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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********,
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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 .
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SONGS.
  
DELIA.
  
OVID TO HIS WIFE.
  
TO A LADY.
  
ODE TO SPRING.
  
EPITHALAMIUM .
  
VERSES ON MRS. ROWE.
  
TO A DOG.
  
TO MISS R****,
  
ON THE DEATH OF MRS. JENNINGS .
  
AN ADDRESS TO THE DEITY.
  
A SUMMER EVENING'S MEDITATION.
  
THE EPIPHANY.
  
TO MR. BARBAULD,
  
TO MR. BARBAULD,
  
LOVE AND TIME.
  
TO MISS F. B.
  
TOMORROW.
  
LINES
  
WRITTEN ON A MARBLE.
  
A SCHOOL ECLOGUE.
  
WHAT DO THE FUTURES SPEAK OF?
  
AUTUMN,
  
TO THE BARON DE STONNE,
  
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.
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VERSES
  
TO MR. S. T. COLERIDGE:
  
PEACE AND SHEPHERD.
  
ON THE DEATH OF MRS. MARTINEAU, Senr.
  
ON A PORTRAIT.
  
WEST END FAIR.
  
DIRGE:
  
THE UNKNOWN GOD.
  
ETERNITY.
  
EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND ELEVEN.
  
ODE TO REMORSE.
  
LIFE.
  
ON THE KING'S ILLNESS:
  
A THOUGHT ON DEATH:
  
STANZAS:
  
TO MISS T.
  
THE FIRST FIRE.
  
THE CATERPILLAR.
  
ON THE DEATH OF THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE.
  
THE WAKE OF THE KING OF SPAIN.
  
THE BABY-HOUSE.
  
LOGOGRIPH.
  
RIDDLE.
  
ENIGMA.
  
RIDDLE.
  
PROLOGUE TO A DRAMA,
  
LINES
  
TO A FRIEND.
  
DEJECTION.
  
TO MRS. MARISSAL:
  
EPITAPH ON THE SAME.
  
TO MR. BOWRING,
  
FRAGMENT.
  
OCTOGENARY REFLECTIONS.
  
THE DEATH OF THE VIRTUOUS.
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HYMNS.
 I. 
HYMN I.
 II. 
HYMN II.
 III. 
HYMN III. FOR EASTER SUNDAY.
 IV. 
HYMN IV.
 V. 
HYMN V.
 VI. 
HYMN VI. PIOUS FRIENDSHIP.
 VII. 
HYMN VII.
 VIII. 
HYMN VIII.
 IX. 
HYMN IX.
 X. 
HYMN X. A PASTORAL HYMN.
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SABBATH HYMNS.

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ON A LADY'S WRITING.

Her even lines her steady temper show,
Neat as her dress, and polished as her brow;
Strong as her judgement, easy as her air;
Correct though free, and regular though fair:
And the same graces o'er her pen preside,
That form her manners and her footsteps guide.
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