M. G. Lewis manuscript material : 3 items, ?1800-1804

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Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory), 1775-1818. M. G. Lewis manuscript material : 3 items, ?1800-1804

M. G. Lewis manuscript material : 3 items, ?1800-1804

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· Holograph poem, "The Felon," signed : [ca. 1800?] : (B'ANA 0641) : 1 p.; begins, "Oh! mark his wan and hollow cheeks! & mark his eye-balls glare! / & mark his teeth in anguish clenched, the anguish of despair!" Nearly a fair copy, save two minor emendations in the second line of the second stanza. Another known mansucript of "The Felon" is dated 1800 (cf. D. L. Macdonald's Monk Lewis, p. 239). · Holograph poem, "The Maid of Ulva," with autograph note, signed : [no date] : (B'ANA 0640) : 1 p.; poem begins, "No form so fair, no heart so tender! / But why to Earth must sorrow bend her?" The note begins, "Is this what you want? But if it is, what an uncommonly stupid set of people ..." · To Elizabeth Lamb, née Milbanke, Viscountess Melbourne, political hostess and agricultural improver : 1 autograph letter signed : 3 Dec 1804 : (B'ANA 0639) : from Howick : begins, "It would not be fair for a person, who received a shilling, to return but sixpence; in the same way it would be absolute cheating in me, were I only to return you letter for letter, since yours are at least worth double of the value of mine."

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