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Title: Verses written by a gentleman on finding an urn
Author: Anonymous
Attribution: A gentleman
Date(s): 1742
Manuscript: Lt 45
Contents: Religious poem in which a dead man teaches that his earthly status is
unknowable as all are equal in the grave and that virtue is more important
than ambition and vanity
Title: Verses made by a gentleman just before his going to prison, on seeing his
child asleep in its cradle
Author: Anonymous
Attribution: A gentleman
Date(s): 174- or 175- ?
Manuscript: Lt 45
Contents: Reflections by a widowed father, bound for prison, on the peaceful sleep of
his innocent child, sleep unavailable to the sinful, trusting in God to send
them some relief
Title: A divine ode made by a gentleman at the conclusion of his travels
Author: Addison, Joseph
Attribution: A gentleman
Date(s): 1712 (published)
Manuscript: Lt 84
Contents: Religious poem of thanksgiving to God for safe-keeping during foreign travels, particularly a storm at sea. From "Spectator", 489.
Title: A gentleman on the late anniversary of his wedding day presented his wife
with a ring & the following lines
Author: Anonymous
Attribution: A gentleman
Date(s): 178- ?
Manuscript: Lt 11
Contents: In praise of the maturer virtues that his wife has added to the qualities she
possessed as a bride, pledging continued love with a second ring