MOORE MARIANNE Autograph Letter Signed MM twice with first 1

Sale 2446 - Lot 389

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MOORE, MARIANNE. Autograph Letter Signed, "M.M." twice, with first 10 lines typed, including an Autograph Manuscript on first page, to "Dear Marshall," quoting 6 lines by Walter Religh, noting that the paper of the letter was given to her by George Saintsbury (written vertically in left margin), and giving a brief and disjointed biography. The manuscript, fair copy of her poem, "What Are Years!" 2 pages, 4to, written on the first and terminal pages of a folded sheet; horizontal folds. (MRS) Np, 23 April 1963

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"I prize these lines by Sir Walter Raleigh (carry them about with me in my miniature calendar and note-book): (You probably know them). / Give me my scallop shell of quiet . . . .
"Of my own work--written when I thought my mother was dying (she lived longer) these lines mean most to me--better typed; but your grandfather says script! / What Are Years! (not a question a meditation) . . . .
"My life? very simple. My mother died in 1947, my brother lives in Washington, Connecticut . . . . Like animals, the country. Never there. Have no pets. . . .
"(I am very economical, Marshall. Too economical. . . )."