Bodleian MS Eng. poet. e. 18
| Title | Untitled |
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| Archive | Bodleian Library |
| Call Number | Bodleian MS Eng. poet. e. 18 |
| Complete | Yes |
| Description | Anonymous, ca. 1755–1765; owned by Mrs. Sophia Wallis early nineteenth-century. Very plain and incomplete. 8 poems. |
| Format | Octavo |
| Book Size | 19.7cm x 12.7cm |
| Filled Page Count | 24 pages |
| Item Count | 8 |
| Poem Count | 8 |
| Periods | |
| First Line Index | Yes |
| Digitized | No |
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| Major Themes |
Major themes prominent among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order. |
| Minor Themes |
Other themes of interest among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order. |
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| Bibliography | |
| Citation |
“Bodleian MS Eng. poet. e. 18.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/141. Accessed . |
| Created | 2019-09-04 1:13:44 PM |
| Updated | 2023-07-20 2:09:01 PM |
| Contributor | Role |
|---|---|
| [Anonymous] | |
| S.C. | |
| Francis Fawkes | |
| Frances Macartney Greville | |
| Anthony Moore | |
| Martha Ferrar Peckard | |
| Elizabeth Amherst Thomas | |
| Sophia Wallis |
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| First Line | Context |
|---|---|
| Lock'd in the arms of balmy sleep |
p. 24. Local title: A Sacred Lyric. Wrote on being awaken'd in the Night of February 3. 1749–50, by a violent storm of Thunder and Lightening. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
| Oft I've implor'd the gods in vain |
p. 19 Local title: An Ode to Indifference Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
| Struck with religious awe, and solemn dread |
p. 13 Local title: A Soliloquy written in a Country Churchyard. Attributed author: Revd. Mr. Moore of Cornwall. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
| The Goddesses once, as the old Poets tell us |
p. 17. Local title: Verses on receiving a Turkey and Sausages from Mrs. Mattocks, by a young Gentleman in the fifths Form at Westminster School. Attributed Author: S.C. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: First line "Goddess" instead of "Goddesses." Other: n/a |
| Feature | Note |
|---|---|
| Author attributions | Frequent. |
| Binding | Pre-bound paperbook. Some indication of crowding towards the gutter and the edge of the pages; only 24/ 42 pages are filled. Subsequently rebound (later decorative binding, perhaps commissioned by Mrs. Sophia Wallis). |
| Hands | Single. |
| Item formatting | Heavy horizontal line between items. Very plain and neat manuscript. |
| Ownership mark | "Mrs. Sophia Wallis of Westbourne, Sussex" written in pencil between the lines of the poem on p. 5 early in the nineteenth-century. |
| Page layout | Paginated, though only the pages paginated 5–30 (by the compiler) remain. |