The shades of evening veil the lofty spires … : sonnet
Scope and Content Note
Autograph manuscript of a sonnet by David Lester Richardson which begins: "The shades of evening veil the lofty spires … ." Richardson adds that the poem was "Written at Benares, in the East Indies." He includes a lengthy note explaining that the poem references an Indian custom whereby a woman will float a lamp into the Ganges to learn the fate of a missing lover.
Dates
- Creation: after 1825
Creator
- Richardson, David Lester, 1801-1865 (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials entirely in English.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction
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David Lester Richardson (1801-1865)
Englishman David Lester Richardson (1801-1865) served in the East India Company's Bengal army when he began to write poetry. Due to health concerns, Richardson returned to England in 1824. There he published several poetry volumes and founded the London Weekly Review. He returned to India in 1829, soon retiring from the military and holding a variety of education-related posts. Richardson continued to publish during the next two decades. He left India for the last time in 1861, returning to England where he served as editor of the Court Circular and Allen's Indian Mail. Richardson's poems are often incorporate Indian themes. He is also known (and occasionally criticized) for the lengthy notes which often accompany his poems.
G. S. Boulger, "Richardson, David Lester (bap. 1801, d. 1865)," rev. Rebecca Mills, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/23550 (accessed August, 15 2007).
Extent
1 item (1 page)
Abstract
Autograph manuscript of sonnet by David Lester Richardson.
Source
Purchase, July 2007.
Shelving Summary
Box 53, F0808: Shelved in SPEC MSS 0099 manuscript boxes.
Processing
Processed and encoded by Jaime Margalotti, August 2007. Further encoded by George Apodaca, October 2015.
Genre / Form
Geographic
Occupation
Topical
- Title
- Finding aid for The shades of evening veil the lofty spires … : sonnet
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- University of Delaware Library, Special Collections
- Date
- 2007 August 15
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University of Delaware Library Special Collections Repository