Harvard University, MS Eng 966.5

MS Eng 966.5

A quarto volume of 169 poems by Donne, plus some prose works by him, together with a few poems by others, almost entirely in a single hand, with a table of contents, viiii + 440 pages (plus blanks, the pagination jumping from 156 to 161 and from 339 to 400), with an alphabetical first-line index (pp. [iii-vi]), in modern calf.

Mainly transcribed from Cambridge University Library MS Add. 8468 (the Luttrell MS: DnJ Δ 18), with a title-page (p. i) inscribed The Poems of D.J. Donne (not yet imprinted)...finished this 12 of October 1632. It bears corrections in two hands (one possibly the original scribe) made from the 1633 edition of Donne's Poems, many of the poems headed P. (signifying Printed), with some annotated in red ink Not Printed. The largest known MS collection of Donne's poems and apparently used in the preparation of the second edition of the Poems (1635).

[1635].

According to the compiler of the partial transcript of this MS (Harvard MS Eng 966.2), the O'Flahertie MS belonged to the late D^r Parnel, Arch Deacon of Clogher: i.e. Thomas Parnell (1679-1718), poet and essayist, and after his decease to M^r. Tho^s: Burton of Dublin, and [was] obtained from him by the Editor. Sold at Puttick & Simpson's, 28 April 1856 (Francis Moore sale), lot 975. Later owned by the Rev. T.R. O'Flahertie (fl.1861-94), vicar of Capel, near Dorking, Surrey, book collector. Sotheby's, 25-27 July 1899, lot 384, to Ellis. Described in Ellis and Elvey's sale catalogue No. 93 (November 1899), the relevant pages of which are inserted in the MS. Formerly MS Nor 4504.

Cited in IELM, I.i (1980) as the O'Flahertie MS: DnJ Δ 17.

CoH 105 [unspecified page number]

Copy.

This MS recorded in Grierson, I, 427.

First published in John Donne, Poems (London, 1635). Heliconia (1815), II, Spirituall Sonnettes, p. 5. The Poems of John Donne, ed. Herbert J. C. Grierson (2 vols, Oxford, 1912), I, 427. Grundy, p. 185.

Henry Constable, To our blessed Lady ('In that (O Queene of queenes) thy byrth was free') | Catalogue
DnJ 1933 pp. 1-10

Copy, headed A Letany.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 1420 pp. 11-12

Copy, headed Good ffryday. 1613 Riding towards Wales.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 786 pp. 12-14

Copy, headed Of the Crosse.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 2705 p. 16

Copy.

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

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 333-4. Gardner, Divine Poems, p. 28. Shawcross, No. 182. The MS texts discussed in Lara M. Crowley, A Text of Resurrection. Imperfect, John Donne Journal, 29 (2010), 185-98.

John Donne, Resurrection, imperfect ('Sleep sleep old Sun, thou canst not have repast') | Catalogue
DnJ 137 pp. 17-18

Copy, headed Vpon the Annunciation and Passion falling on one day. An Di: 168.

This MS collated in Grierson, in Gardner 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 768 pp. 20-3

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

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 1575 p. 24

Copy, headed Christo Saluatori.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 3147 p. 25

Copy, untitled, under a general heading Deuine Meditations.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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?' | Catalogue
DnJ 221 p. 25

Copy, untitled.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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' | Catalogue
DnJ 2391 p. 26

Copy, untitled.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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' | Catalogue
DnJ 1298 p. 26

Copy, untitled.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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' | Catalogue
DnJ 2483 p. 27

Copy, untitled.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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' | Catalogue
DnJ 3141 p. 27

Copy, untitled.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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' | Catalogue
DnJ 1601 p. 28

Copy, untitled.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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' | Catalogue
DnJ 236 p. 28

Copy, untitled.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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' | Catalogue
DnJ 1622 p. 29

Copy, untitled.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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' | Catalogue
DnJ 1607 p. 29

Copy, untitled.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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' | Catalogue
DnJ 886 p. 30

Copy, untitled.

Edited from this MS in Variorum, 6. Collated in Grierson, 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' | Catalogue
DnJ 3941 p. 30

Copy, untitled.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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' | Catalogue
DnJ 3044 p. 31

Copy, untitled, under a general heading Other Meditations.

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

First published, as Holy Sonnets. VII, in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 327 (as Holy Sonnets. XI). Gardner, Divine Poems, p. 9. Shawcross, No. 168.

John Donne, 'Spit in my face you Jewes, and pierce my side' | Catalogue
DnJ 3882 p. 31

Copy, untitled.

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

First published, as Holy Sonnets. VIII, in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 327 (as Holy Sonnets. XII). Gardner, Divine Poems, p. 10. Shawcross, No. 169.

John Donne, 'Why are wee by all creatures waited on?' | Catalogue
DnJ 332 p. 32

Copy, untitled.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published, as Holy Sonnets. X, in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 328 (as Holy Sonnets. XIV). Gardner, Divine Poems, p. 11. Shawcross, No. 171. Variorum, 7, Pt 1 (2005), pp. 18, 25.

John Donne, 'Batter my heart, three person'd God. for, you' | Catalogue
DnJ 3870 p. 32

Copy, untitled.

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

First published, as Holy Sonnets. IX, in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 328 (as Holy Sonnets. XIII). Gardner, Divine Poems, p. 10. Shawcross, No. 170.

John Donne, 'What if this present were the worlds last night?' | Catalogue
DnJ 1556 p. 33

Copy, headed At the Sea-side going over w^th the L^d Doncaster. 1619.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 1780 pp. 34-47

Copy.

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

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 354-67. Gardner, Divine Poems, pp. 35-48. Shawcross, No. 187.

John Donne, The Lamentations of Jeremy, for the most part according to Tremelius ('How sits this citie, late most populous') | Catalogue
DnJ 3370 pp. 48-9

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') | Catalogue
HrE 85 p. 50

Copy, headed Ode.

This MS collated in Grierson and in Smith, p. 139.

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') | Catalogue
DnJ 3709 pp. 51-2

Copy.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1635). Grierson, I, 348-50. Gardner, Elegies, pp. 33-5. Shawcross, No. 191.

John Donne, Upon the translation of the Psalmes by Sir Philip Sydney, and the Countesse of Pembroke his Sister ('Eternall God, for whom who ever dare') | Catalogue
DnJ 2764 pp. 57-60

Copy, under a general heading P. Satyres.

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

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') | Catalogue
DnJ 2734 pp. 61-4

Copy, headed P. Satyre. 2.

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

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') | Catalogue
DnJ 2796 pp. 65-8

Copy, headed P. Satyre. 3.

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

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') | Catalogue
DnJ 2826 pp. 69-77

Copy, headed Satyre 4.

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

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') | Catalogue
DnJ 2859 pp. 77-80

Copy, headed P Satyre. 5.

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

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') | Catalogue
DnJ 1664 pp. 89-108

Copy, headed Infinitati Sacrum. 16 Augusti 1601 Metempsychosis Poema Satyricon.

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

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 293-316. Milgate, Satires, pp. 25-46. Shawcross, No. 158.

John Donne, Infinitati Sacrum. 16 Augusti 1601 Metempsychosis ('I sing the progresse of a deathlesse soule') | Catalogue
DnJ 688 pp. 113-14

Copy, untitled, under a general heading P. Elegies.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 2552 pp. 115-17

Copy, headed P. Elegy 2.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 1680 pp. 117-18

Copy, headed P. Elegy. 3.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 2446 pp. 118-20

Copy, headed P. Elegy. 4..

This MS collated in Grierson, 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' | Catalogue
DnJ 2333 pp. 120-1

Copy, headed P. Elegie. 5..

This MS collated in Grierson, 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' | Catalogue
DnJ 2199 pp. 121-3

Copy, headed Elegie. 6..

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 3169 pp. 123-5

Copy, headed P. Elegie. 7.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 622 pp. 125-6

Copy, headed P. Elegie. 8.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 2500 pp. 126-8

Copy, headed Elegie. 9. On his Mistresse desiring to bee disguisd and goe like a Page with him.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 1528 pp. 128-9

Copy, headed P. Elegie. 10..

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

First published as Elegie V in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 86-7 (as Elegie V). Gardner, Elegies, p. 25. Shawcross, No. 19. Variorum, 2 (2000), p. 264.

John Donne, His Picture ('Here take my picture. though I bid farewell') | Catalogue
DnJ 46 pp. 129-31

Copy, headed P. Elegie 11^a..

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 256 pp. 131-3

Copy, headed P. Elegie. 12. On the Lady Herbert afterwards Danuers.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 2134 pp. 133-6

Copy, headed P. Elegie 13. Loues Progresse.

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

First published in Wit and Drollery (London, 1661). Poems (London, 1669) (as Elegie XVIII). Grierson, I, 116-19. (as Elegie XVIII). Gardner, Elegies, pp. 16-19. Shawcross, No. 20. Variorum, 2 (2000), pp. 301-3.

John Donne, Loves Progress ('Who ever loves, if he do not propose') | Catalogue
DnJ 1490 pp. 137-40

Copy, headed P. Elegy. 14.

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

First published, in a 42-line version as Elegie XIIII, in Poems (London, 1635). Published complete (104 lines) in Poems (London, 1669). Grierson, I, 100-4 (as Elegie XII). Gardner, Elegies, pp. 96-100 (among her Dubia). Shawcross, No. 21. Variorum, 2 (2000), pp. 332-4 (with versions printed in 1635 and 1669 on pp. 335-6 and 336-8 respectively).

John Donne, His parting from her ('Since she must go, and I must mourn, come Night') | Catalogue
DnJ 3125 pp. 140-2

Copy, headed P. Elegie 15.

Edited from this MS in Variorum, 2. Collated in Grierson and 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 1223 pp. 144-6

Copy, headed P. Elegie.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 1709 pp. 150-1

Copy, headed P. Elegy. Julia.

Edited from this MS in Variorum, 2. Collated in Grierson and in Gardner.

First published, as Eleg. XV, in Poems (1635). Grierson, I, 104-5 (as Elegie XIII). Gardner, Elegies, pp. 100-1 (among her Dubia). Variorum, 2 (2000), p. 435, among Dubia. Not in Shawcross.

John Donne, Julia ('Harke newes, o envy, thou shalt heare descry'd') | Catalogue
DnJ 2889 p. 153

Copy, headed P. Elegy.

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

First published in Poems (1650). Grierson, I, 73-4. Gardner, Elegies, pp. 107-8 (among her Dubia). Shawcross, No. 80.

John Donne, Selfe Love ('He that cannot chuse but love') | Catalogue
DnJ 370 pp. 154-6

Copy, headed P. Elegy. To A Lady whose chayne was lost The Bracelet Armilla.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 1130 p. 161

Copy, headed To the Countesse of Bedford, under a general heading Epicedes and Obsequyes vpon the Deaths of seuerall personages.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 1065 pp. 162-3

Copy, headed A Funerall Elegie vpon the death of the Lady Markham.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 1034 p. 164

Copy, headed P. Elegie funer..

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

First published, as Elegie VI, in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 287. Gardner, Elegies, p. 26 (as A Funeral Elegy). Variorum, 6 (1995), p. 103, as Elegia.

John Donne, Elegie on the L.C. ('Sorrow, who to this house scarce knew the way') | Catalogue
DnJ 1009 pp. 165-7

Copy, headed P. Vpon the Death of M^rs Boulstred.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 1098 pp. 169-70

Copy, headed P. Another vpon the same M^rs Boulstred.

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

First published, as Elegie, in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 284-6 (as Elegie. Death). Shawcross, No. 151 (as Elegie: Death). Milgate, Epithalmions, pp. 61-3. Variorum, 6 (1995), pp. 146-7.

John Donne, Elegie upon the Death of Mistress Boulstred ('Language thou art too narrow, and too weake') | Catalogue
JnB 115 p. 171

Copy, headed Vpon the same M^rs Boulstred.

This MS collated in Herford & Simpson.

First published in John A. Harper, Ben Jonson and Mrs. Bulstrode, N&Q, 3rd Ser. 4 (5 September 1863), 198-9. Herford & Simpson, VIII, 371-2.

Ben Jonson, Epitaph [on Cecilia Bulstrode] ('Stay, view this stone: And, if thou beest not such') | Catalogue
DnJ 2418 pp. 173-81

Copy, headed Obsequies vpon the Lord Harrington the last that dyed.

Edited from this MS in Variorum, 6. Collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 1590 pp. 182-3

Copy, headed P. A Hymne to the Saynts and To the Marquesse Hamilton.

Edited from this MS in Variorum, 6. Collated in Grierson, in Shawcross, and in Milgate.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 288-90. Shawcross, No. 154. Milgate, Epithalamions, pp. 74-5. Variorum, 6 (1995), pp. 220-1.

John Donne, An hymne to the Saints, and to Marquesse Hamylton ('Whether that soule which now comes up to you') | Catalogue
DnJ 1119 pp. 183-6

Copy, headed P. Elegy vpon Prince Henry since in print but out of print.

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

First published in Joshua Sylvester, Lachrymae Lachrymarum (London, 1613). Poems (London, 1633). Grierson, I, 267-70. Shawcross, No. 152. Milgate, Epithalmions, pp. 63-6 (as Elegie on Prince Henry). Variorum, 6 (1995), pp. 160-2.

John Donne, Elegie upon the untimely death of the incomparable Prince Henry ('Looke to mee faith, and looke to my faith, God') | Catalogue
DnJ 4065.3 p. 187

Copy, subscribed In the Chancell of S^t. Clement Danes church without Temple Barr: Made by J. D. himselfe who was after wards notwithstanding buryed in Pawles whereof hee dyed Deane A. D. 1631.

This MS collated in Variorum, 8.

Donne's Latin epitaph on his wife Ann More, who died 15 August 1617. First published in John Stow, The Survey of London (London, 1633). Edited and discussed in M. Thomas Hester, miserrimum dictu: Donne's Epitaph for His Wife, JEGP, 94/4 (October 1995), 513-29. Variorum, 8 (1995), 187.

John Donne, Epitaph for Ann Donne ('Fæminæ lectissimæ, dilectissimæque') | Catalogue
DnJ 3433 pp. 189-90

Copy, under a general heading P. Letters to seuerall Personages.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 3512 pp. 191-3

Copy, headed P. To the Countesse of Bedford.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 3553 pp. 193-5

Copy, headed To the Countesse of Bedford. Twitnam.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 3316 p. 198

Copy, headed A Letter.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 3285 pp. 199-200

Copy, headed A lre to Rowland Woodward.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 3457 pp. 200-1

Copy, headed P. To S^r Henry Wootton.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 3486 pp. 202-4

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 3527 pp. 204-5

Copy, headed P. To the Countesse of Bedford.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 3402 pp. 206-7

Copy, headed P. To S^r Edward Herbert at Julyers.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 3591 pp. 208-9

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

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 227-8. Milgate, Satires, pp. 94-5. Shawcross, No. 148.

John Donne, To the Lady Bedford ('You that are she and you, that's double shee') | Catalogue
DnJ 1869 pp. 209-12

Copy, headed To the Lady Cary and her sist^r Essex Rich, From Amiens.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 3342 pp. 214-15

Copy, headed P. Lre Printed.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 3357 p. 215

Copy.

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

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 205. Milgate, Satires, pp. 60-1. Shawcross, No. 115.

John Donne, To M^r T.W. ('Hast thee harsh verse, as fast as thy lame measure') | Catalogue
DnJ 3224 p. 216

Copy, headed P. To M^r. B. B.

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

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 212-13. Milgate, Satires, pp. 67-8. Shawcross, No. 126.

John Donne, To M^r B.B. ('Is not thy sacred hunger of science') | Catalogue
DnJ 3233 p. 217

Copy, headed P. To M^r. C. B.

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

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 208. Milgate, Satires, p. 63. Shawcross, No. 120.

John Donne, To M^r C.B. ('Thy friend, whom thy deserts to thee enchaine') | Catalogue
DnJ 3365 p. 217

Copy, headed P. To M^r T. W.

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

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 206. Milgate, Satires, p. 61. Shawcross, No. 116.

John Donne, To M^r T.W. ('Pregnant again with th' old twins Hope, and Feare') | Catalogue
DnJ 3305 p. 218

Copy.

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

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 211. Milgate, Satires, pp. 66-7. Shawcross, No. 124.

John Donne, To M^r S.B. ('O Thou which to search out the secret parts') | Catalogue
DnJ 3252 p. 218

Copy.

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

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 212. Milgate, Satires, p. 67. Shawcross, No. 125.

John Donne, To M^r I.L. ('Of that short Roll of friends writ in my heart') | Catalogue
DnJ 3260 p. 219

Copy.

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

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 209-10. Milgate, Satires, pp. 64-5. Shawcross, No. 122.

John Donne, To M^r R.W. ('If, as mine is, thy life a slumber be') | Catalogue
DnJ 3243 p. 220

Copy.

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

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 213-14. Milgate, Satires, pp. 68-9. Shawcross, No. 127.

John Donne, To M^r I.L. ('Blest are your North parts, for all this long time') | Catalogue
DnJ 3417 pp. 220-1

Copy, headed To S^r Henry Wootton at his going Embassado^r to Venice.

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

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 214-16. Milgate, Satires, pp. 75-6. Shawcross, No. 129.

John Donne, To Sir H.W. at his going Ambassador to Venice ('After those reverend papers, whose soule is') | Catalogue
DnJ 3541 pp. 222-4

Copy, headed P. To the Countesse of B.

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

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 195-8. Milgate, Satires, pp. 95-8. Shawcross, No. 138.

John Donne, To the Countesse of Bedford ('T' have written then, when you writ, seem'd to mee') | Catalogue
DnJ 3564 pp. 224-6

Copy, headed To the Countesse of B. at Newyeres tide.

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

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 198-201. Milgate, Satires, pp. 98-100. Shawcross, No. 139.

John Donne, To the Countesse of Bedford. On New-yeares day ('This twilight of two yeares, not past nor next') | Catalogue
DnJ 3569 pp. 227-8

Copy.

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

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 201-3. Milgate, Satires, pp. 85-8. Shawcross, No. 141.

John Donne, To the Countesse of Huntingdon ('Man to Gods image. Eve, to mans was made') | Catalogue
DnJ 2713 pp. 229-31

Copy.

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

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 124-6. Gardner, Elegies, pp. 92-4 (among her Dubia). Shawcross, No. 24. Variorum, 2 (2000), pp. 409-10.

John Donne, Sapho to Philaenis ('Where is that holy fire, which Verse is said') | Catalogue
DnJ 3583 pp. 231-3, 241-2

Copy, in two sections, lines 1-61 headed To the Countesse of Salisbury and subscribed See the rest pa 241, lines 62-84 headed The rest w^ch. was left out before pag 233 To the Countesse of Salisbury.

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

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 224-6. Milgate, Satires, pp. 107-10. Shawcross, No. 145.

John Donne, To the Countesse of Salisbury. August. 1614 ('Faire, great, and good, since seeing you, wee see') | Catalogue
DnJ 3059 pp. 233-6

Copy, headed To M^r. Christopher Brooke from the Iland voyage with the E. of Essex The Storme.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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)') | Catalogue
DnJ 546 pp. 236-8

Copy.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 3380 pp. 238-40

Copy.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 3152 p. 240

Copy.

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

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 317. Gardner, Divine Poems, pp. 5-6. Shawcross, No. 161.

John Donne, To E. of D. with six holy Sonnets ('See Sir, how as the Suns hot Masculine flame') | Catalogue
DnJ 3560 pp. 240-1

Copy, subscribed The rest wants.

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

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 220-1. Milgate, Satires, p. 104. Shawcross, No. 143.

John Donne, To the Countesse of Bedford. Begun in France but never perfected ('Though I be dead, and buried, yet I have') | Catalogue
DnJ 3726 pp. 245-6

Copy, headed Vpon the Parting from his M^rs. Valediction. 1., under a general heading Sonnets and Songs.

This MS collated in Grierson, in Gardner, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 3837 pp. 246-7

Copy, headed Valediction. 2. of Teares.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 3807 pp. 247-9

Copy, headed Valediction. 3. of the Booke.

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') | Catalogue
DnJ 3777 pp. 250-2

Copy, headed Valediction 4. Of Glasse Vpon the engrauing of his name w^th a Dyamond in his M^rs Windowe when he was to trauell..

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 1962 p. 253

Copy, headed Mumy.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 3654 p. 254

Copy.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 3619 p. 255

Copy, headed A Song.

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') | Catalogue
DnJ 180 p. 256

Copy.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 3984 p. 257

Copy.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 721 p. 257

Copy, untitled.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 430 p. 258

Copy, headed Sonnet.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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?') | Catalogue
DnJ 585 pp. 258-9

Copy.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 3102 p. 260

Copy, headed Ad Solem. To the Sunne Song.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 1832 p. 261

Copy, headed Song.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 488 p. 262

Copy, untitled.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 2287 p. 263

Copy, headed Songe.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 958 p. 264

Copy, headed P. Eligie.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 2038 p. 265

Copy.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 2001 p. 266

Copy.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 3900 pp. 267-8

Copy.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 2365 p. 269

Copy, headed Negatiue Loue; or The Nothing.

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

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 66. Gardner, Elegies, p. 56. Shawcross, No. 74.

John Donne, Negative love ('I never stoop'd so low, as they') | Catalogue
DnJ 1702 p. 269

Copy.

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

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 65-6. Gardner, Elegies, p. 38. Shawcross, No. 73.

John Donne, A Jeat Ring sent ('Thou art not so black, as my heart') | Catalogue
DnJ 927 p. 270

Copy.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 1319 p. 271

Copy, headed The Feuer.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 1356 p. 272

Copy.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 1799 p. 273

Copy, headed The Shadow.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 2105 p. 274

Dopy, headed The Spring.

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

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') | Catalogue
DnJ 16 p. 275

Copy.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 3954 p. 276

Copy, headed Picture.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
JnB 294 p. 276

Copy.

First published in John Benson's 4to edition of Jonson's poems (1640) and in The Vnder-wood (viii) in Workes (London, 1640). Herford & Simpson, VIII, 148-9.

Ben Jonson, The Houre-glasse ('Doe but consider this small dust') | Catalogue
DnJ 1256 pp. 272-9

Copy.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 1397 p. 280

Copy.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 2690 p. 281

Copy.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 821 p. 282

Copy.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 347 pp. 283-4

Copy.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 2613 pp. 284-5

Copy.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 859 p. 286

Copy.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 911 p. 287

Copy.

This MS collated in Gardner and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 64. Gardner, Elegies, p. 86. Shawcross, No. 72.

John Donne, The Dissolution ('Shee is dead. And all which die') | Catalogue
DnJ 2387 pp. 288-9

Copy.

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

First published, as Elegie IV, in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 44-5. Gardner, Elegies, pp. 84-5. Shawcross, No. 82.

John Donne, A nocturnall upon S. Lucies day, Being the shortest day (''Tis the yeares midnight, and it is the dayes') | Catalogue
DnJ 1195 p. 290

Copy, headed Valedictio.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 2943 p. 290

Copy of lines 1-6, headed Sonnet.

This MS collated in Grierson and in Doughtie, pp. 609-11; recorded in Gardner.

First published (in a two-stanza version) in John Dowland, A Pilgrim's Solace (London, 1612) and in Orlando Gibbons, The First Set of Madrigals and Mottets (London, 1612). Printed as the first stanza of Breake of day in Poems (London, 1669). Grierson, I, 432 (attributing it to Dowland). Gardner, Elegies, p. 108 (in her Dubia). Doughtie, Lyrics from English Airs, pp. 402-3. Not in Shawcross.

John Donne, Song ('Stay, O sweet, and do not rise') | Catalogue
DnJ 1448 p. 291

Copy, untitled.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 2997 p. 292

Copy.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 2082 p. 293

Copy, untitled.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 2169 p. 294

Copy, untitled.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 2632 p. 295

Copy, untitled.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 2913 p. 296

Copy, untitled.

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

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') | Catalogue
DnJ 1641 p. 297

Copy, untitled.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 113 p. 298

Copy, untitled.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 743 p. 299

Copy, untitled.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 662 p. 300

Copy, untitled.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 297 p. 301

Copy, headed Song.

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

First published in William Corkine, Second Book of Ayres (London, 1612). Grierson, I, 46-7. Gardner, Elegies, pp. 32-3. Shawcross, No. 27.

John Donne, The Baite ('Come live with mee, and bee my love') | Catalogue
DnJ 3697 p. 302

Copy, untitled.

This MS collated in Grierson, in Gardner 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 2236 p. 303

Copy, untitled.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
JnB 706 p. 305

Copy, headed Sonnet.

Ben Jonson, The Poetaster, II, ii, 163 et seq. Song ('If I freely may discouer') | Catalogue
DnJ 2530 p. 306

Copy, untitled.

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

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 69-70. Gardner, Elegies, pp. 38-9. Shawcross, No. 77.

John Donne, The Paradox ('No Lover saith, I love, nor any other') | Catalogue
HrG 195.8 p. 308

Copy.

This MS recorded in Krueger.

First published in The Temple (1633). John Donne, Poems, By J.D. (London, 1635). Hutchinson, pp. 183-4.
Herbert's poem is a Parodie of a poem by William Herbert, Earl of Pembroke, first published in John Donne, Poems (2nd edition, London, 1635). Entries in CELM include both poems indiscriminately.

George Herbert, A Parodie ('Souls joy, when thou art gone') | Catalogue
HoJ 28 p. 309

Copy, untitled.

This MS collated in Grierson. Cited in Osborn.

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') | Catalogue
DnJ 3027 pp. 309-10

Copy, headed P. Sonnet.

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

First published in Poems (1649). Grierson, I, 72-3. Gardner, Elegies, p. 107 (among her Dubia). Shawcross, No. 78.

John Donne, Sonnet. The Token ('Send me some token, that my hope may live') | Catalogue
DnJ 1284 pp. 311-12

Copy.

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

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 70-1. Gardner, Elegies, pp. 82-3. Shawcross, No. 79.

John Donne, Farewell to love ('Whilst yet to prove') | Catalogue
DnJ 1169 pp. 317-21

Copy, headed Epithalamions Vpon ffrederick Count Palatine and the Lady Elizabeth marryed on S^t. Valentines day.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 1151 pp. 321-5

Copy, headed P. Epithalamion on a Citizen.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 984 pp. 325-35

Copy, complete with the 11-poem Epithalamion.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 2668 p. 336

Copy, headed P. Raderus.

This MS collated in Milgate and in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 78. Milgate, Satires, p. 54. Shawcross, No. 103. Variorum, 8 (1995), pp. 9 and 11.

John Donne, Raderus ('Why this man gelded Martiall I muse') | Catalogue
DnJ 153 p. 337

Copy, untitled, under a general heading P. Epigrams.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 892 p. 337

Copy, untitled.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 1909 p. 337

Copy, untitled.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 2264 p. 337

Copy, the heading marked P.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 2590 p. 337

Copy, untitled, marked P.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 2401 p. 338

Copy, untitled, marked P.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 1720 p. 338

Copy, untitled, marked P.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 2673 p. 338

Copy, untitled.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 2895 p. 338

Copy, headed On Cauallero Wingfeild.

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

First published in Gosse (1899), I, 51. Grierson, I, 76. Milgate, Satires, p. 51. Shawcross, No. 92. Variorum, 8 (1995), p. 8 (as Il Caualliere Gio: Wingefield).

John Donne, Sir Iohn Wingefield ('Beyond th'old Pillers many have travailed') | Catalogue
DnJ 532 p. 338

Copy.

Edited from this MS by editors.

First published in Gosse (1899), I, 47. Grierson, I, 76. Milgate, Satires, p. 51. Shawcross, No. 91. Variorum, 8 (1995), p. 7 (as Calez and Guyana).

John Donne, Cales and Guyana ('If you from spoyle of th' old worlds farthest end') | Catalogue
DnJ 2652 p. 338

Copy, the heading marked P.

This MS collated in Grierson, and in Milgate; recorded in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 75. Milgate, Satires, p. 50. Shawcross, No. 84. Variorum, 8 (1995), pp. 7 and 10.

John Donne, Pyramus and Thisbe ('Two, by themselves, each other, love and feare') | Catalogue
DnJ 1886 p. 338

Copy, untitled, marked P.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 2377 p. 339

Copy, headed P. Niobe.

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

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 75. Milgate, Satires, p. 50. Shawcross, No. 85. Variorum, 8 (1995), pp. 7 and 10.

John Donne, Niobe ('By childrens births, and death, I am become') | Catalogue
DnJ 526 p. 339

Copy, headed P. De Naue arsa.

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

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 75. Milgate, Satires, p. 50. Shawcross, No. 86. Variorum, 8 (1995), pp. 7 (as Nave arsa) and 10.

John Donne, A burnt ship ('Out of a fired ship, which, by no way') | Catalogue
DnJ 1735 p. 339

Copy, headed P. Zoppo.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 1478 p. 339

Copy, the heading marked P.

This MS collated in Grierson and in Milgate; recorded in Shawcross.

First published in Poems (1633). Grierson, I, 75. Milgate, Satires, p. 50. Shawcross, No. 83. Variorum, 8 (1995), pp. 7 and 10.

John Donne, Hero and Leander ('Both rob'd of aire, we both lye in one ground') | Catalogue
DnJ 1276 p. 339

Copy, headed P. Cæso d'un muro.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 2880 p. 339

Copy, untitled.

This MS collated in Grierson, 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') | Catalogue
DnJ 4073 pp. 401-37

Copy of ten Paradoxes and nineteen Problems.

This MS discussed, and the Problem Why doth Johannes Sarisburiensis writing de Nugis Curialum handle the providence and Omnipotency of God? (which also occurs in DnJ 4072, DnJ 4078, DnJ 4080, and DnJ 4082) first published from this MS, in Evelyn M. Simpson, Two Manuscripts of Donne's Paradoxes and Problems, RES, 3 (1927), 129-45. The Problems chiefly edited from this MS in Peters.

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 | Catalogue
DnJ 4060 p. 438

Copy, headed Description of a Scot at first sight.

This MS recorded in Evelyn Simpson, Two Manuscripts of Donne's Paradoxes and Problems, RES, 3 (1927), 129-45 (p. 135). Edited from this MS in Peters.

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 | Catalogue
DnJ 4092 pp. 438-40

Copy, headed Character of a Dunce.

This MS recorded in Evelyn Simpson, Two Manuscripts of Donne's Paradoxes and Problems, RES, 3 (1927), 129-45 (p. 135). Edited from this MS in Peters.

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 | Catalogue

MS Eng 966.5

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