• I am the only being whose doom : six quatrains : manuscript, 1837-1839

Author:

• Brontë, Emily, 1818-1848

Language:

• English

Extent:

• 1 v. (6 leaves in slipcase) ; 22-63 mm.

Abstract:

• Eleven autograph manuscript poems. Includes "I am the only being whose doom" (AMs, 1839, six quatrains) "A sudden chasm of ghastly light" (AMsS, initialed E.J.B., 1837, 2 leaves) "None of my kindred now can tell" (AMs, 1838, six stanzas) "Start not upon the minster wall" (AMs, undated, 3 quatrains) "Redbreast, early in the morning" (AMs, 1837) "Through the hours of yesternight" (AMsS, undated, 14 lines) "Harp of wild and dream-like strain" (AMs, undated) "The old church tower and garden wall" (AMs, 1837, 10 lines) "Month after month, year after year" (AMs, 1839) "The starry night shall tidings bring" (AMs, 1839, 3 quatrains).

Contents:

• A sudden chasm of ghastly light -- None of my kindred now can tell -- Start not upon the minster wall -- Redbreast, early in the morning -- Through the hours of yesternight -- Harp of wild and dream-like strain -- The old church tower and garden wall -- Month after month, year after year -- The starry night shall tidings bring.

Former owner:

• Taylor, Robert H., 1908-1985

View in catalog:

• https://catalog.princeton.edu/catalog/9934150443506421

Call number:

• RTC01 (no. 197)
• Electronic Resource

Collections:

• Robert H. Taylor
• Digitized Manuscripts
• Collections Donated to Princeton University Library
• Robert H. Taylor Collection of English and American Literature RTC01

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