Autograph letter signed : Abbotsford [near Melrose], to [the Marchioness of Abercorn], 1813 Jan. 8.

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Autograph letter signed : Abbotsford [near Melrose], to [the Marchioness of Abercorn], 1813 Jan. 8.

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Alluding to his work on Rokeby; responding to her inquiry that he likes Lord Byron's poem (Childe Harold) very much, noting "there is more original strength and force of thinking in it as well as command of language and versification than in almost any modern poem of the same length ... it is really a powerful poem;" further discussing Byron's work and personal life; mentioning a party to be given by the Duke of Buccleuch in honor of Rokeby, and mentioning Lord Hamilton, the Kembles and Lord Downshire; describing one of his landscaping endeavors involving a spring and a "Gothic screen composed of stones which were taken down when the modern church was removed from Melrose Abbey," noting that "you would really think it was 400 years old."

1 item (4 p.) ; 23 cm

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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