PoemsFront matterReading editionChapter navigation34 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterTO 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.ADVERTISEMENT.THE OLD FISHERMAN.LINES TO MRS. RADCLIFFE,THE HEIR.TO A LLANGOLLEN ROSE,L'HOMME DE L'ENNUI.THE GRANDFATHER'S DEPARTURE.REFLECTIONSTO MRS. T. FANCOURT,TO A YOUNG GENTLEMAN.FRAGMENT.SONG.SONG.A SAILOR'S SONG.ANOTHER,SONG.HENRY,SONNET.ON THE REGRET OF YOUTH.ELEGY ON SOPHIA GRAHAM,TO MISS ROUSE BOUGHTON,TO THE SAME,TO THE RIVERTHE OLD MAN'S FAREWELL.SONG.THE OLD SHEPHERD'S RECOLLECTIONS.REFLECTION.RETROSPECT OF YOUTH.THE DAUGHTER.YOUTH UNSUSPICIOUS OF EVIL.THE MOTHER.EDGAR AND ELLEN.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →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.All chapters and sections (34)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsTO 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.ADVERTISEMENT.THE OLD FISHERMAN.LINES TO MRS. RADCLIFFE,THE HEIR.TO A LLANGOLLEN ROSE,L'HOMME DE L'ENNUI.THE GRANDFATHER'S DEPARTURE.REFLECTIONSTO MRS. T. FANCOURT,TO A YOUNG GENTLEMAN.FRAGMENT.SONG.SONG.A SAILOR'S SONG.ANOTHER,SONG.HENRY,SONNET.ON THE REGRET OF YOUTH.ELEGY ON SOPHIA GRAHAM,TO MISS ROUSE BOUGHTON,TO THE SAME,TO THE RIVERTHE OLD MAN'S FAREWELL.SONG.THE OLD SHEPHERD'S RECOLLECTIONS.REFLECTION.RETROSPECT OF YOUTH.THE DAUGHTER.YOUTH UNSUSPICIOUS OF EVIL.THE MOTHER.EDGAR AND ELLEN.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. →