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Fragment of an autograph letter signed : [London], to Richard Hengist Horne, [1845 July].

BIB_ID
403232
Accession number
MA 2147.41
Creator
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861.
Display Date
[1845 July].
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 14.3 x 10.1 cm
Notes
Date and place of writing from published letter cited below which dates the letter to "late July."
Summary
Referring to the news of the publication of his book of ballads and asking who will be publishing it; commenting "You know how I care for ballads - They c̲a̲r̲r̲y̲ so much . . slight vehicle as they seem to be. All the passion of the heart will go into a ballad, & feel at home;" expressing her disappointment in a recent publication of his poem "Blind Beggar."