Harvard University, fMS Eng 966.4

fMS Eng 966.4

A folio volume of 119 poems by Donne, plus some prose works by him, in a single neat secretary hand, each poem usually ending with a trefoil or triangular group of trefoils, 536 pages, in modern calf elaborately gilt.

c.1623-30s.

Like Cambridge University Library, MS Add. 5778 (DnJ Δ 4) and University of Nottingham, Pw V 37 (DnJ Δ 57), this volume was extensively used as a notebook by Dr William Balam (1651-1726), of Ely, Cambridgeshire. Sotheby's 10-12 June 1914, lot 1095. Then owned until 1932 by Percy J. Dobell (1871-1956), bookseller. Formerly MS Nor 4506.

Recorded in IELM as the Dobell MS: DnJ Δ 16. Discussed, with a facsimile of f. 194r (see DnJ 2104) by Mabel Potter in A Seventeenth-Century Literary Critic of John Donne: The Dobell Manuscript Re-examined, HLB, 22 (1975), 63-89, and in A Letter of Tom Browne, N&Q, ? (October 1973), 393. A facsimile of the last page (see DnJ 4011) is in Potter & Simpson, X, 428-30. The extensive MS and typescript papers on this MS by George Reuben Potter and Mabel H. Potter, donated by George R. Potter in 1962, are Harvard, MS Eng 966.4.1.

DnJ 4003 pp. 3-16

Copy.

Edited from this MS in Potter & Simpson.

First published in the 1921 facsimile of the Dowden Sermons MS (see DnJ 4002). Potter & Simpson, II, No. 6, pp. 144-63.

John Donne, Sermon preached at Lincoln's Inn [spring or summer, 1618], on Psalms 38.9
DnJ 4011 pp. 111-28

Copy of an early version, beginning We may consider two great vertues..., subscribed Preachd at Lincolnes Inne before his departure with my L. of Doncaster. 1619.

This MS collated in Potter & Simpson. A facsimile of f. 64v is in Potter & Simpson, X, 429.

First published in XXVI Sermons (London, 1661), No. 19. Potter & Simpson, II, No. 11, pp. 235-49.

John Donne, A Sermon of Valediction at my going into Germany, at Lincoln's Inn, April 18, 1619, on Ecclesiastics 12.1
DnJ 4125 p. 135

Copy of a letter by Donne, to Susan Vere, Countess of Montgomery, [1619].

The original letter (now lost) apparently enclosed a copy of Donne's Sermon of Valediction preached at Lincoln's Inn on 18 April 1619 (not Donne's sermon on Matthew 21.44 as was thought by Potter & Simpson). The letter was published in Letters to Severall Persons of Honour (London, 1651).

John Donne, Letter(s)
DnJ 4007 pp. 137-56

Copy.

This MS collated in Potter & Simpson.

First published in Six Sermons (Cambridge, 1634). Fifty Sermons (London, 1649), No. 35. Potter & Simpson, II, No. 8, pp. 180-96.

John Donne, Sermon preached February 21 [1618/19], on Matthew 21.44
DnJ 767 pp. 159-62

Copy of the sequence of seven sonnets, headed The Crowne.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 318-21. Gardner, Divine Poems, pp. 1-5. Shawcross, No. 160.

John Donne, La Corona ('Deigne at my hands this crown of prayer and praise')
DnJ 3146 p. 163

Copy, untitled, numbered 1, after a general heading Devine meditations.

Edited from this MS in Variorum, 7 Pt 1 (2005), p. 5. Collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 322 (as Holy Sonnets. I). Gardner, Divine Poems, pp. 12-13. Shawcross, No. 174. Variorum, 7 Pt 1 (2005), pp. 5, 11, 103 (in three sequences).

John Donne, 'Thou hast made me, And shall thy worke decay?'
DnJ 220 p. 163

Copy, untitled, numbered 2.

Edited from this MS in Variorum, 7 Pt 1 (2005), p. 5. Collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published, as Holy Sonnets. I, in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 322 (as Holy Sonnets. I). Gardner, Divine Poems, p. 6. Shawcross, No. 162. Variorum, 7 Pt 1 (2005), pp. 5, 11, 21, 103 (in four sequences).

John Donne, 'As due by many titles I resigne'
DnJ 2390 p. 164

Copy, untitled, numbered 3.

Edited from this MS in Variorum, 7 Pt 1 (2005), p. 6. Collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published, as Holy Sonnets. III, in Poems (1635). Grierson, I, 323 (as Holy Sonnets. III). Gardner, Divine Poems, pp. 13-14. Shawcross, No. 176. Variorum, 7 Pt 1 (2005), pp. 6, 12, 104 (in three sequences).

John Donne, 'O might those sighes and teares return againe'
DnJ 1297 p. 164

Copy, untitled, numbered 4.

Edited from this MS in Variorum, 7 Pt 1 (2005), p. 6. Collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published, as Holy Sonnets. XII, in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 329 (as Holy Sonnets. XVI). Gardner, Divine Poems, p. 12. Shawcross, No. 173. Variorum, 7 Pt 1 (2005), pp. 6, 12, 26, 110 (in four sequences).

John Donne, 'Father, part of his double interest'
DnJ 2482 p. 165

Copy, untitled, numbered 5.

Edited from this MS in Variorum, 7 Pt 1 (2005), p. 7. Collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published, as Holy Sonnets. II, in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 323 (as Holy Sonnets. IV). Gardner, Divine Poems, p. 7. Shawcross, No. 163. Variorum, 7 Pt 1 (2005), pp. 7, 21, 104 (in three sequences).

John Donne, 'Oh, my blacke Soule! now thou art summoned'
DnJ 3140 p. 165

Copy, untitled, numbered 6.

Edited from this MS in Variorum, 7 Pt 1 (2005), p. 7. Collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published, as Holy Sonnets. III, in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 324 (as Holy Sonnets. VI). Gardner, Divine Poems, p. 7. Shawcross, No. 164. Variorum, 7 Pt 1 (2005), pp. 7, 22, 105 (in three sequences).

John Donne, 'This is my playes last scene, here heavens appoint'
DnJ 1600 p. 166

Copy, untitled, numbered 7.

Edited from this MS in Variorum, 7 Pt 1 (2005), p. 8. Collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published, as Holy Sonnets. V, in Poems (1635). Grierson, I, 324 (as Holy Sonnets. V). Gardner, Divine Poems, p. 13. Shawcross, No. 175. Variorum, 7 Pt 1 (2005), pp. 8, 14, 105 (in three sequences).

John Donne, 'I am a little world made cunningly'
DnJ 235 p. 166

Copy, untitled, numbered 8.

Edited from this MS in Variorum, 7 Pt 1 (2005), p. 8. Collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published, as Holy Sonnets. IV, in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 325 (as Holy Sonnets. VII). Gardner, Divine Poems, p. 8. Shawcross, No. 165. Variorum, 7 Pt 1 (2005), pp. 8, 14, 22, 106 (in four sequences).

John Donne, 'At the round earths imagin'd corners, blow'
DnJ 1621 p. 167

Copy, untitled, numbered 9.

Edited from this MS in Variorum, 7 Pt 1 (2005), p. 9. Collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published, as Holy Sonnets. V, in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 326 (as Holy Sonnets. IX). Gardner, Divine Poems, p. 8. Shawcross, No. 166. Variorum, 7 Pt 1 (2005), pp. 9, 15, 23, 107 (in four sequences).

John Donne, 'If poysonous mineralls, and if that tree'
DnJ 1606 p. 167

Copy, untitled, numbered 10.

Edited from this MS in Variorum, 7 Pt 1 (2005), p. 9. Collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published, as Holy Sonnets. VIII, in Poems (1635). Grierson, I, 325 (as Holy Sonnets. VIII). Gardner, Divine Poems, p. 14. Shawcross, No. 177.

John Donne, 'If faithfull soules be alike glorifi'd'
DnJ 885 p. 168

Copy, untitled, numbered 11.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published, as Holy Sonnets. VI, in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 326 (as Holy Sonnets. X). Gardner, Divine Poems, p. 9. Shawcross, No. 167. Variorum, 7 Pt 1 (2005), pp. 10, 16, 23, 107 (in four sequences).

John Donne, 'Death be not proud, though some have called thee'
DnJ 3940 p. 168

Copy, untitled, numbered 12.

Edited from this MS in Variorum, 7 Pt 1 (2005), p. 10. Collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published, as Holy Sonnets. XI, in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 329 (as Holy Sonnets. XV). Gardner, Divine Poems, p. 11. Shawcross, No. 172.

John Donne, 'Wilt thou love God, as he thee! then digest'
DnJ 1932 pp. 169-78

Copy.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 338-48. Gardner, Divine Poems, pp. 16-26. Shawcross, No. 184.

John Donne, The Litanie ('Father of Heaven, and him, by whom')
DnJ 1419 pp. 179-80

Copy, headed A Meditation vpon Good ffriday. 1613.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 336-7. Gardner, Divine Poems, pp. 30-1. Shawcross, No. 185.

John Donne, Goodfriday, 1613. Riding Westward ('Let mans Soule be a spheare, and then, in this')
DnJ 136 pp. 181-2

Copy, headed Vpon the Annunciation and passion following vpon one day. 1608.

This MS collated in Gardener and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 334-6. Gardner, Divine Poems, pp. 29-30 (as Upon the Annunciation and Passion falling upon one day. 1608). Shawcross, No. 183.

John Donne, The Annuntiation and Passion ('Tamely, fraile body, 'abstaine to day. to day')
DnJ 785 pp. 183-4

Copy, headed Of the Crosse.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 331-3. Gardner, Divine Poems, pp. 26-8. Shawcross, No. 181.

John Donne, The Crosse ('Since Christ embrac'd the Crosse it selfe, dare I')
DnJ 1555 p. 185

Copy, headed At his departure with my L: of Doncaster. 1619.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 352-3. Gardner, Divine Poems, pp. 48-9. Shawcross, No. 190.

John Donne, A Hymne to Christ, at the Authors last going into Germany ('In what torne ship soever I embarke')
DnJ 3369 pp. 186-7

Copy.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1635). Grierson, I, 351-2. Gardner, Divine Poems, pp. 32-3. Shawcross, No. 189.

John Donne, To Mr. Tilman after he had taken orders ('Thou, whose diviner soule hath caus'd thee now')
DnJ 1574 p. 188

Copy, headed To Christ.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 369 (and variant text p. 370). Gardner, Divine Poems, p. 51. Shawcross, No. 193. Variorum, 7 Pt 1 (2005), pp. 10, 16, 26, 110 (in four sequences).

John Donne, A Hymne to God the Father ('Wilt thou forgive that sinne where I begunne')
DnJ 4072 pp. 195-218

Copy of 10 Paradoxes and 19 Problems.

This MS discussed by Evelyn Simpson in RES, 10 (1934), 289-93.

Eleven Paradoxes and ten Problems first published in Juvenilia: or Certaine Paradoxes and Problemes (London, 1633). Twelve Paradoxes and seventeen Problems published in Paradoxes, Problems, Essayes (London, 1652). Two more Problems published in 1899 and 1927 (see DnJ 4073, DnJ 4089). Twelve Paradoxes and eighteen Problems reprinted in Paradoxes and Problemes by John Donne (London, 1923). Twelve Paradoxes (Nos XI and XII relegated to Dubia) and nineteen Problems (No. XI by Edward Herbert) edited in Peters.

John Donne, Paradoxes and Problems
DnJ 4059 p. 219

Copy, headed The description of a Scott at first sight.

This MS recorded in Evelyn Simpson, More Manuscripts of Donne's Paradoxes and Problems, RES, 10 (1934), 288-300 (pp. 289-90).

First published in Paradoxes, Problems, Essayes (London, 1652). Hayward, pp. 414-15. Peters, pp. 59-62 (among Dubia). The authorship discussed in Dennis Flynn, Three Unnoticed Companion Essays to Donne's An Essay of Valour, BNYPL, 73 (1969), 424-39.

John Donne, The Character of a Scott at the First Sight
DnJ 4091 pp. 219-21

Copy, headed A dunce.

This MS recorded in Evelyn Simpson, More Manuscripts of Donne's Paradoxes and Problems, RES, 10 (1934), 288-300 (pp. 289-90).

First published in Sir Thomas Overbury, A Wife, 11th impression (London, 1622). Paradoxes, Problems, Essayes (London, 1652). Hayward, pp. 415-17. Peters, pp. 59-62 (among Dubia). The authorship discussed in Dennis Flynn, Three Unnoticed Companion Essays to Donne's An Essay of Valour, BNYPL, 73 (1969), 424-39.

John Donne, The True Character of a Dunce
DnJ 2733 pp. 231-4

Copy, headed Satyra Prima.

This MS collated in Shawcross. Recorded in Milgate.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 145-9. Milgate, Satires, pp. 3-6. Shawcross, No. 1.

John Donne, Satyre I ('Away thou fondling motley humorist')
DnJ 2858 pp. 235-7

Copy, headed Satyra secunda.

This MS collated in Shawcross. Recorded in Milgate.

First published (in full) in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 168-71. Milgate, Satires, pp. 22-5. Shawcross, No. 5.

John Donne, Satyre V ('Thou shalt not laugh in this leafe, Muse, nor they')
DnJ 2825 pp. 243-5, 250-4

Copy, headed Satyra quarta.

This MS collated in Shawcross. Recorded in Milgate.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 158-68. Milgate, Satires, pp. 14-22. Shawcross, No. 4.

John Donne, Satyre IV ('Well. I may now receive, and die. My sinne')
DnJ 2763 pp. 255-8

Copy, headed Satyra quinta.

This MS collated in Shawcross. Recorded in Milgate.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 149-54. Milgate, Satires, pp. 7-10. Shawcross, No. 2.

John Donne, Satyre II ('Sir. though (I thank God for it) I do hate')
DnJ 2795 pp. 259-62

Copy, headed Satyra Sexta.

This MS collated in Shawcross. Recorded in Milgate.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 154-8. Milgate, Satires, pp. 10-14. Shawcross, No. 3.

John Donne, Satyre III ('Kinde pitty chokes my spleene. brave scorn forbids')
DnJ 2417 pp. 271-7

Copy.

This MS collated in Shawcross and in Milgate.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 271-9. Shawcross, No. 153. Milgate, Epithalamions, pp. 66-74. Variorum, 6 (1995), pp. 177-82.

John Donne, Obsequies to the Lord Harrington, brother to the Lady Lucy, Countesse of Bedford ('Faire soule, which wast, not onely, as all soules bee')
DnJ 1008 pp. 280-2

Copy.

This MS collated in Shawcross and in Milgate.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 282-4. Shawcross, No. 150. Milgate, Epithalamions, p. 59-61. Variorum, 6 (1995), pp. 129-30.

John Donne, Elegie on M^ris Boulstred ('Death I recant, and say, unsaid by mee')
DnJ 1064 pp. 283-4

Copy, headed A funerall Elegy on the Death of y^e Lady Markham.

This MS collated in Shawcross and in Milgate.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 279-81. Shawcross, No. 149. Milgate, Epithalamions, pp. 55-9. Variorum, 6 (1995), pp. 112-13.

John Donne, Elegie on the Lady Marckham ('Man is the World, and death th' Ocean')
DnJ 255 pp. 285-6

Copy, headed Elegy Autumnall.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published, as Elegie. The Autumnall, in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 92-4 (as Elegie IX). Gardner, Elegies, pp. 27-8. Shawcross, No. 50. Variorum, 2 (2000), pp. 277-8.

John Donne, The Autumnall ('No Spring, nor Summer Beauty hath such grace')
DnJ 2499 pp. 287-8

Copy, headed Elegy on his M^rs desire to be disguised, and to goe like a Page with him.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1635). Grierson, I, 111-13 (as Elegie XVI). Gardner, Elegies, pp. 23-4. Shawcross, No. 18. Variorum, 2 (2000), pp. 246-7.

John Donne, On his Mistris ('By our first strange and fatall interview')
DnJ 687 pp. 289-90

Copy, headed Elegy.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published, as Elegie, in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 90-2 (as Elegie VIII). Gardner, Elegies, pp. 5-6. Shawcross, No. 9. Variorum, 2 (2000), pp. 51-2.

John Donne, The Comparison ('As the sweet sweat of Roses in a Still')
DnJ 3168 pp. 291-2

Copy, headed Elegy.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (London, 1669). Grierson, I, 119-21 (as Elegie XIX. Going to Bed). Gardner, Elegies, pp. 14-16. Shawcross, No. 15. Variorum, 2 (2000), pp. 163-4.
The various texts of this poem discussed in Randall McLeod, Obliterature: Reading a Censored Text of Donne's To his mistress going to bed, EMS, 12: Scribes and Transmission in English Manuscripts 1400-1700 (2005), 83-138.

John Donne, To his Mistris Going to Bed ('Come, Madam, come, all rest my powers defie')
DnJ 45 pp. 293-4

Copy, headed Elegy.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published as Elegie II in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 80-2 (as Elegie II). Gardner, Elegies, pp. 21-2. Shawcross, No. 17. Variorum, 2 (2000), pp. 217-18.

John Donne, The Anagram ('Marry, and love thy Flavia, for, shee')
DnJ 2551 pp. 295-7

Copy, headed Elegy.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published, as Elegie IV, in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 84-6 (as Elegie IV). Gardner, Elegies, pp. 7-9. Shawcross, No. 10. Variorum, 2 (2000), pp. 72-3.

John Donne, The Perfume ('Once, and but once found in thy company')
DnJ 621 pp. 297-8

Copy, headed Elegy.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published, as Elegie III, in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 82-3 (as Elegie III). Gardner, Elegies, pp. 19-20. Shawcross, No. 16. Variorum, 2 (2000), p. 198.

John Donne, Change ('Although thy hand and faith, and good workes too')
DnJ 2198 pp. 299-300

Copy, headed Elegy.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in F.G. Waldron, A Collection of Miscellaneous Poetry (London, 1802), pp. 1-2. Grierson, I, 122-3 (as Elegie XX). Gardner, Elegies, pp. 13-14. Shawcross, No. 14. Variorum, 2 (2000), pp. 142-3.

John Donne, Loves Warre ('Till I have peace with thee, warr other men')
DnJ 2445 pp. 301-2

Copy, headed Elegy.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published, as Elegie VII, in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 87-9 (as Elegie VI). Gardner, Elegies, pp. 10-11. Shawcross, No. 12. Variorum, 2 (2000), pp. 110-11.

John Donne, 'Oh, let mee not serve so, as those men serve'
DnJ 2332 p. 303

Copy, headed Elegy.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published, as Elegie VIII, in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 89-90 (as Elegie VII). Gardner, Elegies, p. 12. Shawcross, No. 13. Variorum, 2 (2000), p. 127.

John Donne, 'Natures lay Ideot, I taught thee to love'
DnJ 1222 pp. 304-6

Copy, headed Elegy.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published, as Elegie, in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 108-10 (as Elegie XV). Gardner, Elegies, pp. 94-6 (among her Dubia). Shawcross, No. 22. Variorum, 2 (2000), pp. 369-70.

John Donne, The Expostulation ('To make the doubt cleare, that no woman's true')
DnJ 1168 pp. 307-10

Copy, headed Vpon the marriage of the Prince Palatine and the Lady Elizabeth on S^t Valentines day.

This MS collated in Shawcross and in Milgate.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 127-31. Shawcross, No. 107. Milgate, Epithalamions, pp. 6-10. Variorum, 8 (1995), pp. 108-10.

John Donne, An Epithalamion, Or mariage Song on the Lady Elizabeth, and Count Palatine being married on St. Valentines day ('Haile Bishop Valentine, whose day this is')
DnJ 983 pp. 310A-317

Copy, headed Eclogue, with the 11-poem Epithalamion, lacking lines 226-35.

This MS collated in Shawcross and in Milgate.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 131-44. Shawcross, No. 108. Milgate, Epithalamions, pp. 10-19 (as Epithalamion at the Marriage of the Earl of Somerset). Variorum, 8 (1995), pp. 133-9.

John Donne, Ecclogue. 1613. December 26 ('Unseasonable man, statue of ice')
DnJ 1150 pp. 318-21

Copy, headed Epithalamiu on a Citizen.

This MS collated in Shawcross and in Milgate.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 141-4. Shawcross, No. 106. Milgate, Epithalamions, pp. 3-6. Variorum, 8 (1995), pp. 87-9.

John Donne, Epithalamion made at Lincolnes Inne ('The Sun-beames in the East are spred')
DnJ 369 pp. 325-8

Copy, headed Armilla To a Lady whose chaine was lost.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published, as Eleg. XII. The Bracelet, in Poems (1635). Grierson, I, 96-100 (as Elegie XI). Gardner, Elegies, pp. 1-4. Shawcross, No. 8. Variorum, 2 (2000), pp. 5-7.

John Donne, The Bracelet ('Not that in colour it was like thy haire')
DnJ 3511 pp. 329-31

Copy.

This MS collated in Milgate and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 218-20. Milgate, Satires, pp. 100-2. Shawcross, No. 136.

John Donne, To the Countesse of Bedford ('Honour is so sublime perfection')
DnJ 1129 p. 331

Copy, headed To the Countesse of Bedford.

This MS collated in Milgate and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (London, 1635). Grierson, I, 291-2. Milgate, Satires, p. 103. Shawcross, No. 147.

John Donne, Epitaph on Himselfe. To the Countesse of Bedford ('That I might make your Cabinet my tombe')
DnJ 3552 pp. 332-4

Copy.

This MS collated in Milgate and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 191-3. Milgate, Satires, pp. 91-4. Shawcross, No. 137.

John Donne, To the Countesse of Bedford ('You have refin'd mee, and to worthyest things')
DnJ 3526 pp. 335-6

Copy.

This MS collated in Milgate and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 189-90. Milgate, Satires, pp. 90-1. Shawcross, No. 134.

John Donne, To the Countesse of Bedford ('Reason is our Soules left hand, Faith her right')
DnJ 1868 pp. 337-9

Copy, headed To the Lady Carey.

This MS collated in Milgate and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 221-3. Milgate, Satires, pp. 105-7. Shawcross, No. 142.

John Donne, A Letter to the Lady Carey, and M^rs Essex Riche, From Amyens ('Here where by All All Saints invoked are')
DnJ 3456 p. 340

Copy.

This MS collated in Milgate and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 187-8. Milgate, Satires, pp. 73-4. Shawcross, No. 111.

John Donne, To S^r Henry Wootton ('Here's no more newes then vertue, I may as well')
DnJ 3485 pp. 341-3

Copy.

This MS collated in Milgate and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 180-2. Milgate, Satires, pp. 71-3. Shawcross, No. 112.

John Donne, To S^r Henry Wotton ('Sir, more then kisses, letters mingle Soules')
DnJ 3432 pp. 343-5

Copy.

This MS collated in Milgate and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 183-4. Milgate, Satires, pp. 78-9. Shawcross, No. 130.

John Donne, To S^r Henry Goodyere ('Who makes the Past, a patterne for next yeare')
DnJ 3058 pp. 345-7

Copy, headed The storme To M^r Brooke from the Iland voyage with the Earle of Essex.

This MS collated in Milgate and in Shawcross.

First published (in full) in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 175-7. Milgate, Satires, pp. 55-7. Shawcross, No. 109.

John Donne, The Storme ('Thou which art I, ('tis nothing to be soe)')
DnJ 545 pp. 348-9

Copy.

This MS collated in Milgate and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 178-80. Milgate, Satires, pp. 57-9. Shawcross, No. 110.

John Donne, The Calme ('Our storme is past, and that storms tyrannous rage')
DnJ 3284 pp. 350-1

Copy, headed To Rowland Woodward.

This MS collated in Milgate and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 185-6. Milgate, Satires, pp. 69-70. Shawcross, No. 113.

John Donne, To M^r Rowland Woodward ('Like one who'in her third widdowhood doth professe')
DnJ 3315 p. 352

Copy, headed A lre. incog.

This MS collated in Milgate and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 203-5. Milgate, Satires, pp. 59-60. Shawcross, No. 114.

John Donne, To M^r T.W. ('All haile sweet Poët, more full of more strong fire')
DnJ 3401 pp. 353-4

Copy, headed To S^r Edward Herbert.

This MS collated in Milgate and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 193-5. Milgate, Satires, pp. 80-1. Shawcross, No. 140.

John Donne, To S^r Edward Herbert, at Julyers ('Man is a lumpe, where all beasts kneaded bee')
DnJ 3341 p. 355

Copy, headed A lre, incog:-.

This MS collated in Milgate and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 206-7. Milgate, Satires, p. 62. Shawcross, No. 117.

John Donne, To M^r T.W. ('At once, from hence, my lines and I depart')
DnJ 1679 p. 357

Copy, headed Elegy.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published, as Elegie I, in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 79-80 (as Elegie I). Gardner, Elegies, pp. 9-10. Shawcross, No. 11.

John Donne, Jealosie ('Fond woman, which would'st have thy husband die')
DnJ 3124 pp. 365-7

Copy, headed A tale.

This MS collated in Gardner.

First published, as Eleg. XVI, in Poems (1635). Grierson, I, 105-8 (as Elegie XIV). Gardner, Elegies, pp. 101-3 (among her Dubia). Variorum, 2 (2000), pp. 437-8, among Dubia. Not in Shawcross.

John Donne, A Tale of a Citizen and his Wife ('I sing no harme good sooth to any wight')
DnJ 3953 p. 367

Copy, headed Picture.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 45-6. Gardner, Elegies, p. 37. Shawcross, No. 26.

John Donne, Witchcraft by a picture ('I fixe mine eye on thine, and there')
DnJ 3653 p. 368

Copy.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 28-9. Gardner, Elegies, pp. 83-4. Shawcross, No. 51.

John Donne, Twicknam garden ('Blasted with sighs, and surrounded with teares')
DnJ 3776 pp. 369-71

Copy, headed A Valediction of his name, in the window.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 25-8. Gardner, Elegies, pp. 64-6. Shawcross, No. 49.

John Donne, A Valediction: of my name, in the window ('My name engrav'd herein')
DnJ 3806 pp. 372-4

Copy.

This MS collated in Grierson, in Gardner, and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 29-32. Gardner, Elegies, pp. 67-9. Shawcross, No. 52.

John Donne, A Valediction: of the booke ('I'll tell thee now (deare Love) what thou shalt doe')
DnJ 3725 pp. 374-5

Copy, headed Vpon the parting fro his Mistresse.

This MS collated in Grierson and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 49-51. Gardner, Elegies, pp. 62-4. Shawcross, No. 31.

John Donne, A Valediction: forbidding mourning ('As virtuous men passe mildly away')
DnJ 1194 p. 376

Copy, headed Valedictio.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published, in a musical setting, in Alfonso Ferrabosco, Ayres (London, 1609). Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 68. Gardner, Elegies, pp. 36-7. Shawcross, No. 75.

John Donne, The Expiration ('So, so, breake off this last lamenting kisse')
DnJ 1255 pp. 377-9

Copy.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 51-3. Gardner, Elegies, pp. 59-61. Shawcross, No. 62.

John Donne, The Extasie ('Where, like a pillow on a bed')
DnJ 926 p. 380

Copy.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 37-8. Gardner, Elegies, pp. 79-80. Shawcross, No. 57.

John Donne, The Dreame ('Deare love, for nothing lesse then thee')
DnJ 179 p. 381

Copy, headed An Apparition.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 47-8. Gardner, Elegies, p. 43. Shawcross, No. 28.

John Donne, The Apparition ('When by thy scorne, O murdresse, I am dead')
DnJ 3899 pp. 382-3

Copy, headed Testamentum.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 56-8. Gardner, Elegies, pp. 54-5. Shawcross, No. 66.

John Donne, The Will ('Before I sigh my last gaspe, let me breath')
DnJ 1396 p. 384

Copy.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 58-9. Gardner, Elegies, pp. 90-1. Shawcross, No. 67.

John Donne, The Funerall ('Who ever comes to shroud me, do not harme')
DnJ 1798 p. 385

Copy, headed Shaddowe.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published, as Song, in Poems (1635). Grierson, I, 71-2. Gardner, Elegies, pp. 78-9. Shawcross, No. 30.

John Donne, A Lecture upon the Shadow ('Stand still, and I will read to thee')
DnJ 2000 p. 386

Copy.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 54. Gardner, Elegies, pp. 47-8. Shawcross, No. 64.

John Donne, Loves Deitie ('I long to talke with some old lovers ghost')
DnJ 2037 p. 387-8

Copy, headed Amoris Dieta:.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 55-6. Gardner, Elegies, pp. 45-6. Shawcross, No. 65.

John Donne, Loves diet ('To what a combersome unwieldinesse')
DnJ 2104 p. 389

Copy, headed Springe. Loves Growth.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross. Facsimile in Mabel Potter, A Seventeenth-Century Literary Critic of John Donne: The Dobell Manuscript Re-examined, HLB, 22 (1975), 63-69 (facing p. 65).

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 33-4. Gardner, Elegies, pp. 76-7. Shawcross, No. 54.

John Donne, Loves growth ('I scarce beleeve my love to be so pure')
DnJ 346 pp. 390-1

Copy.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 59-60. Gardner, Elegies, pp. 87-8. Shawcross, No. 68.

John Donne, The Blossoms ('Little think'st thou, poore flower')
DnJ 2612 p. 392

Copy.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 61-2. Gardner, Elegies, pp. 88-9. Shawcross, No. 69.

John Donne, The Primrose ('Upon this Primrose hill')
DnJ 2689 p. 393

Copy.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 62-3. Gardner, Elegies, pp. 89-90. Shawcross, No. 70.

John Donne, The Relique ('When my grave is broke up againe')
DnJ 858 p. 394

Copy.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 63-4. Gardner, Elegies, p. 49. Shawcross, No. 71.

John Donne, The Dampe ('When I am dead, and Doctors know not why')
DnJ 15 p. 395

Copy.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 22. Gardner, Elegies, pp. 75-6. Shawcross, No. 45.

John Donne, Aire and Angels ('Twice or thrice had I loved thee')
DnJ 584 pp. 396-7

Copy, headed Canonizatio.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 14-15. Gardner, Elegies, pp. 73-5. Shawcross, No. 39.

John Donne, The Canonization ('For Godsake hold your tongue, and let me love')
DnJ 1961 p. 398

Copy, headed Mummy. Loves Alchymy.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 39-40. Gardner, Elegies, p. 81. Shawcross, No. 59.

John Donne, Loves Alchymie ('Some that have deeper digg'd loves Myne then I')
DnJ 1355 p. 399

Copy.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 40-1. Gardner, Elegies, p. 53. Shawcross, No. 60.

John Donne, The Flea ('Marke but this flea, and marke in this')
DnJ 820 p. 400

Copy.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 41-2. Gardner, Elegies, pp. 40-1. Shawcross, No. 61.

John Donne, The Curse ('Who ever guesses, thinks, or dreames he knowes')
DnJ 1318 p. 401

Copy.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 21. Gardner, Elegies, pp. 61-2. Shawcross, No. 44.

John Donne, A Feaver ('Oh doe not die, for I shall hate')
DnJ 3836 p. 402

Copy, headed A Valediction of teares.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 38-9. Gardner, Elegies, pp. 69-70. Shawcross, No. 58.

John Donne, A Valediction: of weeping ('Let me powre forth')
DnJ 3696 p. 403

Copy.

This MS collated in Grierson and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 10. Gardner, Elegies, p. 57. Shawcross, No. 63.

John Donne, The undertaking ('I have done one braver thing')
DnJ 661 p. 404

Copy.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 32-3. Gardner, Elegies, pp. 33-4. Shawcross, No. 53.

John Donne, Communitie ('Good wee must love, and must hate ill')
DnJ 2081 pp. 405-6

Copy.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 34-5. Gardner, Elegies, pp. 46-7. Shawcross, No. 55.

John Donne, Loves exchange ('Love, any devill else but you')
DnJ 2912 p. 407

Copy.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross. Facsimile example in Mark Bland, A Guide to Early Printed Books and Manuscripts (Chichester, 2010), p. 45.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 8-9. Gardner, Elegies, pp. 29-30. Shawcross, No. 33.

John Donne, Song ('Goe, and catche a falling starre')
DnJ 429 p. 408

Copy, headed Sonnett.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in William Corkine, Second Book of Ayres (London, 1612), sig. B1v. Grierson, I, 23. Gardner, Elegies, pp. 35-6. Shawcross, No. 46.

John Donne, Breake of day (''Tis true, 'tis day. what though it be?')
DnJ 1447 p. 409

Copy.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 7-8. Gardner, Elegies, pp. 70-1. Shawcross, No. 32.

John Donne, The good-morrow ('I wonder by my troth, what thou, and I')
DnJ 3101 p. 410

Copy, headed Ad Solem. A songe.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 11-12. Gardner, Elegies, pp. 72-3. Shawcross, No. 36.

John Donne, The Sunne Rising ('Busie old foole, unruly Sunne')
DnJ 3618 p. 411

Copy.

This MS collated in Grierson, in Gardner, and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 16. Gardner, Elegies, p. 52. Shawcross, No. 40.

John Donne, The triple Foole ('I am two fooles, I know')
DnJ 742 p. 412

Copy, headed A songe. Confined Love.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 36. Gardner, Elegies, pp. 34-5. Shawcross, No. 56.

John Donne, Confined Love ('Some man unworthy to be possessor')
DnJ 2996 pp. 413-14

Copy.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 18-19. Gardner, Elegies, pp. 31-2. Shawcross, No. 42.

John Donne, Song ('Sweetest love, I do not goe')
DnJ 720 p. 414

Copy, the heading in a different ink and here beginning For my first twenty yeares since yesterday.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 69. Gardner, Elegies, p. 36. Shawcross, No. 76.

John Donne, The Computation ('For the first twenty yeares, since yesterday')
DnJ 3983 p. 415

Copy, the heading in a different ink.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 9. Gardner, Elegies, pp. 42-3. Shawcross, No. 34.

John Donne, Womans constancy ('Now thou hast lov'd me one whole day')
DnJ 1640 p. 416

Copy, headed in a different ink Songe. The Indifferent.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 12-13. Gardner, Divine Poems, pp. 41-2. Shawcross, No. 37.

John Donne, The Indifferent ('I can love both faire and browne')
DnJ 2168 p. 417

Copy.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 13-14. Gardner, Elegies, p. 44. Shawcross, No. 38.

John Donne, Loves Usury ('For every houre that thou wilt spare mee now')
DnJ 487 p. 418

Copy, headed Songe (The broaken Heart added in different ink).

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

Lines 1-16 first published in A Helpe to Memory and Discourse (London, 1630), pp. 45-6. Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 48-9. Gardner, Elegies, pp. 51-2. Shawcross, No. 29.

John Donne, The broken heart ('He is starke mad, who ever sayes')
DnJ 1831 p. 419

Copy, headed Songe (The Legacy added in different ink).

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 20. Gardner, Elegies, p. 50. Shawcross, No. 43.

John Donne, The Legacie ('When I dyed last, and, Deare, I dye')
DnJ 957 p. 420

Copy, the heading in different ink.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published, as Elegie, in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 95 (as Elegie X). Gardner, Elegies, p. 58. Shawcross, No. 35.

John Donne, The Dreame ('Image of her whom I love')
DnJ 2235 p. 421

Copy, headed in different ink Loves Infiniteness.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 17-18. Gardner, Elegies, pp. 77-8. Shawcross, No. 41.

John Donne, Lovers infinitenesse ('If yet I have not all thy love')
DnJ 2631 p. 422

Copy of stanzas 1-2, the heading in different ink.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 67-8. Gardner, Elegies, pp. 39-40. Shawcross, No. 47.

John Donne, The Prohibition ('Take heed of loving mee')
DnJ 112 p. 423

Copy, the heading in different ink.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 24-5. Gardner, Elegies, pp. 71-2. Shawcross, No. 48.

John Donne, The Anniversarie ('All Kings, and all their favorites')
HrE 84 p. 424

Copy, untitled.

First published in John Donne, Poems (London, 1635). The Poems of John Donne, ed. Herbert J.C. Grierson (Oxford, 1912), I, 350. Moore Smith, pp. 119-20.

Edward, Lord Herbert of Cherbury, Ode: Of our Sense of Sinne ('Vengeance will sit above our faults. but till')
HoJ 27 p. 425

Copy, untitled.

First published in Francis Davison, A Poetical Rapsody (London, 1602). The Poems of John Donne, ed. Herbert J.C. Grierson, 2 vols (Oxford, 1912), pp. 428-9. Osborn, No. XXIV (pp. 192-3).

John Hoskyns, Absence ('Absence heare my protestation')
DnJ 2286 p. 428

Copy, headed Songe.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 43. Gardner, Elegies, pp. 30-1. Shawcross, No. 25.

John Donne, The Message ('Send home my long strayd eyes to mee')
DnJ 3379 pp. 429-30

Copy, untitled.

This MS collated in Milgate and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 216-18. Milgate, Satires, pp. 88-90. Shawcross, No. 133.

John Donne, To M^rs M.H. ('Mad paper stay, and grudge not here to burne')
DnJ 152 p. 435

Copy, untitled, under a general heading Epigrams.

This MS collated in Milgate and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 77. Milgate, Satires, p. 52. Shawcross, No. 93. Variorum, 8 (1995), pp. 5 (untitled and beginning If, in his study, Hamon hath such care), 8 (as Antiquary), and 11.

John Donne, Antiquary ('If in his Studie he hath so much care')
DnJ 2879 p. 435

Copy, untitled.

This MS collated in Milgate and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 76. Milgate, Satires, p. 52. Shawcross, No. 89. Variorum, 8 (1995), pp. 8 and 10.

John Donne, A selfe accuser ('Your mistris, that you follow whores, still taxeth you')
DnJ 891 p. 435

Copy, untitled.

This MS collated in Milgate and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 77. Milgate, Satires, p. 52. Shawcross, No. 94. Variorum, 8 (1995), pp. 5 (untitled), 8 and 11.

John Donne, Disinherited ('Thy father all from thee, by his last Will')
DnJ 2589 p. 435

Copy, untitled.

This MS collated in Milgate and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 77. Milgate, Satires, p. 53. Shawcross, No. 97. Variorum, 8 (1995), pp. 5, 8 and 11.

John Donne, Phryne ('Thy flattering picture, Phryne, is like thee')
DnJ 2400 p. 435

Copy, untitled.

This MS collated in Milgate and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 77. Milgate, Satires, p. 53. Shawcross, No. 98. Variorum, 8 (1995), pp. 6 (untitled), 9 and 11.

John Donne, An obscure writer ('Philo, with twelve yeares study, hath beene griev'd')
DnJ 1719 p. 435

Copy, untitled.

This MS collated in Milgate and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 77. Milgate, Satires, p. 54. Shawcross, No. 99. Variorum, 8 (1995), pp. 6, 9 and 11.

John Donne, Klockius ('Klockius so deeply hath sworne, ne'r more to come')
DnJ 2672 p. 435

Copy, untitled.

This MS collated in Milgate and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 78. Milgate, Satires, p. 54. Shawcross, No. 100. Variorum, 8 (1995), pp. 6, 9 and 11.

John Donne, Ralphius ('Compassion in the world againe is bred')
DnJ 1734 p. 435

Copy, untitled and here beginning I cannot goe, nor sitt, nor stand, the beggar cryes.

This MS collated in Milgate and in Shawcross.

First published in Thomas Deloney, Strange Histories (London, 1607), sig. E6. Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 76. Milgate, Satires, p. 51. Shawcross, No. 88. Variorum, 8 (1995), pp. 7 (as Zoppo) and 10.

John Donne, A lame begger ('I am unable, yonder begger cries')
DnJ 1275 p. 436

Copy, untitled.

This MS collated in Milgate and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 76. Milgate, Satires, p. 51. Shawcross, No. 87. Variorum, 8 (1995), pp. 6 (untitled), 7 (as Caso d'vn muro), and 10 (as Fall of a Wall).

John Donne, Fall of a wall ('Vnder an undermin'd, and shot-bruis'd wall')
DnJ 1908 p. 436

Copy, untitled.

This MS collated in Milgate and in Shawcross.

First published in Sir John Simeon, Unpublished Poems of Donne, Miscellanies of the Philobiblon Society, 3 (London, 1856-7), No. 3, p. 31. Grierson, I, 78. Milgate, Satires, p. 53. Shawcross, No. 95. Variorum, 8 (1995), pp. 5 (untitled) and 8.

John Donne, The Lier ('Thou in the fields walkst out thy supping howers')
DnJ 2263 p. 436

Copy.

This MS collated in Milgate and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 78. Milgate, Satires, p. 53. Shawcross, No. 96. Variorum, 8 (1995), pp. 5, 8 and 11.

John Donne, Mercurius Gallo-Belgicus ('Like Esops fellow-slaves, O Mercury')
DnJ 1885 p. 436

Copy, untitled.

Edited from this MS in Variorum, 7 Pt 1 (2005), p. 10. Collated in Milgate and in Shawcross.

First published in Henry Fitzgeffrey, Satyres and Satyricall Epigram's (London, 1617). Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 77. Milgate, Satires, p. 52. Shawcross, No. 90. Variorum, 8 (1995), pp. 8 and 11.

John Donne, A licentious person ('Thy sinnes and haires may no man equall call')

fMS Eng 966.4

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