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Title: To Dr Broughton after a fitt of sickness
Author: Hall, Henry, the elder
Date(s): 169- ?
Manuscript: Lt q 5
Contents: In praise of Broughton's skill as a physician, referring also to the Catholic
and Jacobite beliefs shared by the two men
Title: An autumnal hymn
Author: Anonymous
Date(s): 174- or 175- ?
Manuscript: Lt 45
Contents: Religious poem, praising God for the beauty of the seasons and the
fruitfulness of the English countryside, especially autumn harvests for
supplying mankind with food and wine
Title: Hymn to the Morning
Attribution: Yalden
Date(s): 1693 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 123
Contents: Metaphorical poem on enlightenment and vitality, praising the ever-youthful morning light of the sun, which crushes darkness and the unknown. Stanzas 1, 2, 4 and 6 only
Title: To Dr Sherlock on his Practical discourse concerning Death
Attribution: Mr Prior
Date(s): 1690
Manuscript: Lt 123
Contents: Extravagant praise of Dr William Sherlock's 'Practical discourse concerning death' for teaching people (and Britain in general) Christian repentance and a proper religious attitude to life and death