing Poem. By Dr. Thomas Warton. Page. 205
Newmarket, a Satire. By the same. 214
On the Death of King George II. and Accession of King George III. By the same. 223
On the Marriage of King George III. and Queen Charlotte. By the same. 227
On the Birth of George Prince of Wales. By the same. 231
Ode for Music, performed at the Theatre in Oxford for the Commemoration of Benefactors to the University. By the same. 235
The Charge of Cyrus the Great. By Richard Onely, M.A. 242
Elegy written at the Approach of Spring. By J. Scott, Esq 253
Elegy written in the hot Weather, July 1757. By the same. 257
Elegy written in the Harvest. By the same. 260
Elegy written at the Approach of Winter. By the same. 265
Hymn from Psalm viii. By the same. 269
Ode written at the Approach of Summer. By —. 270
True Beauty. By Dr. Fordyce. 281
Aristotle's Paean to Virtue imitated. By Mr. Shepperd. 282
Ode to Ambition. By the same. 284
Ode to the Atheist. By the same. 287
Ode to Melancholy. By the same. 289
Ode to Envy. By the same. 292
Ode to Health. By the same. 294
Prayer for Indifference. By Mrs. Greville. 298
The Fairy's Answer to Mrs. Greville. By the Countess of C —. 301
The Man of Sorrow. By Mr. Greville. 305
The Man of Pleasure. By the same. 308
[Page]Verses sent by Lord Melcombe to Dr. Young, not long before his Lordship's Death Page. 311
Verses under the Busto of Comus in a Busset at Hammersmith, e August 1750. By the same. 312
Prologue spoken by Mr. Garrick, April 5, 1750, before the Masque of Comus, acted at Drury-Lane for the Benefit of Milton's Grand-Daughter. By Samuel Johnson, LL.D. 313
The 'Squire and the Person, an Eclogue. By S. J. Esq 315
Allen and Ella, a Fragment. By —. 320