‘The sandy ridges of that barren plain’

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‘The sandy ridges of that barren plain’

Poet(s)

St. Clair-Erskine, Robert

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DVPP Project Team

Source

Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 124:757, 601, November 1878.

First line

The sandy ridges of that barren plain

Related poems

Linked as a series in the same issue

“Mercedes mia! turn thine eyes away”
“Silence and Tears”
“The silent grave! nay, leave her not among”

Notes and attribution research

Poem is part of a sonnet sequence entitled In Memory of Doña Mercedes, Queen of Spain. [Born, June 25, 1860; Married, Jan. 23, 1878; Died June 26, 1878] (pp. 600-602). (KF)

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Numeric id of this poem in the DVPP collection: 9373

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Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry

‘The sandy ridges of that barren plain’