MS 12-14-71
A folio verse miscellany, in two hands, possibly compiled principally by Robert Clarke of Wadham College, Oxford.
c.1663.-
HrG 55 pp. 2-4
Copy of various stanzas, beginning with stanza 2 (
Beware of lust: it doth pollute and foul
).First published in The Temple (1633). Hutchinson, pp. 6-24.
George Herbert, The Church-porch ('Thou, whose sweet youth and early hopes inhance') -
HrG 216 p. 4
Copy of part of the poem, beginning at line 61 (
Each creature hath a wisdome for his good
).First published in The Temple (1633). Hutchinson, pp. 116-21.
George Herbert, Providence ('O sacred Providence, who from end to end') -
HrG 282 p. 23
Copy.
First published in The Temple (1633). Hutchinson, pp. 87-8.
George Herbert, Vertue ('Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright') -
HrG 142 pp. 23-4
Copy.
First published in The Temple (1633). Hutchinson, pp. 107-9.
George Herbert, Home ('Come Lord, my head doth burn, my heart is sick') -
HrG 193 p. 24
Copy of lines 25-42, beginning
Since my sadnesse
.First published in The Temple (1633). Hutchinson, pp. 147-8.
George Herbert, An Offering ('Come, bring thy gift. If blessings were as slow') -
SeC 106 p. 92
Copy, untitled.
First published, in a version beginning
Tell me prethee faithless swain
, in Windsor Drollery (London, 1671). Oxford Drollery (London, 1671). The Works of the Honourable Sir Charles Sedley, Bat (2 vols, London, 1722), I, 3. Sola Pinto, II, 153.Sir Charles Sedley, A Song ('Prithee tell me, faithless Swain') -
StW 861 p. 93
Copy, headed
To A Lady putting off her veile
, here beginningKeep on your vaile and hide your eye
.First published, in a musical setting by Henry Lawes, in Ayres and Dialogues (London, 1653). Wits Interpreter (London, 1655). Dobell, pp. 3-4. Forey, pp. 88-9.
William Strode, Song ('Keepe on your maske, yea hide your Eye') -
DaW 106 p. 94
Copy, headed
The Slighted Maid
.Dramatic Works, V, 282. Gibbs, p. 267.
Sir William Davenant, The Rivals, V. Song ('My lodging it is on the Cold ground') -
SeC 56 p. 96
Copy.
First published in The New Academy of Complements (London, 1671). Miscellaneous Works (London, 1702). The Works of the Honourable Sir Charles Sedley, Bat (2 vols, London, 1722), I, 62-3. Sola Pinto, I, 22.
Sir Charles Sedley, To Celia ('As in those Nations, where they yet adore') -
HrG 191 pp. 150-1
Copy.
First published in The Temple (1633). Hutchinson, pp. 174-5.
George Herbert, The Odour. 2. Cor. 2. 15 ('How sweetly doth My Master sound! My Master!')