Poetry, [1824 or later].

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Poetry, [1824 or later].

Manuscript commonplace book. Collection of poetry by various authors, including: several elegies and poems on death; poems on weddings and love; farewell and remembrance poems; poems on flowers, mountains, autumn, winter, birds, butterflies, and other natural themes; verse riddles and maxims; an epigram attributed to Samuel Taylor Coleridge; a poem and elegy on King George IV; a prose anecdote about a schoolteacher.

1 v. (78 p.) ; 20 x 16 cm.

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Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge (born 21 October 1772, Ottery St Mary, Devon, England – died 25 July 1834, Highgate, Middlesex, England), English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian who was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets with his friend William Wordsworth. He also shared volumes and collaborated with Charles Lamb, Robert Southey, and Charles Lloyd. He wrote the poems The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan, as well as the major prose...

George, IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830

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George Augustus Frederick was born August 12, 1762, the eldest son of George III of England and Queen Charlotte Sophia of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. He was created Prince of Wales and Earl of Chester on September 8, 1762. George Augustus became a knight of the Garter on December 28, 1765, and was presented to the public in October, 1768. In August 1783, George Augustus came of age and assumed his seat in the House of Lords on November 11. He aligned himself with the Whig party which soon fell from fa...