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Sonnets 16 and 23: facsimile

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    Sonnets 16 and 23: facsimile

    Manuscripts

    A one page facsimile of two sonnets by John Milton; the four corners of the page have been trimmed and appear to have been removed from an album. Sonnet 16 is "To the Lord General Cromwell, May 1562..." and Sonnet 23 "Methought I saw my late espoused saint..." was created around 1658 following the death of Milton's second wife, Katherine Woodcock, who died from childbirth; there is an incorrect note, in pencil, this sonnet referred to Milton's third wife. Both sonnets are autograph and there is a pencil note the sonnets are in the hand of "Milton's daughter" but does not identify the daughter by name.

    mssHM 84106

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    To - with Autumnal Violets: sonnet

    Manuscripts

    The collection consists of 8 manuscript poems and sonnets by Eliza Fall and 45 letters (one is incomplete) from Fall to William Henry Harrison (1795?-1878) concerning her efforts to have a volume of poetry published. Fall's letters discuss her poetry, her nom de plume "Mary Maynard" and her reasons for keeping her identity secret, and John Ruskin (1819-1900) and his work.

    HM 42771

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    Mary Magdalen: sonnet

    Manuscripts

    The collection consists of 8 manuscript poems and sonnets by Eliza Fall and 45 letters (one is incomplete) from Fall to William Henry Harrison (1795?-1878) concerning her efforts to have a volume of poetry published. Fall's letters discuss her poetry, her nom de plume "Mary Maynard" and her reasons for keeping her identity secret, and John Ruskin (1819-1900) and his work.

    HM 42768

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    [Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890 (trans.)]. Camoens: Sonnets, A.MS. (2 p.), ([ca. 1885?])

    Manuscripts

    Note: bound notebook, one page in pencil, completely blank except front inside cover and first page; a number of pages have been cut out.

    RFB 77

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    Anne C. Lynch Botta poems

    Manuscripts

    This collection contains the following: "A modern hero" [a sonnet] inscribed to Cyrus Field; "Ab astris" [poem in 13 lines]; "Accordance" [a sonnet]; "American Civilization" [a paper read before the "Wednesday Afternoon Club" of New York]; "Endurance" [a sonnet]; and "Prometheus" [a sonnet]. Notes of authentication by Julia M. Lynch.

    mssHM 14492-14497

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    William Cullen Bryant letter to Theophilus Parsons

    Manuscripts

    Includes: (p. 1-3): 1. Sonnet ["Mutation"]; 2. Sonnet ["November"]; 3. Song of the Grecian Amazon: [poem in 4 stanzas of 8 lines each]. Note, "To the Printer," by Parsons, p. 1.

    mssHM 2554