"Sebastian, or, Virtue Rewarded" is the name of an unpublished poem written around 1815 by the 9-year-old Elizabeth Barrett, later famous as
Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The autographed manuscript of the poem is held in the
Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature in the
New York Public Library Note that the ambitious young Elizabeth signs herself F. R. S. (
Fellow of the Royal Society
Fellowship of the Royal Society (FRS, ForMemRS and HonFRS) is an award granted by the Fellows of the Royal Society of London to individuals who have made a "substantial contribution to the improvement of natural science, natural knowledge, incl ...
) on the cover shown right.
References
1815 poems
Poetry by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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