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Author |
Strickland, Agnes, 1796-1874 |
Title |
The Seven Ages Of Woman, and other poems. By Agnes Strickland, authoress of "Worchester Field; Or, The Cavalier." |
Imprint |
London: Hurst, Chance, & Co., MDCCCXXVII [1827].
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Call number |
WPRP 337 |
Physical Description |
viii, 152 p. 18 cm |
Citation |
Jackson,
Romantic Poetry by Women, p. 319. |
Notes |
Dedication to Mrs. Leverton. First edition. Presentation copy inscribed on the title page "From the Author" and below, "With the affectionate regards of her sister C.P. Strickland" to Mrs. Bazett, Sevanstone Lodge Sept. 21st 1831. |
Epigraph |
None. |
Contents |
The Seven Ages of Women | 1 |
Stanzas. Night in Metropolis | 11 |
——— Morning in the Metropolis | 16 |
Lines on the River Waveney | 21 |
The Funeral of King Charles I. | 25 |
King Charles II. and the Cavalier's Daughter | 30 |
Ode to the Spirit of Music | 43 |
The Home-bound Ship | 47 |
Ode to the Closing Year | 52 |
The Escape of the Queen and Infant Son James II. from Whitehall | 54 |
The Death-bed | 60 |
Greek Song. The fall of Jesus. | 66 |
The Enfranchised; or, The Butterfly's First Flight | 68 |
Stanzas. On June | 71 |
The Earthquake of Callao | 74 |
The Death of Summer | 80 |
The Reverse | 83 |
The Roman Triumph | 88 |
To the Spirit of Dreams | 94 |
The Legend of St. Valentine | 99 |
The Evening Hour | 103 |
Oh Thoughts of High and Tender Melancholy | 105 |
The Bivouac | 107 |
Phillis and the Painter | 113 |
The Massacre of the Nuns at Paris | 115 |
The Exiled Lover | 122 |
SONNETS. | |
On the New Year | 133 |
On the Closing Year | 134 |
The Bride | 135 |
The Infant | 136 |
The Maniac | 137 |
The Vision | 138 |
To Greece | 139 |
Translation from the Italian of Vittoria Colonna, Marchesana Di Pescara | 140 |
Translation of Bernardo Tasso's Sonnet to the Moon | 141 |
Translation from Cardinal Bembo | 142 |
Translation from Petrarcha | 143 |
Translation from Pope Urban | 144 |
To the City of Rome, from the Italian of Guidiccione | 145 |
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