1st Edition
Eighteenth-Century English Labouring-Class Poets, vol 2
By John Goodridge, Simon Kövesi, David Fairer, Tim Burke, William Christmas, Bridget Keegan
Copyright 2003
494 Pages
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Routledge
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Poets of labouring class origin were published in Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries. Some were popular and important in their day but few are available today. This is a collection of some of those poems from the 18th century.
Contents of Volume II -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chronology -- Note on the Text -- HENRY JONES (1 721—1770) -- The Bricklayer’s Poem. Presented to his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant. On his Arrival in this Kingdom (1745) -- The Bricklayer’s Poem, to the Countess of chesterfield, on her Ladyship's Saving the Soldiers from Being Shot (1745) -- Philosophy. A Poem. Address’d to the Ladies Who Attend Mr Booth's Lectures (1746) -- From Poems on Several Occasions (1749) -- Advertisement -- Lines to Lord Chief Justice Singleton -- On Mr Pope’s Death -- To a Friend Who I-lad Writ Verses to Mr Pope, in the Person of Apollo, Occasioned by Hearing That Poet Abus’d -- To the Reverend Dr Mann, Occasioned by the Author’s Asking Him for a Subject to Write on, and his Saying He Could Think of None -- On his Excellency the Earl of Chesterfield’s Resigning the Government of Ireland -- From Merit. A Poem: Inscribed to the Right Honourable Philip Earl of Chesterfield (1753) -- [Introduction; Newton, Locke and Boyle] [Garrick’s Genius] -- -- From The Relief or, Day Thoughts: A Poem. Occasioned by the Complaint, or Night Thoughts (1754) -- Introduction; Critique of Young’s Style] [Critique of Graveyard School of Poetry} -- On the Invention of Letters, and the Utility of the Press (1755) -- From Clifton: A Poem, in Two Cantos, lnthldinR Bristol and A/I its Environs (1767) -- Canto I -- JAMES EYRE WEEKES (fl. 1743-53) -- From Poems on Several Occasions (1743) -- To his Serene Highness Prince Nobody -- On a Pen -- The Poet’s Case -- The Cobler's Poem, to a Certain Noble Peer. Occasioned by the Brick-Layer’s Poem (1745) -- THOMAS BLACKLOCK (1721-1791) -- MARY LEAPOR (1722—1 746) -- From Poems upon Several Occasions, Volume 1 (1748) -- To the Reader -- An Epistle to a Lady -- The Head-Ach -- To Grammaticus -- On Mr Pope’s Universal Prayer -- Advice to Myrtillo -- From Poems upon Several Occasions... The Second and Last Volume (1751) -- To John * * * * *, Esq; -- An Epistle to Artem
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John Goodridge, Simon Kövesi, David Fairer, Tim Burke, William Christmas, Bridget Keegan
