“Our favorite, above anything we have read of hers, is the “Rhyme of the Duchess May,” equally admirable in thought and execution, in poetic meaning and romantic grace.”
WorkElizabeth Barrett Browning
Rhyme of the Duchess May
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861)
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Documented 1845–1846
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“is the "Rhyme of the Duchess May," equally admirable in thought and execution ... Low she dropt her head and lower, till her hair coiled on the floor.”
Papers on Literature and Art
Extensive ~149-line verbatim quotation of Barrett's 'Rhyme of the Duchess May'.
When Fuller engaged with this work
1845—
Miss Barrett’s Poems.
“Miss Barrett’s Poems.”quoted · read2 selected passages
“Low she dropt her head and lower, till her hair coiled on the floor. Toll slowly And tear after tear you heard, fall distinct as any word Which you might be listening for.”
Fuller, Margaret. "Miss Barrett’s Poems." New-York Daily Tribune, 4 January 1845.
1846—
Miss Barrett's Poems
“Miss Barrett's Poems”analyzed · read
“Our favorite, above anything we have read of hers, is the " Rhyme of the Duchess May," equally admirable in thought and execution, in poetic meaning and romantic grace.”
Fuller, Margaret. Papers on Literature and Art. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1846. · p202
Also printed in Art, Literature, and the Drama (1869), p202; page given is to the 1869 reprint.