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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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SONNET TO WINTER.

Power of the awful wind, whose hollow blast
Hurls desolation wide! thy sway I hail.
It o'er the scene around can beauties cast
Superior far to aught that Summer's gale
Bids in the ripening year to bloom awake.
To view thy majesty, the cheerful tale,
The dance, the festive song, I pleased forsake,

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And through thy sparkling scenes I stray alone,
Now the pale regent of thy splendid night
Decks with her yellow rays thy snowy throne.
Richly her beams on Summer's mantle light;
Richly they gild chill Autumn's tawny vest:
But to mine eyes they shine more chastely bright
Spangling the icy robe that wraps thy breast.