"THE WICKER CHAIR: a Burlesque Poem in blank verse," after the manner of the "Splendid Shilling" and "Cyder" of John Philips. In three cantos; with an introduction in prose. The subject is country life, and the scene the neighbourhood of Evesham. Paper; ff. 31. XVIIIth cent. Folio. Poetry: "The...
"THE RAFFLE, or the Patriots": a poem in three cantos, with arguments in prose, ridiculing opponents of the Grenville administration, circ. 1763. Paper; ff. 29. XVIIIth cent. Quarto. Political and Satirical Poems: "The Raffle, or the Patriots ": circ. 1763.
COLLECTION Of miscellancous political and other poems, as follows:- 1. "Advice to a Painter, upon the Defeat of the Rebells in the West and the execution of the late Duke of Monmouth," beg. "Since by just flames the guilty Peice is lost." See Poems on Affairs of State, 1716, ii. p. 148. f. 1. ...
COLLECTION Of Miscellaneous political and other verses, written in several hands, apparently all feminine. Included are:- 1. Lines by [James Graham, 1st] Marquis of Montrose, written "as he was riding over the sands . . . . with his sword . . . . upon the news of the death of King Charles," be...
COLLECTION of amatory and other verses, with extracts from plays of Shakespeare, Dryden, and others, in a lady's hand. Included are:- 1. "Gently touch the Warbling Lyre. Burlesqued by Sr W[illiam] Y[onge, Bart?]," beg. "Gently stir and blow the fire." f 1. 2. "The Cambro-Briton rob'd of his ...
COLLECTIONS Of poems and verses by various authors, including:- 1. "The 139th Psalm Paraphrased. By Mr. Standen," beg. "O dread Jehovah ! thy all peircing eye." f. 1. 2. "The Progress of Life," beg. "How gayly is at first begun." f. 2. 3. "Love's Defence," beg. "When, dully-wise, the Grave...
1. COMMONPLACE-BOOK of poetry, including copies of a poem by R. Glover [author of 'Leonidas'] on Sir Isaac Newton, 'Laus Literarum,' in Latin and English, by Joseph Perkins, short poems by Prior, Gay, etc.; with Latin verses, epitaphs, etc. At the end are inserted a few separate pieces. f 1.
2. Commonplace-book of poetry, with the name of John Browne and date 1720, containing a poetical epistle by E. Littleton, a Latin poem entitled 'Ecclesiastes,' an epigram by Allan Ramsay, etc. f. 54.
COLLECTION of Vers de Societé, mostly addressed to ladies of rank. Followed by separate pieces in different hands, including:- (a) "The Muses suit to Apollo. A Masque." f. 14;-(b) "On Holker Hall." f. 19;-(c) "An epigram on refusing the late Bishop of Rochester [Atterbury] to be buried in a pu...