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Poems

Mary Young Sewell · 1803

18,626 words · about 1 h 18 min to read

Period artwork: Interior of the Bodleian Library, 1845
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Author
Mary Young Sewell
Language
English
Published
1803
Length
18,626 words · about 1 h 18 min
Sections
69 reader sections
Text
Digital text
Rights
Public domain

 

Contents (69)
  1. Front matter about 10 min
  2. To the Author of the Man of Feeling about 1 min
  3. To the Memory of a young Woman, found dead in St. George's Fields about 1 min
  4. Invocation to the Deity about 2 min
  5. The Hamadryad's Petition about 1 min
  6. To Mr Digby, on his attention to a Family in Distress about 1 min
  7. Reflections in a Starlight Night about 1 min
  8. To the Memory of my Brother Marcellus about 1 min
  9. Charity and Hypocrisy about 2 min
  10. Celia about 2 min
  11. Verses on Caprice about 2 min
  12. On Wit under 1 min
  13. On Wishes about 1 min
  14. Horatio and Amanda about 6 min
  15. Elegy on the Death of the Daughter of Mrs. Britten about 1 min
  16. The Cavern of the Furies about 2 min
  17. Epitaph on a favourite old Horse about 1 min
  18. Verses on a Particular Occasion under 1 min
  19. To the Author of an Elegy on Captain Cooke under 1 min
  20. Poor Ellen about 3 min
  21. Epistle from Lyon the House-Dog to a Friend about 2 min
  22. A Riddle under 1 min
  23. An Enigma under 1 min
  24. To * * * * * * * * under 1 min
  25. On Reading Dr, Johnson's Tour to the Hebrides under 1 min
  26. To * * * * * * on his Birth-day under 1 min
  27. Prologue designed for a young Woman about 1 min
  28. Verses on a Lady leaving off Cards about 1 min
  29. Innocence about 7 min
  30. On sitting with Mrs. Siddons, at Chapel under 1 min
  31. To a young Clergyman about 1 min
  32. To the Memory of Mrs. Simpson about 2 min
  33. Lines addressed to the Earl of Bute about 2 min
  34. To the Memory of Sir Wm. Young, Bart. under 1 min
  35. To C. about 1 min
  36. On Œconomy under 1 min
  37. Lines to the Rev. Dr. Fordyce under 1 min
  38. Lines to Candour about 1 min
  39. To the Memory of Miss C. W. about 1 min
  40. Lines left at North Hinton under 1 min
  41. Lines on the Providential Escape of my Honoured Mother under 1 min
  42. Lines to the Memory of W. H. Bevan, Esq. about 2 min
  43. Lines on the Cold Weather about 1 min
  44. Fable of the Dogs about 4 min
  45. The Squirrel to his Mistress about 1 min
  46. The Peasant to his Dog about 1 min
  47. On the Death of a Robin Red-breast under 1 min
  48. Christmas Day under 1 min
  49. To a Poetical Gentleman under 1 min
  50. To the Memory of Mrs. Colberg about 1 min
  51. Lines on the Conduct of Admiral Duncan under 1 min
  52. On the Death of Dr. Fordyce under 1 min
  53. On the Death of Lady Darell under 1 min
  54. To the Memory of Lady E. Worsley under 1 min
  55. To the Memory of the Rev. G. Sewell about 1 min
  56. Christian Fortitude under 1 min
  57. On the Death of Ladies M. and J. Colyear under 1 min
  58. An Elegy to the Memory of Lady Young about 1 min
  59. To Alphonso about 1 min
  60. Lines on the Blessing of Peace under 1 min
  61. Lines to His Majesty on Peace under 1 min
  62. On some Troops coming to Chertsey under 1 min
  63. A Hymn under 1 min
  64. On the Death of C. Pembroke, Esq. under 1 min
  65. Lines to the Memory of J. Milbank, Esq. under 1 min
  66. The Mother's Invitation about 1 min
  67. The Horse and the Colt about 1 min
  68. To M. G. Lewis, Esq. about 1 min
  69. Sonnet to Meekness under 1 min

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Front matter

POEMS,

BY

MRS. G. SEWELL.

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