The Oxford Book of Eighteenth-Century Verse: ReissueRoger Lonsdale Hailed as a major event (John Carey, Sunday Times), a major anthology: one of the best that Oxford has ever produced (James Fenton, The Times), the most important anthology in recent years (The Economist), and indispensable (Kingsley Amis), Roger Lonsdales The New Oxford Book of Eighteenth-Century Verse is now available in a stylishly redesigned reissue. No previous anthology has succeeded in illustrating so thoroughly the kinds of verse actually written in the eighteenth century. The familiar tradition is fully represented by selections from such poets as Pope, Swift, Gray, Smart, Goldsmith, Cowper, Burns, and Blake. In addition, the anthology includes verse by many forgotten writers, both men and women, from all levels of society. Although they have never figured in conventional literary history, they wrote humorous, idiosyncratic, and graphic verse about their personal experience and the world around them, in a way that should challenge received ideas about the periods restraints and inhibitions. |
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Contents
JOHN POMFRET 16671702 | 1 |
THOMAS DURFEY 16531723 | 5 |
JOHN PHILIPS 16761709 | 6 |
JONATHAN SWIFT 16671745 | 9 |
DANIEL DEFOE 16601731 | 33 |
LAWRENCE SPOONER fl 1703 | 35 |
LADY MARY CHUDLEIGH 16561710 | 36 |
SARAH FYGE EGERTON 16701723 | 37 |
DAVID GARRICK 17171779 | 482 |
FRANCES GREVILLE 172?1789 | 483 |
JOHN MACLAURIN LORD DREGHORN 17341796 | 485 |
JAMES MACPHERSON 17361796 | 487 |
ANONYMOUS | 488 |
WILLIAM WOTY 17311791 | 489 |
JAMES CAWTHORN 17191761 | 494 |
FRANCIS FAWKES 17201777 | 496 |
WILLIAM CONGREVE 16701729 | 38 |
JOSEPH ADDISON 16721719 | 41 |
MATTHEW PRIOR 16641721 | 47 |
ANONYMOUS | 61 |
EDWARD WARD 16671731 | 62 |
ISAAC WATTS 16741748 | 67 |
ANDREW MICHAEL RAMSAY 16861743 | 77 |
ANONYMOUS | 78 |
WILLIAM KING 16621712 | 79 |
JOHN REYNOLDS 16671727 | 80 |
WILLIAM DIAPER 16851717 | 82 |
AMBROSE PHILIPS 16741749 | 84 |
ALEXANDER POPE 16881744 | 87 |
BERNARD MANDEVILLE 16701733 | 103 |
JOHN SMITH 16621717 | 104 |
ANNE FINCH COUNTESS OF WINCHILSEA 16611720 | 106 |
SAMUEL JONES d 1732 | 108 |
RICHARDSON PACK 16821728 | 111 |
WILLIAM HARRISON 16851713 | 113 |
JOHN GAY 16851732 | 119 |
JOHN WINSTANLEY 1678?175o | 132 |
MARY MONCK 169O?1715 | 137 |
HENRY CAREY 1687?1743 | 138 |
CAPTAIN H8212fl 1716 | 142 |
LADY MARY WORTLEY MONTAGU 16891762 | 143 |
LEONARD WELSTED 16881747 | 147 |
ALEXANDER PENNECUIK d 1730 | 148 |
EDWARD LITTLETON 1698P1734 | 150 |
ALLAN RAMSAY 16861758 | 151 |
THOMAS TICKELL 16851740 | 155 |
SAMUEL CROXALL 169O?1752 | 158 |
DAVID MALLET 17O5?1765 | 159 |
ELIZABETH TOLLET 16941754 | 161 |
HENRY BAKER 16981774 | 163 |
HETTY WRIGHT 16971750 | 165 |
JOHN DYER 17001758 | 166 |
GEORGE BERKELEY 16851753 | 175 |
JONATHAN RICHARDSON 1667?1745 | 176 |
SAMUEL WESLEY 16911739 | 178 |
JAMES THOMSON 17001748 | 179 |
JOHN WRIGHT fl 17081727 | 196 |
CHRISTOPHER PITT 16991748 | 198 |
FRANCIS HAWLING fl 1727 | 200 |
ANONYMOUS | 201 |
WILLIAM SOMERVILE 16751742 | 202 |
JOHN BYROM 16921763 | 207 |
RICHARD SAVAGE 1697?1743 | 214 |
EDWARD CHICKEN 16981746 | 216 |
ANONYMOUS | 218 |
JAMES BRAMSTON 1694?1743 | 219 |
ANDREW BRICE 16901773 | 222 |
STEPHEN DUCK 17051756 | 224 |
HILDEBRAND JACOB 16931739 | 226 |
COLLEY GIBBER 16711757 | 229 |
MARY BARBER 1690?1757 | 231 |
ALEXANDER POPE 16881744 see also Nos 619 | 234 |
ROBERT DODSLEY 17031764 | 261 |
GEORGE FAREWELL ft 1733 | 263 |
SAMUEL BOWDEN fl 17261771 | 271 |
ANONYMOUS | 273 |
JOHN BANCKS 17091751 | 274 |
PHILIP DORMER STANHOPE EARL OF CHESTERFIELD 16941773 | 275 |
ROBERT TATERSAL fl 1734 | 278 |
JEAN ADAMS 17101765 | 280 |
ANONYMOUS | 282 |
THOMAS GILBERT 1713?1747 | 283 |
MATTHEW GREEN 16961737 | 285 |
MOSES BROWNE 17041787 | 290 |
JOHN ARMSTRONG 17091779 | 293 |
HENRY TAYLOR 17111785 | 297 |
ANONYMOUS | 299 |
ANONYMOUS | 301 |
AARON HILL 16851750 | 302 |
WILLIAM SHENSTONE 17141763 | 305 |
JOHN WESLEY 17031791 | 311 |
E DOWER fl 1738 | 312 |
SAMUEL JOHNSON 17091784 | 313 |
MARY COLLIER 1690?c1762 | 325 |
JOHN GAMBOLD 17111771 | 327 |
SIR CHARLES HANBURY WILLIAMS 17081759 | 328 |
RICHARD GLOVER 17121785 | 332 |
SARAH DIXON 16721745 | 334 |
ANONYMOUS | 335 |
ANONYMOUS | 340 |
WILLIAM DUNKIN 17O9?1765 | 341 |
NICHOLAS JAMES ft 1742 | 342 |
EDWARD YOUNG 16831765 | 344 |
THOMAS GRAY 17161771 | 349 |
ROBERT BLAIR 16991746 | 368 |
JOSIAH RELPH 17121743 | 370 |
THOMAS MATHISON d 1754 | 372 |
PAUL WHITEHEAD 17101774 | 373 |
JAMES DANCE later LOVE 17221774 | 374 |
ANONYMOUS | 376 |
JOSEPH WARTON 17221800 | 389 |
MARK AKENSIDE 17211770 | 392 |
SNEYD DAVIES 17091769 | 398 |
ANONYMOUS | 402 |
ISAAC HAWKINS BROWNE 17051760 | 403 |
JOHN DOBSON fl 1746 | 404 |
TOBIAS SMOLLETT 17211771 | 407 |
MARY LEAPOR 17221746 | 408 |
JOHN ELLIS 16981791 | 412 |
ANONYMOUS | 414 |
WILLIAM WHITEHEAD 17151785 | 415 |
THOMAS WARTON 17281790 | 419 |
ROBERT NUGENT EARL NUGENT 17021788 | 423 |
THOMAS EDWARDS 16991757 | 426 |
CHRISTOPHER SMART 17221771 | 427 |
HENRY BROOKE 17O3?1783 | 449 |
ANONYMOUS CGH | 451 |
CATHERINE JEMMAT fl 17501766 | 453 |
ANONYMOUS | 455 |
PHILIP DODDRIDGE 17021751 | 457 |
SOAME JENYNS 17041787 | 458 |
JOHN BROWN 17151766 | 462 |
ANONYMOUS | 463 |
ANONYMOUS | 465 |
ANONYMOUS | 466 |
JOHN DALTON 17091763 | 467 |
ROBERT LLOYD 17331764 | 470 |
KENRICK PRESCOT 17021779 | 475 |
ROBERT ANDREWS d 1766? | 477 |
ANONYMOUS AGRICOLA | 479 |
ANONYMOUS JT | 480 |
JOHN CUNNINGHAM 17291773 | 497 |
THOMAS MORRIS 17321806? | 498 |
EMANUEL COLLINS b 1712? | 500 |
THOMAS MOZEEN d 1768 | 502 |
ANONYMOUS | 504 |
JAMES EYRE WEEKS b 1719? | 505 |
GEORGE ALEXANDER STEVENS 17101784 | 507 |
JOHN COLLIER 17081786 | 511 |
ANONYMOUS | 512 |
JAMES GRAINGER 17211766 | 519 |
OLIVER GOLDSMITH 1730?1774 | 521 |
LEONARD HOWARD 1699?1767 | 534 |
THOMAS PERCY 17291811 | 537 |
CHRISTOPHER ANSTEY 17241805 | 540 |
EVAN LLOYD 17341776 | 541 |
FREDERICK FORREST ft 1766 | 542 |
ANONYMOUS | 544 |
RICHARD JAGO 17151781 | 546 |
MICHAEL BRUCE 17461767 | 548 |
ANONYMOUS WORCESTER | 549 |
WILLIAM JULIUS MICKLE 17351788 | 551 |
THOMAS MOSS 1740?1808 | 552 |
JOHN GERRARD ft 1769 | 554 |
ANONYMOUS | 556 |
THOMAS CHATTERTON 17521770 | 558 |
GILBERT WHITE 17201793 | 563 |
GEORGE SMITH 17131776 | 565 |
ISAAC BICKERSTAFFE 17331808? | 568 |
WILLIAM MASON 17241797 | 569 |
JAMES BEATTIE 17351803 | 571 |
LADY ANNE LINDSAY later BARNARD 17501825 | 573 |
GEORGE KEATE 17291797 | 574 |
CHARLES JENNER 17361774 | 577 |
JAMES GRAEME 17491772 | 579 |
ROBERT FERGUSSON 17501774 | 582 |
HORACE WALPOLE EARL OF ORFORD 17171797 | 587 |
WILLIAM COWPER 17311800 | 589 |
PHILLIS WHEATLEY 1753?1784 | 616 |
ANONYMOUS | 617 |
JOHN LANGHORNE 17351779 | 620 |
CHARLES DIBDIN 17451814 | 624 |
THOMAS PENROSE 17421779 | 628 |
ANONYMOUS | 630 |
RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN 17511816 | 637 |
AUGUSTUS MONTAGU TOPLADY 17401778 | 639 |
ANONYMOUS | 640 |
ANONYMOUS | 641 |
ANONYMOUS | 642 |
SUSANNA BLAMIRE 17471794 | 643 |
JOHN CODRINGTON BAMPFYLDE 17541797 | 647 |
JOHN NEWTON 17251807 | 649 |
WILDE ft 1779 | 651 |
ANONYMOUS BRIAN BENDO | 652 |
JOHN HAWTHORN ft 1779 | 653 |
JOHN FREETH 1731?1808 | 656 |
ANONYMOUS | 660 |
JOHN SCOTT 17301783 | 661 |
SAMUEL HENLEY 17401815 | 662 |
8212OBRIEN ft 1782 | 665 |
EDWARD THOMPSON 1739?1786 | 667 |
GEORGE CRABBE 17541832 | 669 |
ANONYMOUS WJ | 677 |
THOMAS HOLCROFT 17451809 | 680 |
WILLIAM BLAKE 17571827 | 686 |
THOMAS MAURICE 17541824 | 697 |
SIR GEORGE DALLAS 17581833 | 698 |
ROBERT BURNS 17591796 | 701 |
ROBERT MERRY 17551798 | 720 |
JOHN CARR 17321807 | 723 |
HENRY JAMES PYE 17451813 | 725 |
JOHN FREDERICK BRYANT 17531791 | 726 |
ANN YEARSLEY 17521806 | 727 |
L KER fl 1787 | 728 |
JOHN OKEEFFE 17471833 | 730 |
CHARLES MORRIS 17451838 | 734 |
JOHN WOLCOT 17381819 | 737 |
WILLIAM CROWE 17451829 | 749 |
THOMAS RUSSELL 17621788 | 750 |
ANONYMOUS | 751 |
ANNA SEWARD 17421809 | 752 |
CHARLOTTE SMITH 17491806 | 756 |
JOHN WILLIAMS 17611818 | 757 |
ANONYMOUS | 759 |
WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES 17621850 | 760 |
ERASMUS DARWIN 17311802 | 761 |
ANDREW MACDONALD 1755?1790 | 763 |
WILLIAM SOTHEBY 17571833 | 768 |
JOANNA BAILLIE 17621851 | 770 |
SAMUEL BISHOP 17311795 | 776 |
RICHARD POLWHELE 17601838 | 778 |
LAURENCE HYNES HALLORAN 17661831 | 780 |
JOHN TAYLOR 17501826 | 782 |
JOHN LEARMONT fl 1791 | 783 |
ANONYMOUS | 785 |
WILLIAM SHEPHERD 17681847 | 787 |
JOSEPH MATHER 17371804 | 788 |
RICHARD GRAVES 17151804 | 791 |
EDWARD RUSHTON 17561814 | 792 |
JOHN PARRISH fl 1793 | 794 |
THOMAS COLE 1727?1796 | 796 |
JAMES WOODHOUSE 17351820 | 799 |
JAMES KENNEDY fl 1795 | 802 |
GEORGE GALLOWAY b 1755 | 805 |
JOSEPH FAWCETT 1758?1804 | 806 |
HANNAH MORE 17451833 | 808 |
WILLIAM PARSONS 1758?1828 | 810 |
WILLIAM TAYLOR 17651836 | 811 |
ANNABELLA PLUMPTRE 17611838 | 812 |
JOHN THELWALL 17641834 | 814 |
ANNA LAETITIA BARBAULD 17431825 | 816 |
ANONYMOUS ORESTES | 818 |
EDMUND GARDNER 1752?1798 | 819 |
CHARLES NEWTON b 1776? | 822 |
ROBERT SOUTHEY 17741843 | 823 |
GEORGE CANNING 17701827 | 824 |
MARY ALCOCK 1742?1798 | 830 |
JOSEPH COTTLE 17701853 | 832 |
JAMES PLUMPTRE 17701832 | 834 |
ANONYMOUS S | 835 |
JAMES BISSET 17621832 | 836 |
Notes and References | 839 |
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