Beinecke Osborn c662 | Manuscript Verse Miscellanies

Title	Untitled
Archive	Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library
Call Number	Beinecke Osborn c662
Complete	Yes
Description	Anonymous, ca. 1780–1790. Around 100 pages. Mainly occasional, comic, and sentimental poems by late eighteenth-century authors. Also includes a number of items related to Samuel Johnson and his circle.
Format	Folio
Book Size	28.6cm x 19.6cm
Filled Page Count	105 pages
Item Count	58
Poem Count	41
Periods	1761-1790
First Line Index	No
Digitized	No
Region
Additional Genres	Prose - miscellaneous
Print Sources
Major Themes	Celebrities Humour, wordplay Literature Theatre, drama Major themes prominent among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Minor Themes	Nature Passions, Sentiments Travel Other themes of interest among the manuscript contents in alphabetical order.
Links	hdl.handle.net
Bibliography
Citation	“Beinecke Osborn c662.” Manuscript Verse Miscellanies, 1700–1820, edited by Betty A. Schellenberg, Simon Fraser University, https://mvm.dhil.lib.sfu.ca/manuscript/83. Accessed 7 Dec. 2025.
Created	2019-09-04 1:13:44 PM
Updated	2023-12-14 2:59:41 PM

Contributor	Role
[Anonymous]	Primary compiler

First Line	Context	Print Source
Oft I've implor'd the gods in vain	Page: 50-53 Local title: Prayer for indifference Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a	Unknown
Say, Mighty Love, and teach my Song	Page: 14-16 Local title: Wats's [sic] Poems Attributed author: Issac Watts Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a	Unknown
Take, holy earth, all that my soul holds dear	Page: 7 Local title: Epitaph Attributed author: Mason Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: n/a	Unknown
The rose had been wash'd, just wash'd in a shower	Page: 20 Local title: An Accident Attributed author: n/a Adaptation: n/a Other variants: n/a Other: variant first line: 'A Rose in its bloom just washed by a Shower / Fair Anna to Mary conveyed...'	Unknown

Feature	Note
Binding	Contemporary half-calf over marbled paper boards; gilt edges on paper. Seal marks on endpapers.
Hands	At least two hands.
Indications of use	Indications that main compiler later went through and added the occasional annotation in old age, judging by shaky hand. A few scattered pencil scribbles.
Page layout	Generous use of white space enhances readability. Small page marks. Some double ruled lines at ends of items, particularly in the middle section.