'Tis not a woman's happiness quite To be a great man's mate. I do bethink That poor Xantippe
not worse than others was. History relateth not her griefs, but those of Socrates
.
Gingold, Hélène. Abelard and Heloise. Greening.
69
Publishing
Amy Levy
AL
's first volume—or booklet—of poetry, entitled Xantippe
and other Verse, was published at Cambridge by E. Johnson
: she was not yet twenty.
Beckman, Linda Hunt. Amy Levy: Her Life and Letters. Ohio University Press.
