At Vacant HoursThis richly annotated collection of previously unpublished verse by Thomas St Nicholas (1602-1668), an important puritan lawyer, parliamentarian and contemporary of John Milton, provides a memorable record of English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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... Which Hung Next the Two Former There 42 27. Upon a Fall from an Horse over a Narrow Bridge Covered with Waters . Being Shifted and Got to Bed , Sic Cogitavi 43 28. An Hymn of Praise by Occasion of the Great vi CONTENTS.
... Which Hung Next the Two Former There 42 27. Upon a Fall from an Horse over a Narrow Bridge Covered with Waters . Being Shifted and Got to Bed , Sic Cogitavi 43 28. An Hymn of Praise by Occasion of the Great vi CONTENTS.
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... Praise Occasioned by an Eminent Deliverance of Seven Persons in a Coach from the Danger of an Extraordinary Sudden Flood at a Place Called Pinshook about Two Miles beyond Weedon in Northamptonshire , May 6 , 1663 63 64 66 71 36. Upon a ...
... Praise Occasioned by an Eminent Deliverance of Seven Persons in a Coach from the Danger of an Extraordinary Sudden Flood at a Place Called Pinshook about Two Miles beyond Weedon in Northamptonshire , May 6 , 1663 63 64 66 71 36. Upon a ...
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... Praise - God Barebone Touching the New Heavens and the New Earth 101 49. On the Great Prelate's Reading the Common Form of Burial at the Solemnity in Henry VII Chapel , Where Was a Coffin with a Log in It Laid into the Grave , in Honour ...
... Praise - God Barebone Touching the New Heavens and the New Earth 101 49. On the Great Prelate's Reading the Common Form of Burial at the Solemnity in Henry VII Chapel , Where Was a Coffin with a Log in It Laid into the Grave , in Honour ...
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... Praise upon My Recovery out of a Dangerous Sickness in the Sixty - fifth Year of Mine Age 151 64. Upon the Crowing of a Cock 154 65. Upon the Vain Humour of Fine Clothes and Building 156 66. Upon the One Thing Necessary 161 67. Upon My ...
... Praise upon My Recovery out of a Dangerous Sickness in the Sixty - fifth Year of Mine Age 151 64. Upon the Crowing of a Cock 154 65. Upon the Vain Humour of Fine Clothes and Building 156 66. Upon the One Thing Necessary 161 67. Upon My ...
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Contents
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 |
Upon Two Pictures of Peace and Plenty which I Found | 42 |
An Hymn of Praise by Occasion of the Great Victory | 44 |
Upon the Pulling Out of a Loose Tooth February 15 1662 | 62 |
A Return to the Echo | 76 |
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 the Translation of the Body of Oliver Cromwell | 135 |
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 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 |
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