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Poem (transcript), "To the Po"

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle

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George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron manuscript material

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Series I: Writings

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Title
Poem (transcript), "To the Po"
Names
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 (Author)
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851 (Scribe)
Guiccioli, Teresa, contessa di, 1800-1873 (Scribe)
Collection

George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron manuscript material

Series I: Writings

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1822 (Approximate)
Library locations
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Shelf locator: Pforz MS (B 0080)
Shelf locator: Pforz MS (MWS 0349)
Shelf locator: Pforz MS (TG 0253)
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Manuscripts
Notes
Content: In the hand of Mary Shelley; with the Italian translation by Giuseppe Corsini copied in the hand of Teresa Guiccioli on the following two pages, done in the mid-to-late 1820's. Byron's fair copy is available in the NYPL's Berg Collection; the Pforzheimer copy was made by Mary Shelley from Byron's draft, which is now at The Pierpont Morgan Library.
Citation/reference: Shelley and his Circle, SC 640 : volume VII, page 522
Funding: Digitized through a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.
Date: [composed 1 June 1819 ; copied circa 1822]
Physical Description
Extent: 2 pages : double sheet
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Italian
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16737284
MSS Unit ID: 19609
Archives EAD ID: 3115377
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8bf1f830-ecde-0136-68f5-2318bb26a9d6
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1788: Creator Born
  • 1822: Created
  • 1824: Creator Died
  • 2019: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Poem (transcript), "To the Po"" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1822. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bbd86a91-dfb2-b7b8-e040-e00a18061803

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Poem (transcript), "To the Po"" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 27, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bbd86a91-dfb2-b7b8-e040-e00a18061803

APA Format

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. (1822). Poem (transcript), "To the Po" Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bbd86a91-dfb2-b7b8-e040-e00a18061803

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Poem (transcript), "To the Po"