Verse in English from eighteenth-century Ireland / edited by Andrew Carpenter
1998, First Edition. Cork, Cork University Press. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #378720
ISBN: 9781859181041
Physical description: xix, 623 pages ; 23 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes. Contents: 1687-1725 -- Six poems from the Williamite wars, 1687-91 -- Lilliburlero -- A Cruel and Bloody Declaration ... -- from: The Irish Hudibras or, Fingallian Prince -- The Irishmen's Prayers to St. Patrick ... -- Epitaph on the Duke of Grafton -- An Irish Song -- Nahum Tate (1652-1715) -- from: Panacea: A Poem upon Tea -- Song of the Angels at the Nativity of Our Blessed Saviour -- John Toland (1670-1722) -- from: Clito: a Poem on the Force of Eloquence -- William King (1663-1712) -- from: Mully of Mountown -- George Farquhar (1678-1707) -- To a Gentleman who had his Pocket Pick'd ... -- An Epigram on the Riding-House in Dublin, made into a Chappel -- William Congreve (1670-1729) -- Doris -- Thomas Parnell (1679-1718) -- To ----- -- On the Castle of Dublin, Anno 1715 -- Bacchus or the Drunken Metamorphosis -- Mary Monck (c. 1678-1715) -- An Elegie on a Favourite Dog -- A Tale -- James Ward (1691-1736) -- from: Phoenix Park -- The Smock Race at Finglas -- Morrough O'Connor (fl. 1719-40) -- An Eclogue in Imitation of the first Eclogue of Virgil -- Matthew Concanen (1701-1749) -- from: A Match at Football ... -- Anonymous poems current 1710-25 -- from: The Signior in Fashion -- A Petition to the Ladies of DUBLIN ... by the Old WASH-WOMEN -- from: The Cavalcade: A Poem On the RIDING the FRANCHISES -- An Irish Wedding between Dick and Moll -- The Irish Absentee's new Litany -- The Humble Petition of a Beautiful Young Lady To the Reverend Doctor B-rk--y -- from: Hesperi-neso-graphia: or, A Description of the Western Isle. Subject: Geschichte 1700-1800. English poetry Irish authors. English poetry 18th century. Anthologie. Lyrik.
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