Houghton MS Hyde 35 (5) | Manuscript Verse Miscellanies

Title	Untitled
Archive	Houghton Library
Call Number	Houghton MS Hyde 35 (5)
Complete	Yes
Description	Hester Thrale Piozzi, ca. 1818. 183 poems. Mostly other authors, some original work, often addressed to her daughters.
Format	Quarto size, wove paper
Book Size	23.1cm x 19.5cm
Filled Page Count	341 pages
Item Count	183
Poem Count	183
Periods	1791-1820
First Line Index	No
Digitized	No
Region	Bath, Somerset Somerset
Additional Genres
Print Sources
Major Themes	Celebrities Family Friendship Humour, wordplay Local interest Major themes prominent among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Minor Themes	Classical themes Courtship, marriage Death, afterlife French poetry Illness Italian poetry Literature Nature Visual arts Other themes of interest among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Links	hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu
Bibliography	A few selections are revised from earlier versions which appear in Balderston. Discussed in McCarthy, 253-254.
Citation	“Houghton MS Hyde 35 (5).” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/379. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
Created	2020-04-23 6:06:55 PM
Updated	2023-07-25 11:26:03 AM

Contributor	Role
Hester Lynch Thrale Piozzi	Primary compiler Major author

First Line	Context
Hail, happy bride! for thou art truly blest	p. 210 Local title: "Elegy on Mrs. Bowes, who died three months after her marriage." Attributed author: Lady M.W. Montague[sic] Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
If this fair rose offend thy sight	p. 159 Local title: "Sent by a youth of the York Party, to his mistress of the Lancastrian, with a white rose." Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
Take, holy earth, all that my soul holds dear	p. 270 Local title: "These following lines have erroneously been given to various authors, but it is unquestionably the production of Mr. Mason, whose lady died of a consumption at Bristol Hotwells." Attributed author: Mr. Mason Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a
Where the loveliest expression to features is join'd	p. 243 Local title: "Upon Mrs. Crewe, by Charles J. Fox, 1775." Attributed author: Charles J. Fox Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a

Feature	Note
Author attributions	Frequent, with many unattributed items presumably by Piozzi.
Binding	In a red quarter-morocco slipcase.
Hands	Single.
Original poetry	Yes, at least half.