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<DIV>This person has written to me about the poem on pp. 205-6 of the Hogarth
Press edn of “All Passion Spent”. Either VSW made it up or it’s something
obscure where she has updated the spelling. I’ve done a bit of hunting
without success. </DIV>
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<DIV>Stuart</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">I am a PhD student in English at the
University of Colorado-Boulder and I am trying to solve a literary mystery. Last
year I gave a presentation on allusions in Vita Sackville-West's <I>All Passion
Spent, </I>and was able to identify every text quoted or alluded to within the
novel ex[c]e[p]t for a poem that the protagonist reads, from a book "from 1493"
(reproduced below). My googling, database search, and consultation with a few
professors at my university and abroad, however, have revealed no information on
what this poem's source may be, or whether it even predates the novel! In fact,
if you search any line from the poem on Google, the <B>only </B>search result is
the novel itself. I have already been in contact with archive librarians at
Yale, where the manuscript of <I>All Passion Spent</I> is held, and they could
find no annotation or note within the manuscript that gives any hint as to its
origin or authorship. I thought that since you were connected to the Virginia
Woolf Society of Great Britain that you might be able to provide me with some
insight. Thanks so much for your time. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Best, </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Times New Roman">Melodie Roschman </FONT></DIV>
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