“My dearMr. Patmore,—I
congratulate you on the charming poems of your son. They are indeed beautiful, and as fresh and original as
beautiful. My friend Mr.
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LADY BLESSINGTON.
Procter had prepared me for something
charming, but these poems, I confess, surpass my expectations, although they
were greatly raised. I hope you will make me personally acquainted with the
young poet when you and he have leisure. Believe me,
Peter George Patmore [Tims] (1786-1855)
English writer and friend of Charles Lamb and Leigh Hunt; an early contributor to Blackwood's, he was John Scott's second in the fatal duel, editor of
the Court Journal, and father of the poet Coventry Patmore.
Bryan Waller Procter [Barry Cornwall] (1787-1874)
English poet; a contemporary of Byron at Harrow, and friend of Leigh Hunt and Charles
Lamb. He was the author of several volumes of poem and Mirandola, a
tragedy (1821).
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Author: Peter George Patmore
Title:My Friends and Acquaintance: being Memorials, Mind-portraits, and Personal
Recollections of Deceased Celebrities of the Nineteenth Century; with Selections from their
Unpublished Letters 3 vols (London: Saunders and Otley, 1854).
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