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Author |
Stokes, Catherine |
Title |
Poems, on Subjects, Religious, Moral, &c. &c. &c |
Imprint |
Salisbury, Printed by J.A. Gilmour, 1818.
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Call number |
WPRP 396 |
Physical Description |
78, 2 p. 17 cm |
Citation |
Jackson, Romantic Poetry by Women, p. 318. |
Notes |
Includes list of subscribers. Two page manuscript poem “Melancholy” inscribed on the lower free endpaper and signed C. Stokes. Likely the author’s copy. First and only edition. |
Epigraph |
none
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Contents |
THE ADDRESS | 3 |
HER LIFE | 5 |
RETIREMENT | 8 |
JOSEPH AND HIS BRETHREN | 9 |
THE WISH | 27 |
ON CONTENTMENT | 28 |
ELEGY | 28 |
WINTER | 30 |
STANZAS ADDRESSED TO AN INFANT | 32 |
ADDRESSED TO A SISTER’S HUSBAND ON HIS WEDDING DAY | 34 |
A WELCOME TO SPRING | 35 |
THE AUTHOR’S COMPLAINT AND CONSOLATION | 36 |
A MORNING HYMN | 38 |
AN EVENING HYMN | 39 |
HYMN ON GOOD FRIDAY | 40 |
HYMN ON THE MAJESTY OF GOD | 41 |
FRIENDSHIP | 43 |
MODESTY | 44 |
A SUMMER EVENING | 45 |
THE HERMITAGE | 46 |
A THEME ON NIGHT | 47 |
THE ORPHAN’S COMPLAINT | 51 |
AN UNIVERSAL CHORUS OF PRAISE | 54 |
REMARKS ON A PERSON WHO WENT DIGGING ON DAMERHAM DOWN IN HOPES OF FINDING CONCEALED TREASURE | 62 |
A SHIPWRECK’D SAILOR’S PETITION | 64 |
A WELCOME TO PEACE | 65 |
STANZAS COMPOSED ON THE RENEWAL OF THE WAR | 66 |
A MORNING WALK | 67 |
PROVIDENCE | 70 |
ON SEEING A STONE ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF KING WILLIAM RUFUS, WHO WAS SHOT BY AN ARROW WHILST HUNTING IN THE NEW FOREST | 72 |
THE SIGH | 74 |
CONTEMPLATIONS IN A CHURCHYARD | 75 |
REFLECTION ON THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR | 76 |
THE AUTHOR’S THANKS | 77 |
ADDENDA |
ON CHRISTMAS DAY | 1 |
TO A SISTER ON HER BIRTH DAY | 2 |
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