Descent from the Cross, The
- Title
- Descent from the Cross, The
- Alternative Title
- Sunset along Judea-a fearful Eve
- Date
- 1841
- Spatial Coverage
- The Descent from the Cross
- Bibliographic Citation
- [Burleigh, George Shepard.] The Descent from the Cross: A Poem. Delivered in Hartford, October 28, 1841.Hartford: Case, Tiffany and Burnham.
- George S. Burleigh Papers, 1825-1902. John Hay Library, Brown University. Miscellaneous Manuscripts.
- Subject
- Religion; Christianity
- comment
- The poem was READ (i.e. "Delivered by") Lucian Burleigh. He did NOT write it. Evidence from letters and GSB's own papers (as well as the obvious poetic skills involved) mitigate against this being a first-time effort from Lucian.
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