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Brotherton Collection26
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political poetry, english10
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religious poetry, english7
christian poetry, english4
elegiac poetry, english2
love poetry, english2
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anglo-dutch war, 1664-16671
didactic poetry, english1
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Tate, Nahum (1652-1715)3
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Waller, Edmund (1606-1687)2
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Barry, Elizabeth1
Barry, Elizabeth (1658-1713)1
Baynes, Martin1
Caesar, Sir Julius (1558-1636)1
Cowley, Abraham (1618-1667)1

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Steps to the temple : sacred poems : with other Delights of the muses

Crashaw, Richard (1613?-1649)

1646

"The delights of the muses" has a separate t.p., p. [101]. 1st ed. Signatures: A6 B-G12. The first and last leaves are blank.

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The Case is alter'd now, or, The conversion of Anthony, King of Poland : published for satisfaction of the sanctifyed brethen

1683

Broadside. Verse lampoon on A.A. Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury. Catalogued from drop-head title and colophon. Anon.

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An Elegy on the death of the Right Honourable Heneage Lord Finch, Baron of Daventry, High Chancellour of England, and one of the Lords of the Most Honourable Privy-Council : who departed this life, Decemb. 18. 1682

1682

In verse. Printed in two columns. Catalogued from drophead title and colophon. Within mourning border, with emblems and motto at head.

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A Farewel to His Royal Highness James Duke of York, on his voyage to Sctotland [sic], October 20, 1680

Farewell, James

[1680]

In verse. Date of publication from Wing. Refers to James in Edinburgh during the "Popish plot". Anon., by James Farewell.

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Wit and drollery : jovial poems : corrected and amended with new additions

Phillips, John (1631-1706); Mennes, Sir John (1599-1671); E. M (fl.1658)

1682

This collection was first published in 1656 under the initials J.P. [John Phillips], with a second edition, 1661, under the initials E.M. Both attribute the contents to "Sir J.M., Ja. S.[i.e. John Men...

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The court-prospect : a poem

Hopkins, Charles (1664?-1700?)

1699

Place of publication from Wing. First published at Dublin in 1698 under title: White-hall, or, The court of England.

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A pastoral dialogue : A poem

Tate, Nahum (1652-1715)

1691

Anonymous. By Nahum Tate. In verse. The first leaf is blank.

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A funeral elegy upon the death of the Queen· : Addrest to the Marquess of Normanby

Walsh, William (1663-1708)

1695

Anon., by William Walsh.

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Verses: lately written by Thomas Earle of Strafford

Strafford, Thomas Wentworth Earl of (1593-1641)

printed, 1641

Not in fact by Thomas Earle of Strafford. In this edition, the first line in the title ends in a colon and the imprint does not have a comma after "London". Verse - "Go, empty joyes,". Catalogue...

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War horns, make room for the bucks with green bowes

1682

Caption title, page 1, reads: On the splendid entertainment of the London-prentices and lords at Merchant-Taylors-Hall. A burlesque in verse. Anon.

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Immanuel: or, The mistery of God, manifested in the flesh : sung in the severall cantoes of Urania, Astræa, Melpomene

Wishartt, William

1642

In verse. Table of contents: p. [6]. Pagination irregular.

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