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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries

Document Reference	Pw V 346
Title	MS poem entitled 'Glumdalcliths Lamentation a Pastoral'; n.d.
Date	n.d.
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Text, which consists of 90 lines, contains corrections in the hand of Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford. Considerable variations from the published text, particularly in ll 31-70; see Ault and Butt (eds), The Poems of Alexander Pope (1954) vi, pp 270-74.
Title Of Work	Glumdalcliths Lamentation a Pastoral
First Line of Poem	Soon as Glumdalclith miss'd her pleasing care
Last Line of Poem	And Europe tast thy sorrows in her dish
Language	English
Physical Description	One sheet folded once to form two folios Physical match: Pw V 334 (dimensions) & Pw V 341 (dimensions) & Pw V 342 (dimensions) & Pw V 343 (dimensions) & Pw V 344 (dimensions) & Pw V 345 (dimensions) Physical match: Pw V 347 (dimensions) & Pw V 348 (dimensions) & Pw V 349 (dimensions) Physical match: Pw2 V 92 (dimensions) & Pw2 V 93 (dimensions) & Pw2 V 146 (dimensions)
Condition	Good
Descriptive Features	Watermark: Pro Patria, seated Dutch maiden and rampant Seven Provinces Lion within fenced field, approx. 95 x 86 mm Countermark: Royal Cipher, crowned GR, approx. 45 x 32 mm
Watermark	Pro Patria
Related Material	Index, ELM III, PoA 211
	University of Nottingham Library:
	University of Nottingham Library:
Publication Note	Ault and Butt (eds), The Poems of Alexander Pope (1954) vi, pp 271-72.
	J. Swift, Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World by Lemuel Gulliver (2nd ed., 1727)
	Ault and Butt (eds), The Poems of Alexander Pope (1954) vi, pp 270-74.
	N. Ault, 'Pope and Gulliver', National Review, 122 (1944) pp 510-16
	Lines 31-70 printed in Ault and Butt

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Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates of existence
NA1047	Harley; Edward (1689-1741); 2nd Earl of Oxford and Mortimer; styled Lord Harley 1711-1724	1689-1741
NA1123	Pope; Alexander (1688-1744); poet	1688-1744

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