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“I have never called my verses poetry: they are verse, the verse of a speaker not a singer”

Posted on May 4, 2018 by mafalda

[For correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 6, 1909.] To William Sharp [E. Sharp, W. Sharp: A Memory, 1910, pp. 138-139] [Saranac Lake, ? Mid-October 1887] Dear Mr. Sharp, What is the townsman’s blunder? — though I … Continue reading →

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Some day climb as high as Halkerside for me, and sprinkle some of the well water on the turf

Posted on December 29, 2017 by mafalda

[Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 5, 1795.] To Alison Cunningham [Colvin 1911, 2, pp. 368-370] Skerryvore, April 16th, 1887 My dearest Cummy, As usual, … Continue reading →

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Conscientiousness is a sort of moral opium

Posted on May 16, 2014 by mafalda

[As usual, dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sir Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 2, 274, dated May 19 ff., and 298, dated Jul. 20].  To Fanny Sitwell [Colvin 1911, … Continue reading →

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It is like a wind blowing to one out of fairyland

Posted on April 2, 2014 by mafalda

[Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sir Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 1, 187, dated Dec. 7]. To Mrs. Sitwell [Colvin 1912, pp. 41-43] [Menton, December, 1873], Sunday. The first … Continue reading →

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A wild energy that we never feel except in dreams

Posted on February 6, 2014 by mafalda

This is addressed to a favourite cousin of the Balfour (maternal) clan, Maud (1844-1919), married to a Cambridge professor, Churchill Babington, whose home is at the college living of Cockfield near Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk. RLS has visited him in … Continue reading →

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