Ballads and Songs

Ballads and Songs

Parkes, Bessie Rayner

London: Bell & Daldy, 1863

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1863

George Eliot to Bessie Rayner Parkes, 12 May 1863. “Loving thanks for the Poems. Sitting over the fire with a sore throat this afternoon, I have read many of them. They have much value and sacredness for me, giving me glimpses of the history of your mind in the years during which we have seen so little of each other. Among those I have most enjoyed are the "Voluntaries." The Ballad of the King's Daughter I remember admiring long ago.” GEL 4: 85

Parkes, Bessie Rayner, Ballads and Songs, George Eliot's Reading, George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://www.georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/57148

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