| Evidence: | Elizabeth Barrett to Richard Hengist Horne, 10 March 1841:
'I have seen Orpheus, & write just to thank you for the pleasure of the vision [...] You have
gathered power, intensity, freedom of versification -- But in my brain
---- "slow the Argo ploughs her way
LIke a dun dragon spreading moonlit wings",
to suggest certain unsurpassable lines.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jan 1841 and 10 Mar 1841 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Elizabeth Barrett |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Female |
| Date of Birth | 6 Mar 1806 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Writer |
| Religion: | Evangelical |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | England |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Richard Hengist Horne |
| Title: | 'Orpheus' |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: Unknown |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 16716 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | n/a | |
| Editor: | Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson | |
| Title: | The Brownings' Correspondence | |
| Place of Publication: | Winfield | |
| Date of Publication: | 1987 | |
| Vol: | 5 | |
| Page: | 29 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Philip Kelley and Ronald Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence (Winfield, 1987), 5, p. 29, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=16716, accessed: 04 June 2023 | |
| Source eds note that they were unable to trace any published poem by Horne entitled 'Orpheus' and containing these line, suggesting that 'it was, perhaps, sent to EBB in manuscript' (see p.30 n.1). |
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