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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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I.

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PORTRAIT OF MISS LEVETT.

LOVE ELEGIES AND EPISTLES.

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THE COUNTRY MAID,

SONG OF THE FAIRIES TO THE SEA-NYMPHS.

ADDRESS TO HOPE.

PASTORAL BALLAD.

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ODE TO EUPHROSYNE,

COMPLAINT OF AN ARABIAN LOVER.

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II.

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VERSES WRITTEN IN DR DARWIN'S BOTANIC GARDEN

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

INVOCATION OF THE COMIC MUSE.

AMUSEMENTS OF WINTER.

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.

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,

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ON HANNAH ROBINSON, OF LICHFIELD,

ON ELIZA JONES,

ON MISS ANNE LAWLEY,

ON DAVID GARRICK, Esq.

ON ELIZA WHATELEY,

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.

EPISTLE TO COLONEL ST. GEORGE.

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LOUISA TO EMMA,

I.

II.

SECOND EPISTLE. EUGENIO TO

III.

THIRD EPISTLE. LOUISA TO EMMA,

IV.

FOURTH EPISTLE. LOUISA TO EMMA.

SONG OF ROXANA.

THE SONG OF ZILLIA.

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.

ALPINE SCENERY.

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

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III.

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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.

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.

LLANGOLLEN VALE,

VERSES ON WREXHAM,

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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.

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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,

TO MISS GODFREY,

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I.

II.

III.

SONNET III. WRITTEN AT BUXTON IN A RAINY SEASON.

IV.

SONNET IV. TO HONORA SNEYD,

V.

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

VI.

SONNET VI. WRITTEN AT LICHFIELD,

VII.

VIII.

IX.

X.

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.

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.

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.

XXX.

XXXI.

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

XXXII.

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.

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.

XLIX.

L.

LI.

SONNET LI. TO SYLVIA,

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.

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.

XC.

SONNET XC. SUBJECT CONTINUED.

XCI.

XCII.

XCIII.

XCIV.

XCV.

XCVI.

XCVII.

SONNET XCVII. TO A COFFIN-LID.

XCVIII.

XCIX.

SONNET XCIX. ON THE VIOLENT THUNDER STORMS.

C.

SONNET C. WRITTEN DECEMBER 1790.

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TO MUNATIUS PLANCUS.

TO THALIARCHUS.

TO HIS ATTENDANT.

TO THE HONOURABLE THOMAS ERSKINE.

TO TITUS VALGIUS.

TO LICINIUS MURENA.

TO THE FOUNTAIN OF BLANDUSIA.

TO WILLIAM HAYLEY, Esq,

ON THE PLEASURES OF RURAL LIFE.

TO THE ROMAN PEOPLE,

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GREVILLE AND JULIA

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SPEECH OF THE NYMPH OF THAT BROOK,

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 ROBERT HARPER, Esq.

BALLAD IN THE ANCIENT SCOTCH DIALECT,

ADDRESSED TO THE REV. THOMAS SEDGEWICK WHALLEY,

THE GRAVE OF YOUTH.

TO MISS CATHERINE MALLET.

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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TO THE HONOURABLE THOMAS ERSKINE.

UORACE, BOOK THE SECOND, ODE THE THIRD, IMITATED.

OCTOBER, 1796.

Conscious the mortal stamp is on thy breast,
O, Erskine! still an equal mind maintain,
That wild Ambition ne'er may goad thy rest,
Nor Fortune's smile awake thy triumph vain,

Whether thro' toilsome tho' renowned years
'Tis thine to trace the law's perplexing maze,
Or win the Sacred Seals, whose awful cares
To high decrees devote thy honour'd days.

Where silver'd poplars with the stately pines
Mix their thick branches in the summer sky,
And the cool stream, whose trembling surface shines,
Laboriously oblique, is hurrying by;

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There let thy duteous train the banquet bring,
In whose bright cups the liquid ruby flows,
As life's warm season, on expanded wing,
Presents her too, too transitory rose;

While every Muse and Grace auspicious wait,
As erst thy handmaids, when, with brow serene,
Gay thou didst rove where Buxton views elate
A golden palace deck her savage scene.

At frequent periods woo th' inspiring band
Before thy days their summer-course have run,
While, with closed shears, the Fatal Sisters stand,
Nor aim to cut the brilliant thread they spun.

Precarious tenant of that gay retreat,
Fann'd by pure gales on Hampstead's airy downs,
Where filial troops for thee delighted wait,
And their fair mother's smile thy banquet crowns!

Precarious tenant!—shortly thou may'st leave
These, and propitious Fortune's golden hoard;
Then spare not thou the stores, that shall receive,
When set thy orb, a less illustrious lord.

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What can it then avail thee that thy pleas
Charm'd every ear with Tully's periods bland?
Or that the subject passions they could seize,
And with the thunder of the Greek command?

What can it then avail thee that thy fame
Threw tenfold lustre on thy noble line?
Since neither birth, nor self-won glory, claim
One hour's exemption from the sable shrine.

E'en now thy lot shakes in the urn, whence Fate
Throws her pale edicts in reverseless doom!
Each issues in its turn, or soon, or late,
And lo! the great man's prize!—a silent Tomb!

The author had the pleasure of passing a fortnight with Mr and Mrs Erskine at Buxton, in August 1796.