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Title: To a lady, on her leaving the Town
Author: Pope, Alexander
Date(s): 1714
Manuscript: Lt 93
Contents: On a young woman (Teresa Blount) sad to exchange the flirtatious pleasures of London town, after the coronation of George I, for the monotony of the country, describing the life she might lead there; lacking two lines
Title: Written in the leaves of a lady's fann
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 175- ?
Manuscript: Lt 103
Contents: On a woman's skilful use of a fan to make those around her fall in love with her
Title: Upon a lady's leaving the town in the spring
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 170- ?
Manuscript: Lt 52
Contents: Love poem, lamenting the departure from London of a lady whom art and nature both honour, and comparing her to Cynthia, the virgin goddess
Title: To Olivia upon her leaving the playhouse
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 170- ?
Manuscript: Lt 52
Contents: On the retirement of an actress from the London stage, most likely Mrs Rogers, and on her rivalry with Anne Oldfield and Mrs Bradshaw, emphasizing the damage to the theatre that this entails
Title: Upon his leaving his mistress
Author: Wilmot, John; Earl of Rochester
Date(s): 167-
Manuscript: Lt 54
Contents: In praise of his mistress, urging her not to confine herself to a single
lover
Title: On a young lady's leaving the town after the coronation
Author: Pope, Alexander
Attribution: Mr Pope
Date(s): 1714
Manuscript: Lt 36
Contents: On a young woman (Teresa Blount) sad to exchange the flirtatious pleasures of
London town, after the coronation of George I, for the monotony of the
country, describing the life she might lead there
Title: To the Dutchess of Orleans when she was taking leave of the Court at Dover
Author: Waller, Edmund
Date(s): 1670
Manuscript: Lt 36
Contents: Panegyric in praise of Henrietta, Duchess of Orleans (daughter of Charles I),
on the occasion of her visit to Dover to treat with Charles II on behalf of
Louis XIV
Title: An epilogue of thanks to the town, spoke by Mrs Sterling on her leaving the
stage
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 1731 ?
Manuscript: Lt 9
Contents: Epilogue spoken by the actress Mrs Sterling, semingly after a performance of
a play in Dublin, thanking her audience for their kind approval during her
stage career. Cf BCMSV 750, 798.
Title: To a young lady under the name of Zephalinda on her leaving the town after
the coronation
Author: Pope, Alexander
Date(s): 1714
Manuscript: Lt 20
Contents: On a young woman (Teresa Blount) sad to exchange the flirtatious pleasures of
London town, after the coronation of George I, for the monotony of the
country, describing the life she might lead there
Title: Mr Harris to Mr Windham upon Mr St Claire's family leaving him
Author: Harris, Mr
Attribution: Mr Harris
Date(s): 173- ?
Manuscript: Lt q 20
Contents: Conversational address to Ash Windham of Felbrigg, Norfolk, lamenting the
departure of the writer's beloved taken away by her family, light-heartedly
expressing his love and despair. Headed, "Dear Sir". Cf BCMSV 2071, 2072,
2073.
Title: A dialogue between Skinner Spencer and Master Shadwell both before they went to the university at leaving the school
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 173- ?
Manuscript: Lt q 51
Contents: Dialogue between two young men on the merits of law, religion, medicine and the military as professions; presented at Tonbridge School
Title: Verses composed by Lord Carlisle in praise of his select school-fellow friends, on leaving Eaton
Author: Howard, Frederick, Lord Carlisle
Attribution: Lord Carlisle
Date(s): 176- ?
Manuscript: Lt 103
Contents: Prefatory verses apparently to Carlisle's poem on certain of his fellow pupils at Eton School (BCMSV 6102), taking his cue from lines of Pope used here as epigraph (BCMSV 6100) to assert that he means only to praise those he will write about, and
not sati