WorkHenry More

“Cupid's Conflict”

"Cupid's Conflict" (composed 1640s; in Philosophical Poems, 1647) Inferred

Henry More (1614–1687) · composed 1640s; in Philosophical Poems, 1647

InferredHudspeth identified this as Henry More's 'Cupid's Conflict.' Fuller describes reading it for 'my own pleasure' and deciding to publish it in the Dial (it appeared in Dial 2 (October 1841):137-48).

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1840Cupid's ConflictAttested
“Arrived safe 5th inst. the beautiful poem and the letter. About the former I think it shall be published, but have as yet thought chiefly of my own pleasure in reading it.”
Letters of Margaret Fuller ed. Hudspeth · 7th Novr 1840.
Explicit 'my own pleasure in reading it' referencing More's poem just received.

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I. Childhood

II. Adolescence

III. Self-Directed

IV. Transcendentalist1record

V. New York

VI. Europe

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Letter to Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“Arrived safe 5th inst. the beautiful poem and the letter. About the former I think it shall be published, but have as yet thought chiefly of my own pleasure in reading it.”

Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. II. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1984.

Inferred Hudspeth identified this as Henry More's 'Cupid's Conflict.' Fuller describes reading it for 'my own pleasure' and deciding to publish it in the Dial (it appeared in Dial 2 (October 1841):137-48).