WorkPercy Bysshe Shelley

“To a Skylark”

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)

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Documented 1846

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Passages where the evidence goes beyond allusion to indicate that Fuller had this work in hand — an explicit statement of reading, sustained excerpting or translation, or a specific reading episode recorded by those who knew her.

  • undatedTo a SkylarkDemonstrated

    “Hear Shelley. Hail to thee, blithe spirit! Bird thou never wert.”

    Papers on Literature and Art

    Very long excerpt range (142 lines) indicates Fuller reproduces most of Shelley's 'To a Skylark.'

When Fuller engaged with this work

I. Childhood
II. Adolescence
III. Self-Directed
IV. Transcendentalist
V. New York
VI. Europe1record
✦. Memoirs (1852)
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Papers on Literature and Art

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“Hail to thee, blithe spirit / Bird thou never wert. / That from heaven or near it, / Pourest thy full heart / In profuse strains of unpremeditated art.”

Fuller, Margaret. Papers on Literature and Art. New York: Wiley and Putnam, 1846.