Houghton MS Eng 692 | Manuscript Verse Miscellanies

Title	Untitled
Archive	Houghton Library
Call Number	Houghton MS Eng 692
Complete	Yes
Description	Thomas Ingoldsby (also known as Richard Harris Barham), 1808. Poems, paraphrases, epigrams, and conundrums in English, French, Greek, and Latin.
Format	Quarto
Book Size	20.7cm x 16.6cm
Filled Page Count	62 leaves
Item Count	154
Poem Count	155
Periods	1791-1820
First Line Index	Yes
Digitized	No
Region	[Unknown]
Additional Genres
Print Sources
Major Themes	Courtship, marriage Death, afterlife Humour, wordplay Major themes prominent among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Minor Themes	Classical themes French poetry Greek poetry Latin poetry Women Other themes of interest among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Links	id.lib.harvard.edu firstlines.folger.edu
Bibliography
Citation	“Houghton MS Eng 692.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/280. Accessed 16 Dec. 2025.
Created	2019-09-04 1:13:45 PM
Updated	2023-07-25 11:23:29 AM

Contributor	Role
Richard Harris Barham	Primary compiler

First Line	Context
His Time was quick, his Touch was neat	f. 20v. Local title: n/a Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
I am monarch of all I survey	f. 45 Local title: n/a Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: Incomplete copy.

First Line

Context

f. 20v.

Local title: n/a

Attributed author: n/a

Adaptation: n/a

Other variants: n/a

Other: n/a

f. 45

Local title: n/a

Attributed author: n/a

Adaptation: n/a

Other variants: n/a

Other: Incomplete copy.

Feature	Note
Binding	Quarter leather with marbled paper boards.
Decorations - hand-drawn	Sketches throughout.
Hands	Single.
Ownership mark	Signed multiple times "Richard Harris Barham" (Thomas Ingoldsby). Also has Barham's wax seal on the front paste down.