Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of serious and comic poems dated 1778-1780. The manuscript includes two poems based on Oliver Goldsmith's "Hermit," English translations of poems by Bacchylides, an "Epistle to a Lady, with a present of M...
Manuscript, 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 acquain...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Beattie, James, 1735-1803., Sharpe, Anna, b.1734., and Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.
Subject (Topic):
Elegiac poetry, English, English poetry, English wit and humor, Epigrams, English, Epitaphs, English, Humorous poetry, English, Occasional verse, English, Sentimentalism in literature, Verse satire, English, Women authors, and Social life and customs
