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BC MS Lt 40

c.1664-1715

Notebook of autograph poems, verse epigrams and verse translations by Sir Philip Wodehouse, in sections interspersed with verse by his son Sir Edmund, mainly in the latter's hand. F.1v-55v, 57v, 58v-5...

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INDEX/BCMSV/5377

1715

Religious poem on the pleasures allowed by God; with some revisions or corrections; headed 'July 19 1715' and 'Apr 22d'

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INDEX/BCMSV/5378

1715

Religious poem on God as a loyal friend; headed 'July 12'

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INDEX/BCMSV/5379

1715

Religious poem arguing that the pleasures taken from worldly objects are inferior to those produced by heavenly objects; with some revisions or corrections; headed 'May 16 1715'

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INDEX/BCMSV/5380

1714

Religious poem on the impossibility of adequate expression of love and reverence of God; headed 'Jan 13 1714'

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INDEX/BCMSV/5381

1714

On the relationship of wisdom to happiness; with some alternative wording given; headed 'March 20 Anagram Sophia Wodehouse A wise hope dos show'

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INDEX/BCMSV/5382

1714

Religious poem on misfortune as encouragement to seek solace in God; with some revisions or corrections

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INDEX/BCMSV/5383

1714

Religious poem on God as assurance of bliss; with some revisions or corrections; headed 'Feb 1714'

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INDEX/BCMSV/5384

1714

Religious poem on faith as access to God; with some revisions or corrections; headed 'Nov 23 1714'

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INDEX/BCMSV/5385

1694

Religious poem expressing a wish to free himself from concern with worldly beauty in favour of heavenly devotion; with some revisions or corrections; headed 'May 7 94'

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INDEX/BCMSV/5386

1683

Religious poem on the corruption of beauty by impure desires; with some revisions or corrections; headed 'Apr 29 1683'

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INDEX/BCMSV/5387

1683 ?

Religious poem against the anxiety of solicitude; with some revisions or corrections