Blandford, Dorset
Bodleian MS Eng. poet. e. 17
| Title | Untitled |
|---|---|
| Period | 1731-1760 |
| Archive | Bodleian Library |
Unknown author, ca. 1750.
9 poems.
A stitched booklet, largely about the travels of a group of young friends and their local community of Blandford. Phonetic spelling and unpolished verse suggest a relatively uneducated compiler.
Blandford friends
a group consisting of “too [two] jolly Swains” who go on an excursion to Nutford for the sake of kissing and drinking cider; their companions include Hannah, Robert, Stephen, the Captain, and Merrifield, who are speakers in the first poem of Bodleian MS Eng. Poet. e.17, seemingly written to commemorate the excursion.