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The Collected Poems of Anna Seward Volume 1
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The Collected Poems of Anna Seward Volume 1

The Collected Poems of Anna Seward Volume 1

Edited ByLisa L. Moore
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2015
eBook Published 7 September 2015
Pub. location London
Imprint Routledge
DOIhttps://doi.org/10.4324/9781315642451
Pages 312 pages
eBook ISBN 9781317283065
SubjectsLanguage & Literature
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Moore, L. L. (Ed.). (2016). The Collected Poems of Anna Seward Volume 1. London: Routledge, https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315642451
ABOUT THIS BOOK

This critical edition of the poems of Anna Seward (1742-1809) re-establishes one of the most popular and prolific poets of the early Romantic period. Her work influenced Charllotte Smith and Mary Robinson and later both Wordsworth and Coleridge.

Her reputation was so high that Sir Walter Scott edited the posthumous edition of her poems in 1810. Unlike Scott's, this edition reproduces the poems as they were first published in periodicals and collections during Seward's lifetime, allowing scholars to experience them as eighteenth century readers did. It also includes mire than 200 poems that were excluded from the Scott edition.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |40 pages
Previously Unpublished Manuscript Poem Telemachus
View abstract
chapter |72 pages
Separately Published Poems Elegy on Captain Cook. To Which is Added, An Ode to the Sun
View abstract
chapter |36 pages
Poems Published First in Periodicals
View abstract
chapter |26 pages
Poems Published First in Llangollen Vale, With Other Poems (London: G. Sael, 1796)
View abstract
chapter 1|1 pages
[When Life’s realities the Soul perceives]
View abstract
chapter 2|1 pages
[ e Future, and its gi s, alone we prize,]
View abstract
chapter 4|1 pages
To Honora Sneyd
View abstract
chapter 6|1 pages
Written at Lich eld
View abstract
chapter 7|1 pages
[By Derwent’s rapid stream as o I stray’d,]
View abstract
chapter 9|1 pages
[Seek not, my Lesbia, the sequester’d dale,]
View abstract
chapter 11|1 pages
[How sweet to rove, from summer sun-beams veil’d,]
View abstract
chapter 13|1 pages
[ ou child of Night, and Silence, balmy Sleep,]
View abstract
chapter 17|1 pages
[Ah! why have I indulg’d my dazzled sight]
View abstract
chapter 19|1 pages
To ________
View abstract
chapter 21|1 pages
[Proud of our lyric Galaxy, I hear]
View abstract
chapter 22|1 pages
Subject Continued
View abstract
chapter 24|1 pages
Translation
View abstract
chapter 26|1 pages
[O partial Memory! Years, that ed too fast,]
View abstract
chapter 27|1 pages
[See wither’d Winter, bending low his head;]
View abstract
chapter 29|1 pages
Subject Continued
View abstract
chapter 31|1 pages
The Departing Spirit of an Alienated Friend
View abstract
chapter 33|1 pages
[Last night her Form the hours of slumber bless’d]
View abstract
chapter 35|1 pages
Spring
View abstract
chapter 37|1 pages
Autumn
View abstract
chapter 40|1 pages
December Morning
View abstract
chapter 42|1 pages
[Lo! the Year’s Final Day! – Nature performs]
View abstract
chapter 44|1 pages
[Rapt Contemplation, bring thy waking dreams]
View abstract
chapter 46|1 pages
[Dark as the silent stream beneath the night,]
View abstract
chapter 47|1 pages
On ‘ e Mine’
View abstract
chapter 50|1 pages
[In every breast Affection fires, there dwells]
View abstract
chapter 51|1 pages
To Sylvia
View abstract
chapter 53|1 pages
On the Death of the Poet Laureat
View abstract
chapter 54|1 pages
A Persian King to His Son
View abstract
chapter 56|1 pages
To a Timid Young Lady
View abstract
chapter 57|1 pages
Th e Funeral of Mrs Charles Buckeridge
View abstract
chapter 59|1 pages
To the Right Honourable Lady Marianne Carnegie
View abstract
chapter 61|1 pages
To Mr Henry Cary
View abstract
chapter 62|1 pages
[Dim grows the vital ame in his dear breast]
View abstract
chapter 64|1 pages
To Mr Henry Cary
View abstract
chapter 66|1 pages
[Nobly to scorn thy gilded veil to wear,]
View abstract
chapter 67|1 pages
On Doctor Johnson’s Unjust Criticisms
View abstract
chapter 68|1 pages
Doctor Johnson
View abstract
chapter 71|1 pages
To the Poppy
View abstract
chapter 72|1 pages
The Rainy Summer of 1789
View abstract
chapter 74|1 pages
[In sultry noon when youthful Milton lay,]
View abstract
chapter 76|1 pages
The Critics of Doctor Johnson’s School
View abstract
chapter 77|1 pages
[O! hast thou seen a vernal Morning bright]
View abstract
chapter 79|1 pages
[While unsuspecting trust in all that wears]
View abstract
chapter 81|1 pages
On a Lock of Miss Sarah Seward’s Hair
View abstract
chapter 83|1 pages
On Catania and Syracuse
View abstract
chapter 85|1 pages
To March
View abstract
chapter 87|1 pages
To a Young Lady
View abstract
chapter 89|1 pages
Subject Continued
View abstract
chapter 90|1 pages
Subject Continued
View abstract
chapter 93|1 pages
[You so Star, peering o’er the sable cloud,]
View abstract
chapter 95|1 pages
[On the damp margin of the sea-beat shore]
View abstract
chapter 98|1 pages
[Since my griev’d mind some energy regains,]
View abstract
chapter 100|1 pages
Written December 1790
View abstract

This critical edition of the poems of Anna Seward (1742-1809) re-establishes one of the most popular and prolific poets of the early Romantic period. Her work influenced Charllotte Smith and Mary Robinson and later both Wordsworth and Coleridge.

Her reputation was so high that Sir Walter Scott edited the posthumous edition of her poems in 1810. Unlike Scott's, this edition reproduces the poems as they were first published in periodicals and collections during Seward's lifetime, allowing scholars to experience them as eighteenth century readers did. It also includes mire than 200 poems that were excluded from the Scott edition.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |40 pages
Previously Unpublished Manuscript Poem Telemachus
View abstract
chapter |72 pages
Separately Published Poems Elegy on Captain Cook. To Which is Added, An Ode to the Sun
View abstract
chapter |36 pages
Poems Published First in Periodicals
View abstract
chapter |26 pages
Poems Published First in Llangollen Vale, With Other Poems (London: G. Sael, 1796)
View abstract
chapter 1|1 pages
[When Life’s realities the Soul perceives]
View abstract
chapter 2|1 pages
[ e Future, and its gi s, alone we prize,]
View abstract
chapter 4|1 pages
To Honora Sneyd
View abstract
chapter 6|1 pages
Written at Lich eld
View abstract
chapter 7|1 pages
[By Derwent’s rapid stream as o I stray’d,]
View abstract
chapter 9|1 pages
[Seek not, my Lesbia, the sequester’d dale,]
View abstract
chapter 11|1 pages
[How sweet to rove, from summer sun-beams veil’d,]
View abstract
chapter 13|1 pages
[ ou child of Night, and Silence, balmy Sleep,]
View abstract
chapter 17|1 pages
[Ah! why have I indulg’d my dazzled sight]
View abstract
chapter 19|1 pages
To ________
View abstract
chapter 21|1 pages
[Proud of our lyric Galaxy, I hear]
View abstract
chapter 22|1 pages
Subject Continued
View abstract
chapter 24|1 pages
Translation
View abstract
chapter 26|1 pages
[O partial Memory! Years, that ed too fast,]
View abstract
chapter 27|1 pages
[See wither’d Winter, bending low his head;]
View abstract
chapter 29|1 pages
Subject Continued
View abstract
chapter 31|1 pages
The Departing Spirit of an Alienated Friend
View abstract
chapter 33|1 pages
[Last night her Form the hours of slumber bless’d]
View abstract
chapter 35|1 pages
Spring
View abstract
chapter 37|1 pages
Autumn
View abstract
chapter 40|1 pages
December Morning
View abstract
chapter 42|1 pages
[Lo! the Year’s Final Day! – Nature performs]
View abstract
chapter 44|1 pages
[Rapt Contemplation, bring thy waking dreams]
View abstract
chapter 46|1 pages
[Dark as the silent stream beneath the night,]
View abstract
chapter 47|1 pages
On ‘ e Mine’
View abstract
chapter 50|1 pages
[In every breast Affection fires, there dwells]
View abstract
chapter 51|1 pages
To Sylvia
View abstract
chapter 53|1 pages
On the Death of the Poet Laureat
View abstract
chapter 54|1 pages
A Persian King to His Son
View abstract
chapter 56|1 pages
To a Timid Young Lady
View abstract
chapter 57|1 pages
Th e Funeral of Mrs Charles Buckeridge
View abstract
chapter 59|1 pages
To the Right Honourable Lady Marianne Carnegie
View abstract
chapter 61|1 pages
To Mr Henry Cary
View abstract
chapter 62|1 pages
[Dim grows the vital ame in his dear breast]
View abstract
chapter 64|1 pages
To Mr Henry Cary
View abstract
chapter 66|1 pages
[Nobly to scorn thy gilded veil to wear,]
View abstract
chapter 67|1 pages
On Doctor Johnson’s Unjust Criticisms
View abstract
chapter 68|1 pages
Doctor Johnson
View abstract
chapter 71|1 pages
To the Poppy
View abstract
chapter 72|1 pages
The Rainy Summer of 1789
View abstract
chapter 74|1 pages
[In sultry noon when youthful Milton lay,]
View abstract
chapter 76|1 pages
The Critics of Doctor Johnson’s School
View abstract
chapter 77|1 pages
[O! hast thou seen a vernal Morning bright]
View abstract
chapter 79|1 pages
[While unsuspecting trust in all that wears]
View abstract
chapter 81|1 pages
On a Lock of Miss Sarah Seward’s Hair
View abstract
chapter 83|1 pages
On Catania and Syracuse
View abstract
chapter 85|1 pages
To March
View abstract
chapter 87|1 pages
To a Young Lady
View abstract
chapter 89|1 pages
Subject Continued
View abstract
chapter 90|1 pages
Subject Continued
View abstract
chapter 93|1 pages
[You so Star, peering o’er the sable cloud,]
View abstract
chapter 95|1 pages
[On the damp margin of the sea-beat shore]
View abstract
chapter 98|1 pages
[Since my griev’d mind some energy regains,]
View abstract
chapter 100|1 pages
Written December 1790
View abstract
CONTENTS
ABOUT THIS BOOK

This critical edition of the poems of Anna Seward (1742-1809) re-establishes one of the most popular and prolific poets of the early Romantic period. Her work influenced Charllotte Smith and Mary Robinson and later both Wordsworth and Coleridge.

Her reputation was so high that Sir Walter Scott edited the posthumous edition of her poems in 1810. Unlike Scott's, this edition reproduces the poems as they were first published in periodicals and collections during Seward's lifetime, allowing scholars to experience them as eighteenth century readers did. It also includes mire than 200 poems that were excluded from the Scott edition.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |40 pages
Previously Unpublished Manuscript Poem Telemachus
View abstract
chapter |72 pages
Separately Published Poems Elegy on Captain Cook. To Which is Added, An Ode to the Sun
View abstract
chapter |36 pages
Poems Published First in Periodicals
View abstract
chapter |26 pages
Poems Published First in Llangollen Vale, With Other Poems (London: G. Sael, 1796)
View abstract
chapter 1|1 pages
[When Life’s realities the Soul perceives]
View abstract
chapter 2|1 pages
[ e Future, and its gi s, alone we prize,]
View abstract
chapter 4|1 pages
To Honora Sneyd
View abstract
chapter 6|1 pages
Written at Lich eld
View abstract
chapter 7|1 pages
[By Derwent’s rapid stream as o I stray’d,]
View abstract
chapter 9|1 pages
[Seek not, my Lesbia, the sequester’d dale,]
View abstract
chapter 11|1 pages
[How sweet to rove, from summer sun-beams veil’d,]
View abstract
chapter 13|1 pages
[ ou child of Night, and Silence, balmy Sleep,]
View abstract
chapter 17|1 pages
[Ah! why have I indulg’d my dazzled sight]
View abstract
chapter 19|1 pages
To ________
View abstract
chapter 21|1 pages
[Proud of our lyric Galaxy, I hear]
View abstract
chapter 22|1 pages
Subject Continued
View abstract
chapter 24|1 pages
Translation
View abstract
chapter 26|1 pages
[O partial Memory! Years, that ed too fast,]
View abstract
chapter 27|1 pages
[See wither’d Winter, bending low his head;]
View abstract
chapter 29|1 pages
Subject Continued
View abstract
chapter 31|1 pages
The Departing Spirit of an Alienated Friend
View abstract
chapter 33|1 pages
[Last night her Form the hours of slumber bless’d]
View abstract
chapter 35|1 pages
Spring
View abstract
chapter 37|1 pages
Autumn
View abstract
chapter 40|1 pages
December Morning
View abstract
chapter 42|1 pages
[Lo! the Year’s Final Day! – Nature performs]
View abstract
chapter 44|1 pages
[Rapt Contemplation, bring thy waking dreams]
View abstract
chapter 46|1 pages
[Dark as the silent stream beneath the night,]
View abstract
chapter 47|1 pages
On ‘ e Mine’
View abstract
chapter 50|1 pages
[In every breast Affection fires, there dwells]
View abstract
chapter 51|1 pages
To Sylvia
View abstract
chapter 53|1 pages
On the Death of the Poet Laureat
View abstract
chapter 54|1 pages
A Persian King to His Son
View abstract
chapter 56|1 pages
To a Timid Young Lady
View abstract
chapter 57|1 pages
Th e Funeral of Mrs Charles Buckeridge
View abstract
chapter 59|1 pages
To the Right Honourable Lady Marianne Carnegie
View abstract
chapter 61|1 pages
To Mr Henry Cary
View abstract
chapter 62|1 pages
[Dim grows the vital ame in his dear breast]
View abstract
chapter 64|1 pages
To Mr Henry Cary
View abstract
chapter 66|1 pages
[Nobly to scorn thy gilded veil to wear,]
View abstract
chapter 67|1 pages
On Doctor Johnson’s Unjust Criticisms
View abstract
chapter 68|1 pages
Doctor Johnson
View abstract
chapter 71|1 pages
To the Poppy
View abstract
chapter 72|1 pages
The Rainy Summer of 1789
View abstract
chapter 74|1 pages
[In sultry noon when youthful Milton lay,]
View abstract
chapter 76|1 pages
The Critics of Doctor Johnson’s School
View abstract
chapter 77|1 pages
[O! hast thou seen a vernal Morning bright]
View abstract
chapter 79|1 pages
[While unsuspecting trust in all that wears]
View abstract
chapter 81|1 pages
On a Lock of Miss Sarah Seward’s Hair
View abstract
chapter 83|1 pages
On Catania and Syracuse
View abstract
chapter 85|1 pages
To March
View abstract
chapter 87|1 pages
To a Young Lady
View abstract
chapter 89|1 pages
Subject Continued
View abstract
chapter 90|1 pages
Subject Continued
View abstract
chapter 93|1 pages
[You so Star, peering o’er the sable cloud,]
View abstract
chapter 95|1 pages
[On the damp margin of the sea-beat shore]
View abstract
chapter 98|1 pages
[Since my griev’d mind some energy regains,]
View abstract
chapter 100|1 pages
Written December 1790
View abstract

This critical edition of the poems of Anna Seward (1742-1809) re-establishes one of the most popular and prolific poets of the early Romantic period. Her work influenced Charllotte Smith and Mary Robinson and later both Wordsworth and Coleridge.

Her reputation was so high that Sir Walter Scott edited the posthumous edition of her poems in 1810. Unlike Scott's, this edition reproduces the poems as they were first published in periodicals and collections during Seward's lifetime, allowing scholars to experience them as eighteenth century readers did. It also includes mire than 200 poems that were excluded from the Scott edition.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |40 pages
Previously Unpublished Manuscript Poem Telemachus
View abstract
chapter |72 pages
Separately Published Poems Elegy on Captain Cook. To Which is Added, An Ode to the Sun
View abstract
chapter |36 pages
Poems Published First in Periodicals
View abstract
chapter |26 pages
Poems Published First in Llangollen Vale, With Other Poems (London: G. Sael, 1796)
View abstract
chapter 1|1 pages
[When Life’s realities the Soul perceives]
View abstract
chapter 2|1 pages
[ e Future, and its gi s, alone we prize,]
View abstract
chapter 4|1 pages
To Honora Sneyd
View abstract
chapter 6|1 pages
Written at Lich eld
View abstract
chapter 7|1 pages
[By Derwent’s rapid stream as o I stray’d,]
View abstract
chapter 9|1 pages
[Seek not, my Lesbia, the sequester’d dale,]
View abstract
chapter 11|1 pages
[How sweet to rove, from summer sun-beams veil’d,]
View abstract
chapter 13|1 pages
[ ou child of Night, and Silence, balmy Sleep,]
View abstract
chapter 17|1 pages
[Ah! why have I indulg’d my dazzled sight]
View abstract
chapter 19|1 pages
To ________
View abstract
chapter 21|1 pages
[Proud of our lyric Galaxy, I hear]
View abstract
chapter 22|1 pages
Subject Continued
View abstract
chapter 24|1 pages
Translation
View abstract
chapter 26|1 pages
[O partial Memory! Years, that ed too fast,]
View abstract
chapter 27|1 pages
[See wither’d Winter, bending low his head;]
View abstract
chapter 29|1 pages
Subject Continued
View abstract
chapter 31|1 pages
The Departing Spirit of an Alienated Friend
View abstract
chapter 33|1 pages
[Last night her Form the hours of slumber bless’d]
View abstract
chapter 35|1 pages
Spring
View abstract
chapter 37|1 pages
Autumn
View abstract
chapter 40|1 pages
December Morning
View abstract
chapter 42|1 pages
[Lo! the Year’s Final Day! – Nature performs]
View abstract
chapter 44|1 pages
[Rapt Contemplation, bring thy waking dreams]
View abstract
chapter 46|1 pages
[Dark as the silent stream beneath the night,]
View abstract
chapter 47|1 pages
On ‘ e Mine’
View abstract
chapter 50|1 pages
[In every breast Affection fires, there dwells]
View abstract
chapter 51|1 pages
To Sylvia
View abstract
chapter 53|1 pages
On the Death of the Poet Laureat
View abstract
chapter 54|1 pages
A Persian King to His Son
View abstract
chapter 56|1 pages
To a Timid Young Lady
View abstract
chapter 57|1 pages
Th e Funeral of Mrs Charles Buckeridge
View abstract
chapter 59|1 pages
To the Right Honourable Lady Marianne Carnegie
View abstract
chapter 61|1 pages
To Mr Henry Cary
View abstract
chapter 62|1 pages
[Dim grows the vital ame in his dear breast]
View abstract
chapter 64|1 pages
To Mr Henry Cary
View abstract
chapter 66|1 pages
[Nobly to scorn thy gilded veil to wear,]
View abstract
chapter 67|1 pages
On Doctor Johnson’s Unjust Criticisms
View abstract
chapter 68|1 pages
Doctor Johnson
View abstract
chapter 71|1 pages
To the Poppy
View abstract
chapter 72|1 pages
The Rainy Summer of 1789
View abstract
chapter 74|1 pages
[In sultry noon when youthful Milton lay,]
View abstract
chapter 76|1 pages
The Critics of Doctor Johnson’s School
View abstract
chapter 77|1 pages
[O! hast thou seen a vernal Morning bright]
View abstract
chapter 79|1 pages
[While unsuspecting trust in all that wears]
View abstract
chapter 81|1 pages
On a Lock of Miss Sarah Seward’s Hair
View abstract
chapter 83|1 pages
On Catania and Syracuse
View abstract
chapter 85|1 pages
To March
View abstract
chapter 87|1 pages
To a Young Lady
View abstract
chapter 89|1 pages
Subject Continued
View abstract
chapter 90|1 pages
Subject Continued
View abstract
chapter 93|1 pages
[You so Star, peering o’er the sable cloud,]
View abstract
chapter 95|1 pages
[On the damp margin of the sea-beat shore]
View abstract
chapter 98|1 pages
[Since my griev’d mind some energy regains,]
View abstract
chapter 100|1 pages
Written December 1790
View abstract
ABOUT THIS BOOK
ABOUT THIS BOOK

This critical edition of the poems of Anna Seward (1742-1809) re-establishes one of the most popular and prolific poets of the early Romantic period. Her work influenced Charllotte Smith and Mary Robinson and later both Wordsworth and Coleridge.

Her reputation was so high that Sir Walter Scott edited the posthumous edition of her poems in 1810. Unlike Scott's, this edition reproduces the poems as they were first published in periodicals and collections during Seward's lifetime, allowing scholars to experience them as eighteenth century readers did. It also includes mire than 200 poems that were excluded from the Scott edition.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |40 pages
Previously Unpublished Manuscript Poem Telemachus
View abstract
chapter |72 pages
Separately Published Poems Elegy on Captain Cook. To Which is Added, An Ode to the Sun
View abstract
chapter |36 pages
Poems Published First in Periodicals
View abstract
chapter |26 pages
Poems Published First in Llangollen Vale, With Other Poems (London: G. Sael, 1796)
View abstract
chapter 1|1 pages
[When Life’s realities the Soul perceives]
View abstract
chapter 2|1 pages
[ e Future, and its gi s, alone we prize,]
View abstract
chapter 4|1 pages
To Honora Sneyd
View abstract
chapter 6|1 pages
Written at Lich eld
View abstract
chapter 7|1 pages
[By Derwent’s rapid stream as o I stray’d,]
View abstract
chapter 9|1 pages
[Seek not, my Lesbia, the sequester’d dale,]
View abstract
chapter 11|1 pages
[How sweet to rove, from summer sun-beams veil’d,]
View abstract
chapter 13|1 pages
[ ou child of Night, and Silence, balmy Sleep,]
View abstract
chapter 17|1 pages
[Ah! why have I indulg’d my dazzled sight]
View abstract
chapter 19|1 pages
To ________
View abstract
chapter 21|1 pages
[Proud of our lyric Galaxy, I hear]
View abstract
chapter 22|1 pages
Subject Continued
View abstract
chapter 24|1 pages
Translation
View abstract
chapter 26|1 pages
[O partial Memory! Years, that ed too fast,]
View abstract
chapter 27|1 pages
[See wither’d Winter, bending low his head;]
View abstract
chapter 29|1 pages
Subject Continued
View abstract
chapter 31|1 pages
The Departing Spirit of an Alienated Friend
View abstract
chapter 33|1 pages
[Last night her Form the hours of slumber bless’d]
View abstract
chapter 35|1 pages
Spring
View abstract
chapter 37|1 pages
Autumn
View abstract
chapter 40|1 pages
December Morning
View abstract
chapter 42|1 pages
[Lo! the Year’s Final Day! – Nature performs]
View abstract
chapter 44|1 pages
[Rapt Contemplation, bring thy waking dreams]
View abstract
chapter 46|1 pages
[Dark as the silent stream beneath the night,]
View abstract
chapter 47|1 pages
On ‘ e Mine’
View abstract
chapter 50|1 pages
[In every breast Affection fires, there dwells]
View abstract
chapter 51|1 pages
To Sylvia
View abstract
chapter 53|1 pages
On the Death of the Poet Laureat
View abstract
chapter 54|1 pages
A Persian King to His Son
View abstract
chapter 56|1 pages
To a Timid Young Lady
View abstract
chapter 57|1 pages
Th e Funeral of Mrs Charles Buckeridge
View abstract
chapter 59|1 pages
To the Right Honourable Lady Marianne Carnegie
View abstract
chapter 61|1 pages
To Mr Henry Cary
View abstract
chapter 62|1 pages
[Dim grows the vital ame in his dear breast]
View abstract
chapter 64|1 pages
To Mr Henry Cary
View abstract
chapter 66|1 pages
[Nobly to scorn thy gilded veil to wear,]
View abstract
chapter 67|1 pages
On Doctor Johnson’s Unjust Criticisms
View abstract
chapter 68|1 pages
Doctor Johnson
View abstract
chapter 71|1 pages
To the Poppy
View abstract
chapter 72|1 pages
The Rainy Summer of 1789
View abstract
chapter 74|1 pages
[In sultry noon when youthful Milton lay,]
View abstract
chapter 76|1 pages
The Critics of Doctor Johnson’s School
View abstract
chapter 77|1 pages
[O! hast thou seen a vernal Morning bright]
View abstract
chapter 79|1 pages
[While unsuspecting trust in all that wears]
View abstract
chapter 81|1 pages
On a Lock of Miss Sarah Seward’s Hair
View abstract
chapter 83|1 pages
On Catania and Syracuse
View abstract
chapter 85|1 pages
To March
View abstract
chapter 87|1 pages
To a Young Lady
View abstract
chapter 89|1 pages
Subject Continued
View abstract
chapter 90|1 pages
Subject Continued
View abstract
chapter 93|1 pages
[You so Star, peering o’er the sable cloud,]
View abstract
chapter 95|1 pages
[On the damp margin of the sea-beat shore]
View abstract
chapter 98|1 pages
[Since my griev’d mind some energy regains,]
View abstract
chapter 100|1 pages
Written December 1790
View abstract

This critical edition of the poems of Anna Seward (1742-1809) re-establishes one of the most popular and prolific poets of the early Romantic period. Her work influenced Charllotte Smith and Mary Robinson and later both Wordsworth and Coleridge.

Her reputation was so high that Sir Walter Scott edited the posthumous edition of her poems in 1810. Unlike Scott's, this edition reproduces the poems as they were first published in periodicals and collections during Seward's lifetime, allowing scholars to experience them as eighteenth century readers did. It also includes mire than 200 poems that were excluded from the Scott edition.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
chapter |40 pages
Previously Unpublished Manuscript Poem Telemachus
View abstract
chapter |72 pages
Separately Published Poems Elegy on Captain Cook. To Which is Added, An Ode to the Sun
View abstract
chapter |36 pages
Poems Published First in Periodicals
View abstract
chapter |26 pages
Poems Published First in Llangollen Vale, With Other Poems (London: G. Sael, 1796)
View abstract
chapter 1|1 pages
[When Life’s realities the Soul perceives]
View abstract
chapter 2|1 pages
[ e Future, and its gi s, alone we prize,]
View abstract
chapter 4|1 pages
To Honora Sneyd
View abstract
chapter 6|1 pages
Written at Lich eld
View abstract
chapter 7|1 pages
[By Derwent’s rapid stream as o I stray’d,]
View abstract
chapter 9|1 pages
[Seek not, my Lesbia, the sequester’d dale,]
View abstract
chapter 11|1 pages
[How sweet to rove, from summer sun-beams veil’d,]
View abstract
chapter 13|1 pages
[ ou child of Night, and Silence, balmy Sleep,]
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chapter 17|1 pages
[Ah! why have I indulg’d my dazzled sight]
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To ________
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[Proud of our lyric Galaxy, I hear]
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Subject Continued
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Translation
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[O partial Memory! Years, that ed too fast,]
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[See wither’d Winter, bending low his head;]
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Subject Continued
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The Departing Spirit of an Alienated Friend
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[Last night her Form the hours of slumber bless’d]
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Spring
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Autumn
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December Morning
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[Lo! the Year’s Final Day! – Nature performs]
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[Rapt Contemplation, bring thy waking dreams]
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[Dark as the silent stream beneath the night,]
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On ‘ e Mine’
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[In every breast Affection fires, there dwells]
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To Sylvia
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On the Death of the Poet Laureat
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A Persian King to His Son
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To a Timid Young Lady
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Th e Funeral of Mrs Charles Buckeridge
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To the Right Honourable Lady Marianne Carnegie
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To Mr Henry Cary
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[Dim grows the vital ame in his dear breast]
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To Mr Henry Cary
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[Nobly to scorn thy gilded veil to wear,]
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On Doctor Johnson’s Unjust Criticisms
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Doctor Johnson
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To the Poppy
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The Rainy Summer of 1789
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[In sultry noon when youthful Milton lay,]
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The Critics of Doctor Johnson’s School
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[O! hast thou seen a vernal Morning bright]
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[While unsuspecting trust in all that wears]
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On a Lock of Miss Sarah Seward’s Hair
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On Catania and Syracuse
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To March
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To a Young Lady
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Subject Continued
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[You so Star, peering o’er the sable cloud,]
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[On the damp margin of the sea-beat shore]
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[Since my griev’d mind some energy regains,]
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Written December 1790
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