BIB_ID
105946
Accession number
MA 86.57
Creator
Cowper, William, 1731-1800.
Display Date
undated.
Description
1 item (6 p.) ; 15.2 cm
Notes
"From Bathurst Collection -- English Authors."
"Written by Cowper himself / J. Fletcher." -- p. [5].
At top of p. [1]: "Book 2. Ode 16."
On the verso of each page is a list of expenses, primarily for thread, possibly in Mary Unwin's hand.
Part of a large collection of letters from and related to William Cowper; please see collection record for MA 86-87 for more information.
"Written by Cowper himself / J. Fletcher." -- p. [5].
At top of p. [1]: "Book 2. Ode 16."
On the verso of each page is a list of expenses, primarily for thread, possibly in Mary Unwin's hand.
Part of a large collection of letters from and related to William Cowper; please see collection record for MA 86-87 for more information.
Provenance
Bathurst Collection.
Summary
Cowper's translation of Horace, Odes, Book 2, Ode 16 [first line in Horace: "Otium diuos rogat in patenti"; first line in Cowper's translation: "Ease, is the weary Merchants Pray'r"].
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