Jane's Poetry Book


About the Manuscript Book

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FIRST LINE
NOTES
A Fragment found in a Skeleton Case
pp.1-2
"Behold this ruin! 'Twas a skull" x
Death of a Young Lady
pp.3-4
"Go! Beauty mark yon pallid cheek:" x
Love's Garland
pp.5-6
"How sweet are the flowers that grow by yon fountain," Song
Elegy on visiting a brother's grave
pp.7-8, 10-11
"From life's dull round of unrequiting toil," x
Blue Eye'd Mary
p.9
"Come tell me blue eye'd stranger" Song
I had roam'd in a clime
pp.12-14
"I had roam'd in a clime afar from my own," x
Silent Worship
pp.15-17
"Though glorious, O God! must thy temple have been," x
Humanity's Gem
p.18
"How sweet is the tear of regret," x
New Year's Day
pp.19
"Once more the year is numbered - come, ye gay," By Florio
The Tear of Gratitude
pp.20-21
"There is a gem more pearly bright" Song
Rose of Sharon
pp.22-23
"Go, warrior! pluck the laural bough," x
On the death of Miss Lucy Bull
p.24
"Here's the bower she lov'd so much," Song by Dr. J.S. Clark
The Gaelic War Song
p.25
"The red beacon flashes o'er hill and o'er heath" Song
The Tear
pp.27-28
"How prone the bosom is to sigh!" x
There is a Word
pp.31-2
"There is a word that rends the heart" J Brooks, Poughkeepsie, Feb. 20. 1822
There is a season
p.33
"There is a season of distress" J Brooks, Poughkeepsie, Feb. 20. 1822
The Inward Witness to Christianity
pp.35-36
"Questions and doubts be heard no more;" Sunday, March 17th - Issac Watt, Hymn 4, Part 2 (1674-1748)
The Tear
pp.37-40
"When Friendship or Love" Lord Byron
"I would I were a careless child"
p.41
"I would I were a careless child" Lord Byron
Extracts from The Giaour
pp.41-42
"Yes, Love indeed is light from heaven" Lord Byron
On Parting
pp.43-44
"The kiss, dear maid! thy lip had left" Lord Byron
To Thyrza
pp.44-46
"Without a stone to mark the spot," Lord Byron
Corpse of a Young Lady
pp.47-50
"Without a stone to mark the spot," Florio, New York, April 26th, 1822
The Spell
p.51
"The spell is broke the charm is flown" By Byron
To a lady weeping
p.51
"Weep, daughter of a regal line" Lord Byron
Song, by Helen
p.53
"Ah! what is summers gaudy year" Helen [Livingston] October 20, 1822
Love
p.53
"Yes love indeed is light from heaven" Lord Byron
In its true light
p.54
"In its true light this transient life" x
The Farewell to Lefevre
p.55
"Gentle stranger, fare you well," x
The Welcome to Lefevre
p.56
"Welcome, welcome, weary pilgrim," x
Sabbath Morning
p.59
"Safely through another week," Newton
God is Love
pp.60-62
"I LOVE my feeble voice to raise" HL    78 [Henry Livingston]
Midas
pp.63-64
"The miser Midas to his store" HL    78 [Henry Livingston]
Without Distinction
p.64
"Without distinction, fame, or note" Henry Livingston's handwriting
The Fragility of Beauty
pp.67-68
"I must tune my heart-broken string" Susan Catharine [Livingston]
The Crane & Fox
pp.69-72
"In long gone years a fox and crane" HL    78     to his beloved daughter Jane
Feby 19th 1827 [Henry Livingston]
Scots Wha Hae Wie Wallace Bled
p.73
"In arts and arms Escotia stands" HL    78 [Henry Livingston]
A Fable
pp.74-75
"WHEN time was young the story goes" HL    78    Ap 1827 [Henry Livingston]
Where Art Thou, My Mother?
pp.77-78
"Where art thou my Mother? Thou canst not be found" Anna Taylor
A Birth-Day Thought
p.78
"My birth-day of nature I've often times kept," Revd Legh Richmond
Hours Were Mine
p.81
"Hours there were to memory dearer" November 1830 [Jane married Rev. William Barber Nov 30, 1830]




ABOUT THE MANUSCRIPT BOOK

Jane Paterson Livingston was the daughter of Henry and Jane Paterson. This book was her collection of poetry but, unlike Henry's, it represents collection of poetry rather than original writing. The style of the poems in this book are usually heavily religious and pretty poor poetry. The exception is her father's work, some of which he adds to the book in careful script when he's 78 years old. There are some watercolor illustrations that are, most likely, Jane's, and they are lovely.

Jane married Rev. William Barber Thomas, and the book descended, eventually, through one of her children to William Sturgis Thomas, and then to W. Stephen Thomas, and currently to Stephen Livingston Thomas - all her descendants.



        
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