Poetry
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 132 Collections and/or Records:
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Mary Tighe: Psyche or the legend of love
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8454
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1808
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
File
Mildmay Fane: My Happy Life, To a Friend (trans. William Wake)
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4189
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1700 (Circa)
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Cambridge University Library
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Miscellaneous collection of verses, ballads, epitaphs and inscriptions
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.42
Scope and Contents
Includes: 'A true and full Account of a late Conference between the wonderful Speaking-Head & Father Godden', c. 1700; Sir John Denham, 'Directions to a Painter concerning the Dutch War', incomplete, 17th cent.; H. Mordant, 'Maurus Advena'; John Oldham, 'Ode', c. 1680; C. D., 'Fur Eliensis translated', c. 1700; William Lewis, and others, elegies for the duke of Buckingham, 17th cent.; Thomas Adams, 'Epgrams'; verses connected with the visit of Charles I to Cambridge University, 1632 (?);...
Dates:
1500-1750 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Occasional Verses and Related Papers
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4247
Scope and Contents
Occasional verses and related papers written in various hands, loose in a paper file, 33 folios. The papers include the following: (fo. 2) 'Verses made on Miss Harvey when a Day old in Imitation of Mr. Phillips on Miss Cartreet'. These are printed on a broadside kept at the British Library, 839 m 23, no. 108, where they are attributed to [Edward] Young, although they are not printed among Young's Works. They are also referred to by Jonathan Swift in a letter to Alexander Pope of 26 November...
Dates:
1730-1874 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Papers accumulated by John Goodridge relating to Robert Bloomfield and John Clare, including correspondence and writings of Ronald Blythe
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10203
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1802-2014
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Papers of J. H. Goodland
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9704
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1935-1974
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Papers of Siegfried Sassoon
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852
Scope and Contents
The Papers of Siegfried Sassoon comprise a magnificent collection documenting his life, wartime experiences and extensive literary career. The collection was purchased by the Library in 2009 from the executors of his son, George. Arranged in twelve series, it includes Sassoon’s personal diaries, poetry notebooks, drafts of literary works and autobiographies, correspondence, press cuttings and photographs.
Sassoon was a dedicated diarist and the first series comprises 46 journals...
Dates:
1897-2000 (bulk:1897-1967)
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Papers of the Hey, Sharp and Alderson families
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10187
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1683-1983
Conditions Governing Access:
The catalogued section of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. Access to the uncatalogued papersis currently restricted. 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).
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Cambridge University Library
File
Percy Bysshe Shelley: To Jane: The Invitation
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4444
Scope and Contents
Written in Shelley's own hand, the 'Trelawny MS'.
Dates:
1822
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Peter Bayley: The Cambriad
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3435
Scope and Contents
A poem in 12 books. In English, with Welsh quotations heading each book. Occasional marginal notes in red ink. Apparently unprinted.
Dates:
1820 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Peter Carpenter Papers
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10468
Scope and Contents
Literary papers of Peter Carpenter.
Dates:
1978-2006 and undated
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Peter Hughes Papers
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10176
Dates:
2000 - 2015
Conditions Governing Access:
Some of the correspondence files are restricted in accordance with the Data Protection Act. All users of the collection are required to complete a Researcher Undertaking Concerning Access under the Data Protection Act 2018 and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to Archives Which Would Otherwise Be Closed. With this proviso, 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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Peter Larkin: Literary correspondence
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10432
Scope and Contents
The principal topics of the letters are responses to Larkin's poetry, or to material by the correspondents or others published by Prest Roots Press.
Dates:
1985-2018
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection contains personal correspondence. The provisions of the Data Protection Act (2018) apply to access. With this prociso, 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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Poems and correspondence of Peter Robinson relating to his publications with the Many Press
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10034
Scope and Contents
Includes: ‘Going Out to Vote’: marked-up photocopied typescript of the poem, pasted-up typeset copy of the inner pages, layout sheet in John Welch’s hand, and copy number 5 of the printed broadsheet, signed by Robinson; ‘Overdrawn Account’: marked-up photocopied typescript of the poems, paste-up of a rejected cover design, undated letter to Welch from ‘Judy’ (typesetter), printed flyer, a copy of the book, and ‘Overdrawn Account, by Peter Robinson: A Balance-Sheet’ (manuscript review of the...
Dates:
1977-1985
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Poems by Siegfried Sassoon
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10193
Scope and Contents
Notebook comprising fair copies, with some revisions, of poems by Siegfried Sassoon, together with illustrations and decorations. Some of the poems bear the date of their composition. Sassoon presented the notebook to Lady Ottoline Morrell in January 1917 and made additions to it in subsequent years. Contents:Preliminary matter:• [1r]. ‘To victory’ (newspaper cutting from The Times, 15 Jan. 1916)
• [1v]. Feather
• [2r]. Title page
• [2v]. ‘Edition’ statement and...
Dates:
1916-[1930s]
Conditions Governing Access:
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Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Poems by Thom Gunn
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10105
Scope and Contents
Manuscript and typescript poems by Gunn, some bearing corrections, annotations or notes, and some with notes on adhesive slips. They are mostly undated. The poems are: “My darling, you are twenty two …” (MS, 1 folio, bearing a marginal query)‘Tamer and Hawk’ (MS, 1 folio)‘Captain in Time of Peace’ (MS, 1 folio)‘Captain in Time of Peace’, another version (MS, 1 folio)‘Without a Counterpart’ (MS, 1 folio)‘Contemplative and Active’ (TS...
Dates:
1954-1988 and undated (1950s-1990s?)
Conditions Governing Access:
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Poems, chiefly on Philip O'Reilly
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.3082
Scope and Contents
Some notes are in the hand of W. B. Kane of Edmund House, Cambridge.
Dates:
1400-1736 (Circa)
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Poems of John Donne
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.5778
Scope and Contents
A collection of poems of John Donne. Also includes other poems by Francis Bacon, Thomas Carew, Francis Beaumont and Sir Henry Wotton transcribed at a similar date. The manuscript is sometimes referred to as the 'Cambridge Balam' manuscript.
Dates:
1630 (circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
The volume 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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Poems on Several Occasions
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6374
Scope and Contents
106 folios. The volume is probably the verse commonplace book of a Cambridge student. The authorship of the poems is not stated. Pages 2-6 and 118-206 are blank. There is a list of contents at pp. 207-209.
Dates:
1727
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Poems on the parables
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4485
Dates:
1750 (Circa)
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
'Poems on the Underground' archive
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10463
Scope and Contents
Documents relating to 'Poems on the Underground' and related publications and activities, collected by Judith Chernaik, a co-founder of the programme. The papers include correspondence, project files, subject files, and printed items, including copies of a selection of posters.
Dates:
1984-2023
Conditions Governing Access:
With the exception of one file closed until 1 January 2067 under the terms of the Data Protection Act (1998), the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. The collection contains personal correspondence. The provisions of the Data Protection Act (1998) apply to access. Users of the collection are required to complete a Researcher Undertaking Concerning Access under the Data Protection Act 2018 and General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to Archives Which Would Otherwise Be Closed. 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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Poems (Phillips MS 9325)
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8471
Scope and Contents
Seventy-eight poems by Henry King, written in a contemporary hand. The volume was probably compiled under the author's supervision. It includes the bookplate of Sir J.A. Brooke. There is an accompanying letter from Margaret Crum, 27 March 1953, describing the collection.
Dates:
1648 (Circa)
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
File
'Rewards and Fairies'
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6850
Scope and Contents
The complete autograph MS of 'Rewards and Fairies', including the poems 'The Road through the Woods' and 'If', 118 folios. On the flyleaf: 'Presented to Cambridge University Library by The Author 1926 Rudyard Kipling'. With letters from Kipling to A. F. Scholfield (University Librarian), Burwash, 30 June 1926, and Kipling's secretary D. Gardner-Smith to Scholfield, Burwash, 21 July 1926; and with an envelope mis-addressed by Kipling to Scholfield as 'Bodley's Librarian' at 'The Bodleian...
Dates:
1910 (circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
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Found in:
Cambridge University Library
File
Richard Farmer: Poetry
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4494
Scope and Contents
'Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy', with various poems and other juvenilia.
Dates:
1752
Conditions Governing Access:
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Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Robert Brinsley Sheridan: Poetry
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8521
Scope and Contents
Two stanzas of ten lines each by Richard Sheridan, beginning 'When tis night and the midwatch is set', copied in the hand of William Blake on the back of part of the title-page of William Hayley's Ballads (1802). The lines are accompanied by a letter from P.J. Dobell to Geoffrey Keynes, 6 September 1938, and part of a letter to Keynes from an unknown correspondent, 28 January 1965. There is also an extract from a sale catalogue relating to the stanzas.
Dates:
1802 (Circa)
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library