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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
31 - Volume containing autograph MS poems, songs and part of a play, by John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester and Elizabeth Wilmot, Countess of Rochester; n.d. [1660-1680]
Document Reference
Pw V 31/4 (f 6r)
Title
Autograph MS poem, untitled, by John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester; n.d. [1660-80]
Date
1660-1680
Extent
1 f
Level
Piece
Content Description
A full description of the volume in which this item appears can be found under the reference Pw V 31.
Untitled poem consists of 10 lines.
First Line of Poem
Leave this gawdy guilded Stage
Last Line of Poem
When neither overcomes Loves triumph greater is
Language
English
Physical Description
Octavo mounted as a window in a modern leaf.
Condition
Good
Descriptive Features
Chainlines, about 20mm apart.
Related Material
Index, ELM II, RoJ 406
University of Nottingham Library:
University of Nottingham Library:
Publication Note
Pinto, Rochester., p 120
Pinto, Poems of John Wilmot, p 38
Walker, The poem of John Wilmot, p 25
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Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA573
Wilmot; John (1647-1680); 2nd Earl of Rochester; poet
1647-1680
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