| Evidence: | [transcribed in what seems to be Lady Caroline's hand]:
'If guardian Powers preside above
Who still extend to virtuous Love
A tutelary care
The Virgins bosom?s earliest dole
The first born Passion of the soul
Must find protection there.
Never can noon's maturer ray
That charm of orient light display,
Which morning suns impart
So can no later passion prove
That glow which gilds the dawn of Love
The day spring of the hearts? |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 3 Jun 1805 and 26 Jan 1828 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England, Ireland, or France | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Lady Caroline Lamb |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 13 Nov 1785 |
| Socio-economic group: | Royalty / aristocracy |
| Occupation: | socialite, novelist, inflential member of Whig political elite |
| Religion: | Christian |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England, Ireland, or France |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | (n?e Ponsonby) |
| Author: | William Robert Spencer |
| Title: | Urania |
| Genre: | Drama |
| Form of Text: | Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 10077 | |
| Source - | Manuscript | |
| Author: | Lady Caroline Lamb (n?e Ponsonby) | |
| Title: | [commonplace book 2] | |
| Location: | John Murray Archive | |
| Call no: | Acc.12604/4106 | |
| Page/folio: | 9r |
| Citation: | Lady Caroline Lamb (n?e Ponsonby), [commonplace book 2] John Murray Archive, p. Acc.12604/4106, p. 9r, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=10077, accessed: 19 April 2024 | |
| Below the transcription are some initials which I was unable to read. They do not seem to be Lady Caroline's, though to me the passage appears to be in her hand. Transcribed by Lindsey Eckert. |
Reading Experience Database version 2.0. Page updated: 27th Apr 2016 3:15pm (GMT)