Letter to James F. Clarke
p216“the red and yellow garlands are getting ready to crest her 'languid downfal of hair' withal”
Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. VI. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1988.
Inferred Fuller quotes 'the languid downfal of hair' from Hood's 'Ode: Autumn' without naming Hood in this letter. Hudspeth identified the quoted phrase and the poem; Fuller applies it to personified autumn in describing the autumn landscape.
Hudspeth identified the quoted phrase and the poem; Fuller applies it to personified autumn in describing the autumn landscape.