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Individual Item Contents: WPRP 87

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Author

Acton, Eliza (1799-1859)

Title

Poems.

Imprint

Ipswich : Printed and published by R. Deck. 1826.

Physical description

8vo(174mm), xx,140p.

Half title. Original boards, blue cloth spine, paper label, uncut. WPRP 87.

Call number

WPRP 87.

Citation

Jackson, Annals of English Verse, p. 523; NN, CtY in NUC.

Notes

Eliza Acton was the daughter of John Acton, a brewer, of Hastings and later of Ipswich. She produced several works on cookery, one of which, Modern Cookery, went through many editions. These poems appear to be her earliest work. Among the subscribers to the volume are the East Anglia poets Richard Cobbold and Miss Flowerdew.

Includes Subscribers List.

Epigraph

None.

Online copies

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Digital copy and transcription at UC Davis

Contents

ON THE DEATH OF MAJOR WHITEFOORD	1
TWILIGHT	4
TO ANNA	6
WHERE, OH! WHERE, ON HIS RESTLESS WING, &c	8
GERTRUDE	10
TO A FRIEND, WITH A PYRUS JAPONICA	12
TO *****	14
SONG, I AM SO WEARY, LOVE!	17
SONG, IN BEAUTY'S DWELLING ALL THINGS FAIR	19
LINES WRITTEN IN ALBUMS, TO CAROLINE	21
TO CATHARINE	24
TO ELIZA D.	25
TO MARY	27
I KNOW HOW VAIN IT IS TO MOURN	28
TO * * * * *	29
TO H.B. * * * * * * * * * *	30
THE GRAVE	32
PORTRAIT	33
NAY TWINE THE HEATH-FLOW'R WILD FOR ME	35
L'ABANDONNÈ	37
TO SUSANNA, FEBRUARY, 1824	40
THE LOVER'S SONG	42
I LINGER OFT BENEATH THY RAY	45
CHIEFTAIN'S SONG	47
TO ------------- ------------------ SUPPOSED TO BE WRITTEN AT THE
TOMB OF HIS PARENTS	48
ON APPROACHING PARIS, 1826	52
TAKE BACK THY RING	55
SONG, LET ME SIT IN THE TWILIGHT HOUR ALONE	57
ADINE A FRAGMENT	58
ON THE DEATH OF ELLEN SHARP, 1822	60
THAT VOICE CAME O'ER ME	63
OH! I AM WEARY OF A WORLD	64
IT WERE DISHONOURING NOW	66
YES! THOU ART LIKE THE BLASTING BREATH	69
SONG, GIVE ME GAY MUSIC!	70
TO THE WILD HEATH-FLOWER	71
FORGIVE THEE!--YES	74
STANZAS, I LOVE IN LONELINESS TO STAND AFAR	76
THE SOLDIER'S BRIDE TO HER HUSBAND	77
"JE VAIS TE QUITTER SÈGOUR AIMÈ"	79
GO, COLD AND FICKLE TRIFLER!	81
VENICE	83
TO THOSE WHO HAVE HAD FEW TIES TO BIND THE SOUL TO
EARTH	85
STANZAS, GIVE ME THE LONELIEST SPOT ON EARTH	87
COME TO MY GRAVE	89
NAY! TAKE THE ROSE	91
TO --------- -------------	93
THE LAST SONG, 'TIS RUIN ALL!	95
WHERE ART THOU LOVE!	97
YES LEAVE ME	98
SONG, I TURN FROM PLEASURES WITCHING TONE	100
A SKETCH	101
WHEN THE BEAUTIFUL STAR OF THE WEST MOVES ON	104
REVENGE	105
SONG, THOU SHALT KNOW MY LOVE BY HIS EAGLE-EYE	107
ON SEEING A ROSE IN A GLASS OF WATER	108
A SHADOW, DARK AS DEATH	109
I LOVE THEE	110
LE TRISTE ADIEU	113
STANZAS, I SAW THEE WORTHLESS AND VILE	117
LINES WRITTEN ABROAD	119
CARDS OF FORTUNE	123

Women Poets of the Romantic Period Individual Item Contents: WPRP 87

Women Poets of the Romantic Period
Individual Item Contents: WPRP 87