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Early buds and autumn leaves
M. A. R; Roberts, M A
1862
A MS. note by W.T. Freemantle suggests attribution to M.A. Roberts.
Stray leaves from my diary
Ward, William George (1812-1882)
1868
Leaf following title-page has a blank space for the author/compiler to fill in the name of the recipient, signed "W.G.W." [William George Ward?].
Translations by Thomas Tooly and John Ellis of some of the Basia or Kisses of Joannes Secundus, inserted on additional leaves into a printed edition of 1731.
Tooly, Thomas
c. 1731
Comprises a copy of "Basia Joannis Secundi Nicolai Hagensis: or the kisses of Joannes Secundus Nicolaius of the Hague, in Latin and English verse", London, 1731, with ten English love poems by Thomas ...
Bodleian Library : MS Fairfax 16
Norton-Smith, John; Bodleian Library; Bodleian Library
1979
Leaves printed on both sides. Facsimile reprint.
Arundines cami, sive, Musarum Cantabrigiensium lusus canori
Drury, Henry (1812-1863)
1860
There are 2 leaves numbered xiii-xiv and [13]-14 respectively.
Lisy's parting with her cat, by James Thomson
Thomson, James (1700-1748)
c.1725
Description of a girl leaving for boarding school (probably Thomson's sister Elizabeth) sorrowfully taking leave of her pet cat, imagining the cat's own lament at the separation. The poem, one of Thom...
A collection of the newest and most ingenious poems, songs, catches, & c., against popery, relating to the times : Several of which never before printed
Printed in the year 1689
Printed in double columns.
Manuscript verse by various hands and a masque by Thomas Cooke, inserted in a copy of 'Poems on several occasions', by Charles Cotton.
c.1720-1750
The pages of manuscript contain: (1) A short verse miscellany, including 'A satyr against woman' (16 pp), 'The batchelors lettany' (3 pp), Alexander Pope's 'How much egregious Moore/ Are we deceive'd ...
Seamus Heaney, typescript of an interview by John Haffenden, and an annotated copy of 'Station Island'.
Heaney, Seamus (1939-2013)
1979-1990
Comprises: (1) An incomplete typescript of Heaney's interview with John Haffenden in January 1979 concerning Heaney's life and poetry with the latter's autograph manuscript revisions; (2) A copy of...