It is hoped that the ancient Scottish poems (amongst which the thistle and the rose, and hardyknute are more particularly distinguished) will make no disagreeable figure amongst those of modern date; and that they will produce the same effect here, as Mr. Pope observes a moderate use of old words may have in a poem; which, adds he, is like working old abbey-stones into a modern building, and which I have sometimes seen practised with good success.
Upon the whole, as we have been favoured with the best assistance in compiling this volume, no further apology is necessary; and as the approbation of the public has been already secured to these poems separately, we hope they have no less reason to claim it, when thus published together.
CONTENTS.
| Page | |
| The Thistle and the Rose, by W. Dunbar | [1] |
| Verses on the Death of Queen Caroline. By Mr. Shipley | [10] |
| The Genealogy of Christ, by Mr. Lowth | [13] |
| A Fragment, by Mr. Mallet | [24] |
| The Eagle and Robin Red-Breast, a Fable, by Archibald Scott, written before the Year 1600. | [28] |
| Ode to Fancy, by Mr. Joseph Warton | [31] |
| Ode to Evening, by the same | [37] |
| Ode to Evening, by Mr. Collins | [39] |
| Isis, an Elegy, by Mr. Mason of Cambridge | [42] |
| The Triumph of Isis, by Mr. Thomas Warton of Oxford | [47] |
| A Love-Elegy, by Mr. Hammond | [47] |
| The Tears of Scotland, 1746. | [62] |
| An Elegy written in a country church-yard, by Mr. Grey | [65] |
| On the Death of Prince Frederic. Written at Paris, by David Lord Viscount Stormont | [70] |
| On the same, by Mr. James Clitherow of Oxford | [75] |
| Ode on the Approach of Summer, by a Gentleman formerly of the University of Aberdeen | [81] |
| A Pastoral in the manner of Spenser, from Theocritus, Idyll. 20. By the same | [94] |
| Inscribed on a beautiful Grotto near the Water | [96] |
| Love Elegy, by Mr. Smollet | [97] |
| A Panegyric on Oxford Ale, by a Gentleman of Trinity College | [99] |
| The Progress of Discontent, by the Same. | [105] |
| Ode to Arthur Onslow, Esq; | [109] |
| Job, Chapter XXXIX. By a Gentleman of Oxford | [113] |
| Ode on the Death of Mr. Thomson, by Mr. Collins | [116] |
| The Child-Birth, in the manner of Gay | [119] |
| On a Lady's presenting a Sprig of Myrtle to a Gentleman, by Mr. Hammond | [125] |
| To a Young Lady with Fontenelle's Plurality of Worlds | [126] |
| Ode on the Fifth of December, by Mr. Christopher Smart | [128] |
| Part of the Prologue to Sir David Lyndesay's Dream. Written in the Reign of King James V. | [129] |
| Hardyknute, a Fragment | [132] |
| Ode. By Dr. Akenside, on Lyric Poetry | [147] |
A POEM IN HONOUR OF
MARGARET
DAUGHTER TO
HENRY VII. OF ENGLAND,