Parkes, Harry, d 1833 (ironmaster and father of Sir Harry Parkes)
Person
Dates
- Existence: d 1833
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Item
Sonnet I, circa 1833
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Parkes 33/1
Scope and Contents
A copy of Robert Southey's 'Sonnet I' (1794), beginning 'Go Valentine and tell that lovely maid', undated (possibly 1833 or earlier), possibly in Parkes' hand. The manuscript has minor divergences from the text published in Robert Southey, 'Poems' (Bristol and London, 1797), including the transposition of the second and third quatrains. It is labelled 'These Lines were written and composed by your father and being addressed to your Mother I fancied you might like to have them-he was ever...
Dates:
circa 1833
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