Leeds Brotherton Lt 99 | Manuscript Verse Miscellanies

Title	Old Songs & other Poems.
Archive	Brotherton Library
Call Number	Leeds Brotherton Lt 99
Complete	Yes
Description	Anonymous, ca. 1770–1790. Very good example of attributions of magazine sources. 117 items. The first half is a very eclectic mix with many epitaphs, Latin doggerel, riddles, prose pieces, etc. interspersed with the poems. The second compiler seems primarily interested in jokes, parodies, quirky items. An apparent interest in Oxford-related items.
Format
Book Size
Filled Page Count	265 filled pages.
Item Count	117
Poem Count	102
Periods	1761-1790
First Line Index	Yes
Digitized	Yes
Region	[Unknown]
Additional Genres	Prose letters, Prose memoir
Print Sources	Christian's Magazine Critical Review Lady's Magazine; or Enterta... London Chronicle
Major Themes	Death, afterlife Education Humour, wordplay Local interest Major themes prominent among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Minor Themes	Conduct, morality Courtship, marriage Latin poetry Satire - social Visual arts Other themes of interest among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Links	firstlines.folger.edu www.literarymanuscriptsleeds.amdigital.co.uk.proxy.lib.sfu.ca
Bibliography
Citation	“Leeds Brotherton Lt 99.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/304. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
Created	2019-09-04 1:13:45 PM
Updated	2023-07-25 11:39:57 AM

Contributor	Role
[Anonymous]	Primary compiler Both compilers are anonymous, though this is likely a man's book given Oxford-related items, jokes.
John Byrom	Major author
William Mason	Major author
Thomas Warton	Major author

First Line	Context	Print Source
All in the Downs the fleet was moor'd	f. 11r-12r (recto only) Local title: Sweet William's Farewell to Black-ey'd Susan Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a	Unknown
Blush not, ye Fair, to own me, but be wise	pp. 116–117 Local title: The Lady's Skull. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: Source attribution "Lady's Magne. July 1776."	Lady's Magazine; or Entertaining Companion for the Fairer Sex
By your Honour's Command, an Example I stand	f. 75r Local title: Verses written by a Sailor in the Tartar who was sentenc'd to a cat and nine tails. Addressed to the Captain. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a	Unknown
Here lies poor Johnson: reader have a care,	p. 115 Local title: On Dr. Johnson. Said to be written by Soame Jenyns Esqre. Attributed author: Soame Jenyns Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: Note at end: Pub'd 1790	Unknown
I Hold for faith	f. 49v Local title: The Jesuits double-faced creed Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: I hold as faith what England's church allows Other variants: n/a Other: Latin first, then English, no Greek	Unknown
Oft I've implor'd the gods in vain	pp. 141–144 Local title: An Ode to Indifference Attributed author: Mrs. Greville Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: dated "Sepr. 19th. 1764."	Unknown
Take, holy earth, all that my soul holds dear	ff. 96v–97r. Local title: Epitaph on Mrs Mason at Bristol. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a	Unknown
The Curfew tolls the Knell of parting Day	ff. 20–23. Local title: An Elegy written in a Country Church Yard. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a	Unknown
Who many a sturdy Oak has laid along	f. 70v. Local title: Inscription on a tomb-stone in the Churchyard of Ockham, Surry. John Sprong died Nov, 17 1736. Attributed author: Mr Hollies. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a	Unknown

Feature	Note
Author attributions	Frequent; also many references to print sources.
Binding	Bound in plain vellum which is somewhat worn and discoloured.
Hands	Two consecutive hands. The second hand's section is much longer and more coherent.
Indications of use	Compiler changes about 30 pages in. Short later poems (epigrams especially) written by the second compiler into the spaces at the bottoms of pages initially filled by the first compiler. First half contains elaborate footnotes.
Item formatting	Sometimes larger/special lettering for titles (e.g. p. 59). Freehand horizontal lines at ends of poems that end in mid-page, but otherwise quite plain layout.
Organization	Generally only one side of the page used up to p. 38.
Page layout	Paginated (by the compiler on the verso side, but numbered in folios by a cataloguer on the rectos. Compiler’s pagination jumps from 197 to 200). Plenty of white space.
Table of Contents	Yes; includes both parts of the volume so created by the second compiler.