Found 9 collections related to Poets, English -- 18th century -- Correspondence

Anna Seward, English poet and correspondent. · Holograph verses, "If, Lady, thou art fair, take heed, I pray," signed : 5 Sep 1800 : (MISC 3934) : 1 page (single sheet) : from Lichfield : begins, "If, Lady, thou art fair, take heed, I pray, / That more than charms exterior round thee play!" Published appearances of the verses carry the title, "To the lady, whether single or married, who shall charitably purchase this trifle." Mounted in the Agatha Hogsbottom autograph album, opposite a mounted engraved portrait of Seward by Woolnoth after Romney. Shelved with oversized manuscript volumes. less

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 of Columbus"); a holograph testimonial, "Sacred to the Memory of xxxxxx"; and a holograph fair copy of his poem on Earl Grey, "Written in July, 1834." The bulk of the correspondence is dated between 1820 and 1850. Correspondents include: Lord Byron, poet; Mary Shelley, novelist; Robert Southey, poet; William Wordsworth, poet; and over seventy others. less

Alexander Pope, English poet. · To Samuel Buckley, bookseller : 1 autograph letter signed : 17 Aug 1735 : (MISC 0206) : 1 page (single sheet) : from Twickenham : begins, "I was glad to hear you got well home. I hope all health will attend you till we meet again wch I fear will now not be till after my Rambles in ye Country ...". less

William Hayley, English poet and biographer. His Life of his friend William Cowper was published in 1803. · To Ann Flaxman, wife of the sculptor John Flaxman : 1 autograph poetical Valentine signed : Feb 1818 : (MISC 3743) : begins, "Will the dear Nancy smile to see / A Valentine of seventy three?". less

Elizabeth Carter, English poet, translator, and writer.She began publishing poems in the Gentleman's Magazine in the 1730's and her Poems on Particular Occasions was published in 1738. Carter was the first to translate the complete works of the Greek philosopher Epictetus (1758), and her Poems on Several Occasions (1762) was very popular -- five editions were published during her lifetime. To unknown recipient : 1 autograph note and signature : [ca. mid-to-late 18th century] : (MISC 2016). Tipped into the William Upcott album of letters by eminent women, shelved under "Upcott" with bound manuscript volumes. less

Holograph commonplace book : 1790-1799 : (MISC 0660) : includes part of Cowper's translation of the Aeneid, Book VIII, beginning at line 18 ; also a 65-line translation from Ovid, beginning: "You bid me write t'amuse the tedious hours, / And save from with'ring my poetic powers ..." Both pieces were first published in 1815 at the arrangement of John Johnson. A pencil drawing of trees and soldiers is on p. 2 (at front). Shelved with oversized bound manuscript volumes. less

English poet known as "Mr. Mott of Cambridge." He published several poems in London literary magazines in the last years of the eighteenth century, and is mentioned by Robert Southey in a 1799 letter as an acquaintance of George Dyer (Life and Correspondence [1849-50], v. 2 p. 15). To George Dyer, author and advocate of political reform : 1 autograph letter signed : 3 Dec 1796 : (MISC 3616k) : from Camb[ridge] : begins, "I rec'd your Letter this morning & sho.d have been happy to see you at Camb. upon any terms - but that my business presses so hard upon me, I have have not a moment's relaxation. I shall lay my poems aside for the present ...". less

Joseph Warton, English poet and literary critic. · To Cadell Davies, publishers : 1 autograph letter signed : 26 Mar 1798 : (MISC 1006) : 1 page (double sheet) : from Wickham : begins, "I will beg the favor of an answer to the letter which I sent you about a fortnight ago . . . .". less

The John Wolcot manuscript material in The New York Public Library's Pforzheimer Collection consists of holograph writings, correspondence, and a document. The writings include poetical drafts, fragments, and notations. Among the correspondents is William Shield, the composer, and the document is a money order. less