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Wesley, John (1703-1791)3
Tate, Nahum (1652-1715)2
Perrot, John2
Crackanthorp, John (1726-1736)2
Buchanan, George (1506-1582)2
Wither, George (1588-1667)1
Roscommon, Wentworth Dillon1
Roscommon, Wentworth Dillon Earl of (1633?-1685)1
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A sea of the seed's sufferings through which runs a river of rich rejoycing

Perrot, John

1661

Signed (p.46): J.P. In verse. Last poem concludes with "From Venice Lazzaretta [sic], J.P.", presumably written c.1658 during his earlier confinement. Running title: A song for that assembly.

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Poems, paraphrases and translations

Crackanthorp, John (1726-1736); Buchanan, George (1506-1582)

1736

Attributed to John Crackanthorp (Foxon). Includes a translation of George Buchanan's poem "Imago ad peregrè venientes Religionis ergo": pp. 51-52.

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Poems, paraphrases and translations

Crackanthorp, John (1726-1736); Buchanan, George (1506-1582)

1736

Attributed to John Crackanthorp (Foxon). Includes a translation of George Buchanan's poem "Imago ad peregrè venientes Religionis ergo": pp. 51-52.

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Select poems, containing religious epistles, &c. : occasionally written on various subjects, recommended to the perusal of serious readers, especially the youth

Fry, John (1699?-1775)

1774

Preface to the reader dated the 25th of the third month 1774. Caption title: Select poems, &c. Includes table of contents.

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BC MS Lt 84, f. 23v - 24r: The opening of Sir Francis Hubert's poem
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Commonplace book of English religious poems and prayers

c.1715

Ff.1r-6r (verso blank): miscellaneous notes in Latin and Greek; ff.7r-41r: twenty-four poems on religious subjects, beginning with two by Joseph Addison (from 'The Spectator' 489 and 513) and includin...

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A sea of the seed's sufferings through which runs a river of rich rejoycing

Perrot, John

1661

Signed (p.46): J.P. In verse. Last poem concludes with "From Venice Lazzaretta [sic], J.P.", presumably written c.1658 during his earlier confinement. Running title: A song for that assembly.

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Steps to the temple : sacred poems : with other Delights of the muses

Crashaw, Richard (1613?-1649)

1646

"The delights of the muses" has a separate t.p., p. [101]. 1st ed. Signatures: A6 B-G12. The first and last leaves are blank.

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A collection of divine hymns and poems on several occasions

Roscommon, Wentworth Dillon earl of (1633?-1685); Dryden, John (1631-1700)

1719

Pope's "Messiah" is reprinted on p. 32-36, anonymously. With booklist of W. Taylor: p. [6]-[8] at end. First published in 1704 under title: Divine hymns and poems on several occasions.

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Miscellanea sacra: or, Poems on divine & moral subjects

Tate, Nahum (1652-1715)

MCDXCVI [sic, i.e.1696]

This was to be an annual miscellany but no more were published. Signatures: A-K8. Case collates A-L, sig.L consisting of a bastard title, verso blank; text, pp.1-12; 2pp. blank. The Wrenn Library co...

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Miscellanea sacra, or, Poems on divine & moral subjects

Tate, Nahum (1652-1715)

1698

Consists of sheets of the 1696 editions with cancel title-page, but retaining the dedication to Princess Anne [cf.Case], and with a new gathering of 4 leaves of poems. There is a separate part-title-p...

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