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| − | In her biography of Wright, Cecilia Morris Eckhardt writes that young Wright's "scholarship led her to classical drama as well as to European and English poetry, which she studied . . . by imitation. She found relief through writing: to name her feelings was to understand and to control them. In a poem apparently from this period [ | + | In her biography of Wright, Cecilia Morris Eckhardt writes that young Wright's "scholarship led her to classical drama as well as to European and English poetry, which she studied . . . by imitation. She found relief through writing: to name her feelings was to understand and to control them. In a poem apparently from this period [1806-1813, when Wright was between 31 and 38] she wrote of losing a beloved friend: |
Fair star! May every joy be thine! | Fair star! May every joy be thine! | ||
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May though never prove the bitter anguish | May though never prove the bitter anguish | ||
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Of love so true, so fond as mine, | Of love so true, so fond as mine, | ||
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Doomed without hope untold to languish. | Doomed without hope untold to languish. | ||
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Oh had I but the Lesbyan's lyre, | Oh had I but the Lesbyan's lyre, | ||
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Blue-eyed Sappho's fervid strain, | Blue-eyed Sappho's fervid strain, | ||
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Then might I hope thy blood to fire, | Then might I hope thy blood to fire, | ||
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Then should I make thee share my pain.<ref>Cecil Morris Eckhardt, ''Fanny Wright: Rebel in America'' (Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1992), p. 10. Note 26 on page 301 cites Theresa Wolfson Papers, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University.</ref> | Then should I make thee share my pain.<ref>Cecil Morris Eckhardt, ''Fanny Wright: Rebel in America'' (Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1992), p. 10. Note 26 on page 301 cites Theresa Wolfson Papers, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University.</ref> | ||
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In her biography of Wright, Cecilia Morris Eckhardt writes that young Wright's "scholarship led her to classical drama as well as to European and English poetry, which she studied . . . by imitation. She found relief through writing: to name her feelings was to understand and to control them. In a poem apparently from this period [1806-1813, when Wright was between 31 and 38] she wrote of losing a beloved friend:
Fair star! May every joy be thine!
May though never prove the bitter anguish
Of love so true, so fond as mine,
Doomed without hope untold to languish.
Oh had I but the Lesbyan's lyre,
Blue-eyed Sappho's fervid strain,
Then might I hope thy blood to fire,
Then should I make thee share my pain.[1]
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Secondary Sources:
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances_Wright
Wright, Frances (Fanny) Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women (Edinburgh University Press, 2006). [A user comments: This Dictionary makes no mention of this bi/lesbian aspect in its relatively extensive entry on Wright. It is fair to say the Dictionary is pretty poor in relation to matters of sexuality.]
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- ↑ Cecil Morris Eckhardt, Fanny Wright: Rebel in America (Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1992), p. 10. Note 26 on page 301 cites Theresa Wolfson Papers, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University.
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