Poems

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.

Epistle [Women; Conduct, morality].

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Satire [Satire - social; Humour, wordplay; Love; Education].

Transcribed from "Written by a young Gentleman only Twelve Years of Age when at Westminster School, on Mrs. Mattocks sending him a Turkey.—she is called NYSA." A Miscellaneous Collection: Consisting of an Original Letter from the Pen of Columbus... 1803, p. 33. Google Books. 

Panegyric [Visual Arts; Celebrities].

Another version of this poem is "Immortal Newton, never spoke...". The last stanza is the same in both versions. 

By Henry Norris or Jane Brereton.

Transcribed from Norris, Henry. "Upon Mr N—h's Picture plac'd between the Busts of Sir Isaac Newton and Mr Pope, in Wiltshire's Room in Bath." Poems upon various subjects, 1740, p. 20. Eighteenth Century Collections Online, GALE|CW0113997373.

Lyric [Nature]. 

Transcribed from C., W., "The Poplar Field." The Gentleman's Magazine, vol. 55, no. 1, January 1785, p. 53. ProQuest, [ProQuest document ID] 8811030. 

Fable [Women; Nature; Conduct, morality]. 

Transcribed from Cowper, William. "The Rose." Cowper, William. Poems, by William Cowper, ... In two volumes... 6th ed., vol. 2, 1794-95, pp. 347–348. Eighteenth Century Collections Online, GALE|CW0113431397.

Narrative Poem.

Transcribed from Poems on Several Occasions. London: Printed for JACOB TONSON at Shakespear's-Head over against Katharine-Street in the Strand, and JOHN BARBER upon Lambeth-Hill. MDCCXVIII., 1708, pp. 118-124. (ESTC T075639). Eighteenth Century Poetry Online.

Ode [Conduct, morality; Passions, sentiments; Classical themes]. 

Transcribed from "To Wisdom. A nocturnal Ode." The Gentleman's Magazine: and historical chronicle, vol. 17, December 1747, p. 585. British Periodicals, [ProQuest document ID:] 8900471.

Song [Historical subjects; Death, afterlife].

Transcribed from "Indian Death Song." The banquet of Thalia, or the fashionable, songsters pocket memorial, an elegant collection, of the most admired songs from ancient, & modern authors, 1792, p. 16. Eighteenth Century Collections Online, GALE|CW0110096021.

Ode [Literature; Classical themes; Women].

Transcribed from Jenyns, Soame. "To the right hon. the Lady Margaret Cavendish Harley." A collection of poems in three volumes. By several hands, 1748, pp. 136–137. Eighteenth Century Collections Online, GALE|CW0114327352. 

Occasional (Presentation of gift) [Love; Courtship, marriage]. 

Transcribed from Bishop, Samuel. "To the Same, on the Anniversary of her Wedding Day, which was also her Birth Day. With a Ring." The poetical works of the Rev. Samuel Bishop... vol. 2, 1796, pp. 19–22. Eighteenth Century Collections Online, GALE|CW0116327478.

Epitaph [Love].

Transcribed from Pope, Alexander. "Epitaph." Court poems in two parts compleat..., 1718, p. 26. Eighteenth Century Collections Online, GALE|CW0109986444.

Ode; Elegy [Death, afterlife].

Transcribed from Stevenson. "On Seeing a SCULL." The Gentleman's Magazine: and historical chronicle, vol. 19, August 1749, p. 375. British Periodicals, [ProQuest document ID:] 8907212.

Lyric [Devotional writing, religious belief; Conduct, morality].

Transcribed from Carter, Elizabeth, "In Diem Natalem." Poems upon particular occasions, 1738, pp. 3–7. Eighteenth Century Collections Online, GALE|CB0129654577.

Epistle [Death, afterlife; Marriage, Courtship; Love].

Transcribed from "The Images of True Conjugal Piety, of the Contempt of this World, and of the Expectation of a better, are so pathetically touch'd in the following Epistle from a Lady (who some Time ago dyed at the Bath) ..." Poems on several occasions, 1727, pp. 2–3. Eighteenth Century Collections Online, GALE|CW0110973012.

Lyric [Literature]. 

Transcribed from Clark 2008.023.

Occasional (creation of an mvm) [Literature].

Transcribed from UChicago Library Codex Ms. 549.

Occasional (on being desired to write something in the Crewe album) [Literature; Illness; Family].

Transcribed from Beinecke Osborn d49, p. 270.

Fable; Occasional (Completion of a collection of poetry) [Literature; Classical themes].

Transcribed from "To Celinda, upon her making a Collection of Poetry." London Magazine, and Monthly Chronologer, vol. 2, August 1733, p. 417. Google Books.