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Title: A sea-side reverie
Author: Bayly, Nathaniel Thomas Haynes
Attribution: N.T.H.B.; Fanny
Date(s): 1820 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 93
Contents: Meditation on the progress of the soul after death, asserting the necessity of heaven and a desire to join the dead rather than recall them. An abridged text
Title: Mrs Masons Epitaph
Author: Mason, William
Attribution: Mr Mason
Date(s): 1811 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 100
Contents: Epitaph on Maria or Mary Mason, extolling her beauty and virtue, suggesting that her life and premature death can be used as an example to others to lead godly lives.
Title: Lines written at Ledstone House, 1800
Author: Walker
Attribution: Mr Walker
Date(s): 1800 (title)
Manuscript: Lt 11
Contents: Encomium on Ledstone Hall, near Pontefract, but questioning whether the
material prosperity it signified brought real happiness to its founder Sir
John Lewis; praising Lewis's granddaughter Lady Elizabeth Hastings for her
charitable works. With prose note
Title: Charrade
Author: Porson
Attribution: Mr Porson; [Latin]
Date(s): 180- ?
Manuscript: Lt 11
Contents: Riddle or verbal charade, solution not given. Paraphrasing a preceding Latin
poem