Record Number: 33866
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
Letter 447. April, 19th, 1832: "These are the lines from Anacreon, Makarizomen se tettix, Hote dendreoon ep� akroon Oligeen droson pepookoos, Basileus hopoos, aeideis� and there is a lightness & delicacy in them, which Synesius does not preserve in his copy. When I was turning over Anacreon�s leaves, I came to that pretty ingenious ode, beginning Ee Tantalou pot� estee. Did I ever observe to you, or did you ever observe to me, that it is a dilation of Romeo�s idea, �Would that I were a glove upon that hand.�?"
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jan 1831 and 19 Apr 1832
Country:England
Timen/a
Place:city: Wellington Heath, Ledbury, Malvern Hills
county: Herefordshire
specific address: Hope End
(Reader):
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solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
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Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Female
Date of Birth:6 Mar 1806
Socio-Economic Group:Gentry
Occupation:Poet
Religion:Evangelical
Country of Origin:England
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:n/a
Genre:Classics, Poetry
Form of Text:Print: Book
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Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:33866
Source:n/a
Editor:Philip & Ronald Kelley & Hudson
Title:The Brownings' Correspondence
Place of Publication:Winfield, KS
Date of Publication:1984
Vol:3
Page:13-14
Additional Comments:
Letter 447. April, 19th, 1832 (From EBB to Hugh Stuart Boyd)
Citation:
Philip & Ronald Kelley & Hudson (ed.), The Brownings' Correspondence, (Winfield, KS, 1984), 3, p. 13-14, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=33866, accessed: 04 February 2026
Additional Comments:
Editors' notes: - �We congratulate you, cicada, that on the peaks of trees, having drunk a little dew, you sing like a king� (Ode XLIII, �Ad Cicadam,� lines 1�4). - �The daughter of Tantalus then stood� (Ode XX, �Ad Puellam,� line 1). - Romeo and Juliet, II, 2, 24.
