Clark MS 1948.003 | Manuscript Verse Miscellanies

Title	Untitled
Archive	Clark Library
Call Number	Clark MS 1948.003
Complete	Yes
Description	Anonymous, ca. 1709–1712. 57 items. Very author oriented, with source attributions.
Format	Octavo
Book Size	17.5 cm x 11.5 cm
Filled Page Count	144 pages
Item Count	57
Poem Count	57
Periods	1701-1730
First Line Index	No
Digitized	Yes
Region	[Unknown]
Additional Genres
Print Sources	Laugh and be fat: or, an an... Lintott's Miscellany Tatler
Major Themes	Courtship, marriage Death, afterlife Devotional writing, religio... Friendship Major themes prominent among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Minor Themes	Alcohol, other beverages, t... Conduct, morality Illness Literature Love Music, song, opera Nature Public affairs Satire - political Satire - religious Satire - social Other themes of interest among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Links	calisphere.org
Bibliography
Citation	“Clark MS 1948.003.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/183. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
Created	2019-09-04 1:13:44 PM
Updated	2023-07-20 3:47:28 PM

First Line	Context	Print Source
From Frozen Climes and Endless Tracts of Snow	pp. 8–11. Local title: Winter/ To the Earl of Dorset, from Copenhagen. March. 9. 1709. Attributed author: Philips. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: Source attribution: Tatler. 12. Vol. 1. p. 90.	Tatler
Say, Mighty Love, and teach my Song	p. 2 Local title: Few Happy Matches. Attributed author: Watts. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: Attribution: "Watts.Hor.Lyr.C.2. p. 224/175" [possibly numbering for two different editions].	Unknown

First Line

Context

Print Source

pp. 8–11.

Local title: Winter/ To the Earl of Dorset, from Copenhagen. March. 9. 1709.

Attributed author: Philips.

Adaptation: n/a

Other variants: n/a

Other: Source attribution: Tatler. 12. Vol. 1. p. 90.

Tatler

p. 2

Local title: Few Happy Matches.

Attributed author: Watts.

Adaptation: n/a

Other variants: n/a

Other: Attribution: "Watts.Hor.Lyr.C.2. p. 224/175" [possibly numbering for two different editions].

Unknown

Feature	Note
Author attributions	Regular; nearly every poem is also captioned with information about its source (including volume and page numbers).
Binding	Post-bound. Cover slightly smaller than page at the bottom, and cover pasted on. Single large gathering, with front and back pages pasted onto vellum cover. Defective spine.
Hands	Single; neat but small.
Indications of use	Index is alphabetical; titles tend to be short and sometimes made up, especially for extracts, so possibly intended to be used to reference items to be remembered. End leaves used for pen trials, lists of clothing and household inventory that have been crossed out.
Organization	Tendency to have series of poems by individual authors.
Original poetry	Unlikely. No indication of anything that is not found in the various miscellanies and collections of works indicated at the end of most works, although not 100% sourced.
Ownership mark	Pencilled name A. Rogers and date 1948 on back page (p. 144).
Page layout	Paginated (pp. 1-140 paginated, p. 141 and 2 pp of index not paginated). Poems begun immediately one after another even if only space enough for one line.
Table of Contents	Yes, an alphabetical index at the end of the manuscript. Sometimes topical rather than titles.