'To Mrs Cowden Clarke'

Description

From a letter to Mrs Cowden Clarke (13 January 1849).

Creator

Dickens, Charles

Source

'To Mrs Cowden Clarke.' The Letters of Charles Dickens. The Pilgrim Edition. Edited by Graham Storey and K. J. Fielding. Volume 5 (1847-1849), p. 476. Oxford University Press, 1980.

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Bibliographic Citation

Dickens, Charles. 'To Mrs Cowden Clarke' (13 January 1849). Dickens Search. Eds. Emily Bell and Lydia Craig. Accessed [date]. https://dickenssearch.com/verse/1849-01-13_Letter_To_Mrs_Cowden_Clarke_Poem.

Transcription

– But had you seen him in “Used up”,
His eye so beaming and so clear,
When on his stool he sat to sup
The oxtail – little Romer near
&c &c
– you would have forgotten and forgiven all.

Collection

Citation

Dickens, Charles, “'To Mrs Cowden Clarke',” Dickens Search, accessed April 25, 2024, https://dickenssearch.com/verse/1849-01-13_Letter_To_Mrs_Cowden_Clarke_Poem.