[Collection of poetry], [circa 1730].

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[Collection of poetry], [circa 1730].

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Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of copies of verse extracts from Paradise Lost by John Milton and New Year's Ode by Colley Cibber, and four poems by Stephen Duck: The Shunamite; The Thresher's Labour; On Poverty; and a verse epistle to Alured Clarke. At one end of the volume is a series of verses with the heading "Commendment in young beginners is very commendable," and signed "Anne Watkins. January."

1 v. (56 p.) ; 20 x 16 cm.

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