Never published, Persian love elegies by the late Doctor John Wolcot from the original manuscripts written during his residence in Jamaica, 1832.

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Never published, Persian love elegies by the late Doctor John Wolcot from the original manuscripts written during his residence in Jamaica, 1832.

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Manuscript, in a single hand, of a collection of Wolcot's serious and satirical poems and letters by him. The volume includes 13 Persian love elegies; a satirical poem titled The Hall; political verse satires; and several odes, songs, and parodies. It also contains a substantial number of letters, primarily social letters from Wolcot to Thomas Giddy and to Benjamin Nankivell, in which Wolcot describes his attendance at theatrical and musical productions, giving his opinion of Mrs. Siddons's acting and Joseph Haydn's music; provides descriptions of Jamaica; and caricatures his acquaintances. At the end of the volume are two biographical pieces on Wolcot by Edward Collins Giddy.

1 v. (185 p.) ; 23 x 19 cm.

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