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The World and the Pebble

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Poem details

The World and the Pebble

METADATA

Metadata

The World and the Pebble

Poet(s)

Sterling, John
Pseudonym:
Archæus

Credits

Metadata research and editing

DVPP Project Team

Source

Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 43:271, 691, May 1838.

First line

The sea for ever rolls the stone

Authorship

Pseudonymous

Print context

Quoted in prose contribution

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Notes and attribution research

Poet attribution: Archæus is the pseudonym for John Sterling. Poem included under the general title Thoughts in Rhyme, from the unsigned Our Two Vases (677-706) by John Wilson (Wellesley Index). (SP, AC)

DVPP id

Numeric id of this poem in the DVPP collection: 14717

XML

Alison Chapman (ed.) and the DVPP team, “The World and the Pebble,” Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry Project, Edition 0.98.11beta , University of Victoria, 7th May 2025, https://dvpp.uvic.ca/blackwoods/1838/pom_14717_the_world_and_the_pebble.html.

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