"A friend:" a poem, by Henry Leonard, Date not recorded at time of cataloguing
Item
Shelfmark: MS. Rawl. B. 165, fol. 61
Held at the Weston Library
The poem itself commences at fol. 65; prefixed are:
- (fol. 61) A dedication, in prose, having the author's name subscribed, but unfortunately mutilated at the beginning, so that the name of his patron is lost.
- (fol. 63) An introduction, in verse. Beg. "Some gentle muse that knowes best to define, / A ffreind in verse, befreind this verse of myne."
Poem beg. "Hee that would chuse a frind aright had neede / To arme his soule with such religious heed."
At the end are added translations of the second and twelfth elegies of Propertius, and of the Lyric of Cornelius Gallus.
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- Creation: Date not recorded at time of cataloguing
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1 item
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MS. Rawl. B. 165, fol. 61
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