Poems, 1758-[1828].

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Poems, 1758-[1828].

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Manuscript, in two hands, of a collection of about 27 poems and prose pieces, many of them complimentary references to friends or lighthearted satires on acquaintances. The first 23 are in one hand, and the last 4 in another hand. Written in the first hand include several poems referring to Edward Walpole, including To Sir Edward Walpole on his birthday by Mr. H. Watson; Lines written by Mrs Rook upon some complimentary verses of Sir Edwd Walpoles addressd to Mrs Waring mother to Mrs Rook; and a "copy of a funny letter to Parson P__, who wrote to Sr Edw Walpole to procure him a prebend then vacant in a particular cathedral after having sold the very considerable living of Ashburton which Sr Edward had procured for him," dated 1758. Another entry records a dialogue between Mr. James Oldboy, "pretender to poetry," and his friend John Tattle, "a newsmonger," on the day after Sir Edward Walpole's birthday. This portion of the manuscript also includes other occasional verses written for friends; an epigram on dustmen; an epitaph on a bullfinch; and Horace Walpole's Epitaph on Charlotte Countess of Dysart. In the second hand is recorded John Dryden's A song for St. Cecilia's day, Thomas Gray's Progress of poesy; Oliver Goldsmith's Deserted village; and an excerpt from a travel diary regarding a trip up the Ganges River in India, followed by Reginald Heber's Verses to his wife and the first two lines of another Heber poem, An evening walk in Bengal.

1 v. (48 p., with blanks) ; 33 cm.

Yale University, Lewis Walpole Library

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