Collection of poetry, Seventeenth century
Scope and Contents
Contains: (a) 'Come poetry, and with you bring along…' (song) by Abraham Cowley; (b) 'The history of Æneas and Dido's love, translated out of ye fourth booke of Virgill, by Mr Sydny Godolphin', beginning 'Meanwhile the queene fanning a secret fire…'; '(c) 'Dr Donne's Farewell to the world', beginning 'Farewell you gilded follyes, pleasing troubles ...' (printed in Walton's 'Compleat angler', 1653, and elsewhere, but not now attributed to Donne; Herbert Grierson, 1912, called the present manuscript 'a very inferior version'); (d) a final piece, unfinished, relating to 'the death of the Rev. Dr Raughleigh [Walter Raleigh, 1586-1646], who desiring leave to preach was murdered in prison by his keeper' (see Walker's 'Sufferings of the clergy' (1714), part II, p. 71). A flyleaf at the beginning bears an epigram beginning 'The divell was sicke ...'.
Dates
- Creation: Seventeenth century
Creator
- Cowley, Abraham, 1618-1667 (poet) (Person)
- Godolphin, Sidney, 1610-1643 (poet and courtier) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Extent
1 volume(s) (39 pages excluding blanks.)
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
The names of William Godolphin and Henry Savile appear on a flyleaf. In the Library by the mid 1750s.
Physical Description
Paper.
Repository Details
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