Mistaken fair, lay Sherlock by
| First Line | Mistaken fair, lay Sherlock by |
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| Author | Philip Dormer Stanhope |
| Date | 1733 |
| Description | Occasional [Death, afterlife; Literature; Love]. Transcribed from "To a Lady on reading Sherlock upon Death." The Gentleman's Magazine: or, Monthly intelligencer, vol. 3, issue 29, May 1733, p. 263. British Periodicals, [ProQuest document ID:] 8364010. |
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Mistaken fair, lay Sherlock by,
His doctrine is deceiving;
For whilst he teaches us to die,
He cheats us of our living.
To die's a lesson we shall know
Too soon, without a master,
Then let us only study now
How we may live the faster.
To live's to live: To bless, be bless'd
With mutual inclination:
Share then my ardour in your breast,
And kindly meet my passion.
But if thus bless'd I may not live,
And pity you deny,
To me at least your Sherlock give,
'Tis I must learn to die.
Beinecke Osborn c152
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1731-1760 |
| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
p. 31
Local title: On the right honble Countess of Walsingham's reading Sherlock upon death
Attributed author: n/a
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Beinecke Osborn c157
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1731-1760 , 1761-1790 |
| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
pp. 7–8
Local title: To the Lady Tankerville on her Reading Sherlock Upon Death
Attributed author: Ld. Chesterfield
Adaptation: n/a
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Other: at the bottom of the page: "The Answer. Turn Over." – i.e. guide to reader; p. 8 – The Answer Extempore to the foregoing Verses by a Young Lady: "No fault in Sherlock can I Spy..."
Beinecke Osborn c241
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1731-1760 |
| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
p. 14
Local title: On the Countess of Walsingham's reading Sherlock on Death
Attributed author: Lord Chesterfield
Adaptation: n/a
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Other: n/a