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A miscellany of poems

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 conc...
Description:
Additional poems, in a smaller hand and with numerous corrections, appear in the margins.
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

3.
Commonplace book, 1770-1818

Creator:
Negus, Francis Colman, 1744-1818
Call Number:
Osborn c631
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Comonplace book in a single hand kept by the Rev. Francis Negus and containing mostly English literary excerpts in verse and prose. Poets quoted include Milton, Shakespeare, Cowley, Dryden, Rowe, Prior, Akenside and Arne; prose authors include Gibbon,...
Description:
Francis Colman Negus (1744-1818) was the son of the attorney Daniel Negus and Elizabeth Colman of Suffolk. Educated at Bury St. Edmunds grammar school and Cambridge University, he was rector of Brome and Oakley in Suffolk for many years.
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Negus, Francis Colman, 1744-1818., and Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821
Subject (Topic):
English literature, English poetry, and Occasional verse, English
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Commonplace book, 1770-1818

4.
Commonplace book, 1814-1816

Call Number:
Osborn d69
Image Count:
7
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript collection of poems, mostly unattributed, with some attributed to Maria Banks (Woodley) Riddell (1772-1808) two of which are dated 1789, and some attributed to "W" and to "L." Contents include: lengthy narrative poems on brave knights and a...
Description:
Paper watermark: 1810.
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Riddell, Maria, 1772-1808. and Tighe, Mary, 1772-1810.
Subject (Topic):
Classical poetry, Classicism, History, Elegiac poetry, English, English poetry, Classical influences, Fables, English, Ghost stories, English, Hymns, English, Occasional verse, English, Religious poetry, English, and Women authors
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Commonplace book, 1814-1816

5.
Commonplace book, circa 1756

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 o...
Description:
In English and Latin.
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

6.
Gleanings in prose and verse, 1799

Creator:
Taylor, Joseph
Call Number:
Osborn fc185
Image Count:
378
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
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; ...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Bishop, Samuel, 1731-1795., Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680., Cowper, William, 1731-1800., Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727., Rogers, Samuel, 1763-1855., Taylor, Joseph., and Forton Gaol.
Subject (Topic):
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
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Gleanings in prose and verse, 1799

7.
MS being a choice farrago of new poems lately collected from the papers of that wonder-worker S

Creator:
Simpson, Stephen
Call Number:
Osborn c563
Image Count:
108
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript in Simpson's hand containing fair copies of 26 poems in a variety of genres, many labeled as "Imitations" of published pieces. Titles include "Dedication: To Miss Sally Leaper;" "A Monody in Imitation of Milton's Lycidas;" "The Almshouse: ...
Description:
Front flyleaf signed, "Ste. Simpson."
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., Great Britain, and Coventry (England)
Subject (Topic):
English poetry, Occasional verse, English, Weavers, Working class, Books and reading, and Intellectual life
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > MS being a choice farrago of new poems lately collected from the papers of that wonder-worker S. Simpson of Coventry, Weaver....in his garret in the High Street, 1773 Jul 10.

8.
Miscellan. poems, [1750s].

Call Number:
Osborn c578
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript collection of poems probably compiled by a member of the Tytler family. The poems include many rhyming riddles; epigrams; fables; prologues and epilogues from plays performed in London in the early 1750s; an "Ode on the Eclipse of the Sun J...
Description:
Index in the hand of Alexander Fraser Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee.
Subject (Topic):
English literature, English poetry, Occasional verse, English, Prologues and epilogues, Riddles, and Solar eclipses
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Miscellan. poems, [1750s].

9.
Poems by a lady, [1790].

Creator:
Craik, Helen, 1750?-1824
Call Number:
Osborn c375
Image Count:
94
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript, in a single hand, of about 40 poems on various subjects dated between 1772 and 1782. The collection includes epitaphs and occasional verse, several "Charades," an epistolary poem titled "Helen, An Old Scots Tale" which is prefaced by a hi...
Description:
In English.
Subject (Name):
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796., Craik, Helen, 1750?-1824., and Meyerstein, Edward Harry William, 1889-1952.
Subject (Topic):
English literature, English poetry, Epitaphs, Love songs, Occasional verse, English, and Women authors
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Poems by a lady, [1790].

10.
Poems, [1699-1725, n.d.].

Creator:
Bates of Derbyshire?
Call Number:
Osborn b322
Image Count:
33
Resource Type:
unspecified
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper of 24 occasional verses, including "To Mr. Fenton," "To Mr. Fenton on his Herod and Mariamne," "Upon Mr. Gould's Design to Print his Poems More Correct," and "For Mrs. Wait...Presenting to her Mr. Collier's Essays."
Description:
Binding: contemporary calf.
Subject (Name):
Fenton, Elijah, 1683-1730.
Subject (Topic):
Occasional verse, English
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Poems, [1699-1725, n.d.].