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The Poetical Works of Anna Seward

With Extracts from her Literary Correspondence. Edited by Walter Scott ... In Three Volumes

Seward, Anna (1742-1809)

PORTRAIT OF MISS LEVETT.

ELEGY

THE HAY-FIELD,

INSCRIPTION

LOVE ELEGIES AND EPISTLES.

SONG OF THE FAIRIES TO THE SEA-NYMPHS.

COMPLAINT OF AN ARABIAN LOVER.

II.

VERSES WRITTEN IN DR DARWIN'S BOTANIC GARDEN

ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF MR JOSEPH SYKES, OF WEST-ELLA,

CHARITY,

MONODY

ODE

INVOCATION OF THE COMIC MUSE.

AMUSEMENTS OF WINTER.

BERMUDA,

ELEGY ON CAPTAIN COOK.

VERSES TO A YOUNG GENTLEMAN.

ODE TO THE SUN.

VERSES TO CAPTAIN ELIOTT,

VERSES Inviting Mrs C—--- to Tea on a public Fast-day,

ON THE FUTURE EXISTENCE OF BRUTES.

TO MISS SEWARD.

MONODY ON MAJOR ANDRE.

ODE TO POETIC FANCY.

EPISTLE TO CORNELIA.

EPISTLE TO Mr ROMNEY,

WRITTEN IN THE BLANK PAGE OF THE SORROWS OF WERTER.

WRITTEN IN THE TITLE PAGE OF A VOLUME CONTAINING Mr JEPHSON's TRAGEDIES.

WRITTEN IN A DIMINUTIVE EDITION OF GRAY'S POEMS.

VERSES

WRITTEN

WITH A LOCK OF THE AUTHOR's HAIR,

VERSES TO THE CELEBRATED PAINTER, MR WRIGHT, OF DERBY,

EPISTLE TO WILLIAM HAYLEY,Esq.

TO THE MEMORY OF LADY MILLAR.

EPISTLE TO THE REV. DR WILLIAM BAGSHOT STEVENS, OF REPTON, DERBYSHIRE,

TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, Esq.

ADDRESS TO THE SUN.

ADDRESS TO WOMAN.

VERSES TO THE Rev. WILLIAM MASON,

EPITAPHS.

ON HANNAH ROBINSON, OF LICHFIELD,

ON LADY MILLER

ON ELIZA JONES,

ON MISS ANNE LAWLEY,

ON DAVID GARRICK, Esq.

ON MRS BENNET,

ON ELIZA WHATELEY,

ON ELIZABETH,

ON THE HON. HENRIETTA BAGOT,

ON MISS WINGFIELD, of SHREWSBURY,

INSCRIBED ON THE MONUMENT OF THE Rev. WILLIAM BAGSHOT STEVENS,

FOR A MARBLE TABLET IN LICHFIELD CATHEDRATA

ON GENERAL SIMCOE.

EPISTLE TO F. C. R. MUNDY, Esq.

THE RED-BREAST and SPARROW.

MOUNT ETNA.

EPISTLE TO COLONEL ST. GEORGE.

ODE ON TIME.

LOUISA TO EMMA,

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II.

SECOND EPISTLE. EUGENIO TO

III.

THIRD EPISTLE. LOUISA TO EMMA,

IV.

FOURTH EPISTLE. LOUISA TO EMMA.

SONG OF ROXANA.

THE SONG OF ZILLIA.

EASTERN ODE

DAPHNE's COYNESS ACCOUNTED FOR.

VERSES TO Mr. HAYLEY,

WRITTEN IN AUTUMN, 1784,

COLEBROOK DALE.

INDEPENDENT INDUSTRY TRUE VIRTUE.

TO THE Rev. JOHN GRANVILLE.

EPISTLE TO NATHANIEL LISTER, Esq. OF LICHFIELD,

EPISTLE TO GEORGE ROMNEY, Esq.

IDYLLIUM.

TO Mrs SMITH,

ALPINE SCENERY.

ODE ON GENERAL ELIOTT's RETURN FROM GIBRALTAR, IN 1787.

III.

VOL. III.

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EYAM.

REMONSTRANCE ADDRESSED TO WILLIAM COWPER, ESQ. IN 1788,

CRUGAL's GHOST,

THE GHOST OF CUCHULLIN.

EPISTLE TO Mr Newton, the Derbyshire Minstrel,

TO Mr JOHN SALT, of LICHFIELD,

ON THE SUDDEN DEATH OF THE CELEBRATED Mr NORRIS, of OXFORD, BATCHELOR OF MUSIC.

ON MAJOR ANDRE.

HAROLD's COMPLAINT.

THE LAKE;

WRITTEN AFTER HAVING VISITED MISS MORE, AND HER SISTERS

TRANSLATION OF GRAY'S APOSTROPHE, TO THE MEMORY OF HIS YOUNG FRIEND, WEST,

PARAPHRASE of GRAY's ALCAICK ODE,

TO Sir NIGEL GRESLEY.

TO ---SHERIVE, Esq.

SONNET, to the Rev. RICHARD POLWHELE,

THE FIRST PSALM

137th PSALM PARAPHRASED.

TO CHARLES SIMPSON, Esq. BARRISTER;

TO MAJOR ROOKE of MANSFIELD,

TO CH. CLARKE, Esq.

A WARNING EXHORTATION.

TO HUMPHRY REPTON, Esq.

TO MRS WINGFIELD OF SHREWSBURY.

TO MISS WINGFIELD OF SHREWSBURY.

TO MISS CATHERINE WINGFIELD.

TO MISS REMMINGTON, OF LICHFIELD.

TO MISS FERN OF LICHFIELD.

TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LADY ELEANOR BUTLER,

TO MISS PONSONBY.

INSCRIPTIONS,

TO THE YOUNG MARRIED LADY WHO HUMANELY PURCHASES THIS TRIFLE.

TO THE YOUNG UNMARRIED LADY, WHO PURCHASES ME.

TO THE LADY, WHETHER SINGLE OR MARRIED, WHO SHALL CHARITABLY PURCHASE THIS TRIFLE.

TO THE LADY WHO MAY PURCHASE THIS ENVELOPE, AND WHO MAY NOT BE A CELEBRATED BEAUTY.

TO THE DOWAGER LADY BLAKISTON,

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TO MRS SIDDONS.

ODE ON ENGLAND'S NAVAL TRIUMPHS IN THE PRESENT WAR.

TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE MARCHIONESS OF DONEGALL,

II.

III.

SONNET III. WRITTEN AT BUXTON IN A RAINY SEASON.

IV.

SONNET IV. TO HONORA SNEYD,

SONNET V. TO A FRIEND, WHO THINKS SENSIBILITY A MISFORTUNE.

VI.

SONNET VI. WRITTEN AT LICHFIELD,

VII.

SONNET VII.

VIII.

SONNET VIII.

IX.

SONNET IX.

SONNET X. TO HONORA SNEYD.

XI.

XII.

XIII.

XIV.

XV.

SONNET XV. WRITTEN ON RISING GROUND NEAR LICHFIELD.

XVI.

SONNET XVI. TRANSLATED FROM BOILEAU.

XVII.

SONNET XVII.

XVIII.

SONNET XVIII. AN EVENING IN NOVEMBER,

XIX.

SONNET XIX. TO ---

XX.

SONNET XX. ON READING A DESCRIPTION OF POPE'S CARDENS AT TWICKENHAM.

XXI.

SONNET XXI.

XXII.

SONNET XXII. SUBJECT CONTINUED.

XXIII.

SONNET XXIII. TO MISS E.S.

XXIV.

SONNET XXIV.

XXV.

SONNET XXV. PETRARCH to VAUCLUSE.

XXVI.

SONNET XXVI.

XXVII.

SONNET XXVII.

XXVIII.

SONNET XXVIII.

XXIX.

SONNET XXIX. SUBJECT CONTINUED.

XXX.

SONNET XXX.

XXXI.

SONNET XXXI. TO THE DEPARTING SPIRIT OF AN ALIENATED FRIEND.

XXXII.

SONNET XXXII. SUBJECT OF THE PRECEDING SONNET CONTINUED.

XXXIII.

SONNET XXXIII.

XXXIV.

SONNET XXXIV.

XXXV.

SONNET XXXV. SPRING.

XXXVI.

SONNET XXXVI. SUMMER.

XXXVII.

SONNET XXXVII. AUTUMN.

XXXVIII.

SONNET XXXVIII. WINTER.

XXXIX.

SONNET XXXIX. WINTER EVENING.

XL.

SONNET XL. DECEMBER MORNING.

XLI.

SONNET XLI. INVITATION TO A FRIEND.

XLII.

XLIII.

XLIV.

XLV.

XLVI.

XLVII.

SONNET XLVII. ON MR SARGENT'S DRAMATIC POEM, THE MINE.

XLVIII.

SONNET XLVIII.

XLIX.

SONNET XLIX.

SONNET L.

LI.

SONNET LI. TO SYLVIA,

LII.

SONNET LII.

LIII.

SONNET LIII. WRITTEN IN THE SPRING 1785 ON THE DEATH OF THE POET LAUREAT.

LIV.

SONNET LIV. A PERSIAN KING TO HIS SON.

LV.

SONNET LV. ON THE QUICK TRANSITION FROM WINTER TO SUMMER, IN THE YEAR 1785.

LVI.

SONNET LVI. TO A TIMID YOUNG LADY,

LVII.

SONNET LVII. WRITTEN THE NIGHT PRECEDING THE FUNERAL OF MRS CHARLES BUCKERIDGE.

LVIII.

SONNET LVIII.

LIX.

SONNET LIX. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LADY MARIANNE CARNEGIE,

LX.

SONNET LX.

LXI.

SONNET LXI. TO MR HENRY CARY,

LXII.

SONNET LXII.

LXIII.

SONNET LXIII. TO COLEBROOKE DALE.

LXIV.

SONNET LXIV. TO MR HENRY CARY,

LXV.

SONNET LXV. TO THE SAME.

LXVI.

SONNET LXVI.

LXVII.

SONNET LXVII.

LXVIII.

SONNET LXVIII.

LXIX.

SONNET LXIX. TO A YOUNG LADY,

LXX.

LXXI.

LXXII.

LXXIII.

LXXIV.

LXXV.

LXXVI.

SONNET LXXVI. THE CRITICS OF DR JOHNSON'S SCHOOL.

LXXVII.

LXXVIII.

LXXIX.

LXXX.

LXXXI.

LXXXII.

LXXXIII.

SONNET LXXXIII. ON CATANIA AND SYRACUSE

LXXXIV.

SONNET LXXXIV.

LXXXV.

SONNET LXXXV. TO MARCH.

LXXXVI.

SONNET LXXXVI. TO THE LAKE OF KILLARNEY.

LXXXVII.

SONNET LXXXVII. TO A YOUNG LADY,

LXXXVIII.

SONNET LXXXVIII. THE PROSPECT A FLOODED VALE.

LXXXIX.

SONNET LXXXIX. SUBJECT CONTINUED.

XC.

SONNET XC. SUBJECT CONTINUED.

XCI.

XCII.

XCIII.

XCIV.

XCV.

XCVI.

XCVII.

SONNET XCVII. TO A COFFIN-LID.

XCVIII.

SONNET XCVIII.

XCIX.

SONNET XCIX. ON THE VIOLENT THUNDER STORMS.

SONNET C. WRITTEN DECEMBER 1790.

TO THE HONOURABLE THOMAS ERSKINE.

TO THE FOUNTAIN OF BLANDUSIA.

TO TELEPHUS.

TO PHYLLIS.

TO MELPOMENE.

TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, Esq,

TO LIGURIA.

TO PHYLLIS.

ON THE PLEASURES OF RURAL LIFE.

SPEECH OF THE NYMPH OF THAT BROOK,

SONNET.

A MEDITATION.

THE TERRESTRIAL YEAR,

INSCRIBED ON THE BACK OF A LANDSCAPE,

INSCRIBED ON THE BACK OF THE COMPANION LANDSCAPE.

INSCRIBED ON THE BACK OF A LANDSCAPE,

ADDRESS TO THE RIVER IN A LANDSCAPE,

TO MISS HONORA SMITH of LICHFIELD.

ADMONITION TO ROSILDA.

A MARINE VIEW MORALIZED

TO CLARISSA.

A FAREWELL

CONSOLATION,

TO ROBERT HARPER, Esq.

BALLAD IN THE ANCIENT SCOTCH DIALECT,

ADDRESSED TO THE REV. THOMAS SEDGEWICK WHALLEY,

THE GRAVE OF YOUTH.

TO MRS SKERETT

TO MISS CATHERINE MALLET.

IMPROMPTU,

ELEGY, WRITTEN AS FROM A FRENCH LADY,

TO MISS MANSEL,

ADDRESS TO THE YOUNG ROSCIUS.

A FAVOURITE CAT'S DYING SOLILOQUY,

TO LITTLE CATHERINE HARPER, AGED THREE YEARS,

INSCRIBED ON THE BLANK LEAVES OF THE POEM MADOC.

TO F. N. C. MUNDY,Esq.

TO REMEMBRANCE.

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THE FIRST PSALM

PUT INTO VERSE.

Blest is the man, who ne'er hath stay'd
Where sinners idly meet,
Nor in their dangerous mazes stray'd,
Nor press'd the scorner's seat!

But still the Lord's eternal law
Proves his uncloy'd delight,
To ponder it with sacred awe
Each passing day and night.

Like the fair tree, beside the stream,
Whose roots the waters lave;
While ripening in the summer beam,
Its fruits luxuriant wave.

No blight shall on his leaf descend,
For still hath Heav'n decreed,
That full prosperity attend
His every thought and deed.

But for the unrepenting race,
Not such their transient day,
They are like chaff, which wild winds chase,
Scatter'd from earth away.

Therefore the wicked shall not stand
In Judgment's dread abode,
Nor sinners 'midst the righteous band
That meet before their God.

For He discerns the pure of heart,
But, at the impious hurl'd,
Eternal Vengeance speeds the dart,
Which strikes them from the world.