A collection of Hester Lynch Piozzi's MSS poetry : autograph manuscript, circa 1810
Dates
- Creation: circa 1810
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English, French, and Italian.
Physical Description
1 v. (119 pages), in case.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
Extent
1.6 linear feet (1 box and 9 volumes)Physical Location
Hyde Case 9
General note
Book of Piozzi's manuscript poetry, mostly transcribed from earlier sources ca. 1810.
Contents:
- Page 1.
Stanzas to locality, written among the ruins of Denbigh Castle and sent to Miss Thrale
[Balderston, 898-899] - Page 5.
On the death of a favorite hunter call'd Fox, belonging to Mr. Mostyn
[Balderston, 953] - Page 6.
Les adieux de l'Abbe de Lattaignant,
in French, with English translation - Page 9.
On the weeping willow planted opposite the sun-dial at Brynbella
[Balderston, 1042] - Page 10.
1797, Jour des rois,
in French, with English translation - Page 13.
On Lady Kirkwall's birthday,
1802 Nov. 17 - Page 15.
An enigma
- Page 17.
To the honorable Miss Blaquiere, who had left some ribbon and the verses on the mammoth
- Page 18.
An invitation to Sophia Thrale from the coast of North Wales
[Balderston, 1058] - Page 20.
To Mr. Piozzi,
1803 July 25 [Balderston, 1040] - Page 23.
Imitation of an old English ballad sent to Lady Kirkwall,
1804 Aug. 16 [Balderston, 1056-1057] - Page 26.
Verses written at a place called Prestatyn in Flintshire 1804
[Balderston 1059-1060] - Page 29.
A ballad written in July 1803 when threatened with an invasion
- Page 33.
An enigma
- Page 35.
Impromptu, hearing the Lleweney Cannon fired on Lord Kirkwall's return
- Page 37.
Epigram by Mrs. Thrale: a translation
- Page 38.
Stanzas written in the root house at Shenstone's Leasowes
[Balderston, 114] - Page 39.
Verses written by Mrs. Piozzi when Miss Salusbury before she was thirteen, on the fall of the great ash tree in Offley Park
[Balderston, 74-77] - Page 47.
On Buffon the celebrated naturalist becoming blind
[Balderston, 674] - Page 48.
Epilogue to the Regent: a tragedy written by Bertie Greatheed Esq.,
1789 [Balderston, 693] - Page 51.
Stanzas to the travelers, Marquis Trotti and Mr. Piozzi, written at Nuneham Rectory,
1791 [Balderston, 815-816] - Page 55.
Love and time
[Balderston, 1073-1074] - Page 57.
Charades
- Page 58.
Lines addressed to Mr. Thrale at Harrow,
1764 [Balderston, 272] - Page 59.
Ode to a robin red breast, written at Streatham,
1763 Dec. [Balderston, 55-56] - Page 63.
Lines on Mrs. Siddons
[Balderston, 816-817] - Page 65.
Prologue written for Mr. Hector at Dover, to Young's tragedy of the brothers,
1788 Nov. [Balderston, 722-723] - Page 67.
On a clock
[Balderston, 1080] - Page 68.
Lines written on Bounaparte's taking the star for his emblem
- Page 69.
Verses written for Miss Hamilton to sing at Richmond House in the play of Theodosius, or the force of love
[Balderston, 712] - Page 71.
A rhapsody on science
- Page 73.
A hymn to the tune of God save the King, written for the charity children of Dymerchion
- Page 76.
Prologue to a play call'd friends and enemies by Mr. Skeffington,
1804 [Balderston, 1050-1051] - Page 81.
A tale for the times written in 1778, addressed to an old sportsman and politician
- Page 85.
Epitaph on old Mr. Jones of Cavendish Square
[Balderston, 999] - Page 86.
A winter in Wales, to Mrs. Merrik Hoare
[Balderston, 1085-1087] - Page 90.
Song for the Crown and Anchor at the time of the mutiny
- Page 92. Untitled, translated from the French. Begins
Who can describe the pretty boy
- Page 93.
On the death of the Dean of Derry
[Balderston, 1075] - Page 94.
A ballad,
1806 - Page 95.
On the death of the celebrated Mrs. Carter
[Balderston, 1071] - Page 96.
Written at the request of Miss S. Thrale for her album
- Page 99.
Hymn for the opening of Dymerchyon Church
[Balderston, 1048] - Page 100.
To the Miss Thrales in Devonshire
- Page 104.
Lines on a teachest made out of a weeping willow planted by Pope at Twickenham and presented by the Viscountess Kirkwall
[Balderston, 1090-1091] - Page 106. Untitled. Begins,
Oh Marmion! Tho' to critic cold
[Balderston, 1095-1096] - Page 109.
A second epilogue to Mr. Skeffington's play of friends and enemies
- Page 112.
To Miss Marianne Frances upon her saying she preferred the willow to the laurel
- Page 115.
Imitation of an ode of Horace
[Balderston, 1097-1098] - Page 119. Untitled, in French. Begins,
De la mort de mon dernier ami
- Page .
In a red quarter-morocco slipcase.
Many selections are revised from earlier versions which appear in Balderston, as noted above. Discussed in McCarthy, 253-254.
*2003JM-104
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