Holograph poems, "The Sunset" and "On a faded violet"
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Title
Holograph poems, "The Sunset" and "On a faded violet"
Collection
Percy Bysshe Shelley manuscript material
Series I. Writings
Poetry
Names
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822 (Author)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1820-09-20 - 1820-10 (Inferred)
Library Location
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Shelf locator: Pforz MS (PBS 0292)
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Notes
Citation/Reference: Shelley and his Circle, SC 836: volume X, page 856
Funding: Digitized through a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.
Content: "The Sunset" begins, "There late was One within whose subtle being . . . ."; "On a faded violet" begins, "The odour from the flower is gone . . . ."
Date: Date created: [late September-October 1820]
Physical Description
Extent: 3 1/4 pages (double sheet)
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Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17040453
Archives ID: 19614
Archives EAD ID: 1746897
Archives Components ID: 1383059
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2108ffc0-4619-0134-2998-00505686d14e
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