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Sheet of draft poems, undated

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: C.1
Sheet of draft poems
Sheet of draft poems

Dates

  • Creation: undated

Extent

2 pages

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Provenance: Purchase: Myers 386:302, 1956 May 18. Rose Morgan fund.

General

"Page 1: 3 lines beginning: "Seemed, but gently whispering:"; 1 line: "The whole head is sick and the whole heart faint."; 14 lines beginning: "Woe for the young [inserted: "who"] say that life is long"[Reversed , at foot]: "These are early poems (say 1847) by Christina G. Rossetti. The handwriting at back is my mother's."; Page 2: 4 four-line stanzas headed: "A true Story. (continued)", beginning: "Inthis great city now the haunt" and footed: "(To be continued)"; "

Repository Details

Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository

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