Two Poems by F. G. Stephens
Alternately titled: A Burial Place for Me
Alternately titled: Oh Weary Falls the Lapsing Time
Frederick Stephens
Production Description
Document Title: A Burial Place for Me
Document Title: [Untitled]
Author: Frederick G. Stephens
Date of composition: 1849
Type of Manuscript: holograph fair copy
Collation: 1 leaf
Provenance
Current Location: Library of the South African National Gallery
Physical Description
Paper: pale blue unlined
Dimensions of Document: 7 1/2 x 4 1/2 in
Other Physical Features: On the reverse of the manuscript is a copy
of another (untitled) poem by Stephens.
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
Copyright: Published with the permission of Iziko Museums of Cape Town
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Scholarly Commentary
Introduction
This small manuscript has two poems by Stephens—“A Burial Place for Me” and an untitled lyric of three quatrains.