DigitalDonne: the Online Variorum
First-Line Index to H4
Eng. 966.3, Harvard ms. (Norton ms.)
Compiled November 27, 2000, by JoAnna Klein
In left-to-right order, each item listed below is identified by (a) its Donne Variorum short form (nc = noncanonical), (b) a siglum-plus-ordinal- position item tag, (c) its location in the artifact (by folio or page nos.), and (d) diplomatic transcriptions of its heading (HE) and first line.
Folio
nos.
Sat1 H04.1 1-2v HE %XSatire:
Awaie thou fondling Motley humorist
Sat3 H04.2 2v-4 HE %XSatyra: >>(3)<<
Kinde pitty choakes my spleene, braue scorne forbiddes
Sat4 H04.3 4-7v HE %XSatire: I:D:[RM]
Well, I maye nowe receiue, and dye; my sinne
Sat5 H04.4 7v-9 HE %XSatire:
Thou shalt not laugh in this leafe Muse, nor they
nc H04.5 9-11 HE I:R:[LM] %XSatire: >>In ed. of 1669 as / Satire VI<<[RM]
Sleepe next societie, and true friendship
Sat2 H04.6 11-12v HE I D.[LM] %XSatyre
S%5r%6 though (I thanke god for it) I doe hate
ELBrac H04.7 12v-14v HE %XElegie: [HE and CW ("Not that") on f. 12v]
I:D:[LM] Not that in collour it was like thy haire
Storm H04.8 14v-15v HE ID:[LM] %XThe Storme to M%5r%6 C: B:
. . .[LM] Thou w%5ch%6 art I (tis nothing to be soe)
Calm H04.9 15v-16v HE %XThe Calme:
. . .[LM] Our Storme is past, and that Stormes tyrannous rage
ElAnag H04.10 16v-17v HE %XElegie:
. . .[LM] Marry; and loue thy Flavia, ffor shee
RWThird H04.11 17v-18 HE >>To / Row. Woodward<<[LM]
I:D: / [LM] Like one who in her third widowhood doth professe
HWNews H04.12 18r-v HE [om]
ID: to M%5r%6 / H:W:[LM] Here is noe more newes then vertue; I may as well
ElComp H04.13 18v-19 HE %XElegie:
I:D:[LM] As the sweet sweat of Roses in a still
ElPerf H04.14 19-20 HE %XElegie:
I:D:[LM] Once, and but once found in thy companie.
ElChange H04.15 20v-21 HE %XElegie:
I:D:[LM] Although thy hand, and faith, and good works too
ElNat H04.16 21 HE %XElegie
Natures laye Ideott, I taught thee to love,
ElAut H04.17 21v-22 HE %XElegie:
Noe spring, nor Summer beauty hath such grace
Image H04.18 22r-v HE %XElegie:
I:D: / . . .[LM] Image of her whom I loue more, then shee
Break H04.19 22v HE %XBreake of Daye:
I:D:[LM] Tis true, tis daye: what though it be
SunRis H04.20 22v-23 HE %XSun riseinge [title and CW: Busie: on f. 22v.]
. . .[LM] Busie old Foole, vnruly sun
Lect H04.21 23r-v HE %XLecture vpon the shadowe:
I:D:[LM] Stand still, and I will read to thee
ValMourn H04.22 23v-24 HE %XValediction forbidding mourning:
As vertuous men pass mildely awaye
ElServe H04.23 24-25 HE %XElegie:
Oh, let mee >>%Vnot<< serve soe, as those men serve
Leg H04.24 25 HE %XElegie: >>The Legacy.<<
When I died last, (and deere I dye)
Triple H04.25 25v HE %XThe Triple Foole:
I am twoe fooles I knowe
Mark H04.26 25v-26v HE %XAn Elegie vpon the death of the Lady: Marckham:
Man is the world, and death the Ocean
BoulRec H04.27 26v-27v HE %XAn Elegie vpon the death of M%5rs%6 Bulstrod
Death I recant, and saie, vnsaid by mee
GoodM H04.28 27v-28 HE %XThe Good Morrowe:
I%+ wonder by my troth, what thou, and I
Broken H04.29 28r-v HE %X>>The broken heart.<<
. . .[LM] He is stark mad who euer saies
Twick H04.30 28v-29 HE %XTwitnam Garden:
. . .[LM] Blasted w%5th%6 sighes, and surrounded w%5th%6 teares
ElWar H04.31 29r-v HE %XElegie:
. . .[LM] Till I haue peace w%5th%6 thee, warre other men
BoulNar H04.32 29v-30v HE %XElegie vpon the death of M%5rs%6 Bulstrod:
Language thou art too narrowe and too weake
BedfShe H04.33 30v-31 HE %XElegie to the Ladye Bedford:
Yo%5w%6 that are shee, and yo%5w%6 thats double shee,
nc H04.34 31-32 HE %X>>Ad Cometissam Rutlandiae.*<< >>By Fr. Beaumont<<[RM]
Soe may my verses pleasing be
Curse H04.35 32r-v HE %XThe Curse:
. . .[LM] Who euer guesses, thinkes, or dreames he knowes
LovAlch H04.36 32v-33 HE %XMummy:
. . .[LM] Some that haue deeper dig'd loves myne then I
Canon H04.37 33r-v HE %XThe Canonization.
. . .[LM] For God's sake hold yo%5r%6 tongue, and let me love
LovDiet H04.38 33v-34 HE %XLoues Diett.
. . .[LM] To what a Combersome %Jvnwillingness%K[MVar:>[trimmed]wildiness<]
Will H04.39 34r-v HE %XLoues Legacies >>The Will<<
. . .[LM] Before I sigh my last gasp, let me breathe
ElExpost H04.40 35-36 HE %XElegie.
. . .[LM] To make the doubt cleare, that noe woman's true
Para H04.41 36 HE %X>>The Paradox<<
. . .[LM] Noe lover saith, I loue, nor any other
nc H04.42 36r-v HE %XA: Paradox: >>Not Donne's?<<[LM]
. . .[LM] Who soe tearmes Loue a fire, may like a Poet >>ch.ii.270.<<[LM]
SGo H04.43 36v-37 HE %XS%+onge.
. . .[LM] Goe, and catch a falling Starre
WomCom H04.44 37 HE %XWomans Constancye:
. . .[LM] Now thou hast lou'd me one whole daye
Commun H04.45 37r-v HE %X>>Community.<<
Good we must loue, and most hate ill
Flea H04.46 37v-38 HE %X>>The Flea<<
Mark but this ff***, and marke in this:
Ecst H04.47 38-39 HE %XExtasie.
. . .[LM] When like a pillow on a bed
LovDeity H04.48 39r-v HE %XLoues Deitye:
. . .[LM] I long to talke w%5th%6 some old louers ghost,
Fun H04.49 39v-40 HE %XThe Funerall:
. . .[LM] Who ever comes to shrowde me, doe not harme
EpEliz H04.50 40-41v HE %XEpithalamium.
Hayle Bishop Valentine, whose day this is
ElProg H04.51 41v-43 HE %XElegie:
Who euer loues, if hee doe not propose
Blos H04.52 43r-v HE %XThe Blossome
. . .[LM] Little thinkst thou poore fflower
ElBed H04.53 43v-44 HE %XElegie:
I:D: . . .[LM] Come Maddame come; All rest my powers defie
Appar H04.54 44r-v HE %XAn Apparition.
I:D:[LM] When by thy scorne o%C murdress I am dead
HWKiss H04.55 44v-45v HE %XTo S%5r%6 Henry Wootton:
. . .[LM] S%5r%6, more then kisses, letters mingle soules
nc H04.56 45v-46v HE %XAn Elegie vpon the death of the: / Lord: Effingham: R:Cor/>>Corbet<<[RM]
I did not knowe thee Lord: nor doe I striue
Prim H04.57 46v-47 HE %XThe Primrose:
Vpon this Primrose hill,
TWHail H04.58 47r-v HE %XTo M: T: W:
All haile sweete Poet more full of more stronge fire
TWHarsh H04.59 47v HE %XTo: M: T: W:
Hast thee harsh verse, as fast as thy lame measure
TWPreg H04.60 47v-48 HE %XTo: M T: W:[CW:Pregnant.]
Pregnant againe w%5th%6 th'old twynes hope and feare
TWHence H04.61 48 HE >>Incerto<<[RM]
At once from hence my lines, and I depart
[poem entered as continuation of TWPreg; st structure duplicated]
CB H04.62 48r-v HE %XTo M: C: B:
Thy friend whom thy deserts to thee inchayne
SB H04.63 48v HE %XTo: M: S: B:
O thou w%5ch%6 to search out the secret parts
BB H04.64 48v-49 HE %XTo: M: B: B:
Is not thy sacred hunger of science
RWSlumb H04.65 49r-v HE %XTo: M%5r%6 R: W:
If as mine is, thy life a slumber be
ILRoll H04.66 49v HE %XTo: M: I: L:
Of that short roll of friends writt in my heart
ILBlest H04.67 50 HE %XTo: M: I: L:
Blest are yo%5r%6 North parts, ffor all this longe tyme
HWVenice H04.68 50r-v HE %XS%5r%6 Henry Wotton, at his going / Ambassadour to Venice.
After those reverend papers, whose soule is
HG H04.69 50v-51v HE %XTo: S%5r%6: H: G: mouing him to Trauell:
Who makes thee past a patterne for next yeare
EdHerb H04.70 51v-52 HE %XTo: S%5r%6: E: H:
. . .[LM] Man is a lump, where all Beasts kneaded be
MHPaper H04.71 52-53 HE %XTo: M: M: H.:
Mad paper staie, and grudge not heere %Ynot he%Z to burne%Y:%Z
BedfReas H04.72 53r-v HE %XTo the Countess: of: B: / Maddame:
. . .[LM] Reason is our Soules left hand, ffaith her Right
BedfHon H04.73 53v-54v HE %XTo the Countess of B:
Honour is soe sublime Perfection
BefRef H04.74 54v-55v HE %XTo the Countess of: B:
Yo%5w%6 haue refinde mee, and to worthiest thinges
BedfWrit H04.75 55v-57 HE %XTo the Countess of: B:
T'haue written then when yo%5w%6 writt seem'd to mee
BedfTwi H04.76 57-58 HE %XTo the Countess of B: at newyeares tyde
. . .[LM] This Twi=light of twoe yeares, not past nor next
HuntMan H04.77 58-59 HE Maddam:[LM] %XTo the C: of H:
Man to Gods Image, Eue, to mans was made
Sal H04.78 59v-60v HE %XTo the Countess of: S:
Faire, great, and good; since seeing yo%5w%6, we see
Carey H04.79 60v-61v HE %XTo the: La: Co: of: C:
Maddam:[LM] Heere where by all, All Saintes invoaked are
Sappho H04.80 61v-62 HE %XSapho: to Philae%Lnis:
Where is that holie fire, w%5ch%6 verse is said
ElJeal H04.81 62v HE %XElegie:
. . .[LM] Fond Woaman thou wouldst haue thy husband die
ElFatal H04.82 63r-v HE %XElegie:
By our first strange, and fatall interviewe
ElPict H04.83 63v-64 HE %XElegie.
Heere take my picture; though I bid farewell
Noct H04.84 64r-v HE %XA Nocturnall on S%5t%6 Lucie's daie, being / the shortest daye
. . .[LM] T'is the yeares midnight, and it is the daies
Compu H04.85 64v HE %XThe Computation.
. . .[LM] For the first twenty yeares since yesterdaie
Dissol H04.86 64v-65 HE %XThe Dissolution [CW:Shees dead:]
Shees dead, and all w%5ch%6 die
Witch H04.87 65r-v HE %XWitchcraft by a Picture:
I fix myne eie on thine, and there
Jet H04.88 65v HE %XA Ieatt ring sent.
Thou art not soe blacke as my heart
LovExch H04.89 65v-66 HE %XLoues Exchaunge
. . .[LM] Loue, any diuell else but yo%5w%6
Fever H04.90 66r-v HE %XFever
. . .[LM] Oh doe not die, ffor I shall hate
Ind H04.91 66v-67 HE %XThe Indifferent:
. . .[LM] I can loue both faire, and browne
ValName H04.92 67-68 HE %XValediction of my name in the Windowe:
My name ingrav'd heerein
Air H04.93 68r-v HE %XAire, and Angells:
Twice, or thrice had I loued thee
LovGrow H04.94 68v HE %XLoues growth:
. . .[LM] I scarce believe my loue to be soe pure
Dream H04.95 69 HE %XThe Dreame:
. . .[LM] Deare Loue, for nothing less then thee
Prohib H04.96 69r-v HE %XThe Prohibition:
. . .[LM] Take heede of loving mee
Anniv H04.97 69v-70 HE %XThe Anniversarie
All Kinges and all their Favorites
Damp H04.98 70 HE %XThe Dampe:
. . .[LM] When I am dead, and doctors know not why
Relic H04.99 70r-v HE %XThe Relique:
When my grave is broke vp againe
NegLov H04.100 70v-71 HE %XNegatiue Loue:
. . .[LM] I neuer stoopd' soe lowe as they
ValWeep H04.101 71 HE %XValediction of weeping:
Let mee powre forth
ValBook H04.102 71v-72 HE %XA Valediction of the Booke
Ile tell thee now deere loue what thou shalt doe
Expir H04.103 72r-v HE %XThe Expiration:
. . .[LM] Soe, soe breake off this lamenting kisse
Under H04.104 72v HE %XPlatonique Loue: >>The Undertaking<<
. . .[LM] I haue done one braver thinge
ConfL H04.105 73 HE %X>>Confined Love.<<
Some man [being] vnworthy to be Possessor
Mess H04.106 73r-v HE %XSongs w%5ch%6 were made to certaine / Aires
w%5ch%6 were made before. >>The Message<<[RM]
Send home my long stray'd eies to mee,
[HE applies to following songs also]
SSweet H04.107 73v HE [om]
>>Songs *.16<<[LM] Sweetest Love I doe not goe for wearinesse of thee
Bait H04.108 74 HE %X>>The Bait.<<
Come live w%5th%6 me and be my loue
Hero H04.109 74 HE %XEpigrammes / Hero & Leander:
Both rob'd of aire wee both lie in one ground
Pyr H04.110 74v HE %XPiramus & Thisbe:
Two by themselues each other loue and feare
Niobe H04.111 74v HE %XNiobe.
By Childrens birth, and death I am become
Ship H04.112 74v HE %XA Burnt Shipp.
Out of a fired ship, w%5ch%6 by noe waie
Wall H04.113 74v HE %XFall of a Wall:
Vnder an vndermyn'de, and shott-bruisd wall
Beggar H04.114 74v HE %XA Lame Begger:
I am vnable yonder Begger cries
Licent H04.115 74v HE %XA Licentious Person:
Thy sinns and haire maie noe man equall call,
Antiq H04.116 74v HE %XAntiquarie
If in his studie he haue soe much care
Merc H04.117 74v HE %XMercurius Gallo=Belgicus
Like AE%Lsops fellowe-slaves, o%C Mercurie
Phrine H04.118 75 HE %XPhrine:
Thy flattering picture Phrine is like thee
Philo H04.119 75 HE %XAn obscure Writer:
Philo w%5th%6 twelue yeares studit hath bin grieu'd
Klock H04.120 75 HE [om]
Klockius soe deeplie hath sworne ne're more to come
Martial H04.121 75 HE %XRaderus:
Why this man guilded Martiall I muse
EpLin H04.122 75-76 HE %XEpithalamion made at Lincolnes Inne
The Sun beames in the East are spread
Eclog H04.123 76v-80 HE %XEclogue: / Induceing an Epithalamion at the Marriage /
of the E: of S:
Allophanes finding Idios in the Country that
Henry H04.124 80-81 HE %XElegie: Prince Henrie:
Looke to mee, ffaith. and looke to my faith: God
Har H04.125 81-84v HE %XElegie Lord: Harrington.
Faire Soule w%5ch%6 wast not only as all Soules be
Metem (Ltr) H04.126 85r-85v HE %XInfinitati Sacrum: / Metempsychosis / Poema Satiricon / Epistle: / *:
Others at the Porches, and entries of their buildinges
Metem H04.127 86-94v HE %XFirst Songe.
I sing the progress of a deathlesse Soule
Cor1 H04.128 95 HE %XDivine Poems.|. / La Corona[scribal flourish]:
1[LM] Daigne at my hands this crowne of prayer, and praise
Cor2 H04.129 95 HE %XAnnunciation
2[LM] Salvation to all that will is nigh
Cor3 H04.130 95v HE %XNatiuitie.
3[LM] Immensitie cloistred in thy deare wombe
Cor4 H04.131 95v HE %XTemple:
4[LM] With his kinde mother who pertakes thy woe
Cor5 H04.132 96 HE %XCrucifying:
5[LM] By miracles exceeding power of man
Cor6 H04.133 96 HE %XResurrection.
6[LM] Moist w%5th%6 one dropp of thy bloud my drye Soule
Cor7 H04.134 96v HE %XAscention
7[LM] Salute the last, and euerlasting daie
HSDue H04.135 96v HE [om]
1[LM] As due by many tithes I resigne
HSBlack H04.136 97 HE [om]
2:[LM] Oh my black Soule, nowe thou art sum%Moned
HSScene H04.137 97 HE [om]
3:[LM] This is my Playes last Sceane: Here heauens appoint
HSRound H04.138 97v HE [om]
4:[LM] At the round Earths imagin'd corners blowe:
HSMin H04.139 97v HE [om]
5[LM] If poisonous mineralls, and if that tree
HSDeath H04.140 98 HE [om]
6:[LM] Death, be not prowde, though some have called thee
HSSpit H04.141 98 HE [om]
7[LM] Spitt in my face y%5ee%6 Iewes, and peirce my side
HSWhy H04.142 98v HE [om]
8:[LM] Why are we by all creatures waited on?
HSWhat H04.143 98v HE [om]
9:[LM] What if this present were the worlds last night?
HSBatter H04.144 99 HE [om]
10:[LM] Batter my heart three persond God; ffor yo.%5w%6
HSWilt H04.145 99 HE [om]
11[LM] Wilt thou love god, as he, thee? %Jth**%K[MVar:>%Jthou%K<] digest,
HSPart H04.146 99v HE [om]
12[LM] ffather, part of his double interest
Lam H04.147 99v-105v HE %XThe Lamentations of Ieremy for / the most part accordinge to /
Tremelius / %XChap: 1:
v:1:[LM] Howe sitts this Cittie late most populous
Lit H04.148 106-109v HE %XA Letanie.| / The Father:
1[LM] Father of heaven, and him by whom
Goodf H04.149 109v-110 HE %XGood Fridaye / Made as I was rideing westward, that daie.
Let mans soule be a Spheare, and then in this
Annun H04.150 110-111 HE %XVpon the Annunciation: when Good- / friday fell vpon the Same daie.
Tamely fraile Bodie, abstaine to daie; to daie
Cross H04.151 111-112 HE %XOn the Crosse:
Since Christ imbrac'd the Cross, >>%Vitself<< dare I
Res H04.152 112 HE %XResurrection:
Sleepe, sleepe olde Sun, thou canst not haue repast
Christ H04.153 112v HE %XA Hymne to Christ.
In what torne shipp soeuer I imbarque
Father H04.154 113 HE %XTo Christ
Wilt thou forgiue that Sinne where I begunne
nc H04.155 113v HE %X>>A Wife. / By Sir Th. Overbury<<
>>48 stanzas<<[LM] Each woman is a Briefe of woman kinde
[followed by several non-Donne items which precede the Paradoxes]