Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 16 April 1838:
'I had to thank [John Kenyon] for [...] lending me Mr Milnes's Poems just printed for private circulation. They are of the Tennyson school [...] & very much delighted me.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Barrett Print: Book
'Two of your love poems are supremely beautiful -
O let not words, the callous shell of thought
& I will not say my life was sad
and I like infinitely
They owned their passion without shame or fear.
I hope some day you will come and read to me again'
[Letter to Richard Monckton Milnes]
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Richard Monckton Milnes Print: Book
Elizabeth Barrett to Richard Hengist Horne, 13 December 1843:
'I admired [Richard Monckton Milne's] first volume very much; but his later poetry seems to
want fire and imagination, and to strain too much at the didactic [...] And then that exquisite
"Lay of the Humble" which I was praising lately, and which affected me very much at the time
I read it (it appeared in the first volume), somebody told me the other day that it was not
original. Taken from the German I think they said it was. I wish I knew. It is very beautiful in
any case.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Barrett Print: Book
Elizabeth Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford, 16 December 1844:
'I saw the sonnet [of Wordsworth] [...] which gave me so much offence by the prose note attached to it beginning .. "This is not mere poetry, but truth" -- or something to that effect! So unworthy of a poet, as giving in to the vulgar notion of poetry & truth being different things! Also, I saw Mon[c]kton Milnes's sonnet in reply -- very good -- but not one of his best sonnets.'
Century: 1800-1849 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Barrett Print: Newspaper
'Thanks for telling me about the articles. I always like to read anything of your writing, even when it is not of such supreme interest as 'Lucknow' because your style (may I say it?) has such a great charm for me. It is such pure beautiful English. I had heard of the forthcoming article on Buckle, without knowing whom it was by. Thank you for telling me'.
Century: 1850-1899 Reader/Listener/Group: Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Print: Unknown
