| Description | Poems of various lengths on a variety of themes, some thought-provoking 'The Schoolmaster's Wife', 'The First Grey Hair', 'Bachelors'; others wistful 'Lines on a Rose by a Young Lady born Blind', 'The Rose that you gave me has withered away'; four on the subjects of the seasons with collage decoration; epitaphs and other verses
Written on a variety of paper, some with decorative embossed edges, some on coloured card; some dog-eared, a couple with rodent damage
Associated label on brown paper wrapper: 'Old handwritten poems about 1810 to 1835. With care. Valuable' |