… the Lyre which CAMBRIDGE strung, When he the empty ballroom sung; 'Tis tun'd above thy pitch, I doubt, And thou no music wouldst draw out: Yet, in a lower note, presume To sing the full dull Drawing-room. Where the dire Circle keeps its …
Mary Delany
[ Art and Literature / Reading & Writing ]
… assemblies or more private meetings in a world where sociability, for women, was very often associated with literature, music and science. With the Duchess of Portland, she met authors, musicians, botanists but also the King and Queen who occasionally visited the Duchess at Bulstrode or invited her to come …