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
Displaying 176–184 poems out of 184 total
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Why mourns my friend! why weeps his downcast eye? | William Shenstone | Elegy [Friendship; Love]. Transcribed from Shenstone, William. "Elegy XXVI. Describing the sorrow of an ingenuous mind, on the melancholy event of a licentious amour." The works in verse and prose, of William Shenstone, Esq:... vol. 1, 1764, pp. 97–101. Eighteenth Century Collections Online, GALE|CW0114988158. |
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Why start? the Case is yours, or will be soon | Epitaph [Death, afterlife; Conduct, morality]. Usually paired with poem on a lady's skull, "Blush not, ye Fair, to own me, but be wise..." Transcribed from "On a Gentleman." Select and remarkable epitaphs on illustrious and other persons.... vol. 2, ed. John Hackett, 1757, pp. 93–94. Eighteenth Century Collections Online, GALE|CW0102442998. |
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Wife and Servant are the same | Mary Chudleigh | Essay [Women; Courtship, marriage]. Transcribed from Chudleigh, Mary Lee. Poems on Several Occasions. Together with the Song of the Three Children Paraphras'd. By the Lady Chudleigh, 1703. Eighteenth Century Collections Online, GALE|CB0127582056. |
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With sense enough for half your sex beside | John Langhorne | Lyric [Love]. Transcribed from Langhorne, John. "To Mrs. Gillman." The poetical works of John Langhorne. In two volumes, vol. 1, 1766, pp. 137–138. Eighteenth Century Collections Online, GALE|CW0111847911. |
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Without preamble, to my friend | Isabella Howard | Answer [Passions]. Often follows Greville Crewe's "Oft I've implor'd the gods in vain..." Transcribed from The Countess of C[arlisle], "The Fairy's Answer to Mrs. Greville." A collection of poems in four volumes... ed. 2, vol. 1, pp. 306–309. Eighteenth Century Collections Online, GALE|CW0115307555. |
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Wou'd you think it, my Duck! (for the fault I must own) | Jenny Hamilton Moore | Song [Courtship, marriage; Humour, wordplay; Women; Friendship]. Transcribed from "Miss HAM—N to Miss DUCK." The Gentleman's Magazine: and historical chronicle, vol. 19 November 1749, p. 516. British Periodicals, [ProQuest document ID:] 8473480. |
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Ye distant Spires, ye antique Towers | Thomas Gray | Ode [Education; Passions, sentiments]. Transcribed from Gray, Thomas. An Ode On a Distant Prospect of Eton College, 1747. Eighteenth Century Collections Online, GALE|CW0113877223. |
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Ye Nymphs of Solyma! begin the song | Alexander Pope | Pastoral [Devotional writing, religious belief]. Transcribed from Pope, Alexander. "Messiah A Sacred Eclogue, in imitation of Virgil's Pollio." The works of Mr. Alexander Pope, 1717, pp. 35–40. Eighteenth Century Collections Online, GALE|CW0110765267. |
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Ye weeping muses, graces, virtues tell | George Lyttelton | Elegy [Celebrities; Public affairs]. Transcribed from Lyttleton, George. "Inscription intended for the Monument of Captain Grenville." London magazine: or, Gentleman's Monthly Intelligencer, 1 November 1749, p. 523. American Antiquarian Society, accession number 33978018. |
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