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Author |
Cave, Jane, 1753-1813. Afterwards Winscom. |
Title |
Poems on various subjects, entertaining, elegiac, and religious. |
Imprint |
Winchester. Printed for the Author by J. Sadler. 1783. |
Physical description |
Fine frontispiece portrait. [4],26,[2;blank],iv,150p.
With a list of subscribers. Original blue boards, uncut. |
Citation |
Jackson, Romantic Poetry by Women, p. 378. |
Call number |
WPRP 15 . |
Notes |
Contains 'On the much lamented death of the Rev. Mr. Whitfield,
who died in New England, Sept 30, 1770' and 'On the departure of six
missionaries to America'.
Includes "To the Subscribers" and Subscribers list. |
Epigraph |
none |
Online copies |
Hathi Trust |
Contents |
The Author’s Plea |
1 |
On Love and Wine |
6 |
On the Parting of the Miss B------s, of Winchester,
with Mr. and Mrs. G-----n |
8 |
To a young Gentleman, who presented the Author
with a Poem in Commendation of her singing |
10 |
Extempore on Miss Organ |
13 |
The Woman’s Ornament |
14 |
Credulia’s Complaint |
18 |
On the Marriage of a Lady, to whom the Author was
Bride-Maid |
21 |
From Eusebia to Fidelio |
25 |
On the Marriage of Captain A-------- to Miss R-------- |
29 |
A Letter to an Aunt |
34 |
On the Departure of a Youth from the Author |
37 |
To a Friend, on going to Itchen |
40 |
A Poem, occasioned by a Lady’s doubting whether
the Author composed an Elegy to which her name is affixed |
44 |
A Poem for Children, on Cruelty, &c. |
47 |
On an angry, petulant Kitchen-Maid |
49 |
On the Death of an Only Child |
52 |
On the Author’s leaving Bath, and going to
Winchester |
53 |
On the Celebration of the Night in which Misses
W----- and J------ were bound Apprentices to Miss H-------- |
56 |
On building Castles |
57 |
On viewing the Portrait of Mr. T.W. |
61 |
To an Aunt |
62 |
On seeing Lady P----- at a Place of Worship |
63 |
ELEGIAC POEMS.
On the Death of Mr. Bradford |
65 |
On the Death of Mrs. Maybery |
69 |
On the Death of Mrs. Blake |
74 |
On the Death of Mr. Whitefield |
77 |
On the Death of the Rev. Mr. Howell Harris |
83 |
On the Death of the Rev. Mr. Watkins |
89 |
On the Death of the Author’s Mother |
96 |
Epitaph on a young Man who died three Days after
he was married |
100 |
Another on a Young Lady |
101 |
Another on an amiable Wife. |
ibid. |
RELIGIOUS POEMS.
A Poem on hearing the Rev. Mr. R---d read the Morning
Service |
102 |
An Hymn in Time of Opposition |
107 |
Another Hymn |
108 |
On the First General Fast after the Commencement
of the late War |
111 |
Lines composed instantaneously, at the Request
of a Company of gay Ladies |
114 |
On profane Cursing and Swearing |
116 |
On the Departure of six Missionaries to America |
118 |
On hearing the Tolling of a Bell |
121 |
An Hymn for Consecration |
130 |
On the General Fast, Feb, 8, 1782 |
135 |
On hearing the Rev. Mr. B------, from Psalm 65,
2 |
138 |
Ingratitude |
146 |
An Hymn for a Child who has lost its Father and
Mother |
147 |
Love, the Essence of Religion |
149 |
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