Details

Subject(s)

• Women poets, English—19th century—Manuscripts [Browse]
• English poetry—19th century [Browse]

Former owner

• Taylor, Robert H., 1908-1985 [Browse]

Rare books genre

• Unbound sheets [Browse]

Contained in

• Robert H. Taylor Collection of English and American Literature, 1280s-1958 (mostly 1800s-1930s)

Compiled/​Created

1837-1839.

Linking notes

Forms part of the Robert Taylor Collection (RTC01).

Summary note

Eleven autograph manuscript poems. Includes "I am the only being whose doom" (AMs, 1839, six quatrains) "A sudden chasm of ghastly light" (AMsS, initialed E.J.B., 1837, 2 leaves) "None of my kindred now can tell" (AMs, 1838, six stanzas) "Start not upon the minster wall" (AMs, undated, 3 quatrains) "Redbreast, early in the morning" (AMs, 1837) "Through the hours of yesternight" (AMsS, undated, 14 lines) "Harp of wild and dream-like strain" (AMs, undated) "The old church tower and garden wall" (AMs, 1837, 10 lines) "Month after month, year after year" (AMs, 1839) "The starry night shall tidings bring" (AMs, 1839, 3 quatrains).

Binding note

Unbound sheets; in green morocco slipcase.

Script

Poems are written in a microscopic hand.

Contents

• A sudden chasm of ghastly light
• None of my kindred now can tell
• Start not upon the minster wall
• Redbreast, early in the morning
• Through the hours of yesternight
• Harp of wild and dream-like strain
• The old church tower and garden wall
• Month after month, year after year
• The starry night shall tidings bring.

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Publications about

Johnson, E.D.H. "Romantic, Victorian, and Edwardian." Princeton University Library chronicle, v. 38, no. 2 and 3 (winter-spring 1977), p. 198-224.

Other format(s)

Also available in an electronic version.

In

Robert H. Taylor collection of English and American literature, 1280s-1950

OCLC

80957665

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