Poetical recreations consisting of original poems, songs, odes, &c. with several new translations : in two parts / part I, occasionally written by Mrs. Jane Barker, part II, by several gentlemen of the universities, and others.
- Title
- Poetical recreations consisting of original poems, songs, odes, &c. with several new translations : in two parts / part I, occasionally written by Mrs. Jane Barker, part II, by several gentlemen of the universities, and others.
- Author
- Barker, Jane.
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- London :: Printed for Benjamin Crayle ...,
- 1688.
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- English poetry -- Early modern, 1500-1700.
- Songs, English -- Texts.
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Contents
- illustration
- title page
- frontispiece
- THE PUBLISHER TO The Reader.
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To Madam
IANE BARKER, On Her Incomparable POEMS. -
To the Ingenious Mrs.
BARKER, On Her Excellent POEMS. -
To the Ingenious AUTHOUR, Mrs.
IANE BARKER, ON HER POEMS. -
In Elegantem
IANAE BARKER Poeticen Epigramma. -
To Mrs.
IANE BARKER, On Her Ingenious POEMS. -
To the Incomparable
GALAECIA, On the Publication of Her POEMS. - A TABLE OF THE POEMS Contained in the FIRST PART OF POETICAL RECREATIONS.
- ERRATA.
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Miscellany POEMS. PART I.
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An Invitation to my Friends at
Cambridge. -
To Mr.
HILL, on his Verses to the Dutchess ofYORK, when she was atCambridge. -
To my Cousin Mr.
E. F. on his Excellent PAINTING. -
To my Reverend Friend Mr.
H—. on his Presenting meThe Reasonableness of Christianity, andThe History of King CHARLESthe First, &c. -
To Mr.
G. P. my Adopted Brother; on the nigh approach of his Nuptials. - A VIRGIN LIFE.
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To my Friend
EXILLUS, on his persuading me to Marry OldDamon. -
To Dr.
R. S. my indifferent Lover, who complain'd of my Indifferency. -
On the DEATH of my Dear Friend and Play-fellow,
M having Dream'd the night before I heard thereof, that I had lost a Pearl.rs E. D. -
The Prospect of a
LANDSKIP, Beginning with aGROVE. - Sitting by a Rivulet.
- A HILL.
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To Sir
F. W. presenting himCowley 's first Works. -
To
Ovid 'sHEROINES in his Epistles. -
To my Honourable Unkle Colonel
C— after his Return into theLow-Countries. -
On the
Apothecary 's Filing my Bills amongst theDoctors. - To my Unkind STREPHON.
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To my Friend Mr.
S. L. ON HIS Receiving the Name ofLittle Tom King. - Necessity of Fate.
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To my Honoured Friend, Mr.
E. S—. -
On my Mother and my Lady
W—. who both lay sick at the same time under the Hands of Dr.Paman. -
In Commendation of the
Female Sex. Out ofSCIPINA. -
To my BROTHER, whilst he was in
France. - On the DEATH of my Brother.
- On the same. A Pindarique ODE.
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Part of the XIX.
PSALM. - Coming from—in a Dark Night.
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To my Dear Cousin Mrs.
M. T. after the Death of her Husband and Son. - TO MY Young Lover.
- TO MY Young Lover ON HIS VOW.
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TO MY Young Lover. A
SONG. - To my Unkind Friend, Little Tom King.
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A Second EPISTLE. To my Honoured Friend Mr.
E. S. - A PASTORAL DIALOGUE Betwixt Two Shepherd Boys.
- To Mr. C. B. On his Incomparable SINGING.
- THE COMPLAINT.
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A SONG in
SCIPINA. - A SONG.
- A SONG.
- A SONG.
- A Bachanalian SONG.
- An ODE.
- Absence for a Time.
- Parting with—
- THE Anchorite IN SCIPINA.
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Iane, Nan, andFrank, their Fare∣well to CaptainC. going to Sea. -
To her Lovers Complaint. A
SONG. - To my Adopted BROTHER, Mr. G. P. On my frequent Writing to Him.
- To my Friends against POETRY.
- TO THE Importunate ADDRESS OF POETRY.
- A Farewell to POETRY, WITH A Long Digression on ANATOMY.
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On the DEATH of my Brother. A
SONNET.
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An Invitation to my Friends at
- title page
- A TABLE OF THE POEMS Contained in the Second Part OF POETICAL RECREATIONS.
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MISCELLANY POEMS.
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A
Paraphrase on anHYMN Sung when theCorps is at the Grave. -
Advice to his Friends, lamenting the Death of
I. F. -
EPITAPH on Mrs.E. F. who sickned of theSmall Pox, and DeceasedDecember the31st. 1686. being the Day before her intended Nuptials. -
An
EPITAPH to the Memory (and fix't on the Tomb) of SirPALME FAIRBORN, Governour ofTangier, who, in Execution of his Command, was Mor∣tally Wounded by a Shot from theMoors, that then besieged the Town,Octob. 24. 1680. -
An
ELEGY on the Death ofN. D. Doctor of Physick. - UPON HEAVEN.
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ON THE MARTYRDOM OF King
CHARLES the First. - UPON ONE'S Birth-Day.
- UPON CHRIST's NATIVITY.
- On the same.
- More on the same Subject.
- ON NEW-YEARS-DAY.
- EYES and TEARS.
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To Mrs.
IANE BARKER, on her most Delightfull and Ex∣cellentRomance ofSCIPINA, now in the Press. -
To Mrs.
IANE BARKER, on her Resolution ofVersifying no more. -
To the Incomparable AUTHOR, Mrs.
IANE BARKER, On her Excellent ROMANCE ofSCIPINA. -
ON THE POSTHUME and Precious POEMS OF Sir
MATTHEW HALE, Late Lord Chief Iustice of His Majesty's Court ofKing's-Bench. -
To the Admir'd AUTHOR, Mr.
THOMAS WRIGHT, ON HIS Incomparable HISTORIES, ENTITULED, God's Revenge against Murther and Adultery, with the Triumphs of Friendship and Chastity. Newly published in a small Vol. 80 . -
To his Ingenious FRIEND, Mr.
THOMAS WRIGHT, ON HIS Compendious HISTORIES OFMurther, Adultery, Friendship andChastity. Some of the former being Epitomiz'd from Mr.Reynold 'sMurthers. - ON Christmas-day.
- UPON DEATH.
- ON THE Divine Spirit.
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To the Memory of the Illustrious Prince
GEORGE, Duke of Buckingham. -
UPON THE DEATH OF OLIVER CROMWELL, In Answer to Mr.
W— ' s Verses. - ON THE LAST DUTCH WAR.
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THE LAST SAYINGS OF A MOUSE, Lately Starved in a
Cupboard. As they were taken in Short-hand by a ZealousRat-catcher, who listned at the Key-hole of the Cupboard Door. -
TO THE SECRETARY OF THE MUSES. A
NEW-YEARS-GIFT. - EPITAPH ON THE SECRETARY to the MUSES.
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A SATYR, In Answer to the SATYR against
MAN. -
A Congratulatory POEM To His most Sacred Majesty
IAMES the Second,&c. On His late Victories o'er the Rebels in theWest. - On the same.
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A PANEGYRICK On His Present Majesty
IAMES the SECOND: Occasionally Written since His late Victories ob∣tained over theScotch andWestern Rebels. -
A Congratulatory POEM ON HIS SACRED MAIESTY
IAMES the SECOND's Succession to the Crown. - ON THE PRESENTATION OF A BIRD to his MISTRISS.
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ADVICE TO SILLY MAIDS
- Farther ADVICE TO Young Ladies.
- ADVICE TO A Town-Miss.
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The Preference of a
Single Life beforeMarriage. Written at the Request of a Lady. - UPON CLARINDA'S Putting on Her Vizard Mask.
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THE MIDDLE SISTER, Ascribed to
CLARINDA. - AN ELOGY ON Mrs. M. H.
- A Love-Poem.
- ANOTHER Love-Poem.
- THE Lover's Will.
- A LOVE-LETTER.
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A
Speech to his Mistress in a Garden. -
AN ADDRESS TO A
Gentlewoman Walking in aGarden. - UPON A Gentlewomans Refusal of a LETTER from one she was ingaged to.
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In Praise of a Deformed, but Virtuous, LADY; OR, A SATYR on
BEAUTY. -
A LOVE-LETTER
- In Praise of LETTERS.
- The IDEA.
- LOVE's SYMPATHY.
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A PINDARIQUE ODE ON Mr.
COWLEY. - An ODE.
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AN ODE of
ANACREON Paraphras'd. Beauties Force. - A PINDARIQUE ODE.
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From
Ovid 'sAmorum, lib. 2. El. 4. andLucretius, lib. 4. That he loves Women of all sorts and sizes. - THE PARALLEL.
- SONG.
- SONG. The YOUNG LOVER.
-
SONG. The
Prodigal 'sResolution. -
SONG. The
Doubtfull Lover Resolv'd. - SONG. The CAVALIER's CATCH.
- SONG. On Sight of a LADY's Face in the Water.
- SONG.
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On the Serpentine Combustion by Squibs on my
Lord Mayor 's Day. AnHEROICK POEM. WrittenOctob. 29. 1686. -
TO MY Much-esteemed Friend Mr.
I. N. ON HIS Reading the first line of PINDAR, &c. -
A DIALOGUE Between
IACK andDICK, Concerning the PROHIBITION OF French Wines.
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A
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These Ten following
POEMS done by a Con∣ceal'd Author for his private Recreation.-
To
CLARINDA on her Incom∣parablePainting andWax-work. WrittenSeptemb. 1686. -
A
Young Man to anOld Woman, Courting him. In Imitation of a Modern Author. -
TO CLARINDA. A
SONG. - ON HIS SECRET PASSION FOR COSMELIA.
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TO CLARINDA, ON HIS Deserting her, and loving
Cosmelia. - TO COSMELIA, ON HER Departure into the COUNTREY.
- On a ROSE sticking on a Ladies Breast.
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ON THE Most Charming
GALECIA 's PICTURE. - THE YOUNG LOVER's ADVOCATE: BEING An Answer to a Copy of Verses.
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To my Ingenious Friend, Mrs.
IANE BARKER, ON MY Publishing her Romance ofSCIPINA. -
A
Batchelor 'sLife, in pursuit of Mrs.BARKER 's Verses in Praise of aSingle Life. -
The Exchange of HEARTS. A
SONG. By the same. Being an Answer to aSONG in the81st Page of the First Part. - Upon a FLOCK of GOLD-FINCHES Seen in the MORNING.
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THE POET's Answer to One, Complaining of their NEGLIGENCE, In not Writing the DUKE OF
BUCKINGHAM 's ELEGY.
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To
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These
Thirteen following COPIES done by Mr.HOVENDEN WALKER, sometime ofTrinity-Colledge inDublin. -
PSALM theCXXXIX. Paraphras'd from Verse the7. to Verse the13. -
A PASTORAL, In Imitation of
VIRGIL 's Second ECLOGUE. - The Fourth ELEGY OF CORNELIUS GALLUS, OF THE Miseries of Old Age. Made English.
- To my MISTRISS.
- The Agreement.
- SONG.
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The
Innocent Discov'ry. -
THE PETITION. A
SONG. -
FATE. A
SONG. - MY RELIGION.
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The
KISS. -
The
WRACK. -
TO M
r P. Berault UPON HISFRENCH GRAMMAR. - SONG.
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The same
SONG Inverted.
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The Five following Copies done by Mr.
C. G. ofAEton-Colledge. -
The Six following COPIES done by Mr.
T. B. ofCambridge. -
An ELEGY on King
CHARLES the Second, who dyed of anApoplexy. -
A DITHYRAMBIQUE, Made just before the
KING andQUEEN Went to Their CORONATION. -
To Their GRACES, THE
DUKE andDUTCHESS OF ALBEMARLE, Upon Their Voyage forIAMAICA. -
Ovid. Amor. lib. 2. Eleg. 15. A
Ring Presented to his Mistress. - TO AFER. MARTIAL. Epig. 31. lib 4.
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An Excuse for not
Rhiming in the Time of theRebellion.
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An ELEGY on King
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BOOKS lately Printed for
Benj. Crayle, at thePeacock andBible at the West-end of St.Paul 's.