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Author

Yearsley, Ann.

Title

Poems, on several occasions. By Ann Yearsley, a Milkwoman of Bristol. 3^rd ed.

Imprint

London : Printed for T. Cadell

Year of Publication

1785

Call Number

WPRP 185

Physical Description:

2 p. L., xv-lvi, iii-xiii, 100 p. 21 cm

Citation

Jackson, Romantic Poetry by Women, p. 383

Notes

Includes "A Prefatory Letter to Mrs. Montagu. By a Friend," List of Subscribers, and Advertisement.

Epigraph

none

Online copy

Contents

NIGHT To STELLA	1
Thoughts on the Author’s own Death	14
To a Friend: on Valentine’s Day	19
Another Valentine. To another person	22
To Mrs. V---------N	24
A Fragment	29
On the sudden Death of a Friend	34
To Mr. R--------, on his benevolent Scheme for rescuing poor Children from Vise and Misery, by promoting Sunday Schools	37
To Mrs. M--------s, 48
To STELLA; on a Visit to Mrs. MONTAGU	52
To the Same: on her accusing the Author of Flattery and of ascribing to the Creature that Praise which is due only the Creator	55
Soliloquy	57
Address to Friendship	60
To the Honourable H------E W--------E, on reading the Castle of Otranto	66
To Her Grace the Duchess Dowager of PORTLAND	74
On Mrs. MONTAGU	78
Clifton Hill	83