Beinecke Osborn c138 | Manuscript Verse Miscellanies

Title	Untitled
Archive	Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Call Number	Beinecke Osborn c138
Complete	Yes
Description	Anonymous, 1737. 7 items. Melancholy poems on such subjects as love, solitude, and loneliness.
Format	Quarto
Book Size	23cm x 19cm
Filled Page Count	48 pages
Item Count	7
Poem Count	7
Periods	1731-1760
First Line Index	Yes
Digitized	Yes
Region	[Unknown]
Additional Genres
Print Sources	The Whitehall Evening-Post
Major Themes	Love Solitude, loneliness, retir... Major themes prominent among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Minor Themes	Other themes of interest among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Links	firstlines.folger.edu collections.library.yale.edu
Bibliography
Citation	“Beinecke Osborn c138.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/28. Accessed 6 Dec. 2025.
Created	2019-09-04 1:13:44 PM
Updated	2023-07-19 4:16:31 PM

Contributor	Role
[Anonymous]	Primary compiler

First Line	Context
In my dark Cell, low prostrate on the Ground	p. 19 Local title: Abelard to Eloisa. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a

First Line

Context

p. 19

Local title: Abelard to Eloisa.

Attributed author: n/a

Adaptation: n/a

Other variants: n/a

Other: n/a

Feature	Note
Author attributions	Frequent (4/7).
Binding	Full parchment.
Hands	Single neat hand.
Item formatting	Titles in larger script. Freehand horizontal line between poem and note at end of first poem and at end of most poems.