WorkFrederick William Faber

The Cherwell Water-lily and Other Poems

The Cherwell Water-lily and Other Poems (1840) Inferred

Frederick William Faber (1814–1863) · 1840

InferredFaber' but does not name a specific poem or collection. The lines describe a character of deep, clear mind unshocked by outward events — possibly addressed to a friend or to nature.

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Documented 1839

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When Fuller engaged with this work

I. Childhood

II. Adolescence

III. Self-Directed

IV. Transcendentalist1record

V. New York

VI. Europe

✦. Memoirs (1852)

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On Poesy, Love, and Dreams

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“There is a deep, clear mind, no inward change, / Nor outward visitation get hath shocked / Thy heart into a consciousness of power / F. W. Faber.”

Fuller, Margaret. "On Poesy, Love, and Dreams." Houghton Library, Harvard University; MS Am 1450.

Inferred Faber' but does not name a specific poem or collection. The lines describe a character of deep, clear mind unshocked by outward events — possibly addressed to a friend or to nature.

Fuller quotes three lines explicitly attributed to 'F. However the 1839 pencil cancellation date in the ms and the Faber attribution suggest Fuller had access to Faber's poetry in manuscript or early publication; the 1840 Cherwell Water-lily is the most likely published source. Fuller copies three lines of verse and attributes them explicitly to 'F.