[Commonplace book], [ca. 1840].

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[Commonplace book], [ca. 1840].

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Manuscript, in multiple hands, of a collection of about 35 poems, on primarily religious, sentimental, or elegiac subjects such as Jesus, infants, death, and prayer. The volume contains poems by Byron and James Montgomery; several poems are by the compiler's female acquaintances, including On visiting Cowper's garden, by Jane Taylor, and Sleeping in Jesus, by Mrs Mackay of Hedgefield. Other titles include From a young lady to her sister, concerning the topic of aging; The rose; The dying child; and a collection of hymns titled Thanksgiving hymns for the escape of the Queen from assasination composed to be sung at Hanover Chapel Peckham on Sunday June 21st 1840 by W. B. Collyer.

1 v. (82 p.) ; 23 x 19 cm.

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