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Reginald Heber : 'On Heavenly and Earthly Hope' OR ['Hope']

'Hope' 'Heber' 'Reflected in the lakes of love, ...'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Beanlands group     

Reginald Heber : Narrative of a Journey through the Upper Provinces of India

Wednesday, 12 March 1829: 'I read Reginald Heber's journal after dinner. I spent some merry days with him at Oxford when he was writing his prize-poem. He was then a gay young fellow, a wit and a satirist and burning for literary fame. My laurels were beginning to bloom and we were both mad-caps -- Who would have fortold our future lot?'

Century: 1800-1849     Reader/Listener/Group: Walter Scott      Print: Book

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