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Sonnet to the Yew-Tree

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Sonnet to the Yew-Tree

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Sonnet to the Yew-Tree

Poet(s)

Leyden, John

Credits

Metadata research and editing

DVPP Project Team

Source

Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 1:3, 277, June 1817.

First line

When Fortune smiled, and Nature’s charms were new

Document status

Generated: The file was automatically generated from metadata in the project metadata database.

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Notes and attribution research

Included under the general title Original Poetry (277-8). (KF2)

DVPP id

Numeric id of this poem in the DVPP collection: 7978

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Alison Chapman (ed.) and the DVPP team, “Sonnet to the Yew-Tree,” Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry Project, Edition 0.98.9beta, University of Victoria, 18th March 2024, https://dvpp.uvic.ca/blackwoods/1817/pom_7978_sonnet_to_the_yewtree.html.

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