A note on Edmund Waller's 'To my lady Morton, on New Year's Day, 1650'

Morton examines Edmund Waller's 'To my lady Morton, on New Year's Day, 1650'. He asserts that the best evidence that Waller added the last eight lines before publishing the poem in 1661 remains the fact that doing so would be completely consistent with his practice of using his p...

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Published in:Notes and queries 2001-03, Vol.48 (1), p.18-19
Main Author: Morton, Gerald W
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
History
Literary criticism
Poetry
Poets
Waller, Edmund (1606-1687)
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Summary:Morton examines Edmund Waller's 'To my lady Morton, on New Year's Day, 1650'. He asserts that the best evidence that Waller added the last eight lines before publishing the poem in 1661 remains the fact that doing so would be completely consistent with his practice of using his poetry praising others to serve his own ends.
ISSN:0029-3970
1471-6941