Biblical Episode
Documented in Fuller’s letters, manuscripts
This page brings together documented engagements currently identified within the Fuller Reading Worlds catalog.
“because I might say, Father, if it be thy will let this cup pass, shall I not be forced to drink it?”
Fuller, Margaret. The letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. 6 vols. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1983–1994.
Inferred Identification rationale not yet recorded.
“O let this cup pass from me,- yet not so, / Wait but a moment, I will drink it all, / And then come death!”
Fuller, Margaret. "Revelation of All Poesy." Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections; MS Am. 1450; Box: 3, Folder: 137.
Inferred Fuller writes 'O let this cup pass from me,- yet not so' — the first clause is nearly verbatim from Christ's Gethsemane prayer in Matthew 26:39 (KJV: 'O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt'). She does not name the Bible or the Gospel. Both author and title are Inferred.