Indulgent Nature to each Kind bestows
| First Line | Indulgent Nature to each Kind bestows |
|---|---|
| Date | 1726 |
| Description | Epigram [Nature]. Transcribed from "On the Burser of St. John's College, Oxon, cutting down a fine Row of Trees." British Journal, no. 188, 16 Apr. 1726, p. 3. Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection, GALE|Z2000123685. |
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Transcription
Indulgent Nature to each Kind bestows
A secret Instinct to discern its Foes.
The Goose, a silly Bird, avoids the Fox,
Lambs fly from Wolves, and Sailors steer from Rocks;
A Rogue the Gallows, as his Fate forsees,
And bears the like Antipathy to Trees.
Beinecke Osborn c176
| Title | Untitled |
|---|---|
| Period | 1701-1730 |
| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
p. 62.
Local title: On the bursers Butting Down a fine row of Trees.
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: Errors crossed-out and corrected — possibly transcribed from memory at first?
Beinecke Osborn c360 (1/3)
| Title | Untitled |
|---|---|
| Period | 1731-1760 |
| Archive | Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library |
p. 37.
Local title: Epigram wrote by a young student of Oxford on the bursar of St John's College, cutting down a fine row of elm trees.
Attributed author: A young student of Oxford.
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: n/a
Bodleian MS Eng. poet. c. 9
| Title | Miscellanies |
|---|---|
| Period | 1731-1760 |
| Archive | Bodleian Library |
p. 211.
Local title: On ye Burser of St John's College.
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: n/a
Bodleian MS Eng. poet. d. 47
| Title | Lusus Seniles; or, Trifles To Kill Time in C [...] |
|---|---|
| Period | 1731-1760 , 1761-1790 |
| Archive | Bodleian Library |
p. 100.
Local title: On a Bursar of a College cutting down the Trees.
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: First line: Indulgent nature on all things bestows...
Other: n/a
British Library Add. MS 37684
| Title | Untitled |
|---|---|
| Period | 1701-1730 |
| Archive | British Library |
f. 3
Local title: On the Burser of St. Johns Oxon. cutting down a fine row of Trees.
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: n/a
Folger MS M.a.104
| Title | A Collection of Poems by Several Hands |
|---|---|
| Period | 1701-1730 |
| Archive | Folger Shakespeare Library |
p. 18.
Local title: On the Burser of St John's College, Who Cut down a fine Row of trees.
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 [...] |
|---|---|
| Period | 1791-1820 |
| Archive | Folger Shakespeare Library |
p. 65.
Local title: Epigram, upon the bursar of a college...
Attributed author: W.L.
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: n/a
Folger MS M.a.185
| Title | Miscellanies in Prose and Verse Vol: 1 |
|---|---|
| Period | 1731-1760 |
| Archive | Folger Shakespeare Library |
p. 141.
Local title: Epigram on the Bursar of St John's his cutting down a fine Row of Trees.
Attributed author: n/a
Adaptation: n/a
Other variants: n/a
Other: n/a