Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1898 — Unfortunate Lady Lamb. [ARTICLE]

Unfortunate Lady Lamb.

Many of Byron’s most charming and tender verses are written to Lady Caroline Lamb, the novelist whose life was sadly Interesting. She was married before the age of 20 to the Honorable William Lamb and was long the favorite of fashionable circles for her literary accomplishments, her personal attractiveness and her grace. Upon meeting Lord Byron, she became the victim of an unfortunate infatuation for the poet which continued three years and •was the cause of much comment. The poet is said to have trifled with her feelings and a quarrel took place. For many years Lady Caroline led a life of comparative seclusion at Brocket Hall. While riding one day with Mr. Lamb, she met at the park gates the hearse which was conveying the remains of Lord Byron to Newstead Abbey. She was taken home insensible and a long and severe illness followed, during which she had spells of Insanity. From this time her manner and habits changed and three years before her death, a separation took place between her and husband, who, however, visited her frequently and corresponded with her. A romantic susceptibility of temperament seems to have been the misfortune of this lady. This fact illustrates the wisdom of Thompson’s advice: “Then keep each passion, however dear, Trust me, the tender are the most severe.” Cleveland has a “colored Wagner” in Harry L. Freemnn, who has composed several operas and other music of considerable merit. He is now engaged in writing an opera based upon folk lore, in which the music will be African folk songs of the South.