First-Line Index to WN1
Dolaucothi ms. 6748, National Library of Wales
Compiled May 8, 1992, by Ted Sherman
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. %X = element centered on the page.
Additional information: Original scribal nos. given here (ms. repaginated from p. 108 in modern hand); orig. p. 177 skipped; scribe reverts to 1st century of numbers at p. 203.
Cor1 WN1.1 p.1 HE %XDiuine Poemo / %XLa Corona
Deigne at my hand this Crowne of prayer and praise
[ll. 2 3 6 7 10 11 13 14 ind; 1 in LM opp l. 1]
Cor2 WN1.2 p.1 HE %XAnnvntiation.
Saluation vnto all that will is nigh
[2 in LM opp l.1; ll. 2 3 6 7 10 13 14 ind; bot
right corner torn]
Cor3 WN1.3 p.2 HE %XNatiuitie
Immensitie cloystred in thy deare wombe
[3 in LM opp l. 1; ll. 2 4 6 7 10 11 13 14 ind]
Cor4 WN1.4 p.2 HE %XFlight . Temple
With his kynd mother who partakes thy woe
[4 in LM opp l. 1; ll. 2 3 6 7 10 12-14 ind]
Cor5 WN1.5 p.3 HE %XCrucifying
By miracles exceedinge power of man%T
[5 in LM opp l. 1; ll. 2 3 6 7 10 11 13 14 ind;
missing word between Whose face in l. 7]
Cor6 WN1.6 p.3 HE %XResurrection%T
Moyst with one drop of thy bloud my dry Soule,
[6 in LM opp l. 1; ll. 3 6 7 10 11 13 14 ind; HE
%XAssention%T. follows; lower right corner torn; top
of A in CW is visible]
Cor7 WN1.7 p.4 HE %XAssention%T.
Salute the last and everlastinge daie
[7 in LM opp l. 1; ll. 3 6 7 10 13 14 ind; bot half
of page blank except for SS: Finis|]
HSDue WN1.8 p.5 HE 1
As due by manie titels I resigne
[HE in LM opp l. 1; ll. 2 3 6 7 10 11 13 14 ind]
HSBlack WN1.9 p.5 HE 2
O my blacke Soule now thou art summoned
[HE in LM opp l. 1; ll. 2 3 6 7 10 12 ind]
HSScene WN1.10 p.6 HE 3
This is my plaies last Scene here Heauens apointe
[HE in LM opp l. 1; ll. 2 3 6 7 10 12 ind]
HSRound WN1.11 p.6 HE 4
At ye round earths imagined corners blowe
[HE in LM opp l. 1; ll. 2 3 6 7 10 12 ind]
HSMin WN1.12 p.7 HE 5
If poisonus Mineralls, And if that tree
[HE in LM opp l. 1; even lines ind]
HSDeath WN1.13 p.7 HE 6
Death bee not proud, though som%Te haue cald thee
[HE in LM opp l. 1; even lines ind; lower right
corner torn; the y in dy l. 14 is partially
missing due to damage]
HSSpit WN1.14 p.8 HE 7
Spitt in my face yee Iewes and peirce my side
[HE in LM opp l. 1; even lines ind]
HSWhy WN1.15 p.8 HE 8
Why are wee by all creatures waited on?
[HE in LM opp l. 1; even lines ind]
Sal WN1.16 pp.9-11 HE %XTo the Countesse of S.
Faire, Great, and Good, since seeing yow wee see
[even lines ind]
Carey WN1.17 pp.12-15 HE %XTo the La: C. of C. / %Xfrom France
Madam / Here where by all, all Saincts Adored are
[no ind; written in tercets; stanzas separated by
blank line; bottom 3/4 of p.15 blank]
Sappho WN1.18 pp.16-18 HE %XSapho to Philae%Lnis
Where is that holy fire which verse is said
[even lines ind]
Image WN1.19 pp.18-19 HE %XElegie.
Image of her whome I loue, more then shee,
[even lines ind]
ElAut WN1.20 pp.19-21 HE %XElegie / %XThe Autumnall.
Noe Springe nor Summer beautie, hath such grace
[even lines ind]
ElAnag WN1.21 pp.21-23 HE %XElegie
Marry and loue thy Flauia, for shee [no ind]
ElJeal WN1.22 pp.23-24 HE %XElegie
Fond woman which wouldst haue thy hvsband die [no ind]
ElChange WN1.23 pp.24-25 HE %XElegie.
Although thy hand, and faith, and good works too [no ind]
ElFatal WN1.24 pp.25-27 HE %XElegie
By our first strange and fatall interuiewe, [no ind]
ElNat WN1.25 pp.27-28 HE %XElegie
Natures lay Ideott I taught thee to loue [no ind]
ElPerf WN1.26 pp.28-31 HE %XElegie
Once and but once fownd in thy companie [no ind]
ElPict WN1.27 p.31 HE %XElegie.
Heere take my Picture, though I bid farwell [no ind]
ElBrac WN1.28 pp.32-35 HE %XElegie.
Not that in colour it seemd like thy haire,
[even lines ind]
ElServe WN1.29 pp.35-37 HE %XElegie
O let not mee serue soe as those men serue [no ind]
ElWar WN1.30 pp.37-38 HE %XElegie.
Till I haue peace with thee, warr other men. [no ind]
Storm WN1.31 pp.38-41 HE %XThe Storm sent from %#%#%#in the /
%XIland Voyage To M: C: B:
Thou which art I (tis nothinge to bee soe) [no ind]
Calm WN1.32 pp.41-42 HE %XThe Calme in the / %Xsame Voyage
Our storme is past and that stormes tyrannous rage
[no ind]
Hero WN1.33 p.43 HE %XEpigrams / %XHero and Leander.
Both robd of aire wee both lie in one grownd,
Pyr WN1.34 p.43 HE %XPiramis And Thisbe.
Two by themselues, each other, loue, and feare
Niobe WN1.35 p.43 HE %XNiobe.
By childrens birth, and death, I am become
Ship WN1.36 p.43 HE %XA Burnt Ship
Out of a fired Ship, which by noe waie [no ind]
Wall WN1.37 p.43 HE %XFall of a Wall
Vnder an vndermind, and shott bruisd wall [no ind]
Beggar WN1.38 p.43 HE %XA Lame Begger.|
I am vnable, yonder begger cryes
SelfAc WN1.39 p.43 HE %XA selfe Accuser.|
Your Mistrisse that yow follow whores still taxeth yow
Licent WN1.40 p.44 HE %XA Licentious Person.
Thy sinns, and haires may no man equall call
Antiq WN1.41 p.44 HE %XAntiquarye
If in his studdie hee haue soe much care
Disinher WN1.42 p.44 HE %XDisinherited
Thy father all from thee by his last will
Merc WN1.43 p.44 HE %XMercurius. Gallo-Belgicus
Like Esops fellowe=slaues O Mercury, [no ind]
Phrine WN1.44 p.44 HE %XPhrine
Thy flattering picture Phrine, is like thee
Philo WN1.45 p.44 HE %XAn Obscure Writer
Philo with twelue yeares studie hath been griued
Klock WN1.46 p.44 HE Omitted
Klockius. so deeply hath sworne, nere more to come
Martial WN1.47 p.45 HE %XRaderus.
Why this Man gelded Martiall I mvse [no ind]
Ralph WN1.48 p.45 HE Omitted
Compassion in the world againe is bred,
Noct WN1.49 pp.45-46 HE %XA Nocturnall Vppon St Lucies /
%Xday beinge the shortest daye.
Tis the yeares midnight, and it is the daies;
[ll. 3-5 each 9-line stanza ind; 3 & 4 short, 5
long; stanzas 2 & 3 and 4 & 5 not separated]
Dissol WN1.50 p.47 HE %XThe Dissolution%T.|
Shees dead: and all which die
[unpatterned ind]
Ecst WN1.51 pp.47-50 HE %XThe Extasie.|
Where like a pillowe on a bed
[even lines ind; written in quatrains]
Under WN1.52 pp.51-52 HE %XPlatonique Loue
I haue done one brauer thinge
[even lines ind; written in quatrains]
LovDeity WN1.53 pp.52-53 HE %XLoues Deitie.
I longe to talke with some old Louers Gost
[even lines ind; wr. in 7-line stanzas]
LovDiet WN1.54 pp.53-54 HE %XThe Diet.
To what a cumbersome vnwildines,
[ll. 3 4 each stz ind; wr. in 6-line stanzas]
Will WN1.55 pp.54-56 HE %XThe Will:
Before I sigh my last gaspe, lett mee breath
[ll. 6-8 each stz ind; 6 7 short, 8 long; wr. in 9-
line stanzas]
Fun WN1.56 pp.56-57 HE %XThe Funerall
Who ever comes to shrowde mee, doe not harme
[ll. 2 5 7 each stz ind; wr. in 8-line stanzas]
Appar WN1.57 p.57 HE %XThe Apparition.
When by thy scorne O murdresse I am dead,
[ll. 2 9 13 ind]
Witch WN1.58 p.58 HE %XWitchcraft by a Picture
I fix myne eye on thine, and there
[ll. 2 4 5 long indent & 6 short ind st. 1; even
lines short ind & l. 5 long ind st. 2]
Broken WN1.59 pp.58-59 HE %XThe Broken Harte.
Hee is stark mad who euer saies
[no ind; 8-line stanzas]
Lect WN1.60 p.60 HE %XLecture vppon Shadowe.|
Stand still and I will reade to thee
[ll. 3 5 7 9 11 13 st. 1 ind; 5 7 9 11 st. 2 ind]
Break WN1.61 p.61 HE %XBreake of Daie
Tis true tis day, what though it bee?
[no ind; 6-line stanzas]
GoodM WN1.62 p.62 HE %XThe Good Morrowe.
I wonder by my troth, what thou and I,
[no ind; 7-line stanzas]
Jet WN1.63 p.63 HE %XA Ieat Ringe.
Thou art not soe blacke as my hart,
[l. 3 in stz. 1 & 3 hanging ind 4sp; l. 3 stz. 2
ind; wr. in quatrains]
Triple WN1.64 pp. 63-64 HE %XThe Triple Foole.|
I am two fooles I knowe
[ll. 3 5 8 12 14 16 19 ind]
LovInf WN1.65 pp. 64-65 HE %XA Louers Infinitenes.|
If yet I haue not all thy loue,
[l. 11 each stz ind; wr. in 11-line stanzas]
LovExch WN1.66 pp.66-67 HE %XLoues Exchange.
Loue any Deuill els but yow,
[no ind; wr. in 7-line stanzas]
LovUsury WN1.67 pp.67-68 HE %XLoues Vsurye.
For every howre that thou wilt spare mee now
[ll. 2 & 8 each stz. ind; wr. in 8-line stanzas]
SunRis WN1.68 pp. 68-69 HE %XSun=Risinge.
Busie old foole, vnruly sun,
[wr. in 10-line stanzas; st. 1 ll. 2 5 6 ind; st. 2
ll. 1 2 5-8 ind; st. 3 ll. 2 5 6 long ind, l. 1 short ind]
WomCon WN1.69 p.70 HE %XWomans Constancie
Now thou hast loud mee one whole daye,
[ll. 4 11 long ind; ll. 15 16 short ind]
Fever WN1.70 pp.70-71 HE %XFeuer.|
Oh doe not dye, for I shall hate
[even lines ind; wr. in quatrains]
Ind WN1.71 p.72 HE %XThe Indifferent
I can loue both faire and browne;
[no ind; wr. in 9-line stanzas]
ValName WN1.72 pp.73-75 HE %XValediction of my Name / %Xin the Windowe.|
My name engraud herein
[ll. 1 3 4 6 each st. ind; 6-line stanzas; bottom
fourth of p.75 blank except for SS: Finis.| and CW: when]
Leg WN1.73 p.76 HE %XThe Legacie
When I died last, And deare, I die
[no ind; st. 1 6-lines; st. 2 10-lines; st. 3 8-lines]
Curse WN1.74 pp.77-78 HE %XThe Curse.
Who euer guesses, thinks, or dreames hee knowes
[ll. 3 4 each st. ind; 8-line stanzas]
Air WN1.75 pp.78-79 HE %XAire and Angells.
Twice or thrice had I loued thee,
[ll. 1 5 7 9 11 12 19 23 25 short ind, 26 long ind]
LovGrow WN1.76 pp.79-80 HE %XLoues Growth.
I scarce beleeue my loue to bee soe pure
[ll. 2 3 14 16 short ind, 15 long ind]
Canon WN1.77 pp.80-82 HE %XThe Canonization.
For Gods sake hold your tounge, and let mee loue
[ll. 2 4-6 8 9 ind each st.; 9-line stanzas]
LovAlch WN1.78 pp.82-83 HE %XLoues Alchimis
Some that haue deeper digd loues myne then I
[ll. 3 6 9 ind st. 1; ll. 3 6 8 9 11 12 ind st.
2; 12-line stanzas]
Twick WN1.79 pp.83-84 HE %XTwicknam Garden.
Blasted with sighes, and sorrounded with teares
[ll. 2 3 5 7 9 11 12 14 16 19-21 23 26 27 ind]
Dream WN1.80 pp.84-85 HE %XThe Dreame
Deare loue for nothing lesse then thee
[l. 3 each st. ind; 10-line stanzas]
Flea WN1.81 pp.85-86 HE %XThe Flea.
Marke but this Flea, and marke in this
[ll. 1 3 5 7 each st. end; 9-line stanzas]
Expir WN1.82 pp.86-87 HE %XThe Expiration.
So so breake of this last lamentinge kisse
[even lines ind]
Compu WN1.83 p.87 HE %XThe Computation
For the first twentie yeeres, since yesterdaie
[l. 7 omitted; ll. 2 4 6 8 ind]
Prohib WN1.84 pp.87-88 HE %XThe Prohibition
Take heed of lovinge mee;
[l. 1 each stanza ind; 8-line stanzas]
Anniv WN1.85 pp.88-89 HE %XThe Anniversary.
All kings, and all their fauorites
[ll. 1 2 7 each st. ind; 10-line stanzas]
Prim WN1.86 pp.89-90 HE %XThe Primerose.
Vppon this Primerose hill
[ll. 1 2 6 7 each st. ind; 10-line stanzas]
Blos WN1.87 pp.90-92 HE %XThe Blossom%Te.|
Littell thinkst thou, poore flowre;
[ll. 1 2 6 each st. ind; 8-line stanzas]
Damp WN1.88 pp.92-93 HE %XThe Dampe
When I am dead, and Doctours know not why,
[ll. 2 5 6 each st. ind; 8-line stanzas]
Relic WN1.89 pp.93-94 HE %XThe Relique
When my Graue is broke vp
[ll. 1-4 each st. short ind, ll. 5 7 long ind;
11-line stanzas]
NegLov WN1.90 pp.94-95 HE %XNegatiue Loue.
I neuer stoopd soe lowe as they,
[ll. 3 4 6 ind; 9-line stanzas]
ValWeep WN1.91 pp.95-96 HE %XValediction of Weepinge
Lett mee powre forth
[ll. 1 5 6 each st. ind; 9-line stanzas]
ValBook WN1.92 pp.96-98 HE %XA Valediction of / %Xthe Booke
Ile tell thee now, deare loue, what thou shalt doe
[ll. 5 6 each st long ind; ll. 7 each st. mid ind;
l. 8 each st. short ind; 9-line stanzas]
ValMourn WN1.93 pp.98-99 HE %XValediction forbidding / %XMourninge
As vertuous men pass mildly awaie
[even lines ind; wr. in quatrains]
Mess WN1.94 p.100 HE %XSongs which were made to certaine /
%XAires that were made before
Send home my long strayd eies to mee,
[ll. 4-7 each st. ind; 8-line stanzas]
Bait WN1.95 p.101 HE Omitted
Come liue with mee, and bee my loue
[no ind; wr. in quatrains]
Commun WN1.96 p.102 HE Omitted
Good wee mvst loue, and mvst hate ill
[l. 4 ind st. 1; ll. 3 6 ind st. 2-4]
ConfL WN1.97 p.103 HE Omitted
Some man vnworthy to bee possessour
[no ind; 7-line stanzas]
SSweet WN1.98 pp.103-04 HE Omitted
Sweetest loue I doe not goe, for weariness of thee,
[no ind; 5-line stanzas]
SGo WN1.99 pp.104-05 HE Omitted
Goe and catch a falling starre,
[ll. 4 7 8 st. 1 ind; ll. 2 4 7 8 st. 2 & 3 ind; 9-
line stanzas; bottom third of p.105 blank except for
SS: %XThe eand of the / %XSonges.]
EpLin WN1.100 pp.106-08 HE %XEpithalamie made at Lincolns Inne.
The Sun=beames, in the East are spred,
[ll. 4 5 8 sts. 1 & 2 ind; l. 9 sts. 3 & 4 ind;
missing lines 73-96; pages 109-24 missing
Mark WN1.101 p.125 HE Omitted
So mvch did zeale her conscience ratifie
[ll. 1-44 missing; even lines ind
BoulRec WN1.102 pp.125-28 HE %XElegie Mis Bolstrod.
Death I recant, and say vnsaid by mee [even lines ind
Henry WN1.103 pp.128-30 HE %XElegie Prince Henry
Looke to mee fayth; and looke to my fayth God;
[no ind; missing ll. 88-98; pages 131-34 missing
Har WN1.104 pp.135-39 HE Omitted
In the most large extent, through every path,
[no ind; HE and ll. 1-108 missing
GoodF WN1.105 pp. 140-41 HE %XGood Fryday / %XMade as I was riding
Westward that daie.
Lett Mans Soule bee a Sphere, and then in this [no ind
Annun WN1.106 pp.141-43 HE %XVpon the Annuntiation when Good / Frydaie
fell vppn the same daie.
Tamely fraile bodie abstaine to daie; to daie [no ind
Cross WN1.107 pp.143-45 HE %XOf the Crosse
Since Christ embracd the Crosse itt selfe, dare I [no ind
Res WN1.108 pp.145-46 HE %XResurrection. Imperfect.
Sleep sleep old Svnne, thou canst not haue repast
[no ind; SS: Desunt Cae%Ltera in box
TWHail WN1.109 pp.146-47 HE %XLetters To. M: I: W:
All haile Sweete Poett, more full of more strong fire
[ll. 2 3 7 8 each st. ind; 8-line stanzas
TWHarsh WN1.110 pp.147-48 HE %XTo M: F: W:
Haste thee harsh verse, as fast as thy lame measure
[even lines ind
TWPreg WN1.111 pp.148 HE %XTo M: F: W:
Pregnant againe with the old twyns Hope and Feare
[ll. 2 3 each st ind; st. 4 & 8 5-lines, ll. 4 5
long ind; other stanzas triplets
TWHence WN1.112 p.148-49 HE [om]
Att once from hence my lynes, and I depart,
[TWHence run together with previous poem as
though they were one.]
CB WN1.113 p.149 HE %XTo: M: C: B:
Thy friend, whome thy desartes to thee enchaine
[ll. 2 3 6 7 10 11 13 14 ind
SB WN1.114 p.150 HE %XTo: M: S: B:
O thou which to search out the secrett partes
[ll. 2 3 6 7 10 11 13 14 ind
BB WN1.115 pp.150-51 HE %XTo: M: B: B:
Is not thy sacred hvnger of science
[ll. 2 3 6 7 10 11 13 14 16 17 20 21 24 25 27 28 ind
RWThird WN1.116 pp.151-53 HE %XTo: M: R: W:
Like one who in her widdowhood doth professe
[ll. 2 3 each st ind; triplets
RWSlumb WN1.117 pp.153-54 HE %XTo M:r R: W:
If as myne is, thy life a slumber bee,
[even lines ind
ILRoll WN1.118 p.154 HE %XTo: Mr: I: L:
Of that short roule of freinds writt in my hart
[even lines ind
ILBlest WN1.119 pp.154-55 HE %XTo Mr: I: P:
Blest are your North partes. for all this longe time
[even lines ind
ED WN1.120 pp.155-56 HE %XTo. the-E. of. D. with / %Xsix holy
Sonnetts.
See S.r how as the Suns hott Masculine flame
[ll. 2 3 6 7 10 12 ind
HWNews WN1.121 pp.156-57 HE %XTo: M.r: H: W:
Here is no more newes then vertue: I may as well
[ll. 2 3 each st. ind; triplets
HWKiss WN1.122 pp.157-59 HE %XTo Sr H W many yeares since.
S.r More then kisses letters mingle Soules; [no ind
HWVenice WN1.123 pp.159-61 HE %XTo Sr H W at his goeinge /
%XAmbassadour to Venice
After those reuerend Papers, whose Soule is
[even lines ind; quatrains
HG WN1.124 pp.161-63 HE %XTo: S:r: H: G: moving him to trauaile.|
Who makes the past, A patterne for next yeare,
[even lines ind; quatrains
EdHerb WN1.125 pp.163-65 HE %XTo: Sr: : E: H:
Man is a lump, where all Beasts kneaded bee
[even lines ind
MHPaper WN1.126 pp.165-67 HE %XTo: M: M: H:
Mad paper staie; And grudge not here to burne
[even lines ind; quatrains
BedfReas WN1.127 pp.167-68 HE %XTo the Countesse of B. / %XMadam,
Reason is our Soules left hand, Fayth her right,
[no ind; quatrains
BedfHon WN1.128 pp.169-71 HE %XTo the Countesse of B.
Honor is so sublime perfection,
[no ind; triplets
BedfRef WN1.129 pp.171-73 HE %XTo the Countesse of B. / %XMadam
Yow haue refind mee; and to worthiest thinges
[ll. 2 4 each st ind; 6-line stanzas; st's sep.by
short horizontal line in LM
BedfWrit WN1.130 pp.174-76 HE %XTo the Countesse of B
To haue written then, when yow writt, seemd to mee
[even lines ind; page 177 misnumbered 178
BedfTwi WN1.131 pp.178-80 HE %XTo the Countesse of B: / %Xatt
New=Yearestide.|
This twylight of two yeares; not past, nor next
[ll. 2 4 5 each st ind; 5-line stanzas
BedfDead WN1.132 pp.180-81 HE %XTo the Countesse of B. begun in /
%XFrance; but neuer perfected.
Though I bee dead and buried, yett I haue
[even lines ind; SS: Desunt Cae%Ltera
HuntMan WN1.133 pp.181-84 HE %XTo the: C: of H: / %XMadam
Man to Gods Image Eue to mans was made,
[even lines ind; quatrains]
Lam WN1.134 pp.184-99 HE %XThe Lamentation of Ieremy for /
%Xthe most part according to Tremelius.|
How sitts this citie, late most populous,
[even lines ind; quatrains; verse numbers for each
quatrain in LM]
Lit WN1.135 pp.200-02, 103-09 HE %XA Letamie / %XThe Father.
Father of Heauen, and him, by whom
[ll. 1 3 5 each st short ind; l. 6 each st long ind;
9-line stanzas]
WN1.136 pp.109-15 HE Vearses made of ye / Lord Chancellor
Viscount Saynt Albanes
When yow awake Dull Britaines, and behowld
[various couplets ind]
WN1.137 pp.116-17 HE %XVerses made by Sr Iohn Luson /
%Xof the Lady: M: Cooke.
Nature and heaven, did in thy birth aspire
[ll. 9-12 both stz's short ind; ll. 13 14 long ind]
WN1.138 pp.117-18 HE Omitted
Cruell beauty that engagest
[quatrains; l. 4 each st ind]
WN1.139 pp.118-[19] HE Omitted
I sought in court where Cupids starrs appeere
[3 quatrains plus a final indented couplet]
WN1.140 pp.[119-20] HE %XTo my good Angell Assistant.|
Wounded all ore wthin, with out; I came
[no ind; 6-line stanzas; bottom 3/4 of p.220 blank]