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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)

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II.

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SONNET III. WRITTEN AT BUXTON IN A RAINY SEASON.

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SONNET IV. TO HONORA SNEYD,

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

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SONNET VI. WRITTEN AT LICHFIELD,

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VIII.

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SONNET X. TO HONORA SNEYD.

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XII.

XIII.

XIV.

XV.

SONNET XV. WRITTEN ON RISING GROUND NEAR LICHFIELD.

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SONNET XVI. TRANSLATED FROM BOILEAU.

XVII.

SONNET XVII.

XVIII.

SONNET XVIII. AN EVENING IN NOVEMBER,

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SONNET XIX. TO ---

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

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XXII.

SONNET XXII. SUBJECT CONTINUED.

XXIII.

SONNET XXIII. TO MISS E.S.

XXIV.

XXV.

SONNET XXV. PETRARCH to VAUCLUSE.

XXVI.

XXVII.

XXVIII.

XXIX.

SONNET XXIX. SUBJECT CONTINUED.

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XXXI.

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

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SONNET XXXII. SUBJECT OF THE PRECEDING SONNET CONTINUED.

XXXIII.

XXXIV.

XXXV.

SONNET XXXV. SPRING.

XXXVI.

SONNET XXXVI. SUMMER.

XXXVII.

SONNET XXXVII. AUTUMN.

XXXVIII.

SONNET XXXVIII. WINTER.

XXXIX.

SONNET XXXIX. WINTER EVENING.

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SONNET XL. DECEMBER MORNING.

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SONNET XLI. INVITATION TO A FRIEND.

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XLIII.

XLIV.

XLV.

XLVI.

XLVII.

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

XLVIII.

XLIX.

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SONNET LI. TO SYLVIA,

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LIII.

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

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SONNET LIV. A PERSIAN KING TO HIS SON.

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

LVI.

SONNET LVI. TO A TIMID YOUNG LADY,

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

LVIII.

LIX.

SONNET LIX. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LADY MARIANNE CARNEGIE,

LX.

LXI.

SONNET LXI. TO MR HENRY CARY,

LXII.

LXIII.

SONNET LXIII. TO COLEBROOKE DALE.

LXIV.

SONNET LXIV. TO MR HENRY CARY,

LXV.

SONNET LXV. TO THE SAME.

LXVI.

LXVII.

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.

SONNET LXXVIII.

LXXIX.

LXXX.

LXXXI.

LXXXII.

LXXXIII.

SONNET LXXXIII. ON CATANIA AND SYRACUSE

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.

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SONNET XC. SUBJECT CONTINUED.

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XCII.

XCIII.

XCIV.

XCV.

XCVI.

XCVII.

SONNET XCVII. TO A COFFIN-LID.

XCVIII.

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SONNET XCIX. ON THE VIOLENT THUNDER STORMS.

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SONNET C. WRITTEN DECEMBER 1790.

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SONNET XVII.

Ah! why have I indulged my dazzled sight
With scenes in Hope's delusive mirror shewn?
Scenes, that too seldom human life hath known
In more than vision rise;—but O! how bright
The Mind's soft sorceress pour'd her rosy light
On every promis'd good;—oft on the boon
Which might at Fame's resounding shrine be won,
Then lanc'd its beams where all the Loves invite!
Now, with stern hand, Fate draws the sable veil
O'er the frail glass!—Hope, as she turns away,
The darken'd crystal drops.—Heavy and pale,
Rain-drizzling clouds quench all the darts of day:
Low mourns the wind along the gloomy dale,
And tolls the death-bell in the pausing gale.

This, and the following Sonnet, have been slightly altered by their Author since the last edition.