'To Daniel Maclise'

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From a letter to Daniel Maclise (2 June 1840).

Creator

Dickens, Charles

Source

'To Daniel Maclise.' Letter to Daniel Maclise. 2 June 1840. The Letters of Charles Dickens. The Pilgrim Edition. Edited by Madeline House and Graham Storey. Volume 2 (1840-1841), p. 79. Oxford University Press, 1969.
Dickens, Charles. 'ALs to Daniel Maclise.' Letters, https://libwww.freelibrary.org/digital/item/28617. Free Library of Philadelphia.

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Courtesy of the Free Library of Philadelphia, Rare Book Department.

Relation

Parody of Lord Byron's 'To Thomas Moore', first stanza:

My boat is on the shore,
And my bark is on the sea,
But, before I go, Tom Moore,
Here's a double health to thee!

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Dickens, Charles. 'To Daniel Maclise' (2 June 1840). Dickens Search. Eds. Emily Bell and Lydia Craig. Accessed [date]. https://dickenssearch.com/verse/1840-06-02_Letter_To_Daniel_Maclise_Poem.

Transcription

My foot is in the house,

My bath is on the sea,

And, before I take a souse,

Here’s a single note to thee.

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1840-06-02_Letter_To_Daniel_Maclise.pdf

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Dickens, Charles, “'To Daniel Maclise',” Dickens Search, accessed April 19, 2024, https://dickenssearch.com/verse/1840-06-02_Letter_To_Daniel_Maclise_Poem.

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