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1. [Collection of poetry]
- Published / Created:
- [circa 1725]
- Call Number:
- Osborn c163
- Image Count:
- 15
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of fourteen serious verses, many on the subjects of death and religion. Entries include the Prologue to Cato by Alexander Pope (1688-1774), and the Epilogue to Cato by Sir Samuel Garth; a hymn by Joseph Addison; On Indifference, by Frances Anne (Greville) Crewe, lady Crewe and addressed to the Countess of Carlisle, as well as the Countess of Carlisle’s reply; a fable by John Gay; poems by Thomas Parnell and James Thomson; and various religious songs.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain --Religious life and customs --18th century
- Subject (Name):
- Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719, Crewe, Frances Anne (Greville) Crewe, Lady, d. 1818 --Poetry, Garth, Samuel, Sir, 1661-1719, Gay, John, 1685-1732, Parnell, Thomas, 1679-1718, Pope, Alexander, 1688-1774, and Thomson, James, 1700-1748
- Subject (Topic):
- Death --Poetry, Elegiac poetry, English, English poetry --18th century, and Religious poetry, English
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Collection of poetry]
