Poetry
Found in 195 Collections and/or Records:
Martha James: Riddle Book
A collection of riddles, verses, etc., compiled by Martha James from various sources, 180 folios. Pages 296-353 and 356-360 are blank.
Mary Anne Bacon: Verses and Translations
A collection of verses and translations by Mary Anne Bacon, with Reboul, boulanger de Lyons: 'Elegie a une Mere' (fo. 6v). Most of the verses are initialled and dated.
Mary Tighe: Psyche or the legend of love
A copy of Psyche, or the legend of love, 193 numbered pages, made by M. Heath from a copy sent to Dr Vaughan by the author. There is a frontispiece and three full-page illustrations, the latter probably by James Heath.
Mildmay Fane: My Happy Life, To a Friend (trans. William Wake)
Translation into Latin by William Wake of Mildmay Fane's poem 'My Happy Life, to a Friend', 7 folios: (fo. iv) F.J.H. Jenkinson, biographical note on W. Wake; (fo. ii) list of the contents, written in the 19th century, of a volume ('Vol 3') once in the possession of F.J.H. Jenkinson, from which the present manuscript was taken; (fo. 1v) title-page; (fo. 2) text. Inside front cover is the bookplate of the Earl of Westmorland, 1856.
Miscellaneous collection of verses, ballads, epitaphs and inscriptions
Miscellaneous literary and political writings, c 1641
Miscellaneous writings, some relating to Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, c. 1550
Notebook of Edward Leigh, Seventeenth century
The volume is commenced at both ends, and contains recipes, chiefly medical, a few verses in English, and a Latin oration in praise of Greek letters.
Notes on mathematics and optics, 1750 - 1810
Rough notes on mathematical, optical and astronomical problems, largely in the period 1777-1783, including a table of errors for an eye-glass. There are a number of poems and epigrams penned by Maskelyne whilst at Cambridge during 1750-1757, written in English and Latin, with versions of the 18th, 23rd, 29th and 84th Psalms and a translation of Sophocles. There is also a bill for food from H. Storey, 1810, and an etching. Some pages of manuscript have been cut from the volume.
Occasional Verses and Related Papers
Ode by Henry Francis Cary
The ode forms part of an invitation from Mr and Mrs Roberts to Dr and Mrs Peckard, addressed simply to 'Revd Dr [Peter] Peckard [Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge]'. It is entitled H F Cary ('not 16'): 'Ode'. It begins: 'Mark, where yon lucid stream / Beneath the moons pale beam ...'; ends: 'The fate of hopeless love / Nor fears like me, to terminate its woes.'
Original compositions written for Part I and Part II of the English Tripos, 1949 - 1973
Many compositions are accompanied by envelopes, letters, cover sheets and associated items, and a few bear examiners' comments.
Papers accumulated by John Goodridge relating to Robert Bloomfield and John Clare, including correspondence and writings of Ronald Blythe
A collection of original documents relating to Robert Bloomfield and members of his family, together with correspondence and papers of Ronald Blythe, principally relating to John Clare and the John Clare Society.
Papers of J. H. Goodland
Includes notebooks and diaries, correspondence with family and friends, miscellaneous literary papers and items concerning JHG's time spent in the army security forces both in England and Germany during and after the War.
Papers of Siegfried Sassoon
Papers of the Hey, Sharp and Alderson families
The documents that may be consulted consist of 'The Redemption' (Seatonian prize poem,1763), by John Hey; and a funeral sermon for Sarah Sharp, 1799. A further accession is closed pending cataloguing.
Papers of Veronica Forrest-Thomson, 1937 - 2011
Papers on poetry and mathematics, 1750 - 1808
Loose papers concerned with poetry and mathematical problems. The poetry is comprised principally of notes on the Eumenides and classical Greek poets. There is a review of the Oedipus of Sophocles, a reference to the rules of Aristotle, fluxions, a map of Palestine, a synopsis of writing technique and style, and equations involving parabolas.
Papers on the Eumenides
Undated loose papers on the poems on the Eumenides, including an etching depicting a classical war, possibly Achilles and Hector under the walls of Troy.
Pater Costerus: 'Tuyt geschout', 1604
Verse satire upon Roman Catholicism.
Percy Bysshe Shelley: To Jane: The Invitation
Written in Shelley's own hand, the 'Trelawny MS'.
Personal Papers of Aelfrida Tillyard, 1856 - 2013
Personal Papers of Agatha Graham, 1923 - 1930
The papers include personal diaries; photographs; and some of Agatha's writing, including poetry and short stories.
Personal Papers of Alethea Graham, 1913 - 1992
The papers include personal diaries; poems; a few personal and biographical items; photographs; and some letters written to Alethea (chiefly those written to her by her spiritual 'adviser', Father O'Brien).
Personal Papers of Chrystabel Procter, 1822 - 1986
The papers include personal and biographical records, records relating to her career (although there is very little about her period at Bingley Training College) including a chronological sequence kept while Garden Steward at Girton College, and to her time in Africa. There are also records relating to Procter's writing and a number of versions of her autobiography. The collection of family papers includes material of and pertaining to her sister, Joan Beauchamp Procter, zoologist.