Dodsley, Robert, 1703-1764. A Collection of Poems in Six Volumes. By Several Hands. Vol. IV. London: printed by J. Hughs, for R. and J. Dodsley, 1763 [1st ed. 1758]. 6v.: music; 8⁰. (ESTC T131163; OTA K104099.004)

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A COLLECTION of POEMS.

VOL. IV.

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.

M DCC LXIII.

An ELEGY WRITTEN IN A COUNTRY CHURCH YARD. / Thomas Gray
HYMN to ADVERSITY. / Thomas Gray
EDUCATION. A POEM: IN TWO CANTOS. / Gilbert West
PENSHURST. INSCRIBED TO WILLIAM PERRY, Esq; AND The Honourable Mrs. ELIZABETH PERRY. / Francis Coventry
TO THE Hon. WILMOT VAUGHAN, Esq; in WALES. / Francis Coventry
AN EPISTLE ADDRESS'D TO Sir THOMAS HANMER, On his EDITION of SHAKESPEAR'S WORKS. / William Collins
A SONG FROM SHAKESPEAR's CYMBELINE. Sung by GUIDERUS and ARVIRAGUS over FIDELE, supposed to be dead. / William Collins
ELEGY To Miss D—W—D. In the Manner of OVID. / James Hammond
Answer to the foregoing Lines. / Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (née Pierrepont)
EPISTLES in the Manner of OVID. MONIMIA to PHILOCLES. / John Hervey, Baron of Ickworth
FLORA to POMPEY. / John Hervey, Baron of Ickworth
ARISBE to MARIUS Junior. From FONTENELLE. / John Hervey, Baron of Ickworth
ROXANA to USBECK. From LES LETTRES PERSANNES. / John Hervey, Baron of Ickworth
EPILOGUE design'd for SOPHONISBA, And to have been spoken by Mrs. OLDFIELD. / John Hervey, Baron of Ickworth
An Imitation of the Eleventh Ode of the First Book of HORACE. / John Hervey, Baron of Ickworth
A LOVE LETTER. / John Hervey, Baron of Ickworth
This little poem was, among several others on the same occasion, printed by Dr. Rogers, with his inaugural exercise at Padua; and afterwards in the same manner re-published by him at London, together with his Harveian oration before the college of physicians, in the year 1682; while Mr. Waller was yet living.VERSES to Dr. GEORGE ROGERS,

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^* This little poem was, among several others on the same occasion, printed by Dr. Rogers, with his inaugural exercise at Padua; and afterwards in the same manner re-published by him at London, together with his Harveian oration before the college of physicians, in the year 1682; while Mr. Waller was yet living.

VERSES to Dr. GEORGE ROGERS,on his taking the Degree of Doctor in Physic at Padua, in the Year 1664.

By Mr. WALLER.

WHEN as of old the earth's bold children strove,
With hills on hills, to scale the throne of Jove;
Pallas and Mars stood by their sovereign's side,
And their bright arms in his defence employ'd:
While the wife Phoebus, Hermes, and the rest,
Who joy in peace and love the Muses best,
Descending from their so distemper'd seat,
Our groves and meadows chose for their retreat.
There first Apollo tried the various use
Of herbs, and learn'd the virtue of their juice,
And fram'd that art, to which who can pretend
A juster title than our noble friend,
Whom the like tempest drives from his abode,
And like employment entertains abroad?
This crowns him here; and, in the bays so earn'd,
His country's honour is no less concern'd;
Since it appears, not all the English rave,
To ruin bent: some study how to save.
And as Hippocrates did once extend
His sacred art, whole cities to amend;
[Page 110]So we, brave friend, suppose that thy great skill,
Thy gentle mind, and fair example will,
At thy return, reclaim our frantic isle,
Their spirits calm; and peace again shall smile.
EDM. WALLER, Anglus. Patavii, typis Pauli Frambotti. 

VIRGIL's Tomb. NAPLES 1741. / Joseph Trapp
The LINK. A BALLAD. / Robert Lowth
THE SQUIRE of DAMES. A POEM. In SPENSER's STILE. / Moses Mendez
On the Death of a Lady's Owl. / Moses Mendez
The VANITY of HUMAN WISHES. THE Tenth Satire of JUVENAL. IMITATED / Samuel Johnson
THE TEARS of OLD MAY-DAY. / Edward Lovibond
SONG for RANELAGH. / William Whitehead
The BENEDICITE Paraphrased. / James Merrick
An ODE to FANCY. / James Merrick
The MONKIES, a TALE. / James Merrick
An EPITAPH. / James Merrick
VERSES sent to Dean SWIFT on his Birth-day, with PINE'S HORACE finely bound. / John Sican
VERSES written in a GARDEN. / Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (née Pierrepont)
AN ANSWER to a LOVE-LETTER. / Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (née Pierrepont)
In Answer to a LADY who advised RETIREMENT. / Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (née Pierrepont)
An Address of the STATUES at STOWE, to Lord COBHAM, on his Return to his Gardens. / Aaron Hill
An ODE ON THE DEATH of Mr. PELHAM. / David Garrick
VERSES Written at MOUNTAUBAN in FRANCE, 1750. / Joseph Warton
The Revenge of AMERICA. / Joseph Warton
The Dying INDIAN. / Joseph Warton
ODE occasion'd by Reading Mr. WEST'S Translation of PINDAR. / Joseph Warton
THE PLEASURES of MELANCHOLY. Written in the Year 1745. / Thomas Warton
A SONNET; written at W—DE in the Absence of —. / Thomas Warton
On BATHING. A SONNET. / Thomas Warton
To Lady H—Y. / François Marie Arouet de Voltaire
On Sir ROBERT WALPOLE'S Birth-day, AUGUST the 26th. / George Bubb Dodington, Baron Melcombe
The Lawyer's Farewell to his Muse. Written in the Year 1744. / Sir William Blackstone
O Thou, who labour'st in this rugged mine / Judith Cowper Madan
SOLITUDE. An ODE. / James Grainger
An ODE To the Right Honourable STEPHEN POYNTZ, Esq; &c. &c. / Sir Charles Hanbury Williams
ODE on the Death of MATZEL, a favourite Bull-finch, address'd to Mr. ST—PE, to whom the Author had given the Reversion of it when he left Dresden. / Sir Charles Hanbury Williams
MARTIALIS EPIGRAMMA. Lib. vi. Ep. 24. Imitated. / Sir Charles Hanbury Williams
The Progress of DISCONTENT. A POEM. Written at Oxford in the Year 1746. / Thomas Warton
The FIRE-SIDE. / Nathaniel Cotton
TO-MORROW. Pereunt et Imputantur. / Nathaniel Cotton
On Lord COBHAM'S Gardens. / Nathaniel Cotton
To a Child of Five Years old. / Nathaniel Cotton
Father FRANCIS'S Prayer. Written in Lord WESTMORLAND'S Hermitage. / Gilbert West
To the Right Hon. HENRY PELHAM, Esq; THE humble Petition of the worshipful company Poets and News-writers, / Edward Moore
An ODE Performed in the Senate-House at Cambridge July 1, 1749, At the Installation of his Grace THOMAS HOLLES Duke of NEWCASTLE CHANCELLOR of the University. / William Mason
ODE to an AEOLUS's Harp. Sent to Miss SHEPHEARD. / William Mason
ODE to HEALTH. / John Duncombe
A VERNAL ODE. Sent to his Grace the Lord Archbishop of CANTERBURY, March 12, 1754. / Francis Fawkes
An AUTUMNAL ODE. / Francis Fawkes
A SONG. / John Gilbert Cooper
The GENIUS. An ODE, written in 1717, on occasion of the Duke of MARLBOROUGH'S Apoplexy. / Leonard Welsted
TRANSLATIONS from HORACE

TRANSLATIONS from HORACE

By Mr. MARRIOTT, of Trinity-Hall, Cambridge.

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Book I. Ode XVIII. Invitation to his Mistress. / Sir James Marriott
Ode VI. Book II. Imitated. / Sir James Marriott
Book II. Ode XII. Translated. / Sir James Marriott
To a LADY making a Pin-Basket, / Sir James Marriott
Captain CUPID. / Sir James Marriott
ODE on Ambition. / Sir James Marriott
ODE to FANCY. / Sir James Marriott
An Address to his Elbow-chair, new cloath'd. / William Somervile
SONG. / William Somervile
ODE to a FRIEND wounded in a Duel. / Charles Parrott
ODE to NIGHT. / Charles Parrott
Written upon leaving a FRIEND'S House in WALES. / William Markham
DENNIS to Mr. THOMSON, Who had procured him a Benefit Night. / Richard Savage
SONG. 1753. / John Scott Hylton
The BULFINCH in Town. / Henrietta St. John Knight, Lady Luxborough
SONG. Written in Winter 1745. / Henrietta St. John Knight, Lady Luxborough
Written to a near Neighbour in a tempestuous Night, 1748. / Henrietta St. John Knight, Lady Luxborough
Written at a Ferme Ornee near Birmingham; August 7th, 1749. / Henrietta St. John Knight, Lady Luxborough
The GOLDFINCHES. An Elegy. / Richard Jago
The BLACKBIRDS. An Elegy. / Richard Jago
The RAKE. / Anonymous
FLOWERS. / Anthony Whistler
SONG. / Anthony Whistler
The CABINET. Or, Verses on Roman Medals. / Richard Graves
PANACEA: Or, The Grand RESTORATIVE. / Richard Graves
The HEROINES, or Modern Memoirs, / Richard Graves
The PARTING. Written some Years after Marriage. / Richard Graves
ODE to MEMORY. 1748. / William Shenstone
The Princess ELIZABETH: A Ballad, alluding to a Story recorded of her, when she was a Prisoner at Woodstock, 1554. / William Shenstone
ODE to a Young Lady, Somewhat too sollicitous about her Manner of Expression. / William Shenstone
VERSES written towards the close of the Year 1748, to WILLIAM LYTTELTON, Esq; / William Shenstone
SONGS.

SONGS.

By the Same.

[Song] I. / William Shenstone
[Song] II. DAPHNE'S Visit. / William Shenstone
[Song] III. The ROSE-BUD. / William Shenstone
[Song] IV. Written in a Collection of Bacchanalian Songs. / William Shenstone
[Song] V. Imitated from the FRENCH. / William Shenstone
RURAL INSCRIPTIONS.

RURAL INSCRIPTIONS.

By the Same.

On a ROOT-HOUSE. / William Shenstone
In a shady Valley, near a running Water. / William Shenstone
On a small Building in the Gothick Taste. / William Shenstone
A Pastoral BALLAD, in Four Parts. Written 1743. / William Shenstone
INDEX to the Fourth Volume.

INDEX to the Fourth Volume.

ELEGY in a Country Church-yard Page 1
Hymn to Adversity 7
Education, a Poem 9
Penshurst 50
To the Hon. Wilmot Vaughan, Esq in Wales 61
Epistle to Sir Thomas Hammer 64
Song 71
Elegy to Miss D—w—d 73
Answer to ditto 75
Monimia to Philocles 78
Flora to Pompoy 86
Arisbe to Marius Jun. 91
Roxana to Usbeck 98
Epilogue 103
Ode XI. Book I. of Horace 105
Love Letter 106
Verses by Mr. Waller 109
Virgil's Tomb 110
The Link, a Ballad 115
The Squire of Dames 117
On the Death of a Lady's Owl 151
Vanity of Human Wishes 152
Tears of old May-day 166
Song for Ranelagh 172
The Benedicite 173
Ode to Fancy 181
The Monkies 186
Epitaph 187
Verses to Dean Swift 189
Verses written in a Garden 192
Answer to a Love Letter 193
Answer to a Lady who advis'd Retirement 195
[Page 359]Address of the Statues at Stow to Lord Cobham 196
Ode on the Death of Mr. Pelham 198
Verses written at Montauban in France 1750 203
The Revenge of America 204
The dying Indian 205
Ode on Mr. West's Translation of Pindar 207
Pleasures of Melancholy 210
Sonnet 221
On Bathing 222
To Lady H—v—y 223
On Sir Robert Walpole's Birth-day ibid.
The Lawyer's Farewell to his Muse 224
Verses written in Coke upon Littleton 228
Solitude, an Ode 229
Ode to Mr. Poyntz 239
Ode on the Death of a favourite Bullfinch 243
Martial, Lib. VI. Ep. 34. 245
Progress of Discontent 246
The Fire-side 251
To-morrow 255
On Lord Cobham's Gardens 256
To a Child of five Years old 257
Father Francis's Prayer 258
Poets and News-writers Petition to Mr. Pelham 260
Ode at the Installation of the Duke of Newcastle 262
Ode to an Aeolus's Harp 267
Ode to Health 268
A Vernal Ode 271
An Autumnal Ode 273
Song 275
The Genius 276
Translations from Horace 278
To a Lady making a Pin-basket 282
Captain Cupid 284
Ode on Ambition 285
Ode to Fancy 287
Address to an Elbow-Chair 293
Song 295
Ode to a Friend, wounded in a Duel 296
[Page 360]Ode to Night 299
Verses on leaving a Friend's House in Wales 302
Dennis to Thomson 304
Song 305
The Bulfinch in Town 306
Song written in Winter 307
Written in a tempestuous Night 309
Written at a Ferme Ornee 310
The Goldfinches 311
The Blackbirds 315
The Rake 318
Flowers 320
The Cabinet 323
Panacea 326
The Heroines 328
The Parting 329
Ode to Memory 330
The Princess Elizabeth 333
Ode to a young Lady 335
Verses to William Lyttelton, Esq 337
Songs,
- 1. 340
- 2. Daphne's Visit 341
- 3. The Rose-bud 342
- 4. Written in a Collection of Bacchanalian Songs 343
- 5. Imitated from the French 344
Rural Inscriptions,
- 1. On a Root-house 345
- 2. In a shady Valley, near a running Water 346
- 3. On a small Building in the Gothic Taste 347
A Pastoral Ballad in four Parts,
- 1. Absence 348
- 2. Hope 350
- 3. Solicitude 353
- 4. Disappointmont 355

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The END of VOL. IV. Direction to the Binder. Place the Music here.

Musick for the preceeding Ballad

Musick for the preceeding Ballad

Compos'd by Mr. Arne.

Andante

〈♫〉Shepherds so cheerful & gay whose flocks never carelesly roam should Corydon's happen to Stray. Oh! call ye poor Wanderers home Allow me to muse & to sigh, Nor talk of ye change yt ye find None once was so watchful as I I've left my dear Phillis behind, I've left my dear Phillis be╌hind.