Dodsley, Robert, 1703-1764. A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes. By Several Hands. Vol. I. London: printed by J. Hughs, for R. and J. Dodsley, 1763 [1st ed. 1758]. 6v.: music; 8⁰. (ESTC T131163; OTA K104099.001)

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A COLLECTION of POEMS.

VOL. I.

A COLLECTION OF POEMS IN SIX VOLUMES.

A COLLECTION OF POEMS IN SIX VOLUMES.

BY SEVERAL HANDS.

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LONDON: Printed by J. HUGHS, For R. and J. DODSLEY, at Tully's-Head in Pall-Mall.

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ADVERTISEMENT.

ADVERTISEMENT.

THE intent of the following Volumes is to preserve to the Public those poetical performances, which seemed to merit a longer remembrance, than what would probably be secured to them by the MANNER wherein they were originally published. This design was first suggested to the Editor, as it was afterwards conducted, by the opinions of some Gentlemen, whose names it would do him the highest honour to mention. He desires in this place also to make his acknowledgments to the Authors of several pieces inserted in these Volumes, which were never before in print; and which, he is persuaded, would be thought to add credit to the most judicious collection of this kind in our language. He hath nothing farther to premise, but that the Reader must not expect to be[Page 2] pleased with every particular poem which is here presented to him. It is impossible to furnish out an entertainment of this nature, where every part shall be relished by every guest: it will be sufficient, if nothing is set before him, but what has been approved by those of the most acknowledged taste.

ON THE PROSPECT OF PEACE, A POEM. / Thomas Tickell
To the Right Honourable the Earl of WARWICK, &c. On the Death of Mr. ADDISON. / Thomas Tickell
COLIN AND LUCY. / Thomas Tickell
AN IMITATION OF THE PROPHECY OF NEREUS. From HORACE, Book III. Ode XXV. / Thomas Tickell
TO Sir GODFREY KNELLER, at his Country Seat. / Thomas Tickell
ON THE Death of the Earl of CADOGAN. / Thomas Tickell
AN ODE Inscrib'd to the Right Honourable the EARL of SUNDERLAND at WINDSOR. / Thomas Tickell
KENSINGTON GARDEN. / Thomas Tickell
AN EPISTLE from a Lady in England, to a GENTLEMAN at Avignon. / Thomas Tickell
THE FEMALE REIGN: AN ODE. / Samuel Cobb
SIX TOWN ECLOGUES. / Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (née Pierrepont)
The LOVER: A Ballad. / Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (née Pierrepont)
The LADY's Resolve. Written extempore on a Window. / Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (née Pierrepont)
The GENTLEMAN's Answer. / Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (née Pierrepont)
An EPISTLE to Lord B — / Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (née Pierrepont)
EPILOGUE To MARY, Queen of SCOTS. Design'd to be spoken by Mrs. OLDFIELD. / Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (née Pierrepont)
A RECEIPT to Cure the Vapours. Written to Lady J———n. / Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (née Pierrepont)
The SPLEEN. An EPISTLE to Mr. C— J—. / Matthew Green
An EPIGRAM. On the Reverend Mr. LAURENCE ECHARD's, and Bishop GILBERT BURNET's Histories. / Matthew Green
The SPARROW and DIAMOND. A SONG. / Matthew Green
JOVE and SEMELE. / Matthew Green
The SEEKER. / Matthew Green
On BARCLAY's Apology for the Quakers. / Matthew Green
PRE-EXISTENCE: A POEM, In Imitation of MILTON. / Abel Evans
CHIRON to ACHILLES, A POEM. / Hildebrand Jacob
ΓΝΩΘΙ ΣEΑΥΤΟΝ. Know YOUR SELF. / John Arbuthnot
LONDON: A POEM, In Imitation of the Third SATIRE of JUVENAL. / Samuel Johnson
PROLOGUE SPOKEN BY Mr. GARRICK, At the Opening of the Theatre in Drury-lane 1747. / Samuel Johnson
Of Active and Retired Life. AN EPISTLE to H. C. Esq; / William Melmoth
GRONGAR HILL. / John Dyer
THE RUINS of ROME. A POEM. / John Dyer
THE SCHOOL-MISTRESS. A POEM, In Imitation of Spenser. / William Shenstone
THE ART of POLITICKS, In Imitation of HORACE's ART of POETRY. / James Bramston
THE MAN of TASTE. Occasion'd by an EPISTLE Of Mr. POPE's on that Subject. / James Bramston
AN ESSAY ON CONVERSATION. / Benjamin Stillingfleet
ODE, to a LADY. On the Death of Col. Charles Ross, in the Action at Fontenoy. Written May 1745. / William Collins
ODE, Written in the same Year. / William Collins
ODE to EVENING. / William Collins
VERSES written on a Blank Leaf, / George Granville, Baron Lansdowne
ADVICE to a Lady in Autumn. / Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
On a Lady drinking the Bath-Waters. / Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
VERSES written in a Lady's Sherlock upon Death. / Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
SONG. / Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
SONG. / Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
INDEX to the First Volume.

INDEX to the First Volume.

A Poem to his Excellency the Lord Privy Seal on the Prospect of Peace Page 3
To the Right Hon. the Earl of Warwick, &c. 22
Colin and Lucy 26
An Imitation of the Prophecy of Nereus, from Horace, Book III. Ode XXV. 30
To Sir Godfrey Kneller at his Country Seat 34
On the Death of the Earl of Cadogan 36
An Ode inscrib'd to the Right Hon. the Earl of Sunderland at Windsor 38
Kensington Garden 41
An Epistle from a Lady in England to a Gentleman at Avignon 61
The Female Reign, an Ode 69
Six Town Eclogues 82
The Lover, A Ballad, To Mr. C 105
The Lady's Resolve. Written Extempore on a Window 107
The Gentleman's Answer 108
An Epistle to Lord B—t ibid.
Epilogue to Mary Queen of Scots 112
A Receipt to cure the Vapours 114
The Spleen. An Epistle to Mr. C. J. 116
An Epigram on the Rev. Mr. Laurence Echard's and Bishop Gilbert Burnet's Histories 146
The Sparrow and Diamond. A Song 147
Jove and Semele 150
The Seeker 152
On Barclay's Apology for the Quakers 153
Pre-Existence. A Poem, in Imitation of Milton 158
[Page 335]Chiron to Achilles. A Poem 172
ΓΝΩΘΙ ΣE'ΑΥΤΟΝ. Know yourself 180
London: a Poem, in Imitation of the third Satire of Juvenal 186
Prologue spoken by Mr. Garrick, at the Opening of the Theatre in Drury-lane, 1747 200
Of Active and Retir'd Life, an Epistle to H. C. Esq 203
Grongar Hill 214
The Ruins of Rome. A Poem 220
The School-Mistress, a Poem, in Imitation of Spenser 241
The Art of Politicks, in Imitation of Horace's Art of Poetry 256
The Man of Taste. Occasion'd by an Epistle of Mr. Pope's on that Subject 286
An Essay on Conversation 298
Ode to a Lady, on the Death of Col. Charles Ross, in the Action at Fontenoy. Written May, 1745 321
Ode written in the same Year 324
Ode to Evening 325
Verses written on a Blank Leas, by Lord Lansdown, when he presented his Works to the Queen, 1732 327
Advice to a Lady in Autumn 328
On a Lady's drinking the Bath Waters 329
Verses in a Lady's Sherlock 330
Song 331
Song 332

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The END of VOL. I.