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Midnight—Written at Bermuda

POEM DETAILS

Poem details

Midnight—Written at Bermuda

METADATA

Metadata

Midnight—Written at Bermuda

Poet(s)

Spencer, Aubrey George

Unsigned

Credits

Metadata research and editing

DVPP Project Team

Source

Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 42:264, 555, October 1837.

First line

Midnight is on the earth!

Authorship

Unsigned

Document status

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

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Notes and attribution research

Poem signed “Archdeacon Spencer” and included in the unsigned “Our Two Vases” (548-72), by John Wilson (Wellesley Index). (SP, AC)

DVPP id

Numeric id of this poem in the DVPP collection: 14628

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Alison Chapman (ed.) and the DVPP team, “Midnight—Written at Bermuda,” Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry Project, Edition 0.98.8beta, University of Victoria, 30th June 2023, https://dvpp.uvic.ca/blackwoods/1837/pom_14628_midnightwritten_at_bermuda.html.

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