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 √ Century of ExperienceEvidenceName of Reader / Listener / Reading GroupAuthor of TextTitle of TextForm of Text
 
1700-1799'He had dined that day [30th May 1784] at Mr. Hoole's, and Miss Helen Maria Williams being expected in the evening, Mr. Hoole put into his hands her beautiful "Ode on the...Samuel Johnson Helen Maria WilliamsOde on the Peace, AnPrint: Unknown
1700-1799Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, 20-21 July 1794: 'When Coleridges work is published you will see a Latin Poem of Allens which did not gain the praise. the s...Robert Southey Samuel Taylor ColeridgeOde on the slave tradeManuscript: Sheet
1700-1799Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, c. 2 July 1792: '...& now in plain sober prose I am much obliged to you for your ode which I like very much. but why will you...Robert Southey Thomas Gray GrayOde on the SpringPrint: Unknown
1900-1945'The literary event of the week is our respected laureate's ode in the Times Literary Supplement: truly a most remarkable production, though I am afraid like the honest...Clive Staples Lewis Robert BridgesOde on the Tercentenary Commemoration of Shakespea...Print: Serial / periodical
1900-1945'Meeting held at “Hilliers”, Northcourt Avenue. 18.XI.40
    Rosamund Wallis in the chair.

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5. Mary S. W. Polla...		Rosamund Wallis John KeatsOde to a NightingaleUnknown
1900-1945'Meeting held at “Hilliers”, Northcourt Avenue. 18.XI.40
    Rosamund Wallis in the chair.

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4. Roger Moore gave us a biographical s...		Roger Moore John KeatsOde to a NightingaleUnknown
1800-1849Thomas Westwood to Elizabeth Barrett, 1 January 1844: 'Shelley, I have read, through & through, & love & admire him as much, as I can do a man who holds himself so f...Thomas Westwood Percy Bysshe ShelleyOde to a SkylarkPrint: Book
1700-1799Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, c 26 December 1793: 'I take Milton to have introduced this kind of alcaics into the English language in his translation of Qu...Robert Southey Frank SayersOde to AuroraPrint: Book
1900-1945'Meeting held at “Hilliers”, Northcourt Avenue. 18.XI.40
    Rosamund Wallis in the chair.

[...]

5. Mary S. W. Polla...		Mary Pollard John KeatsOde to AutumnUnknown
1700-1799'the Ode to Indifference is a most superior Piece of elegant Writing The Occasion of it was however dreadfully unhappy'. [Mrs Thrale then tells of Mrs Greville's son's de...Hester Lynch Thrale Frances GrevilleOde to IndifferencePrint: Unknown
1700-1799Robert Southey to Horace Walpole Bedford, 7 June 1794: 'In return for your ode to Indolence I know nothing better than these strains to her eldest born. they immortalize...Robert Southey Horace Walpole BedfordOde to IndolenceManuscript: Sheet
1800-1849Anne Isabella Milbanke to Lord Byron (1814): 'Your ode to Buonaparte was read in the company which I have just left. It was thought not perfectly lyrical -- of this I ...Anne Isabella Milbanke George Gordon Lord Byronode to Napoleon BonaparteUnknown
1800-1849'Ode to Peace' 'Come; Peace of Mind, delightful quest/...'Molineux group, including Mrs MolineuxWilliam CowperOde to PeaceUnknown
1700-1799Robert Southey to Grosvenor Charles Bedford, c 26 December 1793: 'I take Milton to have introduced this kind of alcaics into the English language in his translation of Qu...Robert Southey Anna Laetitia BarbauldOde to SpringPrint: Book
1800-1849Diary entry, August 22, 1831: "And then we read merely the Greek of a passage in the poem next to my favorite poem; and then Mr. Boyd gave me Meleager’s ode to Spring...Elizabeth Barrett Browning MeleagerOde to SpringPrint: Book
1800-1849[Transcription from a commonplace book]: [Title] 'Ode to the closing year'; [Text] 'Oh why should I attempt to ring/The knell of Time in sorrowing tone / Or sadly tune m...Magdalene Sharpe- Erskine AnonOde to the closing yearPrint: Serial / periodical
1850-1899'The authorship of these beautiful verses has been most truculently fought about; but whoever wrote them (and it seems as if this Logan had) they are lovely. What time...Robert Louis Stevenson Michael BruceOde to the CuckooPrint: Book
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1850-1899		From the Commonplace book of Mrs Austen of Ensbury: Transcription of 'Ode to the Poppy, By the Honble Mrs O’Neil', beginning 'Not for the promise of the cultured field/ N...Catherine Austen Mrs O’NeilOde to the PoppyUnknown
'My arrival interrupted for a little while the important business of this true representative of Bayes[a clergyman who wanted Johnson's opinions on his literary works]; u...Samuel Johnson William TaskerOde to the Warlike Genius of BritainManuscript: Unknown
1900-1945'Lancashire weaver Elizabeth Blackburn... proceeded to an evening institute course in English literature and by the rhythm of the looms she memorised all of The Rime of t...Elizabeth Blackburn Percy Bysshe ShelleyOde to the West WindPrint: Book


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