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Instructions for the printing of William Wordsworth's poems, 1807. Wordsworth explains how he wants the stanzas to appear on the page, and adds a note about how the death of Horatio Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 has influenced his writing. '2nd Sheet - General direction for the Printer. These two volumes are to be printed [?] with the Lyrical Ballads, in a stanza of four lines, four stanzas in a page. The first page of each Poem only printing 2 or 3 stanzas according to the length of the Title...The following Note must be inserted at the end of the Poem which stands last in this sheet "Character of the Happy Warrior"/ note - The above verses were written soon after tidings had been received of the death of Lord Nelson, which event directed the Author's thoughts to the subject. His respect for the memory of this great fellow-countryman induces him to mention this; though he is well aware that the verses must suffer from any connection in the Reader's mind with a name so illustrious'. From Poems in Two Volumes.

Date

1807

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A16_052

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,0Mo (2,6Mo) / 28,3cm x 44,2cm / 3344 x 5222 (300dpi)

Mots clés

England library arts country writing British English death war word text location century patriotic Britain handwriting inspiration literature instructions concept battle printing B&W British Library lettering calligraphy 19th century poetry black & white black and white B W poet nineteenth century Battle of Trafalgar ode manuscript English literature Nelson Horatio Nelson Lord Nelson Viscount Nelson Admiral Nelson William Wordsworth Wordsworth William Admiral Horatio Nelson Admiral Lord Nelson Horatio Heritage Art 19th-century