- Call Number:
- Osborn c135
- Image Count:
- 24
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- 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
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Commonplace book, circa 1756
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- Creator:
- Aston, Herbert
- Call Number:
- Osborn b4
- Image Count:
- 110
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- 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
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Poetical commonplace book], 1634-1640