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Individual Item Contents: WPRP 339

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Author

Rolls, Henry, Mrs

Title

Sacred Sketches from Scripture History. By Mrs. Hen[ry] Rolls.

Imprint

London: Sold by Messrs. Law and Whittaker, 1815.

Call number

WPRP 339

Physical Description

viii, 120 p. ; 21 cm

Citation

Jackson, Romantic Poetry by Women, p. 279.

Notes

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Epigraph

Oh! grant my hand may paint to my listening youth,
The endless beauties of the page of Truth!
May lead the mind, all meaner themes above,
To trace the wonders of redeeming Live!
Oh! more than blest! if to the song be given,
To show one erring heart the path to Heaven!
Page 3, line 3.

Contents

Prefatory lines	1
Belshazzar's Impious Feast	5
The Plague of Hail on the Egyptians	23
The Drought in the Desert	27
Jephtha	33
The Widow of Sarepta	59
The Translation of Elijah	69
The Vision of Zacharias	77
The Annunciation	83
The Nativity, or Offering of the Wise Men	89
The Crucifixion	93
The Ascension	99
Notes	105

Women Poets of the Romantic Period Individual Item Contents: WPRP 339

Women Poets of the Romantic Period
Individual Item Contents: WPRP 339