NORTON CAROLINE Autograph Manuscript Signed Caroline E Norto

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NORTON, CAROLINE. Autograph Manuscript Signed, "Caroline E. Norton," fair copy of her untitled sonnet, with a two-line note in holograph at bottom of page: "Written after dining at Holland House 1842. Miss Fox was reading by a lamp when we came in." 1 page, 4to, mourning stationery; short closed separation at horizontal fold, faint scattered soiling, addressed in holograph to "the good little Aunty" on verso. "Holland House" [London], 1842

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"There is a beauty which is all of bloom, / Of coloured brightness, and smooth outlined youth: -- / Another, which the Spirit's rays illume, / 'Beauty of Holiness' . . . ."
This poem was published in Sonia Keppel's biography of Elizabeth Vassall, The Sovereign Lady, London, 1974.
In 1842, the Holland House was a country house in Kensington, London, belonging to the family of the sister ("Miss Fox") of Henry Vassall-Fox, 3rd Baron Holland (1773-1840).