Poems, mostly sonnets, by Mary Cowden Clarke, [19th century].

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Poems, mostly sonnets, by Mary Cowden Clarke, [19th century].

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Ten autograph poems and 1 printed poem. (1) entitled "On receiving a lock of Mrs. Mary Somerville's hair" with the first line "That head - which long among the stars hath dwelt." (2) "Sick-bed reflection" with first line "From angle of the bed whereon I lie." (3a-d) "Four sonnets on Carlsruhe" with first lines "A fitting name is this, of 'Charles's Rest';" "Here, in this peaceful spot, my spirit seems;" "My Charles' Rest! Again I see thee, fair;" and "Dear Enfield, birthplace of my king of men." (4) is untitled, with the first line "To ever-honored Shakespeare I have owed." (5) is untitled, with the first line "Three quarters of a century have I." (6) "Queen Victoria" with the first line "A quarter of a century to mourn." (7) "Sunrise sonnet" with the first line "Dost see with me the sun arise this morn?" (8) is untitled with first line "Delightful Baden-Baden! to thy green." (9-11) "Shakespeare's birth-month" with first line "Bewitching April, with thy sunshine smiles."

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Clarke, Mary Cowden, 1809-1898

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Mary Cowden Clarke was a British author and actress and one of the first significant female Shakespearean editors. Her family were intimates of Keats, Dickens, Fielding, and the Lambs. Working with her husband, Charles Cowden Clarke, and on her own, she compiled an impressive body of work including the major Shakespearean concordance of her day. From the description of Mary Cowden Clarke letters and poem, 1872-1882. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 49848...