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Stephen Duck

  

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Stephen Duck : poems

Queen Caroline's discovery of the poetry of Stephen Duck, as recorded by Joseph Spence in 'A Full and Authentick Account of Stephen Duck' (1731): '"the QUEEN [...] upon seeing his Pieces, and the Genius that appear'd through them [...] resolv'd immediately to take him out of his Obscurity, and the Difficulties he had labour'd under"' (p.14).

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Century: 1700-1799     Reader/Listener/Group: Queen Caroline      
  

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