1844—
Character of Sarah Clarke
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“It seems to me these lines of Flecknoe's would please her.”
Fuller, Margaret. "Character of Sarah Clarke." Houghton Library, Harvard University.
WorkRichard Flecknoe
“Invocation of Silence" (also known as "On Silence") in Miscellanea, or Poems of All Sorts”
"Invocation of Silence" (also known as "On Silence") in Miscellanea, or Poems of All Sorts (London, 1653)
Richard Flecknoe (c. 1605–c. 1677) · also known as "On Silence"
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“It seems to me these lines of Flecknoe's would please her. Still born Silence, from that art Flood gate of the deeper heart,...”
Manuscripts (Houghton Library, Margaret Fuller Family Papers) · Character of Sarah Clarke. as read by Miss Parsons from a letter. March 1844.
Manuscript notebook copies out multiple lines of Flecknoe's poem with continuation implied, a substantial passage copied with pen in hand.