Item 742 - Poem by Sir Henry Taylor, probably addressed to Caroline Norton

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Add. MS a/742

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Poem by Sir Henry Taylor, probably addressed to Caroline Norton

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  • c. 1847 (Creation)

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1 folded sheet

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Taylor, Sir Henry (1800-1886), knight, poet and public servant
(1800-1886)

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Trinity College Library, Cambridge

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This letter was purchased in 2019 from Richard Ford Ltd, dealers in books, printed ephemera, and manuscripts. According to their records, it came from the collection of Lord Houghton, who was a friend of both Sir Henry Taylor and Caroline Norton, and a collector of autographs. There is a stub attached to the edge of the paper, suggesting its removal from a bound volume.

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Purchased from Richard Ford, London, 2019.

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Twenty-four line poem in six stanzas, beginning "Soft be the voice & friendly that rebukes". According to Maria Theresa Earle's Memoirs and Memories (1911), it was written by Sir Henry Taylor for Caroline Norton, who he admired, after she had suffered a period of illness.

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      This description was created by I. David in 2025.

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