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Lord Brooke : [untitled manuscript]

Byron to John Murray, 22 November 1812: 'I have in charge a curious and very long MS. poem written by Lord Brooke (the friend of Sir Philip Sidney) (which I wish to submit to the inspection of Mr. Gifford with the following queries ... whether it has ever been published & secondly (if not) whether it is worth publication? - It is from Ld. Oxford's library & must have escaped or been overlooked amongst the M.SS. of the Harleian Miscellany. The writing is Ld. Brooke's except a different hand towards the close, it is ... in the six line stanza ... '

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: George Gordon, Lord Byron      Manuscript: Unknown

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