Clark MS 2008.023
Title | I: "Poems extracted from Several Authors. With a few originals. 1774." II: "Poems. JG. 1775." III: "Poems Collected by JG Liverpool." IV: untitled |
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Archive | Clark Library |
Call Number | Clark MS 2008.023 |
Complete | Yes |
Description | Jane Griffies Roscoe, 1774–1790. 200 poems. Interest in female poets and women-centered poetry. |
Format | Quarto |
Book Size | I 20.5cm x 16.2cm; II 20.5cm x 14.2cm; III 20.6cm x 14.4cm; IV 20.6cm x 14.5cm |
Filled Page Count | I 177 pages; II 166 pages; III 170 pages; IV 180 pages |
Item Count | 200 |
Poem Count | 200 |
Periods | |
First Line Index | No |
Digitized | Yes |
Region | |
Additional Genres | |
Print Sources | |
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. |
Links | |
Bibliography | |
Citation |
“Clark MS 2008.023.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/227. Accessed . |
Created | 2019-09-04 1:13:44 PM |
Updated | 2023-07-20 4:00:06 PM |
Contributor | Role |
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Anna Letitia Barbauld | |
Elizabeth Carter | |
William Collins | |
George Lyttelton | |
Hannah More | |
Jane Griffies Roscoe | |
William Roscoe | |
Mary Scott Taylor | |
William Shenstone | |
James Thomson |
First Line | Context | Print Source |
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A Hermit on the Banks of Trent, |
vol. 2 p. 64-79 Local title: Armine And Elvira, A Legendary Poem. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
Unknown |
As those we love decay, we die in part |
vol. 3 p. 12 Local title: On The Death Of A Friend. By the same. Attributed author: Jas. Thompson Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
Unknown |
At length escap’d from ev’ry Human Eye |
vol. 1 p. 111-122 Local title: Monody. To the memory of a Lady Attributed author: Lord Littleton Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
Unknown |
Come melancholy! Silent pow’r |
vol. 2 p. 5-8 Local title: Ode to Melancholy, By Miss Carter. Attributed author: Ms. Carter Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
Unknown |
Father of All! in every Age |
vol. 1 p. 170-172 Local title: The Universal Prayer Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
Unknown |
Hail artless Simplicity, beautiful maid, |
vol. 1 p. 60-61 Local title: To Simplicity Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
Unknown |
O Happiness, celestial fair |
vol. 1 p. 58-59 Local title: To Happiness Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
Unknown |
O Thou whose friendship is my joy and pride, |
vol. 1 p. 169 Local title: From Littleton's Epistle to Mr. Poyntz Attributed author: George Lyttleton Adaptation: n/a Other variants: Excerpt begins at line 49 Other: n/a |
Unknown |
Pity the sorrows of a poor old man! |
vol. 1 p. 109-110 Local title: The Beggar Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
Unknown |
Sweet Solitude, thou placid queen, |
vol. 1 p. 59-60 Local title: To Solitude. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
Unknown |
The Counsels of a Friend, Belinda, hear |
vol. 1 p. 26 Local title: n/a Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: An excerpt, four lines. begins with line 45, 'Virtue is amiable' Other: n/a |
Unknown |
The Counsels of a Friend, Belinda, hear |
vol. 1 p. 168 Local title: From Lord Littleton's Advice to a Lady Attributed author: Lord Littleton Adaptation: n/a Other variants: An excerpt, four lines. Begins with line 51, 'Seek to be good" Other: n/a |
Unknown |
The solitary bird of night |
vol. 3, p. 156-160 Local title: n/a Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
Unknown |
Thro' the blest round of youths delightful hours |
vol. 1 p. 1. Local title: n/a Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
Unknown |
Too well these lines that fatal truth declare, |
vol. 2 p. 84-88 Local title: Answer to the Foregoing Lines by the late Lord Hervey Attributed author: Lord Hervey Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
Unknown |
Turn, gentle hermit of the dale, |
vol. 1 p. 43-49 Local title: Edwin and Angelina, A Ballad Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
Unknown |
While Night in solemn Shade invests the Pole |
vol. 3 p. 78-80 Local title: Untitled Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
Unknown |
Why should our joys transform to pain; |
vol. 2 p. 126-128 Local title: The Indian Philosopher. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
Unknown |
Ye distant Spires, ye antique Towers |
vol. 1 p. 50-54 Local title: Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College. By Mr. Gray. Attributed author: Mr. Gray Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a |
Unknown |
Feature | Note |
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Author attributions | Vol. 1: Frequent; also occasional indications of print sources for anonymous or pseudonymous works. Vol. 2: Occasional. Vol. 3: Frequent at the beginning, then it drops off. |
Binding | All four volumes: Bound in speckled calf; front and back boards partially or completely detached from spine. |
Hands | Vol. 1: Single except for first poem Vol. 2: Single Vol. 3: Single except for first poem Vol. 4: Single except for penultimate poem Mostly in the hand of Jane Griffies Roscoe, otherwise likely William Roscoe |
Indications of use | Vol. 2: Pencilled annotations on a few items, providing author names, titles, occasions. Vol. 3: Subsequently pencilled-in title of the first poem, other annotations; this volume may be incomplete in the sense that spaces for titles (and sometimes authors) have been left at the tops of pages (though some of these have author name at the end). Vol. 4: Like like volume 3, titles written in later in a lighter ink; titles generally seem to have been entered quickly in blank spaces originally intended for more elaborate titles; there is generally a rougher sense to this volume, with cross-outs, etc. |
Item formatting | Decorative titles for first two volumes; in volumes 3 and 4, some spaces for titles (and authors) left for completion later; sometimes these are pencilled in. |
Organization | Originally five volumes. Now only four, and it's unclear when the fifth one may have been lost. Vol. 1 has section subtitles. |
Original poetry | Vol. 1: Yes. Since attributions are the general rule, where they are absent, that work is possibly original. Vol. 2: Yes, at least one poem attributed to “Mr. R –" probably referring to William Roscoe. Vol. 3: Yes, probably the opening poem to Julia. Vol. 4: Yes, probably pp. 29–30. |
Ownership mark | Bookplates of Frederick Warburton Dunston and David H. Weinglass on front endpapers. Inscription by Frederick Warburton Dunston on preliminary pages of volumes notes that he purchased them at Sotheby's in 1887; He suggests Joseph Mayer of Liverpool and his great-uncle Richard Roscoe as possible former owners. |
Page layout | Vol. 1: Paginated (by the compiler). Vol. 2: Paginated (by the compiler, but only up to p. 7). Vol. 3: Paginated (by the compiler, up to p. 160). Vol. 4: Unpaginated (only pp. 1–2 paginated by the compiler). |
Title page | Volumes 1–3 (not volume 4). |