The rose had been wash'd, just wash'd in a shower
| First Line | The rose had been wash'd, just wash'd in a shower |
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| Author | William Cowper |
| Date | c1794 |
| Description | Fable [Women; Nature; Conduct, morality]. Transcribed from Cowper, William. "The Rose." Cowper, William. Poems, by William Cowper, ... In two volumes... 6th ed., vol. 2, 1794-95, pp. 347–348. Eighteenth Century Collections Online, GALE|CW0113431397. |
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Transcription
The rose had been wash’d, just wash’d in a shower,
Which Mary to Anna convey’d,
The plentiful moisture incumber’d the flower,
And weigh’d down its beautiful head.
The cup was all fill’d, and the leaves were all wet,
And it seem'd to a fanciful view,
To weep for the buds it had left with regret,
On the flourishing bush where it grew.
I hastily seiz’d it, unfit as it was,
For a nosegay, so dripping and drown'd,
And swinging it rudely, too rudely, alas!
I snapp'd it, it fell to the ground.
And such, I exclaim’d, is the pitiless part
Some act by the delicate mind,
Regardless of wringing and breaking a heart
Already to sorrow resign’d.
This elegant rose, had I shaken it less,
Might have bloom’d with its owner awhile,
And the tear that is wip’d with a little address,
May be follow’d perhaps by a smile.
Beinecke Osborn c391
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1761-1790 |
| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
p. 73
Local title: n/a
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Beinecke Osborn c662
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1761-1790 |
| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Page: 20
Local title: An Accident
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: variant first line: 'A Rose in its bloom just washed by a Shower / Fair Anna to Mary conveyed...'
Beinecke Osborn c82
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
p. 6
Local title: The rose.
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
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Beinecke Osborn c83
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1761-1790 , 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Page: n/a; vol. 4, item #2009.
Local title: The rose.
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: n/a
Beinecke Osborn c90
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1761-1790 |
| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Page: n/a
Local title: Sonnet.
Attributed author: "Author unknown."
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: n/a
Beinecke Osborn d447
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
Page: 35-36
Local title: The Rose
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: n/a
Beinecke Osborn d49
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
pp. 123–124
Local title: The Rose.
Attributed author: William Cowper Esq.
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: n/a
Bodleian MS Eng. poet. d. 189
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Bodleian Library |
p. 137
Local title: The Rose.
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: n/a
Folger MS M.a.163
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Folger Shakespeare Library |
Page: n/a; item #35.
Local title: An Accident.
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: n/a
Folger MS M.a.181
| Title | Untitled |
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| Period | 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Folger Shakespeare Library |
p. 61.
Local title: The Rose.
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: n/a
Folger MS M.a.182
| Title | A miscellaneous collection in prose and vers [...] |
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| Period | 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Folger Shakespeare Library |
pp. 98–100
Local title: Parody on "The Rose was just washed."
Attributed author: A.T.W.
Adaptation: Yes, parody.
Other variants: [parody] First line: "The wig was just dress'd, just dress'd in grand state..."
Other: n/a