Folger MS M.a.165-166 | Manuscript Verse Miscellanies

Title	Untitled
Archive	Folger Shakespeare Library
Call Number	Folger MS M.a.165-166
Complete	Yes
Description	Anonymous, seemingly ca. 1755. Second volume seems to be organized thematically, with blank leaves left to be filled in later on the same theme (a good example of an organizational system in progress). 82 items. Initially focused on high-profile writers of the turn of the century, though the second volume contains mid-century work.
Format	Quarto
Book Size	23cm x 18cm
Filled Page Count	I 197 pages; II 283 pages
Item Count	74
Poem Count	74
Periods	1731-1760
First Line Index	No
Digitized	No
Region	[Unknown]
Additional Genres
Print Sources	Collection of Poems by Seve...
Major Themes	Classical themes Death, afterlife Literature Love Major themes prominent among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Minor Themes	Animals, pets Devotional writing, religio... Historical subjects Latin poetry Music, song, opera Nature Satire - social Theatre, drama Travel Visual arts Women Other themes of interest among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Links	hamnet.folger.edu
Bibliography
Citation	“Folger MS M.a.165-166.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/244. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
Created	2019-09-04 1:13:45 PM
Updated	2024-08-26 3:07:32 PM

First Line	Context
In my dark Cell, low prostrate on the Ground	vol. 2; pp. 123–129 Local title: Abelard to Eloisa. Attributed author: Mrs. Madan. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
Say, Mighty Love, and teach my Song	pp. 278–280. Local title: Few happy Matches. Attributed author: I.W. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
Since Language never can describe my Pain	pp. 129–136. Local title: Monimia to Philocles. [Headnote:] An Epistle from a Lady in France to L— a Gentleman in London who had debache'd her. Attributed author: a Lady in France. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
The Curfew tolls the Knell of parting Day	pp. 216–220. Local title: An Elegy written in a Country Church Yard. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
To high Parnassus' shady seat	pp. 38–39. Local title: To Celinda on her making a Collection of Poetry. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a

Feature	Note
Author attributions	Frequent.
Binding	Pre-bound paperbook. Significant number of blank pages. Lettered on spine: M.a.165 "Extracts Poetry. Pope &c.," M.a.166 "Extracts Poetry. Pomfret &c. M. S." Bound in are two printed books, De-La-Cour’s "A prospect on poetry," 1734, and Pope’s "An essay on criticism," 1709, cataloged separately. Contemporary calf.
Catchwords	Frequent.
Hands	Single, though possibly a change on mid-page 233 of vol. 1, then vol. 2 same hand again.
Item formatting	Two short parallel lines running diagonally from right to left after each poem at start of both volumes, but not all through either one.
Organization	Seems to be organized thematically, with blank leaves in between to be filled later on same theme.
Ownership mark	Bookplate of F.W. Cosens.
Printed items	Bound in are two printed books, De-La-Cour’s "A prospect on poetry," 1734, and Pope’s "An essay on criticism," 1709
Table of Contents	No but 4 blank leaves at start of vol. 1, perhaps left for a table of contents and never completed.