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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 187
Title
Autograph MS poem, entitled 'The Vision', by Daniel Defoe; n.d.
Date
Nov 1706 (c)
Extent
2 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Text consists of fourteen 9-line verses.
Two lines are cancelled at the end of verse eight, and replaced with 'as you find 'em you'd leav 'em both Foolish and Poor'. Manuscript glosses commenting on the text appear against five verses.
Title Of Work
The Vision
First Line of Poem
Come Hither ye Dreamers of Dreams
Last Line of Poem
To tell if he shew'd us less Manners or Brains
Language
English
Term
parliament, the Union, 1707
Physical Description
One sheet folded once to form two folios
Condition
Mended but fragile in fold, with slight loss of paper.
Descriptive Features
Watermark: Post Horn within crowned shield and insignia 4WR, 115 x 55 mm
Watermark
Horn (crowned shield)
Related Material
Index, ELM III, DeD 9
University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 186
University of Nottingham Library:
Publication Note
F. H. Ellis, 'Notes for an Edition of Defoe's Verse', Review of English Studies, new series vol 32 (1981) pp 398-407
D. Defoe, The Vision (?Edinburgh, 1706)
POAS, VII (1975), pp 214-220
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Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA74429
Hamilton; John (1656-1708); 2nd Lord Belhaven
1656-1708
NA1114
Defoe; Daniel (1661-1731); poet and writer
1661-1731
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