Autograph manuscript, signed ("Wm Wordsworth"), of his poem 'Scorn Not the Sonnet', opening: "Scorn not the Sonnet; Critic, You have frowned/ Mindless of its just honors! With this Key/ Shakespear unlocked his heart..." (continuing to cite Petrarch, Tasso, Camões, Dante, Spenser and Milton's use of the form), signed at the foot and subscribed "Transcribed at the request of Mrs Brenchly May 27th 1843/ Rydal", 1 page, pasted down at the corners on an album leaf, 4to, Rydal, 1843
Autograph manuscript, signed ("Wm Wordsworth"), of his poem 'Scorn Not the Sonnet', opening: "Scorn not the Sonnet; Critic, You have frowned/ Mindless of its just honors! With this Key/ Shakespear unlocked his heart..." (continuing to cite Petrarch, Tasso, Camões, Dante, Spenser and Milton's use of the form), signed at the foot and subscribed "Transcribed at the request of Mrs Brenchly May 27th 1843/ Rydal", 1 page, pasted down at the corners on an album leaf, 4to, Rydal, 1843
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