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Poems by Mrs. Opie

The Sixth Edition

Opie, Amelia Alderson (1769-1853)

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SONNET TO WINTER.

THE DYING DAUGHTER TO HER MOTHER.

ALLEN BROOKE OF WINDERMERE .

EPISTLE SUPPOSED TO BE ADDRESSED BY EUDORA, THE MAID OF CORINTH, TO HER LOVER PHILEMON,

ANOTHER ON THE SAME SUBJECT.

TO THE GLOW-WORM.

THE NEGRO BOY'S TALE.

LINES WRITTEN AT NORWICH ON THE FIRST NEWS OF PEACE.

LINES FOR THE ALBUM AT COSSEY,

SONG....TO LAURA.

SONG OF A HINDUSTA‘NI’ GIRL.

‘THE VOICE OF HIM I LOVE.’

ADDRESS OF A FELON TO HIS CHILD ON THE MORNING OF HIS EXECUTION.

THE VIRGIN'S FIRST LOVE.

STANZAS WRITTEN UNDER ÆOLUS'S HARP.

LINES ADDRESSED TO MR. BIGGS, ON HIS HAVING SET THE MAD-SONG, AND MY LOVE TO WAR IS GOING.

FATHERLESS FANNY,

THE DESPAIRING WANDERER.

THE ORPHAN BOY'S TALE.

LINES RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED TO THE SOCIETY FOR THE RELIEF OF PERSONS IMPRISONED FOR SMALL DEBTS.

EPISTLE TO A FRIEND ON NEW YEAR'S DAY....1802.

ON READING, SINCE THE DUKE OF BEDFORD'S DEATH, MR. BURKE'S LETTER REFLECTING ON HIS GRACE.

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LINES ADDRESSED TO MR. BIGGS, ON HIS HAVING SET THE MAD-SONG, AND MY LOVE TO WAR IS GOING.

While from your taste my humble lays acquire
Attractive charms to them till now unknown,
My muse deceived exulting strikes her lyre,
And loves her strains for graces not their own.