Could but our tempers move like this machine
| First Line | Could but our tempers move like this machine |
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| Date | 1740 |
| Description | Ode [Passions, Sentiments; Conduct, morality]. Transcribed from Hall, T., "On a Watch." The London Magazine and monthly chronologer, vol. 9, March 1740, p. 146. British Periodicals, [ProQuest Document ID:] 5318929. |
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Transcription
Could but our tempers move like this machine,
Not urg'd by passion, nor delay'd by spleen;
But true to nature's regulating pow'r,
By virtuous acts distinguish'd ev'ry hour;
Then health and joy would follow, as they ought,
The laws of motion and the laws of thought:
Sweet health, to pass the present moments o'er,
And everlasting joy, when time shall be no more.
Beinecke Osborn c186
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1761-1790 |
| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
p. 59.
Local title: On a Watch.
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: n/a
Beinecke Osborn c360 (1/3)
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1731-1760 |
| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
p. 121
Local title: On a watch.
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
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Other: n/a
Beinecke Osborn c83
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1761-1790 , 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Page: n/a; vol. 2, item #704
Local title: On a watch
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
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Bodleian MS Mont. e. 14
| Title | Poetry Selected and Orginal, 1788 & 1789 |
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| Period | 1761-1790 , 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Bodleian Library |
ff. 36v–47
Local title: For a Watch.
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
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Folger MS M.a.181
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Folger Shakespeare Library |
p. 58
Local title: Lines Written by a Gentleman to put nto a Watch-case
Attributed author: n/a
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Other variants: n/a
Other: Dated March 2d. 1820.
Houghton MS Eng 680
| Title | Poems on Various Occasion's and By Several H [...] |
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| Period | 1761-1790 |
| Archive | Houghton Library |
f. 80
Local title: n/a
Attributed author: n/a
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UChicago Library Codex Ms. 757
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1761-1790 , 1791-1820 |
| Archive | University of Chicago Special Collections and Research Center |
[inside front-cover]
Local title: On a Watch.
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: This is a print insert of an illustrated copy of the poem that appears to have been used as an advertisement for "All Sorts of Clocks & Watches Made Mended & Sold by Jno Collins Wattesfield 1774." It's an interesting item because "Jno Collins..." is handwritten but the rest is printed.