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[upper left in a contemporary hand: ?Henry Septimus? age 21]
Kensington, May 20th. 1845.
There can be no doubt, that Noel Nightingale
has a true poetic faculty, & of a high order, though
tending at present to an excess of a kind that needs
pruning & self-denial. I can speak thus with the
greater pleasure, by reason of the sound sense which his
letter exhibits with regard to the distinction between
poetry as a profitable wordly speculation (a very perilous
look out!) and poetry as a gift to be cultivated
during leisure & in a man's heart; - & I would
have written more, & have read his verses pen in
hand, marking throughout what I liked best or objected to,
Object Description
| Rating | |
| Title | Leigh Hunt letter to unknown recipient, May 20, 1845 |
| Creator |
Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859 |
| Date Original | 1845-05-20 |
| Description | Concerning the poetic facility of Noel Nightingale; encouraging him to write while offering suggestions and cautions. |
| Personal Name Subject |
Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859 Nightingale, Noel |
| Geographic Subject |
England -- London -- Kensington and Chelsea -- Kensington |
| Chronological Subject |
1840-1850 |
| Type (DCMIType) | Text |
| Type (AAT) |
Correspondence |
| Type (IMT) | jpeg |
| Digital Collection | Leigh Hunt Letters |
| Contributing Institution | University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept. |
| Archival Collection | Brewer-Leigh Hunt Collection |
| Collection Guide | http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/resources/Brewer-LeighHunt.html |
| Location | MsL H94 1845 |
| Rights Management | Educational use only, no other permissions given. This letter is owned by The University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections Department, and is provided here for educational purposes. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any format without written permission of the Special Collections Department. |
| Contact Information | Contact The University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections Department: lib-spec@uiowa.edu |
| Height (cm) | 18.4 |
| Width (cm) | 11.5 |
| Number of Pages | 3 + 1 blank |
| Number of Sheets of Paper | 1 |
| Digitization Specifications | Scanned with Ricoh Aficio 2335 scanner at 600 ppi, 24-bit color. Archival tiff image available. |
| Date Digital | 2008-04-02 |
| Transcript |
[upper left in a contemporary hand: ?Henry Septimus? age 21] Kensington, May 20th. 1845. There can be no doubt, that Noel Nightingale has a true poetic faculty, & of a high order, though tending at present to an excess of a kind that needs pruning & self-denial. I can speak thus with the greater pleasure, by reason of the sound sense which his letter exhibits with regard to the distinction between poetry as a profitable wordly speculation (a very perilous look out!) and poetry as a gift to be cultivated during leisure & in a man's heart; - & I would have written more, & have read his verses pen in hand, marking throughout what I liked best or objected to, had I not had a severe illness, from which I am at present only in the very first dawn & twilight of convalescence. Meantime I would beg him to keep three things in mind; first, that he take care to be right in the accentuations of words /&/ /proper names/ (the more scholarship he gets of every kind the better); - second, that if ever he doubts /what/ /he/ of any thing he has written, he construe the doubt against himself; - and third, that he make all the haste he can to take the severest & most self-possessed view possible of so great & beautiful, however perplexing a thing as Nature, this being the condition of mind to make the best of the perplexity & to alter what we are able of it /--/ (if Nature should so wish) into something more apparently befitting the greatness & the beauty. I wish Mr. Nightingale a reputation worthy of his name, & every kind of happiness. Leigh Hunt. I have marked one or two wrong accents with a cross, - into what they should be. Many of Mr. N.'s fancies are beautiful; & he has imag- ination too, & a right musical ear: but he should take care how he becomes too minute, or takes new phrases for /--/ true feelings or new thoughts. |
| Transcript By |
Latané, David |
| Transcript Location | University of Iowa. Libraries. Special Collections Dept. |
Description
| Title | Page1 |
| Relation - Is Part Of | Leigh Hunt letter to unknown recipient, May 20, 1845 |
| Digital Collection | Leigh Hunt Letters |
| File Name | h941845_Page1.jpg |
| Transcript | [upper left in a contemporary hand: ?Henry Septimus? age 21] Kensington, May 20th. 1845. There can be no doubt, that Noel Nightingale has a true poetic faculty, & of a high order, though tending at present to an excess of a kind that needs pruning & self-denial. I can speak thus with the greater pleasure, by reason of the sound sense which his letter exhibits with regard to the distinction between poetry as a profitable wordly speculation (a very perilous look out!) and poetry as a gift to be cultivated during leisure & in a man's heart; - & I would have written more, & have read his verses pen in hand, marking throughout what I liked best or objected to, |
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