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1709 - 12: The following were all written after the Folger MS was completed, and published by 1714; sometimes in style, sometimes in mood, sometimes both, they resemble other fables, social verse, and epistolary lyrics Ann wrote which are externally datable to specific dates or places between 1709 and 1713 (e.g., "A Tale of the Miser ..." and "To Mr Jervas," Nos 159 and 160 above, and "To Mr Pope In Answer to a coppy of verses ... " and "To a Fellow Scribbler," Nos 172 and 207 below).
161. A Female Friend advis'd a Swain
162. A Wretch long tortur'd with Disdain
163. In Church the Prayer-Book, and the Fan display'd
164. Nature, in Pity, has deny'd you Shape
165. The Muses frolicksom and gay
166. When Mars the Lemnian Darts survey'd
167. How ill the Motion with the Musick suits!
1710, early in the year (after October 29, 1709):
168. FAir youth! who wish the Wars may cease,
1712: Ann again a Madame Deshouliers to her friends and family; she is
living in London
169-70. 'Tis not my Lord that verse with me
171. Where is the trust in human things
1712, May 26 (just before):
172. Disarm'd with so genteel an air
1712, June 14 (after), before December, 1713 (when Steele's book
published):
173. Begin, our Nation's Pleasure and Reproach!
1712, August (before, sometime in the first half of this year):
174. In Station joyn'd, when prosperous days prevail'd
1712, August 4 (after) - 1715: Ann at Eastwell:
175. The long the long expected Hour is come
1710 - 13: Ann again planned a book for publication, this time basically of translations and imitations. The impersonality of the poetry and Heneage's elevation to the peerage gave her the courage to at last go through with it. The 1713 Miscellany contains many poems from "the French" (La Fontaine, Madame Deshouliers, Racine, La Calprenede, Regnier), from Tasso's Aminta, from Milton in the manner of Philips' The Splendid Shilling), from the Bible; out of 83 poems, 39 of which are new and not to be found in any manuscript form, 35 are fables and another 9 either imitations, translations, or paraphrases of other works; her earlier songs, pastorals, and meditations are censured and/or otherwise presented impersonally, the epistles mostly attached to occasions; Ann used the concept of genre and the technique of translation and imitation as a sort of changing mask under which she can express herself freely. Those pieces in this book which can be more specifically dated or placed are listed separately.
176. As Merc'ry travell'd thro' a Wood,
177. WEary, at last of the Pindarick Way
178. A Female, to a Drunkard marry'd
179. WHere is that World, to which the Fancy flies
180. A Shepherd seeking with his Lass
181. Fortune well-pictur'd on a rolling Globe
182. A Brazen Pot, by scouring vext
183. IN Fanscomb Barn (who knows not Fanscomb Barn?)
184. WHY, to our Wonder, in this Place is seen
185. ON the Banks of the Severn a desperate Maid
186. WHY was that baleful Creature made
187. A Fond Athenian Mother brought
188. WHO does not wish, ever to judge aright
189. SOothing his Passions with a warb'ling Sound
190. TO view his stately Walks and Groves
191. FOR Socrates a House was built
192. NO Cautions of a Matron, Old and Sage
193. A Greedy Heir long waited to fulfill
194. URANIA, whom the Town admires
195. MEthinks this World is oddly made
196. A Citizen of mighty Pelf
197. A Thriving Merchant, who no Loss sustain'd
198. THE Queen of Birds, t'encrease the Regal Stock
199. A Peevish Fellow laid his Head
200. A Gentleman, most wretched in his Lot
201. To the still Covert of a Wood
202. Within a Meadow, on the way
203. NO better Dog e'er kept his Master's Door
204. IN dire Contest the Rats and Weazles met
205. IN Vulgar Minds what Errors do arise!
1710 - 1713: Mrs Finch in the country, perhaps Hatfield House, with
Countess of Salisbury:
206. In such a Night, when every louder Wind
1713 - 15:
207. Prithee Friend that Hedge behold
1713, later in the year (before February 2, 1714):
208. The audience seems to night so very kind
1714 - 20: Ann, Lady Winchilsea, London, Eastwell, and in the homes of friends: It was during this period that Ann and Heneage decided to gather together those poems by Ann which she did not wish to publish but which he and she wished to save, without thinking through whether this was for a general posterity or for the eyes of later generations of friends and family. Numbers of the poems are private, familial and enigmatic, others are uncorrected or performed in the plain doggerel careless way which may please the modern reader but the decorum and practice of the time show that they were (like the poetry of Lady Hertford and other educated women) intended for ephemeral consumption by friends; there is no introduction or preface; there is no attempt to group kinds of poetry. Indeed, the manuscript begins with page 49 (thus ruling out as a certainty that Ann and Heneage began in 1716 with "On Lady Cartret"); what were on pp 1-49 is anyone's guess (perhaps Ann's poetry but perhaps not). There is finally a wholesale variety of types (by no means is this an overwhelming devotional volume)--all of which, I think, argues that Ann and Heneage were treating this last book as a private depository for Ann's poetry, not as a working source for a book to be published. They stuck in (perhaps as they got hold of them) earlier poems which had been left out of the MS F-H 283 and Folger because they were not at Eastwell (two from Wye College between 1702 and 1703, two written at Lewston to Longleat, 1704, one from Tunbridge Wells, 1706, another to Ann Tufton, 1707-9, perhaps at Hothfield or Thanet House, four from 1712, two sent to the Hatton family, one to Pope, one on the death of Heneage's old friend and companion at the court of James II). These appear interweaved with Ann's latest poems which all appear to have written after the 1713 Miscellany and its 1714 reprint and up to the time of Ann's death; they can be variously dated from 1714, 1715 (five poems are so dated), 1716, 1718, 1719, and 1720. 1717 is also the year which saw the printing of 9 of Ann's poems by Pope, 8 of which exist only in Pope's printed texts. Unlike F-H 283 and the Folger MS there are no obliterated texts perhaps because Ann and Heneage now agreed on what was and what was not acceptable, perhaps because they half-thought no stranger's eyes would see this book, though, since Heneage is still censuring headings, he at least half- hoped otherwise.
1714 - 15: Ann in London, back near St. James's Palace, Cleveland Row House taken:
209. What dogs can do & what they'd say/The fable writers do convey
1714, summer: Ann still in London:
210. Tho Sir I do much value set
1714, August 1 (just after):
211. A tree the fairest in the wood
1714 - 1716: Ann in town:
212. She is not fair you criticks of the Town
213. Life at best
1715, October into November.
214. Their piety th'Egyptians show'd by Art
1714, December 24:
215. Alleluja Sollemn Strain
1715: Ann came near death:
216. To thee encreaser of my days
217. Snatch'd from the verge of the devouring grave
218. How is it that my lifted Eyes
219. Oh lett my Tears begin for whilst the staine
1715, March 25:
220. Why are my steps with held. What bids me stay
221. By strange Events to Sollitude betray'd
1715, April - June: Ann in London:
222. Of this small tribute of my wit
223. Venus who did her Bird impart
1715, mid-year, perhaps just after the time of Francis Thynne's marriage to Lord Hertford on July 4, 1715 and definitely before July 29th, 1715, the date of the death of Thomas Thynne, Lord Weymouth.
224. Ye Lads and ye Lasses that live at Long-Leat
1715, mid-year - 1718: perhaps Ann was led to write epitaphs after the death of Lord Weymouth (and perhaps there was one by her on Weymouth's death), perhaps in a spirit of competition with others. Pope took great pride in his, numbers of which occur in his minor verse from 1715 on; Ann's are Jacobite or Pro-Stuart in sentiment. These occur in the MS Wellesley in an uninterrupted row after the above two poems written between April and June 1715.
225. As great a character the Poet draws
226. Nor envy nor the tongue with faction backt
227. Turenne with sleeping Monarchs lies enterr'd
228. Titus of all Mankind the Love engros't
1715, October 18, London
229. For can our correspondence please
1715, November 11 - 1716 November 16:
230. Joy from a zealous pen Ardelia sends
1716, January 12, Leweston, Dorestshire, the home of the widowed Mrs
Grace Strode Thynne:
231. How plain dear Madam was the want of sight
1716: Ann in London:
232. Quoth the Swains who got in at the late Masquerade
1716: winter into spring:
233. Sir plausible as 'tis well known 234. The Sheep a people void of strife
1716, September 23: A Sunday Evening's Performance
235. I am thine O save me Lord
236. Indulg'd by every active thought
1716, Christmas, into January 1717:
237. HOW is it in this chilling time
1716 - 1717: Ann writes three fables, one of which is inscribed to Pope; these three (and five others, two to him, from different periods of her life) appear in his two 1717 Works and Miscellany:
238. A TOAD just crawling up to town
239. A MASTY of our English breed
240. A MAN whose house had taken fire,
1717: sometime during this year:
241. Of sleepless nights, and days with cares o'ercast
1717, late winter into early spring:
242. Such was Stattira, when young Ammon woo'd
1717, spring:
243. THE Muse, of ev'ry heav'nly gift allow'd
1717, March (after): Ann to London:
244. Whereas 'tis spread about the Town
1718, April 23 (after):
245. On me then Sir as on a friend
1718, May 7th (after)
246. Dark was the shade where only cou'd be seen
1718, summer - Christmas Eve :
247. Hartford 'tis wrong if Poets may complain
1718, October 8, London:
248. 'Tis now my dearest friend become your turn
1718, December 24, Cleveland Row, London:
249. To Coleshill Seat of Noble Pen
250. To all you sparkling Whiggs at Court
1719, summer?: A letter dated August 5, 1719, from Heneage to Hilkiah Bedford from Malshanger Farm where he and Ann are staying with, among others, Bedford's daughter: Ann at Malshanger Farm, Hampshire:
251. From me who whileom sung the Town
1718 very late, into 1720: Ann travels about.
252. Over a cheerful cup 'tis thought
253. We did attempt to travell all Last night
254. Ah! fare thee weel dear Sutton Toon
1719, February 6:
255. To the Superior World to Solemn Peace
256. Thee woundrous Being excellently great
257. Blest is the Soul which loos'd from sordid Earth
258. My God Oh that my soul cou'd stay
1719, March (after):
259. Oh! friendship, how prevailing is thy force.
260. The Preacher thus, to Man, his speech adrest
261. Whilst H--ley with more near approaches blest
1719, the Monday after Easter:
262. Who is this from Edom moves?
263. 'Twas scarce the dawn nor yet the distant East
1719, late, into 1720: Ann in the country:
264. This dismal Morn when East Winds blow
1720, January 13, Cleveland Row, London:
265. Warmth in my heart and wonder in my thought
1720, after January, between Eastwell (which Ann writes a letter from on April 12, 1720) and Cleveland Row:
266. The South Sea affair is what I now Sing
267. Ombre and Basset laid aside
268. Cosmelia's charmes inspire my Lays
269. Call Delia Whore, Friends guard & Foes infest
270. A wealthy and a generous Lord
271. Pitty, the softest Attribute Above,