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Citation/Reference: Shelley and his Circle, SC 783: volume IX, page 256
Content: Begins, "As in despair, and with his sinewy neck / Dissolve in sudden shock those linked rings . . . ." Along with an envelope bearing the seal of the Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, and a note in the hand of Scottish painter Joseph Noel Paton (S'ANA 1065) attesting that the manuscript was a gift from Mary Shelley.
Date: Date created: [late March-October 1817]

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Extent: 4 pages (double sheet)

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NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b17040453
Archives ID: 19614
Archives EAD ID: 1746887
Archives Components ID: 1383049
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): eb557c90-4619-0134-9a6e-00505686d14e

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Laon and Cythna, Canto I.xiii.7-I.xix.9" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1817. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/eb557c90-4619-0134-9a6e-00505686d14e

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. (1817). Laon and Cythna, Canto I.xiii.7-I.xix.9 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/eb557c90-4619-0134-9a6e-00505686d14e

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Laon and Cythna, Canto I.xiii.7-I.xix.9" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 9, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/eb557c90-4619-0134-9a6e-00505686d14e

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