Beinecke Osborn d256 | Manuscript Verse Miscellanies

Title	Untitled
Archive	Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Call Number	Beinecke Osborn d256
Complete	Yes
Description	Anonymous, ca. 1816. Over 200 poems. Serious, sentimental, and occasional poems, many addressed to individual women.
Format	Octavo
Book Size	18.4cm x 11.9cm
Filled Page Count	165 pages
Item Count	164
Poem Count	164
Periods	1791-1820
First Line Index	No
Digitized	No
Region
Additional Genres
Print Sources
Major Themes	Death, afterlife Family Passions, Sentiments Women Major themes prominent among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Minor Themes	Animals, pets Humour, wordplay Music, song, opera Satire - social Other themes of interest among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Links	hdl.handle.net
Bibliography
Citation	“Beinecke Osborn d256.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/108. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
Created	2019-09-04 1:13:44 PM
Updated	2024-12-17 4:04:38 PM

Contributor	Role
[Anonymous]	Primary compiler

First Line	Context	Print Source
Immortal Newton never spoke	Page: 49 Local title: Upon a full length statue of Mr. Nash, being placed between the bust of Newton & Pope, By Lord Chesterfield Attributed author: Lord Chesterfield Adaptation: n/a Other variants:n/a Other: n/a	Unknown

First Line

Context

Print Source

Page: 49

Local title: Upon a full length statue of Mr. Nash, being placed between the bust of Newton & Pope, By Lord Chesterfield

Attributed author: Lord Chesterfield

Adaptation: n/a

Other variants:n/a

Other: n/a

Unknown

Feature	Note
Author attributions	Frequent. Attributions to personal acquaintances, and a number of featured authors are listed.
Binding	Pre-Bound and Re-Bound. Likely trimmed for rebinding but originally bound before transcription. 15 blanks at end. Quarter calf over marbled paper boards.
Hands	Single.
Indications of use	Seemingly some later fill-ins and annotations in very tiny hand
Item formatting	Most items have a double ruled line at end, but sometimes, esp. towards end, these are very casually drawn; sometimes just a single line
Original poetry	Uncertain if the compiler contributed poems, but their personal acquaintances did (eg. Warton, Symmons).
Table of Contents	Yes, until page 49, then discontinued.
Title page	'Poems by S. T. Coleridge, late of Jesus college – Cambridge'. May only apply to first few poems.