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“St. Senanus and the Lady," in Irish Melodies”

"St. Senanus and the Lady," in Irish Melodies (London: J. Power; Dublin: W. Power, published in parts 1808–34) Inferred

Thomas Moore (1779–1852) · London: J. Power; Dublin: W. Power, published in parts 1808–34

InferredFuller alludes to "St Senanus and the Lady" from Thomas Moore's *Irish Melodies*, humorously comparing herself to the saint who refused a lovesick woman entry to his island monastery. Hudspeth identified the poem explicitly.

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Documented 1837

Letters

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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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Letter to Caroline Sturgis

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“I see him as often as St Senanus did his lovesick nymph. So I am like a saint in one thing, at least.”

Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. I. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1983.

Inferred Fuller alludes to "St Senanus and the Lady" from Thomas Moore's Irish Melodies, humorously comparing herself to the saint who refused a lovesick woman entry to his island monastery. Hudspeth identified the poem explicitly.

Hudspeth identified the poem explicitly.