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Title: A Sermon in Verse
Author: Pinnell, Peter
Attribution: Peter Pinnell
Date(s): 175- or 176- ?
Manuscript: Lt 104
Contents: Didactic verse sermon, urging the reader to have faith in God and set misfortune at defiance; preceded by a quotation from Psalm 42 (verses 6 and 7).
Title: To Sylvia - presented with a Ring, bearing this Motto, The Nonpareil
Author: Pinnell, Peter (?)
Attribution: Peter Pinnell
Date(s): 175- or 176- ?
Manuscript: Lt 104
Contents: Witty 'tete a tete' between the poet and Venus, in which the the poet asks about the possibility of perfection in a woman ('Perfection's right epitome'); and Venus replies that only one woman is perfect, and unites all of womankind's virtues -
Sylvia, the
Title: See the Prayer at the Time of the Distemper among the horned Cattle
Author: Pinnell, Peter (?)
Attribution: Peter Pinnell
Date(s): 175- or 176- ?
Manuscript: Lt 104
Contents: Witty, epigrammatical lines satirising the greed of bishops
Title: Sent with an Essence Bottle
Author: Pinnell, Peter (?)
Attribution: Peter Pinnell
Date(s): 175- to 176- ?
Manuscript: Lt 104
Contents: Poetic epistle sent from Damon to his beloved, Cloe, accompanying the gift of an 'essence bottle'; the poem consists of a series of witty suggestions as to why Cloe will not need (will even 'disdain') this gift
Title: Non omnia possumus omnes
Author: Pinnell, Peter (?)
Attribution: Peter Pinnell
Date(s): 175- or 176- ?
Manuscript: Lt 104
Contents: Quasi-pastoral love poem: Celia, Corinna and Phyllis all possess beauty and particular charms, but also particular flaws; only Chloe combines all their charms, and has no flaws.
Title: To a Lady on her Tambour Work of Flowers
Author: Pinnell, Peter (?)
Attribution: Peter Pinnell
Date(s): 175 or 176- ?
Manuscript: Lt 104
Contents: Witty lines which playfully indict the female addressee for the 'deceitfully' disarming beauty of her embroidery
Title: To a Lady on the Death of her Lap-Dog, named Button - In Doggrels
Author: Pinnell, Peter (?)
Attribution: Peter Pinnell
Date(s): 175- or 176- ?
Manuscript: Lt 104
Contents: Verse addressed to a grieving lady whose dog has recently died; the poet mocks the inappropriate extent of her emotion, reminding her that death, the great leveller, must finally come to all
Title: An Epigram
Author: Pinnell, Peter (?)
Attribution: Peter Pinnell
Date(s): 175- or 176- ?
Manuscript: Lt 104
Contents: Epigram mocking a woman grieving for her dead dog. Cf. BCMSV 6370
Title: An Imitation of Chaucer's Recantation adapted to the Tune of the Black Joke.- Female Inconstancy
Author: Pinnell, Peter (?)
Attribution: Peter Pinnell
Date(s): 175- or 176- ?
Manuscript: Lt 104
Contents: Poem ironically juxtaposing the putative constancy of women with the transience of all other earthly things. Said to be an imitation of Chaucer.
Title: [unknown]
Author: Pinnell, Peter (?)
Attribution: Peter Pinnell
Date(s): 175- or 176- ?
Manuscript: Lt 104
Contents: Light-hearted epistolary poem, directed to a lady/lover, concerning the Deputy Chaplain of the Tower of London; the name 'Uti' is asterisked in the poem, which has the corresponding subscription below the poem: 'Revd: Mr Utrecht Featherstonhaugh,
Deputy C
Title: Spoken to a young lady, as she was departing from us on a rainy day
Author: Pinnell, Peter (?)
Attribution: Peter Pinnell
Date(s): 175- or 176- ?
Manuscript: Lt 104
Contents: Occasional lyric, in which the poet imagines nature sympathizing with his own sadness as he says goodbye to a young lady, and shedding tears in the form of rain
Title: Spoken extempore to a Lady at - assembly on her saying, 'here's my Hand, but not my Heart'
Author: Pinnell, Peter (?)
Attribution: Peter Pinnell
Date(s): 175- or 176- ?
Manuscript: Lt 104
Contents: Brief, epigrammatic lyric enjoining a woman to be consistent in her behaviour, and to offer her hand only if she is also signalling love
Title: Occasioned by my Partner's playing a Diamond, when I wanted a Heart
Author: Pinnell, Peter (?)
Attribution: Peter Pinnell
Date(s): 175- or 176- ?
Manuscript: Lt 104
Contents: Poet playfully suggests that instead of playing a diamond, he wishes his partner had played a heart (with the obvious pun)
Title: Colin to Lucinda - (The Tune - 'what beauteous scenes'.)
Author: Pinnell, Peter (?)
Attribution: Peter Pinnell
Date(s): 175- or 176- ?
Manuscript: Lt 104
Contents: Declaration of love, in which Colin begs Lucinda to return his feeling
Title: Chloe's Distinction between a Vow and a Resolution
Author: Pinnell, Peter (?)
Attribution: Peter Pinnell
Date(s): 175- or 176- ?
Manuscript: Lt 104
Contents: Chloe distinguishes between a resolution and a vow: a vow is the more binding, so Chloe resolves not to marry, but will not vow to this effect
Title: Occasioned by the Above
Author: Pinnell, Peter (?)
Attribution: Peter Pinnell
Date(s): 175- or 176- ?
Manuscript: Lt 104
Contents: Developing the theme of the preceding 'Chloe's Distinction between a Vow and a Resolution' (Cf. BCMSV 6378): Corinna resolves to answer 'no' to marriage, but will not 'affirm' this; Strephon tells her she may safely vow
Title: Upon seeing Lucinda's Picture
Author: Pinnell, Peter (?)
Attribution: Peter Pinnell
Date(s): 175- or 176- ?
Manuscript: Lt 104
Contents: Reflections on seeing a picture of Lucinda: if such pleasure is derived from the beauty of her 'shadow', then how much more pleasure would be gained from seeing her 'substance'?
Title: To the Painter
Author: Pinnell, Peter (?)
Attribution: Peter Pinnell
Date(s): 175- or 176- ?
Manuscript: Lt 104
Contents: Lines addressed to a painter on the following theme: that art, however expert, can never compete with representations in nature
Title: Upon Lucinda's ordering a Looking-Glass to be sent to me
Author: Pinnell, Peter (?)
Attribution: Peter Pinnell
Date(s): 175- or 176- ?
Manuscript: Lt 104t 107
Contents: Lines on the reflection of a woman's physical beauty in a looking-glass
Title: A Recipe for Love - in Answer to the female Receipt
Author: Pinnell, Peter (?)
Attribution: Peter Pinnell
Date(s): 175- or 176- ?
Manuscript: Lt 104
Contents: Satirical 'recipe' for love (ingredients include indifference, courage and patience)
Title: Advice to the Dwarf Painter at Tunbridge Wells
Author: Pinnell, Peter (?)
Attribution: Peter Pinnell
Date(s): 175- or 176- ?
Manuscript: Lt 104
Contents: Satirical advice given to a dwarf painter, on how to represent certain individuals in Tunbridge Wells. In Crum the title is given as 'Address to the Dwarf Fan-Painter at Tunbridge Wells', to Thomas Loggan; and the final line reads: 'I toll away a
laughing
Title: Verses occasioned by the Advice to the Dwarf at Tunbridge Wells
Author: Pinnell, Peter (?)
Attribution: Peter Pinnell
Date(s): 175- or 176- ?
Manuscript: Lt 104
Contents: The poet reflects on the 'injuries' perpetrated against beautiful women by unfaithful painters. Cf. BCMSV 6384.
Title: Written by a Gentleman on letting a Candle fall upon the Bosom of a Lady
Author: Pinnell, Peter (?)
Attribution: Peter Pinnell
Date(s): 173-?
Manuscript: Lt 104
Contents: Uses the occasion of a candle falling on Caelia's bosom to call attention to her beauty