MANUSCRIPT. Manuscript poem, attributed to Scott: 'Sacred streams of good King Lud'.

(SCOTT, Sir Walter, Bart?)

Verlag: 1812, 1812

Beschreibung

58 lines on 3pp 4to, with an 8-line accompanying note, integral address leaf; a little creased, some staining along one margin where removed from album. An intriguing 58-line manuscript poem, the first 30 lines written in rhyming couplets, followed by seven four-line ABAB stanzas. The poem is attributed to 'Mr Scott', but despite extensive enquiry, the true identity of its author remains unclear. The lines are written across three sides 4to, following a short letter in the same hand which explains the poem's origin: 'Mr Walter Scott, having casually passed through this town last week & observing his lines in the Bath papers, with your signature affixed to them, begged us as a small return for the favour you had done him to forward to you with his best thanks the following trifle'. The note is dated 'Bath, May 4th, 12', and signed R. Mellyer & Co. The addressee is J.T. Mayne Esq., Trowbridge. The letter is further signed 'Revd Rigby Collins, 1812' on the address leaf, but we cannot establish a connection between Collins and Mellyer or Mayne. We can find no reference to the poem in Scott's correspondence, nor indeed any evidence that Scott was in the West Country at the time in question. The poem, apparently never published, is a rousing work steeped in Celtic mythology, with references to Scottish islands, Caledonian chieftains, and the rugged beauty of Highland geography. It begins as follows: 'Sacred Streams of good King Lud Restorer of the languid blood. The tumid sire whose shattered frame Vices of early days proclaim; Or youthful maid with sickness --- Or victim of delusive man, Sent here by Galen's sons to save, Or drink thy ever peaceful wave, Hover around thy misty brink, And hail thy virtues as thy drink! PLEASE NOTE: For customers within the UK this item is subject to VAT. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 91884

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Titel: MANUSCRIPT. Manuscript poem, attributed to ...

Verlag: 1812

Erscheinungsdatum: 1812

Signiert: Signatur des Verfassers