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Author |
Colling, Mary Maria. |
Title |
Fables and other pieces in verse. With some account of
the author, in letters to Robert Southey, Esq. Poet Laureate, etc. By
Mrs. Bray. 1st ed. |
Imprint |
London : Longman, 1831 |
Call Number |
WPRP 168 |
Notes |
Includes List of Subscribers. |
Physical Description |
xix, 178 p. front., port. 22 cm |
Citation |
| Jackson, Romantic Poetry by Women, p. 83 |
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Epigraph |
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One
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Not doom’d to ignorance, though forced to tread,
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From childhood up, the ways of poverty;
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From unreflecting ignorance preserved,
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And from debasement rescued --- By Thy grace
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The particle divine remain’d unquench’d.
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WORDSWORTH
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Contents |
POEMS INSERTED IN THE LETTERS.
Letter I. |
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On Creation |
10 |
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The Peony and the Laurel |
13 |
Letter II. |
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The Storm |
32 |
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Lines on the Death of my Maternal Grandmother |
38 |
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The Birth of Envy |
44 |
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To my Dog, Dimpler |
47 |
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To R. Southey, Esq. |
50 |
Letter III. |
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The Bees and the Drone |
54 |
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The Shrub and the Mushroom |
55 |
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The Ivy and the Myrtle |
56 |
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The Rose-bush and the Traveler |
58 |
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The Two Foxes |
59 |
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The Eagle and the Toad |
61 |
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Flora and the Flower |
62 |
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The Nettle and the Sunflower |
64 |
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The Turkies and the Gander |
65 |
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Craft and Snap |
68 |
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Moonlight on the Sea-shore |
71 |
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A Letter to my Sister Anne |
73 |
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The Soldier’s Orphan |
76 |
FABLES.
The Poet and the Flower |
89 |
The Ox and the Ass |
91 |
The Flower and the Willow |
92 |
The Hare and the Hound |
94 |
The Snowdrop and the Ivy |
95 |
The Redbreast and the Cuckoo |
97 |
The Monkies and the Apes |
99 |
The Tulip and the Lily |
101 |
The Hound and the House-dog |
103 |
The Oak and the Ivy |
104 |
The Nightingale and the Frog |
105 |
Venus, Minerva, and the Glow-worm |
106 |
The Goat, the Monkey, the Fox, and the Owl |
108 |
The Jessamine and the Ivy |
110 |
The Snake and the Lark |
112 |
The Rose-bush and the Bramble |
114 |
The Moon and the Cloud |
116 |
The Lion and the Mouse |
118 |
The Liburnum and the Bay-tree |
119 |
The Peacock and the Oyster |
120 |
The Faded Rose, the Poppy, and the Bee |
122 |
The Jackal and the Ape |
123 |
The Oak and the Poplar |
124 |
The Owl and the Nightingale |
126 |
The Monkey and the Ass |
127 |
The Fox and the Cow |
129 |
The Violet and the Rose |
131 |
MISCELLANEOUS POEMS.
The Rotten Stick |
135 |
The Bay-tree |
136 |
The Pet Lamb (Song) |
138 |
May Day (a Village Dialogue) |
139 |
The Cottage Grandfather |
141 |
The May Showers |
143 |
Morning Twilight |
144 |
The Battle of Waterloo |
145 |
A Mother at the Grave of her Son (Ballad) |
147 |
The Sailor’s Funeral |
149 |
To an Infant sleeping |
151 |
To my Father, with a Present |
152 |
To Miss C. Bedford and Miss M. Beaufort |
153 |
To the Rev. E.A. Bray |
154 |
To Mrs. Bray |
155 |
To my Canary |
156 |
Separation |
157 |
Gratitude |
158 |
Virtue |
160 |
Affection |
162 |
Fortitude |
164 |
The Vanity of Riches |
165 |
From Isaiah |
167 |
Hymn to my Creator |
169 |
Hymn on the Nativity |
171 |
Hymn on the Resurrection |
172 |
Hymn on Heaven |
173 |
The Death of a Christian |
175 |
On the Death of Mrs. Gen. Hughes |
176 |
To the Memory of Colonel Bray |
177 |
Epitaph on an Infant |
178 |
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