English magazine first published in February 1830 by Hugh Fraser. William Magginn, formerly involved with Blackwood’s Magazine, was editor.
Early contributors to the magazine included such big names as Thomas Carlyle, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Robert Southey, William Makepeace Thackeray and William Harrison Ainsworth.
The magazine ceased to exist in 1882. The publisher Longmans, who took over the magazine in December 1883, replaced it with Longman’s Magazine, under which title the magazine continued to appear until October 1905.
Fraser Magazine.
Fair maid of February, drop of snow, enchanted to a flower. And there within, a dream of April green who without sin conceived wast, but how no man may know.
Meaning ✨:Personification of February: Pale cloak → snow, frost, winter light; the cold, colorless hue of the month. Wild blonde → wild, windswept, light blonde hair; the bright, pale winter sun or straw and sand tones in an icy wind. Daughter of the North Wind → reference to Boreas (Greek mythology), symbol of cold and a harsh, dry wind. Icicles in her hair → sharp frost, the extremes of winter. Connotation: February as harsh, yet just beginning to lighten; a transition between deep winter and the first, still fragile light. The description of February as “a pale-clad, wild-blonde figure. One of the daughters of the North Wind with icicles in her hair” is attributed to Edgar Fawcett. This poetic personification captures the essence of February as a transitional month between winter and spring, embodying both the persistent cold of winter and the promise of spring’s arrival. The image of February as the daughter of the north wind, with icicles in her hair, beautifully symbolizes the duality of the month: the harsh winter conditions and the delicate, crystalline beauty of ice and snow. This imagery resonates with Fawcett’s lyrical style, which often celebrated nature and the changing seasons.
Door Pieter
Mensenmens, zoon, echtgenoot, vader, opa.
Spiritueel, echter niet religieus.
Ik hou van golf, wandelen, lezen en de natuur in veel opzichten.
Onderzoeker, nieuwsgierig, geen fan van de mainstream media (MSM).
