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Document ReferencePw V 31/5 (f 7r)
TitleAutograph MS poem, untitled, by John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester; n.d. [1660-80]
Date1660-1680
Extent1 f
LevelPiece
Content DescriptionA full description of the volume in which this item appears can be found under the reference Pw V 31.
A draft with revisions; untitled poem consists of 8 lines; a free translation of Lucretuis De rerum natura, I, 1-5 (see Walker, The Poems of John Wilmot, p 253).
First Line of PoemGreat Mother of Eneas, & of Love
Last Line of PoemThat all things live wch the bright sunn does see
LanguageEnglish
Physical DescriptionFolio bound on an individual guard
ConditionGood
Descriptive FeaturesChainlines, about 25 mm apart.
Related MaterialIndex, ELM II, RoJ 103
University of Nottingham Library:
University of Nottingham Library:
Publication NotePinto, Poems by John Wilmot
Walker, The Poems of John Wilmot, p 50

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CodePersonNameDates of existence
NA573Wilmot; John (1647-1680); 2nd Earl of Rochester; poet1647-1680
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