Autograph letter signed : Torquay, to Mr. [Thomas] Powell, 1840 Dec. 9.

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Autograph letter signed : Torquay, to Mr. [Thomas] Powell, 1840 Dec. 9.

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Concerning her contribution to a modernization of Chaucer's poetry, and referring to an "unlucky lucky stanza which has not made itself understood yet (against all poetical justice) has had the honor of being talked about by Mr. Leigh Hunt & Mr. Powell, --the measure intended was simply Cowper's sense of, & delight in, the companionship & sweet sympathies of nature. He _heard_ (by his inward poetic senses), the language of the hills, & _felt_ the influences of the stars. The droppings of the dew came like pulses beating sympathetically with his--pulse for pulse--and the shadow of the trees fell over him with the softness refreshment of sleep--."

1 item (2 p.) ; 11 x 9.1 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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