| Evidence: | Duncan Wu identifies poem transcribed in Wordsworth Commonplace Book and opening 'Sweet scented flow'r! who'rt wont to bloom / On January's front severe ... ' as Henry Kirke White, "To the herb Rosemary".
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Feb 1804 and 28 Feb 1804 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reading Group: | Wordsworth Family |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Unknown |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Various |
| Religion: | Church of England |
| 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: | Henry Kirke White |
| Title: | To the Herb Rosemary |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Manuscript: UnknownUnknown |
| Publication details: | 1803 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 1869 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Duncan Wu | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | Wordsworth's Reading 1800-1815 | |
| Place of Publication: | Cambridge | |
| Date of Publication: | 1995 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 241 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Duncan Wu, Wordsworth's Reading 1800-1815 (Cambridge, 1995), p. 241, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=1869, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
| Noted in entry 424 (i) of Wu (1995), which conjectures possible date of transcription as c.21 Feb 1804 and suggests Henry Kirke White, Clifton Grove: A Sketch in Verse, with Other Poems (1803) and Southey's review of this in The Annual Review 2 (1803) 552-54 (in which poem reproduced) as possible sources. |
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