The works of Anna Lætitia Barbauld

(1743-1825)

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CORSICA.

THE INVITATION.

THE GROANS OF THE TANKARD.

ON THE BACKWARDNESS OF THE SPRING 1771.

VERSES WRITTEN IN AN ALCOVE.

THE MOUSE'S PETITION .

TO MRS. P********,

CHARACTERS.

AN INVENTORY OF THE FURNITURE IN DR. PRIESTLEY'S STUDY.

ON A LADY'S WRITING.

ON THE DESERTED VILLAGE.

HYMN TO CONTENT.

TO WISDOM.

THE ORIGIN OF SONG-WRITING .

ON THE DEATH OF MRS. JENNINGS .

AN ADDRESS TO THE DEITY.

A SUMMER EVENING'S MEDITATION.

WHAT DO THE FUTURES SPEAK OF?

AUTUMN,

TO THE BARON DE STONNE,

TO THE MISS WEBSTERS,

EPISTLE TO DR. ENFIELD,

EPISTLE TO WILLIAM WILBERFORCE, Esq.

ON THE EXPECTED GENERAL RISING OF THE FRENCH NATION, IN 1792.

TO DR. PRIESTLEY,

THE RIGHTS OF WOMAN.

INSCRIPTION FOR AN ICE-HOUSE.

AN AUTUMNAL THOUGHT:

TO THE POOR.

HYMN.

TO A LITTLE INVISIBLE BEING

WASHING-DAY.

VERSES

TO MR. S. T. COLERIDGE:

PEACE AND SHEPHERD.

ON THE DEATH OF MRS. MARTINEAU, Senr.

EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN.

ODE TO REMORSE.

LIFE.

ON THE KING'S ILLNESS:

ON THE DEATH OF THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE.

THE WAKE OF THE KING OF SPAIN.

OCTOGENARY REFLECTIONS.

THE DEATH OF THE VIRTUOUS.

HYMNS.

HYMN I.

II.

HYMN II.

III.

HYMN III. FOR EASTER SUNDAY.

IV.

HYMN IV.

HYMN V.

VI.

HYMN VI. PIOUS FRIENDSHIP.

VII.

HYMN VII.

VIII.

HYMN VIII.

IX.

HYMN IX.

HYMN X. A PASTORAL HYMN.

SABBATH HYMNS.

XI.

HYMN XI.

XII.

HYMN XII.

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HYMN XII.

[When, as returns this solemn day]

When, as returns this solemn day,
Man comes to meet his maker God,
What rites, what honours shall he pay?
How spread his sovereign's praise abroad?

From marble domes and gilded spires
Shall curling clouds of incense rise?
And gems, and gold, and garlands deck
The costly pomp of sacrifice?

Vain sinful man! Creation's lord
Thy golden offerings well may spare;
But give thy heart, and thou shalt find,
Here dwells a God who heareth prayer.

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HYMN XII.

[When, as returns this solemn day]