Religious and other poems by various writers
MS. Pattison 73
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Title
Religious and other poems by various writers
Shelfmark
MS. Pattison 73
Summary
Religious and other poems by various writers, as James Grahame, Reginald Heber, James Montgomery:
At fol. 25 is the unpublished Oxford University prize poem of Henry Allen Johnson, 1806, on 'Travels of Discovery into the Interior of Africa'
At fol. 89 is a translation into English verse by M[ark] P[attison] of the Latin verses on a red-breast by Petrus Molinæus (Pierre du Moulin the younger), published in the Oxford Herald, Dec. 5, 1840
Other possibly unpublished verses are (fol. 33) an epigram by the rev. William Clarke beg. 'Did he who thus inscribed the wall') and (fol. 46v) 'The Blood of Sprinkling' by S[amuel] W[hitlock] Gandy beg. 'Why did the Paschal beast')
(fols. 99-129) are blank.
Date
Written about 1815-1847 by mrs. Jane Pattison
Language
English
Physical facet
On paper
Physical extent
149 Leaves
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Religious and other poems by various writers
