1670263236000 1670255449000 Standard Record object-110008952 1747159803733 1670417205000 1747159409017 adlib fitz-online adlib-object-110008952 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110008952 b9eb92de-4bb8-30e2-9874-e3d12fdf458a 2 content description Recto: Verse, beginning: "Ut rubra puro lacta netars rosa, / Serpabat albas purpura pur genas -" Prose, beginning: "I have now adopted Mr. Le Ferris method [...]". Verso: Verse draft, beginning: "Why should my Rosa be drooping in tears , / At a [ ? ] of rapture [ ? ] [...]" First line altered to "Why should the girl of my soul be in tears". Draft fills less than half a page. Published in: The Poetical Works of the Late Thomas Little, Esq. (1801), p. 42; Poetical Works (1840-41), vol. II, p. 17 [under the title 'To Rosa.']. The published versions read 'Oh! Why should the girl of my soul be in tears' (1801) 'Say, why should the girl of my soul be in tears' (1840-41) suggesting that this is an initial draft. Moore/5 1 accession number Moore/5 110008952 priref 110008952 uri https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110008952 https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110008952 reference agent-149638 adlib-agent-149638 7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8 The Fitzwilliam Museum 1792 1792 1792 1792 1801 Dating is conjectural. As some of the transcribed poems were published in The Poetical Works of the Late Thomas Little, Esq. (1801), it is assumed that all materials in the present manuscript predate that collection. The earliest date is given by Moore's first published poem (1792). 1 1801 1801 1801 reference agent-206895 adlib-agent-206895 4f2997f1-9542-30e1-b3fa-cc56ff847a40 Moore, Thomas 1 folio 42 reference publication-400002363 adlib-publication-400002363 dd2a9b83-0590-39de-8e17-7cee800e0259 The Poetical Works of the Late Thomas Little, Esq. (1801) 1. Verse: "Ut rubra puro lacta..." 2. Prose: "I have now adopted Mr. Le Ferris..." 3. To Rosa object OBJECT