Document Reference | Pw V 510 |
Title | MS poem, untitled, by John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester; n.d. |
Date | 1660-1720 |
Extent | 1 f |
Level | Item/file |
Access Conditions | Microfilm surrogate available - readers may be required to use the microfilm in the first instance. |
Content Description | Untitled poem consists of 40 lines.
Copied from Pw V 31/9 with the note 'sic' against lines deleted in Rochester's hand; incomplete copy. |
First Line of Poem | What vaine unnecessary things are men |
Last Line of Poem | To treate such persons soe as they deserve |
Language | English |
Physical Description | Quarto Physical match: Pw V 511 (watermark, paper, script, ink) |
Condition | Fragile, torn edges |
Descriptive Features | Countermark: Royal cipher crowned GR surrounded by palm fronds within a circle, fragmented, bottom half only, 19 x 42 mm |
Related Material | University of Nottingham Library:Pw V 31/9 |
University of Nottingham Library: |
Another copy of Pw V 510 |
Publication Note | D. M. Veith, The complete poems of John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (Yale U.P.; New Haven , 1968) p 102 |
Pinto, Poems of John Wilmot, pp 116-17 & Walker, The poems of John Wilmot, pp 90-91 |
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Persons
Code | PersonName | Dates of existence |
NA573 | Wilmot; John (1647-1680); 2nd Earl of Rochester; poet | 1647-1680 |