Ion; a Tragedy; to which are added Sonnets [including one to W.C. Macready, on his performance of Werner] - The Athenian Captive, a Tragedy
London : Edward Moxon, 1837-38
8vo.,
morocco, gilt edges
, fourth edition
2 vols. in one
1
English
£4.
10s.
S107.2e; V02.16
Library, bookcase right of door (B5), item 03
Presentation copies from the Author; inscribed, 'Charles Dickens, Esq., with the admiration and regard of T. N. Talfourd. 25. December, 1838.'
Included are two Sonnets, both in the neat handwriting of the accomplished Talfourd. The first is entitled -
Sonnet to Charles Dickens, Esq., on perusing the completed Oliver Twist.
Not only with Author's happiest praise
Thy work should be rewarded;- it is kin
To their's who, steeling finest nerves to win
Great blessings for mankind, explor'd the maze
Oppression's ages harden'd; trod the ways
Where fruitful Sorrow tracks and quickens Sin
To draw forth strains of music from the din
Of passions; in the culprit soul to raise
Sweet thoughs of goodness; bid the fetters fall
And hail the slave immortal;- for within
Wan childhood's squalid haunt, where frightful needs
Make tyranny more bitter, at thy call
An angel face with patient sadness pleads
Undying kindred to the heart of all.
T. N. Talfourd, Christmas Day, 1838.
The second, of the same length, is addressed 'to W. C. Macready, Esq., on the Birth of his first Child; in recollection of the early scenes of his Virginius'; and is followed by a long and interesting Note.
Included are two Sonnets, both in the neat handwriting of the accomplished Talfourd. The first is entitled -
Sonnet to Charles Dickens, Esq., on perusing the completed Oliver Twist.
Not only with Author's happiest praise
Thy work should be rewarded;- it is kin
To their's who, steeling finest nerves to win
Great blessings for mankind, explor'd the maze
Oppression's ages harden'd; trod the ways
Where fruitful Sorrow tracks and quickens Sin
To draw forth strains of music from the din
Of passions; in the culprit soul to raise
Sweet thoughs of goodness; bid the fetters fall
And hail the slave immortal;- for within
Wan childhood's squalid haunt, where frightful needs
Make tyranny more bitter, at thy call
An angel face with patient sadness pleads
Undying kindred to the heart of all.
T. N. Talfourd, Christmas Day, 1838.
The second, of the same length, is addressed 'to W. C. Macready, Esq., on the Birth of his first Child; in recollection of the early scenes of his Virginius'; and is followed by a long and interesting Note.