Susanna Blamire’s The Silver Crown Quoted and Contextualized
Grace MacGowan Cooke asks about the origin of the lines And ye sall walk in a silken gown and siller ha to spare. The reply traces them to The Silver Crown by Susanna Blamire, notes her Cumberland muse label, Scottish dialect writing, and publication history ending with 1842 editions and later anthologies. It adds related references to Annie Laurie and Lady Godiva legends and cites works by Drayton and Freeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Macgowan Cooke
Susanna Blamire
Cumberland
Cardew Hall
Carlisle
Gray
Patrick Maxwell
India
Edinburgh
Henry Lonsdale
Sidney Gilpin
London
Ista
Siller
Dee
Douglas of
Fingland
Anne
Robert Laurie
Ferguson of
Craigdarroch
Annie. Laurie
John Scott
Duke of
Coventry
England
Lady Siva
Tennyson
Poole
Dormer
Sharp
Fretton
Lady Godiva
Michael Drayton
Great Britain
Edward A. Freeman
Hisoe
Eng
The Washerwoman's Song and Related Verse
Reader notes present a sequence of poems and letters, citing Eugene F Ware, Judge Ware, Judge McFarland and Judge Brewer. The Washerwoman's Song depicts a widow worker finding solace in faith, with biographical details of Ware and references to other literary figures and corrections.
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Iherewith
Judge Ware
Judge McFarland
Ironquill
Brewer
Eugene F. Ware
Topeka
Kan
Kansas Senate
United States Commissioner of Pensions
Readers seek poem authors and song sources inquired
Readers request help identifying authors and where to find poems and songs. They seek works by Samuel T. Pickard and others, plus notes on published volumes, melodies, and a 50 year old popular song. Classified ads seek to buy or trade old books, manuscripts, and wartime relics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Tter Press
Turner
Ritchie
France
London
Hayes & Brown
Auction notes and antique book sales listings
A dense catalog of rare books and collectibles from sellers in New York and Saratoga. Items include William D Avenant works from 1673, Dickens and Tolstoy editions, Shakespeare sets, Ridpath history, colonial furniture, clocks, and various financial and historical texts. Multiple dealers advertise listings, prices, and contact addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownson’s Quarterly Review
American Naturalist
Godey’s Lady’s Book
Hunt's Merchants’ Magazine
American Historical Review
Harper's Weekly
Review of Reviews
Catholic World
Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine
American Monthly Microscopical Journal
American Historical Ass'n Reports
Gleason and Haley's Pictorial Weekly
Burton's Gentleman's Magazine
Forum
Wheelman and Outing
Southern Literary Messenger
J. W. Cadby
50 Grand St
Albany
N. Y
William D'Avenant
London
U. N
Henry Herringman
Jno
Dunstall
Price
Ae the Shakespeare Press
Westfield
Saratoga Battle Fields
Ticonderoga
Old Curiosity Shop
Saratoga
CHESS
Checker
WEST
Willie Lyons
Newport
Kentucky
Winsopr
America
Trumbul
Connecticut
Hawhkins
Hemand Kean
Beers
Hartford
Conn
Box Sas
Financial
MGNET
Hollins
Ticker Pub. Co
U.S. Express
Devels
Turkey
St. Baltimore
Elliot
Boylston Ay
Seaie, Walsh
Moody’s
Pamixie
Liberty St. Linon
Abraham Lincoln
D. H. Newhall
Tribune Bidg
New York
Washington St
Med
St AG
N.Y
Gerard's Literary Shop
Nassau St
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Irongquill
Leith Ritchie
Inquirer
Donald Mair
W. P. Stephens
A. T
Seine
J. M. W. Turner
Havre
Paris
Charlies Damce
Macerone
Squire
Charles Heath
Giles
Smith
J. L. Ot
Charles Hamilton Aide
Who's Who
Convi Stedman
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
N. W
Palace of Art
M. W
Samuel T. Pickard
Charles Akers
Free
O. I
M. G
E. H
Mme. Goodene
Robin
W. J
Johnnie. Baker
Johnnie Baker
Bowling Green
Book Exchange
Nicholas
Harper's Young People
Arena
Political Science Quarterly
Craftsman
Education
Educational Review
Cassier’s Magazine
Technical World
Niles Register
Municipal Affairs
North American Review
Grand St. Albaniy
China
Wilders Old Curiosity Shop
Deve
W. G. Snow
Meriden
Manhattan
Sherman
39Th St
N. Y. City
Chapman &Hail
Roxburgihe
Encyclopedia Americana
Tolstoi
Scribner
Paul @e Kock
Levant
Scott
Norroena
St. Dunstan
Royale Shakespeare
Thomson
Ridpath
Morocco
Buancrotts
United States
Moroc
Dumas
Maupassant
Jane Austen
Motley
Davis’s
M. A. Vinson
Caxtup
Cleveland
Ohio
Box Hi Times
Times Uare
Marie Bashkirtseff
H. de Veer
West Broadway
Cortlandt
Cass & O'Malley
Malkan
Broadway
New ST
New York City
Sherwood
Maiden Lane
John
Thomson Pitt
Ave
New Yore
Wm. Thomson
Thomsonpitt Book CO
Qoks
Scientific
Davis
Bryant
Goerck ‘Art Press
Sixth
Avg
Columbus
Aoe Iconoclast
Pratt's
Edwin
Reader's Book Store
East 280 ST
Sge
Theo
E. Schulte
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