Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of eleven English poems on such subjects as happiness, ambition, nature, and friendship. Titles include A pastoral tale; On happiness; Ode in praise of friendship; Meditations and reflections on a storm of thunder and lightning; and To a lady with some of the author's verses. The collection also contains sonnets on ambition and on the death of a child; and, pasted in, a poem in Latin titled On Holbein's picture of Lord Cromwell
Description:
In English and Latin., Inside front cover: bookplate of Philip Yorke, 2nd earl of Hardwick., Marbled endpapers., and Binding: full red morocco; gilt decoration.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Elegiac poetry, English, English poetry, Friendship, Nature, Occasional verse, English, Sonnets, English, and Social life and customs
Manuscript, in a single secretary hand, consisting of about 37 prose and verse pieces, many on political, satirical, and topical subjects. Prose pieces include a tract titled Vox Populi, Or Newes from Spaine, Translated According to the Spanish Coppie; The Oath Sayd to bee Taken by Commanders in the Warre 1639; copies of proclamations, speeches, and warrants dated 1642 which pertain to the activities of Lord Fairfax's army in Yorkshire and the North; and an exposition of a system of shorthand titled The Art of Short Writeing Invented by ____ Laborer gouldsmith & Citizen of London, As Hee Taught Mee. Verses include a dialogue titled A Conference Held Att Angelo Castell Betweene the Pope, the Emperor and The King of Spayne; Verses uppon Prince Charle His Voyage For Spayne, in Febr. 1622; A Coppie of a Printed Ballade Called The Bishops Bridles, Lent by Will. Burton of Wakefield Oct 1639; satirical anagrams and verses on the word "Parliament"; and two verse libels written as petitions from the Lords and Commons in Parliament to King Charles I.
Description:
In English., The manuscript also includes one page of accounts, including a list of what "I owe to my Mother" and a list of wages for "John Sunderland," who had "begun his year the 5th of June (69).", Pasted in back flyleaf: dealer's description of manuscript., Inside front cover: Bookplate of Henry J.B. Clements, dated 1869, and the, On flyleaf: signature of Benjamin Heywood Bright, 1810., On second page: armorial bookplate with phrase "Sub Robore Virtus" and signature (undecipherable) beneath. Above bookplate: "Memoranda kept by Ralph Assheton.", and Binding: half calf; machine grain morocco.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, Spain., Spain, and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Assheton, Ralph, Sir, 1603-1680., Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649., and Fairfax, Thomas Fairfax, Baron, 1612-1671.
Subject (Topic):
Anagrams, English poetry, Occasional verse, English, Political poetry, English, Shorthand, Verse satire, English, Foreign relations, and Politics and government
Manuscript, in multiple hands, of a collection of 35 poems, bound in together. The verses are primarily lighthearted and address the subjects of love and women, occasionally in the form of occasional verse. Titles include A tale of Fidelia’s quarrell with her looking-glass; On a robin redbreast that in a stormy day flew in at a window and settled on a lady’s breast; The dangler; A prologue spoken at the opening of Punches Theatre at Bath; To Mrs Catherine Flemming at the Lord Digby’s at Coleshill; and The comical dreamer. Two comic poems address the marriages of Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess Strathmore. The collection also includes Colley Cibber’s Ode for the new year as well as poems by John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and Anne Finch, countess of Winchilsea.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain --Social life and customs --18th century
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757, Montagu, Mary Wortley, Lady, 1689-1762, Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, 1647-1680, Strathmore, Mary Eleanor Bowes, Countess of, 1749-1800, and Winchilsea, Anne Kingsmill Finch, Countess of, 1661-1720
Subject (Topic):
English poetry --18th century, Humorous poetry, English, Occasional verse, English, Women authors, and Women --Conduct of life
Manuscript on paper, in a single italic hand, of about 63 poems and songs primarily on love, but also a containing a few satirical entries on religious and political subjects, as well as some occasional verse, including one On the Death of my Lord Francis Villiers and another Upon The Funerall of Mrs Pawleys Daughter. Other entries include a poem about "the purified sect" which encourages them "to goe to new England, To build new babels, strong and sure... So shall our church cleansd and made pure, Keep both it self and state secure"; and a song called The Roundheads Race. The volume also includes Robert Ayton's Upon A Diamond Cut In Form Of A Heart; John Donne's Thou Art Not Faire, For All Thy Redd And White; and John Grange's Since All Men That I Come Among
Description:
In English., Some verses may be by Herbert Aston himself; cf. poems by Herbert Aston in Huntington MS HM 904 and letters in British Museum MS 36542 (Tixall Papers)., On last page: "Her. Aston Anno Domini 1634 May the 6th." Aston also signs his name on first and second pages., The volume has been rat-gnawed, affecting the text of first 40 pages, especially pages 1-10., and Binding: stitched; no covers.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Aston, Herbert., Ayton, Robert, Sir, 1570-1638., and Donne, John, 1572-1631.
Subject (Topic):
Elegiac poetry, English, English poetry, Metaphysics, Occasional verse, English, Verse satire, English, and Religious life and customs
Manuscript consisting of a collection of poems in English by various authors, all in one unidentified hand. Includes works attributed to Walton Poole; Henry King (1592-1669); Sir John Davies (1569-1626); Giles Hayward and Richard Corbet (1582-1635)., Manuscript on paper, in a single secretary hand, of a collection of about 144 English poems, primarily on the subjects of love, women, and marriage. Many poems are addressed to their authors' mistresses, including To Ones Mistress Thinking Her Selfe Too Younge; To His Mistress Having Stayed Long From Her; and John Donne's To His Mistress Going to Bed. The volume also contains several occasional poems, including one on King James' death and another on a son of King Charles I, and numerous satirical verses; several are dedicated to physicians, lawyers, and usurers, one mocks "a Puritan maide," and another satirizes "Sr Robert Carr Earle of Sommerset.", and P. [24] digitized at high resolution.
Description:
Binding: stitched; no covers.
Subject (Name):
Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649, Corbet, Richard, 1582-1635, Donne, John, 1572-1631, James I, King of England, 1566-1625, King, Henry, 1592-1669, and Randolph, Thomas, 1605-1635
Subject (Topic):
Anagrams , Elegiac poetry, English, English poetry--17th century, Epigrams, Metaphysics--Poetry, Occasional verse, English, Verse satire, English, and Women--Conduct of life
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of about 390 entries in verse and prose, which present satirical as well as sentimental and elegiac perspectives on the subjects of love, women, religion, and death. Titles include A reflection on death; On the death of a mother; Written in consequence of the execution of a young man for forgery, by Mrs. Taylor; Hymn by Miss Scott; To a lady who sung in too low a voice; On kissing; On female neatness after marriage; Advice to a young lady lately married; Unbeliever's creed; Sir Isaac Newton's creed; and numerous humorous epigrams and epitaphs. Several anonymous poems are labeled "Forton Prison" and dated 1795; the collection also includes poems by Tobias Smollett, Samuel Bishop, Samuel Rogers, Samuel Butler, and William Cowper
Description:
In English., 16-page index at beginning of manuscript., Title from title page. Also on title page: Vol 1., Laid in: newspaper clipping from the Daily Telegraph dated April 16, 1974., and Binding: half calf over paper-covered board; back cover missing. In gilt on spine: Gleanings.
Elegiac poetry, English, English wit and humor, Epigrams, Epitaphs, Occasional verse, English, Sentimentalism in literature, Verse satire, English, Women authors, Women, Conduct of life, and Religious life and customs
Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of a collection of 226 primarily secular verses and songs. Entries include William Strode’s Uppon An Infant Unborne Whose mother Dyed in Travell; Walton Poole’s On A Gentlewoman with Black Eyes; and An Epitaph Uppon One, Drowned in the Snowe. The volume also contains satirical epigrams such as On A Creditor; An Epitaph on a Lascivious Woman; and An Epitaph on a Bastard; a series of prologues and epilogues taken from plays by William Cartwright; and several political entries, including A Declaration of the Commons Howse of Parliament in Ireland, 1640; The Copy of A Lettre Sent From the Rebells in Scotland to the King of France, Desiring his Protection; and A Dialogue Betweene Two Zelotts Concerning the New Oath. and P. [173] digitized at high resolution.
Description:
. On spine: "Common place book."
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain --Politics and government --1603-1649 and Great Britain --Religious life and customs --17th century
Subject (Name):
Corbet, Richard, 1582-1635, Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637, and Strode, William, d 1600 or 1601-1645
Subject (Topic):
Elegiac poetry, English, English poetry --17th century, English wit and humor, Epigrams, Epitaphs, Occasional verse, English, Religious poetry, English, and Satirical verse, English
6p. of excerpts from Ovids ""Metamorphoses""., Last two pages contain signatures of several men in unpracticed 17th century hands, including "William Jacob his booke" and "John Winter of Buckland husbande.", Manuscript on paper in secretary hand containing over one hundred poems by Herrick, Jonson, Corbet, Raleigh, May, Gill, and many unidentified authors. The volume contains many occasional pieces, including poems on the deaths of Anne, queen of James I; Prince Henry; George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham; "the Palgraves' eldest son;" and Sir Thomas Overbury. Other topical pieces include "Dr. Dunn's counsel to the Ladyes and Gentlewomen to depart the citty;" "On a fart let in a Parliament," "Upon the birth of the Prince May the 29th," and "On Mr. Fenton, Preacher at Grays Inne.", One poem in Latin, ""Epistolae inter Horologium et Solarium""., P. 35 and [295] digitized at high resolution., Pagination errors throughout., and There are many love poems and songs such as "Come my Celia," excerpts from "Oberon's Feast," "Faustus and Cynthia," "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love," "To His Mistress going a Rowing," "To a Gentlewoman I would not marry," and a variety of sentimental or comic "Epigrams" and "Epitaphs." Other items include Corbet's "Iter Boreale", "On Ford's two Tragedies: Loves Sacrifice/The Broken Heart," and Gill's "Upon Ben Johnson's 'Magnetique Lady.'"
Description:
Binding: 18th century boards. and Front endpaper inscribed, "Alex.r Popham. 1788."
Subject (Name):
Corbet, Richard, 1582-1635, Gill, Alexander, 1597-1642, Herrick, Robert, 1591-1674, Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637, and May, Thomas, 1595-1650
Subject (Topic):
English poetry --17th century, Epigrams, English, Love poetry, English, Occasional verse, English, and Verse satire, English