Autograph poem signed.
Campbell, Thomas, Scottish poet (1777-1844).
From Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, Vienna, A, Austria
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AbeBooks Seller since November 22, 2000
From Antiquariat INLIBRIS Gilhofer Nfg. GmbH, Vienna, A, Austria
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since November 22, 2000
About this Item
Oblond 12mo. 1 p. Mounted on paper (181 x 116 mm). The famous 6th stanza of "Hallowed Ground" that was first published in the October 1825 issue of Campbell's New Monthly Magazine: "Strew ye his ashes to the wind / Whose sword or voice has serv'd mankind / And is he dead whose glorious mind / Lifts thine on high / To live in hearts we leave behind / Is not to die". In the published version, the first line of the stanza reads "But strew his ashes to the wind". - The journalist and acting editor of the New Monthly Magazine Cyrus Redding conveys a charming anecdote about the poem and its author in his 1860 biography of Thomas Campbell: "The next morning a servant came to me, with the following portion of his lines, called 'Hallowed Ground,' to which he had tacked a request that I would tell him whether he had used the 'shall' and 'will' with perfect propriety, as he could not overcome his doubts upon the point! I thought at first he was in jest. The lines, in his own hand-writing, I still preserve, as a memento of that wavering and doubting which at times were apt to come over him in relation to other affairs as well as those of composition." - Well preserved. Seller Inventory # 31195
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Title: Autograph poem signed.
Publisher: N. p. o. d., [after 1825].
Binding: Soft cover
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