Record

Document Reference	Pw V 378
Title	MS poem, untitled, by Elizabeth Rowe (née Singer); n.d.
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Text consists of 54 lines. The first line of the 1704 printed version runs: 'While swiftly down the Skies the Day descends', as does the version at Pw V 1066/9. The earliest printed version (1704) is entitled 'A Pastoral inscrib'd to the Honourable Mrs ---', the later ones 'Love and Friendship: A Pastoral between Amaryllis & Sylvia'.
First Line of Poem	While from the skies the ruddy sun descends
Last Line of Poem	He shall adorn my Songs & tune my voice to Love
Language	English
Physical Description	One folio folded once to form two quartos; has gold graphed edges. Physical match: Pw V 376 (dimensions) & Pw V 377 (dimensions) & Pw V 379 (dimensions) & Pw V 380 (dimensions) & Pw V 381 (dimensions) & Pw V 382 (dimensions) & Pw V 383 (dimensions)
Condition	Good
Descriptive Features	Watermark: Three Circles surmounted by crown, top circle containing Arms of Genoa, middle circle contains letters GCD, bottom circle has initial P, 82 x 46 mm Mixed
Watermark	Circles, three
Related Material	University of Nottingham Library:Pw V 1066/9
	University of Nottingham Library:
	Variant version of this poem
Publication Note	Dryden, Miscellany Poems vol 5 (Tonson, London, 1704), pp 378-82
	Rowe, Elizabeth, The Miscellaneous Works in Prose and Verse (London, 1739), Vol 1 pp 11-13
	Rowe, Elizabeth, Poems on Several Occasions (London, 1759), pp 67-69