Found 49 collections related to English poetry -- 19th century -- Manuscripts -- Specimens

Filtering on: x1801 - 1850
Scott, John, 1784-1821
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
18 items
John Scott, Scots-born journalist. · Holograph poem, "England, Just before the victories gained in June 1815" : [watermark = 1815] : (MISC 1373.18) : 2 ¹/₂ pages (double sheet) : [no place] : begins, "O'er England's plains, in common pace, / Men... more
Shee, Martin Archer, 1769-1850
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
9 items
Martin Archer Shee, Irish-born portrait painter and writer. · Holograph poem, "Lines addressed to my daughters, Anna, Mary and Eliza Archer Shee," signed : Nov 1839 : (SHEE 0051a) : 1 page (single sheet) : [no place] : begins, "Tis said on Mount... more
Rogers, Samuel, 1763-1855
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
177 items
Samuel Rogers, English poet. The Samuel Rogers manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include: holograph fair copy poetical extracts (from "Jacqueline," "Human Life" and "The Voyage... more
Medwin, Thomas, 1788-1869
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz Ms
41 items
Thomas Medwin, English writer and biographer. The Thomas Medwin manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include a holograph essay, "Gossip on Smoking in General, Smokers in... more
Smith, Charlotte, 1749-1806
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz Ms
9 items
Charlotte Smith (née Turner), English poet and novelist. · To Cadell Davies, publishers : 6 items : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 30 Aug 1794 : (MISC 4406) : 4 pages (double sheet) : [no place] : begins, "I went yesterday to Bristol... more
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz Ms
1 page (single sheet)
Manuscript fair copy, in an unidentified hand, of the twenty-seven line poem [first?] published in the Morning Post [London] on 20 April 1816; begins, "The Daughter of a Royal Line / Shall weep for hearts perverse as thine ..."; here signed... more
Southey, Caroline Bowles, 1786-1854
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz Ms
4 items
Caroline Anne Bowles Southey, English poet and writer. · Holograph sonnet, "To the Rev.d G. W. Doane, Bishop of New Jersey," signed "Caroline Southey" : 23 Jan 1842 : (MISC 3687) : 1 page (single sheet) : from Greta Hale, Keswick : begins,... more
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz Ms
1 page (single sheet)
Two poems in an unknown hand. The first, "On reading a description of the Tomb erected at Waterloo over the leg of the Marq.ss of Anglesea," composed of two four-line stanzas, begins, "He, now in England just as gay / as in the battle brave ...";... more
Landor, Walter Savage, 1775-1864
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz Ms
208 items
Walter Savage Landor, English poet and author. The Walter Savage Landor manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings, correspondence, and documents. The writings include: holograph dialogs from his Imaginary... more
Bloomfield, Robert, 1766-1823
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
6 items
Robert Bloomfield, English poet. · Holograph poem, "Lucy, a Song" : [ca. 1808] : (MISC 3755) : 1 page (single sheet) : begins, "Thy favorite Bird is soaring still, / My Lucy haste thee o'er the dale ..."; dated "1808" in the hand of Thomas Clio... more
Browning, Robert, 1812-1889
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
171 items
Robert Browning, English Victorian poet and playwright. The Robert Browning manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of his writings and correspondence. The writings include one holograph verse play (Colombe's Birthday), some... more
Bowring, John, 1792-1872
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
7 items
Sir John Bowring, British politician, diplomat, and writer. · Holograph poem, "Buddhist Beatification" : no date : (MISC 4023.04b) : begins, "Abstraction from all cares, all thought, all love ..." Mounted in the Mary Ann Humble autograph album.... more
Bernal, Ralph, 1783-1854
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
2 items
Holograph poem signed, "To Lady Blessington" : 2 Jan 1849 : (BLES 1.067a) : 1 p.; in ink; begins, "When wintry winds in wild career, / Howl requiems for the bygone year ..." With the excised address panel from the letter cover. Mounted in v. 1 of... more
Aikin, John, 1747-1822
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
8 items
Holograph verse, "An epigramatic [sic] verse on a political writer of the day" : 11 Apr [no year] : (MISC 4023) 01b : 4 lines referring to Burke and Cooper, signed on verso with letter fragment. Title provided in another hand. Mounted in the Mary... more
Chambers, Henry, b. 1737 or 1738
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
1 item
Henry Chambers, an 86 year old man from Holywell, Flintshire, "embittered by the reflection of better days," who had apparently received alms from Lord Byron and Augusta Leigh. To Augusta Leigh, half-sister of Lord Byron : 1 autograph letter... more
Elliott, Ebenezer, 1781-1849
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
3 items
Poem, "Devil Byron" (copy) : [after 1846] : (B'ANA 0316) : 8 p. : copied in an unknown hand; with a preface; poem begins, "A strange man owned yon Abbey once, / Men called him 'Devil Byron'...".
Cook, Eliza, 1818-1889
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
1 item
Eliza Cook, English poet and journalist. Cook began publishing her poetry in the 1830's, and in 1849 she started a weekly magazine directed at working class women, called Eliza Cook's Journal. Holograph poem signed : (MISC 1614) : 16 lines,... more
Crabbe, George, 1754-1832
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
13 items
George Crabbe, English poet, doctor, and minister. · Holograph manuscript, Tales of the Hall : (MISC 0724) : includes a dedication to the Duchess of Rutland, 1 p. (4to); holograph preface, eight leaves (4to), most written on one side; printed... more
Burgen, John W
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
1 item
John W. Burgen, of London. Burgen composed a poem in tribute to Lord Byron and inscribed it in the visitor's album at Byron's tomb in the parish church at Hucknall, Nottinghamshire on October 1, 1832. In 1834 the contents of the album were... more
Aikin, Lucy, 1781-1864
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
5 items
Holograph poem, "Written in an alcove at Allerton" : no date : (MISC 4023) 02b : signature stitched on. Mounted in the Mary Ann Humble autograph album.
Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory), 1775-1818
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
5 items
Holograph poem, "The Felon," signed : [ca. 1800?] : (B'ANA 0641) : 1 p.; begins, "Oh! mark his wan and hollow cheeks! & mark his eye-balls glare! / & mark his teeth in anguish clenched, the anguish of despair!" Nearly a fair copy, save two minor... more
Clare, John, 1793-1864
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
7 items
Bound folio volume, 188 p. : ca. 1820-1830 : (MISC 0196) : consisting of nearly 200 poems by Clare. Shelved under "Clare" with bound manuscript volumes.
Adolphus, John Leycester, 1795-1862
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
2 items
Transcript Byron's poem "Condolatory Address to Sarah, Countess of Jersey, on the Prince Regent's Returning her Picture to Mrs. Lee" : [after 1837] : (B'ANA 0197) : 3 p.; with Adolphus's critical commentary of the poem. Bound into v. 4 of the... more
Ely, Joseph, of Bristol
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
9 items
As of the creation of this record, little biographical information could be found about Joseph Ely, amateur poet of Bristol. Manuscript materials by Joseph Ely are also held by the library at McMaster University in Ontario, the Jewish National and... more
Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady, 1775-1861
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
3 items
Holograph copybooks : ca. 1816-1821 : (MISC 3985) : 2 vols.; including fair copies of original poems, apparently drafted elsewhere. Vol. 1 has 116 pages, numbered in pencil and a penciled table of contents at the end; v. 2 is about one-third... more
Barton, Bernard, 1784-1849
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
15 items
Autograph poem, "The Nautilis" : (MISC 1980) : signed fair copy, addressed to "W. Morley for Jos. Cooper" ; begins, "The Nautilis, when Heaven is bright / Up-lifts its tiny sail ...".
Bayly, Thomas Haynes, 1797-1839
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
12 items
Autograph poem, "'Twas this - 'twas this" : [no date] : (MISC 2831c) : begins, "It was a recollection / Of a brighter time than this ..."; with another poem by Bayly, "I'll not believe it," on the verso, apparently in another hand.
Barbauld, Mrs. (Anna Letitia), 1743-1825
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
7 items
Autograph verse signed : [before 18 Sep 1819] : (MISC 4023.01c) : begins, "Go seek the turf where North, where Virtue lies." With note on verso in another hand explaining that the lines are the "last verse of a poetical epistle from Mrs. Barbauld... more
Opie, Amelia, 1769-1853
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
205 items
Amelia Opie, née Alderson, English novelist and poet. The Amelia Opie manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings, correspondence, and artwork. The writings include: a holograph story, "The Brithday," and a number of... more
Colling, Mary Maria
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
1 item
Mary Maria Colling (b. 1804), English poet and domestic servant. While working as a lady's maid, Colling's talent for poetry was discovered by novelist Anna Eliza Bray, who helped her publish her Fables and other Pieces in Verse in 1831. Holograph... more