- Creator:
- Lockman, John, 1698-1771
- Published / Created:
- 1740
- Call Number:
- Osborn c268
- Image Count:
- 10
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of approximately 105 poems divided into "Miscellaneous Pieces," "Songs," "Cantatas," "Odes," Satirical Pieces," "Mock-Pieces relating to the Stage," and "Imitations." The first "Imitation" is a sonnet concerning an abortion scandal surrounding Mademoiselle de Guerchi in 1660, and is addressed in her voice to her aborted "embrio;" other poem titles include "An Ode, Inscrib'd to his grace the Duke of Buckingham, on his Embarking for France," "The paper Bonnets worn by Ladys," "On seeing lewd Women refus'd Admittance," "Fungus," "The poor & Rich Rogue," "Prologue to a Puppet-Show," and "The Shipwrack'd Sailors." The collection is prefaced by a dedication to Viscount Nessuno in the voice of an "orphan Muse" who writes, "should she beg your Lordship...to favour her with a corner of the Green-house in delightful Groves of Utopia; there to correct at Leisure, the numberless Reams she has scribbled within these twelve years: And should she afterwards implore your Lordship to assist the publication of her labours, by raising a handsom subscription among your friends for that purpose...she is certain your Lordship would not deny her one of them." Many additional poems, in a smaller hand and with numerous corrections, appear in the margins.
- Description:
- Additional poems, in a smaller hand and with numerous corrections, appear in the margins., Binding: full sueded calf., Laid in at the beginning of "Imitations": a piece of paper with an engraving in red ink., and Pasted onto pages at beginning at end: printed poems by Lockman, with handwritten corrections.
- Subject (Name):
- Lockman, John, 1698-1771
- Subject (Topic):
- English drama--18th century, English literature--18th century, English poetry--18th century, Epigrams, Occasional verse, English, and Verse satire, English
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A miscellany of poems
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- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1652]
- Call Number:
- Osborn b200
- Image Count:
- 183
- Resource Type:
- Archives or Manuscripts
- Abstract:
- 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
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Commonplace book]