"Poems on several occasions by Matthew Prior, Esqr". A fair copy. This is not the...

"Poems on several occasions by Matthew Prior, Esqr". A fair copy.

This is not the collection published under the same title in 1709 and 1718. It contains:- "Verses spoken to the Lady Henrietta Cavendish-Holles-Harley", 9 Nov., 1719, beg. "Since Anna" (R. B. Johnson, "Poetical Works of M. Prior", 1892, ii. 228). f.4;- "Prologue to the Orphan", etc., 2 Feb., 1721 (ii. 229). f.8;- "Colin's Mistakes", 1721 (ii. 294). f.11;- "The Conversation. A Tale", beg. "It always has been thought discreet" (ii. 233). f.18;- "Down Hall; a Ballad", beg. "I sing not old Jason" (ii. 219). f.24;- "The Turtle and the Sparrow", 1720, beg. "Behind an unfrequented glade" (ii. 205). f.37;- Considerations on part of the LXXXVIII Psalm", beg. "Heavy, O Lord, on me" (ii. 174). f.63;- "To my Lord Harley", beg. "Pen, ink and Wax" (ii. 274). f.65;- "A letter to the Hon. Lady Mrs. Margaret Cavendish Harley", beg. "My noble, lovely, little Peggy" (ii. 274). f.66;- "A Song", beg. "Reading ends in Melancholy" (i. 279). f.67;- "A Song", beg. "Haste, my Wannet" (i. 294) f.68;- "My Birthday", beg. "I, my dear, was born to-day" (ii. 201). f.69;- "A Fable", beg. "In Esopes Tales an honest Wretch we find" ("Poems on Affairs of State", vol.ii. 1703, 241). f.71;- "Epigram", beg. "O Death, how thou spoilst" ("Works", ed. R. B. Johnson, ii. 250). f.72;- "When you with Hogh Dutch Heeren dine" (ii.195). f.73;- "Epigram" beg. "When Bibo thought fit" (ii.249). f.74;- "Epigram", beg. "When Nell giv'n o'er" (ii. 249). f.75;- "Epigram", beg. Her time with equal prudence Silvia shares" (ii. 252). f.76;- "Mr. Prior for his own Epitaph", beg. "As Doctors give physic" (ii. 202). f.77;- "Another Epitaph", beg. "Nobles and Heralds" (ii. 202). f.80.