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Eclogues of Virgil,
I. By Mr. John Caryll. Page 1
II. By Mr. Nahum Tate. 7
--- By Mr. Thomas Creech. 11
III. By the same. 14
VII. By Mr. William Adams. 21
VIII. By Mr. Stafford. 25
X. BTS. 29
--- By Sir William Temple, Bart. 33
Virgil's O Fortunatos, &c. BTS. 29
Horace, Book I. Sat. I. BTS. 44
On Mrs. Philipps's Death. BTS. 50
On My Lady Gifford's Lorry. BTS. 54
Aristæus, from Virgil's Georgicks, Book IV. BTS. 58
Horace, Book IV. Ode VII. BTS. 76
Book I. Ode XIII. BTS. 77
Upon the Approach of the Shore at Harwich, January 1668. BTS. 78
Horace, Book III. Ode XXIX. BTS. 82
Book I. Part of Ep. II. BTS. 86
Tibullus, Lib. IV. El. II. BTS. 87
Song, from Marriage A-la-mode. By Mr. Dryden. 88
Song, from Tyrannic Love. BTS. 89
On the Death of Prince Henry and Princess Mary. BTS. 90
On the Marriage of K. Charles II. BTS. 92
Horace, Book I. Sat. VIII. By Mr. Stafford. 93
The Death of Camilla. BTS.
To my Heart. [no auth] 103
Cato's Answer to Labienus, from the Ninth Book of Lucan. By Mr. Wolseley. 105
On the Prince's going to England with an Army to restore the Government, 1688. BTS. 107
Song. BTS. 108
Answered by Mr. Wharton. ibid.
A Prologue to Satyr. 109
Song of Basset. By Sir George Etherege. 113
To the Earl of Middleton. BTS. 114
A Second Epistle. BTS 118
The Cup, from Anacreon. By Mr. John Oldham. 119
Ode on St. Cecilia's Day. BTS.
Pastoral on the Death of Mr. Oldham. [no auth.] 124
Remedy of Love. By John Evelyn, Esq. 127
On Virtue, to Mr. S.G. BTS. 132
To Envy, from Ovid. BTS. 134
Martial, Book VIII. Epig. LVI. BTS. 136
Horace, Book I. Ode VIII. BTS. 137
The Punishment. BTS. 138
Part of Ajax's Speech, from Ovid. BTS. 139
Sanazarius in Venice. BTS. 140
Written on a Lady's Mask. BTS. ibid.
Elegy on Dean Crofts. By Matthew Stevenson+. [pub'd Norfolk Drollery, 1673, note says.] 141
A Prologue. By Major Aston. [1682]
Ovid, de Trist. Book I. El. XI. [no auth] 145
Elegy on Dr. Whitaker. By Mr. Joseph Hall. 148
Ad Carolum Rgeem. By Sir John Cotton. 153
On Mr. H. Dickinson's Translation of Pere Simon's Critical History. [no auth] 154.
Horti Arlingtoniani. By Mr. Charles Dryden. 156.
The same, translated by Mr. Samuel Boyse. 161
To the Nightingale coming in the Spring. [no auth] 168
Song. [no auth]
On the king's House building at Winchester. [no auth] 176
On the Death of Melantha. [no auth.] 180
The Court Prospect. By Mr. Charles Hopkins*. 183
[ii.183:] * Son of Ezekiel bishop of Londonderry (who married the lady Araminta one of the 4 daughters of John lord Robartes afterwards earl of Radnor). He was born at Exeter; but, his father being taken chaplain to Ireland by lord Robartes when lord lieutenant i 1669, our poet received the early part of his education at Trinity College, Dublin; and afterwards was a student at Cambridge. On the rebellion in Ireland in 1688, he returned thither, and exerted his early valourin the cause of his country, religion, and liberty. When public tranquillity was restored, he came again into England, and fell into an acquaintance with gentlemen of the best wit, whose age and genius were most agreeable to his own. In 1694 he published some "Epistolarly Poems and Translations," which will all be inserted in this volume; and in 1695, he shewed his genius as a dramatic writer by "Pyrrhus king of Egypt," a tragedy, to which Mr. Congreve wrote the epilogue (see English Poets, vol. XXIX. p. 84). He published that year "The History of Love," a connexion of select fables from Ovid's Metamorphoses, 1695; which, by the sweetness of his numbers and the easiness of his thoughts, procured him a considerable reputation. With Mr. Dryden in particular he became a great favourite. He afterwards published the "Art of Love," which, Jacob says, "added to his fame, and happily brought him acquainted with the earl of Dorset and other persons of distinction, [p. 183 / 184] who were fond of his company, throught the agreeableness of his temper and the pleasantry of his conversation. It was in his power to have made his fortune in any scene of life; but he was always more ready to serve others than mindful of his own affairs; and, by the excesses of hard drinking, and too passionate fondness for the fair sex, he died a martyr to the cause in the 36th year of his age." I shall preserve in this collection an admirable Hymn "written about an hour before his death, when in great pain." His "Court-Prospect," in which many of the principal nobility are very handsomely complimented, is called by Jacob "an excellent piece;" and of his other poems, he adds, "that they are all remarkable for the purity of their diction, and the harmony of their numbers." Mr. Hopkins was also the author of two other tragedies; "Boadicea Queen of Britain," 1697; and "Friendship improved, or the Female Warrior," with a humourous prologe, comparing a poet to a merchant, a comparison which will hold in most particulars except that of accumulating wealth. Our author, who was at Londonderry when this tragedy came out, inscribed it to Edward Coke of Norfolk, esquire, in a dedication, dated Nov. I. 1699, so modest and pathetic that I am persuaded I shall stand excused if I print it at full length: "[Dedication quoted for 3 pages, 184-187; ii.187:] His feelings were prophetic; he died, I believe, in the course of that winter. N. [ii.187]
The Court Prospect. By Mr. Charles Hopkins. 183(1)
Description of a Battle [sec. of the above.] 193
Of the Goddess of Peace and her Palace. 196
To Charles Earl of Dorset. BTS. 201
To Walter Moyle, Esq. BTS. 202
To Anthony Hammond, Esq. BTS. 204
To C.C. Esq. BTS. 208
To Mrs. Mohun, on her Recovery. BTS. 209
To a Lady. BTS. 210
To the same Lady. 212
To Dr. Gibbons. BTS. 214
To Mr. Congreve. BTS. 216
To Mr. Yalden. BTS. 218
Song. BTS. 220
Sanazarius on Venice. BTS. 221
Cato's Character, from the Second Book of Lucan. BTS. ibid.
The History of Love. In a Letter to a Lady. BTS. 222
Admiration. 227
Desire.230
Hope. 233
Jealousy. 237
Despair. 244
The Parting. 250
Absence. 255
Pastoral Elegy on the Death of Delia. BTS. 264
Phoebus and Daphne. From Ovid. [no auth/trans. given in Index] 269
[In the text, however, this title is followed by "by the same," suggesting that all of these poems are by Charles Hopkins, a huge chunk of vol. ii being by him then, pp. 183- 322.]
Jupiter and Europa. From the same. [no auth/trans. in I] 276
Narcissus and Echo. From the same. [no auth/trans. in I] 278
Scylla's Passion for Minos. From the same. [no auth/trans. in I] 268
Ceyx and Halcyone. From the same. [no auth/trans. in I] 290
Description of a Storm and Shipwreck. 293
of the God of Sleep and his Palace. 299
Tibullus, Book I. El. I. BTS* [*BTS prob. refs. Hopkins] 308
Book II. El. IV. BTS 314
Book IV. El. XIII. BTS 317
Farewell to Poetry. BTS. 319
Hymn. BTS. 321
Epistle to a Friend. By Mr. John Hopkins. 322
To the Lord Cutts. BTS. 325
Song, by Lord Cutts. 327
Elegy on the Earl of Rochester. By Mrs. Wharton. 329
Against the Fear of Death. By Sir Robert Howard. 330
To Lewis XIV. A Paraphrase from the French (supposed to be by Mr. Prior). 332
"BTS" means "By the Same" author who wrote the preceding poem.
"FTS" often means "From the Same" collection which is listed as the source of the preceding poem, but it can also mean "from the same" ancient author (i.e., this poem is a translation from some part of his work).
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