WorkGeorge Wither
The Shepherd's Hunting Inferred
InferredFull four-line stanza from Wither's Shepherd's Hunting quoted verbatim.
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Documented 1841
Manuscripts
Selected engagements, in chronological order.
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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.
“Who is well entered in these wayes / Fittst man to read my fifty layes. / But whom lust, wrath, and fear controul / Scarce know their body from their soul”
Manuscripts (Houghton Library, Margaret Fuller Family Papers) · 5th Jan [1841 - inferred from heading '5th Jan' with pencil addition '1841']
Full four-line stanza from Wither's Shepherd's Hunting quoted verbatim.
“Who is well entered in these wayes / Fittst man to read my fifty layes. / But whom lust, wrath, and fear controul / Scarce know their body from their soul”
Fuller, Margaret. "On Dreams and Sorrow." Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections; MS Am. 1450; Box 3, Folder 132.
Inferred Full four-line stanza from Wither's Shepherd's Hunting quoted verbatim.