Folger MS M.a.182 | Manuscript Verse Miscellanies

Title	A miscellaneous collection in prose and verse in which are included several original pieces
Archive	Folger Shakespeare Library
Call Number	Folger MS M.a.182
Complete	Yes
Description	A.T.W, 1793–ca. 1800. A lot of retrospective editing including comments and cross-outs. 153 poems. Many poems by or about important figures of literature and the stage; also epitaphs, inscriptions and letters; many poems by women.
Format
Book Size	24cm x 18cm
Filled Page Count	186
Item Count	210
Poem Count	153
Periods	1791-1820
First Line Index	Yes
Digitized	Yes
Region	County Durham Grinkle Park, Yorkshire Heaton Hall, Yorkshire Old Park, County Durham Yorkshire
Additional Genres	Prose, Prose anecdotes
Print Sources
Major Themes	Celebrities Courtship, marriage Death, afterlife Family Theatre, drama Major themes prominent among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Minor Themes	Animals, pets Conduct, morality Education Historical subjects Imitation, parody Love Passions, Sentiments Public affairs Satire - religious Satire - social Visual arts Other themes of interest among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Links	firstlines.folger.edu hamnet.folger.edu
Bibliography
Citation	“Folger MS M.a.182.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/250. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
Created	2019-09-04 1:13:45 PM
Updated	2023-07-25 11:04:09 AM

Contributor	Role
Charles James Fox	Major author
David Garrick	Major author
William Hayley	Major author
Samuel Johnson	Major author
William Mason	Major author
A.T.W.	Primary compiler Major author
Robert Wharton	Major author

First Line	Context
Gentle breath of melting sorrow	p. 61 Local title: Address to a sigh. Attributed author: A lady Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
If this fair rose offend thy sight	p. 100. Local title: During the contest between the houses of York and Lancaster, a Yorkist sent his mistress a white rose, the following lines wrapped round it. Attributed author: A Yorkist. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
Immortal Newton never spoke	p. 133 Local title: On Mr. Nash's present of his own portrait at full length... Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
Indulgent Nature to each Kind bestows	p. 65. Local title: Epigram, upon the bursar of a college... Attributed author: W.L. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
Made to engage all hearts and charm all eyes	p. 174. Local title: Written by Lord Littleton on the death of His wife. Attributed author: Lord Littleton. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: "gentlest female tenderness" variant of the poem. Other: n/a
Oft I've implor'd the gods in vain	Page: n/a Local title: Ode on Indifference Attributed author: Greville Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
Take, holy earth, all that my soul holds dear	p. 59. Local title: On the death of his Wife. Attributed author: Lord Littleton Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
The Curfew tolls the hour of closing gates	pp. 127–134. Local title: An Evening's contemplation in a College/ a parody on Grey. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
The Devils were brawling at Burnet's descending	p. 161 Local title: Bishop B's descent. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
The Goddesses once, as the old Poets tell us	p. 172. Local title: Westminster boy to Mrs. Mattocks. Attributed author: Westminster boy. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
The rose had been wash'd, just wash'd in a shower	pp. 98–100 Local title: Parody on "The Rose was just washed." Attributed author: A.T.W. Adaptation: Yes, parody. Other variants: [parody] First line: "The wig was just dress'd, just dress'd in grand state..." Other: n/a
The sun sets in night, and the stars shun the day	p. 147. Local title: The Dying Indian Attributed author: Mrs. Hunter. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: Here "Alhnoman" instead of "Alknomook." Other: n/a
Thee, Mary, with this Ring I wed	Begun on p. 113, p. 112 cut-out, so p. 113 pasted-in as p. 112; finishes as originally copied on p. 114. Local title: Lines addressed to a lady, by her husband on the anniversary of their marriage. Attributed author: her Husband. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
What Fears, what Terrors does thy Gift create!	p. 29. Local title: Lines addressed to a lady. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
Where the loveliest expression to features is join'd	p. 71. Local title: Lines on Mrs. Crewe. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
Whoe'er like me, with trembling anguish brings	p. 59 Local title: On the death of his wife. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a

Feature	Note
Author attributions	Occasional; some in header or at the end of the poem, some added at a later date.
Binding	Subsequently rebound in the 1970s, retaining original covers of calf, gold-tooled, over boards. The title label from the spine, "Manuscript Collection," was also retained.
Catchwords	Yes, for continued pieces only.
Decorations - printed	3 pasted in printed illustrations – Garrick, slave, lyre-player.
Hands	Single.
Indications of use	A lot of retrospective editing, crossouts etc.
Item formatting	Double rules between poems.
Original poetry	Yes, initialed ATW.
Page layout	Paginated.
Table of Contents	At the end; pp. 186 (recto, title), then 183-[185], but these are duplicate numbers, since the preceding text numbering has gone up to 186; final poem pasted in over last page of index, which is again numbered 184. Entries are per page (if multiple poems appear on an individual page) so some refer to several items in abbreviated forms.