GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, [Foleshill, January 1849]
Title
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, [Foleshill, January 1849]
Title
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, [Foleshill, January 1849]
Sender
George Eliot
Recipient
Sara Sophia Hennell
Date(s)
- 1849-01
Place
[FOLESHILL]
Letter Content
GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, [Foleshill, January 1849]
MS: Yale. Endorsed: Jan. 1849. Mostly published: Cross, I, 194.
Dear Sara
I think of you perpetually, but my thoughts are all aqueous -- they will not crystalize -- they are as fleeting as ripples on the sea. I am suffering perhaps as acutely as ever I did in my life. Breathe a wish that I may gather strength -- the fragrance of your wish will reach me somehow.
Farewell dear love -- I shall be expansive again some day.
Pollian.
MS: Yale. Endorsed: Jan. 1849. Mostly published: Cross, I, 194.
Dear Sara
I think of you perpetually, but my thoughts are all aqueous -- they will not crystalize -- they are as fleeting as ripples on the sea. I am suffering perhaps as acutely as ever I did in my life. Breathe a wish that I may gather strength -- the fragrance of your wish will reach me somehow.
Farewell dear love -- I shall be expansive again some day.
Pollian.
Signature
Pollian.
Citation
George Eliot, GE to Sara Sophia Hennell, [Foleshill, January 1849], Complete George Eliot Letters(2026), George Eliot Archive, edited by Beverley Park Rilett. https://GeorgeEliotArchive.org, Accessed September 7, 2026. https://www.georgeeliotarchive.org/items/show/93838