Made to engage all hearts and charm all eyes
| First Line | Made to engage all hearts and charm all eyes |
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| Author | George Lyttelton |
| Date | 1747 |
| Description | Epitaph; Lyric [Love]. Epitaph for Lyttleton's first wife, Lucy Fortescue. Transcribed from Lyttleton, George. "To the Memory of Lucy Lyttleton." London magazine: or, Gentleman's Monthy Intelligencer, June 1, 1747, p. 288. American Antiquarian Society, accession number 33351001. |
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Transcription
Made to engage all hearts, and charm all eyes,
Tho’ meek, magnanimous, tho’ witty, wise;
Polite, as all her life in courts had been,
Yet good, as she the world had never seen;
The noble fire of an exalted mind,
With gentlest female tenderness combin’d:
Her speech was the melodious voice of love,
Her song the warbling of the vernal grove;
Her eloquence was sweeter than her song,
Soft as her heart, and as her reason strong;
Her form each beauty of her mind exprest,
Her Mind was virtue, by the graces drest.
Beinecke Osborn fc51
| Title | The Parson's Barn A Collection of Poems of v [...] |
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| Period | 1731-1760 |
| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
p. 222.
Local title: By Mr. Littleton soon after his Wives death.
Attributed author: Mr. Littleton.
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: n/a
Bodleian MS Eng. poet. e. 39
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1761-1790 |
| Archive | Bodleian Library |
p. 195.
Local title: On Mrs. Lyttleton.
Attributed author: Her Husband.
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: First line: Born to engage all Hearts, & charm all Eyes...
Other: n/a
Clark MS 1976.014
| Title | Poems on Several Occasions. /By Different Hands. |
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| Period | 1731-1760 |
| Archive | Clark Library |
pp. 70–71.
Local title: Verses by Mr. Littleton on the Death of his Lady.
Attributed author: Mr. Littleton.
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: Some changes of words, so either someone has written this into the book from memory, it's from a variant source, or careless copying.
Folger MS M.a.15
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1761-1790 |
| Archive | Folger Shakespeare Library |
p. 109.
Local title: Verses making part of an Epitaph on the same Lady.
Attributed author: Lord Lyttleton.
Adaptation: n/a
Other varients: the "with gentle female tenderness" variant—must be an amalgam of sources though because Dodsley used "gentlest."
Other: The second poem in a series of four Lyttleton poems.
Folger MS M.a.182
| Title | A miscellaneous collection in prose and vers [...] |
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| Period | 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Folger Shakespeare Library |
p. 174.
Local title: Written by Lord Littleton on the death of His wife.
Attributed author: Lord Littleton.
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: "gentlest female tenderness" variant of the poem.
Other: n/a
Folger MS W.a.271
| Title | Poetry |
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| Period | 1761-1790 |
| Archive | Folger Shakespeare Library |
p. 107.
Local title: Verses, making part of an Epitaph on Mrs. Lyttleton.
Attributed author: George Lyttleton Esqr
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: "with gentle, female tenderness" variant of the poem.
Other: n/a
Leeds Brotherton Lt 119
| Title | Untitled |
|---|---|
| Period | 1731-1760 |
| Archive | Brotherton Library |
p. 82, #34.
Local title: Made by Mr. L—ton on his Wife After her death.
Attributed author: Mr. L—ton.
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: Attributed date: 1747.
UChicago Library Codex Ms. 557
| Title | Farago |
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| Period | 1731-1760 , 1761-1790 |
| Archive | University of Chicago Special Collections and Research Center |
Pp. 215
Local title: n/a
Attributed author: Unattributed.
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: First line starts 'Form'ed to engage'
Other: n/a