A book of songs and verses, 1705-1706.

  1. Resources
  2. View Resource

ArchivalResource

A book of songs and verses, 1705-1706.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/702177739

Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of a collection of 14 poems on various secular, occasionally political, subjects, with titles such as "A Riddle," A Burlesque on Mrs. Digby," "On Mrs. Digby's Coming to town who was the Duke of Beaufords Mistress," "A Country Parsons Advice to that Judicious & Worthy Minister of State the Lord Keeper Cowper," and "On Caelia." One short, single-verse poem, "To the Pope threatning to excommunicate the Spanish Clergy that should not side with King Charles," appears in both Latin and English.

1 v. (8 p.) ; 30 x 18 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 8025466

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Related Entities

There are 1 Entities related to this resource.

Cowper, William Cowper, Earl, approximately 1665-1723

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66w9xgh (person)

Cowper was a member of Parliament and the first lord chancellor of Great Britain. From the description of Note, September 1713. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 237331772 ...