Beinecke Osborn fc185 | Manuscript Verse Miscellanies

Title	Gleanings in prose and verse, selected by Joseph Taylor, 1799.
Archive	Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Call Number	Beinecke Osborn fc185
Complete	Yes
Description	Joseph Taylor, 1799. About 389 pieces of verse and prose. Satirical as well as sentimental and elegiac perspectives on the subjects of love, women, religion, and death. Also contains numerous humorous epigrams and epitaphs.
Format	Folio
Book Size	33cm
Filled Page Count	366 pages
Item Count	389
Poem Count	368
Periods	1791-1820
First Line Index	No
Digitized	No
Region
Additional Genres	Prose - miscellaneous
Print Sources
Major Themes	Courtship, marriage Death, afterlife Domestic life Humour, wordplay Love Passions, Sentiments Satire - religious Women Major themes prominent among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Minor Themes	Other themes of interest among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Links	collections.library.yale.edu hdl.handle.net
Bibliography
Citation	“Beinecke Osborn fc185.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/127. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
Created	2019-09-04 1:13:44 PM
Updated	2024-07-23 3:38:31 PM

Contributor	Role
Joseph Taylor	Primary compiler

First Line	Context	Print Source
'Twas on a lofty vase's side	pp. 26-27 Local title: Ode to the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes Attributed author: Gray Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a	Unknown
As those we love decay, we die in part	pp. 107 Local title: A Thought on Death Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a	Unknown
Beneath this Stone lies Katherine Gray	pp. 343 Local title: Epitaph on a Woman who sold Earthen ware Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: Name in first line is spelled 'Catharine' Other: n/a	Unknown
Dear Peggy, since the single state	pp. 104-105 Local title: Advice to a Young Lady, lately Married Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a	Unknown
I am monarch of all I survey	pp. 78-79 Local title: Verses supposed to be written by Alexander Selkirk, during his solitary Abode in the Island of Juan Fernandez Attributed author: Cowper Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a	Unknown
Let coward Guilt with pallid Fear	pp. 121 Local title: Written at Midnight in a Thunder Storm Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a	Unknown
Say, Mighty Love, and teach my Song	pp. 108-109 Local title: Few Happy Matches Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a	Unknown
The poplars are fell'd, and adieu to the shade	pp. 301 Local title: The Poplars Attributed author: Mr. Cowper Esq. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a	Unknown
When Delia on the Plain appears	pp. 112 Local title: Song Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a	Unknown
When Snows descend, and robe the Fields	pp. 184 Local title: On Beauty Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a	Unknown

Feature	Note
Author attributions	Rare. More than none, less than all (catalogue mentions some anonymous items but gives no indication how many are unattributed).
Binding	Half calf over paper-covered board. Back cover missing. In gilt on spine: “Gleanings.”
Hands	Single.
Indications of use	Images on Mirador show what look like loose papers pasted into a larger book. Laid in: newspaper clipping from the Daily Telegraph dated April 16, 1974.
Item formatting	Lines between items and after titles.
Organization	On title page: "Vol 1" (implies there were more volumes, or more anticipated).
Original poetry	Possibly. Some anonymous poems labeled “Forton Prison” and dated 1795.
Page layout	Paginated.
Table of Contents	Yes, sixteen page index at the beginning of the manuscript.
Title page	Yes—"Gleanings in prose and verse, selected by Joseph Taylor, 1799. Vol. 1."