Sidney Lanier Collection 1875-1894

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Location of collection:
University of Virginia, Special Collections Dept.
Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
P.O. Box 400110
160 McCormick Rd
Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4110
Contact for questions and access:
POC: Brenda Gunn
Phone: (434) 924-1037
Phone: (434) 243-1776
Fax: (434) 924-4968
Restrictions:

Collection is open to research.

Terms of access:

See the University of Virginia Library’s use policy.

Preferred citation:

Sidney Lanier Collection, Accession 6957-a, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Summary

Creator:
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Sidney Lanier Collection, Accession 6957-a, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library

Background

Scope and content:

[Published as "A Song of Eternity in Time"]

[Published as "A Song of Eternity in Time." Written to Mrs. Fred M. Steele. ]

[In memory of John Keats]

[Speaks of his miserable trip from Philadelphiato Baltimore. Explains that an attack of pleurodyraia has kept him from thanking her sooner. Sends greetings to Gibson Peacock. Mentions Edward Jenkins, Grinx's Baby: His birth and Other Misfortunes, and Dante Alighieri. ]

[Mentions his paper, "A Forgotten English Poet," about Bartholomew Griffin, which he sent through A. S. Barnes & Co.and wanted offered to International Review. Asks if it has arrived, as he has received no acknowledgment.]

[Sends two poems, "Sunset" and another, as more representative than anything he sent before. Says they will be better than "Betrayal," which is one of the songs from "The Jacquerie." Notes that "Sunset" was set to music by Dudley Buckafter it appeared in Lippincott's Magazine; the second poem was published in Scribner's Monthly. Thanks correspondent for article on Paul Hamilton Hayne. ]

[Thanks for the Portfolio of Proof Impressions. Says that the world is indebted for their work with wood-engraving. He particularly likes the one of Ralph Waldo Emerson. ]

[Sends Sidney Lanier's poem "Strange Jokes," discussing it briefly and asking for word on it soon. Thanks him for letter. Says that few realize that Lanier's genius "was of that order which must make laws unto itself." Claims illness prevented her writing more fully. Mentions [William Hand] Browne, Joseph's brethren, William Kirkus. ]

[Says she has tried to fulfill Mrs. Strickland's wish, but only this verse remained, as she has stored most of the original poems in Baltimore. She has added Sidney Lanier's signature from a letter. Adds that she is sending them to him as she feels his office can add something from William Hayes Ward. ]

[Thanks him for his letter. Expresses a desire to see him. Mentions traveling for her health, and her father Charles Day's death. Tells of her friend Lt. John McIntosh Kell, who served with Commodore Matthew Calbraith Perryon the expedition to Japan. Thanks for his description of his pastoral work. Says she would like to complete the amendments to his copy of The English Novel. ]

[Apologizes for not handling his request sooner. Says she has assumed that everything she sent must be accompanied by Sidney Lanier's signature and she can't find anything with his later handwriting. Gives a brief analysis of Lanier's handwriting over the years. Paret may keep enclosed title page to How to Read Chaucer, and envelopes. Suggests he contact Daniel Coit Gilman. Says that How to Read Chaucerwas never completed because Lanier waited to find a publisher before he started.]

[Says she is a guest of Sara Thorpe Bullfor a few days and would like to meet him. Expresses gratitude for his friendship to Sidney Lanier. ]

Acquisition information:
Deposit, 1964 February 24
Processing information:

Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

Physical location:
Physical description:
15 items