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Poems

by Matilda Betham

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Author
Betham, Matilda, 1776-1852
Credits
Jonathan Ingram and PG Distributed Proofreaders
Language
English
LoC Class
PR: Language and Literatures: English literature
Subject
Poetry
Category
Text
eBook-No.
9998
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/9998
Release Date
February 1, 2006
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.POEMS
  2. 2.BY MATILDA BETHAM. — London: — PRINTED FOR J. HATCHARD, BOOKSELLER TO HER MAJESTY, OPPOSITE ALBANY, PICCADILLY. — 1808. — TO LADY ROUSE BOUGHTON, AS A TESTIMONY OF RESPECT AND GRATITUDE FOR LONG CONTINUED FRIENDSHIP, THIS LITTLE VOLUME IS INSCRIBED BY HER OBLIGED HUMBLE SERVANT, MATILDA BETHAM.
  3. 3.ADVERTISEMENT.
  4. 4.CONTENTS.
  5. 5.POEMS.
  6. 6.THE OLD FISHERMAN.
  7. 7.LINES TO MRS. RADCLIFFE, — ON FIRST READING THE MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO.
  8. 8.THE HEIR.
  9. 9.TO A LLANGOLLEN ROSE, — THE DAY AFTER IT HAD BEEN GIVEN BY MISS PONSONBY. — July 22, 1799.
  10. 10.L'HOMME DE L'ENNUI.
  11. 11.THE GRANDFATHER'S DEPARTURE.
  12. 12.REFLECTIONS — OCCASIONED BY THE DEATH OF FRIENDS.
  13. 13.TO MRS. T. FANCOURT, — July 15, 1803.
  14. 14.TO A YOUNG GENTLEMAN. — July 29th, 1803.
  15. 15.FRAGMENT.
  16. 16.SONGS.
  17. 17.SONG.
  18. 18.SONG. — SET TO MUSIC BY MR. VOIGHT.
  19. 19.A SAILOR'S SONG. — SET TO MUSIC BY MR. WALSH. — Aug. 21, 1805.
  20. 20.ANOTHER, — WRITTEN EARLIER.
  21. 21.SONG. — SET TO MUSIC BY MR. A. PETTIT, OF NORWICH.
  22. 22.HENRY, — ON THE DEPARTURE OF HIS WIFE FROM CALCUTTA.
  23. 23.SONNET.
  24. 24.ON THE REGRET OF YOUTH.
  25. 25.ELEGY ON SOPHIA GRAHAM, — WHO DIED JAN. 21, 1800.
  26. 26.TO MISS ROUSE BOUGHTON, — NOW THE RIGHT HON. LADY ST. JOHN. — Aberystwith, July 5th, 17—
  27. 27.TO THE SAME, — ON RECEIVING FROM HER A FEW FLOWERS OUT OF A BOUQUET, FROM MELCHBOURNE, 1807.
  28. 28.TO THE RIVER — WHICH SEPARATES ITSELF FROM THE DEE, AT BEDKELLERT. — July 19, 1799.
  29. 29.THE OLD MAN'S FAREWELL.
  30. 30.SONG. — DISTANCE FROM THE PLACE OF OUR NATIVITY.
  31. 31.THE OLD SHEPHERD'S RECOLLECTIONS.
  32. 32.REFLECTION. — August 2, 1798.
  33. 33.RETROSPECT OF YOUTH.
  34. 34.THE DAUGHTER. — 1797.
  35. 35.YOUTH UNSUSPICIOUS OF EVIL.
  36. 36.THE MOTHER.
  37. 37.EDGAR AND ELLEN. — FINIS.

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