Ashley MS 2381

'Targum'.

1. 'Ode to God'; circa 1865. Fair copy, written on one side only of a quarto leaf of white laid paper, conjoined with another, blank, leaf. No watermark. Untitled. The text found in the fair copy differs by three lines and one word from that printed in the first edition, and has one extra line. f. 1.

2. 'Prayer, From the Arabic.'; circa 1865. Fair copy, written on the recto of a quarto leaf of white laid paper, on the verso of which is art. 3. Watermark part of the figure of Britannia. The MS. is entitled 'Prayer. / From the Arabic.' in Borrow's hand. The text found in the fair copy differs by four words from that printed in the first edition. f. 2a.

3. 'Death. From the Arabic.'; circa 1865. Fair copy, written on the verso of a quarto leaf of white laid paper, on the recto of which is art. 2. Watermark part of the figure of Britannia. The MS. is entitled 'Death. / From the Arabic.' in Borrow's hand. The text found in the fair copy differs by two lines and three words from that printed in the first edition. f. 2b.

4. 'On a Fountain'.

a. Fair copy, written on the recto of a quarto leaf of grey laid paper, on the verso of which is art. 27; circa 1850. No watermark. The MS. is entitled 'The Fountain / From the Arabic.' in Borrow's hand. The text found in this fair copy differs by one line from that printed in the first edition. f. 3a.

b. Fair copy (circa 1865), written on the recto of a quarto leaf of white laid paper, on the same side of which is art. 5, and on the verso of which are the lines:

Yet whate'er thou shalt do, or thy lips shall express,

On wisdom establish'd, shall last evermore.

Watermark figure of Britannia. The MS. is entitled 'Stanzas / From the Arabic. / On a Fountain.' in Borrow's hand ('On a Fountain.' has been added later). The text found in this fair copy is identical with that printed in the first edition. f. 4a.

5. 'The Pursued'; circa 1865. Fair copy, written on the recto of a quarto leaf of white laid paper, on the same side of which is art. 4b. Watermark figure of Britannia. The MS. is entitled 'The Pursued' in Borrow's hand. The text found in the fair copy is identical with that printed in the first edition. f. 4a.

6. 'Odes. From the Persian. 3'; circa 1850. Fair copy, with one revision, written on one side only of a quarto leaf of blue laid paper, conjoined with a blank leaf. No watermark. The MS. is entitled 'Hafiz's Drinking Song' by Borrow in pencil. The text found in the fair copy differs by two lines and one word from that printed in the first edition. f. 5a.

7. 'Stanzas. From the Turkish of Fezouli.'; circa 1850. Fair copy, with one revision, written on one side only of a quarto leaf of grey laid paper. Watermark figure of Britannia. The MS. is entitled 'Stanzas / From [Fezouli] Fazli' in Borrow's hand. The text found in the fair copy differs by one word from that printed in the first edition. f. 6a.

8. 'O Lord! I nothing crave but Thee. From the Tartar.'.

a. Fair copy (circa 1865), with revisions, written on both sides of one quarto leaf of white laid paper and on one side only of another. The leaves are conjoined. Watermark figure of Britannia. The MS. is entitled 'O Lord! I nothing crave but Thee. / From the Tartar.' in Borrow's hand. The text found in the fair copy differs by one line and two words from that printed in the first edition. ff. 7-8.

b. Fair copy (circa 1865) of stanzas 9 and 10 of the poem, written on one side only of a quarto leaf of white laid paper (f. 9). No watermark. The text found in the fair copy differs by three words from that printed in the first edition. f. 9.

In both MSS. there is a footnote translating 'Tadji Ahmed' as 'Crown of patience'.

9. 'Mystical Poem. Relating to the worship of the great Foutsa or Buddh. From the Tibetian.'; circa 1865. Fair copy of ll. 65-82, written on one side only of a quarto leaf of white laid paper, conjoined with a blank leaf. Watermark 'Cowan'. The MS. is entitled 'Mystical Poem / 13' in pencil and another hand. At the foot of the page is the autograph footnote 'The Sacred Codex of the Buddhists which contains the canons of their religion'. The text found in the fair copy differs by one word from that printed in the first edition. f. 10.

10. 'The Mountain-Chase. From the Mandchou or Chinese Tartar.'; circa 1850. Fair copy, written on both sides of two quarto leaves of grey laid paper. Watermark figure of Britannia. The MS. is entitled 'The Mountain Chase / From the Mandchou or Chinese Tartar. / (An extract from the "Description of Moukden" by / the Emperor Kian Loung.)' in Borrow's hand. The text found in the fair copy differs by two lines and two words from that printed in the first edition.

ff. 11-12b.

11. 'Song. From the Russian of Pushkin.'; circa 1835. Fair copy, written in pencil on both sides of an octavo leaf of cream wove paper. No watermark. The MS. is entitled 'Gypsy Song / From the Russian of Puschkin' in Borrow's hand. The text found in the fair copy differs by six words from that printed in the first edition. ff. 13, 13b.

12. 'The Three Sons of Budrys. A Lithuanian Ballad. From the Polish of Mickiewicz.'; circa 1850. Fair copy, with revisions, of stanzas 1-7, written on both sides of a quarto leaf of grey laid paper. Watermark figure of Britannia. The MS. is entitled 'The Three Sons of Budrys. / A Lithuanian Ballad. / From Mickiwicz.' in Borrow's hand. The final text found in the fair copy differs by eight lines and one word from that printed in the first edition. ff. 14, 14b.

13. 'The Lay of Biarke. From the Ancient Norse.'; circa 1830. Fair copy, with revisions, written on one side only of a quarto leaf of grey laid paper. Watermark figure of Britannia. The MS. is entitled 'The Biarkemal.' in Borrow's hand. The final text found in the fair copy differs by sixteen lines and five words from that printed in the first edition. f. 15.

14. 'The Hail-Storm. From the Ancient Norse'; after 1856. Fair copy, written on both sides of one quarto leaf of blue laid paper and on one side only of another. The leaves are conjoined. Watermark 'A Greer & Co / 1856'. The MS. is entitled 'Hail Storm' in pencil and another hand. The text found in the fair copy differs by fourteen lines and one word from that printed in the first edition. For another MS. of this poem see 2376, art. 17. ff. 16-17.

15. 'The Delights of Finn Mac Coul. From the Ancient Irish'; after 1827. Fair copy, written on the recto of a quarto leaf of white laid paper, the verso of which is occupied by artt. 28, 29, and 30. Watermark '1827'. The MS. is entitled 'The Delights of Finn Mac Cuol. / From the Irish. / Mian mhic Cumhall fa malh gnaoi.' in Borrow's hand. The text found in the fair copy differs by six lines and twelve words from that printed in the first edition. f. 18a.

16. 'Carolan's Lament. From the Irish.'

a. Fair copy, with revisions in pencil, of stanzas 1-3, written on the recto of a quarto leaf of grey laid paper the verso of which is occupied by art. 32. Watermark '1846'. The MS. is entitled 'Carolan's Lament.' in Borrow's hand. The final text found in this fair copy differs by five lines from that printed in the first edition. f. 20a.

b. Fair copy, with revisions, written on the recto of a quarto leaf of grey laid paper, the same side of which is also occupied by art. 33 and the verso of which by art. 17. Watermark '1827'. The MS. is entitled 'Elegy / From the Irish of Carolan.' in Borrow's hand. The final text found in this fair copy differs by six lines and seven words from that printed in the first edition. f. 21a.

17. 'The Dying Bard. From the Gaelic.'.

a. Fair copy, with revisions, written on one side only of two quarto leaves of white laid paper. Watermark '1827' and figure of Britannia. The recto of the first leaf is occupied by artt. 16 and 33. The MS. is entitled 'The Wish of the Bard / From the Gaelic' in Borrow's hand. Below the title is the autograph note 'See Smith's Sean Dana p. 246-7'. The final text found in this fair copy differs by twelve lines and seventeen words from that printed in the first edition. In the MS. stanzas 1-7 are in the order 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 4, 7. ff. 21b, 22.

b. Fair copy, with revisions in ink and pencil, written on both sides of one quarto leaf of grey laid paper, and on one side only of another; circa 1848. Watermark 'J. Wright'. The verso of the second leaf is occupied by art. 34. The MS. is entitled 'The Dying Bard' in Borrow's hand. The final text found in this fair copy differs by three lines and three words from that printed in the first edition. ff. 24-25.

18. 'To Icolmcill. From the Gaelic of Mac-Intyre'; circa 1830. Fair copy, with revisions, written on both sides of a quarto leaf of white laid paper. Watermark 'R Barnard'. The MS. is entitled 'Ode to Icolmcill / From the Gaelic of Mac Intyre' in Borrow's hand. The final text found in the fair copy differs by nine lines and seven words from that printed in the first edition. ff. 23, 23b.

19. 'The History of Taliesin. From the Ancient British'; after 1846. Fair copy, written on both sides of two quarto leaves of grey laid paper. Watermark '1846'. The MS. is entitled 'The History of Taliesin' in Borrow's hand. Between the title and the text is a gap presumably intended to be filled by the introduction. The text found in the fair copy differs by four lines from that printed in the first edition. The MS. has an extra stanza between stanzas 1 and 2, and supplies the words represented by dots in the printed version. ff. 26-27b.

20. 'Epigram. On a Miser who had built a stately Mansion. From the Cambrian British'; circa 1848. Fair copy, written on one side only of a quarto leaf of grey laid paper. Watermark 'J. Wright'. The MS. is entitled 'Epigram / On a Miser who had built a stately Mansion / From Sion Tudor' in Borrow's hand. The text found in the fair copy differs by two words from that printed in the first edition. f. 28.

21. 'The Invitation. By Goronwy Owen. From the Cambrian British'; circa 1848. Fair copy, with pencil revisions, written on both sides of two quarto leaves of grey laid paper. Watermark 'J. Wright' and figure of Britannia. The MS. is entitled 'The Invitation / By Goronwy Owen. / From the Welsh' in Borrow's hand. Below the title is the autograph note '(Sent from Northolt, in the year 1745, to William Parry Deputy Comptroller of the Mint.)'. The final text found in the fair copy differs by thirteen lines and sixteen words from that printed in the first edition. ff. 29-30b.

22. 'The Sorceries of Canidia. From Horace'. Two fair copies, as follows:―

a. Fair copy, with many revisions, of ll. 25-end, written on both sides of two quarto leaves of grey laid paper; after 1846. Watermark '1846' and part of the figure of Britannia. The MS. is entitled 'The Sorceries of Canidia' in pencil and another hand. The pages of the MS. are numbered 3-6 in Borrow's hand. The final text found in the fair copy differs by twenty four lines and eleven words from that printed in the first edition. The revisions are largely away from the printed text. ff. 31-32b.

b. Fair copy, with revisions, written on both sides of two quarto leaves of white laid paper; circa 1830. Watermark 'J Rump'. The verso of the second leaf (f. 34) is also occupied by art. 35. The MS. is entitled 'The Sorceries of Canidia. / From Horace' in Borrow's hand. The introduction is found in the MS., but differs from the printed version. The final text found in this fair copy differs by twenty seven lines and twenty one words from that printed in the first edition. The sense of the last four lines in the printed version is rendered by two only in this fair copy. ff. 33-34b.

23. 'My Eighteenth Year. From the French'; circa 1848. Fair copy, written on both sides of a quarto leaf of grey laid paper. Watermark part of figure of Britannia. The MS. is entitled 'My Eighteenth Year' in Borrow's hand. The text found in the fair copy differs by one word only from that printed in the first edition. ff. 35, 35b.

24. 'Song. From the Romany or Gypsy Language'; circa 1848. Fair copy, with three deletions, written on both sides of a part quarto leaf of grey laid paper. Watermark part of the figure of Britannia. The MS. is entitled 'Song' in Borrow's hand. The final text found in the fair copy is identical with that printed in the first edition, except that at the end of each stanza is the refrain 'Ley tiro sollohollomus pa lesti!'. ff. 36, 36b.

In addition the MS. contains the following extraneous material:―

25. Letter from Edmund Gosse to T. J. Wise, concerning the meaning of the word 'Targum', and the MS. of Borrow's translation of Oehlenschläger's 'Guldhornene'; 3 Dec. [1913?]. ff. ii-iiib.

26. Note, in pencil, signed 'H. W' [H. G. Wright?], on the MS. of Borrow's translation 'Ode By Erinna The Lesbian in Praise of Rome' (now art. 36); n.d. f. iv.

27. 'The Warrior / From the Arabic'; circa 1850. Fair copy of a translation, thus entitled in Borrow's hand, written on the verso of a quarto leaf of grey laid paper, the recto of which is occupied by art. 4. No watermark. The translation is printed, with the exception of the footnote, in The Works of George Borrow, vol. ix, 1923, p. 172. f. 3b.

28. 'But when day's King his ruddy visage shews'; after 1827. Fair copy of four lines, beginning thus, written on the verso of a quarto leaf of white laid paper, the recto of which is occupied by art. 15, and the same side also by artt. 29 and 30. Watermark '1827'. The four lines have the rhyme scheme AA BB. f. 18b.

29. 'Epigram From the Spanish', two lines beginning 'By quills the eagle'; after 1827. Fair copy, written on the verso of a quarto leaf of white laid paper, the recto of which is occupied by art. 15, and the same side by artt. 28 and 30. Watermark '1827'. f. 18b.

30. 'Desiderabilia Vitae'; after 1827. Fair copy, with one revised line, entitled thus in Borrow's hand, written on the verso of a quarto leaf of white laid paper, the recto of which is occupied by art. 15, and the same side also by artt. 28 and 29. Watermark '1827'. The lines are printed in a slightly different version in Lavengro, I, p. 306. f. 18b.

31. Three gaelic legends; circa 1860. Autograph fair copy, written on both sides of an octavo leaf of white laid paper. No watermark. The legends are entitled by Borrow 'Death of Finn Mac Coyle', 'The Bean ny Vara, or Mermaid' and 'Taroo Ny Visge'. ff. 19, 19b.

32. 'The Devil so harsh and austere'; after 1846. Fair copy, deleted, of four stanzas beginning thus, written on the verso of a quarto leaf of grey laid paper the recto of which is occupied by art. 16a. Watermark '1846'. f. 20b.

33. 'Carolan's Receipt / From the Irish'; after 1827. Fair copy, with revisions, thus entitled in Borrow's hand, written on the recto of a quarto leaf of grey laid paper, the same side of which is also occupied by art. 16b and the verso of which by art. 17. Watermark '1827'. f. 21a.

34. 'Elegy', beginning 'How restless my slumber tonight'; circa 1848. Fair copy, deleted, with revisions in pencil, written on the verso of a quarto leaf of grey laid paper, the recto of which is occupied by part of art. 17b. Watermark 'J. Wright'. The poem is incomplete. f. 25b.

35. 'Distich From the low Dutch', beginning 'Buy a spouted flask'; circa 1830. Fair copy, written on one side only of a quarto leaf of white laid paper. Watermark 'J Rump'. The remainder of the leaf is occupied by part of art. 22b. Below the title Borrow has noted 'Translated from a small earthen flask in the possession of S Wilkin Esqre of Norwich'. f. 34b.

36. 'Ode By Erinna The Lesbian In Praise of Rome'; circa 1848. Fair copy, with revisions, written on both sides of a quarto leaf of grey laid paper. No watermark. The poem is entitled as above in Borrow's hand. At the head of f. 37a are four lines from 'The Sorceries of Canidia' (see art. 22), while both sides of the leaf contain fragments of a draft letter. ff. 37, 37b.

Quarto and octavo; ff. iv+37.

George Borrow, writer: Poetry ENGLISH: 'Targum', by George Borrow: 1835: Autogr. fair copies of poems printed in.

includes:

• f. iv Herbert Gladstone Wright: George Borrow, writer: 'Ode By Erinna The Lesbian In Praise of Rome', by George Borrow, note by Herbert Gladstone Wright: n.d.
• ff. ii-iiib Sir Edmund William Gosse, writer: Thomas James Wise, book collector: Letters to Thomas James Wise from Sir Edmund William Gosse: [1913?]-1921.
• ff. ii-iiib George Borrow, writer: Sir Edmund William Gosse, writer: Thomas James Wise, book collector: Letter to Thomas James Wise from Sir Edmund William Gosse rel. to George Borrow: [1913?].
• f. 1 George Borrow, writer: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'Ode to God', by George Borrow: circa 1865: Autogr. fair copy.
• f. 2a George Borrow, writer: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'Prayer. From the Arabic', by George Borrow: circa 1865: Autogr. fair copy.
• f. 2b George Borrow, writer: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'Death. From the Arabic', by George Borrow: circa 1865: Autogr. fair copy.
• f. 3a George Borrow, writer: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'On a Fountain', by George Borrow: circa 1850: Autogr. fair copy.
• f. 3b George Borrow, writer: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'The Warrior', by George Borrow: circa 1850: Autogr. fair copy.
• f. 4a George Borrow, writer: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'On a Fountain', by George Borrow: circa 1865: Autogr. fair copy.
• f. 4a George Borrow, writer: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'The Pursued', by George Borrow: circa 1865: Autogr. fair copy.
• f. 4b George Borrow, writer: Poetry ENGLISH: Two lines of verse, beg. 'Yet whate'er thou shalt do', by George Borrow: circa 1865.
• f. 5a George Borrow, writer: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'Odes from the Persian 3, here entitled 'Hafiz's Drinking Song', by George Borrow: circa 1850: Autogr. fair copy.
• f. 6a George Borrow, writer: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'Stanzas. From the Turkish of Fezouli', by George Borrow: circa 1850: Autogr. fair copy.
• ff. 7-8 George Borrow, writer: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'O Lord! I nothing crave but Thee', by George Borrow: circa 1865: Autogr. fair copy.
• f. 9 George Borrow, writer: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'O Lord! I nothing crave but Thee', stanzas 9-10, by George Borrow: circa 1865: Autogr. fair copy.
• f. 10 George Borrow, writer: Poetry ENGLISH: 'Mystical Poem. Relating to the worship of the great Foutsa or Buddha. From the Tibetian' ll. 65-82, by George Borrow: circa 1865: Autogr. fair copy.
• ff. 11-12b George Borrow, writer: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'The Mountain Chase', by George Borrow: circa 1850: Autogr. fair copy.
• ff. 13, 13b George Borrow, writer: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'Song. From the Russian of Pushkin', by George Borrow: circa 1835: Autogr. fair copy.
• ff. 14, 14b George Borrow, writer: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'The Three Sons of Budrys', by George Borrow: circa 1850: Autogr. fair copy.
• f. 15 George Borrow, writer: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'The Lay of Biarke, here entitled 'The Biarkemal', by George Borrow: circa 1830: Autogr. fair copy.
• ff. 16-17 George Borrow, writer: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'The Hail-Storm', by George Borrow: aft. 1856: Autogr. fair copy.
• f. 18a George Borrow, writer: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'The Delights of Finn MacCoul', by George Borrow: aft. 1827: Autogr. fair copy.
• f. 18b George Borrow, writer: Poetry ENGLISH: Lines, 'Desiderabilia Vitae', by George Borrow: aft. 1827: Autogr. fair copy.
• f. 18b George Borrow, writer: Poetry ENGLISH: Lines beg. 'But when day's King his ruddy visage shews' by George Borrow: aft. 1827: Autogr. fair copy.
• f. 18b George Borrow, writer: Poetry ENGLISH: Lines, 'Epigram From the Spanish', beg. 'By quills the eagle', by George Borrow: aft. 1827: Autogr. fair copy.
• ff. 19, 19b George Borrow, writer: Three gaelic legends by George Borrow: circa 1860: Autogr. fair copy.
• f. 20a George Borrow, writer: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'Carolan's Lament', by George Borrow: aft. 1846: Autogr. fair copy.
• f. 20b George Borrow, writer: Poetry ENGLISH: Stanzas, beg. 'The Devil so harsh and austere', by George Borrow: aft. 1846: Autogr. fair copy.
• f. 21 George Borrow, writer: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'Carolans Receipt', by George Borrow: aft. 1827: Autogr. fair copy with revisions.
• f. 21a George Borrow, writer: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'Carolan's Lament', here entitled 'Elegy. From the Irish of Carolan', by George Borrow: aft. 1827: Autogr. fair copy with revisions.
• ff. 21b, 22 George Borrow, writer: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'The Dying Bard', here entitled 'The Wish of the Bard', by George Borrow: aft. 1827: Autogr. fair copy.
• ff. 23, 23b George Borrow, writer: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'To Icolmcill', by George Borrow: circa 1830: Autogr. fair copy.
• ff. 24-25 George Borrow, writer: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'The Dying Bard' by George Borrow: circa 1848: Autogr. fair copy.
• ff. 26-27b George Borrow, writer: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'The History of Taliesin', by George Borrow: aft. 1846: Autogr. fair copy.
• f. 28 George Borrow, writer: Epigrams: 'Epigram. On a Miser who had built a stately Mansion', by George Borrow: circa 1848: Autogr. fair copy.
• ff. 29-30b George Borrow, writer: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'The Invitation By Goronwy Owen', by George Borrow: circa 1848: Autogr. fair copy.
• ff. 31-32b George Borrow, writer: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'The Sorceries of Canidia. From Horace', by George Borrow: aft. 1846: Autogr. fair copy, with revisions.
• ff. 33-34b George Borrow, writer: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'The Sorceries of Canidia. From Horace', by George Borrow: circa 1830: Autogr. fair copy.
• f. 34b George Borrow, writer: 'Distich From the low Dutch', by George Borrow: circa 1830: Autogr. fair copy.
• ff. 35, 35b George Borrow, writer: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'My Eighteenth Year. From the French' by George Borrow: circa 1848: Autogr. fair copy.
• ff. 36, 36b George Borrow, writer: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'Song. From the Romany or Gypsy Language', by George Borrow: circa 1848: Autogr. fair copy.
• f. 37 George Borrow, writer: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'The Sorceries of Canidia. From Horace' by George Borrow: circa 1848: Autogr. draft of four lines.
• ff. 37, 37b George Borrow, writer: Letter to — from George Borrow: circa 1848: Draft. Fragm.
• ff. 37, 37b George Borrow, writer: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, 'Ode By Erinna The Lesbian In Praise of Rome', by George Borrow: circa 1848: Autogr. fair copy, with revisions.