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                <text>&lt;p&gt;A collection of archival material (letters, diaries, articles, auto/biographical accounts) collected from different archives (cf. &lt;a href="https://www.archivalgossip.com/sources/archives/"&gt;list&lt;/a&gt;) that showcase the life of Charlotte Cushman, one of the most successful US American actresses of the nineteenth century.&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
&lt;p&gt;We invite you to either look for specific items via the tag cloud at the bottom of the page or the search function at the top, &lt;a href="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/items/browse?collection=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;browse all items&lt;/a&gt; in this collection, or explore thematic compilations of selected items in our "&lt;a href="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/exhibits" target="_blank" rel="noopener"&gt;Exhibits&lt;/a&gt;."&lt;/p&gt;&#13;
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&lt;h6 style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/44bccce1e23bf9efe34d0078d3cc97f0.JPG"&gt;&lt;img title="Item Locations" alt="Item Locations" src="https://archivalgossip.com/collection/files/original/44bccce1e23bf9efe34d0078d3cc97f0.JPG" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="349.5" height="324.5" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;(&lt;a href="http://hdlab.stanford.edu/palladio/"&gt;Palladio&lt;/a&gt; visualization, Dec 2021: letter correspondence for items&lt;br /&gt;that have values defined for "location sender" AND "location recipient," size nodes)&lt;/h6&gt;&#13;
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            <text>TO MISS CUSHMAN'S PERSONIFICATION OF ROMEO.&#13;
                  "Oh, she is rich in beauty."—Romeo.&#13;
I liken thy glance to the gorgeous dyes&#13;
That spread over earth's evanishing bowers&#13;
When nature, resplendent in loveliness, sighs&#13;
Her impassioned adieu to the beautiful flowers.&#13;
&#13;
Thy lip I will paint as the bright coral thorn,&#13;
That yields to the voyager its delicate bloom;&#13;
And thy smiles, as the kisses that glitter at morn,&#13;
And bathe the young roses in Eden's perfume.&#13;
&#13;
Thy voice! 'Tis the cadence, the silvery play, &#13;
That murmurs response to the mariner's song, &#13;
When his oars part the tresses of beauty that stray &#13;
O'er the zone of the waters the moonbeams smile on.&#13;
&#13;
Brightest and dearest, thy coming resembles&#13;
The sound of a lute when it floats on the wind;&#13;
For where thou hast trodden an echo yet trembles,&#13;
Like the spirit of beauty thy presence defined.&#13;
&#13;
Mansfield House.&#13;
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              <text>This is a poem dedicated to Charlotte Cushman imagined as Romeo—as performed and personified by her in her performances in &lt;em&gt;Romeo and Juliet&lt;/em&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&#13;
&lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Credit&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt;&#13;
&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.bl.uk/collection-guides/newspapers#"&gt;The British Library Newspapers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.gale.com/intl/primary-sources"&gt;Gale Digital Collections&lt;/a&gt;</text>
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