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Author |
Fry, Caroline (1787-1846) |
Title |
Serious Poetry, by Caroline Fry |
Imprint |
London, Ogle, Duncan, 1823
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Call number |
WPRP 375 |
Physical Description |
viii, 116 p. 20 cm |
Citation |
Jackson, Romantic Poetry by Women, p. 131. |
Notes |
2nd ed. |
Epigraph |
none |
Online copies |
CU Digital Library Digital copy and transcription at UC Davis |
Contents |
PREFACE | VII |
EVENING | 1 |
TO A FRIEND, WHO EXPRESSED A FEAR THAT THE BIBLE WAS A SEALED BOOK TO HER | 5 |
THE LILY | 8 |
ON THE LOVE OF GOD | 12 |
LINES WRITTEN UNDER A SKETCH OF OARE CHURCH | 21 |
THE GALE | 25 |
THE DAWN | 28 |
LINES WRITTEN ON HEARING IT SAID, WE OUGHT NOT TO PRAY FOR OUR SAVIOUR'S SECOND COMING UPON EARTH | 30 |
ON HEARING THE SONG OF A BIRD ONE COLD SABBATH EVENING IN FEBRUARY | 35 |
TO A FRIEND WHO COMPLAINED THAT SHE HAD NOT A HOME | 37 |
THE SETTING SUN | 39 |
MIDNIGHT THOUGHTS | 42 |
THE WILD FLOWER | 46 |
WHEN SHALL I FLEE AWAY, AND BE AT REST? | 50 |
THE SABBATH | 52 |
POLL PEG, LEICESTERSHIRE: A SKETCH | 57 |
FAITH | 63 |
PATIENCE | 66 |
ON PARTING FROM A FRIEND | 74 |
LINES WRITTEN IN TIME OF SICKNESS, ON HEARING IT ASKED IF I WAS RESIGNED TO DIE | 78 |
THE CALM | 82 |
TO A FRIEND, ON TAKING LEAVE OF OARE | 85 |
ON BEING ASKED THE NECESSITY OF PRAYER TO THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN THE IMMUTABILITY OF DIVINE DECREES | 88 |
FROM THE THIRTY-SIXTH CHAPTER OF EZEKIEL | 94 |
REFLECTIONS ON THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR, DECEMBER 31ST, 1821; ALSO BEING MY BIRTH-DAY | 97 |
HUMILITY | 102 |
TO A FRIEND | 107 |
THE HARP OF JUDAH | 110 |
NIGHT | 112 |
ON PARTING FROM A FRIEND, UNDER PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES | 114 |
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