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TitleA Collection of the Most Esteemed Pieces of Poetry, That Have Appeared for Several Years
EditorAnonymous
Year1767
PublisherRichardson and Urquhart
LocationLondon
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CONTENTS

Page
An Elegy on the Death of a Lady. By W. Mason, M. A. 1
Oriental Eclogues. By Mr. William Collins 7
Eclogue I. Selim, or the Shepherd's Moral ibid.
——— II. Hassan; or the Camel-driver 12
——— III. Abra; or the Georgian Sultana 15
——— IV. Agil and Secander; or the Fugitives 18
An Ode to Fear. By the same 21
The Passions. An Ode to Music. By the same 24
Every Man the Architect of his own Fortune. A Satire. By Mr. Scott of Trinity-college Cambridge 29
To Pleasure. An Ode. By the same 42
Albin and the Daughter of Mey. By the late Mr. Jerom Stone 47
Edwin and Angelina. A Ballad. By Dr. Goldsmith 55
The Cit's Country-Box, 1757. By Robert Lloyd, M. A. 62
The Actor. By the same 67
William and Margaret. By David Mallet, Esq; 77
A Fragment. By the same 81
Zephir; or the Stratagem. By the same 84
Edwin and Emma. By the same 92
A Prayer for Indifference. By Mrs. Greville 96
Ode on the Duke of York's second Departure from England. By the Author of the Shipwreck 99
To Sickness. An Elegy. By Mr. Delap 107
Verses to the People of England 1758. By W. Whitehead, Esq; Poet-Laureat 110
To William Shenstone, Esq; the Production of half an Hour's Leisure 115
A Song. Written to a Lady 117
To a Lady before Marriage. By the late Mr. Tickel. Not published in his Works 118
Prologue upon Prologues. Written by Mr. Garrick 121
Mr. Foote's Address to the Public, after a Prosecution against him for a Libel 123
Extract from Mr. Whitehead's Charge to the Poets 125
The Elm and Vine. A Fable 129
Prologue to the Englishman at Bourdeaux 131
Epilogue 132
An Ode on St. Cecilia's Day. By B. Thornton, Esq; 134
Advice to the Marquis of Rockingham. By an old Courtier 139
La Liberta. Translated from Metaflasio 140
Bryan and Pereene. A West-Indian Ballad 144
The Passionate Shepherd to his Love. An old Ballad 147
My Mind to me a Kingdom is. An old Ballad 148
Cupid's Pastime. An old Sonnet 150
Winifreda 153
Admiral Hosier's Ghost. By Mr. Glover, Author of Leonidas 154
The Shepherd's Resolution. An old Ballad. By George Wither 158
The Steadfast Shepherd. By the same 159
Autumn. By Mr. Brerewood 162
The Pin. By Mr. Woty 165
A Present to a young Lady with a Pair of Stockings 167
A Dialogue between a Poet and his Servant. By the late Mr. Christopher Pitt 170
A Parody on the City and Country Mouse 175
The Recantation. An Ode 177
Verses written on a Pedestal, &c. 180
Song 183
The Lady and the Linnet. A Tale 184
The Genius of Britain. An Iambic Ode 191
Hope. A Pastoral Ballad 195
Ode to Sensibility 196
Petrarch and Laura. An Epigrammatic Tale 198
To Winter. By Mr. Woty 199
An Epistle of M. de Voltaire. From the French 202
The Winter's Walk. By Samuel Johnston, L. L. D. 208
Epitaph on Claudius Phillips. By the same 209
The Poor Man's Prayer ibid.
An Epitaph, written by Mr. Smith, on his Wife 214
Verses to Mr. Dodsley. By Richard Berringer, Esq; 215
Mr. Dodsley's Answer 216
The Wish 217
A Song. By Dr. Delany. His Name, by Mistake is not put down at the Head of the Poem 219
On Mr. Walpole's House at Strawberry-Hill. By Miss M. 223
To the Authoress of some Lines on Strawberry Hill. By the Hon. Horace Walpole 225
To Apollo making Love. From Mons. Fontenelle. By Thomas Tickell, Esq; 226
The Thirteenth Book of Virgil. Written by Maphœus Vejius. Translated by Moses Mendez, Esq; 227
The Author's Account of his Journey to Ireland. By the same 257
The Answer. By Mr. Ellis 264
To Mr. S. Tucker. By Mr. Mendez 267
The Winter-Solstice. By Dr. Akenside 274
The Poet and his Patron. By Mr. Moore 278
The Wolfe, Sheep, and Lamb 281
The Tears of Scotland. Written in 1746 285
Cæsar's Dream before his Invasion of Britain. By Mr. Langhorne 288
The Eagle and Robin Red-Breast. By Mr. Archibald Scott 291
Isis. An Elegy. By Mr. Mason 294
The Nun. An Elegy 299
The Gift: To Iris. By Dr. Goldsmith 305
The Rookery 306
A Receipt to make L'Eau de Vie. By the late Mr. Charles King 308
Day. A Pastoral. By Mr. Cunningham 310
Content. A Pastoral. By the same 316
Corydon. A Pastoral. By the same 317
Melody. By the same 319

⁂Notwithstanding the Care of the Editor, the Song of Winifrida (inserted in Dodsley's Collection) has crept in here; but as it takes up only a single Page, it was thought unnecessary to cancel it.

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