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Bound volume of 56 poems in different hands with a manuscript title page identifying Charles Boddam as a member of Trinity College Cambridge. Includes poems by [Arnaud?] Berquin, [Christopher?] Butson, [Charles?] Emily ["Verses given up in Trin: Coll Hall Cambridge on the Commemoration Day"], the Hon. Charles Feilding, Charles Fox, [David] Garrick, Dr [John?] Langhorne, Lord Lyttelton, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, [Thomas?] Tickell, Thomas Warton, and Portia Young ["On a Woman of the town who was found dead in the fields"].

First line: ‘Whose is the rev’rend beard of snow’. The title is written at the foot of f. 28r and at the head of f. 28v, where the verses are attributed to ‘the Honbl Mr F– – l – – – g’.

First line: ‘Ask you, why round yon hallow’d Grave’.

First line: ‘Hot was the hour, when in the shade’.

First line: ‘Heard’st thou the tolling of yon fun’ral Bell?’ The title is written on f. 92v.