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AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT SIGNED (AMS): "Judgment Day"
by HOWELLS, W[illiam] D[ean]
- Used
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Slight creasing. Near Fine
- Seller
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Fleetwood, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
n.p., 1919. Manuscript. Slight creasing. Near Fine. A handwritten poem on a 6-3/4" x 8-1/4" sheet of paper SIGNED "W. D. Howells" at the conclusion with the dates 1895 and 1919. The eight-line poem was first published in the book STOPS OF VARIOUS QUILLS in 1895.
Before Him weltered like a shoreless sea
The souls of them that had not sought to be,
With all their guilt upon them, and they cried,
They that had sinned from hate and lust and pride,
"Thou that didst make us what we might become,
Judge us!" The Judge of all the earth was dumb;
But high above them, in His sovereign place,
He lifted up the pity of His face.
Before Him weltered like a shoreless sea
The souls of them that had not sought to be,
With all their guilt upon them, and they cried,
They that had sinned from hate and lust and pride,
"Thou that didst make us what we might become,
Judge us!" The Judge of all the earth was dumb;
But high above them, in His sovereign place,
He lifted up the pity of His face.
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Details
- Seller
- Charles Agvent
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 020651
- Title
- AUTOGRAPH MANUSCRIPT SIGNED (AMS): "Judgment Day"
- Author
- HOWELLS, W[illiam] D[ean]
- Format/Binding
- Manuscript
- Book Condition
- Used - Slight creasing. Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- n.p.
- Date Published
- 1919
- Keywords
- Signed, New Year's Eve, William Dean Howells, Manuscript, Literary Autographs, 19th Century American Literature, 19th Century Literature
- Bookseller catalogs
- 19th Century American Literature; Manuscript;
Terms of Sale
Charles Agvent
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About the Seller
Charles Agvent
Biblio member since 2003
Fleetwood, Pennsylvania
About Charles Agvent
We carry a diverse and select stock with major specialties including Modern and 19th Century Literary First Editions, Signed Books & Autographs (especially Presidential and Literary), and Limited Editions Club books. We have been in business since 1987 and are proud to be members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (ABAA) and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB).
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