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[Kym Bird]

Scott, I sent this to my former professor, D.R. Ewen, who usually knows 
these things and he has confirmed Ian's response.  See below.  Kind 
regards, Kym Bird



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Date: 	Mon, 27 Jun 2016 19:37:56 +0000
From: 	drewen at yorku.ca
To: 	Kym Bird <kbird at yorku.ca>





             Yes, it's from Each and All, Emerson's poem about a 
sparrow.  So is the even more beautiful  poem by the Canadian Beatrice 
Lillie:  Is that a sparrow/ Doing something in a barrow / Or is it a 
linnet / Doing something in it.?    Shorter and to the point too.       
       Love .

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    *From*: Kym Bird <kbird at yorku.ca>
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    Professor Ewen, do you know where this poetic line is from?  See
    below for context.  Love Kym


    *But he has forgotten the little poem about the maiden’s charm being
    enhanced by the white-robed village choir*, and the marvel out of
    her original setting fails him."







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    Date: 	Mon, 27 Jun 2016 11:46:02 -0600
    From: 	ian mcwilliams <isianmcw at gmail.com>
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    Hi Scott,

    Could it be /Each and All /By Ralph Waldo Emerson?
    http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poems/detail/45877

    Which includes:

    /The lover watched his graceful maid, /
    /As 'mid the virgin train she stayed, /
    /Nor knew her beauty's best attire /
    /Was woven still by the snow-white choir./


    Thanks be to Google!
    - Ian


    Ian McWilliams, Ph.D.
    isianmcw at gmail.com <mailto:isianmcw at gmail.com>
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    On 27 June 2016 at 10:48, SCOTT DUCHESNE <sduches1 at rogers.com
    <mailto:sduches1 at rogers.com>> wrote:

        Hi everyone,

        As some of you might know, I'm working on a critical edition of
        Roy Mitchell's "Creative Theatre", and I've been coming across
        some very obscure ideas and passages. I thank everyone for their
        past efforts, and rest assured you will be mentioned in the
        acknowledgements section, as well as this listserv.

        Once again, Mitchell has confounded me. He writes: "He says:
        “Miss Blank is the hit of that show, and if I had her I could do
        well.” So he outbids, perhaps at a fabulous price, the
        discoverer of the marvel, who probably taught her all she knows,
        not as teaching for itself but as eliciting what he needed for
        some play of his own, and exploits her recently acquired tricks.
        *But he has forgotten the little poem about the maiden’s charm
        being enhanced by the white-robed village choir*, and the marvel
        out of her original setting fails him."

        What poem is he referring to? I'm lost.

        Cheers!


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