[Commonplace book], [ca. 1751-1790].Sharpe, Anna, b.1734engManuscript, in multiple hands, of a collection of several dozen primarily elegiac, sentimental, or lighthearted poems on such subjects as death, sleep, and marriage. Many of the poems are occasional and written by Sharpe, her father, or their acquaintances, including By Miss O to Miss S sent with a full blown rose and a budd in year 1754; By M. S. on his infant son sleeping upon his arm Oct 21 1730; and An epitaph by M. S. intended for his daughter A. S. whom he believed dying aged ten years Sept 17th 1744. Other poems include On sleep by A. S.; Miss Jenny H-mil-tn to Miss Duck; and A congratulatory ode to Miss Surflen the ladies' fair guide at Margate, on her marriage with a son of Vulcan. The bulk of the contents, however, are elegiac, including serious epitaphs on "Mrs. Moddy who died at Bristol" and "on Mrs Mason who died of a consumption at Bristol Wells; by her husband." The collection also contains poems by Jonathan Swift and James Beattie, a collection of epigrams labeled "Cambridge," as well as a humorous diagram labeled "A Bill of Fare" and a list of puns labeled "A Garland of Flowers."In English.Written on flyleaf: "Anna Sharpe. Given by her father Mn. Sharpe. May 28th 1751." In another hand on the same page, "Anna Maria Sharpe 1790."Laid in: 1 leaf of poems, in the same hand.Marbled endpapers.Binding: full morocco; gilt decoration.