Bodleian MS Eng. poet. e. 111 | Manuscript Verse Miscellanies

Title	Untitled
Archive	Bodleian Library
Call Number	Bodleian MS Eng. poet. e. 111
Complete	Yes
Description	Reginald Heber, ca. 1788–1789. Very plain book. 18 poems. Commemoration of people and events in the Brent River area.
Format	Quarto
Book Size	20.5cm x 16.8cm
Filled Page Count	86 pages
Item Count	18
Poem Count	18
Periods	1791-1820
First Line Index	No
Digitized	No
Region	Brent River, Middlesex London, Middlesex Middlesex
Additional Genres
Print Sources	World
Major Themes	Education Latin poetry Local interest Public affairs Major themes prominent among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Minor Themes	Animals, pets Classical themes Family Theatre, drama Other themes of interest among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Links
Bibliography
Citation	“Bodleian MS Eng. poet. e. 111.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/149. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
Created	2019-09-04 1:13:44 PM
Updated	2023-07-20 2:08:23 PM

Contributor	Role
Reginald Heber	Primary compiler Major author

First Line	Context
When Bath, grown temperate, his bottle leaves	f. 43 Local title: Ultimatum. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: verso note: "This spirited and pointed little party jeu d'esprit, was copied out of an Irish newspaper."

First Line

Context

f. 43

Local title: Ultimatum.

Attributed author: n/a

Adaptation: n/a

Other variants: n/a

Other: verso note: "This spirited and pointed little party jeu d'esprit, was copied out of an Irish newspaper."

Feature	Note
Author attributions	Regular; four unattributed items seem to be by the compiler.
Binding	Pre-bound paperbook. 101 leaves, fifty-eight blank. Vellum.
Hands	Single.
Indications of use	A commemoration of individuals (father) and occasions (elections, etc.).
Item formatting	Some titles and poem ends marked by a thick but watery ink line, but not invariably. New poems begun on new pages (except in cases of paired poem & answer, prologue & epilogue, very short epitaph on young man drowning at Eton & Latin enigma).
Organization	Versos left blank except for notes and attributions.
Original poetry	Yes, those (four) not attributed are seemingly by the compiler, since a number of others are by his father.
Page layout	A lot of white space, given the blank verso sides as well.