Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 21 June 1838:
'Mr Townsend's poems have just reached me. I have had no time to read them, except at a rail road speed, & that not continuously. They seem to have much thought & poetic beauty'.
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Barrett Print: Book
Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 3 July 1838:
'I have written to Mr Townsend. The more I read of his poems, the more deeply I feel their beauty. I [italics]did[end italics] read the romance of Mr Osggood [sic].'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Barrett Print: Book
Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 24 March 1842:
'I like this waste of the public money upon bishops of New Zealand!! [...] as little as you do, &
have ventured to be open with Mr Townsend & tell him as much. The utter absurdity [...] of
forcing out the forms & ceremonies of this Parliament church, out among the savages, I cd
even cry over in utter vexation [...] let those who are sent, be [italics]missionaries[end
italics]. The bishops are impotent [...] in all situations of the kind -- & as I ventured to tell Mr
Townsend, the martyr soul of poor Williams was the true Bishop-soul for the South Seas.
'There is great sweetness in his little poem to be sure -- a few lines together which one smiles
over to oneself as for pleasure. Still -- what a subject!'
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Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Barrett
