DigitalDonne: the Online Variorum
First-Line Index to C9
Add. ms. 8468, Cambridge University Library (Narcissus Luttrell ms.)
Compiled April 16, 1992, by Chris Riels
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. * = dubium.
This index was last corrected January 31, 2003.
Nar. Luttrell: / His Book / 1680. [in upper right corner of cover]
A Collection / of Poems & Songs on / Seurall occasions. [centered on cover]
Lit C9.1 ff. 1-5v HE Diuine Poems. /A LETANY.
Father of heauen, and him by whom
[written in stanzas; inside cover completely blank;
bottom third of f. 5v blank except for CW: Goodfryday]
Goodf C9.2 ff. 6r-v HE Goodfryday: 1613: Riding towards Wales.
Let mans soule be a Sphere, & then in this
Cross C9.3 ff. 6v-7v HE Of the Cross.
Since Christ embrac'd the Cross it selfe, dare I
nc C9.4 ff. 7v-9v HE A Satyricall letter to Sr Nichi Smith
/ Quere if Donnes or Sr Tho: Rowes.
Sleep, next societye & true freindship,
[last fifth of f. 9v blank, except for CW: Satyres / Sr]
Sat2 C9.5 ff. 10v-11v HE SATYRES
S.r Though (I thank God for it) I doe hate
Sat1 C9.6 ff. 12r-13v HE Satyre. 2.
Away thou changling motley Humorist
Sat3 C9.7 ff. 14r-15v HE Satyre. 3.
Kind pitty choakes my Spleene, braue scorne forbids
Sat4 C9.8 ff. 16r-19v HE Satyre 4
Well I may now receaue & dye, my sin
Sat5 C9.9 ff. 20r-21v HE Satyre 5
Thou shalt not laugh in this leafe, muse, nor they
nc C9.10 ff. 21v-22r HE Satyre. 6
Men write yt Loue & Reason disagree
[ff. 22v-23v blank]
ElPerf C9.11 ff. 24r-25r HE Elegy. 2.
Once & but once found in thy companye,
ElJeal C9.12 ff. 25r-25v HE Elegy. 3.
Fond woman which wouldst haue thine husband dye
ElServe C9.13 ff. 25v-26v HE Elegy: 4.
Oh lett me not serue so as those men serue
ElNat C9.14 ff. 26v-27r HE Elegie: 5.| [>>F.<< left of HE]
Natures Lay Idiott, I taught thee to Loue
ElWar C9.15 ff. 27r-27v HE Elegie. 6.
Till I haue peace with thee, warre, other men
ElBed C9.16 ff. 28r-28v HE Elegie. 7.
Come Madam come, all rest my powers defye
ElChange C9.17 ff. 28v-29r HE Elegie. 8.
Although thy hand, & faith, & good works too
ElFatal C9.18 ff. 29v-30v HE Elegie:9/ On his Mistresse desiring to bee disguis'd/ & travaile
with him like a Page.
By our first strange and fatall enterview
ElPict C9.19 ff. 30v HE Elegie. 10.
Heere take |my| Picture, though I bid farewell
ElAnag C9.20 ff. 30v-31v HE Elegie: 11:
Marry & Loue thy Flavia, for shee
ElAut C9.21 ff. 31v-32v HE Elegie: 12: On the Lady Herbert afterwards/ Danuers.
No Spring nor sum%Mers beautye hath such grace
ElProg C9.22 ff. 32v-34r HE Elegie: 13./ Loues Progresse.
Who euer Loues, if he doe not propose
ElPart C9.23 ff. 34v-36r HE Elegy: 14:
Since shee must goe, & I must mourne, come night
Citizen* C9.24 ff. 36v-37v HE Elegie: 15:
I sing no harme, good south, to any wight
[bottom of f. 37v blank except for CW: True loue]
nc C9.25 ff. 38r HE Elegie:16
True loue finds[sic] witt, but he whose witt doth moue
ElExpost C9.26 ff. 38v-39v HE Elegye: 17:
To make the doubt cleere that no woman's true
nc C9.27 ff. 39v HE Elegye: 18.
The greatest & the most conceald imposter
nc C9.28 ff. 40r HE Elegy/ Fragment
Now why should Loue a footboyes pace despise
nc C9.29 ff. 40v HE om
Belieue not him whom loue hath made so wise
nc C9.30 ff. 40v HE om
Pure linke of bodyes where no Lust controules
nc C9.31 ff. 40v-41r HE Elegye:
Who so termes Loue a fire, may like a Poet
Julia* C9.32 ff. 41r-41v HE Elegy: Julia.
Harke newes, o%C Envy, thou shalt heare descry'd
nc C9.33 ff. 41v-42r HE Elegye: to chast Loue.
Chast Loue, lett me embrace thee in mine armes
nc C9.34 ff. 42r-42v HE Vpon his Scornfull mistresse. Elegye
Cruell, since that thou dost not feare the curse
[even lines indented]
SelfL C9.35 ff. 42v HE Elegye:
Hee that cannot chuse but loue
[even lines indented]
ElBrac C9.36 ff. 43r-44v HE Elegye./ To a Ladye whose chaine was lost/ The bracelet Armilla.
Not that in colour it was like thy hayre
[blank leaf betw. ff.44v and 45; 1st leaf numbered 44a in a 2nd hand]
BedfCab C9.37 ff. 45r-45v HE Epicedes and Obsequies./ Vpon the Deathes of Seuerall
Personages./ To the Countesse of Bedford.
Madame/ That I might make your Cabinet my Tombe,
Mark C9.38 ff. 45v-46r HE A funerall Elegye vpon the death of the/ Lady Markham.
Man is the world & death the Ocean
Sorrow C9.39 ff. 46v HE Elegy funer:
Sorrow which to this house scarce knew the way
BoulRec C9.40 ff. 47r-48r HE Upon ye death of M.rs Boulstredd
Death I recant, & say vnsayd by me
nc C9.41 ff. 48r-48v HE om
Death bee not proude, thy hand gaue not this blowe
BoulNar C9.42 ff. 48v-49v HE Another vpon the same.
Language thou art too narrow & too weake
nc C9.43 ff. 49v HE Vpon the same
Stay, view this Stone, & if thou beest not such
nc C9.44 ff. 50r HE Vpon the same
Heere doe repose, but in Lamented wast
Har [Ltr] C9.45 ff. 50r HE To the Countesse of Bedford, Sister/ to the Lord Harrington
Madame/ I haue learnd by those lawes wherein I am a little conuersant, yt
Har C9.46 ff. 50r-54r HE Obsequyes Vpon the L: Harrington/ the Last that dyed.
Faire Soule, w.ch wast not only, as all Soules bee
Ham [Ltr] C9.47 ff. 54r HE To Sr Robert Carr
Sir I presume you rather trye what you can doe in me
Ham C9.48 ff. 54v-55r HE A Hymne to the Saints and/ to the Marquesse Hamilton.
Whether the Soule that now comes vp to you
Henry C9.49 ff. 55r-56v HE Elegye on Prince Henry, since in print/ but out of print
Looke to mee faith, & looke to my faith, God,
EtAD C9.50 ff. 57r HE Annae%L
{Georgij } More de { Filiae%L
[f. 57v is blank]
HG C9.51 ff. 58r-58v HE Letters to Seuerall/ Personages./ To S.r Henry Goodyeare
mouinge him/ to travaile.
Who makes ye past a patterne for next yeere,
[written in 4-line stanzas; considerable bleedthrough making first line
very difficult to read]
BedfHon C9.52 ff. 58v-59v HE To the Countesse of Bedford.
Madame/ Honour is so sublime perfection
[written in 3-line stanzas]
BedfRef C9.53 ff. 60r-61r HE To the Countesse of Bedford.
Madame. You haue refin'd mee, & to worthyest thinges,
[written in 6-line stanzas]
nc C9.54 ff. 61r-v HE To Ben:Johnson: 6: Jan: 1603.
The State & mens affayres are the best Playes
nc C9.55 ff. 62r HE To Ben: Johnson: 9 Novemb: 1603.
If great men wrong mee I will spare my Selfe,
TWHail C9.56 ff. 62v HE A Letter. In certo.
All haile, sweete Poet, more full of more stronge fire
RWThird C9.57 ff. 63r-63v HE A letter to Rowland Woodward.
Like one who in her third widdowhood doth professe
[written in 3-line stanzas]
HWNews C9.58 ff. 63v-64r HE To Sr Henry Wotton.
Heer's no more newes, then virtue; I may as well
[written in 3-line stanzas]
HWKiss C9.59 ff. 64r-65r HE To Sr Henry Wotton.
S.r more then kisses, letters mingle Soules
BedfReas C9.60 ff. 65r-65v HE To the Countesse of Bedford
Reason is our Soules left hand, faith her right
[written in 4-line stanzas]
EdHerb C9.61 ff. 66r-66v HE To Sr Edward Herbert.
Man is a Lumpe where all beasts kneaded bee
BedfShe C9.62 ff. 66v-69v HE To the Lady Bedford.
You that are Shee, & you, that's double shee
Carey C9.63 ff. 69v-68v HE To the Lady Cary.
Madame./ Heere whereby all, all Saints in voked are
[written in 3-line stanzas]
nc C9.64 ff. 68v-69r HE To Sr Tho: Row: 1603.
Deare Tom./ Tell her if shee to hired seruants show
nc C9.65 ff. 69r HE A Letter In certo.
No want of Duty did my mind professe
nc C9.66 ff. 69v HE A Letter In certo.
Thou sendst me prose & rimes, I send for those
TWHence C9.67 ff. 69v-70r HE Lre Incerto
At once from hence my lines & I depart
[written in 3-line stanzas]
TWHarsh C9.68 ff. 70r HE To M:r T: W.
Hast thee harsh verse, as fast as thy Lame measure
BB C9.69 ff. 70r-70v HE To Mr B: B:
Is not thy Sacred hunger of Science
CB C9.70 ff. 70v HE To Mr C. B:
Thy freind, whom thy deserts to thee enchaine
[written in 7-line stanzas]
TWPreg C9.71 ff. 71r HE To Mr T: W:
Pregnant againe with th' old Twinns Hope & feare
[written in 3-line stanzas]
SB C9.72 ff. 71r HE To Mr S: B:
O thou, which to search out ye Secret parts
ILRoll C9.73 ff. 71v HE To M.r I: L:
Of that short roll of freinds writt in my heart.
RWSlumb C9.74 ff. 71v-72r HE To Mr R: W:
If, as mine is, thy life a slumber bee,
ILBlest C9.75 ff. 72r-72v HE To Mr I: L:
Blest are your northparts, for all this long time
HWVenice C9.76 ff. 72v-73r HE To Sr Henry Wootton at his going/ Embassador to Uenice.
After those reverend papers (whose Soule is
[written in 4-line stanzas]
BedfWrit C9.77 ff. 73r-74v HE To the Countesse of Bedford.
T'haue written then when you wrote, seemd to me
BedfTwi C9.78 ff. 74v-75v HE To the Countesse of B:/ at New yeares tide.
This Twylight of two yeares, not past, nor next
[written in 5-line stanzas]
HuntMan C9.79 ff. 75v-76v HE To the Countesse of Huntingdon.
Man to Gods Image, Eue to mans was made
[written in 4-line stanzas]
Sappho C9.80 ff. 77r-77v HE Sappho to Philae%Lnis
Where is that holy fire which verse is sayd
Sal C9.81 ff. 78r HE To the Countesse of Salisbury
ffayre, Great, & Good, since seeing you we see
[poem incomplete in microfilm; ff.78v and 79r missing in microfilm;
next item in film is the end of Storm]
Storm C9.82 ff. 79v HE XC To Mr Christopher Brooke from the / Island voyage with the
Earle of Essex. / The Storme. [microfilm omits page containing HE]
Thou which art I, (tis nothing to be so)
[microfilm omits page containing ll. 1-27; l. 28: waues like a rolling
trench before them threw.]
Calm C9.83 ff. 80r-81r HE The Calme.
Or storme is past, & that Stormes tyrannous rage
MHPaper C9.84 ff. 81r-81v HE To Mrs M. H.
Madd paper stay & grudge not heere to burne
[written in 4-line stanzas]
EpEliz C9.85 ff. 82r-83v HE Epithalamions./ Vpon ffrederick Count Palatine/ and the Lady
Elizabeth marryed/ on St Valentines day.
Hayle Bishop Valentine whose day this is
[written in 14-line stanzas]
EpLin C9.86 ff. 84r-85v HE Epithalamion on a Citizen.
The Sunne beames in ye East are spredd
[written in numbered 12-line stanzas]
Eclog C9.87 ff. 86r-89v HE Eclogue. 1613. December: 26.
Allophanes/Vnseasonable man, statue of Ice
Res C9.88 ff. 90r HE The Resurrection. Imp%Pfect [right of HE]
Sleepe sleepe old Sunne, thou canst not haue repast
Annun C9.89 ff. 90v-91r HE Vpon the Annunciation & Passion/ falling on one day: Anno: Do: 1618.
Tamely fraile flesh, abstaine to day, to day
nc C9.90 ff. 91r-91v HE om [below last line Quare if Donnes.]
Nature amaz'd saw man without mans ayde
Cor1 C9.91 ff. 92r HE The Crowne:|
Daigne at my handes this Crowne of prayer & prayse
Cor2 C9.92 ff. 92r HE 2
Saluation to all that will is nigh
Cor3 C9.93 ff. 92r-92v HE 3
Im%Mensity cloysterd in thy deare womb
Cor4 C9.94 ff. 92v HE 4
With his kind mother who partakes thy woe
Cor5 C9.95 ff. 92v-93r HE 5
By miracles exceeding power of man
Cor6 C9.96 ff. 93r HE 6
Moyst wth one drop of thy bloud, my dry soule
Cor7 C9.97 ff. 93r-93v HE 7
Salute ye last & Euerlasting day
Father C9.98 ff. 93v HE Christo Saluatori
Wilt thou forgiue that sin where I begunnenc
[written in 6-line stanzas]
HSMade C9.99 ff. 94r HE Diuine Meditations./ 1
Thou hast made me, & shall thy worke decaync
HSDue C9.100 ff. 94r HE 2
As due by many titles I resigne
HSSighs C9.101 ff. 94v HE 3
Oh might those sighs & teares returne againe
HSPart C9.102 ff. 94v HE 4
ffather, part of his double Interest
HSBlack C9.103 ff. 95r HE 5
Oh my black Soule now yu art sum%Moned
HSScene C9.104 ff. 95r HE 6
This is my Playes last Scene, heere Heauens appoint
HSLittle C9.105 ff. 95v HE 7
I am a little world made cunningly
HSRound C9.106 ff. 95v HE 8
At ye round Earths imagind Corners blowe
HSMin C9.107 ff. 96r HE 9
If poysonous mineralls, or if the tree
HSSouls C9.108 ff. 96r HE 10
If faithfull Soules be alike glorifyd
HSDeath C9.109 ff. 96v HE 11
Death, be not proud, though some haue called thee
HSWilt C9.110 ff. 96v HE 12
Wilt thou loue God as hee theenc Then digest
HSSpit C9.111 ff. 97r HE Other Meditations
Spitt in my face ye Jewes, & peirce my Side.
HSWhy C9.112 ff. 97r HE om
Why are wee by all creatures wayted onnc
HSWhat C9.113 ff. 97v HE om
What if this present were ye worlds last nightnc
HSBatter C9.114 ff. 97v HE om
Batter my heart, Three-persond God, for you
Christ C9.115 ff. 98r HE At the Sea-side, going ouer with the/ Ld Doncaster. 1619
In what torne ship so euer I embarke
[f. 98v blank except for CW: >>Sonnetts<< in bottom right corner]
ValMourn C9.116 ff. 99r HE Sonnets and Songes/ Vpon the parting from his Mistresse/
Valediction. i.
As virtuous men passe mildly away
ValWeep C9.117 ff. 99v-100r HE Valediction: 2: of Teares.
Let me powre forth
[written in 9-line stanzas]
ValBook C9.118 ff. 100r-v HE Valediction: 3. of the Booke
Ile tell thee now (Deare Loue) what thou shalt doe
[written in 9-line stanzas]
ValName C9.119 ff. 101r-02r HE Valediction. 4: Of * Glasse/ Vpon the Engrauing of his
name with a Diamond in his/ Mistrisse window when hee was
to Trauell.
My name engrau'd heerin
[written in 6-line stanzas]
LovAlch C9.120 ff. 102r HE Mum%My.
Some that haue deeper diggd Loues Mine then I
[written in 12-line stanzas]
Twick C9.121 ff. 102v HE Twicknam Garden
Blasted with sighs & surrounded wth teares
[written in 9-line stanzas]
Triple C9.122 ff. 103r HE A Songe
I am 2 fooles I know
[written in 11-line stanzas]
Appar C9.123 ff. 103r-v HE An Apparition
When by thy scorne, o murdresse, I am dead
nc C9.124 ff. 103v HE Sonnett.
Madame that flea which crept betweene your brests
WomCon C9.125 ff. 103v HE Womans Constancy:|
Now thou hast lou'd me one whole day
Compu C9.126 ff. 104r HE om
ffor my first Twenty yeares since yesterday
Break C9.127 ff. 104r HE Sonnet
Tis true, tis day, what though it beenc
[written in numbered 6-line stanzas]
Canon C9.128 ff. 104v-05r HE The Canonization.
ffor Gods sake hold your tongue, & lett mee Loue
[written in 9-line stanzas]
SunRis C9.129 ff. 105r-v HE Ad Solem. To the Sunne|/ Song
Busy old foole, vnruly Sun
[written in 10-line stanzas]
Leg C9.130 ff. 105v HE Songe.
When I dy'd last, (& deare I dye
[written in 8-line stanzas]
Broken C9.131 ff. 106r HE om
Hee is starke madd who euer sayes
[written in 8-line stanzas]
Mess C9.132 ff. 106v HE Songe.
Send home my long strayd eyes to mee
[written in 8-line stanzas]
Image C9.133 ff. 107r HE [scribal flourish instead of HE]
Image of her whom I loue more then shee
LovDiet C9.134 ff. 107v HE Loues Diett
To what a cumbersome vnweildinesse
[written in 6-line stanzas]
LovDeity C9.135 ff. 108r HE Loues Deitye
I long to talke with some old Louers Ghost,
[written in 7-line stanzas separated only by spaces]
Will C9.136 ff. 108v-09r HE The Will|
Before I sigh my last gaspe; lett me breath
[written in 9-line stanzas]
NegLov C9.137 ff. 109v HE Negatiue Loue, or The Nothinge.
I neuer stoopd so low as they
[written in 9-line stanzas]
Jet C9.138 ff. 109v HE A Jeat ring Sent.
Thou art not so black as my heart
[written in 4-line stanzas]
Dream C9.139 ff. 110r HE The Dreame.
Deare loue for nothing lesse then thee
[written in 10-line stanzas]
Fever C9.140 ff. 110v HE The Fever.
Oh do not dye for I shall hate
[written in 4-line stanzas]
Flea C9.141 ff. 111r HE The Flea.
Marke but this flea, & marke in this
[written in 9-line stanzas]
Lect C9.142 ff. 111v HE The Shaddow.
Stand still & I will reade to thee
[written in 13-line stanzas]
LovGrow C9.143 ff. 112r HE The Spring.
I scarce beleeue my Loue to bee so pure
[written in 14-line stanzas]
Air C9.144 ff. 112v HE Ayre & Angells.
Twice or thrice had I lou'd thee
[written in 14-line stanzas]
Witch C9.145 ff. 113r HE Picture.
I fix mine eye on thine & there
[written in 7-line stanzas]
nc C9.146 ff. 113r HE The Hower glasse.
Doe but consider this small dust
Ecst C9.147 ff. 113v-14v HE The Extasy [>>F.<< above HE]
Where like a pillow on a bed
[written in 4-line stanzas]
Fun C9.148 ff. 114v HE The Funerall.
Who euer comes to shrowde me, do not harme
[written in 8-line stanzas]
Relic C9.149 ff. 115r HE The Relique|
When my Graue is broke vp againe
[written in 11-line stanzas]
Curse C9.150 ff. 115v HE The Curse.
Who euer guesses, thinkes or dreames he knowes
[written in 8-line stanzas]
Blos C9.151 ff. >>115a<< HE The Blossome.
Little thinkst thou poore flower
[written in 8-line stanzas]
Prim C9.152 ff. >>115av<< HE The Primrose
Vpon this Primrose hill
[written in 10-line stanzas]
Damp C9.153 ff. 116r HE The Damp
When I am dead & Doctors know not why
[written in 8-line stanzas]
Dissol C9.154 ff. 116v HE The Dissolution.
Shees dead, & all that dye
Noct C9.155 ff. 117r-v HE A Nocturnall vpon St Lucyes day/ being the shortest day.
Tis the yeares Midnight, & it is the dayes
[written in 9-line stanzas]
Expir C9.156 ff. 117v HE Ualediction.
So so, leaue off this last lamenting kisse
[written in 6-line stanzas]
nc C9.157 ff. 117v HE Sonnett
Stay o%C Sweete & doe not rise
GoodM C9.158 ff. 118r HE om [scribal flourish instead of HE]
I wonder by my troth what thou & I
[written in 7-line stanzas]
SSweet C9.159 ff. 118r-v HE Song
Sweetest Loue, I do not goe
[written in 8-line stanzas]
LovExch C9.160 ff. 118v-19r HE om [scribal flourish instead of HE]
Loue, any Deuill else but you
[written in 7-line stanzas]
LovUsury C9.161 ff. 119v HE om [scribal flourish instead of HE]
ffor euery hower that thou wilt spare me now
[written in 8-line stanzas]
Prohib C9.162 ff. 119v-20r HE om [scribal flourish instead of HE]
Take heed of Louing me
[written in 8-line stanzas]
SGo C9.163 ff. 120r HE om [scribal flourish instead of HE]
Goe & catch a falling starre
[written in 9-line stanzas]
Ind C9.164 ff. 120v HE om [scribal flourish instead of HE]
I can loue both faire & browne
[written in 9-line stanzas]
Anniv C9.165 ff. 120v-21r HE om [scribal flourish instead of HE]
All kinges & all their fauourites
[written in 10-line stanzas]
ConfL C9.166 ff. 121r-v HE om [scribal flourish instead of HE]
Some man vnworthy to be possessor
[written in 7-line stanzas]
Commun C9.167 ff. 121v HE om [scribal flourish instead of HE]
Good wee must loue, & must hate ill
[written in 6-line stanzas]
Bait C9.168 ff. 122r HE Songe.
Come liue with me & be my loue
[written in 4-line stanzas]
Under C9.169 ff. 122v HE om [scribal flourish instead of HE]
I haue done one brauer thinge
[written in 4-line stanzas]
LovInf C9.170 ff. 123r HE om [scribal flourish instead of HE]
If yet I haue not all thy loue
[written in 11-line stanzas]
nc C9.171 ff. 123v HE om [scribal flourish instead of HE]
Deare loue continew nice & chast
[written in 4-line stanzas]
nc C9.172 ff. 124r HE Sonnet. [quere, if Donnes.| right of HE]
If I freely may discouer
[first 9 lines separated from last 10 lines]
Para C9.173 ff. 124r-v HE om [scribal flourish instead of HE]
No louer saith I loue, nor any other
[even lines indented]
nc C9.174 ff. 124v HE Songe.
Now y'haue killd mee with your Scorne
[written in 10-line stanzas]
nc C9.175 ff. 124v-25r HE Songe
Soules joy, now I am gon
[first 15 lines separated from last 11 lines]
[bottom half of f. 125r blank except for Finis|]
nc prose C9.176 ff. 125v HE om [2 in upper right corner]
Take two roses, a Carnation, a pinke, 3 branches of speeke
[top of f. 125v is blank; this item is near the bottom of the folio]