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The Sisters of Bethany

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Poem details

The Sisters of Bethany

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The Sisters of Bethany

Poet(s)

Jewsbury, Geraldine

Credits

Metadata research and editing

DVPP Project Team

Source

Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 26:160, 975–976, December 1829.

First line

Picture, thou troublest me. I cannot gaze

Print context

Quoted in prose contribution

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The Infant Christ, with Flowers
“Palms of glory, raiment bright”

Notes and attribution research

Poem included in the unsigned prose contribution Monologue, or Soliloquy on the Annuals (948-76), by John Wilson (Wellesley Index) (KF, SP).

DVPP id

Numeric id of this poem in the DVPP collection: 10401

XML

Alison Chapman (ed.) and the DVPP team, “The Sisters of Bethany,” Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry Project, Edition 0.98.11beta , University of Victoria, 7th May 2025, https://dvpp.uvic.ca/blackwoods/1829/pom_10401_the_sisters_of_bethany.html.

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