Poems

A selection of poems notable for frequency of appearance, significance to their miscellany context, or meta-reflection on the subject of compiling a poetry book

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First Line Author Description Manuscripts
Remote from Liberty and Truth Robert Craggs Nugent

Ode [Celebrities; Historical subjects; Classical themes]. 

Transcribed from Nugent, Robert. An Ode on Mr. Pulteney, 1739. Eighteenth Century Collections Online, GALE|CW0112317052. 

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Rise, honour'd Poet, from thy hallow'd bed Elizabeth Sophia Tomlins

Lyric [Shakespeare; Visual arts].

Transcribed from Tomlins, Elizabeth Sophia. "The Shakespeare Gallery." Tributes of affection: with The slave; and other poems. By a lady; and her brother, 1797, pp. 112–118. Eighteenth Century Collections Online, GALE|CW0111246336.

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Roving through life's uncertain ways Elizabeth Sophia Tomlins

Lyric [Conduct, morality; Friendship]. 

Transcribed from Tomlins, Elizabeth Sophia. "To J.S. at St. Albans." Tributes of affection: with The slave; and other poems. By a lady; and her brother, 1797, pp. 82–84. Eighteenth Century Collections Online, GALE|CW0111246336.

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Say, Mighty Love, and teach my Song Isaac Watts

Ode [Marriage, courtship; Satire - social].

Transcribed from Watts, Isaac. "A Word of Warning, or Few Happy Marriages." Horæ lyricæ. Poems, chiefly of the lyric kind. In two books... Printed by S. and D. Bridge, for John Lawrence, 1706, pp. 171–174. Eighteenth Century Collections Online, GALE|CW0112026958.

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Sceptre of ease! whose calm domain extends Sneyd Davies

Ode [Classical themes; Love; Historical subjects; Literature].

Transcribed from Davies, Sneyd. "Vacuna." A collection of poems in six volumes. By several hands, vol. 5, 1765, pp. 121–124. Eighteenth Century Collections Online, GALE|CW0114907817.

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Since Language never can describe my Pain John Hervey

Epistle [Love; Passions, sentiments]. 

Transcribed from Hervey, John. Monimia to Philocles: being a letter from an unfortunate lady, after her retirement from court to one of the most remote and solitary parts of England, to a young nobleman... Printed by S. Powell, for J. Thompson, 1728, pp. 3–8. Eighteenth Century Collections Online, GALE|CB0132874156.

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Since thine is the only power on earth we know Elizabeth Chudleigh Hervey Pierrepont

Lyric [Devotional writing, religious belief].

Transcribed from Pierrepont, Elizabeth. "When the Late Duchess of Kingston was at Rome, she being much Distressed in her Mind, is said to have Addressed herself to the then Pope, in the following lines."  An asylum for fugitive pieces, in prose and verse... vol. 2, 1786, p. 96. Eighteenth Century Collections Online, GALE|CW0111828851.

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Since you, dear Doctor, sav'd my Life

Epistle [Humour]. 

Transcribed from "To Henry Stonecastle Esq." The Universal spectator and weekly journal, December 1728, no. 10, p. 498. British Periodicals, [ProQuest document ID:] 6391511. 

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Soon as the morn salutes your eyes

Educational material [Devotional writing, religious belief; Conduct, morality].

Transcribed from "Pious Rules for Daily Practice." London magazine and monthly chronologer, vol. 12, January 1743, p. 43. British Periodicals, [ProQuest document ID:] 5328366.

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Stop, passenger! until my life you read Alexander Pennecuik

Epitaph [Historical subjects; Public affairs; Death, afterlife]. 

Transcribed from An Epitaph on the tomb-stone of Marion Scott, who died at Dunkeld, Nov. 28, 1727, [1728?], Eighteenth Century Collections Online, GALE|CB0130102863.

Discussed in MacInnis, Kaitlyn. "Monuments and the Margins: Old Age and Memories of Scottish Jacobitism in the Epitaph of Marjory Scott, 1700-1900." Unpublished MA thesis, Simon Fraser University, 2016.  http://summit.sfu.ca/item/19739.

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Struck with religious awe, and solemn dread Anthony Moore

Elegy [Death, afterlife].

Transcribed from Moore, Rev. Mr. "A Soliloquy written in a Country-Church-Yard." The Gentleman's Magazine: and historical chronicle, vol. 28, March 1758, p. 127. British Periodicals, [ProQuest document ID:] 8532654.

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Sure of Success, to You I boldly write Anne Kingsmill Finch

Series; Epistle [Classical themes; Historical subjects; Love].

Transcribed from Finch, Anne Kingsmill. Miscellany poems, on several occasions. Written by a lady, 1713, p. 278. Eighteenth Century Collections Online, GALE|CW0112057656. 

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Sweet are the charms of her I love Barton Booth

Song; Ode [Death, afterlife; Love; Devotional writing, religious belief].

Transcribed from The hive. A collection of the most celebrated songs. In four volumes, 1726, pp. 111–112. Eighteenth Century Collections Online, GALE|CW0116306845. 

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Sweet bird! that kindly perching near Cuthbert Shaw

Lyric [Death, afterlife; Passions, sentiments; Love; Animals, pets].

Transcribed from Shaw, Cuthbert. "An Evening Address to the Nightingale." The beauties of English poetry, or a collection of poems extracted from the best authors, 1800, pp. 79–82. Eighteenth-Century Collections Online, GALE|CW0117170745.

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Sweet instrument of him for whom I mourn Elizabeth Ann Linley Sheridan

Elegy [Music; Family].

Transcribed from Sheridan, Elizabeth Ann. "Mrs. Sheridan on her Brother's Violin." An asylum for fugitive pieces, in prose and verse, not in any other collection: with several pieces never before published, vol. 1, 1785, pp. 30–31. Eighteenth Century Collections Online, GALE|CW0111828442.

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Take Wing, my Soul, and upwards bend thy Flight John Norris

Lyric [Devotional writing, religious belief; Passions, sentiments].

Transcribed from Divine hymns and poems on several occasions. Viz. A Pastoral on our Saviour's Nativity. The Wish. The Description of Heaven, in Imitation of Mr. Milton, &c. By Philomela, and several other ingenious persons, 1704, pp. 143–146. Eighteenth Century Collections Online, GALE|CW0110717926. 

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Take, holy earth, all that my soul holds dear William Mason

Epitaph [Death, afterlife; Courtship, marriage].

Transcribed from Mason, William. "On the Death of his Wife." Elegies. By C. Shaw, -. Pratt, R. Jago, Dr. Wolcot, A. L. Barbauld, G. Dyer, &c, 1798, p. 36. Eighteenth Century Collections Online, GALE|CW0118417106.

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Tell me, ye prim adepts in Scandal's school Richard Brinsley Sheridan

Ode [Celebrities; Women; Conduct, morality].

Transcribed from Sheridan, R.B. "A Portrait; Addressed to Mrs. Crewe, with the Comedy of the School for Scandal." The Works of the late Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan. In Two Volumes, vol. 2, 1821, pp. 3–7. Google books, https://www.google.ca/books/edition/The_Works_of_the_Late_Right_Honourable_R/ofckAAAAMAAJ.

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That, which Her slender Waist confin'd Edmund Waller

Lyric [Love; Bodily functions; Humour, wordplay].

Transcribed from The bee. A collection of choice poems. Part I. vol. 3, 1715, p. 28. Eighteenth Century Collections Online, GALE|CW0111787857.

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The Counsels of a Friend, Belinda, hear George Lyttelton

Epistle [Women; Conduct, morality].

Transcribed from Lyttelton, George. Advice to a Lady, 1733. Eighteenth Century Collections Online, GALE|CW0113116747.

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The Curfew tolls the hour of closing gates John Duncombe

Parody [Imitation, parody; Satire - social; Education]. 

Transcribed from Duncombe, John. An evening contemplation in a college. Being a parody on the Elegy in a country church-yard. By another gentleman of Cambridge, 1753. Eighteenth Century Collections Online, GALE|CW0110215334.

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The Curfew tolls the Knell of parting Day Thomas Gray

Elegy [Death, afterlife; Nature].

Transcribed from Gray, Thomas. An elegy written in a country church yard, 4th edition, 1751. Eighteenth Century Collections Online, GALE|CW0116585370.

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The Day of Wrath, that Dreadful Day Dillon Wentworth

Translation [Devotional writing, religious belief; Death, afterlife].

Transcribed from Roscommon, Earl of, "On the Day of Judgment." The miscellaneous works of the Right Honourable the late Earls of Rochester and Roscommon... 1707, pp. 16–20. Eighteenth Century Collections Online, GALE|CW0112019010.

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The Devils were brawling at Burnet's descending

Song [Satire - political; Public affairs].

Transcribed from "Bp. Burnet's descent into H—L," A Collection of Loyal Songs, Poems, &c. London, 1750, pp. 46–47. Eighteenth Century Collections Online, GALE|CW0111690613.

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The Glories of our Birth and State James Shirley

Song; Elegy [Death, afterlife]. 

Transcribed from "The Triumphs of Death." Miscellanea sacra: or, A Curious Collection of original poems, upon divine and moral subjects... 1705, pp. 22–23. Eighteenth Century Collections Online, GALE|CW0114387305.

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