[Collection of poems], [late 17th century].

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[Collection of poems], [late 17th century].

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Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of 21 primarily amorous and religious poems. Poems on love include Sir George Etherege's The Imperfect Enjoyment; To Lesbia; and To Chloris. Religious poems include an excerpt from Milton's Paradise Lost; Lamentations of Jeremiah; and a verse paraphrase of the 148th psalm; the volume also contains several elegiac poems on death, such as Temple of Death and John Pomfret's A Prospect of Death.

1 v. (58 p.) ; 20 x 15 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Etherege, George, 1636-1691 or 1692

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Epithet: of Stowe MS 969 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001087.0x000386 Epithet: of Sloane MS 1458 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001087.0x000385 ...

Pomfret, John, 1667-1702

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Milton, John, 1608-1674

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English poet. From the description of Documents relating to Kensington mortgage, 1651-1700. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122475458 Epithet: poet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000297.0x00012e John Milton (1608-1674), the poet. For fuller details of his life and achievements see the Dictionary of National Biography. From the guide to the English translat...