At Vacant HoursThis richly annotated collection of previously unpublished verse by Thomas St Nicholas (1602-1668), an important puritan lawyer, parliamentarian and contemporary of John Milton, provides a memorable record of English life during the crucial middle decades of the seventeenth century. |
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Table des matières
The Poems 162468 PAGE | xi |
Thomas St Nicholas 160268 | xxiv |
The Birmingham Manuscript MS BUL 5iv23 | xxxii |
The Present Edition | xxxix |
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | xlvi |
Upon the Exercise of Poesy at Vacant Hours | 3 |
Epitaph from the Memorial Stone of Samuel Son of Thomas St Nicholas by Elizabeth His Wife Died October 1624 | 5 |
Epitaph from the Memorial Stone of Elizabeth Late Wife of Thomas St Nicholas Died 9 March 1631 | 6 |
An Hymn of Praise by Occasion of the Great Victory | 44 |
Upon the Pulling Out of a Loose Tooth February 15 1662 | 62 |
Upon a Very Late Cold and Wet Spring 1663 | 71 |
Upon My Retiring into the Country after I Had Stated | 79 |
Upon Genesis 3 19 | 85 |
Upon a Very Seasonable Harvest after a Very Wet Summer 1663 | 90 |
Micah 6 9 The Voice of the Rod 1665 | 104 |
Advice to a New Married Couple Lately Parted | 122 |
Upon an Ironwork | 7 |
Upon a Desire to Be at Home | 8 |
Upon Hosea 14 8 | 10 |
A Piece of a Dialogue between Probus and Echo at the First Sitting Down of the Parliament 1640 | 11 |
Upon the Death of My Much Honoured Uncle Sir George Croke Knight One of the Judges of the Court of Kings Bench Who Departed this Life 1641 | 12 |
Of Meekness | 13 |
Pontefract Castle July 1643 | 14 |
For My Son | 15 |
Of Drinking Healths | 29 |
Upon Two Pictures of Peace and Plenty which I Found | 42 |
Upon the Translation of the Body of Oliver Cromwell | 135 |
Upon a Snake Found Lodged in an Hedge in Winter | 143 |
An Hymn of Praise upon My Recovery out of a Dangerous | 151 |
Upon the One Thing Necessary | 161 |
My Ultimum Vale | 167 |
Upon Relapses | 177 |
| 471 | |
| 489 | |
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Informations bibliographiques
| Titre | At Vacant Hours |
| Auteur | Thomas St Nicholas |
| Rédacteur | H N Davies |
| Édition | illustrée |
| Éditeur | A&C Black, 2002 |
| ISBN | 1902459326, 9781902459325 |
| Longueur | 492 pages |
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