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Poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 72 Collections and/or Records:

Annie Pim commonplace book

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-029
Abstract

The commonplace book of Annie Pim Cope, a Quaker, includes poetry and extracts of literature and correspondence, mainly religious in nature.

Dates: 1857-1864

Poetria nova, 1417

 Item
Identifier: Gordan MS 97
Abstract ff. 1r-53v [Text imperfect, begins at line 80:] Ost [sic] opere prime quo limite debeat ordo/ Currere. cuncta sequens omni pensare statura/ Pondera, sinistre pendet sententia. . . Si mediocris ama mediocria. Sumere noli/ Que quando sumus presimus [sic] in omnibus una// [text breaks off at line 298 at the bottom of f. 6v and resumes on f. 7r at line 369:] //Indefensa modo gestu restare dolorem/ Exundent celi lacrimas ex terminet ora. . .Expl.: Set licet omnis apex tibi crescat...
Dates: 1417

Anna McCollin Potts commonplace book

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-056
Abstract

The commonplace book of Anna McCollin Potts includes illustrations and poetry concerning friendship, nature, and religion.

Dates: 1852-1876

Anne Eliza Rodman commonplace book

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-030
Abstract

The commonplace book of Anne Eliza Rodman includes poetry and quotations, largely religious or historical in nature.

Dates: 1823

W.S. Sampson Memorial Book

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-11-046
Scope and Content note

This collection is comprised of the single volume memorial book for W.S. Sampson. The volume includes three pages of hand illustrated quotations, including a quote from a poem by John Greenleaf Whittier.

Dates: 1878

Sallie Satterthwaite commonplace book

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-031
Abstract

The commonplace book of Sallie Satterthwaite includes excerpts of poetry and prose, a copy of a "marriage letter," and a description of Girl's School Room at Westtown.

Dates: Undated.

Leaf from Shahnameh

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-801-11-034
Abstract

Leaf from a manuscript of the Persian epic poem Shahnameh.

Dates: unknown

Rebecca Sharpless commonplace book

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-034
Abstract

The commonplace book of Rebecca Sharpless includes excerpts of poetry and quotations from various Quaker women, including Mary Cresson Emlen, Hannah Scattergood, Jane Cope, Mary E. Scattergood, Lydia Fisher, and Beulah Morris.

Dates: 1839-1845

Susan Hilles Shearman commonplace book

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-033
Abstract

The commonplace book of Susan Hilles Shearman includes extracts of poetry, hymns, prayers, newspaper clippings, quotations arranged by topics, and descriptions of Shearman's baby daughter. Inside the volume are post cards from Ephrata, and Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, as well as a photograph of Hepsiba Hathaway Howland.

Dates: 1871-1873

Daniel B. Smith commonplace books

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-03-052
Abstract

The two commonplace books of Daniel B. Smith include copied poems and extracts of religious essays.

Dates: 1803-1809