Poetry and verse
MS. WHF Talbot 24
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Poetry and verse
Shelfmark
MS. WHF Talbot 24
Summary
Comprises
draft verse commencing 'my first against Imperial Rome', n.d.
[fable?] headed 'Precis', n.d.
verse [by Talbot?] commencing 'Long sought o'er thankless seas in vain', n.d. With photocopy.
verse [by Talbot?] 'Was Pindar sane', n.d.
wrapper labelled 'To the Eddystone' and verse [by Talbot?] 'On the Eddystone Lighthouse', n.d.
draft verse [by Talbot?] commencing 'not such the cause draws', n.d.
verse [by Talbot?] commencing 'still would I [hid?] my gaze', n.d.
verse commencing 'to thee the sailor', n.d.
verse 'The wounded stag to the nymph who wounded him', n.d.
rhyme, n.d.
[riddle or rhyme?] commencing 'I'm a noun of plural number', n.d.
Date
n.d.
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box
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Collection contents
Archive of William Henry Fox Talbot and the Talbot family
Papers of William Henry Fox Talbot
Research drafts, notes and literary papers
Poetry and verse
