Clark MS 2019.001 | Manuscript Verse Miscellanies

Title	Untitled
Archive	Clark Library
Call Number	Clark MS 2019.001
Complete	Yes
Description	Catherine Tuthill Massy, ca. 1795. 46 poems. A young Irish lady's book, themes of anti-slavery, interest in captives in India, sufferings of Ireland.
Format	Quarto
Book Size	20.4cm x 16.9cm
Filled Page Count	163 pages
Item Count	47
Poem Count	46
Periods	1791-1820
First Line Index	No
Digitized	Yes
Region	CO Limerick, Ireland Ireland
Additional Genres	Prose petition
Print Sources
Major Themes	Conduct, morality Courtship, marriage Death, afterlife Devotional writing, religio... Family Public affairs Major themes prominent among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Minor Themes	Animals, pets Illness Nature Other themes of interest among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
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Bibliography
Citation	“Clark MS 2019.001.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/354. Accessed 5 Dec. 2025.
Created	2020-03-25 10:56:36 AM
Updated	2023-07-20 4:03:02 PM

Contributor	Role
Elizabeth Carter	Major author
Catherine Tuthil Massy	Primary compiler

First Line	Context	Print Source
A Knife, dear Girl, cuts Love, they say	pp. 127–129 Local title: Verses by a Gentleman to his Lady with a present of a knife. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a	Unknown
Hark! my gay friend, that solemn toll	pp. 23–27. Local title: Verses occasioned by hearing a Pass Bell. Attributed author: Revd. Mr Sl—n. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a	Unknown
Let coward Guilt with pallid Fear	pp. 57–60. Local title: Written at Midnight in a thunder Storm. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a	Unknown
Lock'd in the arms of balmy sleep	pp. 32–37. Local title: On a thunder Storm. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: First line: "arm" instead of "arms." Other: n/a	Unknown
The Counsels of a Friend, Belinda, hear	pp. 1-6 Local title: Untitled Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a	Unknown
Thee, Mary, with this Ring I wed	pp. 97–99. Local title: Verses given with a ring by a Gentleman to his Lady on the anniversary of his wedding day. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: First line: Thee Betsy with this ring I wed... Other: n/a	Unknown
Thou Pow'r supreme, by whose Command I live	pp. 48–52 Local title: Verses by Miss Carter of Deal on her Birth Day. Attributed author: Miss Carter of Deal. Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a	Unknown
Why droops the head, why languishes the eye	pp. 71–83. Local title: A Sermon — based on Ps. 152.6–7. Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a	Unknown

Feature	Note
Author attributions	Rare; a few are part of the header’s contextualization and there is one signature of initials.
Binding	Pre-bound paperbook. Avoidance of gutters, addition of last item in blank space at the end. Marbled paper boards with calf, marbled paper rubbed off in places with wear to extremities.
Hands	Single. The final item (not in the index) is in a different hand.
Indications of use	Erased writing at the top of p. 1 was perhaps a short prefatory statement (or just an inappropriate use of the paper later erased). Some negligible marginal water staining to first and last leaves.
Item formatting	Use of a somewhat larger font for poem titles. No separation lines or spaces. Poems follow one another closely, sometimes with only one line of previous poem at the top of a page, or a few lines at the bottom.
Ownership mark	Ink inscription penned on the inside front cover: "Catharine Massy Tuthill’s Poem Book Springlodge."
Page layout	Paginated up to p. 155.
Table of Contents	Yes, at the end of the book. Omits the final poem, which was written in another hand.