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Celia Thaxter manuscript of the poem, "Foreboding"

 Unprocessed Material
Identifier: ViU-2017-0098

Content Description

Autograph manuscript signed, in ink, sixteen-line poem in four-line stanzas, dated October 1874. Presumably the original manuscript of her poem published two months later in Scribner's Monthly, December 1874, p.157. The top of the leaf is trimmed, taking the first two lines of the poem: "Cricket, why wilt thou crush me with thy cry? / How can such light sound weigh so heavily!"

Acquisition Type

Purchase

Provenance

Purchase form Howard S. Mott, Inc.

Restrictions Apply

No

Dates

  • Creation: 1874-10

Extent

0.03 Cubic Feet