| Evidence: | 'Just now I opened Spencer, and the first Lines I saw were these.-
"The noble Heart that harbors vertuous thought,
And is with Child of glorious great intent,
Can never rest, until it forth have brought
Th' eternal Brood of Glory excellent -" |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 15 Apr 1817 | ||||||||||
| Country: | England | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Carisbrooke county: Isle of Wight |
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| Reader: | John Keats |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 31 Oct 1795 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Poet |
| Religion: | Unknown |
| 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: | Edmund Spenser |
| Title: | The Faerie Queene |
| Genre: | Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 19117 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | John Keats | |
| Editor: | Robert Gittings | |
| Title: | John Keats Selected Letters | |
| Place of Publication: | New York | |
| Date of Publication: | 2002 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 9 | |
| Additional comments: | Revised by Jon Mee. Quotation taken from a letter written by John Keats to J.H Reynolds. |
| Citation: | John Keats, Robert Gittings (ed.), John Keats Selected Letters (New York, 2002), p. 9, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=19117, accessed: 25 April 2024 | |
| The quotation from "The Faerie Queene" is identified in an editorial note as I.v.i. |
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