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Title: Damon in pain, or The love-smitten swain. A sonnet.
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 172- ?
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Comic love song included within the long hudibrastic satire "Sir Fantastick" (BCMSV 3502). At end, "T.F." (?).
Title: The billet-doux. To Phillis, Damon wanting ease, In humble manner sendeth these.
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 172- ?
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Comic love song included within the long hudibrastic satire "Sir Fantastick" (BCMSV 3502).
Title: [unknown]
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 172- ?
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Epigram on the power of poetry as the best means of preserving the past from the effects of time, occurring as epigraph (on the title-page) to the following "Origine of the taylor's gentility" (BCMSV 3503)
Title: [unknown]
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 1716 (title-page)
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Translation of preceding song in praise of a house and its occupants, part of 'A contraction of the lives and characters of the antient Graecian poets. 1716. Part 1 by Hugh Wormington, Limerick'.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 1716 (title-page)
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Translation of preceding epigram about Jove's tomb with which Hesiod won a contest against Homer; part of 'A contraction of the lives and characters of the antient Graecian poets. 1716. Part 1 by Hugh Wormington, Limerick'.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 1716 (title-page)
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Translation of preceding comment by Ovid about Anacreon, revealing the latter's reputation as a lover and drinker; part of 'A contraction of the lives and characters of the antient Graecian poets. 1716. Part 1 by Hugh Wormington, Limerick'.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 1716 (title-page)
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Translation of preceding epitaph on the death of Aeschylus, part of 'A contraction of the lives and characters of the antient Graecian poets. 1716. Part 1 by Hugh Wormington, Limerick'.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 1716 (title-page)
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Translation of preceding prediction of the fame of Euripides, made by the oracle of Apollo, here part of 'A contraction of the lives and characters of the antient Graecian poets. 1716. Part 1 by Hugh Wormington, Limerick'.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 1716 (title-page)
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Translation of preceding epitaph on the death of Lycurgus, here in relation to Euripides; part of 'A contraction of the lives and characters of the antient Graecian poets. 1716. Part 1 by Hugh Wormington, Limerick'.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 1716 (title-page)
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Translation of preceding epitaph on the death of Euripides, suggesting that he does honour to his tomb rather than vice versa; part of 'A contraction of the lives and characters of the antient Graecian poets. 1716. Part 1 by Hugh Wormington,
Limerick'.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 1716 (title-page)
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Translation of preceding couplet from Homer, on the need to accept a mother's word on the paternity of her child; part of a piece on Aristophanes in 'A contraction of the lives and characters of the antient Graecian poets. 1716. Part 1 by Hugh
Wormington,
Title: [unknown]
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 1716 (title-page)
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Translation of preceding distich apparently by Plato, praising Aristophanes; part of 'A contraction of the lives and characters of the antient Graecian poets. 1716. Part 1 by Hugh Wormington, Limerick'.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 1716 (title-page)
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Translation of preceding lines by Theocritus on his origins and asserting the originality of his poetry; part of 'A contraction of the lives and characters of the antient Graecian poets. 1716. Part 1 by Hugh Wormington, Limerick'.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 1716 (title-page)
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Translation of preceding epitaph on the death of Callimachus, emphasising his family, part of 'A contraction of the lives and characters of the antient Graecian poets. 1716. Part 1 by Hugh Wormington, Limerick'.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 1716 (title-page)
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Translation of preceding epigram by Propertius seemingly censuring Callimachus for an over-inflated style; part of 'A contraction of the lives and characters of the antient Graecian poets. 1716. Part 1 by Hugh Wormington, Limerick'.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 1716 (title-page)
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Translation of preceding lines on fishing, the beginning of Oppian's 'Halieutica', dedicated to the Emperor Antoninus; part of 'A contraction of the lives and characters of the antient Graecian poets. 1716. Part 1 by Hugh Wormington, Limerick'.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 1716 (title-page)
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Translation of preceding epitaph as inscribed on Oppian's tomb, lamenting his early death at the hands of Fate; part of 'A contraction of the lives and characters of the antient Graecian poets. 1716. Part 1 by Hugh Wormington, Limerick'.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 1716 (title-page)
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Translation of preceding lines, the beginning of Oppian's 'Cynegetica', praising the Emperor Antoninus and suggesting that the natural world is for his benefit; part of 'A contraction of the lives and characters of the antient Graecian poets. 1716.
Part 1
Title: [unknown]
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 1716 (title-page)
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Translation of the final lines of Oppian's 'Halieutica', requesting continued good fortune and tributes from nature for the Emperor Antoninus; part of 'A contraction of the lives and characters of the antient Graecian poets. 1716. Part 1 by Hugh
Wormingto
Title: [unknown]
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 1716 (title-page)
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Translation of preceding lines from Homer's 'Iliad', praising Linus and describing him as a boy singing; part of 'A contraction of the lives and characters of the antient Graecian poets. Part 2. 1716 by Hugh Wormington, Limerick'.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 1716 (title-page)
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: On the inspirational effect of Tirtaus's poetry on the soldiers of Sparta; part of 'A contraction of the lives and characters of the antient Graecian poets. Part 2. 1716 by Hugh Wormington, Limerick'.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 1716 (title-page)
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Translation of preceding lines by Horace commenting on his adoption of the form but not the bitter content of the poetry of Archilochus; part of 'A contraction of the lives and characters of the antient Graecian poets. Part 2. 1716 by Hugh
Wormington, Lim
Title: [unknown]
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 1716 (title-page)
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Translation of preceding epigram by Archilochus stating that his first allegiance is to war rather than poetry; part of 'A contraction of the lives and characters of the antient Graecian poets. Part 2. 1716 by Hugh Wormington, Limerick'.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 1716 (title-page)
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Translation of preceding epitaph on the death of Archilochus, suggesting that he was directed towards his poetic form by the muses who wished to leave the epic form for Homer; part of 'A contraction of the lives and characters of the antient
Graecian poet
Title: [unknown]
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 1716 (title-page)
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Translation of preceding lines by Horace giving Mimnermus superiority over Callimachus in the writing of elegy; part of 'A contraction of the lives and characters of the antient Graecian poets. Part 2. 1716 by Hugh Wormington, Limerick'.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 1716 (title-page)
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Translation of preceding lines by Propertius, giving Mimnermus superiority over Homer in writing about love; part of 'A contraction of the lives and characters of the antient Graecian poets. Part 2. 1716 by Hugh Wormington, Limerick'.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 1716 (title-page)
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Translation of preceding lines by Ovid on Sappho, in which she is advised in a vision to cure her passion for her lover by leaping from the cliffs at Leucade; part of 'A contraction of the lives and characters of the antient Graecian poets. Part 2.
1716 b
Title: [unknown]
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 1716 (title-page)
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Translation of preceding lines (abbreviated) addressed to the engraver of an effigy of Sappho, commending her physical appearance as fitting the quality of her writings; part of 'A contraction of the lives and characters of the antient Graecian
poets. Par
Title: [unknown]
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 1716 (title-page)
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Translation of preceding excerpt from Alcaeus's inventory of the contents of his house, consisting of military objects; part of 'A contraction of the lives and characters of the antient Graecian poets. Part 2. 1716 by Hugh Wormington, Limerick'.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 1716 (title-page)
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Translation of preceding lines, an inscription from a statue on the high esteem in which Epicharmus was held; part of 'A contraction of the lives and characters of the antient Graecian poets. Part 2. 1716 by Hugh Wormington, Limerick'.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 1716 (title-page)
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Translation of preceding tombstone epitaph on Menander's death, praising him and stressing his place among the gods; part of 'A contraction of the lives and characters of the antient Graecian poets. Part 2. 1716 by Hugh Wormington, Limerick'.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 1716 (title-page)
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Translation of preceding description, by Moschus, of the death of Bion by poison, questioning how a writer who produced such sweet poetry could be killed in this way; part of 'A contraction of the lives and characters of the antient Graecian poets.
Part 2
Title: May day or Flora's festival, as it is celebrated at Finglass. 1714 [Latin epigraph]
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 1714 (title)
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: On the celebrations of May Day and the beginning of Spring by a group of young lovers at a country house (Finglass), ending with a woman agreeing to marry her wooer
Title: Horace Ode 2 Book 4 [Latin epigraph]
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 171- ?
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Address to a poet on the difficulty of competing with the excellence of Pindar's writing, but claiming that the subject matter - Queen Anne's victory in the wars with France - will make it possible; based on Horace, Odes, IV.2
Title: Sophister's laws, enacted in the year 1716, in Trinity College Dublin
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 1716 (title)
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Humorous or facetious warnings to new students at Trinity College Dublin against pretensions to fashion or to winning the attention of young women, in the form of mock laws and threats of punishment
Title: A letter
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 1714 (at end)
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Epistolary address to friends, in familiar lighthearted style, promising to see them after examinations; dated January 18, 1714
Title: On the fair harmonious charmer Mrs --- E. Wr.
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 171- ?
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Praise of the voice and beauty of a female singer from Northampton, suggesting he is not capable of doing her justice, and that therefore Alexander Pope should attempt it
Title: Horace Ode 11. Book 3.
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 171- ?
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Address to Mercury, praising the beauty of his music and going on to relate the loyalty of Hypermnestra; based on Horace, Odes, III.11
Title: An answer to a freind's letter; with an account of a journey from Dublin to Limerick
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 1715 (at head)
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Lighthearted epistolary poem replying to a letter from a friend, discussing news of acquaintances, lamenting the actions of a fashionable young man, and ending with an account of a journey from Dublin to Limerick; dated 26 November 1715.
Title: On gold; [Latin epigraph]
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 171- ?
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Address to gold, countering the charge that he has left the city and his friends in pursuit of wealth with the argument that his employment is for the good of the country
Title: Horace Ode 22 Book 1
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 171- ?
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: On virtue being the surest guard against danger, and on the constancy of love in all extremities; translation of Horace, Odes, I.22
Title: To the charming Mrs --- M.O. A song.
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 171- ?
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Song on the joys and pains of love, making him more fortunate than a king when his beloved is kind, but distraught when she leaves him
Title: On the death of her late glorious majesty Queen Anne who died Aug. 1. 1714
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 1714 ?
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Elegiac lament for the death of Queen Anne, describing nature in mourning, but concluding that since she is in heaven she should not be grieved for
Title: A new sonnet. On K- George's accession to the throne of Great Britain
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 1714 ?
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Celebratory song expressing joy at the accession of King George I, recommending the drinking of punch
Title: To the fair Mrs --- L.C. In favour of the author's freind.
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 171- ?
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Plea to a woman to be kind in love to the writer's friend, since he feels the latter's suffering at her disdain
Title: Contentment the best happiness
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 171- ?
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Request to God that he may be as happy as the poor, whose lives are untroubled by cares
Title: In imitation of Horace Ode 9. Lib.1.
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 171- ?
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Exhortation to enjoy life's present pleasures while young, contrasting the energy of youth with the frozen mountains of Wicklow; based on Horace, Odes, I.9
Title: Horace Ode 10. Book 4.
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 171- ?
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Urging a young man to enjoy love's present pleasures, as he will regret being deserted when old; based on Horace, Odes, IV.10
Title: Love imbib'd. Out of Anacreon.
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 171- ?
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Tale of finding and eating the god of love, presumably Cupid, whose feathers now provide pleasant stimulation inside; based on Anacreon
Title: The distracted lover
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 171- ?
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Love complaint at the unkindness of his beloved, wishing for death or for a change in her attitude
Title: A song
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 171- ?
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Pastoral love song in which a woman laments the change from winter to spring, since it means the departure of her beloved
Title: Psalm 137th [done into blanck verse (index)]
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Attribution: [Bible]
Date(s): 171- ?
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Lament of the Israelites in captivity, expressing desire for revenge for the fall of Jerusalem and prophecying the destruction of Babylon; translation of Psalm 137.
Title: To a coy maid. Out of Anacreon.
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 171- ?
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Address by an old man to a young woman, asking her not to reject his love because of his age; based on Anacreon
Title: Cupid stung by a bee. Out of Anacreon.
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 171- ?
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: On how Cupid, stung by a bee and wanting comfort, was told by his mother, Venus, to think of the pain suffered by those wounded in love; from Anacreon
Title: A catch
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 171- ?
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Catch or song arranged in two parts, one male, one female, in which a lover asks his beloved to keep her promise to kiss him
Title: On a retir'd life
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 171- ?
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: In praise of the quiet seclusion and retirement of country life, away from the noise and ambition of the city
Title: Horace Ode 9. Lib.3. A dialogue between Horace and Lydia
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 171- ?
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Dialogue between Horace and Lydia, recalling their former love and admitting it could return, despite their love for new partners; imitation of Horace, Odes, III.9
Title: Horace Epod 15
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 171- ?
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Complaint to a former beloved about her unfaithfulness,
scorning her and predicting that she will in turn abandon her new lover; based on Horace, Epodes, 15
Title: The beginning of Musaeus's poem of Hero and Leander
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 171- ?
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Celebrating the love of Hero and Leander, but lamenting its failure to last; from Musaeus
Title: A description of Envy. Out of Ovid's Metam: Book 2
Author: Wormington, Hugh
Date(s): 171- ?
Manuscript: Lt 80
Contents: Describing Envy, personified, and her dwelling-place, and recounting Minerva's visit to her cave; from Ovid's Metamorphosis, II