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The Four Ages of the World

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Poem details

The Four Ages of the World

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The Four Ages of the World

Poet(s)

Schiller, Friedrich

Credits

Translator

Bulwer-Lytton, Robert (pseudonym Owen Meredith)

Metadata research and editing

DVPP Project Team

Source

Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 52:325, 582–584, November 1842.

First line

Bright-purpling the glass, glows the blush of the wine

Original language

German

Related poems

Linked as a series in non-consecutive issues

Notes and attribution research

Included in the unsigned Poems and Ballads of Schiller. No. I (569-89) (SK). Translator attribution: Curran Index (AC).

DVPP id

Numeric id of this poem in the DVPP collection: 10808

XML

Alison Chapman (ed.) and the DVPP team, “The Four Ages of the World,” Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry Project, Edition 0.98.11beta , University of Victoria, 7th May 2025, https://dvpp.uvic.ca/blackwoods/1842/pom_10808_the_four_ages_of_the_world.html.

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